Final Arguments In Five Lake Charles Newsmen Trials
Lake Charles La February 15 attorneys will present final arguments today in the trials of five newspapermen charged with defaming 16 public officials and three admitted gamblers in an anti gambling crusade. The judge is expected to hand down verdicts in several weeks after considering arguments and briefs. The five staff members of the Lake Charles American Press face fines up to 3300 per count and a year in jail if convicted.
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Lake Charles
J. Bernard Cocker
Cocke
Louisiana
Grant
Griffin Vawkins
Melvin Wetherill
Henry Reid
Parish
Marke Pickrell
Pickrell
Hawkins
Qudeet Pickrell
Dixon
Elite B47 jet bomber crews trained at MacDill Field
Four headed “monsters” crew the 600 mph B47 bomber at MacDill. Col Mike McCoy trains pilots who must have 2000 flight hours and excel in four roles. Jets cost 3.5 million, fly at 40,000 feet, with 24 months to qualify. crews face intense selection and demanding training amid limited numbers. Maj Ted Silva highlights eagerness to join the new program.
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Mike McCoy
306Th
McCoy
Air Force
Col. McCoy
1952 DeSoto on Display At Gallagher Motor Co
The 1952 DeSoto went on display today in Buddy Gallagher Motor Co showrooms at 632 34 Mass St. The car features a new 160 horsepower Fire Dome 8 V8 engine for added power and acceleration, along with power steering hydraulic braking electric window lifts and no shift driving.
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DeSoto
Buddy Gallagher Motor Company
Mass
Chrysler Motors
Vandals Hit Nashville After Curfew Enforcement
In Nashville Tennessee on February 15 vandals threw rocks at windows and doors as police struggled to respond with curfew enforcement. The wave, active in several areas, began weeks ago with broken school windows and escalated to shotgun blasts into homes and properties. Damages are estimated at 5000.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ed Burgess
Will Reign At Dance Ice Fishermen Recover After Being Marooned
Virginia Lee England Pittsburg senior at KU will reign as queen of the V Dance in the Community Building from 9 p m to midnight. Rob Ausherman Orchestra to perform. Attendants Miss Emily Wolverton and Miss Nancy Hindman, chosen at a tea. Also notes rescue of two marooned fishermen in Maine after a plane crash and a claim of descent of the Aga Khan from Fatima.
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Iss
Virginia Lee
England
Pittsburg
College of the
University of Kansas
Independent
Rob Ausherman
Fengland
Watkins Hall
School of Medicine
Emily Wolverton
Topeka
Nancy Hindman
Kansas City
Miller Tall
Ning
Lawrence Commonwealth Theaters
Ernest Pontius
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
The
Journal World
G. C. Gregory
Rock Chalk Cafe
Tefft sculpture due for Midwest Art show in Omaha
Elden Tefft a KU sculptor and art instructor has learned his piece The Muser was accepted for the Midwest Art exhibition at the Joselyn Museum of Art in Omaha. The exhibit runs this week through March 30 with Tefft becoming KU’s sixth faculty member to have work shown alongside artists Marjorie Whitney John Parks Robert Green John Armstrong and William D Eckert.
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Elden Tefft
University of Kansas
Midwest
Joselyn Museum of Art
Omaha
Tefft
K.U
Marjorie Whitney
John Parks
Robert Green
John Armstrong
William D. Eckert
Jet bomber learns to fly under Florida skies
In Florida air training the deadlier new jet bomber is being prepared for combat as a unit led by Col McCoy vows it will be the first combat ready outfit. The article notes that Korea shows B 24 daylight missions are now difficult due to jet fighter strength.
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Maj
Ted Silva
Europe
Ted
Korea
Col. McCoy
Florida
America
Taft Defends Labor Law at GOP Meeting in Idaho
In Pocatello Idaho Feb 15 Senator Taft Republican presidential candidate defended the Taft Hartley Labor Law at a Lincoln Day banquet. He urged government aid to workers and farmers within a free enterprise system and affirmed collective bargaining as a cornerstone while supporting cooperative farming efforts to counter large market power.
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Taft
GOP
Idaho
Pocatello
Sen. Taft
R-Ohid
Ohio
Repub- Teak Party
Accordionist Ordered to Report for Physical Exam
Glendale Calif Feb 15. Dick Contino the accordionist is ordered by his draft board to report next Monday for a pre induction physical examination. Contino, a noted musician, faces induction procedures as part of the draft process.
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Glendale
Calif
Dick Contino
Draft dodger who fled induction center serves prison term
A man who dodged the draft and fled Ford Ord induction center last April served 474 months in a federal prison after earning up to 4000 dollars weekly. At trial he cited panic claustrophobia. He received six months at McNeil Island Penitentiary and a 10000 dollar fine but was released December 23 after good behavior. In Madrid, shops close from 1 to 4 PM daily.
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Ford Ord, Cal
McNeil Island Penitentary
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Queen of Vicentine
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Scribner
Chaples
Chesancook Lake
Maheu
Moosehead Lake
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Fatima
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Y. Phillips
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Diamonds
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Hamilton
Madrid
Ge. Necchi
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Homme Demonstretti
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