Yale Students Die in Seattle Plane Crash
A chartered DC plane carrying 27 Yale University students and three crew members crashed and burned on takeoff from Seattle Boeing Airport. Fourteen aboard died and 16 survived. all crew members perished. The victims were burned beyond recognition and identification will take time.
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Seattle
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Yale University
Boeing
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Pacific Northwest
New Castle Voters Quiet New Year Observances
New Castle and Lawrence County marked a subdued New Year with limited holiday activity. There were several injuries in weekend accidents though no fatalities, and a strong snow storm prompted SOS requests from neighboring counties.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Portersville
Sunee
Floods Recede as New England Recovers From High Waters
In the wake of northeastern floods damage reaches 2.5 million dollars. Thousands lose electricity while risks of typhoid grow from contaminated reservoirs. Connecticut New Jersey and Troy areas ease as Hudson river crests and declines.
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New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Troy
N. Y
Albany
Hudson River
Hudson
Yale Students Among Dead In Seattle DC-3 Crash
Following is the casualty list from the Seattle Boeing field crash of a DC-3 carrying Yale students. Twelve students are unaccounted for and presumed dead, with names including Ozzie Reese and Len Rickman. Crew members Capt. William Chavers and Kenny Love also listed among the dead. Thirteen survivors were hospitalized at King County Hospital with injuries such as cuts, burns, and fractures.
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Seattle
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Yale University
Boeing Field
John P. Brill Jr
Ozzie Reese
Len Rickman
Bellevue
Wash
Noel Brown
David Haerle
Portland
Ore
Roger Young
Harry Franzheim
Russell Palmer
Vancouver
Wallace Hartley
Mercer Island
Don L. Garrett
Ralph Laird
Camas
James Bryan
William Chavers
Kenny Love
William F. Leland
King County Hospital
Charles Balknap
John Kendall Jr
Orville Nilson
Bellingham
Falls Prained 5 Ore Include Wash Mentioned
Fragmentary OCR notes report an incident in Oregon with five falls and a drawn wash reference. details are unclear but suggest injuries and a possible sequence of events.
Public Schools Resume Sessions After 12 Day Break
After a 12 day vacation the public schools of New Castle reopened classes today with most teachers back and attendance normal. Students began noting dates on papers with the year 1948 as the term resumes.
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New Castle
Methodists Hear Bishop On Sunday in Lawrence County
The Reverend Lloyd C. Wicke, bishop of Pittsburgh area, spoke at a Men's Breakfast at The Castleton Hotel and then addressed a mass meeting at the First Methodist Church in Lawrence County. The Castleton ballroom was filled. Jacob Bumgardner of New Wilmington chaired the breakfast with DeLace Cole as song leader and Roland Crisci at the piano. The bishop urged optimism about the church’s strength despite global pessimism.
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Lawrence County
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh
Castleton
First Methodist
Methodist Church
Jacob Bumgardner
New Wilmington
DeLace Cole
Roland Crisci
Bishop Wicke
Supreme Court Upholds State Right-to-Work Laws
The supreme court upheld state right-to-work laws banning the closed shop and union security practices. It rejected organized labor challenges to laws in Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina. Similar statutes exist in thirteen other states.
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Washington
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Supreme Court
High Court
Organized Labor
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
First New Castle Fire Call of Year Proved a Dud
New Castle confirms its first fire call of the year a still alarm at 1022 East Washington Street. At 6 05 p m Saturday firemen responded to a smoke scare when papers burned in the furnace produced smoke filling the home. Fire Chief H F Steinbrink states the alarm was a dud.
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New Castle
Abraham Hal
East Washington Street
H. F. Steinbrink
State Legislature Set to Meet in Harrisburg Tomorrow
Harrisburg dispatch reports the general assembly will convene at the State Capitol to draft legislation for the Commonwealth. The session aims to outline the program and key actions for the coming period.
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Harrisburg
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General Assembly
State Capitol
Commonwealth
Nium
Chinese Reds Adopt Tough Policy Threaten Tsingtao Port
In a bulletin from Nanking, January 3, the Chinese Communists declare a get tough stance toward Nationalist peace overtures. They warn Nationalist troops could dynamite the North China port of Tsingtao where the U.S. Navy has a base, signaling potential decisive action in the heartland.
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Nanking
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China
North China
Tsingtao
U. S. Navy
Headquara St ‘People's Wing
Adyna
Hong
Unclear Text Fragment on Political News
Fragmentary lines describe a political figure implying resignation or action related to Ceasefire and international concerns. The garbled OCR limits clear entities, dates, or locations to identify persons or organizations involved.
One Of Mad Dog Killers To Die In Ohio Electric Chair
Robert Murl Daniels the last of the mad dog killers who terrorized Ohio last summer is to die tonight in the electric chair at the state penitentiary Warden Ralph W Alvis said he was calm and quiet Gov Thomas J Herbert denied clemency following the pardon and parole commission recommendation Daniels parents and sister spoke at the December 21 hearing while neutral observers in Nanking viewed possible peace talks as unlikely between the Communists and Nationalists.
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Columbus
Robert Murl Daniels
Ohio
State Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis
John Coulter West
Alvis
Thomas J. Herbert
Daniels
Pardon and Parole Commission
Robert L. Daniels
Lillian Sims
Obetz
Death Notices for Multiple Residents in Various Localities
Death notices list Austin J. Skip Anderson 64 of County Line street Samuel R. Houchins 55 of Beckley West Virginia Mrs Louis H Hawthorne 73 of Valley Way R D 9 Blanche S Dillard 131 Elm street Samuel A Leppert 64 Portersville PA Mrs Clarence Price 39 Wam pum Joseph Levine Cleveland Ohio Mrs Stewart C McCreary 84 Lisbon Ohio Mrs William G McCracken 76 Volant R D 2 Martin McCarthy 92 512 North Cedar street Bridget Guilfoyle 518 West Washington street.
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Austin J
Skip”) Anderson
County Line
Samuel R. Houchins
Beckley
West Va
Louis H. Hawthorne
R. D
Valley Way
Blanche S. Dillard
Elm Street
Samuel A. Leppert
Portersville
Clarence Price
Wampum
Joseph Levine
Cleveland
Stewart C. McCreary
Lisbon
Ohio
William G. McCracken
Volant
Martin McCarthy
North Cedar Street
Bridget Guilfoyle
West Washington Street
Nine European Nations Set Marshall Plan Needs for 1949 50
Nine European nations participating in the Marshall Plan requested 4.347 billion dollars for the 1949 50 fiscal year covering July 1 1949 to June 30 1950. The figure is 528 million dollars below the first year Congress allocated and the OEEC called it a modest estimate of minimum requirements.
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Paris
INS
Congress
Organization For European Economic Recovery
Washington
Death by own action probed in Life editor’s death
New York police investigated the apparent suicide of Shirley Herzig a 39 year old Life magazine research editor found in her Manhattan apartment. Police found two nearly empty boxes of sleeping tablets and three notes with the body.
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New York
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Fliers Decorated for Greenland Rescue Efforts
Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg decorated Lt Col Emil G. Beaudry and others who aided in the rescue of 12 men from a Greenland icecap. The ceremony honors the aircrew involved in the perilous rescue operation.
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Washington
INS
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Emil G. Beaudry
Greenland
Administration Seeks To Change House Rules
On opening day of the 81st Congress, administration leaders push to strip the House Rules Committee of power to veto major legislation. Democrats approved the change 176 to 48 at a New Year’s Day caucus, signaling confidence it will pass despite a likely close vote if Republicans unite.
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Washington
Truman
House
House Rules Committee
Royall Returns From Europe Inspection Tour
Army Secretary Royall came back from a three week tour of American military installations in Europe and the United States. He said troops in Germany and elsewhere are in splendid shape and most impressed with morale and fitness. He was met at Washington National by Generals Omar Bradley and J Lawton Collins after inspecting 15 army installations and three air force bases.
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Washington
INS
Royall
Europe
United States
Germany
Washington National
Omar Bradley
J. Lawton Collins
Legislators Head to Harrisburg for 1949 Session
Lawrence County lawmakers travel to Harrisburg as the 1949 General Assembly convenes Tuesday. Holdovers James C. Brice and William H. McCullough join, with Senator-elect Samuel G. Neff arriving after his November election win. Republicans hold the majority and will organize the House and Senate.
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Lawrence County
Harrisburg
General Assembly
James C. Brice
William H. McCullough
Samuel G. Neff
Brice
McCullough
Neff
House
Senate
Republicans Oppose Move to Change House Rules
Republican leaders announced opposition to an administration plan to alter House rules. They argued the change would crown incoming Speaker Rayburn as a czar and set the stage for a vital vote on President Truman's legislative program. Retiring Speaker Martin declined to predict the outcome of the fight.
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Washington
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Rayburn
Tex
GOP
Truman
House Rules Committee
Martin (R) Mass
Jan
Puerto Rico Elects First Governor Luis Monoz Marin
Luis Monoz Marin began his term with a pledge that Puerto Rico will eventually gain independence. President Truman promised support in a letter read by Undersecretary Oscar L Chapman at the inauguration.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
INS
Luis Monoz-Marin
Truman
Oscar L. Chapman
Monoz-Marin
Death halts marriage of Miss Irma Schaf in Illinois
Miss Irma Anna Schaf aged 21 a German girl who arrived Friday to marry Frederick Freeman 26 of North Chicago died yesterday in Waukegan Illinois from diabetes. Her funeral will be held tomorrow in the church she was to have been married in.
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Irma Anna Schaf
Waukegan
Ill
Frederick Freeman
North Chicago
Germany
Miss Sehaf
Body Of Woman Found Under School Bus Seat
Police found a woman’s body wedged under a rear seat of an Alexandria school bus. The victim’s belongings included a card bearing Theodora Schmidt and a Baltimore address. Theodora Schmidt, 48, of Grand Rapids Michigan, a Lutheran deaconess, had been missing since Tuesday and was under treatment for a mental condition.
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Alexandria
Insi
Theodora Schmidt
Baltimore
Lutheran Deaconess Mother House
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jerusalem Is Bomb Target
Two bombings by planes presumed to be Egyptian injured at least five people in Jerusalem and raised the prospect of Israeli reprisals on Cairo. The attacks marked the first time in six months that Jewish areas in the Holy City were struck. Egyptian raids earlier in the week targeted Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, prompting warnings of retaliation if Egypt was confirmed as the assailant.
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Tel Aviv
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Jerusalem
Cairo
Holy City
Egypt
Battle Begins As 81st Congress Opens
The 81st Congress opened with Senate Democrats selecting 79 year old Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee as president pro tempore. Republicans nominated Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan. The session started at noon and a major clash began over postwar policy and changes to House rules, with a pivotal vote expected on administration backed reforms.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
McKellar
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
City Buys 85-Foot Aerial Ladder Truck
Council approved the purchase of an 85 ft aerial ladder truck from American LaFrance Foamite of Elmira New York for 29000 dollars. Safety Director Richard I Davis and Purchasing Agent Joseph D Alexander recommended awarding the contract. The purchase was approved unanimously.
Truman plans three messages to Congress on taxes and budget
President Truman will ask the Democratic controlled 81st Congress to raise taxes by three to four billion dollars tighten economic controls and approve a forty two billion dollar budget. He will deliver the state of the union address to a joint session on Wednesday submit his economic report Friday and present the fiscal 1950 budget Monday January 10.
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Washington
INS
Truman
81St Congress
Truman era politics hinge on Senate vote and Rules clash
As the new Senate opened insurgent Republicans failed 29 to 13 in stopping Taft's re-election bid as GOP policy chairman. The Republican conference of 42 voted to elect the policy chairman by the conference, not the policy committee, affecting control over the House Rules Committee and Truman's liberal program.
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House Rules Committee
Mr. Truman
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Policy Committee
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