Paratroopers Survive C119 Crash In Alaskan Maneuvers
Thirty four paratroopers and three Air Force crewmen aboard a C119 Flying Boxcar parachuted to safety after takeoff from Sewart Air Force Base Teon. Jan 11. Two airmen remained missing after the crash. The group, part of the 503rd Airborne Infantry from Ft Campbell Ky, was part of Operation Snowbird involving 80 Boxcars lifting 3,000 troops for joint winter maneuvers. One paratrooper, Pfc. Richard L. Dalton, was hospitalized with minor injuries. The pilot stayed with the plane as it crashed, according to reports, though no official confirmation was given.
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Sewart Air Force Base
Teon
Air Force
503Rd Airborne Infantry Regt
Ft. Campbell
Miles City
Mont
Ft Campbell
Richard L. Dalton
James Reynolds
Melbourne
Fla
Walter McMahon
Dayton
Ohio
Co. L
503Rd
McCarthy Keeps Committee Post Amid GOP Senate Split
Washington January 11 Republican senators split over minority seats in a closed meeting. McCarthy retained a seat on Government Operations after Case failed to move to strike his name. McCarthy held three committee jobs while Langer Jenner Mundt and Mrs Smith each held more than two. Goldwater named head of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee succeeding Dirksen. The note closes with a garbled line about a weighing circus at 11 tons dry and three times as much wet.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Clifford Case
GOP
New Jersey
Sen. Millikin
Colorado
Sen. Goldwater
Arizona
Plane from 314th Troop Carrier Command on straight course
An aircraft from the 314th Troop Carrier Command maintained a straight course during its flight on a clear day, officials reported. No deviations or anomalies were noted and the crew continued as scheduled from the base.
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314Th Troop Carrier Command
Bittle Promoted in Army Ties to Emmitsburg Area
Long item notes James L. Bittle promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant at Camp Detrich. He is Los Angeles based, son of the late Thomas C. Bittle, grandson of James T. Bittle of Riversville, and has strong area ties. Details include marriage to Ruth A. Roberts and education at UC Davis. Also mentions December 1954 steel output and local court notices.
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HHS
James L. Bittle
Camp Detrick
Leutenant
Conlonel
John J Hayes
Lieutenant Bittle
Los Angeles
Calif
Thomas C. Bittle
Emmnitsburg High School
James T . Bittle
Riversville
Lieutenant Bitte
California
Bittle
Ruth A. Roberts
Joseph H. Roberts
Frederick Trevare
Farrview Avenue
University of Caliornia Davis
Army
Camp Detrich
Presidio
San Francisco
Mountain City Lodge installs officers and church news
At a regular Knights of Pythias meeting in the Pythian Castle, Mountain City Lodge No. 29 installed officers for the year led by Edward M. Akers. The report notes Grand Chancellor David Hettleman’s visit and includes a separate Moscow dispatch on expulsion of foreign Catholic missionaries and priests from China by 1954.
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Mountain City
Knights of Pythos
Pythian Castle
Edward M. Akers
Louis T. Bussard
Merri] E Morgan
Ernest L Baker
Milton E Akers
Augustus E. Heidler
S. Elmer Brown
Ralph
David ¥. Hettleman
Roman Catholic Mission Activi
Thelites
China
Antoine Rivert
Rome
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McCarthy
Kemp
Tance
Dersty Perkins
Steel Production LP
New York
The
American Tron and Steel Institute
Court News
Peggy J. Moran
LeRoy M Moran
Thomas T. Saylor
Rocky Ridge
Mae E Ridenour
Emmitsburg
Leicester Thomas
Wie
Elmer C. Bartlett
Loretta Thomas Foster
City
G. Leicester Thomas
Brosius Homes Corp
Gerald B. Shorb
Howard A. Sweeney
Wary Rive Et al
John J. Eaton
Ruth E McKisstek
Richard
Sieberling Tires
Philco
Motorola
Sunbeam
Melvin M. Engle
Carroll St
Metin Fox
Frederick Keith Feather
Bernard Hale
Ellen
Jand Py Com
Gorgans
Cer
Ken
Chatham Blankets
Aemon
Gabae
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