Morse pushes for broader power under defense unification
Senator Morse of Oregon presses for armed forces unification giving the secretary of defense power to rearrange forces including transferring Marines to the Army or Navy fliers to the Air Force. He seeks amendments to the 1947 act to emancipate the secretary from Pentagon politics and expand the joint chiefs of staff and munitions board powers.
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Nurse shoots herself and child in Alexandria incident
In Alexandria one young registered nurse critically wounded her infant son then fired three bullets into her abdomen. Acting Sheriff Walter L. Murrell reported family trouble was the cause. The mother Mrs R K Parker Jr 25 and her two year old son Robert were both wounded with a 22 caliber pistol and expected to recover.
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Second GI to Die For Guam Slaying
A death sentence was pronounced today on Pvt. Calvin Dennis of Frederick Maryland for the rape murder of Ruth Farnsworth, a clerk in a shop. Dennis received the same punishment as his half brother Pvt Hernan Dennis from Calvert and Seguin Texas, who was sentenced to die last week. A third suspect, Sgt. Robert Burns of Spokane Washington, will go to trial Friday.
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