Wreck Crash Kills Twenty-Two in Santa Barbara Range
Rescue teams crawled through dense brush to reach a Southwest Airways crash site 23 miles northwest of Santa Barbara. Twenty-two people, many military, died in the disaster as crews recovered bodies amid rugged Rubio Canyon terrain. Pilot details and victims tied to local families are noted by reporters on the scene.
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Southwest Airways
Tom Kleveland
Santa Barbara News-Press
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Kltvoram
Heverly Hills
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Kleveland
Neve
Air Force
John Aidem
Rubio Canyon
R. B. Romero
Robert Erickson
Gretalier Westmoreland
Via di Roma
Long Head
Southwest Airlines
Reds Halt Retreat In Fresh Korean War Breakthrough
Chinese Reds suddenly fought to halt a U S advance north of the 38th Parallel on the central front near the Pukhan River north of Chunchon. Allied progress slowed as 17 American divisions faced heavy artillery and machine gun fire, with 1320 Reds killed or wounded and 72 captured in Saturday action.
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Tokyo
William C. Barnard
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Chunchon
Hiwachon
Erickson
U. S
Eighth Army
Inijin River
Japan Sea
North
South Korea
China Reds Charge U S Bombs Manchuria
Chinese Communists alleged American air raids on three Manchurian border towns Antung Kawalen and Chain. The Kyodo monitored broadcast said planes crossed the border over March 30 31 and April 3 causing damage and casualties.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Commerce Dept Narrowing Deferment Industries List
Washington April 7 The Commerce Department sharply reduced essential industries for military deferment from a broad list to 25 items. New categories cover military equipment food metals rubber chemicals petroleum transport utilities hospitals health and welfare services education and research that contribute directly to national health safety or interest.
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Prominent Optimist Leader Dies in San Diego Crash
Hugh C. Terwilliger, 44, of Flintridge, lieutenant governor of Southern California Optimists, died from injuries after a traffic accident in San Diego. His wife Aileen, 43, sustained arm injuries and multiple bruises and lacerations and is hospitalized.
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Flintridge
California
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Aileen
Mighty Me to keynote Thursday on local front
Rousing welcome planned for Mighty Me as events unfold this week. Bank clearings top 360 million in Q1 with a 22 percent rise from last year. Visitors attend a three day Hobby Show in Municipal Auditorium amid bustling civic activity. Tito Hungary ties deteriorate while Britain eyes new taxes. Fruman’s six years in office reviewed by veteran White House correspondent.
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Marshall Tito
Hungary
Rock
Great Britain
Fruman
White House
Public Forum Notes Highlight Local Viewpoints
Readers respond with concise opinions across topics including governance, taxation, and community services. Letters reference neighborhood projects, school funding, and local elections, reflecting diverse civic concerns and calls for action.
Top Officers Fly Pacific Hinting Atom Tests Near Eniwetok
Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Jr travels secrecy wrapped through Honolulu with speculation of impending atomic tests at Eniwetok Island. Pace’s two week Pacific tour includes Hawaii Wake Island Guam Tokyo Korea Manila as observers note the heightened secrecy and Lt. Gen. John F. E. Hull leads Pace’s party, hinting at possible Eniwetok activity.
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Korea
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Travis Air Base
California
Colorado
John FE. Hull
Valley Forge Returns With Navy Air Group 11 From Korea
The USS Valley Forge brought home Air Group 11 aboard after nine months in Korean action aboard the Philippine Sea. Cmdr. Ralph Weymouth led the group, which flew 8673 sorties, including 5757 offensive strikes, while suffering four pilot fatalities. Lt. Cmdr. William Amen, notable for shooting down a MiG, praised enemy jet fighters but noted pilots struggled to handle them.
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Korea
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Philippine Sea
Ralph Weymouth
Key West
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Chosing Reservoir
5000 Forced From Homes by Torrents
Floods across four states recede as waters drop slowly leaving thousands displaced. Big Sioux River drove 1500 from Sioux Falls area while Minnesota and South Dakota areas evacuated hundreds more. State guard units aided dike safety and remaining pockets of flooding persisted in Minnesota and South Dakota.
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South Dakota
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Iowa
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Blind motorcyclist crashes into auto in Germany
A blind motorcyclist collided with a car in Dt Germany near Marshall Mind. Police say the rider, estimated to be between 70 percent blind, was charged with drunken driving. The injured cyclist claimed he usually rides well, relying on a so called sixth sense, with damages estimated between $750,000 and $1,000,000.
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Redwood River
Marshall
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rescue Crews Fight to Save 2 Entombed Miners
In Eveleth Minnesota two miners Frank Putzel and Anton Korcha were trapped since 1 p m yesterday at the Spruce Mine 564 foot level. Seventy to ninety expert miners in three shifts worked through rock and ore to reach a room where the tunnel caved in as rescue crews edged closer tonight. Air may be seeping through, and signaling attempts by tapping pipes brought no response.
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Oliver Iron Mining Co
Frank Putzel
Anton Korcha
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Oliver
Met Opera Fires Merrill After Contract Violation
New York April 7 Ray doll Bing general manager of the Metropolitan Opera fired leading baritone Robert Merrill for breaking his contract He said Merrill is no longer a member and may not use the connection in his title unless he says formerly Merrill did not show up for a performance and went to Hollywood to make a movie on the eve of the spring tour He is making a Paramount film Aaron Slick from Punkin Creek Merrill expressed shock at the action Lauritz Melchior had left the Met a year earlier over differences with Bing
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Metropolitan Opera
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Paramount
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Metropolitan
Chief Considers Disciplining MacArthur in White House Talks
President Truman weighs disciplinary options for General Douglas MacArthur after a White House meeting with Secretary Marshall and General Omar Bradley. Taft backs MacArthur’s stance on arming Chinese nationalists. officials note potential steps include a private reprimand or recalling the general.
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Truman
Douglas MacArthur
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Omar Bradley
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Rayburn
D.-Texas
Skin Diver Drowns Abalone Dive Off Pt Vicente Coast
Palos Verdes April 7 A skin diver John Rosseto 32 of Hollywood drowned while diving for abalone near the Pt Vicente Coast Guard lighthouse and radio station. Four companions Coast Guardsmen and a county life guard crew tried to save him but failed.
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Palos Verdes
Pt. Vicente
Plane crash Scene Of Terrible Destruction
QANTA BARBARA April 7 report details a plane crash on a gentle slope that left a wide brush scorched path. Several bodies burned or charred lay along the wreckage as rescuers crawled through dense underbrush to reach the site.
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Taft Warns on Dictator War Powers
Senator Taft of Ohio warns that President Truman is claiming war powers without Congressional approval. He calls this a threat to constitutional government and says troops were illegally sent to Korea. Taft urges a return to law and constitutional limits in the debate over Atlantic Pact forces.
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Ohio
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George Washington University Law Association
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Korea
Europe
Atlantic Pact International Army
Ridgway Sees No End to Korean War
Gen Ridgway, commander of the U S Eighth Army in Korea, said there is no end to the Korean War under current conditions without a political settlement. He warned against assumptions of a quick end, stressed Communist resolve, and said the Eighth Army still holds the initiative and will press the fight. He conceded a penetration by the enemy is possible but expressed no concern and confidence in repelling it.
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Marthur
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Korea
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House
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Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
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Europe
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Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S. Eighth Army
Ridgway
Yanks Yank Red Flag in Austria
Two American soldiers pulled down a Soviet flag from the Austrian Finance Building in Linz after knocking down an Austrian porter. Linz police called U S military police who arrested the two soldiers in the American occupied zone.
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Vienna
Linz
Here
U. S
Chinese Troops Invade Indochina Near Hanoi
French army headquarters said eight Chinese battalions crossed into northwest Indochina a week ago, seized two towns, and advanced toward Laichau, 170 miles northwest of Hanoi, threatening the provincial capital.
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