Air Force Still Needs 70 Groups Says Symington
Air Secretary Symington told a Pentagon briefing that at least 70 wartime air groups are desired but not affordable under the proposed 13.5 billion dollar budget. He confirmed the plan would keep 48 groups and 13 squadrons, with no congressional push to raise the budget. Navy figures were also trimmed, ending with 24 carrier air groups for the coming year.
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Recognition of Spain may shift US status in UN move
In Washington and Jackson, Mississippi, reports say the United States may join a UN backed effort to end the diplomatic boycott of Spain with full recognition of the Franco government possible, as policymakers await UN guidance and Senate committee input.
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D.-Texas
Oklahoma students protest by burning cross at campus speech
University of Oklahoma students protested Allan Shaw's address at Hillel House sponsored by the civil rights committee. They shouted insults and burned a 15 foot cross outside the building where the Communist party chairman spoke.
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Hillel House
Civil Right Committee
Navy and Marine patrol squadrons trim cuts under economy plan
The current fiscal year shows Navy patrol squadrons at 23, down to 20 by next July. Marine squadron numbers drop from 23 in 1949 to 12, while overall economy measures reduce unit totals.
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Marine
Son of Sheriff Faces 10-Year Term in Slaying
Los Angeles Jan 1. A 19 year old sailor who says he is the son of Idaho Sheriff Charles T. McCracken faces one to ten years in San Quentin for manslaughter in the slaying of 64 year old Chong Lai Kim in a rooming house on October 4. Investigations tie the youth to Caribou county Idaho where his father serves as sheriff.
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Idaho
San Quentin
Gerald McCracken
Chong Lai Kim
McCracken
Charles T. McCracken
Caribou County
Election date angers church leaders in Britain
In Deal England on January 11 Prime Minister Attlee faced strong church opposition for choosing a general election date that falls the day after Ash Wednesday. Clerical leaders of the Church of England warned election eve rallies would disrupt church attendance.
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