Pan American Constellation Vanishes Over West Africa
A Pan American World Airways Constellation with 40 aboard disappeared off the West African coast on a Johannesburg to New York flight. The overdue plane was last sighted near Roberts Field Liberia after leaving Accra. Capt. Frank J. Crawford led the crew of nine and 31 passengers were aboard. Dozen French aircraft and others searched land and sea routes for signs of the missing airliner as Dakar Airport reported the aircraft still had fuel to stay aloft early morning EST.
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Dakar
French West Africa
Pan American World Airways
Johannesburg
New York City
Roberts Field
Monrovia
Liberia
Accra
Gold Coast
PAN American
New York
Frank J. Crawford
Huntington Station
Iland
Ridgway Backed MaArthur Troop Demand, Probe Learns
In a Senate inquiry, Gen. Matthew Ridgway, then Far Eastern commander, supported Gen. Douglas MacArthur's demand for using Chinese Nationalist troops against mainland China. A December message to Gen. J Lawton Collins is cited, indicating Ridgway's belief in the logic of a Nationalist offensive in South China.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far Eastern
Douglas MacArthur
China
Senate
MacArthur
Red China
Knowland
Calif
Ridgway
J. Lawton Collins
Army
South China
Collins
U.S
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Truman
Korea
Formo
United Nations
United States
Barr
Air War Renewal: Two Red Jets Downed by U S Fighters
Tokyo dispatch reports U S fighters shot down or damaged five Communist jets in two air battles over northwest Korea. F-86 Sabres downed two MiG-15s, damaged three, with survivors pushed to Manchuria. U N forces hit four airfields near the Yalu as Chinese troops entrenched near Pyongyang and Kumchon.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Manchuria
Red Air Force
United Nations
Kumchon
Pyongyang
U.N
Iron Triangle
Pyonggang
Eighth Army
Sea of Japan
Hungarian Archbishop Admits Plotting Overthrow Of Reds
In Budapest on June 22 AP reported Archbishop Joszef Groesz, Mindszenty’s successor, pled guilty to plotting the overthrow of Hungary’s Communist government. He and eight others faced Judge Vilmos Olti as Mindszenty’s earlier case echoes. The trial followed a pattern of alleged coercive confessions in Communist courts.
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Budapest
Hungary
Joszef Groesz
Mindszenty
Vilmos Olti
Cardinal Mindszenty
Robert A. Vogeler
Evangeline Lorimer Found After 13 Days Hidden in Smokies
Evangeline Lorimer, a 21 year old nurse from Cincinnati, resurfaced in Gatlinburg after 13 days in the Great Smoky Mountains. She claimed to have deliberately hidden in the park’s wilderness, endured cold and hunger, and plans to resume work next Monday. The return was marked by relief from her mother and a medical exam ordering rest.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains
National Park
Max Ogle
Evangeline Lorimer
Chilhowell Mountain
Cincinnati
Jewish Hospital
W. H. Lorimer
E. Mohave
Evangeline
Wilson Warns Of Danger If Controls Fail
Mobilization Chief Charles B. Wilson warned that failure to extend economic controls could halt the defense program. He spoke during Industrial College of the Armed Forces graduation exercises as lawmakers push a stronger controls bill. DiSalle price rollbacks become a test of the control system and Congress may nullify planned actions to curb inflation or face dire economic outcomes.
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Washington
INS
Charles B. Wilson
Congress
Wilson
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Administration
Senate
Defense Mobilization
Michael V. DiSalie
House
DiSalle
Karl Marx
Politburo
Norwegian medical unit reaches Korea port city
A Norwegian mobile hospital unit led by Col Herman Ramstad arrived today at the port city in Korea. The group includes eighty Norwegian doctors commissioned nurses and hospital technicians.
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Korea
Herman Ramstad
Democrats Close Vote Expected on Tax Bill
Washington June 22 AP Administration leaders rally all house Democrats for a pivotal vote on the 7.2 billion tax increase. Republicans pledge to seek a recommit rewrite. Rep. Percy Priest says the result hinges on the recommit tally with a potential loss of 6 to 10 Democrats and possible GOP support.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Percy Priest
Tennessee
Senate
Parachute error sinks bomber crew in Texas crash
SAN ANTONIO Texas June 22 UP three airmen died when a B-29 crashed after one crewman opened his parachute too soon trapping the others inside the falling bomber. Witnesses said the plane circled for a new approach as an engine flashed and caught fire. The dead were Master Sgt Wesley MacMullin Sequin Alpine Calif Cpl Joseph Edward Gibbons Jr Philadelphia Pa and Pfc Oscar Eugene Grover Jr Jackson Ohio.
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San Antonio
Texas
Air Force
Here
Wesley MacMullin
Seguin
Alpine
Calif
Joseph Edward Gibbons Jr
Philadelphia
Oscar Eugene Grover Jr
Jackson
Ohio
Hot Days Cool Nights Predicted for Valley
The Weather Bureau forecasts Valley temperatures reaching 107 to 108 degrees Sunday and Monday with unusually cool nights continuing through next Wednesday. Dry air from the northwest should drop temperatures after sunset. Today’s high around 101 and tomorrow’s low near 68.
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United States Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Flagstaff
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Presidio
Texas
Most Wanted Felon Nabbed As Slayer
Joseph Paul Cato, one of the nation’s 10 most wanted fugitives, was captured by FBI agents and Cleveland Police. He was identified as the slayer of Mrs. Phyllis McCullough in San Francisco on March 22, 1946, after being employed at an east side plant since arriving in Cleveland last month. The arrest ended his vow to never be taken alive, with fingerprints confirming his identity.
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Cleveland
INS
Joseph Paul Cato
FBI
James MacArthur
Cato
Phyllis McCullough
San Francisco
East Side
International News Service
Phoenix Gazette
Abbaticchio
Joseph Royale Lombardo
E. 77Th Street
CIO Wins Signups At Arizona State Hospital In Pay Fight
The CIO announced over half of the 200 hospital attendants have joined the Civic and Employes Governmental Union, with "well over 100" signing cards. Union leaders seek bargaining rights to block July pay cuts after a shortfall in next year’s budget. Dr Bruce Hart blamed lawmakers for a $54,000 budget shortfall versus this year’s $754,000, prompting the union action and a board meeting to discuss representation.
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CIO
Arizona State Hospital
H. L. McNamara
National Cio
McNamara
Bruce Hart
Hart
Hospital Board of Control
Navy Plane Crash Kills 5 of Crew
A four engined Navy PB-4-Y-2 Privateer crashed in Puget Sound fifty miles north of Seattle during a routine training flight. Five of the ten aboard were killed and another seriously injured. Lt. Walter Darwin, coast guard helicopter pilot, called it the worst crash he had seen someone walk away from. The plane split apart on impact into about three feet of water, with wreckage spanning a hundred yards. Deceased: Lt. (jg) Hilbert W. Hedquist, Argyle MN. Lt. (jg) Franklin P. Goulburn Jr., Collingwood NJ. Anthony Bono, Schenectady NY. Donald W. Cunningham, Oklahoma City OK. Richard McDaniel Tucker, Kirkland WA.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound Bay
Here
Walter Darwin
Coast Guard
Hilbert W. Hedquist
Argyle
Minn
Franklin P. Goulburn I Jr
Collingwood
N. J
Anthony Bono
Aviation
Schenectady
N. Y
Donald W. Cunningham
Aviation Ordnanceman
Oklahoma City
Richard McDaniel Tucker
Kirkland, Wash
Somerton Girl Leads National Homemakers President
Dorothy Lee of Somerton, a Yuma Union High School sophomore, was elected national president of the Future Homemakers of America at its leadership conference in Estes Park, Colorado. The 312,000 member FHA spans 48 states, Puerto Rico and Hawaii, with Arizona possibly waiting 48 more years for another national president. Dorothy returns to Arizona with 13 delegates and plans a reception at Union Station.
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Dorothy Lee
Somerton
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Yuma Union
Miss Lee
Courtney Gray Lee
Estes Park
Colo
FHA
Dorothy
Union Station
Eva Scully
State Department of Vocational Education
Jacque Mercer
Litchfield Park
Kenneth England
Chandler
Star Farmer of America
Homemakers of America
Colorado
Dorothea Wyman
Arizona Fha Association
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Ma‘Arthur
Probe
Edward Almond
10Th Corps
South Korea
Kaesong
David G. Barr
Inquiry
David Desiderio
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Reginald B. Desiderio
el Monte
Task Force Command
Timothy
Pentagon
Vogeler
Groesz
Pope Pius XII
Miss Lorimor
Abram’s Creek
Ogle
Rangers
Bomber
Carl B. McDaniel
Randolph Air Force Base
Navy
Somerton Girl Heads
National Homemakers
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