B 17 Shot Down By New Jet Pilot Mistake
Two survivors from a B 17 shot down by an experimental jet fighter were rescued in the Gulf of Mexico by the USS Seer after spending a night in a life raft. The crash near Panama City killed or wounded others as searchers scoured the stormy waters for missing crew members.
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Gulf of Mexico
Air Force
Charles D. Jones
Meridian
Miss
Peter R. Rosing
Ingleside
Gulf
Seer
Gulf Coast
Panama City
Arthur R. Debolt
Columbus
Col. Debolt
Flying Fortress
Weather and lake reports from Carbondale Illinois
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Highs near 92 today and 93 Wednesday. Low around 60 tonight. Yesterday's high 91. Sunrise 5 23 am, sunset 6 38 pm. Crab Orchard Lake 14 inches below spillway today. Little Grassy Lake noted. The Free Press edition published evenings by South Illinois Publications Inc Carbondale Illinois.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
South Iinole Publications Inc
Weaton Street
Carbondale
British Canberra Sets Atlantic Round Trip Record
A Royal Air Force Canberra completed a round trip across the Atlantic in 10 hours 2 minutes with a two hour stop at Gander Newfoundland. The west to east leg averaged just over 600 mph amid headwinds while the east to west run was slower. Wing Commander Roland Beaumont set the prior East to West mark in the same aircraft last August.
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Atlantic
Gander
Aldergrove
Northern Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Roland Beaumont
Royal Air Force
Talks Resume On Hard Coal
Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania August 26 AP The hard coal industry and John L Lewis United Mine Workers resume interrupted contract talks in the anthracite region Lewis stayed in Hazleton overnight while rumors of his route to negotiations circulate 75000 miners observe a memorial holiday through Labor Day 1 with soft coal workers also inactive and a possible nationwide strike looming due to a formal dispute notice to the Federal Mediation Service.
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Wilkes-Barre
John L. Lewis
United Mine Worker
America
Lewis
New York
Hazleton
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Armistice talks resume Wednesday at Munsan Korea
Korean armistice negotiations will resume Wednesday after a fourth weeklong recess in Munsan. A fifth recess seems likely unless a new approach is submitted on the deadlocking issue of prisoner of war exchange.
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Munsan
Korea
John F Boyle Chicago Legislator Dies at 68
AP report from Chicago says John F Boyle Democrat longtime Illinois state representative died after an eight month illness. He was 68 and succeeded his brother James P Boyle. Survived by widow Mary a son John F Jr two brothers and two sisters. Funeral set for Thursday at St Cecilia Church.
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Chicago
John F. Boyle
Ilinois
James P. Boyle
Mary
John F, Jr
St. Cecilia’s Church
Legion Parade Opens Season With 75000 on Fifth Avenue
New York August 26 AP thousands marched up Fifth Avenue as 75000 expected to fill the parade for 12 hours. Dwight D. Eisenhower led the Kansas contingent with Richard Nixon beside the California delegation amid Army Navy Air Force Marine and Coast Guard contingents and a crowd lining sidewalks and windows.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
American Legion
31St Street
74Th Street
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Richard M. Nixon
California
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast ‘Guard
Du Quoin Fair Continues On Third Day With Record Crowds
The Du Quoin State Fair entered its third day under sunny skies as crowds grew toward a potential attendance record. Harness racing began at 1 p m with more events planned, including a society horse show and the Whit ing All-Star revue. Children and Flying Farmers events drew big attention at Mardale airport, with Mrs. Carl Stillwell named Queen of Indiana Flying Farmers.
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du Quoin
Margaret Whiting
Farm Bureau
Mardale
Carbondale
Fairgrounds
Carl Stillwell
Monticello
Ind
Indiana
Middle West
Southern Winds
Catherine Burrus
Marrisa
Halter
Irving Harget
Sparta
Linton Stables
Lawenceville
Fred Davis
Charleston
Night Flower
W. C. Malan
Pinckneyville
Malan
Hackney
Cathcart
Bruns
Marissa
Earl Hargett
Coca-Cola
Virginia da
Army Reveals 9 Koje Riots in U N POW Camps
The U S Eighth Army reported nine riots in Koje Island and Cehu Island POW enclosures since Aug 11 14 prisoners were killed and dozens wounded by gunfire or pellets during clashes as guards used tear gas and riot tactics to restore order amid evacuations and demonstrations.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
U. S. Eighth Army
Peiping
Eighth Army
Koje Island
Koje
K 0 Je
Pii
Thoje
Cehiu Island
Father Admits Mercy Killing Of Daughter
In Miami a retired grocer killed his 18 year old daughter Adela Moskal with a butcher knife claiming he could not watch her suffer. He led police to the body and said his girl is all right now. He described her condition since birth and said the act was to spare his wife burden. He was held for murder investigations.
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Miami
Fla
Adela Moskal
Charles Sapp
John Moskal
Moskal
Mary
Sapp
Driver Loses Control Kills Highway Worker Near Butler
An auto wreck on Illinois Route 127 one mile north of Butler killed Arthur Overby 62 Hillsboro and injured four others. Critical condition included Paul Sevier 31 Litchfield and Harold Simmons 42 Coffeen at Hillsboro Hospital. Ralph C. Werhner 50 Aledo Illinois escaped injury as his car overturned in a work zone.
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Butler
Ilinois
Arthur Overby
Hillsboro
Paul Sevier
Litchfield
Harold Simmons
Coffeen
Hillsboro Hospital
Ralph C. Werhner
Aledo
Ill
Wehrner
Credit rules loosened to speed housing for defense workers
Washington reports suspension of real estate credit restrictions to accelerate private construction of 1500 housing units for military and naval personnel and defense workers in the Great Lakes area including North Chicago and Waukegan in Illinois.
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Washington
Great Lakes-North
Chicago-Waukegan
Illinois
Unwelcome Protests Over Yankee Flagship at Mobile Bay
In Mobile Alabama the United Daughters of the Confederacy oppose returning the USS Hartford to Mobile Bay as an historical shrine. The Hartford, the Union flagship Farragut used in 1864, would sit near a statue of Confederate admiral Raphael Semmes, prompting protests from UDC members and local groups.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Alabama
Joe E. Cooper
UDC
Mobile Reels Register
Huntsville
Mobile American Legion Post
Knights of Columbus Council
Hartford
David Farragut
Raphael Semmes
Fire at Brightwood yards causes large loss in Indianapolis
A major blaze at New York Central Railroad Brightwood yards in Indianapolis on Monday night caused about 500000 dollars in damage. Ten frame buildings burned, several boxcars destroyed, but the brick roundhouse power plant and storeroom were saved after two hours of flame. The cause remains unknown.
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Indianapolis
New York Central Railroad
Brightwood
Telke and Oleo Heir Indicted in Prostitution Probe
New York August 26 AP report states telke and Jelko Jelke, heir to oleomargarine fortunes, indicted on eight counts including procuring and living off prostitution. He faces 16 to 134 years and a $31,000 fine if convicted on all counts. Richard Wallace pleaded guilty to earning prostitution income. Officials say the probe continues with other accused, including a 39 year old actor.
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New York
Minot F
Micken
Sekle
Jelko
Case Society Vice
Patricia Ward
Fired Brink's Guard Admits $65,000 Theft
Ray Eugene Farmer, a former Brink's guard fired three years ago, confessed to stealing $65,000 from an armored car. He buried the money near Glen Echo Amusement Park MD after planning the theft on his bakery route. Police Chief Robert Murray linked the long-ago incident to the arrest.
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Washington
Robert
Murray
Brink
Ray Eugene Farmer
Brink’s
Art Ovens Farmer
Glen Echo Amusement Park
Maryland
Myrtle Jackson
Ray
Farmer
Jeremiah Flaherty
Dusty Homner Spotlight at Du Quoin State Fair Revue
Showgirl Dusty Homner is highlighted as part of Hal Sands Manhattan Rockets at the Du Quoin State Fair. She has 13 years of training and seven years of professional dancing behind her, emblematic of the background dancers who keep shows whole. Her profile appears in a brief history of showgirls and their roles.
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du Quoin State Fair
Dusty’’ Homner
Blasts Against Stevenson To Come Say Aides
Eisenhower aides say he will intensify attacks on Adlai Stevenson with a pivot to issue driven campaigning. The plan includes courting Taft allies, highlighting GOP charges, and staging a New York Legion convention address as a national kickoff.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
Eisenhower
Sen
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Bennett
New - Ye
E*hower
American Legion
Ste:son
Springfield
Clyde H. Seybold
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
New York
East
Detroit
Denver
Colo
Des Moines
Kasson-Dodge Center
Rochester
Minn
Pacific Coast
Sen. Nixon
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