Annexation Vote Date Set March 30
Forest Lawn residents who have not paid poll taxes are urged to do so if they want a voice in annexation. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen moved the referendum date from April 8 to March 30 to ensure the territory is counted in the 1856 census. If the area is not in the city, it remains outside for 10 years per census rules.
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Bill Barnett
Times
Forest Lawn
County Election Commission
Paialle
Plane With 44 Aboard Missing Over Yukon Territory
A United States Air Force C-54 carrying 36 passengers and eight crew members vanished yesterday. The four engine plane, en route from Elmendorf Field Alaska to Great Falls Montana, was last logged at 5 09 p m CST over Snag Yukon territory about 1300 miles northwest of Edmonton. Royal Canadian Air Force crews planned a sweep along Amber Airway No 2 from Northway Alaska to Fort Nelson British Columbia covering a 20 mile corridor. The search was set to begin around 1130 am CST today.
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Edmonton
Alta
Royal Canadian Air Force
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Alaska
Great. Falls
Mont
Agent Testifies Gubitchev Scared Agent Testifies Gubitchev Scared
An FBI agent testified that Soviet engineer Valetin A. Gubrichev appeared frightened during a meeting with Judith Coplon and suspected he was being tailed. Cross-examination in their conspiracy trial revealed Coplon was under FBI investigation on January 14 last year, with Gubitchev’s identity known only the next day.
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New York
FBI
Valetin A. Gubrichev
Judith Coplon
Richard T Hradsky
Gubitzhey
Miss Coplon
Soviet Union
Hradsky
Gubitehens
Tucker’s Friends Pay Off Judgment
Tucker Preston L. Tucker promoted a 28 million automoble enterprise and was saved from a guilty sentence yesterday after friends paid a 1.7 thousand debt. Tucker led the bankrupt Tucker Corporation and seven associates were acquitted in a federal court last Sunday of mill fraud and conspiracy charges. Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, missing today, faced unresolved atomic energy issues as the committee failed to act. He filed resignation from the 14 member group yesterday, citing health concerns and a slow pace.
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Chicago
Preston L. Tucker
Friends
Tucker
Tucker Corporation
Washington
Vandenberg
Milch
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Sena@te-House
De Gasperi to unveil sixth coalition cabinet in Italy
Rome reports Premier Alcide De Gasperi will present his new cabinet to President Luigi Einaudi. The lineup, dominated by the Christian Democrats, includes 13 party members, two Republicans and three Labor Socialists. The Labor Socialists had quit the government last October. the premier delayed reshuffle until January 11 to allow party disputes to settle.
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Rome
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Luigi Einaudi
de Gasperi
Christian Democrat Party
Christian Democrats
Infant Fatally Burned In Fire Near Chestnut Ridge
An 18 month old, Billy Poor, died in a three room frame fire on Old Bristol Highway near Chestnut Ridge at 11 am Friday. The house burned completely. two other children aged four and five escaped. Constable J E Upchurch cited a possible cook stove cause and noted Mrs Poor attempted to reenter the blaze but neighbors blocked her.
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Bristol
Chestnut Ridge
J. E
Monty
Church
Billy Poor
Howard Poor
Upchurch
Poor
ICC Refuses Kingsport Rail Link as Common Carrier
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to permit the seven mile Kingsport to Rolston Tennessee rail line to become a common carrier. The line, owned by the government and leased to Eastman, connects the Eastman plant with Clinchfield and Southern Railways. Previous ICC efforts to arrange joint operation by Clinchfield and Southern failed.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kingsport
Rolston
Tenn
Keners
Railroad Company
Tennessee Eastman Corp
Eastman Company
Clinchfield Railroad
Southern Railway
Holaton
Eastman
ICC
Clinchfield and
Southern Railways
Ingrid Bergman to divorce doctor for director in Juarez
Ingrid Bergman plans Mexican divorce from Dr Peter Lindstrom in Juarez Chihuahua to wed director Roberto Rossellini. Hollywood attorney Greg Bautzer and El Paso lawyers negotiate as Lindstrom’s attorney Lawrence Brinn works in New York. Mexican law allows quick divorce with consent and residence, but US courts may not recognize POA divorces.
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Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Mexico
Juarez
el Paso
Tex
Peter Lindstrom
Stramboll
Greg Bautzer
el Paso Lawyers After Negotiations With Dr Lindstrom
Lawrence Brinn
New York
Dr. Lindstrom
Ingrid
Rossellini
Rome
William Cocke
Merle Oberon
Chihuahua
Juarey
United States
U. S
Eight Nations Sign Huge Arms Pact With U. S.
Eight Western European nations Britain France Italy Belgium The Netherlands Luxembourg Norway and Denmark sign separate arms agreements with the United States for about 1 billion dollars in guns tanks planes ships raw materials and machinery to bolster defenses amid NATO concerns. The ceremonies at the State Department came as President Truman was to approve a master defense plan for the North Atlantic area, a move to accompany the secret regional strategy worked out by 12 Atlantic Pact military chiefs.
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Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Denmark
State Department
United States
Truman
North Atlantic
Congress
Western
Europe
Arma
Counterfeit Ring Cracked by Secret Service in NYC
U S Secret Service agents posing as buyers seized 200000 in fake bills in a Queens apartment after a two day probe tracing counterfeits from Los Angeles to New York. Four men including Anthony Chiarella Vincent Pamisano Anthony Pieturaniolin and Joseph Nardinie were arrested and charged with possessing and attempting to sell counterfeit money and conspiracy.
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New York
Berg
Los Angeles
U. S. Secret Service
Secret Service
Queens
Anthony Chiarella
Manhattan
Vincent Paimisano
Brooklyn
Anthony Pieturaniolin
Man Hattan Butcher
Joseph Nardinie
Street Quiz Captures Wintry Feel in Spokane
Spokane Chronicle asks residents for street quotes on cold Pacific Northwest weather. Fred Winter says I’ve had enough, Mrs. Harry Blizzard calls it too cold, Arthur Snow dislikes it, Mrs. O Coldsnow calls it horrible, and Mrs. Frank Freeze notes it’s cold but tolerable.
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Spokane
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Spokane Chronicle
Fred Winter
Harry Blizzard
Arthur Snow
Frank
Nixon Turns Up More Documents Demands New Hunt For Reds
Manila report says two U.S. professors, Robert F. Conklin and Marvin Pittman, were hacked to death on a hiking trip 150 miles north of Manila. Officials describe the act as possibly a blood sacrifice by local tribesmen seeking fertility rites.
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Nixon
Reds
Manila
U.S
Robert F. Conklin
Marvin Pittman
Philippines University
Alain
Communists Fire On British Ship Near Formosa
Officals report Communist shore batteries opened fire on the British freighter Wingsang about 60 miles northeast of Hed-held Amoy as it headed for Keelung Taipei from Hong Kong. Twelve shells landed nearby but caused no damage or casualties.
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Taipei
Formosa
Amoy
Keelung
Hong Kong
Democrats Back Balanced Tax Policy Push
Key House Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee stood with President Truman in backing excise tax cuts only if matched by revenue-raising measures elsewhere to avoid losses in revenue. Republicans pressed for more investigations into wartime espionage amid new Nixon claims about eight documents from Harry Dexter White linking to Chambers. The House inquiry, paused during Alger Hiss trials, is urged to resume as Hiss faces perjury conviction.
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Washington
House
Truman
Ways and Means
the Treasury
White
Home Un-American Activities Committee
Chambers
Nixon
Japan
England
House Committee
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Spring Preview Winds Down Across Regions
The late January spring preview nears completion as cold air from the Midwest sweeps the Ohio River Valley toward the Atlantic Seaboard cooling temperatures toward seasonal norms. Western areas still endure cold weather while plains temper.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Ohio River Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Plains
Aga Khan Stolen Fortune Found in Marseille
Half of the Aga Khan's stolen jewelry valued at $420,000 turned up outside the Ninth Police Brigade station in Marseille after a tip. French police, seeking gunmen who held up the Moslem leader on a Riviera highway last August, report nine arrests for the highway holdup and ongoing searches for remaining gang members.
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Marseille
Riviera
Ninth
Wang
Defense To Call Doctor As Key Witness In Mercy Slaying
Bridgeport Connecticut. The defense moves to call Dr William E Smith a Stamford physician as a key witness in the mercy slaying case of Carol Ann Paight. The doctor informed the family on Sept 23 that Sgt Carl Paight had months to live, prompting Carol Ann to travel from hospital to the crime scene. The trial opened with seven state witnesses and counter questions from defense attorney David Goldstein as the judge rules on hearsay and blackout testimony.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Wiliam E. Smith
Stamford
Carl Paight
Carol Ann
Hfe
Connecticut
Rsc
Athorney David Goldstein
Dr. Smith
Carol Ann Nually
Goldstein
John J. McInerney
New Maneuvers May Get Miners Back To Work
New tactics in the coal dispute offered hope for returning soft coal miners to work and aiding John L. Lewis in his legal challenges. Operators Northern and Western coal firms agreed to new contract talks set for Wednesday while resisting an immediate strike. A court will hear unfair labor practices charges against Lewis as negotiations begin.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Northern
Lewis
Mc&t
Senate
Truman
Five Young Children Die In Lawton Fire Tragedy
In Lawton Oklahoma a two room frame home burned killing five children ages two months to six years while a locked door trapped them. Their parents and a neighbor escaped as flames spread. Names listed: Judith Aline six Patty Louise five Phyllis three David twenty months and Denny two months.
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Lawton
Okla
G. D. Young
Henslee
Judith Aline
Patty Louise
Phyllis
David
Denny
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George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
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