Term Limiting Proposal Gains Little Backing
The proposed constitutional amendment to limit future U S presidents to two terms gained little ground this year. It was approved by North Dakota and South Dakota, bringing ratifications to 23 with 13 more needed. A 1947-1954 deadline for ratification looms, and many states defeated or sidetracked ratification efforts in 1949.
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Jealous Wife Confesses Killing Mate
Palm Springs California September 20 UP A jealous wife confessed to killing her husband after finding him with a divorcee. Mrs Sophia Petrillo 35 booked on suspicion of murder. She said she shot Night Club Manager Peter C Petrillo 39 with a .38 after locating him at the other woman's apartment and bringing him home.
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Boy finds $372 in old gold coins in vacant lot
In Oakland on September 20 Don Hance, 15, kicked at a shaving mug in a vacant lot and uncovered $372.50 in U S gold coins dated 1834 to 1907. The find was reported to authorities and cataloged as treasure recovered.
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Dobermans Refuse Dog Week Fun In Bosses Tale
A narrator confronts two aloof Dobermans who ignore his pleas and reveal a plan to draft a 25 word statement about Woofies Dog Meal. They boast of a possible five day New York trip and joke about dogs benefiting from reading Life magazine while the boss vents. The scene ends with the dogs noting a Life feature and hinting at further demands.
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New York
Policeman Shot Dead On Southside Street
CHICAGO Sept 20 AP A policeman David F Keating 34 was shot nine times by two young Negro gunmen after stopping them about a package they carried Dozens of officers searched the stockyards district into the morning 20 suspects questioned Capt John O Malley said Keating died before drawing his revolver Keating with four children had served ten years in the force all in the stockyards district
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Housing clash over slum project at Phoenix council meeting
The Phoenix Housing Authority faced sharp criticism from local leaders and clubs as opponents accused officials of rushing the slum clearance plan. Supporters including Wade Church and Sam Levitin urged backing, while real estate figures pressed for more factual review before noon.
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Fire, Blasts Kill One, Hurt Two in Hayward
In Hayward California a fatal fire and two explosions damaged two small business district buildings. Fred Newburger seventy resident of a second floor rooming house was burned to death and two others were injured as the fire spread fast. Fire officials estimated forty thousand dollars in damage and about eighty guests fled a nearby hotel as flames and blasts rocked the scene.
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Eisler Named Head of Soviet Zone Information Ministry
German Communist Gerhart Eisler, a fugitive from U S justice, was appointed chief of the newly formed Soviet Zone Information Ministry, according to ADN. The report adds a stray note about writing with a fingernail as a Persian art.
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Manilla War Crimes Tribunal Hangs Ten Japanese Soldiers
Ten Japanese soldiers convicted of cannibalism murder and criminal assault in Mindanao after World War II were sentenced to hang. Four more stragglers got life terms. three were acquitted. The crimes involved 31 Filipino victims killed 15 cannibalized victims, and 8 year old boy enslaved. Three youths allegedly forced to eat their parents' flesh.
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Soviet Press Claims U S Sub Cochino Sunk Near Murmansk
The Red Fleet said the U S submarine Cochino exploded and sank near Murmansk last month during an American scouting mission. The Navy said Cochino sank on a routine cruise outside Norwegian waters on Aug 26 with one crewman lost, and six from sister sub Tusk perished during rescue.
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Endurance fliers push past 640 hours in Yuma
Yuma aviators Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward exceeded 640 flight hours as they chase the world record of 1,008 hours. Their long endurance flight highlights a historic aviation challenge in the desert city.
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Worker Injured In Fall From 30-Foot Pole
Special to The Phoenix Gazette Mesa Sept 20 Finess McCowan an employee of Roosevelt Water Conservation District was seriously injured today in a fall from a 30 foot pole. He was working on the pole eight miles east and 342 miles south of here when a guy wire snapped, throwing him to the ground. McCowan was brought to Southside District Hospital here.
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Soviets Fight Desertions Across Frontier Alarm Raised
LUENEBERG Sept 20 AP reports sixteen German policemen fled westward from the Soviet zone in the last 24 hours. Russians proclaimed a frontier alarm as West German police relay the count and note tightened border controls amid the desertion wave.
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Communists Call Robeson as Defense Witness
In New York on September 20 AP reports the defense summoned singer Paul Robeson as a witness in the Communist conspiracy trial. Robeson, a prominent figure after two violence-marked Westchester meetings, became the 32nd defense witness following a lengthy deposition from William Z. Foster, national chairman of the Communist Party.
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William Z. Foster
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Rejects Second Phone Rate Hike
OKLAHOMA CITY AP The state Supreme Court denied a second temporary rate increase sought by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
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