Auto industry to cut new car output in 1951
Detroit reports the auto industry will pare production by 20 to 30 percent early in 1951 as government restrictions on car materials require cutbacks. Ford Packard Studebaker General Motors and others announce layoffs totaling tens of thousands, with safety defense contracts shifting work to non Detroit plants. 1950 output hit a record of just over 8 million units.
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Automotive News
Cineral Motors
Packart
Ford
Studebaker
General Mowns
Linden
Packard Motor Car Co
Fem
Packard
Ford Motor Co
Metuchen
United States
Studpbaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
Detroit
Ani
Paulo
Child Death Probed in Disturbing Family Background
Police investigate the death of Sandra Virgin in a case tying family background to the tragedy. An autopsy contradicted the stepfather’s account of the incident and details include a foster father’s cruelty history and a suspended sentence for cruelty to Sandra. Brenda Sue remains hospitalized with burns as authorities seek fuller context.
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M. M. Coppenger
Virgin Sandra
Sandralater
Sandra
Frances Sykes
Coppenger
Sande
Brenda Sue
Ice from ancient glacier heads to New York banquet
A fragmentary report notes May Miller of the Juneau research project arranged shipment of a millennium ice chunk from an old glacier to New York City for the Explorers Club annual banquet at the Roosevelt Hotel on January 13. The ice traveled by air via Seattle, carried on an American plane.
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Alaska
New York City
Explorers Club
Hotel Reose~ Yelu
New York
May Miller
Juneau
Leecap Research Project
York
Seattle
Capyrara
United
Sentral
America
jLines
Fortune Teller Hunted as Kidnapper In Texas Case
A fortune teller described as looking like a Latin American baby has triggered a five month long manhunt. Charges of kidnapping were filed against Mrs. Mary Stanley, while her husband James faces related complicity allegations. Mrs Beatrice Yyers provided information in the case.
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Tex
Broughton
Mary Stanley
James
Beatrice Yyers
Kidnapping Reported After Red Cross Impostor Assault
A woman claiming to be with the Red Cross tried to obtain medical aid from a frightened mother and her daughter Eleser on December 22. The child’s abduction was reported to the sheriff on Christmas Day as the mother and authorities pursued leads in a tense case.
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Eleser
Red Cross
Thall
Ins
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Bulovas
Ene
Salina ST
Westinghouse Automatic Electriciran
Goldberg
Aon
Noisemakers
Eer
Fayetteville Road
ARVIN
Westinghouse
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