Two Killed and Pilot Survives Jet Crash in Texas
In Grand Prairie Texas a Texas Air National Guard F 80 jet crashed after takeoff from Hensley Field. Pilot Captain James C Smith 33 Dallas ejected and survived. Two workers in a nearby boat factory storage yard were killed and four others injured. Witnesses said the ejector seat launched him clear just before impact. The plane narrowly missed a building with about 100 workers. The deceased were Georges Lee Tucker 54 Arlington Texas and William H Slagle 50 Trenton Texas.
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Dallas
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Hensley Field
Dallas Fort Worth
Georges Lee Tucker
Arlington
Tenas
William H. Slagle
Trenton
Texas
U S Recruits 800 Braceros Before Dawn
The United States quietly opened the border and recruited 800 Mexican farm laborers before dawn to avoid daylight riots. Nearly 5000 braceros have been recruited for western farms since stalled negotiations with Mexico. Many returned to Mexico after contracts expired. six month terms with renewal. all must exit by February 28.
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Calenico(p
United States
Mexico
Mexicali
Braceros
Lucy's Tip Unmasks Writer as Film Thief
Hollywood police say Kenneth Darling, 31, an ex convict, confessed to posing as a writer to burglarize studio dressing rooms for four years. Miss Ball helped identify him from a stranger seen leaving a dressing room, leading to his arrest and a record of numerous thefts. Darling boasted of earning up to 500 a day and described lavish travels, including Miami and Acapulco, amid claims of high lifestyle while living in Hollywood flats.
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Lucille Ball
Clair i Riding
Byran Diller
Kenneth Darling
General Services Studios
Darling
Miss Ball
Des Apnax
Bill King
San Quentin
Harriet Nelson
Ozzie Nelson
Joan Davis
Arnaz
United States
Canal Mexico
Las Veras
Miami
Acapulco
Mexico
Europe Cold Death Toll Sets At 300
Europe endures a severe winter with at least 300 dead and 6000 marooned on rebound islands off German and Dutch coasts. The 10 day cold wave disrupts transport and prompts airlifts of food and medicine to East Frisian Isles. Dutch helicopters deliver relief as isolation locks in.
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London
Europe
Norway
North Africa
Portugal
Liberia
East Frisian
North Sea
Holland
Seaway Bill Approved by House Group
The House Public Works Committee approved a Senate bill to join with Canada for St. Lawrence development. The panel passed 23-6, sending the measure to the House Rules Committee with amended financing to rely on revenue bonds repaid by ship tolls. Opponents warned it would hurt coal and rail industries and favor foreign shipping.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Sea
Senate
House Rules Committee
House
Public Works Committee
St. Lawrence Development Corp
Great Lakes
Eisenhower
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Kennedy
Bill to Ask 10 Million for VA Hospital at Long Beach
Washington Bureau reports Rep. Hosmer plans bicameral legislation to fund 10 million dollars for new construction at Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital. VA Administrator Higley urged four new wings, noting 1225 of 1600 beds are in wooden structures.
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Hosmer
Long Beach
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Senate
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
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Harvey V.higley
Higley
California
Allong
Kuehel
Knowland
Highley
Regulation of Coffee Trade Advances in Senate
The agriculture committee recommended a bill to monitor futures trading in coffee by directing the Commodity Exchange Authority to curb price spikes. The measure, approved unanimously, heads to the Senate as retail prices climb past four dollars per pound.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Aiken
Federal Trade Commission
Gustavo Labo Jr
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Chandler Roy
New York
Lobo
Europe
Brazil
Army Identifies 89 Missing GIs as Dead
The Army announced 89 more American soldiers missing in the Korean War are now officially dead. The figure raises U.S. war deaths to about 30,000. The men were declared dead after more than a year of missing status, with eyewitness evidence suggesting they died though bodies were not recovered.
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Washington
Lum
Marilyn Monroe to visit Korea for four day morale boost
Actress Marilyn Monroe will visit Korea for four days to sing and talk with troops, accompanied by a pianist, with Army sponsorship from its special service section. Husband Joe DiMaggio remains in Japan coaching baseball teams.
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Tokyo
Marilyn Monroe
Korea
Joe DiMaggio
Japan
Army
Special Service Section
City Begins Land Annex Near Airport
The City Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to initiate annexation proceedings for 307 acres east of Municipal Airport. The land, acquired via condemnation, is uninhabited and bounded by Shor string Strip Ashworth Downey Ave South St and Coke Ave. 130 of 307 registered voters in the 90 acre area signed petitions favoring annexation to Long Beach, exceeding the 77 needed to continue proceedings.
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Municipal
Irving M. Smith
Shorstring Strip
Ashworth
Downey Ave
Iwest
South St
St and
Coke Ave
Long Beach
Hepburn Arrives in London to Start The Millionairess
Actress Katharine Hepburn arrives in London by platform from New York to begin filming George Bernard Shaw's The Millionairess. She laughs off London's weather as she steps from the plane and into the set.
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London
Katherine Hepburn
New York
George Bernard Shaw
Blood donor Ira J. Russell reaches 105th pint for Red Cross
Ira J. Russell, a 205-pound scrap businessman from Salford, Montgomery County, donated his 105th pint to the Red Cross after a doctor suggested bloodletting for rheumatism. He began on crutches twenty years ago and says he has been in perfect health since. He donates about a pint every eight weeks.
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Philadelphia
Ira J. Russell
Red Cross
F “T
Russell
Salford
Montgomery County
Citizens General Insurance urged to obtain other coverage
Los Angeles holders of outstanding Citizens General Insurance Co policies have been urged by the insurance commissioner to seek alternative coverage. Commissioner John R. Thursday was appointed liquidator after Superior Judge Arnold Praeger said the firm’s assets are about 73 percent of its liabilities.
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Los Angeles
Citizens General Insurance Co
John R. Tursday
Arnold Praeger
Petri's Cleaners Adopt Cravenette Water Repellent
Petri's Cleaners are named exclusive authorized agents for Cravenette water repellent treatment in the area. The process waterproofs garments without changing feel or look, offering wet-proofing on top coats, ladies coats, sportswear, and more. Call 662-91 for service via Petri's 10 trucks or bring items to 1260 Orange Ave plant.
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Orange Ave
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