Envious of Enemies Job Pilot Joins Frontline Flight
Lt. Baird King of Cedar Rapids Iowa flies litve planes over enemy lines to direct artillery fire for the 25th Infantry Division. He ferries two reporters from a front line strip to a city, then helps them reach Tokyo via relay. He endures wreckers, mosquitoes, and a dawn return to the airstrip, concluding to reporters never gripe at his job.
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Don Whitehead
Hal Boyle
U. S
Korea
Baird King
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
25Th Infantry Division
King
Tokyo
United States
Ming
Senate mull super tax on war incomes and excess profits
Congress tax writers weigh a 1951 super tax on war inflated incomes and on corporate excess profits. Senate Finance orders staff to study a national sales tax or a broad transaction levy, and new excises on nonessential goods. Meeting planned with House Ways and Means to prepare a second installment tax measure.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Truman
Hoey
D-Nc
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Two Men Killed in Road Crash Near Lexington
Two Lexington cab drivers Reece James Thomason and Coley William Storey died at dawn when their taxi collided head on with a Salisbury road truck nine miles from Lexington. Truck driver William McKinney of Mount Holly said the car swerved in front of him. his account was supported by trucker Lewis Spangler of Winston-Salem.
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Lexington
Salisbury Road
Reece James Thomason
Coley William Storey
William McKinney
Mount Holly
Lewis Spangler
Winston-Salem
Republican Leaders Divide On Economic Control Plan
Senate Republicans split over how far a home front mobilization should go and prepared for a closed conference. The dispute centers on a Truman administration plan granting broad wage price and material controls, with a contested meat price amendment debated amid lingering wartime policy concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Ives
GOP
House
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Congress
Former convict to face NC murder trial in triple slaying
Curtis Shedd of Valhalla, a 30 year old confessed triple-slayer, is turned over to North Carolina authorities to answer murder charges. He led officers to the sites of the two Rostor girls deaths, and confessed to strangling the older sister after sexual assault and kill of the younger witness. A Missouri? No, Georgia case details are included with Carolina transfer and upcoming court date in Bryson City.
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Werder
Jonnie Place Bester
Isp
Jo Ann
Tatiom
Walhada
S. C. Alves
Mayme
Isha Bester
Georgia Berene
Woods Witsen
Curtis Shiid
Gainesville
North Carolina
Curtis Shedd
Valhalla
Ager Woody Wilson
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Clayson
N.C. Shedd
Poster
Wilson
Sat
Wien
Bovier
Shea
Tee
Bester
Clayton
Shedd
Jonrie May
Bogier
Sheed
Spidior T. D. Bryson Jr
Macon County
Pranklin
Bryson
Bryson City
Storm Gains In Intensity Over Atlantic Ocean
MIAMI Aug 15 The Aftaron the first tropical hurricane churned northwestward in the Atlantic Fur winds reached 90 to 93 mph near the center. It slowed its forward movement last night and may veer northward to pass up the coast. If current speed continues it cannot reach the United States mainland before Thursday. At 4 30 am EST the hurricane was 64 miles east of Nassau and more than 700 miles southeast of Miami. Gales extended 8 miles north and 50 miles south of the center.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Nasssau
Bahamas
Sakub Tin Godin
Massa
VU. B
Changpyong
Taegu
South Republic
Waegwan
Tae- Gu
Eighth Army
Princess Elisabeth Birth Lets Charles Move Up Line
A princess born today at Clarence House to Princess Elisabeth and Prince Philip makes the newborn third in line to the throne, following her brother Prince Charles. The birth at 10 50 GMT confirmed both mother and baby well, though the infant's weight was not released. Princess Margaret slips to fourth in succession.
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London
Elisabeth
Prince Pallip
Prince Charles
Clarence House
Buckingham
Pllace
Elizabeth
Philip
Margaret
Tee Princess
P-T
Politicians Trade Blame Over Korea War Policy
In a heated Senate exchange Democrats and Republicans trade blame for the Korean War. Senator Wherry accuses Democrats of whitewashing Truman administration blunders and McMahon argues Republicans opposed Europe’s entanglement with Communists. Both expect foreign policy to dominate the campaign with sharp partisan attacks continuing through November.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
South Korea
McMahon
Connecticut
Wherry
Senate
Europe
Korea
Acheson
Asia
Truman
Weather Forecast for Carolina Region
Partly cloudy with small temperature changes tonight through Wednesday. Forecast calls for average temperatures with light daily variation and low precipitation chances. Extended period from 1:30 p.m. tonight to 3:38 p.m. on August 10 covers the Carolinas.
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Noah Carolina
Batarany
Carolinas
Marmmal
Reds Hit Hard As Americans Resist Attacks
Relman Morin reports from Tokyo on Aug 16 that Reds with tanks broke from Changnyong to seven miles east of the Naktong, overrunning parts of U.S. and ROK units in fierce fighting. American troops held ground near Changnyong as heavy casualties mounted on both sides.
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Reds
Relman Morin
Tokyo
Naktong
Changnyong
MacArthur
Taige
South Korea
Korea
Japan
U. S
Jack MacBeth
Ore U, & Company
Teachers Seek Governor Over Salary Hike Standstill
Raleigh August 15 The salary problem of North Carolina teachers was laid directly in Governor Scott s loop as a renewed effort to obtain a 8 contingent pay raise. An NCEA board named committee met the governor to request an official ruling from Attorney General Harry McMullen on whether teachers are entitled to raises now from the 813 200 000 general fund balance. Earlier the governor and Advisory Budget Commission rejected a raise based on that balance, arguing the state s 12 000 000 deficit this fiscal year. The legislature had promised a six percent raise with supplements totaling around 8500 per teacher.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Geverner Scott
N.C. Education Association
Board of Diretors
NCEA
Scott
Harry McMullen
Advisory Budget Commission
Foes Black Faces North Korean Guerrillas Infiltrate Lines
Maj. Borace Konaho recounts seeing six North Korean guerrillas in a black-face dodge entering American Negro infantry lines near a village. Patrols reported two men in American uniforms with faces darkened, joined by four Koreans with hands raised. An ensuing clash occurred that night.
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Korea
Borace Konaho
Los Angeles
2Th Regiment Infantyme
Small Nations Seek Peace in Korean Crisis
Aug 15 report on the UN Security Council debating an Indian proposal for small non permanent nations to pursue peaceful solutions in Korea. Ambassador Rau urged a study of all resolutions with a clear timeline, as Cold War tensions limited public and private talks. France Britain and the United States welcomed the idea in principle while Russia offered no direct reference to the proposal amid heated council exchanges.
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Security Councils
Big Battlers
Bir Benegal N. Rau
Russia
Rau
Korea
Ie Council
France
Britain
United States
Jakob A. Malik
Hee Small
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