Fult on Oursler Dies After Heart Attack at 59
New York May 24 Fulton Oursler 59 author and senior editor of Reader s Digest died early Saturday in his Manhattan apartment. He wrote 32 books and several plays and did murder mysteries under Anthony Abbott. His Bible work The Greatest Story Ever Told appeared in 1949 and was widely serialized. He began as a Baltimore reporter in 1910 and later led Liberty magazine before joining Reader s Digest.
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New York
Fulon Oursler
Reader’s Digest
Manhattan
Anthony Abbott
Oursler
Baltimore
Baltimore American
Atlantic Monthly
Cosmopolitan
Good Housekeeping
Liberty
Reader's Digest
Liberty Magazine
Bernarr MacFadden
William O’dwyer
Luscombe Airplane Corp wins $500000 T-36A cabin seats contract
Garland May 24 The Luscombe Airplane Corp announced it had been awarded a $500000 military contract by Beech Aircraft Corp of Wichita Kansas. The contract covers manufacture of cabin seats for the Beech designed Air Force T 36A trainer.
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Garland
Luscombe Airplane Corp
Beech Aircraft Corp
Wichita, Kans
Police Chief Asks Hearing In Aggravated Assault Case
W H Rawlings Troup police chief filed a rehearing motion after a Smith county jury fined him 500 dollars for aggravated assault on journalist Mrs J Emerson Edwards who publishes the Troup Banner and Tyler Journal The 55 year old man claims self defense asserting she slapped him and he only blocked blows He returned to duty Saturday as four troop city commissioners testified supportively and no job loss was implied Edwards had opposed his appointment and published editorials critical of him.
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W. H. Rawlings
Troup
Smith County
J. Emerson Edwards
Troup Banner
Tyler Journal
Rawlings
Edwards
Troop
Allied Patrols Raid Red Positions in Korea Front
Allied patrols raided eastern Korean front positions, wiping out a 35 man Communist platoon in a one hour 35 minute clash. They captured 2 500 rounds of machinegun ammo and 200 hand grenades. Air forces hit front line bunkers and damaged rail lines with 93 track cuts.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Kiyang
Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Paris Welcomes Ridgway Amid Communist Protests
Paris May 24 The French government announced an official welcome for Gen Matthew Ridgway at Orly Airport and a motorcade through central Paris to honor his appointment as SHAPE commander and his role in the 1944 Normandy landings. Riots and arrests followed the protests.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
France
Orly
Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
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