Five Bodies Recovered From Marsh After B-50 Crash
Savannah dispatch reports five bodies recovered from a swampy rice field by search parties after a B-50 crash at Chatham Air Force Base during a routine training flight to Texas. The four-engine bomber exploded after takeoff, creating a 50 foot crater and delaying recovery due to tides and muck. No identifications yet. Col Frederic E. Glantzberg coordinated efforts through the night.
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Savannah
Air Force
Chatham Air Force Base
Texas
Chatham
Frederic E. Glantzberg
Arizona Labor and Business Split Over Insurance Probe
Labor leaders clash with Phoenix business groups over a committee led by Al Lindsey to oppose a proposed 1.2 million dollar insurance rate increase by the Arizona Industrial Commission. Elmer Vickers Sr. of the State Federation of Labor rejects cooperation while noting past $6 million in dividends to policyholders. The group seeks to delay the rate hike 60 days, potentially moving the effective date from January 1 to March 1, pending Governor Garvey’s return from holiday.
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Arizona Labor
Herb Nelson
Arizona
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Arizona Industrial Commission
Elmer F. Vickers
Arizona State Federation of Labor
Businessmen’s Committee
al Lindsey
Vickers
Lindsey
Phoenix
Scottsdale
House
Senate
Federation
Dan E. Garvey
Industrial Commission
Vicksburg
Miss
Leed's Blaze Held Warning For Payoff
A 26-year-old man boasted to a bartender he ran an extortion ring like Chicago outfits, promising protection for fees before Leed's Shoe Store fire. Detectives Langevin and Selby overheard the exchange at Trade Winds tavern, and he was booked as a fiction writer with $250,000 to $300,000 in property damage noted from the Leed's blaze.
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Leed
Leed’s
Edward Langevin
Gordon Selby
L. E. Barnhart
West Southgate Avenue
South Central Avenue
Chicago
Vic Soule
Barnhart
Selby
Langevin
East Washington Street
Handbook Operator Gets Ride Death in Palos Township
Frank Orfino a 24 year old reputed handbook operator and liquor dealer with a long arrest record but no convictions was found shot to death on a rural Palos Township road near Chicago. Police believe he was abducted for a gang style ride and executed on the spot by two high caliber bullets.
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Chicago
Frank Orfino
Palos Township
Orfino
Orsino
Pup Leads Rescue Of Buried Boys In Wichita Falls
In Wichita Falls Texas two five year old brothers Billy Rogers and Donnie Tolten were killed when a bulldozer buried them. A puppy whining at a leveled patch led volunteers to the site. The bulldozer operator had warned the boys earlier.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Billy Rogers
Donnie Tolten
Billy
C. L. Rogers
Donnie
Reba Tolten
Rogers’ Construction Company
H. W. Freeman
Leon Price
Midwest Feels New Icy Blast From Arctic
A cold air mass from the Arctic pushed across the Midwest and Northeast causing a white Christmas for many while the eastern third of the nation stayed milder. Temperatures plunged across the Dakotas Minnesota and Wisconsin with snow flurries expected in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions. In West Oakland a 20 block area was blanketed by a smog that stung the nose with an ammonia smell and oily smoke.
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Appalachians
Atlantic Seaboard
Arctic
Midwest
Nebraska
South Dakota
Cleveland
Ohio
New York City
U. S
New England
Florida
Pembina
N. D
International Falls
Minn
Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Wis
Mason City
Minneapolis
Oakland
Calif
East Bay
Market
Cypress Streets
First
Eighth Streets
Noted Officials Comment on Yugoslavia and Germany
Washington ambassador George V. Allen states opposition to aggression against Yugoslavia and support for its sovereignty. Frankfurt US High Commissioner John J. McCloy says he would not aid Germany if he believed Nazism could rise again, indicating commitment to preventing a repeat of the Nazi era.
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Washington
George V. Allen
U. S
Yugoslavia
Frankfurt
Germany
John J. McCloy
Christmas Road Death Threat Amid Holiday Drive
Arizona officials warn Christmas season raises highway danger with four deaths last year on Christmas Day and about 20 traffic deaths expected before Jan 1. Patrols stay on duty three-day holiday. governor urges defensive driving, especially at intersections. Weather and crowds heighten risk, officials urge caution and courtesy.
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Arizona
Glencot
Arizona State Highway Department
Smoot
Arizona Highway Patrol
A. G. Walker
Dan E. Garvey
National Safety Counceil
Adopt A Family Christmas Appeal Shows Hardship In Phoenix
The Phoenix Gazette reports on Adopt A Family numbers 92 and 98 highlighting extreme poverty. Family 92, five to twelve year olds, a sick father, a mother burdened by hardship, will dine on two sardine cans and stale bread on Christmas Eve. Family 98 notes a three pound newborn with fragile health, nourished by scarce milk and lacking strengthening foods. Organized fundraising seeks $16 to aid Family 92 via Miss Lucy Krug, Public Relations, Phoenix Community Council.
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Lucy Krug
The
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Community Council
Crew Escapes Burning Fernbay in Boston Fire
Forty two sleeping crew members narrowly escaped a spectacular fire aboard the Norwegian freighter Fernbay in South Boston. The 8,000 ton ship suffered an estimated $500000 damage as fire raged for four hours before it was controlled and towed mid stream toward New York and Gulf port departures.
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Boston
Fernbay
New York
Gulf Ports
Barbers Vote to Set New Minimum Prices in Maricopa
Maricopa County barbers voted unanimously to establish minimum prices of 1 for a haircut and 75 cents for a shave. The action freezes current rates, set by agreement in April 1946, replacing prior minimums of 75 cents for a haircut and 50 cents for a shave. Petitions led by Maricopa barbers followed similar action in Cochise County where Douglas barbers cut prices to 75 cents and 50 cents.
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Maricopa County
H. C. Montgomery
Arizona State Board of Barber Examiners
Maricopa
Cochise County
Douglas
Car Hit By Train Kills Four Youths in Illinois Crossing
Four Pana youths died and a fifth was critically injured when a New York Central freight train struck their car at a crossing in Pana Illinois. The dead were Barbara Havriska 16 Charles Hill 20 Herman Becker 20 and Delores Patchkes 20.
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Pana
Ill
New York Central
Barbara Havriska
Charles Hill
Herman Becker
Delores Patchkes
Truman Flies In Heavy Rain for Christmas Homebound
President Truman departed National Airport in a chill driving rain aboard his four engined plane Independence for a four hour flight to Kansas City Missouri. He will continue to Independence with daughter Margaret aboard as the ceiling stood at 500 feet during takeoff.
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Washington
Truman
National
Missouri
Independence
Kansas City
Margaret
Judge Medina named Man of Year for 1949
Judge Harold R. Medina, who presided over the yearlong 11-defendant Communist trial, was chosen as Man of the Year by Associated Press editors. The case began January 17 and, after contempt rulings and courtroom uproar, concluded October 21 with sentences. Medina earned praise for firmness and patience, and editors also highlighted Truman and Acheson in politics and foreign affairs.
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Sherry Bowen
Associated Press
New York
Harold R. Medina
United States
Medina
Federal
Harry S. Truman
Dean Acheson
U. S
Philip Murray
Henry Ford
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution
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