Senate OKs 7.3 Billion Foreign Aid to bolster defenses
The Senate approved a 7.286 billion foreign aid program to back free world defenses against communism. The bill, authorized not funded, may be trimmed by a later House Senate conference. Major spending targets arms aircraft tanks and defense production overseas with Europe as primary beneficiary.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
McFarland
Arizona
Congress
Senate House
Sen. Schoeppel
R.kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State Department
Plant Blasts Injure Eight at PhillipsSynthetic Plant
BORGER Texas Sept 1 a series of explosions and fires at dawn rocked a Phillips Chemical Co synthetic rubber plant. Eight workers were injured and smoke drifted three miles west as blasts continued for hours in the butadiene purification area during a government reactivation operation.
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Borger
Texas
Here
Texas Panhandle
Phillips Chemical Co
Korea
Inferno at Norwalk crossing kills engineer and burns crew
A 4500 gallon gasoline explosion after a collision at the Imperial Highway Santa Fe crossing Norwalk killed engineer William W. Baer aged 52 and injured fireman Guy Lawrence Rice. Conductor C R Main and other crew members were hospitalized. Truck driver Ralph Bennett fled the scene uninjured as the 50 mile per hour engine derailed and burned. Incident continued on page A5.
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Santa Fe
Norwalk
Imperial Hwy
Pico Emergency Hospital
William W. Baer
S. Gramercy Pt
Los Angeles
Los Angeles General Hospital
Ralph Eugene Bennett
Burbank
Sinatra Denies Death by Overdose Rumors
Lake Tahoe report says Frank Sinatra angrily denied rumors he swallowed sleeping pills in an attempted death by his own action. He blamed gossip on a marital dispute with Ava Gardner and described Monday night events involving brandy and a doctor as a medical scare. Gardner left for Hollywood after Sinatra’s plans to remarry Gardner surfaced, fueling speculation of their spat.
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Lake Tahoe
Frank Sinatra
Howdy
Sinatra
Ava Gardner
Miss Gardner
Nevada
Ava
Hollywood
Wlness
Where to Find It In This Newspaper
A brief index lists sections and page numbers for churches classifieds comics financial obituaries radio and TV shipping sports theaters tides and temperatures across pages A-4 to B-8 with nearby cities noted on A-2 and B-4.
Reds Bring Up Fresh Troops on Korea Front
Four new Red divisions appeared on Korea's east central front as heavy fighting raged on Bloody Ridge. Allied officers warned of a possible major offensive while air and ground actions intensified across the 100 mile battleline. Casualty counts rose with more than 460 Communists dead, and reports said the four divisions were not yet committed to action.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
George Mewid
McArthur
U. N
Raleigh
N. C
U.N
Bob Idtey
Western Front
Weather Update Low Clouds Tonight Then Sun Tomorrow
Low clouds persist tonight with a transition to sunny skies and a touch warmer in the tomorrow afternoon. Light variable winds shift to southwest to west at 10 to 20 mph, increasing slightly tomorrow afternoon.
Compton Red Nabbed in Los Angeles Conspiracy Case
Three more Communist party leaders were jailed in Los Angeles County on conspiracy charges to overthrow the government by force. The trio includes Frank Carlson 38 of Los Angeles Frank Spector 55 of Compton and Ben Dobbs former organizational secretary. Carlson and Spector await deportation proceedings while out on bail FBI notes Spector a San Quentin ex convict has fought deportation since 1930. Spector resided at 13212 Grape Ave Compton with his wife now estranged and worked as a painter.
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Los Angeles
Communist Party
Compton
Frank Carlson
Defense Committee
Frank Spector
FBI
Los Angeles County
Ben Dobbs
Carlson
Spector
Russia
San Quentin
U.S
Grape Ave
U S Australia New Zealand defense pact signed
The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense treaty expanding security guarantees over a vast Pacific region. The pact, linked to the Japanese peace conference, signals a Western alliance against Communism with plans for a broader Pacific security framework.
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San Francisco
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Moscow
West Pacific
Presidio
U.S. Sixth Army
Anshel Gromyko
Russia
Truman
San Francisco Memorial Opera House
United Nations
Apanese
Honolulu
Pacific
U. S-Philippines
Promoter sues Truman friend over heiress marriage deal
New York importer Joseph Williams Collins sues Blevins Davis alleging he brokered Davis marriage to railroad heiress Margaret Hill and promoted social introductions. He seeks 250000 for services 1943 to 1946 plus 100000 for alleged assaults and 4500 wages, while Davis denies the claims. The case targets Davis who befriended the Trumans and inherited part of an eight figure estate after Hill's death.
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New York
Blevins Davis
Truman
New York City
Davis
New Yorker
Joseph Williams
Collins
State Supreme Court
Margaret Hill
Independence
Trumans
Margaret Truman
White House
Hill
10 Die in Air Crash, C-47 Lost
ANCHORAGE Alaska Sept 1 A C 47 with four aboard was reported missing after a midair crash in Alaska following the loss of a Navy Privateer in the Aleutians yesterday. The disasters marked the eighth and ninth crashes in six weeks with about 85 dead or missing. The Elmendorf Field plane disappeared on a flight between Latinum and Naknek after asking Bethel for instrument guidance at 7000 feet. The Privateer wreckage was found on Little Tanaga Island with eight bodies recovered and no survivors reported.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Alew ‘Tlans
Elmendorff Field
Latinum
Filipinos Warned of Russian Submarine Approach
Manila reports the Philippines armed forces were told to stay vigilant for a Russian submarine possibly entering Philippine waters to supply Communist Huk guerrillas.
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Manila
Philippines
Huk
Unidentified Craft Drops Flare Over UN Truce Base Korea
Unidentified aircraft dropped about a dozen flares over the United Nations advance cease fire base in Korea late Sunday night. The plane, likely from North Korea, was seen at 2000 feet in darkness and disappeared toward the northeast. The incident follows Red claims that an Allied plane bombed Kaesong, which officials called a fraud.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
U.N. PLC
Kaesong
North Korea
Long Beach
U. N
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Bandit Robs 21. A. Hotels in Los Angeles
A gunman robbed two upscale Los Angeles hotels early today, taking 528 dollars. At the Hollywood Roosevelt the robber demanded cash and a safe key, then moved to the Ambassador Hotel where cashier Charles Saunders handed over 328 dollars in an envelope before the thief fled through guests.
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Hollywood Roosevelt
Charles S. Wal
Wall
Guman
Ambassador
Charles 5
Saunders
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