Two Escape Death in Corsair Collision at Padre Island
In Corpus Christi Texas on June 1 two F4U Corsair pilots survived a collision near Padre Island. Midshipman Donald K Zerbe of Glenwood Springs Colorado and Midshipman Thomas H Thornberg of Portland Oregon escaped with minor injuries after their planes collided. Thornberg crash landed on the island and both were rescued by a Navy helicopter about 20 minutes later.
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Riverside Festival Celebrates De Anza Trail Founder
A three day Riverside event marks the explorer De Anza who founded San Francisco and opened a Riverside route to the Bay. Costumed natives and chuck wagon breakfasts brighten Main Street as the celebration enters its second day.
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Bargain Dining Set Sparks Local Home Makeover
A shopper spots a sleek mahogany dining room set at Barker Bros Annex 210 Locust Avenue. Reduced from 160 to 99 dollars the five chair table group inspires an eager purchase and plans to return for more furniture.
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Barker's Annex
Sea Water Made Fresh at Penny Cost, 20 Gallons
A United Nations symposium reports a diesel engine can produce 20 gallons of fresh water for 1 cent, improving efficiency over prior methods. Dr Abel Wolman of Johns Hopkins notes progress in desalination, including vapor condensation and cheap compression. The finding, part of a conservation conference, highlights industrial use of purified sewage water and the battle against water-wasting plants.
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Johns Hopkins University
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United States
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Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel Co
Sparrows Point
Maryland
Installations Close Hotel Greeters Meet
The 38th annual Hotel Greeters of America convention closed with a banquet at the Marine Room Wilton Hotel installing new international officers led by Lee Mackey of Monterey as international president. Nearly 500 hotel workers attended as Roland Bahan and others were named officers. Denver chosen as 1950 convention city.
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Wilton Hotel
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Monterey Hotel
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Chicago
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Mackey
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Frank C. Finch
Long Beach
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Roland Bahan
New Orleans
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Columbia
D. C
Martin Rowley
Denver
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Long Branch
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Leo Rogan
Wallace Miller
Lee Hubby
Austin
Texas
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Des Moines
Bernard Ryan
Jack Hadley
Kelso
Wash
Betty Cole
Cincinnati
Birdie Finch
Elsie Dalton Mc.Gee
Oklahoma City
Berenice Bennett
Florence
Mausehund
St. Louis
Mary Grant
Omaha
Olive White
Los Angeles
Julia Bock
Church-unifying Conferees Convene at Wellesley
Representatives of more than three million Congregationalists gathered at Wellesley College to study unification of churches and councils. The International Congregational Council planned to consider Protestant church union prospects and possible reunion of Christendom. Over 1000 delegates from the United States Great Britain Europe the Near East Asia and Africa attended.
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Africa
Mars Plant Life Studied by Soviet Astrobotanist
A Soviet scientist identified as Professor Tikhov announced there are at least two kinds of plant life on Mars. The study notes patches on Mars keep green color year round, indicating both deciduous and evergreen flora exist, suggesting a more complex Martian biosphere.
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Mars
Moscow
Tikhov
Astrobotany
Earth
7000 Trainmen for S P Receive Strike Ballots
San Francisco June 17. about 7000 Southern Pacific trainmen begin strike-ballot voting over freight train brakeman crews. J J Corcoran, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen leader, says reports of a link to California full crew law repeal are incorrect. Vote count set for July 5. cooling period and mediation mandated by Railway Labor Act. The union seeks a three-brakeman crew on freights longer than twenty cars. company resists, citing safety and efficiency.
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Southern Pacific
Far West
J. J. Corcoran
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
California
Brotherhood
Classified Ads Sell Themselves In Daily Press Telegram
A court-dispatcher note highlights why the daily Press Telegram classifieds attract buyers. It urges readers to act, noting that ads work for others and offering contact phone 69068 to place an ad now.
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