Frantic search for mercy plane carrying watermelons to dying boy
A statewide hunt was under way for a mercy plane rumored to deliver watermelons to four year old Ronnie Calvert of Richmond California sick with leukemia. The plane from Florida was reported to have landed near Los Angeles but pilots and field details remain unknown.
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Los Angeles
Richmond
Calif
Ronnie Calvert
Cutting Blvd
California
William E. Beasley
Tujunga
Florida
Beasley
Miami
Fla
Calvert
Los Angeles County
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Sheriff's Office
Senate Demands Full Disclosure of Arms for Eu Program
In Washington on April 20, senators urged the State Department and the Foreign Relations Committee to disclose all facts about the proposed arms program for Western Europe. They argue secrecy must end as Acheson prepares a confidential report. early estimates put first year costs around 1.25 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate
North Atlantic Security Alliance
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Morse
Rore
State Department and Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Ferguson
R-Mich
Malone
Név
George
D-Ga
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
R-Net
World Mourns Rabbi Stephen Wise Death
Dr. Stephen S Wise world famed Jewish leader dies at Lenox hospital at 75. His body to lie in state at the free synagogue he founded for two days then funeral services at Carnegie Hall. A crusading advocate for civil rights peace and Jewish homeland, he led the American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
Lenox Hospital
Carnegie Hall
American Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
Wise
Palestine
Annapolis Men Top Collegiate Type In Tests
The Naval Academy reports midshipmen outperforming college students on a college equivalent test from 1946. Rear Admiral James L. Holloway Jr. told the board of visitors that midshipmen advance class for class and that plebes match or beat the NROTC entering group in identical aptitude tests.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
James L. Holloway Jr
Naval Reserve
NROTC
Senate Debate Over Local Referendums For Public Housing
Sen. Cain proposes letting communities vote at elections on public housing projects funded by federal aid. The amendment precedes a vote on the housing bill which would finance up to 810000 units over six years with as much as 308 million dollars annually. The plan would require local approval and authorize a five year slum clearance program with grants and loans. Cain cites safeguards against rapid projects and local pressure while noting potential cost increases.
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Washington
Sen
Cain
R-Wasn
Senate
Myers
D-Pa
U.S
Fees
Wirt G Bowman Dies A Noted Arizona Pioneer At 75
Wirt G Bowman a West Point Mississippi native who arrived in Nogales in 1894 with 25 cents died in El Encanto estates He built Agua Caliente with Gov Abelardo Rodriguez and allied figures He led Bowman Mercantile Co and sided with First National Bank to rescue Nogales savers His death ends a storied career in Arizona and Mexico
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Wirt G. Bowman
Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
el Encanto Estates
Reilly Undertaking Company
West Point
Miss
Mexico
Abelardo Rodriguez
Sonora
Mr. Bowman
James Coffroth
Foreign Club
Tia Juana
Coffroth
Gov. Rodriguez
James N. Crofton
Baron Long
California
Aqua Caliente
Bowman Mercantile Co
Tombstone Invalidates Monthly Utility Meter Charge
Justice of the Peace John Sebring ruled Tombstone's $1 monthly service charge for utility meters a tax not a fee, invalidating the council's resolution. The test suit by C. M. Criswell argued the levy violated constitutional limits and lacked a stated use for revenues. May be appealed to Cochise County Superior Court.
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Tombstone
Justice of the Peace
John Sebring
Cochise County
Bisbee
Anthony I. Deddens
John F. Ross
I. B. Tomlinson
Criswell
Arizona
John Giacoma
3 Year Old Rescued After Night Lost in Michigan Swamp
Big Rapids Michigan April 20 P Searchers found 3 year old Jacqueline Simons cold terrified after a 15 hour hunt through swampland. She was brought to a hospital in fair condition then smiled at her parents while cuddling a teddy bear. Her mother Ar dina said she was last seen Tuesday afternoon. State police reported a 100 man search with flashlights and radios combing the brush as dawn broke.
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Big Rapids
Mich
Jacqueline Simons
Jacqueline
Ardina
Carl
Emil Nelson
Reed City
Driscoll Wins New Jersey Gubernatorial Primary
Gov Alfred E Driscoll secured a strong Republican renomination win in New Jersey by a wide margin over Robert L Adams as unofficial returns from most districts show. Adams carried rural counties while Driscoll led 18 of 21 counties and will face Dem Elmer H Wene in November.
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Newark
N. J
Alfred E. Driscoll
Driscoll
Robert L. Adams
Adams
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Virginia
Harold G. Hoffman
Lewis G. Hansen
Smog Case Probed as Donora Illness Grows
Donora Pennsylvania reports over 90 people ill and a dozen residents have left town as government scientists test causes of last fall’s deadly smog. Doctors note hoarseness sore throat and cough while officials observe fumes from zinc smelters to prevent a recurrence. Webster across the Monongahela river reports worst symptoms as winds shift.
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Donora
Public Health Service
American Steel & Wire Co
William Ronagus
Webster
Monongahela River
Citi
Adm. Kirk Is Nominated Ambassador to Soviet Union
President Truman named Adm. Alan G. Kirk 60 year old former ambassador to Belgium as the new ambassador to Soviet Russia. Kirk, born October 30, 1888 in Philadelphia and a 1909 Naval Academy graduate, will replace Lt. Gen Walter B. Smith who resigns to return to active army duty.
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Washington
Truman
Adm
Alan G. Kirk
Belgium
Soviet Russia
Kirk
Walter B. Smith
First Army
Connecticut
Luxembourg
Philadelphia
U. S. Naval Academy
Smith
Mosccow
Paris Peace Conference Opens With World Unity Plea
In Paris a Communist sponsored world peace conference opened with a call to form peace committees worldwide. Frederic Joliot Curie urged unity and warned atomic war would be terrible for initiators. Delegates from 52 nations in Salle Pleyel heard speeches via five language headphones.
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Paris
Frederic Joliot-Curie
Joliot-Curie
France
Atomic Energy Commission
New York
Salle Pleyel
Institute
United Nations
Sloop Beached Dead After Yangtze River Shelling
Chinese Communist forces shelled British warships Amethyst and Consort on the Yangtze north bank near Nanking. Amethyst ran aground with about 20 casualties, while Consort withdrew after shelling and went to Kiangyin to aid. Black Swan joined later with doctors and supplies as British and Nationalist authorities reported casualties and continuing exchanges.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Rose Island
Yangtze
Kiangyin
Washington
U. S
Sev
Navy twin engine Beechcraft wreckage sighted in Sierra peak
Reporters saw wreckage near the top of a snow capped Sierra peak after a Beechcraft from the Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern vanished February 3 en route to Berkeley with five atomic scientists and two crew aboard. San Diego pilots Carl Morgan and MccRoy Trimm planned to photograph the area before a foot search.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Sierra Peak
Inyokern
Berkeley
Sierritta Peak
San Diego
Carl Morgan
MccRoy Trimm
President Urges Nation To Purchase Saving Bonds
President Truman appeals for the $1 04 billion saving bond drive linking bond purchases to national security. Speaking on radio networks he praises volunteers and notes the drive runs May 16 to June 30 as the Opportunity Drive.
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Washington
Truman
Farmer
Fac
Treasury
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