Mauna Loa Simmers. Worst Appears Over
Mauna Loa simmered today after five days of its most violent fire activity in modern times. Lava rivers and vast dikes formed on both sides of the main fissure with lakes of molten rock. Only the southernmost flow remained strong as Red Cross aided 54 refugees at a former hospital and 28 more registered nearby. An earthquake forced 30 more families from their homes.
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Honolule Mauna Loa
Frank Hjoft
Hawai National Park
Iyfort
Onis Lodze
Hawaii Island
Red Cross
Kealakekua
Kona
Hawai Island
Watonina
Police Force Proposal Faces Allied Chill in Bonn
West Germany seeks 25,000 police answerable to Bonn, sparking Allied fears of a centralized force becoming a new German army. Britain France and America wary of concessions while Konrad Adenauer weighs the request. decision expected within a month as the issue looms large since the occupation began five years ago.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bonn
Britain
France
America
Konrad Adenauer
Decision Near Freedom Fair Plans in New York
New York officials say decisions on observing the sesquicentennial of the nation's capital will be made soon by the Commemoration Commission. State Chairman Ben Duffy cited delays from executive secretary Bligh Dodds’ return from Washington. The group has dropped plans for a Freedom Fair.
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New York
Ben Duffy
Bligh Dodds
Washington
Youth Arrests Remain High in New York State
About 27 percent of the 2,306 persons arrested last month for major crimes in New York State were youths under 21. The State Correction Department reported 382 arrests of 16 to 18 year olds and 236 arrests of 19 or 20 year olds. Sex crimes totaled 351, with 88 charged with rape and 263 with other sex offenses.
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Albany
New York State
State Correction Department
Girl Student Drowns During College Twilight Swim
In Jonesville Vermont a twilight picnic and swimming party for five University of Vermont girls and five Dartmouth students ended tragically when Marjorie G Gaeltz a 21 year old senior from Verona New Jersey fell off a ledge into ten feet of water in Huntington Gore. She was about to jump in for a swim when the accident occurred.
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Jonesville
INS
University of Vermont
Dartmouth College
Marjorie G. Gaeltz
Verona
N. J
Huntington Gore
LT U President Wins By Seven Thousand Nine Hundred
Woodruff Randolph was reelected president of the International Typographical Union, winning his fourth term with a majority of 7,592 votes. Official tabulation announced at union headquarters shows Randolph with 39,225 votes to 31,663 for his opponent C. G. Sparkman of Detroit.
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Woodruff T Randolph
International Typographical Union
Randolph
C. G. Sparkman
Detroit
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A 1949 air disaster near Nassau involved 53 feared dead after a jet or transport plane failed midflight from San Juan to Miami. Coast Guard and civilian ships searched with 30 plus planes and many life rafts spotted, reporting 33 to 45 survivors as rescue efforts continued amid clear conditions.
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Mip Aratary
Mington
Nassau
Saufley
Cuase
Coant
San Juan
Miami
Halsey
Bahamas
Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue
Re 1
Wilmington
Coast Guard
Elizabeth City
N.C
Westatr
Grace Line
Santa Paula
Eddie Hollahan
Government Starts Crash Investigation Near Miami
The government opened a crash investigation after a four-engine passenger plane from San Juan Puerto Rico with 85 people aboard crashed into the Atlantic off Miami Florida last night. Most survivors were rescued by a U S destroyer as the Civil Aeronautics Board sent investigators including Jordan Matthews to San Juan while Miami officers continued local probes and awaited needed assistance. The CAB declined to confirm overload and said weight and passenger count would determine that.
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Miami
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S
Civil Aeronautics Board
Jordan Matthews
Television Sets Mounted for Riders on LA-SF Bus Line
On the Los Angeles to San Francisco line, television sets have been installed in buses facing the passengers. The drivers cannot view the screen, but riders like the new amenity. The company reports the sets are mounted at the front of the bus for everyone to see.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
False Teeth Spotted After Banana Peel Toss
A Kansas housewife from Fredonia reported she accidentally discarded denture fragments while tossing a banana peel from her car on State Highway 17 between Tonkawa and Wichita. She only realized her loss after reaching Wichita, prompting a humorous highway omen in TONKAWA Oklahoma.
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Tonkawa
Okla
Wichita
Nan
Fredonia, Kan
Bandits Rob Casino In New York Amid Shootout
A cafe bandit raid at a Casino led to a deadly shootout before 1, with a bystander and two patrons wounded. Police report one robber fled, while Harold Brow… another suspect, John Ped, faced injuries. Bystander Louis La Presto was seriously wounded in the head. The robbers demanded money at gunpoint around 1:30 AM, fired into the ceiling, and attempted to flee.
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John Ped
Queens
Lous la Presto
Matmattan
Murray pleads to boost NY transit pay
Philip Murray will appeal to Mayor O'Dwyer to approve an 11 cent hourly pay raise and benefits for 40,000 New York transit workers. The mayor's fact finding board backed the increase for operating members of the Transport Workers Union. O'Dwyer handed the report to a three man transit committee, which signaled readiness for release.
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Murray
NEW York
INS
CLO
Philip Murray
O'Dwyer
New York Transit
Transport Workers
Lnion
Three- Iman Special Transit Committee
Phony Phone Tip Tangles Willie Case in New York
Police traced a prank call about actor Willie to Brooklyn amid confusion. Inspector Howard noted the caller’s boastful laughter while investigators sought the source of the hoax and its effect on the investigation.
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Willie
New York
Ake
Ras Peld
Brooklyn
Cnet
Howard ‘Vy
Wight
Geath Stenfen
Salter
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