Doolittle son death ruled possible accident or suicide
Major James H H Doolittle Jr. 38, son of World War II hero Jimmy Doolittle, was found shot to death in his Bergstrom Air Force Base office. A court of inquiry will determine if the bullet wound was accidental or self-inflicted. The elder Doolittle, retired general and Shell Oil vice president, said he had not seen his son months and noted a flu and respiratory ailment. The body will be cremated in San Antonio with a burial in St Louis and a memorial service set at Bergstrom Chapel.
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Ben Blue Undergoes Surgery in Los Angeles
Comedian Ben Blue, age 36, has had surgery for an intestinal growth and appendix removal. His condition is satisfactory and he is expected to stay in a California hospital about a week. Show business aides are filling in at his Santa Monica supper club during his absence.
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Harvard Boosts Loan Aid Plan Across Four Changes
Harvard, Cambridge, Mass, unveils a revised aid pattern for next year totaling 1.83 million dollars. The plan expands loan limits for four years of college and raises annual borrowing, introduces an optional monthly payment plan, allows family loans up to 600 dollars yearly, and preserves aid for students at risk of slipping to a C while maintaining scholarship support for needy students.
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States pick sites for emergency newspaper publication
Connecticut newspapers association and Civil Defense sign a memorandum of understanding for wartime emergency publishing. Six sites chosen: Willimantic Chronicle Deep River News-Record Danbury News-Times Winsted Citizen Torrington Register Norwich Bulletin. A timetable links partner papers and evacuation plans with shifts to alternate cities.
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Brazil Troops Quell Riot By Commuters
In Sao Paulo a riot at Roosevelt rail station involved commuters wrecking trains and platforms. Riot troops police and fire crews used water hoses and tear gas to end two hours of clashes injuring twenty. A bystander corporal was killed by a stray bullet. Governor Quadros ordered state buses to return riders home.
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Industrialist Willard S Staples Dies in New Bedford
Willard S Staples 66 of New Bedford died at St Luke's hospital of a heart condition. A former president of Crescent corporation and head of Fall River machinery, he also served as treasurer and general manager of Lawton Mills in Plainfield and general manager of Ponentah Mills in the same area.
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Crescent Corporation
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St. Luke's Hospital
Lawton Mills
Plainfield
Canis
Ponentah Mills
Veteran Hudson Valley editor who hired F D R dies
Edward T. Hayden aged 60, longtime Newburgh newsman, died after a cancer illness. As city editor of the Beacon Journal in Dutchess County he persuaded Franklin D Roosevelt to write weekly political columns in 1921. Though unpaid, the columns helped publicize ideas later associated with the New Deal. Hayden sometimes joked he was Roosevelt’s loss.
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Lights to be tested on turnpike stretch in Connecticut
The US will begin a 100 hour operating test of highway lighting from Greenwich to Branford, a 3 mile section, to be completed within 30 days. The United Illuminating Company will light a Bridgeport area of the turnpike in the coming days as part of the nationwide test.
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Dorothy Eral
Fairfield County
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Easter Parade Set in New York Sunday
New York Mayor Robert F Wagner announced the annual Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue will be held next Sunday after rainouts on the regular date. He called the event a symbol of Easter’s beauty and spirit but did not guarantee fair weather.
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