Marines dig in on Bunker Hill amid 106 degree heat
Western Front Aug 12 1948 American Marines advance toward Chinese positions on Bunker Hill amid sweltering sun and dust. Lt. Thousand points out targets while Maj. Bieh and Capt. Peterson direct air strikes. Mortars fire, planes respond, and Marines vow to hold the ridge as dug-in defenses rise.
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Korea
William H. Thousand
Mt. Horeb
Wis
Bunker Hill
Howards Seid
Howard
Mercury
Bell Hill
Wali
Bernard W. Peterson
Manhattan Beach
Maj
William Bieh
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Bunker ‘Hill
Robert C. Coleman
Diego
Alabama
Coleman
Birmingham
Bonker Hill
Writer's Missing Son Revealed in London
London Aug. 12. Tony Busch, a 16 year old missing since July 19 while hitchhiking in Europe, has written his father Niven Busch saying he is safe but provides no return address. He traveled with his brother Peter 19 and Normen Coax 19, sons of Charles Coax of Los Angeles, through Switzerland and Stuttgart.
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Los Angeles
Charles Coax
India Passes Bill to Curb Violent Reds
New Delhi Aug 12 AP Parliament’s upper house passed a preventive detention bill aimed at curbing the Reds. Communist leader P P Sundarayya warned the party would "shoot landlords, capitalists and black-marketers" if it comes to power, urging violent action to seize control. A fellow MP condemned Sundarayya’s remarks as a dangerous mind and warned the masses cannot take the law into their own hands.
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New- Delhi
India
P. P. Sundarayya
Communist Party
K. N. Katju
Sundsrayya
Ganges
Narred
Bull Battle Leads to $500 Settlement in Dayton Incident
Augene Lynn Lagerquist of Los Angeles accepted a $500 settlement today for a black eye and fractured jaw suffered after stopping at a bull exhibition near Dayton. The incident began when Wilbur Razor, owner of the bull, allegedly struck Lagerquist with a soda bottle after a dispute over admission. Lagerquist, visiting with his wife and child, received treatment at Good Samaritan Hospital in Bayton. the assault charge was dropped after Razor’s attorney offered the settlement and the mayor dismissed the case following witness testimony.
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Dayton
Ohio
Augene ‘Lynn
Lagerquist
Los Angeles
Bureau of Internal Revenue
New York
Wilbur Razor
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bayton
Razor
Donovan Aldrich
Brookville
Common Pleas Court
Laperquist
Jordan prepares to greet third king Hussein I
Jordan readies to welcome 11 year old Hussein I as king after Talal is dethroned. A court envoy travels to Lausanne to arrange return from Switzerland where Hussein vacationed with Queen Zeine and brothers. Premier Abul Huda likely to resign and form a new cabinet under the regency council pending Hussein's 18th birthday.
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Amman
Jordan
Middle East
Thay
Menually
Talal I
Hussein I
Switzerland
Hussein
Zeine
Lausanne
Talal
Basman Palace
Tewfik Abul Huda
More Medical and Dental Personnel Needed
The President's Commission on Health Needs of the Nation reports thousands more dentists nurses and medical assistants are required to care for Americans Panel summaries show shortages depend on how medical care is organized The AMA opposes socialized medicine and urges waiting for final report next December The commission seeks a plan for safeguarding and improving national health The panel cites 3000 dentists produced yearly but 3400 needed to match current population Medical vacancies include 47000 across labs therapy X ray admin.
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Washington
Tumari
American Medical Association
Truman Commission
AMA
American Hospital Association
Dental Panel
Cab Driver Nabbed in Extortion Plot
CHICAGO Aug 12 A cab driver Edward Jones 27 was arrested after attempting to extort 40000 from Security National Bank West Side by delivering a sealed note and suitcase believed to contain a radio controlled bomb. The driver claimed he was paid 3 to carry the suitcase and deliver the note.
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Chocagg
West Side
Security National Bank
Joseph Bonzell
Edward Jones
Negre
Ud. Bey
Jones
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Princeton
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North Korea
Kilchu
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