Unmistakable Wreckage Sighted East of Milwaukee
Northwest Airlines searchers reported two oil slicks and wreckage near Milwaukee as fog and stormy conditions hampered the hunt for the missing DC-4 airliner. Officials noted the dye marker drop and blue green tint in the water, while crews scoured Lake Michigan from Kenosha to Benton Harbor.
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Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
Northwest Airlines
Billings
Mont
Wisconsin Woods
Benton Harbor
Mich
Air Line
Weather Bureau
New York
Lake Michigan
CAA
Chicago
U. S
Pacific Northwest
Lakes Michigan
Aviation disaster history cited in missing Northwest C-4 report
The article notes a hypothetical fatal toll if Northwest Airlines flight C-4 is lost, listing historical aviation disasters and counts. It contrasts a 1949 Eastern Airlines crash near Washington with other major crashes globally and in the U S, as part of a broader aviation history timeline.
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New York
Northwest Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Washington, D. C
Cardiff
Wales
Dublin
Ed T Fulford boomed for state commander at VFW encampment
Albany Ga June 24 Ed T Pulford of Dawson was boomed today for state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as the eighth annual encampment opened here for the four day meeting.
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Albany
Donalsonville School Building Damaged by Fire
Donalsonville Georgia June 24 AP a Seminole county high school auditorium fire caused a minor panic and fainting fits among a packed audience. Fire caused by defective wiring damaged the newly built building valued at over 290000 dollars insured and about a year old.
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Donalsonville
Seminole County High School
Malcolm
FBI Man From Top 10 Wanted Shot By Agents
Indianapolis June 24 AP Two FBI agents shot Henry Harland Shelton one of the nations 10 most wanted criminals near Eastside Tavern Shelton reached for a gun and was critically wounded The agents fired two shots through his body as Shelton collapsed on the sidewalk before the ambulance arrived Mrs Mason P Harper witnessed the event from six feet away Shelton a 41 year old fugitive from Northern Michigan State Prison survived long enough to drink a beer and smoke a cigarette before aid arrived
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Indianapolis
FBI
Henry Harland Shelton
Michigan
Shelton
Mason P. Harper
Truman Eyes Transport for Europebound Students
President Truman plans to ship 600 Europebound students home by military transport after the Coast Guard banned the Norwegian vessel Svalbard as a firetrap. Students must obtain release from the Svalbard operators and cover Ballou's regular expenses, estimated near 200000, before sailing to Rotterdam.
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White House
Ballou
New
Ife
Coast Guard
Navy
William M. Callaghan
Military Sea Transportation Service
Svalbard
Rotterdam
New York
National Student Association
Norway
Florida Guard Plans First Airlift to Camp Stewart Georgia
The Florida National Guard announces its first airlift for July 2. An anti aircraft battalion of 200 men will depart from South Florida bases to Camp Stewart Georgia for two weeks of training in seven C 46 troop carrier planes from the 435th wing based in Miami.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida National Guard
South Florida
Camp Stewart
P. L. Wall
712Th
435Th Troop Carrier Wing
Air Force Reserve
Miami
Rail strikes loom as unions press wage demands
Four major Western and Midwestern railroads prepare to halt passenger and freight service Sunday as switchmen strike for a 40 hour week without pay loss. The AFL union named five carriers including Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Great Northern. In Tennessee a shooting at the American Enka Plant left four wounded. The CIO Textile Workers strike enters its eighth day with others staging walkouts in Pittsburgh milk deliveries and New York World Telegram bargaining. At Briggs Manufacturing Detroit a CIO Auto Workers strike threat nears as terms advance on wages pensions and benefits.
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Switchmen's Union of North America
AFL
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Denver and Rio Grand Western
Great Northern
Morristown
Tenn
American Enka
CIO
Tennessee
Bam K. Neal
John Paul Gregory
Jasper Jones
Pittburgh
David L. Lawrence
Pittsburgh
CIO Editorial
New York World-Telegram
Sun
American Newspaper Guild
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Detroit
CIO Auto
Emil Mazey
United Auto Workers
Church Developments Impact Denominations Across Nation
Developments at church conventions and beyond affect Congregational Christian churches in Cleveland and other groups. Key topics include desegregation, church mergers, released time for religious instruction, a proposed four year college, and hydrogen bomb policy. Continued on page 8 column 8.
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Cleveland
General Council
The
Congregational Christian Churches
Ant
Ball of Fire or Racing Plane Startled Thousands in South
A brilliant light and fiery streak were seen across the southern sky near sunset. Reports spanned from Montgomery Alabama to Fort Worth Texas with sightings in Natchez Mississippi and Abilene Texas. Experts debated meteor versus jet exhaust, noting a southeast trajectory but offering no conclusive identification.
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South
Associated Press
Pass
Tex
Louisina
Montgomery
Ala
Fort Worth
Galveston
Natchez
Miss
Abilene
Langley Field
el Paso
Oscar Monnig
Monroe
Lake Charles
Houston
Monnig
Weather Bureau
Molsatt International Airport
New Orleans
CCA
James Bryant
Roswell
Biles Air Force Base
Bryant
Biggs
Biggs Field
Davie V. Guthrie
Louisiana State University Astronomical Observatory
K. A. Aime
Georgia and Northwest Florida Pleasant Weekend Forecast
Georgia shows mostly fair and hot conditions continuing this afternoon tonight and Sunday. Extreme Northwest Florida will be clear to partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Sunday with gentle to moderate south to southwest winds along the coast.
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Georgia
Florida
Raleigh NC Senate Runoff Battle In 1950 Primary
Raleigh faces a heated contest between Willis Smith and Graham for the four year remainder of the Melville Broughton term. Campaigns featured radio broadcasts and a Wake County rally as observers note turnout and ballots cast.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Graham
Kent Truman
Vo Uranani
Willis Smith
Poration
Bartion
Th Melville Broughton
Nalion
FEPC
Greensboro
Ford County
Grab
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Fred Jones
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French West Africa
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Minn
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Azores
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M. E. Thompson
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Suday
Alex McLennan
Walter F. George
McLennan
George
Congress
Atlanta
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Herman
Sugar Creek
Druid Hills
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Henry Grady Hotel
ED T. Fulford
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