AF to Cancel 6000 Spare Jet Engines
The Air Force will cancel contracts for as many as 6000 spare jet engines costing perhaps 400 to 500 million dollars. Cancellations aim to not affect aircraft production and result from higher durability and better know how, with engines tapering off to halt by next spring. Officials say the move aligns with cost saving while not compromising national security.
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Party vanishes from Bay Area rolls in SF registration
John Sedak appeared before the San Francisco registrar of voters and changed his party affiliation, listing himself unaffiliated. The ballot roll now shows no party affiliation for Sedak, reflecting a renunciation of Communist ties amid identification on the rolls.
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U S Backs Development of Quemoy Island Near China
Taipei Formosa A substantial American financed project to develop Quemoy Island within gun range of Communist China will begin soon The joint commission on rural reconstruction sponsors the plan funded by the U S Foreign Operations Administration Eleven Chinese and American technicians completed an on the spot survey Details may include fertilizers farm implements and a broad public health program Quemoy 70 square miles lies opposite Formosa with about 40000 civilians and a nationalist garrison led by Gen Hu Lien A Communist attempt to invade in 1929 was repelled observers say the U S is confident future invasions will be beaten back
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Bribe Witness Tells Mayor Fund Support
A grand jury witness quotes state bar investigator Herbert Hallner as saying clients offered 25000 dollars to Mayor Norris Poulson’s campaign. Assistant City Attorney Boyd Taylor relayed the claim amid bribery charges against Hallner for attempting to influence city officials over a Venice gambling operation. Poulson denies knowledge of any underworld donors and any promise to permit gambling.
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Herbert Hallner
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Compton Wife Killed by Accidental Rifle Fire
Mrs Angeline De Yarmon 45 was found shot to death at her home in Compton. Sheriff homicide detectives attributed the death to an accidental rifle discharge by her husband Glenn De Yarmon 45 plastering contractor after a week long drinking bout. The couple’s home at 876 East 148th Street was in disarray with wine bottles about. De Yarmon and his brother Alexander 47 were questioned. He is held on suspicion of murder pending an inquest Friday in Los Angeles. A social and bake sale for Cub Scout Pack 16 will be hosted by Bixby Knolls Church from 7 30 to 10 30 p m Friday.
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