Giant C 124 crashes in Washington killing 86
High ranking air force investigators examine the C 124 Globemaster wreck near Moses Lake after a Saturday crash that killed 86 airmen. Secrecy surrounds the probe as survivors are questioned. 6 of 30 still seriously injured.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Air Force
Washington
Larson Air Force Base
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
F. N. Wehrle
Barnesville
Wehrle
Berserk Pima County Hospital Patient Kills, Wounds Staff
A patient identified as ED MORRIS BUSSEY, 34, a double amputee from Texas, killed medical worker MRS. LOUISE BALLAS and wounded two nurses MRS. SUSAN POWERS and MISS LAVONDA MAYNARD at a county hospital. He then shot himself, dying on scene. deputies and bystanders described the sequence near the north hallway and alcove. BUSSEY had a two day pass and bought the revolver the night before.
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County Hospital
Louise Ballas
Benton Bird
ED Morris Bussey
Tinson
Tex
Susan Powers
Seventh St
Lavonda Maynard
President St
Bussey
Sheriff's
Mary van Naneck
Fifth St
van Daneck
Warmer Air For Tomorrow Forecast Across Arizona
Temperatures rise tomorrow after a cold weekend. A cold front Saturday night dumped .29 inch of rain and cooler winds yesterday. The high reached 51 degrees and 38 degrees this morning. Rain so far this year totals 12.62 inches, 1.42 inches above normal. Across Arizona, highs ranged from 65 in Yuma to 1 degree in Flagstaff.
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Arizona
Yuma
Flagstaff
Confusion Over US Air Crash Toll At Larson Base
MOSES LAKE Washington confusion over how many men were aboard a C 124 Globemaster at Larson air force base led to fluctuating death counts. Initial figures ranged up to 132 aboard, but 83 were killed immediately and totals rose to 86 after two deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Maj. P. M. Wassum
Larson
Ike discusses world trade with Eisenhower at New York meeting
In New York at the Commodore hotel Eisenhower met with George A. Sloan and Warren Lee Pierson to discuss international trade problems. Sloan praised the President-elect for his grasp of trade issues and noted his experience as supreme commander in Western Europe shaped his understanding.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Commodore Hotel
George A. Sloan
U. S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce
Warren Lee Pierson
Trans World Airlines
Sloan
Europe
Committee On
Sabres Shoot Down Three MIG-15 Jets Over Korea
In three dogfights over North Korea, American Sabrejets claimed the destruction of three MIG-15 fighters. The 5th Air Force reported ten MIGs and eight Sabrejets involved as they protected bomber strikes against ground targets. Navy Pantherjets struck a supply concentration north of Singye.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
5Th Air Force
Singye
Tucson Adopts Postal Zoning System Citywide
Tucson prepares to implement a 15 zone postal zoning plan as businesses begin adding zone numbers to addresses. Clifton Abbott notes cost of updating plates is modest and explains zoning details for East and West Congress Broadway and Speedway streets as officials pace full rollout into next year.
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Tucson
Paul Abbott
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Abbott
East Congress Street
West Congress Street
Broadway
East Speedway
West Speedway
Navy radioman’s mother dies in hospital shooting rampage
Louise Ballas 41 died after ED patient ED Moris Bussey fired on six people at county hospital. Ballas mother of Richard Ballas a first class petty officer aboard USS Hooper Island. Bussey, 34, crippled with osteomyelitis, attacked during hospital pass. Ballas active in Tucson and branches of the American Legion auxiliary. Her son Richard pursued for emergency leave by Red Cross as illness cast gloom over Christmas travel plans.
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Louise Ballas
Navy
Japan
Richard Ballas
Hooper Island
The
Red Cross
South Pacific
ED Morris Bussey
Ballas
D. C. Craft
Bussey
Tucson
American Legion Auxiliary
California
Dixie Penrod
Ft. Apache
Ariz
Mary
Frank) Neville
Brandford
van Nuys
National Association of Letter Carriers
Truman Messages Korea Troops
President Truman, in a holiday message, told U S troops in Korea they are holding back aggression and enabling millions to enjoy a peaceful Christmas and that overseas service members face a task “the salvation of the world.”
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Washington
Truman
Korea
Famed Family Planning Head Home After Far East Tour
Mar garet Slee head of the Planned Parenthood federation returned from a two month Far East tour. In Bombay she attended the International Conference on Planned Parenthood where 400 delegates from 14 nations elected Slee and Lady Rama Rau as codirectors. The Tucson group sent 2500 dollars to India for a research clinic. Slee noted India may become a driving force in global birth control efforts and highlighted Japan’s population concerns and the plan for future conferences in Tokyo.
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Tucson
Family Planning Association of India
Far East
Planned Parenthood
Margaret Sanger Slee
India
Bombay
Slee
Planned Parenthood Federation
United States
Rama Rau
International Organization
Enthood Federation
International Committee On Planned Parenthood
Britain
Netherlands
Sweden
Japan
International Association
Tokyo
Hon Kong
Malaya
Singapore
Contest Judges Tour Tonight Lights Decorate For Citizen Contest
Judges will tour the city starting at 6 p.m. tonight checking decorations. Display a contest identity card on your house and keep lights on until 11 p.m. Cards are available at the Citizen office, Tucson Gas Electric Light Power Co., and three Martin Drug stores at East Speedway, East Sixth and Park, and South Sixth and 22nd.
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Citizen
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Martin Drug
East Speedway and Country Club
East Sixth Street
Park Avenue
South Sixth Avenue
22Nd Street
Evening events stir in Tucson as holiday pace nears
Tonight in Tucson several public gatherings open at 7 30 P M Desert Singing Guild rehearse at Water Color Guild 857 S Swan Rd The Tucson Visitors Club meets at 80 S Stone Ave A Hebrew philosophy lecture is set at 1416 E Sixth St An hour later three professional wrestling matches roll at Tucson Sports Center West Congress St
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Desert Singing Guild
Water Color Guild
S. Swan Rd
Tucson Visitors Club
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
S. Stone Ave
Tucson Sportscenter
West Congress Street
World girdling tour brings Senator and spouse to Hong Kong
Sen McFarland and his wife arrived in Hong Kong as part of a global tour. The pair plan meetings with officials and cultural visits during their monthlong itinerary.
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Sen. McFarland
Hong Kong
Corral Theater
Arizona
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Seli
Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft
Madigan General Hospital
Ft. Lewis
Tacoma
Maj
Irving Leff
Larson Base Hospital
Louise R. Ballas
Pistol
Sedsey- Hopkins
Sheriff’s
Fil Cruz
H. C. Rodriguez
South Tucson
Rudolph
Ike
Sabres
By Clifton Abbott
Sedley-Hopkins Photo Gas CO
George Fulton
Kenneth Smith
Micheline Keating
Chad Aham
E. Sixth St
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