Charter Change Stalls in Ely City Council Meeting
City council meetings discuss amending the notification of intention to call a charter election for January 24. Commissioners debate added amendments and voting machine placement while Mayor White frames delays and officials seek coordination with the clerk and attorney before December 15.
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R Ely
White
Hein
Henry Hein
People’s Committee
Raymond South
Donne
Austin Anderson
Iie
James Knight
Ude
Vrank Gallagher
Faidie
Death Dream Becomes Reality at March Air Base
Arlington California widow Olinda Breit recalls a nightmare vision of her husband Sgt. Raymond Breit, a ground crewman who died in the Bermuda rescue crash. The dream preceded confirmation of his death, described as a single fatality among 18 survivors, while Olinda and other wives face the tragedy with quiet awe.
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Arlington
Calif
INS
Callahan Court
March Air Base
Olinda Breit
Suburn
Raymond Breit
Bermuda
Brett
New York Daily Mirror
Olinda
Rone
Mme
Ray
Weather Forecast Projections For Cooling Week
The forecast notes fresh northerly winds continuing through the night with a low near 40 degrees by Tuesday morning. Tuesday should see a warming trend with highs around 70 and a forecast 72 later in the day. Monday’s low was 47 as the region records a seventh clear day this month.
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Weather Bureau
Gunstine
Hay
Typhoon Near Philippines Passes North of Luzon
Manila November 21 The weather bureau reported a typhoon with winds up to 90 miles an hour moving northwest at 10 miles an hour would pass about 200 miles north of Luzon island early tomorrow.
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Manila
Luzon Island
Ayas
Conductor Shoots 3 Negroes in Birmingham Streetcar
In Birmingham a streetcar conductor shot three black passengers in a white section of the car after one man seated there. Amory Crosby, 24, John Garfington, 21, and Willams, 34, were wounded with varying seriousness. conductor M. A. Weeks protested when Williams sat down. Police reported the incident and the shooter’s status.
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Birmingham
Ala
Amory Crosby
John Garfington
28 Tots Lost In Air Mishap
Oslo reports a Dutch airliner crash carrying twenty nine Jewish refugee children and three nurses plus four crew near Oslo. Rescue parties search in fog after a possible explosion. Ages estimated 8 to 16. Officials declare the craft lost amid unclear identities.
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Oslo
North Africa
Norway
Slomty
Aero Holland
Turum
Lull In His Fishing Sparks Air Crash Rescue
Samuel William Rose 23 watched a plane crash across the Derwent at Wilne England on November 24. He swam 300 yards to help, splinted the injured, aided ambulance crews with Geoffrey Smith and Gerald Marnett, then returned to fishing and caught three more.
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Wilne
England
Samuel William Rose
Derwent
Geoffrey Smith
Gerald Marnett
Survivors crave bath beer after Bermuda crash
Eighteen B 29 survivors describe three days adrift after a Bermuda crash. They crave a bath and a beer, phone calls home, and relief from the harrowing ordeal. They recount hunger, rainwater, and prayers keeping them alive as planes searched overhead. Lt Col Grable recommends changes to B 29s to prevent similar losses.
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Bermuda
INS
John J. Harris
Pittsburgh
Ralston PL
Bennett
Dyong Crystal City
Isk
Percy C
Alfred Jr
Iden
Gai
Uwo
John Grable
Snow in North U S Brief Weather Story
A narrow band of snow stretched across the northern U S from the upper Missouri valley to New England. Heaviest snowfall peaked at five inches in South Bend Indiana with Erie Pennsylvania at three inches. Temperatures fell below freezing in central and northern plains, the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, and the Great Lakes while most of the nation enjoyed fair weather aside from scattered fog in the Pacific states.
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U. S
Missouri
New England
South Bend
Ind
Erie
Great Plains
Mississippi
Ohio River
Great Lakes
Pacific c
Baron Wakatsuki Dies in Tokyo at 84
Tokyo reports Baron Relilvo Wakatsuki, a twice serving Japanese premier and head of the Japanese delegation at the 1929 30 London naval conference, died today of a heart attack at age 84.
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Relilvo Wakatsuki
Japan
Jap F
Lonton Naval Conference
Aly Predicts Baby Will Be Boy Amid Hayworth Birth Talk
Lausanne dispatch reports Prince Aly Khan predicts Rita Hayworth will have a son. He says the child will follow his precedent, not hers, and notes Hayworth's blindness to scripts while she waits to resume acting. The Aga Khan will not be present at birth and plans travel to Egypt, India, and Pakistan.
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Aly
Lausanne
Switzerland
Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Joan Yarde-Buller Gulness
Rita
Oryon Welles
Miss. Hayworth
Tle
Ilina
Miss Hayworth
Aga Kahn
Egypt
India
Pakistan
Chambers Talks Again in Hiss Perjury Trial
Whittaker Chambers, former courier for Soviet topics, was called back to the witness stand as the government's sting witness in Alger Hiss's second perjury trial. He began Friday recounting Soviet spying in State Department circles during the 1930s as the trial resumed after a brief adjournment.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Tgpics
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss
Atcaser
State Department
Brooklyn For Israel Campaign Aims for Negev Settlement
New York Nov 23 Israel may welcome four Brooklyn Jews who plan to raise 750000 dollars to acquire 4000 acres in the Negev. The initiative envisions establishing a new settlement named Kfar Brooklyn or Brooklyn Village as a home for the Brooklyn community in Israel.
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New York
Israel
Brooklyn
Fta
Hooklyn
Negev
Kfar Brooklyn
Brooklyn Village
Weather forecast for Monday to Tuesday with winds and temps
A forecast notes fair and cooler conditions for Monday night into Tuesday. Moderate to fresh northerly winds shift, with Monday highs near 70 and Tuesday lows around 40 and highs about 72. Sunday’s high recorded 82 and Monday’s low 47.
Black youth held on rape charges in Houston incident
In Houston on November 21 a 2 year old Black boy George Honey Young was jailed without bond on charges of raping an 11 year old white girl. He admitted the incident in a written police statement after luring the girl from a sideline bench during a school football game. He was identified by the victim, her companion and other witnesses.
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Houston
INS
George Honey Young
Young
Burglars Hit Southwestern Bell Office in Dallas
Burglars cracked a safe at the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co office in Dallas on November 21, making off with about $4,000 in coins and $200 in bills. No injuries reported and investigators search for suspects.
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Southwestern Bell
Detroit News offers rewards for sex killing solutions
The Detroit News set rewards totaling 40 000 dollars daily for tips leading to solved Michigan sex killings. Five thousand dollars would go to the informant for the killer who was convicted and imprisoned. Most slayings occurred in the last five years with one dating to 1936.
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Detrois
Detroit News
Michigan
Killee
Actress Jean Wallace Hospitalized After Self Inflicted Wound
In Hollywood Jean Wallace ex wife of actor Franchot Tone was reported in good condition after allegedly stabbing herself with a butcher knife during a despondent moment over their breakup. Police said the wound was abdomen based and the incident occurred after a Saturday afternoon at the Tone home the knife wrested from her by her mother Mrs. Mary Ingham.
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Hollywood
JINS
Jean Wallace
Franchot Tone
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Ing
Santa
Tone Home
Bil-Aly
Poilee
Miss Wallace
Mary Ingham
Five RAF crew killed in Singapore crash
Five Royal Air Force personnel died and two were seriously injured when a four engine Sunderland flying boat from Hong Kong crashed into shallow water during takeoff from Singapore island. The Straits of Johore incident occurred Sunday night as the aircraft headed for itsvelar.
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Singapore
Ifive
Royal Air Force
Straits of Johore
Hong Kong
13 Month Old Girl Murdered in Fresno Mud
The body of 18 month old Josephine Yanez was found in mud near Huron in Fresno County. Deputy Coroner L R Webb said she was hurt and smothered with teeth marks on the bed. Sheriff officials reported crowds on the streets at the scene and called for more deputies to control the mob.
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Wrevy Dierstcherd
Fresno
Cailf
Hyon
L. R. Webb
Josephine Yanez
Joe Yanes
Huron
Ed Martin
Fresno County
Sheriff's Office
Webb
Skipper Blamed in Toronto Fire Tragedy
Supreme Court of Canada judge suspends Capt. William Taylor’s license for 18 months over the Sept. 17 Noronic fire that killed 118 aboard the dockside luxury vessel in Toronto. Hearings in Detroit, Cleveland and Toronto described passengers’ panic as flames swept the ship, with counsel announcing libel actions against accusers.
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Canada Steamship Hines, Awyers
Noronic
Tregity
Detroit
Cleveland
Toronto
Suchyars
Oveyboard
Great Lakes
Taylor
Frank Witkinson
Monty to Visit U S for Military Talks in 12 Days
Britain's Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery arrives in the United States for an unofficial but high level 12 day visit. He will confer with Gen. Eisenhower Gen. Bradley Gen. Collins and other senior military and diplomatic leaders on defense matters.
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Washington
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
America
Eisenhower
Hig
Bradley
Chapman
Gen
Collins
Army
Monty
Bill Robinson Remains Critical in New York Hospital
Bill Robinson also known as Bojangles, a ML year old dancer, stayed in critical condition at a New York hospital after a heart ailment. No overnight change in his condition was reported as he remains under medical care.
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New York
Bill
Bojangles
Robinson
Eight Kin Attendants at Mrs Giither Wedding
Pittsburgh November 21 report says eight attendants at Mrs Catherine Giither’s wedding are her great grandchildren. Giither, 67, will wed Charting Ward, 82, in a ceremony recalling a family gathering last September.
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Pittsburgh
Catherine Giither
Ginther
Charting Ward
Bobtain
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