Missing Navy bomber prompts Alaska search in fog
A four engine navy PB4Y-2 Privateer carrying 12 crew members vanished off Kodiak Alaska while on a routine mission. No distress signals were heard after a position report at 10 14 am local time. Weather hampered rescue efforts and the hunt continued as another airlift craft and another small plane also disappeared in the region.
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Kodiak
Alaska
British Columbia
Kodiak Naval Station
10Th
Anchorage
Alaska Panhandle
Cape Spencer
Yakutat
Unconscious Driver Of Speeding Auto Saved By Officer
Phoenix patrolman Officer Lawrence Smith spotted a car racing at 70 mph on West Van Buren with an unconscious girl at the wheel. He risked a collision to hook bumpers and drag the vehicle to a halt. He believed a drunken driver was at the controls before confirming the driver was unconscious.
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Phoenix
Lawrence Smith
West van Buren
Smith
Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Deputies
Paroled felon linked to two liquor store heists
William David Atkison, 25, on three years probation from San Quentin, faces four armed robbery charges for the Starr Liquor Store and Moore's Liquor Store holdups. Clerks identified him from a police photo. detectives say the evidence mirrors his California convictions.
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Starr
E. Washington
Moore’s
Seventh Ave
Fred Nichols
William David Atkison
Atkinson
E. Monroe
San Quentin Penitentiary
Nichols
California
Congress Told Rising Prices Deficits Ahead
The congressional economic committee was warned by staff experts of rising prices, inflation, and three years of federal deficits. Senator O'Mahoney said the report supports higher taxes, stronger controls on prices wages and credit, and a pay as you go approach for defense and foreign aid. He noted a $3.5 billion surplus for the year ended June 30, but warned it would have vanished if defense orders were delayed. A Korea peace would not quickly end the defense program, experts said.
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Washington
Congressional Economic Committee
O’mahoney
Wyo
Senate-House
Congress
House
O Mahoney
Korea
Eisenhower says it is ridiculous to fear Russia
Washington Aug 13 AP Senators were perked by General Eisenhower’s assertion that it is ridiculous to be overly frightened by Russia’s military strength. Senator Hunt warned the North Atlantic defense commander's estimate should not lull Congress to sleep. The views appeared in a subcommittee report for the Senate foreign relations and armed services committees as they met to consider the administration’s 8.5 billion dollar foreign aid bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Hunt
Wyo
Armed Services Committee
North Atlantic
Free World
Congress
Fisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Mostly Fair Weather Forecast Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports generally fair weather across the United States today with warm temperatures in the Southern and Western regions.
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U. S
Phoenix Boy and Man Drowned In Separate Valley Incidents
Two drowning deaths reported in the Valley. Dan Moore, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Moore, died at Memorial Hospital after efforts by Phoenix Fire Department. He was found in the deep end of Nelsons Pool near 19th Ave and Turney. George C Washing, 50, of Mesa, found in an irrigation ditch at Extension Rd and 4th Ave. No inquest scheduled. Moore had been taken to the pool by Carl Bezner and several boys. Washing apparently lost control of his bicycle and plunged into the ditch. He worked for Bauer Auto Parts Co in Mesa.
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Dan Moore
Carl Moore
W. Verde
Memorial Hospital
Phoenix Fire Department
Nelson’s Pool
19Th Avenue
Turney
George C. Washing
Mesa
Extension Road
Fourth Avenue
Young Moore
Carl Bezner
W. Belmont
Bezner
Yarnell
George Polan
24Th Ave
Jack Hunsaker
Washing
Bauer Auto Parts Co
Purple Heart Vets Gather For Sessions
Purple Heart veterans from across the country converge as the 19th annual convention nears in Phoenix. About 500 recipients are expected to attend sessions at the Westward Ho with a downtown parade, business meetings, social events, and memorial service on the program.
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Military Order of Purple Heart
Westward Ho
Sunshine City
Phoenix
Air Force
National Guard
Purple Heart
Hot Valley Weather With Record-Approaching Day
Muggy conditions persist in the Phoenix area with a low around 84 and a forecasted high near 110. Rain yesterday totaled .15 inch in Douglas, while statewide temps stay high and humidity remains elevated. Thundershowers expected in southeastern areas today and spread to other regions tomorrow amid continued sunny days.
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Douglas
Phoenix
Carl R. Erickson
United States Weather Bureau
Flagstaff
Prescott
Yuma
Blythe
Calif
New Try To End Cease-Fire Stymie Unproductive
At Kaesong Korea on August 13 Allied and Communist negotiators met for 78 minutes. A U N communique called the session unproductive as North Korea insisted on a cease-fire line based on the 38th parallel. The advance base report quoted North Korea for no progress unless U N delegates changed their attitude.
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U.N
Kaesong
Korea
United Nations
North Korea urges cease-fire line shift in talks
Pyongyang radio quoted Gen Nam Il telling allied negotiators no progress would come unless they accept a cease-fire line at the present battle front. Peiping broadcast said Nam Il warned the U.N. side would bear responsibility for a stalemate if proposals were rejected. Meanwhile in Pusan Foreign Minister Yung Tai Pyun predicted a cease-fire will be patched up somehow with Korea still divided.
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Pyongyang
Nam Il
Nam II
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Pusan
Yung Tai Pyun
Korea
Truman Faces Big Cut In 10 Billion Tax Increase
The Senate finance committee opened work on a House bill to raise 7.2 billion dollars, with a possible 5 to 7 billion boost expected to cover defense needs for 1952. The Twentieth Century Fund urged a 16 billion increase, while leaders debate between Treasury and House plans on individual income taxes and excise tax provisions.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
House
Twentieth Century Fund
Senate
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Finance Committee
George
Treasury
The
Yank Airmen Blast Red Supply Routes
U S Fifth Air Force planes flew nearly 300 sorties striking Red troops railways roads and bridges. They reported 65 Communist casualties and hits on 73 supply buildings four bridges and three small boats. Dawn attacks continued around the clock with B 29s and jets directing heavy strikes on rail centers. Ground actions near Kaesong were limited as UN forces engaged Reds for a fifth day while two British frigates moved up the Han Estuary to shell positions.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Ian Ra
Eighth Army
Kaesong
U.N
Han Estuary
New Zealand
Hawea
Australia
Murchison
Noted People Comment On Kefauver and Foreign Aid
International News Service reports Robert Moses criticizes Kefauver committee reformers and warns about civic thirst for reform. Senator Taft questions foreign aid spending and total costs, while Senator O Mahoney warns deficit financing could invite inflation and threaten the economy.
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International News Service
New York
Robert Moses
City Construction
Kefauver Crime Committee
Senator Tobey
Jimmy Walker
Ridgway Defends U N War Aims in Korea Interview
Gen. Matthew Ridgway, commander of U N forces in Korea, says Communists have produced no concrete evidence of honest peaceful intents. He asserts a shift to judging by performance, praises morale gains, leadership, and the effective troop rotation as cease-fire talks continue.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
United Nations
Korea
U.S. News and World Report
U.N
Belgian Ship Disappears After SOS Call
The Belgian freighter Bess vanished after sending distress signals from the North German Bight area near Borkum. Crew reportedly took to lifeboats as the 1116 ton ship listed 30 degrees to starboard while seven rescue ships searched the area for lifeboats or debris. The Bess was en route to Norway when the final call urged immediate assistance.
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Hamburg
Germany
Bess
Borkum
Norway
Two-Week Field-Training Games Open At Fort Bragg
Exercise Southern Pine opens at Fort Bragg North Carolina with 110000 troops and airmen simulating an enemy invasion aiming at Raleigh Durham. Maj. Gen. Welfinbarger notes air and ground operations are inseparable, as jet planes participate and divisions including the 28th and 43rd Infantry and the 82nd Airborne engage in the two week mock war.
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Carolina
Fort Bragg
N. C
U. S
Raleigh- Durham
America
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Carolina
Fayetteville
South Carolina
W. R. Welfinbarger
Ninth Air Force
28Th Infantry Division
43Rd Infantry Division
82Nd Airborne Division
Pennsylvania National Guard
Camp Atterbury
Ind
New England
Camp Pickett
Defense Department
82Nd Airborne
John R. Hodge
Ating
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Walter Wood
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Youngish
N. 24Th St
Richfield
N. Central
North Phoenix
Cathay Garden
Sun Valley Bakery
Five Points
W. van Buren
Midnight Mail
Joyce Polk
Midnight
Washington, D. C
Carlton Boujai
Associated Press
Mesan
Carl
Sky Harbor
South
North Korea
Peiping Radio
Admiral Joy
Joy
Sen
Europe
O'Mahoney
Rees A and
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18Th Air Forces
301St
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