Six Missing Girls Rescued From Greybeard Mountain
A rescue party found six hungry wet frightened college girls on Greybeard Mountain near Montreat North Carolina after they had been missing twelve hours. Led by Sheriff Laurence Brown the group walked to safety and were returned to Montreat College infirmary. The leader Mary Ruth Denman a senior from Greeneville Tennessee earned praise for keeping the group calm during the night. The other hikers were Ruth Rozier Pat Williams Marjorie McIntosh Frances Curry and Grace Gay daughters of families from Bethune South Carolina Columbia South Carolina Clearwater Florida Inverness Florida and Charleston Virginia respectively.
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Montreat
N.C
Greybeard Mountain
Laurence Rown
Montreat College
Mary Ruth Denman
E. H. Denman
Greeneville
Tenn
Frances Curry
H. H. Curry
Iverness, Fla
Grace Gay
Grace E. Gay
Charleston, Va
Cotulla to Open New Municipal Airport with Barbecue
The Cotulla municipal airport will open on Sunday Oct 9 featuring a barbecue and an air show. The event is announced by INS correspondent on Oct 6.
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Cotulla
Balkan Powder Keg watched with increasing fear by West
J M Roberts Jr reports that Western powers fear a renewed Balkan crisis as Yugoslavia under Tito seeks to balance Russian pressure. Western policy still avoids arming Tito while signaling strong economic support, amid internal pro Russian suspects and possible behind the scenes talks with Moscow. A London envoy conference on October 24 may shed light.
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J. M. Roberts JR
Yugoslavia
Russia
Berlin
Tito
Hitler
Balkans
Iron Curtain
London
Four Commissioners For US Zone Named
US High Commissioner John J. McCloy appointed the four state directors of military government in the US zone as state commissioners. They are Murray D. Van Wagoner for Bavaria, Captain Charles R. Jeffs for Bremen, Dr. James R. Newman for Hesse, and Major General Charles P. Gross for Wuerttemberg Baden.
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Frankfurt
Germany
John J. McCloy
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Bavaria
Charles R. Jeffs
US Navy
Bremen
James R. Newman
Long Island
N. Y
Hesse
Charles P. Gross
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Baytown Pharmacist Found Fatally Shot
Lu ther Gunter Baytown pharmacist was found dead behind his drugstore shot through the heart with a 12 gauge shotgun. Justice of the Peace Roscoe Zierlein ruled the inquest verdict death by own action.
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Baytown
Luther Gunter
Justice of the Peace
Roscoe Zierlein
Gunter
Paris film producer duels critic over actress honor
In Paris a film producer Willie Rozier and drama critic Francois Chalais dueled with swords in a Bois du Boulogne courtyard over a critic's remark about an actress career. Chalais and Rozier invited reporters and photographers. after several interruptions Chalais was cut on the arm but not seriously hurt. A witness noted the risk was minor, likening it to shaving.
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Paris
Willie Rozier
Farncois Chalais
Rozier
Chalais
Chailais
Bois du Boulogne
Rezier
Lila Leeds
Robert Mitchum
Laurel Canyon
Cal
H. Leo Stanley
Los Angeles
Mitchum
Objection! Women Safer Drivers In California Survey
A Southern California Auto Club Public Safety Dept survey finds women drivers are 30 percent of licensed drivers yet involved in fewer accidents and fatalities. They average slower speeds, 44 mph versus men’s 47, and score higher in side vision and color perception, notably distinguishing hats at 80 yards.
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Los Angeles
Southern California Auto Club
Public Safety Department
California
Handicapped Amarillo Station Operator Killed
A disabled filling station operator, Charles Lee Freeman, 21, was shot to death at a suburban Amarillo station after a robber took 31.11 dollars from the cash register. Freeman, who had a defective left arm since birth, was found lying on his back with pockets turned inside out.
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Amarillo
Charles Lee Freeman
Save My Eyes and a Little Girl’s Birthday Wish
Mary Hope Hodgdon, turning 12, hopes surgeons restore sight in her right eye. A lifelong link to blindness in her family, she awaits a final operation after cysts on the retina were partially sealed by electric needle therapy at the University of Oregon Medical School. her future depends on this next procedure.
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Portland
Ore
Mary Hope Hodgdon
Hodgdon
Mary Hope
University of Oregon Medical School
Traffic Cop's Error Starts Calendar Flow
Des Moines patrolman Harold Grossnickle issued 15 overtime parking tickets ordering appearances on Sept 31 after printing calendars showing 31 days in September. The error sparked gifts of calendars from five states and Canada but motorists still faced warrants or paid fines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
INS
Harold Grossnickle
Canada
Grossnickle
Pilotless Plane Skids Into Pampa Home
A two place private plane parked at a nearby airport crashed through a fence into the corner of the C. L. Zabel home in Pampa. No pilot was found nearby. the Zabel children slept in an adjacent room and were unharmed. The aircraft was badly damaged but did not ignite.
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Pampa
C. L. Zabel
Hanging Declared Most Humane Death Method
British prison wardens told the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment that hanging is a humane way to execute murderers. They submitted the memorandum as the government reviews whether capital punishment should be limited modified or replaced with alternatives.
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London
Britain
The
Royal Commission On Capital Punishment
Welder's Hot Seat Gag Ends in Hospital Attack
In Detroit on Wednesday a welding shop prank went wrong. Robert Gunn 40 was seriously injured by a hammer blow from Edward Fife 28 who is jailed on assault charges after Gunn heated a metal seat with a welding torch causing Fife to strike him.
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Detroit
Robert Gunn
Edward Fife
Gunn
Fife
Nathan Kaufman
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