Flying saucers eyed as space ships in wild claim
True magazine cites an eight month probe by Donald E. Keyhoe claiming flying discs are interplanetary visitors. Air Force dismisses the theory as unsupported. Project Saucer reportedly handles twelve sighting reports monthly with experts evaluating each case.
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New York
Air Force
True Magazine
Donald E. Keyhoe
Aeronautics Branch
U. S. Commerce Department
Earth
Keyhoe
U.S. Army Air Force
Wright Field
Project Saucer
Weather Keeps Tucson Mild with Frigid Forecast in Winter
The Tucson weather scene shows a generally warm mood with clear skies and little temperature change. Last night reached 61 degrees with 27 degrees at the municipal airport as a chilly note amid overall mild daytime weather and holiday optimism.
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Tucson
Sunshine City
Santa Cruz Valley
Climate Club
Chamber of Commerce
Strike Ends as Cleveland Transit Workers Return to Work
Five thousand bus and streetcar drivers agreed to resume duties following a federal court injunction under Ohio Ferguson law. Judge Artl ordered an end to the five day walkout that disrupted mass transit during the holiday rush, with union leadership promising compliance and a halt to vacation pay disputes.
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Cleveland
Ohio
AFL Transit
Joseph Artl
Common Pleas Court
Art
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employes
AFL
City Transit Board
Britain Signs Five Year Trade Pact With Tito
Belgrade report says Yugoslavia and Britain agreed a five year trade pact with a $560 million sales target and a British credit of $23.4 million repayable in six years. The accord includes compensation for nationalized British property and aims to raise Yugoslavia’s budget surplus while opposing Cominform pressure.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Britain
Russia
Eastern Europe
Tito
Kremlin
London
Board of Trade
Milentije Popole
Suva Rainfall Sets New Fiji Record in 11 Months
The government announced 278 inches of rain at Sala-Levu, Taveuni, in the first 11 months of the year, a rainfall figure that might spark envy in New York.
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Suva
New York
Fiji Islands
Sala-Levu
Taveuni
Fog and rain delay flights at LaGuardia force cancellations
Air travel disruptions hit LaGuardia New York with 64 domestic flights canceled from 6 am to noon as fog and rain slowed operations. The UP report notes widespread impact on schedules.
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New York
U.P
LaGuardia
Bloodhounds Trail Convicts From Texas Penitentiary Break
Bloodhounds tracked five of seven escapees from the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville. Two life-term fugitives remain at large while four others surrendered near a church barn. The group tunneled 25 feet under the wall and fled in civilian clothes after hijacking a pickup and escaping with a rifle and cartridges.
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Huntsville
Tex
U.P
Texas State Penitentiary
Huntsville Prison
J. Isom
David McCullough
Weldon Green
Collins W. Mershon
Thomas W. Tucker
Walter Thorp
Don Kemper
Hilly
Walker County
Texas
O. B. Ellis
Texas Prison System
G. T. Whittaker Jr
Child Killed as Car Backed Over In Phoenix Driveway
A Phoenix family mourns 18 month old Kenneth Hendricks Jr after a car backing from a driveway struck him. James Vaught drove away claiming he did not see the child playing behind the vehicle. The incident adds to Arizona 1949 motor vehicle deaths and marks a fatality during the Christmas holiday period.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Kenneth Hendricks Jr
Kenneth Hendricks
James Vaught
Nix
Brother-In-Law Of Ex-Gov Jones Dies
William Marvin Scott 64 rancher from Gilbert died after a prolonged illness in Mesa. He began ranching at Winkelman and Globe before moving to Gilbert and was a brother-in-law of former Gov. Robert T. Jones.
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Mesa
William Marvin Scott
Gilbert
Scott
Winkelman and
Globe
Iormer
Robert T. Jones
U S Pension Urged For Vets In Congress
Washington December 27 A pension bill in the senate and an insurance bill in the house are the top priority items for veterans as the new session opens. A World War II bonus bill looms in the background with estimates of about 8.5 billion dollars over 50 years. The house has passed a liberal pension plan for both World Wars. the senate action is awaited.
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Washington
Senate
House
Rankin
D-Miss
House Veterans’ Committee
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Amvets
Rep
Pace
Heat Wave Brings Record Temps Across Northeast States
Christ mas week warmth shatters temperature records from New England to New York with 60 degree readings in Boston and Worcester while Vermont and New Hampshire report odd early spring signs. A Pacific Northwest storm brings rain and snow slides across the Cascades as warm winds lift readings.
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Boston
New England
Waterbury
Middlebury
Massachusetts
Vermont
Salem
N. H
Worcester
Mass
Seattle
Pacific Northwest Seaboard
Cascades
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Congress Back On Job In Week
Washington reports Congress returns for a pivotal year 1950 elections loom. Democrats aim for larger majorities, while Republicans risk losses. Key fights include Truman's fair deal program civil rights and health insurance, with Taft Hartley and FEPC debates shaping campaigns.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Mr. Truman
North
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Snow Follows Jap Tremors In Central Japan Toll Rises
Heavy snow compounds disaster after eighty six homes collapse and three hundred eighty three buildings damaged across nine prefectures following twenty tremors. Eight killed and one missing as rescue efforts continue in Imajichi near Tokyo where about one hundred Americans stay uninjured.
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Tokyo
Japan
National Rural Police
Honshu
Imaichi
Homeless pup finds home after nationwide response
In Allendale New Jersey a stray pup with a disputed pedigree was spared from death when John O'Dell of Hawthorne adopted it for a one week trial. The dog wardens had faced a New Year’s deadline, but more than a hundred offers poured in from across the country before O'Dell was chosen to foster the canine for his ailing mother.
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Allendale
N. J
John O'Dell
Hawthorne
Sidney R. Drexler
Drexler
Thomas J. Lynch
Theresa O'Dell
Skull Found Near Bisbee Douglas Airport Suspected War Officer
A skull found in an old refuse pit near the Bisbee Douglas International Airport is believed to belong to an Army Air Corps officer missing since World War II. Justice of the Peace O A Ash said additional bones and clothing were found linking the find to the air force lieutenant’s wartime disappearance.
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Douglas
Bisbee-Douglas International
Army Air Corps
Justice of the Peace
Douglas Army Air Base
Washington
Three escapees from Pima jail rearrested with new charges
Three men who fled the Pima county jail during Christmas were recaptured and face added five year federal penalties. John Wade Williams, 17, was caught in Long Beach after a raid in California. Thomas H. Ryan and Harry B. Robertson were re jailed in Tucson. Williams attempted to join the army during the escape and investigators probe possible aids from two ex-prisoners and an air force sergeant.
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Pima County
John Wade Williams
Chino
Calif
Long Beach
Williams
FBI
Harry B. Robertson
Thomas H. Ryan
Associated Press
Ryan
Robertson
34Th St
Jerome P. Martin
California
Army
John Phebus
Yuma
Air Force
Trusty
Bidault Faces Defeat Over Tax Plan in Budget Vote
In Paris on December 27 Premier Georges Bidault's coalition faces a possible defeat in the 1950 budget battle. Tax hikes totaling 152.3 billion francs are in dispute, and failure could force Bidault to resign, risking another French government crisis.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Bidault
France
Charles DeGaulle
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Iowa
National City Lines, Inc
Whittaker
Jones
U. S
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Pima
John W. Williams
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