Beets Lo Fa. F ear 18 KILLED AS BOMBERS COLLIDE
The 18 killed amid bomber collisions as a border search intensified for Fred Stroble, the suspected killer of 6-year-old Linda Joyce Glacoft. At a cafe in Tijuana, a man matching Stroble’s description ordered hot cakes before fleeing, while Mexican officers and U S authorities mounted a cross border hunt from San Diego to Ensenada and Rosarita Beach.
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San Diego
Calif
Linda Joyce Glacoft
Tijuana
Mex
Here
Nick Parianos
Fred Stroble
Parianos
Stroble
California
Carlos Urrieta Ortiz
Murrieta
Los Angeles
Jess Gonzales
Rudy de Leon
Ensenada
Gonzales
de Leon
Hector Estrada
Rosarita Beach
Estrada
Gerado Souza
U. S
William E. Simpson
Binda Joyce
Simpson
FBI
Truman Calls Parley As Britain Protests Communist Arrest
President Truman met with top officials including Acheson and Stuart to discuss the arrest of Angus Ward in Mukden. Britain joined the United States in pressuring Chinese authorities to release the American consul, offering some hope of success.
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Washington
Truman
Dean Acheson
Angus Ward
Great Britain
United States
Mukden
Manchuria
Acheson
J. Leighton Stuart
China
Philip Jessup
James E. Webb
White House
Jealous Husband Kills Two In Vermont Road Ambush
A 46 year old nurse and a male patient, son of a Washington, D C lawyer, were shot to death on a lonely Vermont road. A third man was wounded as the husband, Antonio Salois, 46, of Bellows Falls, was arrested later. Ogilby, Bramhall, and Salois were connected to a love triangle scenario linked to a Cuttingsville camp. Authorities described the motive as jealous rage and charged Salois with two counts of murder and assault with intent to kill. The case also outlines Ogilby’s background and Bramhall’s involvement following the shooting.
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Bridgewater
Washington, D. C
Lloyd, Bramhall
Antonio Salois
Bellows Falls
Windsor County
Ogilby
Charles Fitz Randolph Ogilby
Washington
Remsen B. Ogilby
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Melvin Moore
Salois
Vermont
Spring Lake Ranch
Cuttingsville
Moore
Bramhall’s
Bramhall
Strike Nears Solution In Steel Industry
The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Steelworkers began final negotiations with Aluminum Company of America and Crucible Steel Company to end strikes affecting about 36,000 workers in the Pittsburgh area.
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Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
Crucible Steel Company
What Noted What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports varied opinions from Washington and London on government spending deficits and national security. Senator Paul Douglas urges cutting the federal deficit via pressure groups. British officials and editors warn against appeasing Russia and stress tech and progress for security in the atomic age.
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International News Service
Washington
Paul Douglas
Democrat
U S Closes China Offices In Chungking And Kunming
The United States shut its Consulate and Information Service office in Chungking as Communist troops closed in from three directions. The American Consulate in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, was also closed, confirmed by Vice Consul J W Rozier.
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Chungking
China
United States
U. S
J. W. Rozier
Kunming
Yunnan Province
Typhoon Bats Guam As Winds Hit 145 MPH
AP reports a brutal typhoon near Guam with winds up to 145 miles per hour battering the island. Communications failed but observers noted widespread damage, with buildings blown down and hundreds of servicemen and civilian workers affected as residents sought shelter in storm facilities and caves.
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Tokyo
Air Force Weather Bureau
Island of
Guam
James Hackett
Bishop Manning In Drastically Weak Condition At Hospital
New York Nov 17 A P reported the 83 year old retired Episcopal Bishop William T Manning in drastically weak condition at St Luke s Hospital where he has been treated since November 4 for an undisclosed illness indicating serious decline for the former head of the New York Diocese.
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New York
William T. Manning
St. Luke’s Hospital
Presidential Action To Stop Strike Likely
Washington November 17 AP all signs pointed to presidential action to halt a coal strike due in two weeks. President Truman eyed asking Union Leader John L Lewis and coal operators to submit their dispute to a special fact finding board for a peace plan. If rejected, he could invoke Taft Hartley emergency provisions by Monday with a strike ban injunction possible.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Special Fact Board
Lewis
New York Times
White House
Times
B 29s Crash In Fog Over California Valley
Two B 29 bombers collided nearly five miles above a fog covered California valley killing most aboard. Four of 22 crew escaped by parachute. three bodies were recovered burned. Survivors, including Lt Warren Sherrick, were taken to Stockton Naval Annex Hospital. The crash occurred near Stockton as the planes from Spokane pursued a routine training mission. The fog hampered rescue efforts and ground crews faced gasoline fumes and tangled wreckage across the Stockton area.
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Stockton
Calif
California Valley
Delta
Densel Trout
Naval Annex Hospital
San Francisco Bay
San Joaquin County
Carlos A. Sousa
Army
Navy
Air Force
Sousa
McClellan Field
Sacramento
Sherrick
Frank Schmidt
Megley
Ohio
Robert S. Kluge
Spokane
Keith R. Burns
Boise
Ida
Schmidt
McDonald Island
Hunt Widens For Bomber Carrying 20
HAMILTON Bermuda November 17 United Press rescue planes circle Bermuda as the Air Force conducts the largest peacetime search for a missing Superfortress with 20 men aboard. Weather improves chances as crews from Kindley Field and Navy seaplanes sweep 60000 square miles plus 100000 more in Florida relays. Lt Col John R Grable Jr reported loss with five minutes fuel and planned ditch during nonstop flight from March Field to Bermuda en route to England.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Atlantic
United States Air Force
Air Force
California
Manuel R. Oropeza
Globe, Ariz
Kindley Field
Navy
MacDill Field
Florida
Sparrow
John R. Grable, Jr
March Field Air Base
Riverside
Calif
England
Awful Bump Arouses Sleeping Family
Eyewitness account from King Island California describes a midair collision between two B 29s near midnight. A pilot, Lt Warren Sherrick of Spokane, staggered to a fishing resort home shocked and dazed after his plane collided with another. His account begins with a jump through the bomb bay and ends amid rescue efforts.
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Warren Sherrick
Spokane
Wash
Margaret Kenyon
California
Train Kills 3 Paratroopers At Crossing
Three Fort Bragg paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division were killed near Dunn when their car stalled on a railroad crossing and was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train. Pvt Harlan Lewis Ray, Santa Barbara California, Cpt. David Ralpin, and Pvt. Richard McCormick were the victims. The engineer said the car could not be seen in time to stop. Train service was not interrupted.
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Dunn
N. C
INS
Fort Bragg
Atlantic Coast Line
Harlan Lewis Ray
Santa Barbara
Calif
David Ralpin
Richard McCormick
82Nd Airborne Division
R. J. Johnson
Rocky Mount
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Nebraska
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Iran
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Germany
Russia
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Chicago
Gideon Seymour
The
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
U.S
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Bishop Manning
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