Stairs In An Airplane Amaze New York Reporter
A New York writer recalls flying aboard a Boeing Stratocruiser with Northwest Orient. He describes discovering stairs inside the plane, a double decker cabin, and a lounge below. He notes the pressurized cabin and wonders at the unusual feature.
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New York
Connecticut
Boeing
Wally Reynolds
Wally
Hartford
New Haven
Yale
Bridgeport
Northwest Orient
Seattle
Pal
UN HQ cornerstone date unsettled in New York
The cornerstone for the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan is ready but lacks a carved date. President Truman must approve the laying date, delaying whether the stone bears 1949 or 1950 as the dedication approaches.
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New York
United Nations
Manhattan
President Truman
Truman
Gabriel Heatter to lead new MBS talent show program
New talent seeking program for MBS will debut October 1, hosted by Gabriel Heatter. Winners receive a $1000 savings bond and a chance at a 13 week radio and TV simulcast on MBS. Contestants chosen by listeners over ten weeks with eliminations in weeks eleven and twelve.
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New York
Gabriel Heatter
MBS
Guild Radio
New York City
Six Tucson Girls Aged 15 to Compete for Pageant
Six Tucson girls born in 1934 will be chosen this fall to represent the Old Pueblo in a national contest for the country's most beautiful 15 year old girl. Photographs must reach KTUC by Sept. 12 with local winners announced a month later. The Lux Radio Theater, celebrating its 15th anniversary, sponsored the contest with national judging by June Haver and Mark Stevens. The national winner earns a trip to Hollywood and screen tests.
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Tucson
Old Pueblo
KTUC
Lux Radio Theater
June Haver
Mark Stevens
Hollywood
Bisbee Miners Begin Five Day Strike Vote
About 3,500 A&P Smelter workers at Phelps Dodge in Bisbee began a five day strike vote on Thursday. Union officials reported the ballot casting started in the smelter plant area as miners weigh possible strike action.
Wage talks break down in Phelps Dodge contract dispute
The Phelps Dodge Corp union talks, begun in July, have been abandoned though the contract extends to June 30, 1950. Wage clauses allow for bargaining but no further negotiations are planned. The article mentions plants in Tucson, Paso, Douglas, Morenci, Bisbee, Los Angeles and Long Island, N Y.
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Paso
Douglas
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