Swell AFB Prepares for Record Trainee Influx at Lackland
Lackland AFB plans a large trainee surge as Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lawrence announces an expected influx of 5000 airmen by August 1, swelling the base strength from 8300 with higher May June quotas and new officer candidate and WAP training flows. Dormant squadrons will receive overflow from other units.
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Lackland Afb
Charles W. Lawrence
Indestrination Division
Officer Candidate School
WAP
Ishi
Dial
Robots Visioned As Result of War
BERKELEY Calif May 25 UPI Norbert Wiener predicts a future war could speed the creation of mechanical slaves that automate many human labors on assembly lines. He says such robots could replace billing clerks and similar clerical work, possibly within a few years under wartime pressure rather than the expected 25 years.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
Norbert Wiener
Wiener
Old Owl Not So Wise Nips Friend in Suffolk Lane
In Willingham England on May 25 1949 villagers report an old owl that pecks at passersby in a dark lane. The bird even nipped its own ally the local fame warden Percy Pert in a surprising incident.
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Willingham
England
Suffolk
Percy Pert
Mock Duel Ends in Death at Provost Office
In Kyoto Japan on May 25 US Army Pvt. Anderson Bryant Jr. and Pvt. Donald Cornelison acted like quick-draw gunmen near the provost marshal's office. They repeated the routine several times and Cornelison's pistol fired, killing Bryant.
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Kyoto
Japart
Anderson Bryant Jr
Donald Cornelison
Cornelison
Bryant
Tenants Find $40,000 Hidden In Old House
Mrs Lucille Schader tossed a jar of Mexican gold coins found in her father Michaels Dugucin Maine home. Neighbors saw the jar and the box of valuables later turned up by tenants Rudy Schabie and Garland. The stash, including government bonds and stocks, totals about 40000 dollars and was placed in escrow.
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Chicago
Lucille Schader
Dugucin
Els
Rudy Schabie
Michael Bradley
Secret Service Clerk Prospect At San Antonio Office
Chief agent Charles A. Ellis will interview young male applicants for an administrative clerk position in the federal building San Antonio. The job may lead to the rank of secret service agent and involves a cloaked, discreet posting with noisemaker nocice.
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San Antonio
Charles A. Ellis
Federal Building
Eilis
Kuykendall Rites Set for Miss Jessie Kuykendall
Miss Jessie Ruth Kuykendall 52 of Fox Hall Lane dies in San Antonio connected with Ansley agency after long insurance career. Native of Goliad and active in Business and Professional Women’s Club. Survived by sister Mrs Mae Tipton of Goliad. Services at Zizik Reams Funeral Home.
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Jessie Ruth Kuykendall
Fox Hall Lane
Thuis
Zizik-Reams
Mat‘We Mae Tipton
Goliad
Bessect Aml Dle
Bia
Teed
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