Slayer of 8 Flees in Southland Desert
Police pursued John Cook after a bloody desert pursuit that left a car riddled with six bullets and Walter Waldrip dead near Ogilby. Cook reportedly forced Waldrip into the car and fled toward California, with roadblocks set to block exits from the desert area. Cook’s criminal history traces back to 1941 in Joplin, involving slugs and auto tampering, with multiple incarcerations and a recent release last June. His father, a 70 year old pensioner, resided in Joplin. his mother was deceased, and officials described him as a "bad actor."
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Ogilby
Dewey
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Joplin
Ralph Edison
Jefferson City Penitentiary
Ware
Blythe
Eisenhower Heads to Paris to Shape European Defense
Eisenhower travels to Paris to craft a Western defense plan with US and allied officials. He will meet French leaders and British commanders, weigh German rearmament, and set a European military production push amid a fast changing postwar landscape. He tours a Pentagonlike Astoria Hotel hub of Allied military activity and coordination.
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Columbia University
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Europe
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U. S
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ECA
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Charles M. Spofford
Athletic Council of Deputies
Wiliam Batt
London
Lord Montgomery
Gen
Alphonse Juin
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Rene Pleven
Robert Schuman
Defenie
Jules Moch
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the Hague
Copenhagen
Oslo
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Rome
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Paris
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Teeland
Ottawa
Tubdlal
Germany
West Europe
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Ari: Des Triomphe
Army
Air Force
Driver Hurt as Grain Sacks Topple on Car
VAN NUYS Jan 6 Cecil J Adams 49 Reseda was in fair condition at Valley Hospital with injuries from nearly two tons of grain sacks toppled from a truck and crashed onto his car. Police said 35 100 pound sacks of poultry feed rolled off the truck driven by Raymond Clark 24 BelGardens and crushed the metal top on Adams car.
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Cecil J. Adams
Reseda
Valley Hospital
Raymond Clark
Bel Gardens
Adams
Fort MacArthur Reserve Corps School Activated
The Fort MacArthur Reserve Corps School opened yesterday to train reserve officers in many military fields. Commanded by Col. Arthur K. Gabie the school offers courses including tactics related to atomic warfare and mirrors a program in Allentown Pa. It is one of over 400 planned nationwide and follows a Clark letter praising Organized Reserve readiness as a potential crisis margin.
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Middle East
Philip J. Fitzgerald
Sixth Army
Organized Reserve Corps
Fort MacArthur
Russia
Fitzgerald
San Francisco
United States
Latin America
Europe
South America
Mark W. Clark
Army Field Forces
F. H. L. Ryder
Hovt
Clark
Allentown
Arthur K. Gabie
Los Angeles
Sericea Plant Rated Source of Paper
Dr Maurice E Barker of the University of Arkansas says sericea can be grown from Virginia to Kansas. Stalks yield paper about wood pulp quality and can make building board rayon and other cellulose products. It also fixes nitrogen and slows erosion, offering soil improvement and potential cash crop.
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San Antonio
Texas
Virginia
Kansas
Maurice E. Barker
University of Arkansas
American Chemical Society
One killed in Old Men's Hospital Brawl
In Trento Italy a bedtime argument among three occupants of the old men ward sparked a fight. Luigi Prosser aged 72 died from a knife wound to the back. Eristo Festi age 76 was unable to walk due to a dislocated knee. Fausto Larchen, 85, was not hurt. Twenty one others joined the fray before nuns and attendants stopped it.
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Trento
Italy
San
Fieet
Luigi Prosser
Eristo Festi
Fausto Larchen
Opportunist Drive-in Laundry Door Smashed by Car
Bartow January 6. John W Edwards kept calm as an automobile plowed through the door and two plate windows of his automatic laundry. A sign across the boarded up windows read Bartow's only drive in errand service.
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Bartow
John W. Edwards
Truman Eyes Farm Law Edits Amid War Front Pace
United Press reports from Korea describe Allied lines buckling as North Korean forces push toward Chungju and Taegu. Observers note a deadly game of hide and seek with fronts cracking, Wonju threatened, and central Korea under swift invasive action as Maoist Chinese and North Korean troops exploit terrain and weak spots. Meanwhile in Washington President Truman seeks farm price amendments and outlines a broad defense budget plan with potential universal military service, while awaiting Congress to review economic and defense requests.
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U. N
Chungju
Taegu
United Nations
Central Korea
Seoul
Chung
Korea
Yorgpo
Hongchon
United Nations Central Front
Ier
Pusan
Truman
House
Senate
Ernest McFarland
Aziz
Congress
McFarland
Lyndon 3. Johnson
Texas
John McCormack
Mass
Percy Priest
Tenn
Johnson
George C. Marshall
Nevada Casinos Score Historic 1950 Gambling Take
Arson City Nevada reports 1950 gambling gross at 43 310 000, surpassing 1949, with state tax take about 866 218.97 and total revenues near 1 439 000. lawmakers anticipate higher tax debates for 1951 amid booming industry and wartime casino activity.
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Nevada
Arson City
Nev
Lawmak
Ars
Mullin Torrance Car Dealer Dies at 71
Torrance car dealer Arthur Mullin died at his home 1823 Cota Ave Torrance aged 71 He was born in Sydney Nova Scotia and moved to Torrance 35 years ago He leaves widow Annie three daughters Mary Catherine Mullin and Edna Reed Los Angeles and a son W T Mullin He was active in the Knights of Columbus Rosary at Stone Myers Mortuary Torrance Requiem Mass at Nativity Catholic Church 10 am Tuesday Interment Holy Cross Cemetery
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Torrance
Cota Ave
Mullin
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Columbus
Annie
Mary
Catherine Mullin
Edna Reed
Los Angeles
W. T. Mullin
Stone & Myers Mortuary
Nativity Catholic Church
Holy Cross
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Old Men’s Hospital
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