Reds Battle Police Halt Troop Shipment Across Algeria News Flash
A 6000-strong task force and 1500 police cordoned a station at 2 a.m. and swept the area, delaying a train by nearly two hours as authorities seek to curb rebel movements. Reports describe seized arms, uniforms, and explosives, with calls for peaceful settlement in Algeria amidst ongoing clashes and raids across Algiers and Kabylie.
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Nantes
Apis Stterie Anu Squsnenum
Task Forge
Algeria
L'Arba
Algiers
Caid
Mahieddine
Mohamed
Bougie
Kabylie
Dakbou
Supreme Court rules state taxes may tax private military housing
In a 5-4 decision Justice Frankfurter leads a majority allowing state and local taxes on housing built and run by private firms on government land under the 1949 Wherry Act. About 159 projects with 53,339 units exist. Offutt Housing Co case cited. Douglas dissents, joined by Reed Burton and Harlan, arguing Congress did not clearly permit such taxes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Frankfurter
Douglas
Reed, Burton
Harlan
Offutt Housing Co
Omaha
Sarpy’County
Neb
Offutt Air Force Base
Frankfurter
Mirjorry
Congress
Boy Admits Log Drop on Police Auto
An 18 year old youth Reginald Drant of Olivette admitted dropping a 30 pound log from an overpass onto a pursuing patrol car during a race chase on the Daniel Boone Expressway. Trooper Bert F. Morris suffered hand cuts but was not seriously injured as the windshield was struck. Capt. C. R. Oliver said witnesses reported several prior log drops.
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ST. Louis
Reginald Drant
Olivette
Bert F. Morris
Daniel Boone Expressway
C. R. Oliver
Boy Defies Police Guns Hit 6 Times
A San Francisco teenager remains in critical condition after police say he defied border patrol officers. James Terry Bridgman, 18, was shot six times as officers challenged three armed youths hiding in brush near Stockton. Officers reported a loaded revolver, two automatic pistols, a hunting knife, and ammunition.
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Fallbrook
San Francisco
Border Patrol
James Terry Bridgman
Bridgman
Marion Taylor
Bridman
Taylor
Stockton
Boat Capsizing Near Glenwood Springs Claims One Life
In Colorado, rescuers searched the Colorado River for the body of Bob Mann, 22, of Aspen, after the rubber boat named Aspen to Las Vegas overturned near Shoshone Dam. Two companions, Kenneth Moore and Hans Zurfluh, reached shore. Mann's life jacket appeared loosened by the swift current.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Colorado River
Bob Mann
Aspen
Carpenter
Kenneth Moore
Golden
Hans
Johnny) Zurfluh
Las Vegas
Shoshone Dam
Mann
Chinese Paper Urges U S Refugee Measure Halt
The United Daily News of Taipei called on the Nationalist government to suspend the plan allowing 2,000 Chinese refugees to enter the United States under the refugee relief act. It said many so-called refugees are well-off Chinese with children studying in the U S and have sent funds by devious means, seeking to settle there under refugee status.
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Taipei
United States
United Daily News
40 Million in State by 2000, Powers Predicts
Lt Gov Harold Powers forecast California’s population reaching about 40 million by 2000 with most residents north of the Tehachapi Mountains. He said the San Francisco Bay area will swell into a sprawling conurbation of 9 million or more people radiating from the bay, making San Francisco and Oakland a central hub.
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San Francisco
California
Tehachapi Mountains
Harold J. Powers
San Francisco Bay Area
Bay
Oakland
Mme Sukarno Plans Art Study at Indonesia University
Djakas ta dispatch reports Indonesia’s first lady Fatmawati Sukarno plans to enroll as an ordinary art student at the University of Indonesia in the literary faculty. If admitted she would sit entrance exams and enter as a regular student. Her divorce request from President Sukarno has been refused while he is in the United States after marrying a second wife.
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Djakarta
Indonesia
Fatmawati Sukarno
University of Indonesia
Sukarno
Jin
United States
Kidney transplant succeeds between Oklahoma twins in Boston
A kidney transplant between identical twins in Boston shows early activity. Edith Helm of Sand Spring Oklahoma received the kidney from her sister Wanda Foster of Chandler Oklahoma. Both twins are progressing satisfactorily following the operation to treat glomerulonephritis. This marks the first kidney transplant between female twins, following two prior successful twin brother procedures.
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Boston
Helm
Florida Beach Shakedown Yields Knife Gun Array
Delray Beach police with state troopers searched cars at four beach entrances after a race related incident. Officers recovered knives and firearms from vehicles of all races while enforcing emergency powers and segregation rules upheld by the city commission. The action followed a court ruling that the beach’s mixed access status was the basis for dismissing a suit by Black residents seeking beach access.
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Delray Beach
Fla
Upi
Rono
Oneoliceman
Method to Reclaim Newsreels Evolved
Kemp Niver developed a method to reclaim half century old newsreel film with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He named it Renovare from a law dictionary word meaning to reclaim refurbish and profit. He says they have reclaimed and refurbished so far but are awaiting profit.
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Hollywood
Kemp Niver
Academy of Motion Picture Tarts and Sciences
De La Guardia Named President of Panama
Ernesto de La Guardia, a leading economist, was proclaimed president elect in a National Assembly ceremony. The electoral jury reported 177,633 votes for De la Guardia versus 81,737 for his opponent Victor Florencia Goytia of the National Liberal Party.
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Panama City
Ernesto de la Guardia
Panama
National Assembly
de la Guardia
Victor Florencia Goytia
National Liberal Party
Mistrial Denied Two Truman Aids, 1 Wins
In St Louis, Judge Hulet denied a mistrial for Matthew J Connelly and T Lamar Caudle while ordering a conspiracy trial to proceed despite Schwimmer’s illness. Schwimmer remains charged and could be retried later. Moore and Harper may be called as witnesses.
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Truman
Matthew J.connelly
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Hulen
Connelly
Schwimmer
George H. Moore
Roy Wa Harper
Legion Seeks Wartime Pay for Philippine Scouts
The American Legion urged Congress to restore pay for Philippine scouts paroled from Japanese POW camps in World War I, contending the Army had no legal basis to refuse. Testimony described the scouts facing casualty status and cited cross examinations of officials and attorneys in a trial context.
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Washington GF
American Legion
Congress
C. H. Olson
Legion
Schwimmer
House Armed Services
Romittee
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Charles Boyer
Hedy Lamaar
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Sahlek
Auming
Ted W. Brown
U.S
Powers
Mme. Sukarno
Palestro
Casbeh
Florida Beach
Andhorett
Talltala
Aldo
Ph. Wirnieck
Meertwal
Orman
Liberal Credit
Pansioners
Frew Pork & Shop
Milton Glinberg
Optompathius
Broadway
Nme
Suide
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