Football Player Killed in Game in Billings Montana
In Billings on October 27 a Montana School of Mines starting center Wesley Salonen died during a game against Eastern Montana College. The match was halted at halftime after Salonen collapsed on a punt return on MSM’s 35 yard line. Coroner J G Kiser cited probable broken neck as cause. Salonen’s bride Rosaline Dellmer, 19, awaited news at home as the community mourned.
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Billings
Mont
Montana ‘School of Mines
Wesley
Salonen
I Butte
Aumnont
Montana Lege
Eastern
MSM
Lloyd Bergstrom
Bergstrom
J.G. Kiser
Harold Alterowicz
Montana
Carl Salonen
St. Vincent's
Saloneta
Butte
One B-29 Hit Trojans Safe as 19 Red Win Over TCU
Bulletin from U S Army forces reports a day of air battles over Korea ending with one B-29 damaged and no allied losses. In the same combat, Allied jets claimed downing or damaging several Communists as 83 Sabres faced 40 MIG fighters. Southern California powered past Texas Christian 28 26 in a dramatic football comeback at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
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Trojans
TCU
Trier
U.S. Highth Army
Koreas
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Tokyo
Korea
South Korea
Sinanju
Pyongyang
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Matthew B Ridgway
U. N
Okinawa
Myers B. Cather
Kumrong
Red
Merie A
Gott
Monmouth
Leeman M
Tankersley
Calhoun, Ga
Southern California
Texas Christian University
Los Angeles Coliseum
Stanford University
Bay
Washington
Illinois
Indiana
Illini
Northwestern
Ilinois
Wisconsin
E.day
Cornell
Big Red
Tigers
Death of Grand Duchess Marié Kyrilion Instera in Madrid
Grand Duchess Marié Kyrilion Instera died during a visit to her brother Grand Bake Viadhnair at his Madrid home on October 27. Details are sparse in the fragmentary dispatches from MADRID.
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Madrid
Spain
Marié
Kyrilion Instera
Er Ui
Grand Bake Viadhnair
B 25 Plunge Into Missouri River Near KC
An Air Force B 25 bomber carrying six men crashed into the Missouri River between Municipal and Fairfax Airports. Two men were rescued from the swift current Leo Hicks 21 of Dupo Illinois and Pfc Nolan F Lederle about 20 from St Louis. Four others believed dead. Both survivors reported two officers and two NCOs were aboard. Lederle was en route to Larson Air Force Base and was hospitalized at Fort Leavenworth. Both rescued men were in shock and exposure.
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Kansas City
Get
Missouri
Municipal
Fairfax
Leo Hicks
Dupo
Til
Nolan F. Lederle
St. Louis
Scott Field
Denver
Lederle
Larson Air Force Base
Moses Lake
Wash
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
U S Ship Grounds Near Copenhagen
The 7176 ton U S Liberty ship Daniel H Lownsdale ran aground tonight at the south entrance of the Copenhagen harbor near Copenhagen. No important damage is expected.
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Copenhagen
U. S
Daniel H. Lownsdale
Nuclear blast test signaled as planes held in reserve
LAS VEGAS Nov 27 AP The Atomic Energy Commission announced a Sunday morning nuclear display by renewing warnings to planes between Albuquerque and Las Vegas. The FAA was asked to order flights out of lanes at 11 000 14 000 and 15 000 feet from 1 to 9 30 p m Weather was clear as Yucca flat near test site prepared for a second nuclear blast. Air Force and B 29s stood by at local bases for possible participation. The AEC outlined categories of restricted information including weapon design, effects, metallurgy and testing details.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Albuquerque
AEC
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Yucca Flat
Air Force Strategic Weapons Command
Kirtland Air Base
N. M
Commission
Department of Defense
Highlights Of Today News Off The Teletype
A compact scan shows a multiple page layout with references to Pacific Coast strike pending ruling on coats, Eisenhower split, California Legislature to consider toll highways, auto news, luncheon clubs jobs, military news, obituaries, political news, public forum, radio and television, realty news, Southland magazine, sports pages and theaters.
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Eisenhower
California
Public Forum
ALO
Stocks Dive Reflecting Tax Burdens
New York stock market faced a major drop on a Saturday as heavy weekly decline tied to tax burdens on profits. Industrials led losses with steels chemicals motors rails and rubbers hardest hit. AP index fell by $1.50, week losses $3.50, amid third quarter earnings showing tax inroads on large firms.
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New York
Associated Press
Albania
Ex-Cabinet Official Dies at Rice Texas Grid Game
Alvin J. Wirtz former Undersecretary of the Interior died at 63 after collapsing at the Rice Texas football game in Austin. He passed from a heart attack at Brackenridge Hospital. Wirtz was a leading legal authority on water oil and conservation and served two years as chief deputy to Harold Ickes. He helped shape the Lower Colorado River Authority and Dakota river dam projects. He led Texas political strategy for Roosevelt faction in 1944 and later returned to Austin to resume law practice.
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Austin
Texas
Alvin J. Wirtz
Brackenridge Hospital
Wirtz
Harold J. Ickes
Roosevelt
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Seguin
Interior
Ohio Grid Fans Fight After Bowling Green Game
Toledo beat Bowling Green 12 to 2 after a brawl lasting seven minutes. Flying fists and multiple injuries marred the finish as coaches and officials broke up the melee. Bowling Green president Ralph W. McDonald blamed Toledo players for initiating the incident.
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Bowling -Green
Ohio
Toledo
Bowling Green
Ralph W. McDonald
Bowling “Green
Don Greenwood
Truce Parley Lasts Two Hours At Panmunjom
Allied and Communist subcommittees met for over two hours at Panmunjom as talks on a Korean cease-fire continued. Major General Henry S. Hodes said the discussion focused on locating the line of contact along the battlefront while both sides awaited any concrete progress toward armistice terms.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
U.N
Henry S. Hodes
U. N
Long Beach
United Nations
Hodes
Kaesong
Typhoon Thelma Threatens Guam and Marianas
Navy reports an intensifying typhoon named Thelma with winds over 100 mph bearing down on Guam and other Marianas islands as of Oct 27, threatening severe damage across the Pacific Isles.
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Honolulu
Guam
Marianas
Navy
Princess Elizabeth Drives Royal Train Across Canada
Princess Elizabeth retraced her journey across Canada aboard the royal train. She steered the 315-ton locomotive for 144 miles from Yates to Peers Alberta, with the Duke of Edinburgh as fireman. She wore a blue raincoat and mink jacket while the Duke wore naval uniform as they toured Edmonton’s platform and station concourse.
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Edmonton
Alte
Elizabeth
Canada
Duke of Edinburgh
Yates
Peers
Rosevar
Rincess
Duke
Alberta
J.J. Bowlen
Egypt Demands British Troop Withdraw From Suez Zone
Cairo reports Britain provoked unrest as Egypt denounces new Churchill government actions in the Suez Canal zone. Notes accuse Britain of aggression against Egypt’s sovereignty, abrogation of treaties, and seizure of goods at Port Said warehouses. No casualties reported.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Winston Churchill
Suez Canal Zone
Canal
Mohamed Salah el Din Bey
Sudan
Port Said
Interior Ministry
Ismailia
Canal Zone
Mrs. Rosenberg Ends Korea Tour
Anna Rosenberg Assistant Secretary of Defense said troops in Korea eligible for rotation would be withdrawn before the end of November. She noted speedups in the United States and emphasized the combat effectiveness would not be sacrificed. Read in Tokyo after a seven day Korea Japan tour she reported improved morale among front line troops.
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Tokyo
Anna Rosenberg
Korea
Wilmington
Avalon Blvd
Sandison St
Clarence Banning
Avalon, Blvd
Harbor General Hospital
Collins and Ridgway Tour the Far East Together
Army heads plan a tour of the Far East with General Ridgway, supreme commander in the region, accompanied by Collins on a flight from Tokyo. The pair aim to survey allied positions and strategic efforts during ongoing operations in Korea.
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Korea
Lawton "Collins
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far East
Collins
Tokyo
Coisi Fon
Churchill Reinstalls War II Leadership in Britain
London reports Winston Churchill resumes as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense with Anthony Eden as Foreign Secretary, naming eight cabinet members after Conservative victory. Churchill appears jubilant at Buckingham Palace as Britain faces global tensions and economic strain.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Anthony Eden
Churchill
George VI
Privy Council
Buckingham Palace
Russia
Buckinghan Palace
Palace
Eden
Homesick girl eight hikes nine miles as police search
Caroline Bennett, eight, who had vanished from her Richmond area grandmother's home, reappeared ten hours after departure. She walked about nine miles in dirt and exhaustion, saying she had simply grown homesick and was unaware police were seeking her.
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Oakland
Caroline Bennett
Caroline
Richmond
Truckee Housewife Frozen to Death Found Off Highway
The frozen body of Mrs Batty Metchlen was found about a mile west of Highway 40 near Truckee. She had started out in her car Thursday night to visit her new home under construction when the vehicle developed a flat tire and she did not reach her destination.
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Ohio Grid
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George W. Tarlson
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