Air Line President Hero of Crash Threw Wire to Save Passengers
Ames, July 20 AP report quotes Air Line Associates president Heacock recounting a deadly charter crash near Chicago. He describes engines failing after takeoff, a high tension wire strike, and his actions to rescue passengers and crew including his wife, stewardess Dorothy. He saved pilots James Adams Merle Edgerton and Tony Jessing, freeing them and directing bystanders to aid. The tale ties to Dominican news rumors about Miami pilots and a broader invasion context.
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Air Line
Ames
Hee= gock
Seattle
Air Transport Ausociates, Inc
Wheen
Wight
Chicago
Dorothy
James M. Adams
Merle Edgerton
Tony Jessing
Jessing
Federal Bureau of Invest
Miami
Chudad' Trujillo
Republic
Bet J. Marcot
John W. Chewning
George. B Scruggs
Hawaii Firms Block Capital Negotiations On Dock Strike
Honolulu labor dispute stalls as employers object to Harry Bridges involvement in wage talks. Firms refuse to declare stance until attorney James Blaisdell returns. Longshoremen seek hourly rates from 1.40 to 1.72 and push for federal conciliation.
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Hawaii
Harry Bridges
Washington
Bridges
Sen. Douglas
D.-lit
C. J
Ride
James P. Blaisdell
FBI Probes Plot to Bomb Trujillo
FBI reports a proposed reprisal against the Dominican Republic were being investigated in Miami on July 20. Four reports described plans to bomb or attack the Dominican government, with authorities tracing the conspirators and motives.
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FBI
Trujillo
Miami
Fla
After crash I searched for wife then went to office
The speaker describes returning to the rear of the plane to see if his wife was safe after a wreck. A witness said a woman fitting her description boarded an ambulance without help. Sensing no further action possible, he and employee Wilbur Fitch drove to his office.
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Wilbur Fitch
Russ Capable of Suppressing Today's Unrest
Washington July 20 AP diplomatic officials say several political economic and religious forces challenge Russias domination of eastern Europe The Communist conflict with the Catholic Church and Marshal Titos struggle against Moscow control of Yugoslavia may prolong tensions in satellite states but officials do not see a crack large enough to threaten the Soviet position He urged continued strong American policy and warned against halfway measures The Tito break with Moscow is cited as a key spark inspiring dissent in the region American experts note trade system depresses living standards and fuels unrest in many areas
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Russia
Europe
Mashal ‘Tito
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Chicago
Cage
West
United States
Truman
Tito
State Department
Acheson
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Czech
United Nations
Lausanne
Switzerland
Palestine
Canton
Kiangsi
Hunan
China
South China
Catholic Action Organization
Eleinent
Shriners End Convention With Pageant In Chicago
Chicago hosts the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine as 15,000 Shriners parade for five hours in Dowtown, with a Soldier Field pageant to close the convention. President Truman spoke and outgoing imperial potentate Calhoun of Tyler, Texas featured in the program.
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Harold Lloyd
Shriners
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Lloyd
Soldier Field
Associated Press
United States
Canada
Flakefront Stadium
Cahetat
Calhoun
Tyler
Texas
Chinese Granted Lifelong Permit
Washington July 20 A Chinese seaman Poon Lim aged 31 native of Hunan sole survivor of a British liner torpedoed in November was approved by Congress for permanent residence in the United States despite an oversubscribed Chinese quota. Lim who spent 133 days adrift at sea aided survivor equipment use and served as a steward in the US merchant marine.
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Congress
Poon Lim
Hunan
China
House
Truman
Lim
United States
United States Merchant Marine
Russia says Italy broke treaty by signing pact
The Associated Press reports Russia sent a diplomatic note accusing Italy of violating its 1847 peace treaty by joining the Atlantic pact. Acheson dismissed the protest as groundless, stating the pact is defensive. Italy's lower house debates ratification amid strong international tension.
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Rui
Russia
United States State Department
United States
Britain
France
President Presses Investigation Into 5 Percenters
Washington July 20. UP. A White House push for a thorough probe into so called 5 percenters coincides with a demand for the inquiry. President Truman has instructed Defense Secretary Johnson and Army Secretary Gray to proceed with the investigation regardless of potential embarrassment. Senate seeks details from Maj. Gen. Harry H Vaughan about his knowledge of 5 percenters and contracting influence. Two Army officers have been suspended in a preliminary inquiry by the Senate investigations committee into influence use in contracts. Vaughan accompanied the President on a Chicago trip yesterday, and no immediate sign links him to the probe.
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White House
Truman
Defense
Johnson
Army
Gray
Senator Mundt
RSD
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Senate
Alden H. Waltz
Chemical Corps
Herman Feldman
Trouble in Groveland as Guard Faces Florida Riot
Groveland Florida July 20. Panicky tense night with bayonet backed peace as National Guard warns and fires near white robed Klansman and armed mobsters. Violence erupted after a sheriff reported an attack on a 7 year old bride, and mobs burned Negro areas while guardsmen used tear gas to disperse them.
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Groveland
Fla
Florida National
Stanley Gaylord
National Guard
Florida
Sherif W. V. McCall
Mra Wille Padgett
German Communist chief Max Reimann freed in Dusseldorf
Frankfurt reports Max Reimann the West German Communist leader was released today in Dusseldorf after serving a three month jail term for his cooperation with Allied authorities.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Max Reimann
Dusseldorf
Lth
Reimann
Odessa High Band Hits Heat in New York Parade
Seventy five Odessa Texas high school band members were stricken with heat exhaustion in New York during Lions Club International convention activities. A hotel physician cited altitude change and salt tablet use. director Robert Maddox said the group would perform next in Madison Square Garden before continuing to Washington D C. The event followed a long bus ride and intense heat. the group later resumed activities in top form.
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Odessa
Texas
A&piece
Lions Club
Robert Maddox
Madison Square Garden
Washington, D. C
Lions Inter+national
Heat forecast broad in 100s to 90s across plains and s.
Heat to grip wide area from Rockies to southeast with 100F readings in Oklahoma Kansas and northern Texas. Wichita recorded 103F while most Great Plains and eastern Rockies saw 90s. Rain fell in central plains and northwest Pennsylvania causing flash flooding in Crawford County Meadville with over three inches in one hour and thousands of dollars in damage.
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Rockies
Oklahoma
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Wichita
Kans
Great Plains
Texas
Kansas
Chadron
Nebr
Fort Smith
Aik
Great Lakes
Northwest Pacific States
Central Portal
Northern Plains
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Crawford County
Shooting at Trial Sparks Fatal Corridor Shot
In Salamazoo Michigan during July a riot trial involving United Steel Workers officials testing incitement charges at Shakespeare Companies plant saw three pistol shots erupt in a corridor as Walter Upson testified. Clarence Baker, 56, fell fatally wounded while his wife Dora, just granted a divorce, injured herself in the adjacent courtroom.
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Salamazoo
UPA
T. Crtymond
C. S O. United Steelworkers
Shakespeare Companies
Walter
Upson
Shakespeare Safety
Clarence Baker
Dora
Baker
Fancy Food Given Dogs at Convention
At the American Association for the Advancement of the Blind convention in Ston dogs visit the Hotel Statler. Room service serves on silver platters while seeing-eye dogs and their masters sample 15 varieties of dog food amid cheery barks.
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Ston
Statler
American Association For Advancement of the Blind
Student's $1600 in Books Saved From Fire
Detroit July 20 A fireman saved 11 year old Lloyd Slop's $1600 life savings from his room wall and then helped collect the money. The boy and his mother watched firemen police officers search, and all the money was found on the lawn and in bushes. An officer escorted him to a bank to deposit the funds.
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Detroit
Lloyd Siop
Slop
Poiceman
Blind man buys camera for what in newspaper shop
In Savannah a blind man entered a photo shop and asked for a camera he could use by sound. He selected one he liked and bought it, then stood by as the clerk watched, too astonished to inquire about the intended use of the pictures.
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Savannah
Rai Ins
Man Run Over by Roller in Galveston Hospital Visit
GALVESTON Texas July 20 Friends who visit John Garza Jr at the hospital report he was run over by a roller but not killed. The incident details are unclear as authorities investigate the event and report on his condition.
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Roller
Galveston
Texas
John Garza Jr
Hospital
Kenney Takes Post in Navy Chief Role in Britain
Kenney is to assume a new post as Navy chief in Britain. The report notes a transfer or appointment involving British authority, with emphasis on leadership change and the expected duties under the new role.
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Aria
Foetor EC. A
Bri
New Britain
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