Harbor bartender shoots two women in Wilmington attack
A love driven bartender Johnny Nenadich, 38, fired at two women early today in Wilmington, missing his intended target. Christine Gundersen 51 and Margaret Bellay 31 were hospitalized in grave condition with multiple bullet wounds. Gloria Augustenborg 26 escaped injury. Nenadich was arrested at his home two hours later and confessed. Bellay, a noted bowler, and Augustenborg were friends who shared a Virginia Recreation team.
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Wilmington
Harbor Division
Harbor General Hospital
Christine Gundersen
Ravenna Ave
Margaret Bellay
Bay View Ave
Johnny Nenadich
Los Angeles
Gloria Augustenborg
Gundersen
Nenadich
Bellay
Maggie” Anderson
Long Beach
Long Beach City
Women’s Bowling Association
Miss Augustenborg
Virginia Recreation
Mrs. Bellay
Mrs
Agartender
John Kramer
Press- Telegram
Hurricane sweeps Yucatan toward Texas coast
A shrunken hurricane ripped from the Yucatan Peninsula into the southern Gulf of Mexico, moving toward the Rio Grande. Winds reached 75 mph, with forecasters predicting growth in size and intensity. Jamaica losses were heavy last week, as radio contact with Cozumel and Isla Mujeres was lost amid scant reports.
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New Orleans
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Merida
W.R. Stevens
Jamaica
Rio Grande
Mexico
Texas
Gulf
Yucatan
Cozumel Isand
Shooting Seen as Sabotage by Partisans
In Korea at Kaesong the United Nations and Communist subcommittees opened brief talks as a crisis loomed over armistice negotiations. Tokyo reported partisan forces from both sides may be sabotaging efforts after a Red patrol's neutral zone incursion. A Chinese patrol leader died and a Chinese soldier was wounded. General Ridgway noted many attackers wore civilian clothing. The UN and liaison teams continued investigations, with possibilities of Korean Red civilians acting to derail talks.
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Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
Tokyo
U. N
Kaesone
Nami
Adm
C. Turner Koy
United Nations
Joy
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
U. S. Eighth Army
Rare Heart Operations Save Two Lives in Kern County
Bakersfield report details two rare heart operations at UP Kern County General Hospital that saved a mechanic and a farm laborer's wife. Each patient had the heart removed, scar tissue removed, and the heart reinserted. The first patient was Joyce Lee Owen, 24, of Greenfield Ranch, the second Peter L. Pereida, 40, father of four, previously given three months to live.
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Bakersfield
Kern County General Hospital
Joyce Lee Owen
Greenfield Ranch
Here
Peter L. Pereida
Help Offers Poor in Replies Swamp Family After Plea for Adoption
Columbus Ohio August 2042 a flood of offers followed a letter by Richard Davey asking adoption for seven sick and debt burdened children. A factory owner proposed debt consolidation and work in his plant but insisted the kids stay with the family.
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Columbus
Ohio
Philadelphia
Davey
Ohio State Journal
Richard Davey
Columbus Dispatch
Associated Press
McCarran Warns of Fifth Column Invasion Threat
Senator McCarran warns in Washington that illegal aliens may total up to five million and form a ready-made fifth column for an enemy nation. He cites a subcommittee report noting militants and criminals among aliens and limited immigration staff for lax deportation efforts, urging action.
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Washington
Sen. McCarran
D.-Nev
McCarran
Immigration Service
Judiciary
New York
McC
Senate OKs Trio of Big Cash Bills
Washington August 20 The Senate passed to the White House three major appropriations for the new fiscal year totaling 2.512 billion for labor federal security 802.988 million for agriculture and 511.865 million for the Interior Department These were the fourth fifth and sixth money measures to reach President Truman among eleven required before year end
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Washington
Senate
White House
Interior Department
Truman
Navy to Move Postgraduate School to Monterey
The 43 year old Naval Postgraduate School in Annapolis will relocate to Monterey California after November 21. The Navy will use vacated Annapolis buildings, with operations at the new site beginning next February and permanent housing due in a year or more.
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Annapolis
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
Calif
Ernest Hermann
Naval Academy
Neto
Navy
Army
Marine
Coast Guard
Adm
Herrmann
Postgraduate School At
Page A-4 Teletype Highlights: Actress Earns 1000 Weekly
Summary notes a feature about a woman earning one thousand dollars weekly as an actress on Page A-4. Mentions related items such as nun-Page breakdown, Iron talks near, and various page references across the paper.
Senators Score Truman Boyle Blast Pendergast Politics
Washington Aug 20 Two Republican senators say the Senate faces Truman and Dnc chairman Boyle in a report alleging Pendergast era influence extended to the national level. Democrats call the charge scurrilous but back the inquiry. minority leaders issue sharp rebuttals amid RFC hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Wiliam M. Boyle Jr
Democratic National Committee
Ser. Fulbright
D.-Ark
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fulbright
White House
RFC
W. Stuart
Symington
Sen. Capehart
Round
Bricker
Ohio
Sen
Benton
D-Conn
Banking Committee
Truman to Seek Flood Victims Aid
President Truman plans a special message to Congress seeking additional relief and rehabilitation funds for flood stricken Midwest areas. House leaders say the conference at the White House discussed flood disaster relief. Congress has already voted 25 million for immediate emergency and 21.8 million for flood control and river projects. The timing of sending the message remains uncertain.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Midwest
White House
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Missouri
Kansas
Weather Clears After Noon With Mild Temperature Change
The forecast calls for clear conditions tomorrow after noon with little temperature change. Low clouds and fog tonight into tomorrow morning. West to southwest winds 10 to 15 mph tomorrow afternoon and otherwise light variable.
Fires sweep California as 170 blazes from lightning spread
Nearly 15,000 acres of California brush and timber burned across eight national forests as more than 170 fires raged. Lightning sparked most blazes, with expert forest fighters flown in from Montana, Idaho, Nevada and Southern California to aid. Fire crews, including 120 on the Mendocino blaze and 52 on Trinity's New River area, fought across Long Valley and High Valley Midge, amid hopes for containment today.
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California
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Mt. Shasta
Mel Dimmick
U. S
Forest Service
Ttts
Dimmick
Three Creeks
Six Rivers National Forest
Eureka
Redding
Trinity and
Mendocino National Forests
Trinity
New River
Mendotino National Forest
Harley Ripley
Long Valley
High Valley Midge
Lake County
Ripley
Tanker Blows Up Kills 22 Men at Singapore Wharf
Shell Oil Co tanker Dromus exploded twice at Bukom Island wharf near Singapore. Two blasts and ensuing fire killed 22 sailors, injured 30 others, with two missing feared trapped. Cause not yet determined.
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Singapore
Shell Oil Co
Dromus
Bukom Island
Here
Senator warns Russians as air power grows
Sen. O Mahoney warned that armed forces top brass told Congress the Russians would face a very sad affair if they attack. He spoke after a closed door meeting with Gen. Omar Bradley and Pentagon officials, asserting air power can deliver a serious blow. He heads a Senate subcommittee nearing the end of hearings on a 56 billion dollar bill to bolster the armed forces, including expanding the Air Force to 95 groups.
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Washington
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Armed Forces
Congress
O'Mahoney
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Senate
Injured Texan Rescued After Marooning on Guadalupe Peak
John Eoff 19 and Jim Erwin 18, both Ballinger, Texas youths, scaled Guadalupe Peak to spend a night on the ledge. Eoff fell, was cactus-spined, and crawled three miles to safety after 16 hours without food or water. Rescue parties reached him as Border Patrolman Jim Tice restrained him from leaving with a four dollar bill. They planned the climb as a lifelong goal for Eoff, who studies at Abilene Christian College. Erwin attends Trinity University in San Antonio.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Texas
John Eoff
Ballinger
Guadalupe Peak
Jim Erwin
Sherif Bill High
Eddy County
New Mexico
Boff
Jim Tice
Tice
el Paso
van Horn
Abilene Christian College
Erwin
Trinity University
San Antonio
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Harbor
Page AG
Kingston
Nam II
U.N
Swamp Family
McArran
Boyle
Finantic
Senators
Truman, Boyle
Blast ‘Pendergast
Politics’ In Report
Milton Kelly
Senator
Russ
Lad
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