Crash Survivor Tells of Fight in Flaming Plane
Judith Frost, 18, a survivor of yesterday's Standard Air Line crash, explains the fight aboard the fogbound aircraft had nothing to do with the accident. She describes the melee as a single punch, then recalls the plane descending, skidding, and burning as she braced for impact.
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Suglth Frost
Standard Air Lines
William
Davie Winyerd
Cherry Ave
Press-Telegram
Judith Frost
Air Line
Davie Winyard
Doctora
Albuquerque
Eagy
Long Beach
Burbank
Beach town budget vote eyed by council tonight
Page B-1 reports the city council to adopt the yearly budget at tonight’s meeting. The paper notes local items including a Mary Beach family effort overseas and a broad schedule of pages for classifieds, sports, theaters, tides and temperatures, and visitors activities across sections B and 8.
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Beach Family
Hope Mary
China
Long Bach
Cerbies
Edherbal
Steel plants face strike if they reject Truman plan
In Pittsburgh on July 13 AP reports United Steelworkers accepted Truman's 60 day pause proposal while union president Philip Murray warned a strike could start Friday for firms not agreeing. He cited likely targets including U S Steel Republic Steel and Bethlehem Steel as possible offenders.
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Pittsburgs
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Truman
Sway
Murray
U.S. Steel Corp
Republic Left Corp
Bethlechem Steel Corp
Pontes
Wheeling, Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Russia Charges MacArthur Acts in Japan Brutal
Washington July 13 UP Soviet Ambassador Panyushkin accused Gen Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese government of a brutal campaign against democratic forces in Japan. He urged the Far Eastern commission to grant strike rights to government workers while the United States blocks such action and accuses allies other than the US of supporting workers.
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Washington
Russia
Douglas Macarthur
Japan
Alexander S. Panushkin
Far Eastern Commission
Panyushkin
Commission
MacArthur
Pacific
United States
Panyushin
Detective Iron Kills Texas Woman
In Houston on July 13 a 41 year old mother of 14 was electrocuted while ironing clothes in her back yard. Sheriff’s Captain Charley Nix said she went outside for cooler air, was barefoot and the iron’s damp vid caused contact. A neighbor quoted her saying a few days earlier there was a short circuit in the iron.
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Houston
Texas
Viola Williams
Charley Nix
Sheriff's Office
Sub Seen Of Island Held By Nationalists
Report from Kaoshiung says a submarine was sighted near Changshun Inland or Changshuai at the entrance to the Gulf of Chibili. The unidentified craft was observed yards off the coast by a Chinese Central News Agency dispatch dated July 23.
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Hong Kong
Chinese Central News Agency Dispatch
Kaoshiung
Formosa
Changshun
Changshuai
Jone
Ovalist- Naval
Ching
Gulf of Chibili
President Truman to address nation on economic plan tonight
President Truman to speak at 6:30 PM across four major networks and TV, defending administration policy amid moderate economic decline. He aims to reassure Americans, discuss a midyear economic report to Congress, and outline proposed tax measures totaling about four billion dollars.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Explosion and Fire Drive Evacuation at Evansville Hospital
An explosion and subsequent fire wrecked an operating room in Evansville Indiana forcing the removal of about 230 patients. Local officials say the blast caused extensive damage but no fatalities were reported as of early evening. Medical staff moved patients to safety while investigators begin examining the blast site.
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Evansville
Ind
Man 59 says he acted on divine command in wife’s murder
Arnie Marks, 59, laborer, told homicide detectives he was ordered by divine forces to kill his wife Alma, 58, at their home at 4229 East 15th Street. Police found her body on the bedroom floor this morning after a phone tip led to the scene.
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Arnia Marts
Long Beach
15Th St
Poster
andHorway
Arnie Marks
Alma
Donati
Linden Ave
Teleoned
Marks
Lorin
Q. Martin
E.L Richards
Martin
William. J. Findley
Seal Beach Votes Down Gambling Proposal
Seal Beach residents voted to defeat the Street and Water Improvement Act of 1949 proposal to allow commercialized gambling. Turnout reached 1454 of 1981 registered voters with 826 against and 528 in favor. The anti gambling campaign, backed by local residents, claimed the measure would invite outside interests and alter city policy.
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Seal Beach
Ingcord
Plane disaster cause studied by U S expert
A U S Civil Aeronautics Board official said the cause of a fatal Standard Air Lines crash near Santa Susana Peak is being determined. Survivors reported a flight fight between two men shortly before the crash, but investigators found no direct link. Pilot Roy G White, 25, and several others perished in the incident that killed 35 and injured 14.
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Long Beach
New York
Here
Civil Aeronautics Board
E Tegu
Ini
Santa Susana Peak
Loa
Peyton
Associated Press
Attorn
Arthur
Waite Tentra Coun
Charlotte Grenander
Ventura Counky
J. Grenander
Edie
L. R. Powell
Standard Air Lines
Roy
G. White
Ronan S'mington
White
Stanley ‘Wells
The
Vatican Condemns Communism as Anti Christian Doctrine
Vatican City July 13 The Holy Office announced that all Catholics who align with communism will face automatic excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church. The unprecedented decree labels communism materialistic and anti Christian and says its followers may no longer remain within the church.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Hogs Sell Up to Peak of 22.50 in Chicago Market
In Chicago on July 13, live hog prices peaked at 22.50 per hundredweight, a comparison against earlier sessions shows stronger demand and higher top bids amid trading notes from the livestock market.
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Chicago
Jennifer Jones Weds Selznick on Yacht Off Italian Rivera
Hollywood star Jennifer Jones wed producer-boss David Selznick aboard a yacht off Portofino Italy. The ceremony was conducted by British captain Ernest J Stroud with Portofino’s mayor in attendance as Jones, once an unknown from Tulsa, rose to fame after The Song of Bernadette and later films Gone with the Wind and Rebecca. Selznick, president of Selznick International Pictures, had previously been married twice.
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Ortofino
Italy
Hollywood
Jennifer Jones
Vid Selznick
Italian Riviera
Portofino
Ernest, J. Stroud
Jennifer
Hollyywood
Selznick
Stocks Rise to Highest Level in Seven Weeks
New York reports a stock market advance reaching its highest point in seven weeks driven by gains amid ongoing steel sector tensions. The United Steel Workers union has called a strike against steel companies, influencing market sentiment and investor behavior.
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New York
Hic
Tera
Ate Honal Steel
United ‘Steel Workers
Steel
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