Burtonwood Air Depot: Western Europe’s Massive U S Arsenal
In Burtonwood England the U S Air Force depot dominates Western Europe with a nine million dollar expansion, a 27 mile perimeter, and catalogs over a quarter million items. The base employs 8,000 U S personnel and 2,400 British civilians, supplying NATO stations and North Africa as needed.
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Philip Clarke Burtonwood
England
America
Europe
Burtonwood Air Depot
Burtonwood
U. S. Air Force
59Th Air Depot
Uncle Sam
Air Force
U. S
North Africa
NATO
Deaths in Winnsboro and West Monroe
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Emma Jones 74 of Point at Providence Baptist Church with burial in Acree cemetery. Surviving are husband S A Jones two sons Wesley and Chesley seven sisters one half sister and 32 grandchildren plus seven great grandchildren. Separate services for E J Ray 20 of West Monroe will be held at Free Methodist Church with burial in Hasley cemetery. He is survived by wife and his parents and pallbearers named.
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Winnsboro
Emma Jones
Point
Providence Baptist Church
Turner
Providence Church
First National Funeral Home of
Acree Cemetery
Chesley Jones
San Antonio
Tex
Ada Antley
Stella Albritton
Downsville
Irmi Butler
Susie McCrary
Rosie Cook
Ruston
Velda Hinton
Thelma Tatum
Minnie Wainwright
Farmerville
E. J. Ray
N.ord Street
West Monroe
Free Methodist Church
K. B. Chapman
R. A. McCormick
Hall Funeral Home
Hasley Cemetery
Clayton Street
Maxie Mayo
Stanley Futch
Keith Edwards
Glynn Johnston
E. D. Morrison
Tommy Neal
Police close in on suspected jailbreak trio in county area
Police converge on North White County after a storekeeper reports a suspicious man buying food and candy and heading into the woods. Buchanan, identified as the man, allegedly carries the stolen 22 caliber revolver used in the jail escape. Miller, 23, of St. Louis, faces grand larceny charges and Jack Randall, 50, is charged with burglary. Robert Decker, Kensett, jailed on a disturbing the peace conviction, is still at large. Bloodhounds assist the search.
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White County
J. C. Hart
Buchanan
Edward Lee Miller
St. Louis
Jack Randall
Robert Decker
Kensett
Authorities Corner Suspected Pair in Overnight Police Sweep
A state police posse kept a rectangular guard around the area through the night as Moe and Williams were tracked down yesterday. The tense pursuit precedes today’s planned flashing action.
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Moe
Williams
Relocation Debate Ties Sewer Violations to Health
The article notes strict future enforcement of a plumbing ordinance after Huckaby moved to address reports that a business connected its sanitary system to storm sewers. Mayor Coon referred a salary-raise motion for juvenile officer Willie Harris to the city attorney, with mixed funding from Monroe, the parish police jury, and West Monroe.
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Huckaby
John E. Coon
Willie Harris
Coon
Bailey Grant
West Monroe
City of
Monroe
Freedomgram urges prayers for democracy and freedom
Rice calls for shared faith and small contributions to democracy as the drive ends in the Twin Cities on December 15. He urges everyone to participate and support the cause of freedom.
Orr Transferred to Monroe District in United Gas Move
B F Orr moves from meter and well attendant in Shreveport to maintenance crew foreman at Ansley in the Monroe district announced today by J G Hicks Monroe district Manager United Gas Pipe Line Company Orr has served with United Gas since 1933 in Shreveport area native of Springhill married to Willie Mozelle Tye and residing at 314 Hudson Street Jonesboro Scotland starts its own herd of reindeer to bolster milk and meat supply from the animals
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B. F. Orr
Shreveport
Ansley
Monroe
J. G. Hicks
United Gas Pipe Line Company
Orr
United Gas
Springhill
Willie Mozelle Tye
Hudson Street
Jonesboro
Sailor admits killing woman in Miami case
Wilber J. Whaite, a 20 year old seaman aboard the USS Thuban at the Miami Marine Air Station, confessed to the brutal murder of a nude young woman whose body was found in a Palmetto thicket on Honey Hill Drive. Whaite had been out on bail on a prior sex offense charge and was picked up after an incident in a Miami bar. He described tying her hands with a belt, choking her after an argument, then stealing a car and taking her to an artificial lake. Police hope a torn brassiere and cosmetics case will aid identification.
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Miami
Fla
Honey Hill Drive
Marine Air Station
Wilber J. Whaite
Puerto Rico
Miami Beach
Whaite
Early Wheat Harvest in Mexico and Notre Dame Origins
The first wheat crop in Mexico was harvested in 1530 from grain planted by a servant of Cortez. Britannica notes. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris sits on a site with 2,000 years of worship history starting from a Roman temple.
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Cortez
Mexico
Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris
Santa Claus Letter Reassigns Leadership to Mrs Claus
Editorial notes correct a donation error for Santa Claus Inc and publish a playful December 1 1951 letter from Santa explaining Mrs Claus heads the operation with Eisenhower era humor. It mentions donations nearing $1100 and funds for good fellows.
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Julius Mathews
Santa Claus
Final official vote totals in 1952 election
Official returns from 41 states show Eisenhower with 33,696,039 votes and Stevenson with 26,713,223. Minor parties or blank ballots add 300,398, bringing the total to 60,109,660, the largest ever in a U S presidential election.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
Shortened February Origins in Roman Calendar
February once had 30 days before Julius Caesar and Augustus added days to their names. This tale explains why July and August are longer and how the calendar shifted under Roman rule.
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Julius Caesar
Augustus
Remembering a Loved One Through Ongoing Donations
Day by day more donations arrive as a lasting tribute to a cherished person. The community calls for continued support and praises the ongoing generosity in honoring the memory.
Judd warns churchmen on danger to free society
Rep Walter Judd told United Church men of the National Council of Churches in Denver that free society faces long odds. He warned of a global struggle with communism and cited Korea Indochina and Japan as troubled fronts. He urged Christian religion as the only hope and urged awareness of a quiet 30 year war.
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Denver
Walter Judd
R-Minn
United Churchmen
National Council of Churches
China
Judd
Korea
Far East
Japan
Indochina
Idaho Higher Learning Institutions Count Stated
The text lists nine Idaho institutions of higher learning including four colleges and universities, two teachers colleges, and three junior colleges. It also notes that poker is thought to be an adaptation of a Persian game.
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State of
Idaho
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Royal Air Force Base
Russia
Berlin
Mrs
Scotland
Faulk-Collier
Bonded Warehouses Inc
Allied van Lines
Sailor
RE. M. Ford
Gaylord Container Corp
Bogalusa
Alexander State Forest
Alexandria
Ford
Louisiana
Southern Forest Experiment Station of
New Orleans
Law Forestry Commission
E. J. Young
International Paper Co
W. S
Pythian Sisters
Eer Koe
A. H. Gerson
Santa Claus, Inc
North Pole
Ike
Mamie
Mrs. Claus
Transportation Department
Mother
Capitol
Baby Beef
Swift's Premium
Long Island
Solon
Radio Free Europe
Crusade For Freedom
Radio Free Asia
Freedom-Gram
Lee-Rogers Chevrolet Co
Ous
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