Air Lift Cost Three Million Official Says
SAN BERNARDINO Calif AP The Berlin Air Lift cost the Air Force 73 029 700 for a little over five months of operation Eugene M Zuckert assistant Secretary of Air said Saturday night A breakdown on this cost figure contained no reference to the cost of food and other supplies except to Berlin The figure thus appeared to represent the overall cost to the Air Force but not the grand total including Army outlay for supporting service and for the supplies themselves Zuckert used the statistics in an address prepared for a ceremony of presenting certificates of merit to leaders of the west coast aviation industry The cost estimate covered the period between the start of the airlift on June 26 and November 30 during which 421 460 tons were delivered to Berlin Zuckert said the total cost was divided as follows Operating cost including pay of crews and base personnel in Europe fuel subsistence and clothing 18 232 800 Support including repair and maintenance of planes supplies for new runways trucking and other items 25 169 500 A reserve to cost item of 91 032 300 to be used if and when the operation is ended covering costs of returning units to their home bases return of unused supplies and similar fold up costs Value of eleven planes lost in accidents 2 419 000 Zuckert estimated that the actual present day cost of replacing these planes would be about ten times the original valuation figure he used Depreciation of planes 6 185 00
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Berlin
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Air
Zuckert
Europe
Rita Hayworth Denies Studio Duty Refusal Statement
Hollywood AP Rita Hayworth denies Columbia Pictures claim she refused to report for her 240000 a year movie job. She says a script offered last Thursday was unsuitable and would be detrimental, and implies the project was suspended. Her trip with Aly Khan followed reports of benefits.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Columbia Pictures
Mexico City
Havana
Aly Khan
Aga Khan
Nogales
Ariz
Ona Thinson
Five Men Killed In Car Collision Near Tupper Lake
Five men died and four were injured when an automobile collided with an oil truck near Tupper Lake New York. State police identified the deceased as Fred Bilodeau the driver Marcel Desharnais Joseph Martin Alfred Poulin and Leo Martin. The car burst into flames and was destroyed while the oil truck did not burn.
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Tupper Lake
N. Y
Here
Fred Bilodeau
Marcel Desharnais
Joseph Martin
Alfred Poulin
Leo Martin
Marines Arrive in Palestine Mission Staging from New York
Sixty two Marines assigned to the United Nations Palestine mission arrived Saturday aboard the liner Marine Corp. The vessel carried 594 passengers and docked 48 hours behind schedule after heavy seas and strong gales two days from New York.
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Palestine
New York
United Nations’ Palestine Mission
Marine Corp
Middletown Sealed Bid for Diesel Crawler Tractor Contract
Legal Notice No 104 invites sealed proposals titled Bid on Tractor and Equipment for Middletown Ohio. Bids due twelve noon EST Tuesday December 1948 with a $100 certified check as bid guaranty. City reserves right to reject any or all bids and waives informalities. contract must be executed within ten days of award.
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City Enineer
Middletown
Ohio
Midletown
Oho
Marvin D. Clark
Two High School Grid Players Die In Wreck
Grants Pass Oregon reports two high school football players died when a chartered bus overturned and burned near Sexton mountain on highway 99. Al Newman and Sterling Heater died. 25 others including coaches were injured and treated at Josephine hospital.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Portland
al Newman
Sterling Heater
Josephine
Vernon Craft
Ray Alpeter
Russ Jacobson
Jim Peckham
Bob Graue
Frank Thomas
Sexton Mountain
Highway 99
Jess Loffer
Father Held In Stabbing Of Baby Son
A 32 year old father Raymond E Jensen was held on suspicion of murder after stabbing and stomping his baby son to death and wounding four family members during a quarrel with his estranged wife. Jensen surrendered at his parents home after phoning police. He claimed a burst of anger and that he killed a chicken to eat when fleeing.
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Los Angeles
Raymond E. Jensen
Vic England
Jensen
England
Helen
John Bodner
Raymond, Jr
Jenean
Smog Covers Donora Again After Lethal October Fog
Donora Pennsylvania reports a lighter weekend smog covering the town with a few asthma cases noted. Health board president Charles Stacy said no serious effects observed, while investigators continue seeking the October fog’s cause after 20 deaths linked to that disaster.
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Donora
Pennsylvania
Milltown
Charles Stacy
Board of Health
Daughter Born to Cavallaro at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Pianist Carmen Cavallaro played nursery rhymes while Mrs Cavallaro gave birth to a seven pound seven ounce daughter at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital yesterday.
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Hollywood
Carmen Cavallaro
Radioactive Atoms Aid Mineral Engineering Progress
Famed for atomic energy, radioactive atoms are expected to help solve mineral engineering problems and improve metal production from ores through enhanced processes and efficiency.
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Atomic Energy
Commissioner rejects Chicago showing of The Respectful Prostitute
Police Commissioner John C Prendergast said he recommends blocking the play The Respectful Prostitute by Jean Paul Sartre from Chicago venues. Captain Harry Fulmer called the script a stinker and urged cancellation before a planned December 27 opening at the Studebaker Theater.
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John C. Prendergast
Jean-Paul Satre
Philospher
New York City
Prendergast
Sam Gerson
New York
Harry Fulmer
Fulmer
Studebaker
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