Plane With 40 Aboard Battles Caribbean Storm Raid
A Pan American DC-4 en route from Havana to Miami with 40 on board rode a hurricane swarm southwest of Miami. Passengers, including Cuban grandmothers and a bride and groom, endured violent turbulence, hail, and a door opening midflight. After a tense return to Nassau, the landing gear issue and stormy conditions forced circling before a safe landing.
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No More Federal Aid For Schools Is Wanted
Governor Lane told a House education panel that Maryland can improve public education without new federal funds. He cited the equalization fund as guiding better school systems and said Maryland has reserve financial strength to act independently.
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Weather Summary for October 1947 in Maryland
Precipitation for 24 hours ending 8 30 a m today trace. October precipitation to date 01 inch. Normal October precipitation 2 95 inches actual October 1946 2 93 inches. Deficiency in 1947 precipitation to October 1 3 82 inches. High yesterday 72 high last year 62 low last night 46. Sun sets 5 36 p m. Moon rises 6 34 a m. Moon sets 6 03 p m. Rivers Monocacy clear and very low at Bucke rystown Dam Potomac clear and low at Point of Rocks.
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Baron de Rothschild Dies In Switzerland
Baron Henri de Rothschild, 75, financier, doctor and playwright, died in Berne Switzerland. He was a member of the renowned French banking family, cousin to the English Rothschilds, and known as philanthropist, scientist, farmer, art patron and sportsman. He founded the Institute Pierre Curie in Paris and supplied free radium for cancer treatment from his works in St Denis. Mary Murphy alive after 9 foot fall in Shenandoah Park. manhunt for rape suspect ends with arrest outside Sylvania jail. smoke control equipment installed by Western Maryland Railway to reduce dust ahead of January 1 ordinance.
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Freakish Hurricane Floods Southeast Florida
A freakish hurricane drenched southeast Florida with record floodwaters from 71 mile per hour winds isolating hundreds of homes around Miami Fort Lauderdale. The state agricultural commissioner called the deluge the greatest agricultural disaster in a generation, affecting the Everglades farming area around Lake Okeechobee already swollen by prior storms and heavy rains.
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Maini
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Nathan Maya
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Adrift Eight Days Ends Safely in Mobile Port
A St. Petersburg couple Edgar Buren, 53, and his wife, 47, reached Mobile aboard the Freighter John Harlan after eight days adrift in the Gulf of Mexico due to shortage of food and water. They expressed strong disdain for sharks and appeared unharmed aside from fatigue.
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St. Petersburg Fla
John Harlan
Gulf of Afexico
Edgar Buren
Quiet Roman Election Tests Christian Democrats
Rome voters chose a new city administration in a tight test between Premier De Gasperi's Christian Democrats and the extreme left. Ninety council seats were at stake and 328,835 of about 900,000 eligible voters had cast ballots by 11 m EST. No incidents were reported after a fatal stabbing last night over campaign poster placement.
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Christian Democrats
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