Severe Cold Hampers Hunt For Big Plane
Arctic cold slowed the search for a United States Air Force C-54 missing in Yukon with 44 aboard. Only 14 search planes could fly as icing and low visibility halted most efforts. Commodore Costello said the hunt would go on, believing the craft lay south of the Snag to Whitehorse route. the C-54 vanished January 26 carrying a young mother and her child from Anchorage to El Paso.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Arctic
United States Air Force
Yukon Wilds
Royal Air Forces
Martin Costello
RCAF
Northland
Snag
Anchorage
Alaska
el Paso
Tex
Vets School Setup Soon To Be Ended
The Veterans Administration moves to close its $30 billion free schooling program with an April 1 regulation barring many veterans from training unless enrolled by July 25 1951. Changes will limit course changes after one completion and block new starts with unused credits. The act requires schooling to begin within four years of discharge or after July 25 1947. VA projects windup costs of $25 to $30 billion, with six year costs around $16 billion.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Amarillo Pilot Survives Oklahoma Plane Crash
Amarillo pilot Allen Hawkins, 37, escaped serious injury when his light plane crashed in heavy fog near Barnsdall Oklahoma during a flight from Springfield Missouri to Tulsa. He struck a telephone pole, ripped through wires, but crawled from the wreck with only a minor head cut.
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Barnsdall
Okla
Amarillo
Tex
Here
Allen Hawkins
Springfield
Tulsa
Youth Knocked Unconscious Near Ninth and Fillmore
A 15-year-old student at Phoenix Union High School told police two youths in a dark 1942 sedan stopped near Ninth and Fillmore, feigned asking for an address, then one jumped out and hit him in the face, knocking him unconscious for minutes. No robbery occurred. Police seek two suspects. motive unclear. Other local incidents include an assault with a knife at Second and Madison, a baseball bat attack near Fifth and Grant, and a stabbing at Hilton’s Rest Home.
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Ninth and Fillmore Streets
David H. Smith
East Fillmore Street
Phoenix Union High School
Smith
Camelback Mountain
Fred W. Loftis
Williams Air Force Base
Second
Madison Streets
Loftis
Fifth
Grant Streets
St. Monica's Hospital
Robert Smith
Hilton’s Rest Home
Phoenix College names new student body commissioners
Bill Kessler announces the second semester executive board picks for Phoenix College. Appointees include Tony Holls athletics Clark Shelby fine arts Florence Steffen social events Grant Parson assemblies and Jay Ortega Jim Parker co commissioners of public relations. Tryouts for The Little Foxes are set for 2 p m today in the college clubrooms ahead of Mar 10 and 11 performances directed by John Paul with Cecil A Kersten as technical director. Grand Junction Colorado gains its name from the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers nearby.
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Phoenix College
Bill Kessler
Associated Students
Tony Holls
Clark Shelby
Florence Steffen
Grant Parson
Jay Ortega
Jim Parker
Little Foxes
John Paul
Cecil A.kersten
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Vets
Cae
Palomino Valdez
Yavapai Street
Grand Junction
Colorado
Gunnison
Diamond
The
BOY Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Valley Forge Park
Phoenix
Boy Scout
Second Street
Nancy Anne
Fairyland
Mary
Lamb
Bo Peep
Cinderella
Beauty
Beauty and the Beast
Posey
Dennie
Princess Rosanie
Miss Donner
Flossie
Dublin
Bright
Nellie Bird
Marjorie Dan
Daisy Belle
Valentine Princess
Arch
Diamond's Little Miss Shop
Alice
Heavenly
Wan Sade
Moti
Har
Vale
Ned
Adv
Sil
Shee
Piam
Neil
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