Coast Guard Cutter Rescues Crewmates in Atlantic Storm
The 311-foot Coos Bay battled 40-knot winds and 800 foot waves 840 miles east of Bermuda to reach a stricken vessel. Two hours 21 minutes after contact with a four engine military plane, six crewmen and two passengers were plucked from the sea and flown to Bermuda to safety as fuel dwindled.
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New York
Coast Guards
Coos Bay
Iito
Ocean Patrol
Atlantic
Bermuda
Itary Air Transport Service
C54
Azores
U.S
Force
Helpl
Censorship Tightens on Formosa Fleet Correspondents
Formosan and American correspondents with the U S Seventh Fleet face a near total news blackout under Navy censorship. Restrictions bar reporting on fleet movements size disposition intentions and possible damage with stories needing multiple levels of approval from ship captain to Pearl Harbor to Washington. Vice Admiral Alfred M Pride has repeatedly refused access for newsmen aboard the flagship.
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Taipeh
Formosa
U.S
Navay
U.N
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Washington
Adm
Alfred M. Pride
On Trial for Tax Evasion in Wichita Case
Harvey N. Mighell of Russell Kansas faces a federal trial on charges of evading more than 49000 in federal income tax for 1947 to 1950. U S district attorney William Farmer says Mighell profited from wholesale liquor and oil royalties and used 20 vehicles to haul liquor into Kansas and Oklahoma. He allegedly ran a Russell nightclub as a retail liquor outlet and gambling venue.
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Wichita
Harvey N. Mighell
Russell
Kas
William Farmer
U. S
Mighell
Farmer
Kansas
Oklahoma
Park land gift approved by Leavenworth officials
City commissioners accepted a 55 acre tract overlooking Leavenworth from Mr and Mrs D R Anthony II publishers of the Leavenworth Times. The land near the west end of the city was named Havens and designated as park space.
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Leavenworth
Kast
D. R. Anthony II
Special Session if It Is Needed
Gov. Fred Hall says he is ready to call a special session of the Legislature immediately after next year’s budget session if the state’s revenue situation requires it. The idea came up during a governor’s conference with the Ways and Means Committee, which voiced concern over an attorney general opinion that deficiency appropriations cannot be enacted in budget sessions. The governor urged lawmakers to hold the line this year while studying the revenue picture.
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Topeka
Fred Halli
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House
Memorial Park Named for Havens Family Ancestors
Memorial Park honors Anthony's maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Paul Havens early city residents with a dedication in memory of their contributions to the community.
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Memorial Park
Anthony
Paul Havens
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