Sabrejet Pilots Down Seven Reds in Supersonic Battle
Tokyo dispatch reports American Sabrejets shooting down seven Red MIG-15s in a Sunday air duel over North Korea. Royal Air Force and USAF pilots claim multiple kills as winter weather grips the front. Japan and UN forces note Chinese and North Korean actions around Panmunjom and nearby islands in the Yellow Sea.
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U.S
Robert Vermillion
Tokyo
U.P
Navy
Yellow Sea
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Crusader
Condamine
Sokto
Chodo
Sariwon
North Korea
Royal Baker
McKinney
Texas
Cecil Foster
San Antonio
Louis Green
Lake City
Fla
John Ludwig
Bryan
Houston Tuelm
South Tacomaa
Wash
Edmund C. Hepner
Solman
Okla
Plane Crash Near Billings Injures Pilot and Passenger
Edward E Fortin and his wife Agnes Fortin Great Northern Railway agents walked away from a wrecked plane after a 2 20 p m takeoff in 30 to 50 mph winds. The craft plunged to the ground minutes into flight. both sustained minor injuries. Civil Aeronautics Authority investigator John Doster noted possible forgotten control locks on the ailerons.
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Billings
U.P
Edward E. Fortin
Agnes
Great Northern Railway
Turner
Hogeland
John Doster
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Doster
Fortin
Arthur Movius, Jr
Cup of Coffee Proves Costly to Defendant
CLEARFIELD Pa A $2 100 lawsuit filed by Olive H Snyder of Du Bois against Walter M Kesslar. Part of testimony was heard Friday. The defendant arrived 45 minutes late Saturday stating he had gone out for coffee. Judge F Cortez Bell declared a mistrial, continued the case to the next term, and fined Kesslar $10 plus costs to date for contempt.
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Clearfield
Walter M. Kesslar
du Bois
Olive H. Snyder
Kesslar
Clearfield County
F. Cortez Bell
Convicts Barter for Lives of 2 Prison Guards
In Santa Fe eight or nine inmates seized two guards at the New Mexico State Penitentiary and demand freedom in exchange for the hostages. Five other guards are isolated in a hospital building. negotiations through a window continued as police sealed the prison perimeter. One prisoner was slightly wounded in an initial scuffle.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Joe Roach
Roach
Morris Abrams
Joe Black
Mother Electrocutes Herself in Bathtub Tragedy
In San Diego a mother Mae S. Shafran, 25, and her two children Ronald, 7, and Cynthia, 2, were found dead in their bathtub with a plugged-in radio and waffle iron. The coroner cites deliberate electrocution by the mother, who had a history of mental illness and was divorced from Alfred Shafran. Both parents worked at aircraft plants.
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San Diego
Calif
Mae S. Shafran
Ronald
Cynthia
Alfred Shafran
California Storm Claims Five Lives in NorCal
A severe storm in Northern California killed five people as heavy snow blocked trains and highways, halted communications, and flooded river valleys. In Branscomb a large oak fell on a house killing two men and two children and injuring a woman. near Rio Dell a man died when a car struck him in heavy rain.
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San Francisco
California
California-Oregon
Nevada
Branscomb
Ukiah
Mendocino County
Strife-Ridden WSB May Be on Way Out
Washington reports upheaval as Wage Stabilization Board faces possible end after mass resignations by industry members in protest of President Truman’s overrule allowing a full $1.90 daily wage for soft coal miners. Chairman Archibald Cox quits citing loss of usefulness. seven industry members follow, calling action political expediency and a sham to wage control. Further questions loom as Republicans gain control and wage decontrol talk rises.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Tri-Partite
Truman
WSB
Archibald Cox
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Congress
Mining Group Seeks Tax Relief at 58th Convention
The Northwest Mining Association urged repeal of the excess profits tax with retroactive removal of its inequities, expand deductibility of exploration costs, and tax exemptions for new mines for three years after profitability. It backed restoring the gold standard and removing seigniorage on silver, while opposing compulsory unionism and industry-wide bargaining at its Spokane convention.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest Mining Association
U.N. faces Korea deadlock as Communists weigh plans
United Nations officials expect a formal no from the Chinese and North Korean Reds to the India backed truce proposal. Lester Pearson sent an urgent cable urging acceptance of UN terms including a repatriation safeguard. A Eisenhower guided command plan looms over future steps.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Indian Korea
Korea
Peiping
Pyongyang
U. N. Assembly
Lester Pearson
Pearson
Russia
China
Chou En-lai
U. N. Resoluttion
India
Ottawa
U.S
Dwight Eisenhower
U. §S. S. Helena
Eisenhower
U. S
Drowning Tragedy Strikes Boy Scout Outing Near Great Falls
In Great Falls Montana three youths drowned when their boat capsized on the Missouri River during a Boy Scout project at Scout Island. Rescue crews recovered two bodies, while two others survived after clinging to the craft until help arrived. R. D. McDermott and Jerry Tibbitts saved. Tom Tibbitts and Gus Smith among the dead. authorities search for Bill McAlpine Jr. continuing through the night.
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Great Falls
Mont
U.P
Missouri River
End Boy Scout Project
Scout Island
R. D. McDermott
Montana
Jerry Tibbitts
Tom Tibbetts
Gus Smith
Bill McAlpine Jr
Billy McAlpine
Cut Bank
McDermott
Young Tibbitts
Jerry
Butte Montana Weather Summary Card
Partly cloudy to cloudy Monday and Monday night with occasional snow showers and a cooler feel. Monday high around 30, low 20, Monday night near 10 to 15. Sunday to Monday period 12 midnight to 5:30 p.m. Sunday shows 20 to 37. West of divide mostly cloudy with light snow, Monday high 30 to 38. East of Divide variable clouds, few snow squalls early Monday, cooler with highs 30 to 40. Winds westerly around 15 to 30 mph.
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School of Mines
Divide
Montana
Billings
Belgrade
GI Allowances May Be Stopped
Washington reports that enlisted men and noncoms would lose all or part of their dependent quarters allowances after April 30 if Congress does not extend the program. Current monthly amounts are 51.30 for one dependent, 77.10 for two, and 96.90 for more than two. without renewal the noncom rate would drop to 67.50. The Pentagon seeks quick Congressional action to avert hardship, with thousands affected and a total running into several million dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Flights Halted by Weather Halts C-119 Troop Flights
Flights of C-119 Flying Boxcars carrying troops from Alaska to Tennessee via the Great Falls Air Force Base were halted again Sunday due to poor weather in the north.
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Great Falls
Alaska
Tennessee
Great Falls Air Force Base
Eisenhower to Outline Far East Policy Aboard Helena
President-Elect Eisenhower arrives off Wake Island aboard the USS Helena for talks on U S policy in the Orient. Dulles Humphrey and McKay join, with plans for conferences at Pearl Harbor and aboard the ship focusing on Korea and broad strategic aims.
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Far East
Don Whitehead
Uss
Helena
Hawaii
Eisenhower
Wake Island
U.ss. Helena
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Orient
Dulles
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
Gov
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Interior Department
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Humphrey
Wake
McKay
Lucius Clay
Eisenhower Inauguration Costs Seen Surging to One Million
Washington Republican leader Joseph C. MacGarraghy predicts Dwight D. Eisenhower's inaugural will be the most costly in history, with private funding covering most events apart from Capitol platform costs. He notes Truman's 1949 inauguration cost about 700000 and outlines plans for religious services, a Shrine-focused week, and a Capitol ceremony followed by a parade.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Joseph C. MacGarraghy
McGarraghy
Truman
Capitol
Barracks Fire Kills 5 Officers at Rapid City Base
A dawn flash fire tore through a two story barracks at Rapid City Air Force Base killing five Air Force officers and injuring six others. Thirty three more officers slept inside but escaped unharmed. Names withheld pending home base contacts for next of kin. Two injured were flown to Fitzsimons hospital. the fire’s cause is under investigation. Rapid City Base serves B 36 bombers.
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Rapid City
S. D
Rapid City Air Force Base
Air Force
72Nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Mr. Barker
Barker
Fitzsimons Military Hospital
Lowry Field
Denver
Paul W. Rous
Lockburn Air Force Base
Ohio
Burns
John Rycroft
Yonkers
N. Y
Rycroft
Board of
17 year old killed by first man eating shark in Monterey Bay
In Pacific Grove California a 17 year old swimmer Berry Wilson was fatally attacked by a shark off Lovers Point. Companions including Brookner Brady Jr and four rescuers fought the creature as Wilson died of blood loss. The shark, described as 15 to 25 feet, prompted authorities to label it a man eater entering Monterey Bay.
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Pacific Grove
Calif
U.P
Monterey Bay
Berry Wilson
Clarence Wilson
Lovers’ Point
Chris Hill
Brookner W. Brady, Jr
Wilson
Presidio of
Monterey
Brady
Frank Ambrogio
Robert Shaw
Fort Ord
Earl Stanley
John L. Poskus
Divide Man Is Injured in Highway Accident
Francis Leffler of Divide was critically hurt when his car plunged into the Big Hole River off the Butte Dillon highway near Dewey. An Owl Taxi Co ambulance responded from Butte. The car remained in the river after midnight with headlights on.
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Francis Leffler
Divide
Big Hole
Butte-Dillon
Dewey
Butte
Owl Taxi Co
Leffler
James Wright Dies Washington Writer James Lloyd Wright 67
James Lloyd Wright, 67, longtime Washington correspondent for the Buffalo Evening News and noted political writer, died at his home Sunday after a prolonged illness.
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Washington
James Lloyd Wright
The
Buffalo Evening News
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