Frisco Bay Hospital Ship Benevolence Sinks After Collision
Eighteen people die when the hospital ship Benevolence is rammed by the freighter Mary Luckenbach in dense fog near San Francisco Bay. About 515 aboard are aboard survivors scattered to hospitals and homes as rescue crews search the wreck in 75 feet of water.
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San Francisco
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay
Mary Luckenbach
Mercy
T. R. Wirth
12Th Naval District
George D. Murray
Western Sea Frontier
Mare Island Navy Yard
Mare Island
Francisco
Fort Mason
John Graham
Leslie
Ark
Joseph Azarewich
Bayonne, N. Y
Carl Totten
Army Takes Over 131 Rail Lines Sunday
The army plans to run the nation’s 131 major railroads after orders from President Truman, with Maj. Gen. Heilman and Brig. Gen. McIntyre to oversee operations. Union members pause a nationwide walkout, while the Justice Department prepares court action if needed. Pace assigns Kari Bentsen as overall supervisor.
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U. S
White House
Charles Ross
Truman
Washington
Army
Secretary of the Army
Pace
Canton
Justice Department
En. Frank A. Heilman
Army Transportation
Andrew F. McIntyre
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kari R. Bendetsen
Battle near Taegu and Kumhwa endanger Reds in Korea
Reports from Korea describe fierce fighting around Taegu and the Kumhwa corridor. US and South Korean forces counterattacked, halting a three division Red thrust and inflicting heavy losses while other sectors held or advanced along a 120 mile frontline.
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Tokyo
Kumhwa
Taegu
Chongno
South Korea
G. I
Mount Sobuk
Masan
Pusan
Thomas B. Roelofs
Corry
Pohang
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Korea
U. S
Park Sun-yip
Paul L. Freeman
Roanoke
Manchuria
U.S
Russia
Pvt. Robert Budd Missing in Korea
Pvt. Robert E. Budd, 19, listed as missing since July 16 in Korea. He was with the 1st Cavalry Division in Tokyo after training at Ft. Jackson. His mother, Mrs. Hazel A. Buckins, of 719 5th St NE, learned of the absence by telegram.
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Robert Roberts
1St Cavalry Division
Sparta
Tenn
Pvt
Robert E. Budd
Hazel A. Buckins
5Th St NE
Rosert
Roscoe G. Mayle
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Japan
Mr. Mayle
Budd
Tokyo
Buckins
Robert
Korea
Surviving Benevolence Disaster Relates Frigid Rescue Ordeal
Shivering survivors recall the Benevolence wreck off the Golden Gate, four miles offshore, after a collision with the Mary Luckenbach. Navy officers and crew described minutes of cold water, liferaft rescues, and acts of cooperation as rescue ships arrived amid injured and dead.
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Pacific
Golden Gate
Guadalcanal
Ronald Badkirk
Military Sea Transport Service
Navy
Funds Are Needed Cities County Advance Plans for Traffic Report
Canton Massillon and Stark County officials discussed a joint traffic survey aimed at qualifying for federal and state funds for improvement projects. Massillon may request 7000 for its report, Canton needs 18000, while Alliance’s involvement remains uncertain.
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Canton
Massillon
Stark County
Glenn Sponseller
Oliver Kuhn
Nichols
Kuhn
Alliance
Court Rejects Appeal To Reinstate Canton South Teacher
James Ross of Canton Township faced dismissal from Canton South High School after a student walkout and brief strike he provoked. The Common Pleas Court, in an opinion by Judge Paul G. Weber, found the board complied with law and did not abuse its discretion in terminating his limited contract. Ross refused to stay at school during the March 30 strike, contrary to the principal’s orders, and was suspended May 25 before being dismissed. A mandamus and a $7,000 damages suit remain pending elsewhere.
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James Ross
Starkave
Louisville
Canton South
Common Pleas Court
Canton Townshire Board of Education
Paul G. Weber
Board of Education
Ross
Weber
Russian Tanks and Chinese Troops Near Korea Alarm U.S.
U.S. officials and military strategists scramble to assess a disclosed Chinese Communist buildup in Manchuria near Korea. About 200,000 troops and 120 tanks from Dairen pose renewed risk to UN forces, with potential shifts in air strike and diplomacy depending on Chinese actions and Soviet bases.
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GTON
Manchuria
Antung
Dairen
U.N
Korea
U.S
North Korea
U. S
China
Pvt. York Reports Self Safe in Korean Action
VT. ALVIN N. YORK, 17, of Canton, a soldier in Korea, is safe after a Defense telegram said he was missing in action. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence York, received his Aug. 9 letter noting he had been missing since July 29 with the line Somewhere in Korea. He writes do not worry about the telegram. He is a second cousin of a famous World War I hero.
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Alvin N. York
Canton
Korea
Defense Department
Clarence York
RD 3
Alvin
Tennessee
Avondale School
War curtailment curb rubber output in 1980 plan
The Commerce Department ordered a roughly ten percent cut in civilian rubber consumption for the last four months of 1980. The target includes synthetic rubber and natural rubber, with a goal to apportion rubber between government needs and civilian use. Officials stressed the limit is not drastic and civilian production will stay above 1949 levels.
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Weo
Commerce Department
Department
Commerce
Lawyear
U S Agrees To Formosan Talks in U N
U S pushes for Formosan debate at the United Nations Security Council while avoiding derailing the Korean issue. Western allies favor not elevating Formosa above Korea though U S would back UN inquiry. Malik says council will discuss and define the matter.
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U. S
Formosa
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
7. F. Tsiang
United States
Taiwan
Ernest R. Gross
Warren R. Austin
Trygve Lie
United Nations
China
U. N
United Nation
Austin
Peaches-Tree Ripe at $2.50 Per Bu. from Muckley Orchards
Muckley Orchards in Waynesburg advertises ripe peaches priced at 2.50 dollars per bushel. The note references Rt 171 as a locator for customers seeking the fruit.
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Michigan
Hale Haven
Ohio
Waynesburg
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Coast Guard
Hunghae
Robert Budd
M. K. Clementson
Julian I. Schocken
Niles
H. L. Runnels
San Pablo
Calif
Chester Conner
Sheridan
Wyo
Jack Maroni
Santa Rosa
S. Robert Weirich
Thomas H. Nichols
Court
South
Garden Center
Art Institute
Charge
Harter Bank
Sue Mings
Globe Dairy
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