Long Supports Defense Funds in Louisiana Speech
Senator Russell Long warns opponents against cutting federal defense spending during a campaign stop in Ponchatoula Louisiana. He argues 50 cents of every tax dollar funds defense and 25 cents pays debts from two world wars while stressing the need to counter a stronger Soviet force. He defends farm supports rural electrification and school meals and opposes the FEPC, saying the South should handle civil rights issues locally.
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Ponchatoula
Russell Long
D.-La
Long
Washington
Russia
United States
England
Sixth
Malcolm Lafargue
Shreveport
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
New York
Detroit
Giant XH-17 helicopter wrecked during ground tests
The giant jet helicopter Hughes builds for the United States air force tore loose from its moorings and wrecked yesterday in ground tests at Culver City California. No one was injured. The XH-17, rolled out for tests on March 7, is the largest helicopter built and designed as a flying crane to lift heavy loads like tanks and field guns for short distances. It can lift about ten tons for short flights. The air force called the project secret and did not disclose further details of the accident.
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Culver City
Calif
Howard Hughes
United States Air Force
Air Force
Woman hits train during license trial in Pasadena
In Pasadena on June 23 Mrs. May A. Fegan, twice denied a license for lack of experience, returned with a temporary permit to retake the test. At the department back door her auto struck the cow-catcher of a slow Santa Fe freight train. The examiner took back the permit. no injuries beyond hurt feelings were reported.
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Pasadena
Calif
May A. Fegan
George Bray
Twenty Thousand Damages Awarded For Hospital Burns
In Long Beach California a superior court jury awarded Gloria Lime twenty thousand dollars in damages after her parents testified she suffered unsightly third degree burns on her left thigh during pneumonia treatment at Long Beach Community Hospital when she was five and a half months old. They said the scars worsen with age and that plastic surgery cannot fully erase them.
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Long Beach
Calif
Gloria Lime
Superior Court
Long Beach Community Hospital
Robert L. Lime
See ks Annulment After 26 Years Los Angeles
Rol and Clendening, long married in Wheeling West Virginia, seek annulment after 26 years. Clendening says Alice left after eight days and has pursued years to locate her. She reportedly never divorced him, and claims no annulment. A letter dated April 11 confirms she did not obtain a divorce or annulment. The item also notes the Empire State Building stands 105 stories tall.
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Los Angeles
Roland Clendening
Wheeling
West Va
Alice
Alice Clendening
French Cabinet Endangered as Vote Looms in Paris
Paris report says France’s centrist government faces a confidence vote amid debates on funding rules and the coal steel pool plan. Premier Bidault seeks backing while Britain’s Attlee faces a similar test as Western Europe negotiates the Schuman plan framework and Monnet proposals.
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Paris
France
Europe
National Assembly
George Bidault
Bidault
English Channel
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Assembly
Socialist Party
Robert Schuman
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Jean Monnet
Tourmaline Claimed To Contain Most Elements In One Mineral
The encyclopedia Britannica states that tourmaline holds a greater variety of chemical elements than any other mineral. This claim highlights the mineral's complex composition and unique chemical diversity as noted in reputable reference works.
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Tourmaline
Hollywood uplift bra patent voided by court ruling
The 10th U. S. circuit court of appeals declared the Hollywood uplift type bra patent invalid after noting a French Paris patent of 1926 contained the same features. The Tulsa infringement suit on the Quest Show or Spin Top brassiere concluded with no damages due to the patent being invalid.
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Denver
Hollywood
10Th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tulsa
Okla
Alfred P. Murrah
Paris
Gifts From U S Sent To Stalin in Chicago Ad
In Chicago on June 23 a mattress company sent a lounge chair and ottoman to Joseph Stalin claiming to ease his tensions. A local ad reproduced a cablegram noting the set is priced at 89 dollars and playfully asks what that costs in rubles while promising the chair is free.
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Chicago
Joseph Stalin
America
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