Camp Detrick Expenditures and Military Construction Plan
Expenditures at Camp Detrick total 5 822 500 approved by the joint conference Thursday. A 596 million military construction program was agreed by Senate and House conferees, including 189 million in post Senate additions. Senate Armed Services cleared a three year plan for armories with 135 million to share with states. House removed 105 million for family housing, citing Wherry Act insurance aids. Projects added include Alaska bases Chemical Warfare proving grounds Utah radar interceptor stations and a new Dam Neck Naval air defense center.
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Naval Air Defense Training
Dam Neck
Four Die Sentenced by Czech Court in Treason Case
Prague reports a state court trial lasting eight days resulted in 13 defendants convicted of high treason and espionage for Western powers. Four were sentenced to death, four to life imprisonment at hard labor, and five to prison terms from 15 to 28 years. One former woman member of Parliament among the condemned. The court found the group compromised state secrets and acted as spies. all pleaded guilty or basically guilty.
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Czechoslovakia
Cout Fund
Temperature hits 90 for first time this year
The official reading reached a precise 90 degrees Thursday afternoon marking the year’s high. Forecasters expect continued warmth and humidity with a chance of more thundershowers as cloudiness increases. A previous June high of 87 was surpassed after an overnight low of 38 degrees earlier.
Questions And Answers From History Fragments
The Liberty Bell was first rung a few days after July 4, 1776 in England made bell. It was later recovered after being thrown into the Delaware River and rung annually until 1835, with a funeral toll on July 8 that year. The first US railroad tunnel lies four miles east of Johnstown Pennsylvania, built in 1833 for the Allegheny Portage Railroad.
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Delaware River
John Marshall
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
Four U.S. Air Force Men Still Missing
London reports four airmen remain missing after a B-29 bomber plunged into the North Sea during gunnery practice. Of the eleven aboard, three died and four survived. survivors received hospital care as rescue efforts continue with ships, planes, and a helicopter scouring the crash zone off Great Yarmouth. Capt. Henry J. Walsh and Staff Sgt. Warren J. Ebert were among the survivors saved by a British trawler crew.
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Minn
Four electrocuted as power line breaks in rain
In Pearsor Georgia on June 8 two linemen were electrocuted when a power run broke in a heavy rain. The line sent 2 000 volts into the ground where workers were nearby. Two other linemen outside the charged area escaped injury. Names of the dead and missing were withheld until next of kin are notified. Staff Sgt Charles F Allen of Derry New Hampshire and an officer named Lt Sullivan were among the missing or dead after a complex incident involving a dinghy and RAF launches.
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