Real Robinson Crusoe Found after 33 Years on Tiny Persian Gulf Isle
A Bahrain legend Haj Nassir Bin Omres, long missing after a 1925 pearl fleet wreck, reportedly survived 33 years on a gulf island. Rescued by a small boat, he recounted living on grass and fish with no clothes, waiting for relatives in Sar village.
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Tiny Isle
Son Crusoe
Persian Gulf
Kuwait
al Haj Nassir bin Aln bin Omres
Sayid Yusuf bin Sayid Mafurz
Sar
Bahrain
Haj Nassir
Tay
Hene
Yusuf
Gulf
Python Pete the Wandering Snake Haunts Fort Worth
Fort Worth Tex Feb 23 AP Pete the Python vanished for 15 days drifting down the Trinity river and was found dead of malnutrition in a Forest Park Zoo freezer. Keeper Harry Jackson renamed him Patricia in his final days and sought a fitting tribute or scientific study for the famous snake once known for rattling Fort Worth.
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Pete
Python
Trinity River
Forest Park Zoo
Harry Jackson
Patricia
Jackson
Ted Pete
Texas Christian University
Asp
Cleopatra
Fourteen 'ghouls' seized in Dallas lockup
Police arrested four 16 year old boys who admitted digging up graves near Forest Hills Dallas for kicks. Detectives Pettigrew and Lewis rounded up well to do youths after a desecrated burial was found. The teens claimed a midnight movie crowd proposed the grave raid and seven others joined the plan before weather and fear halted further acts.
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Forest Hills
A.“E. Pettigrew
R. D. Lewis
Broncos
Connecticut National
Sica
St. Iends
Devoer
John Hodes
Biothers
United States
Academy
William Dobson
Y. Sky
Jakubow
Ski
Carmine Scippa
John Andeza
Argo Pison
242Nd Group
Martin O'Connor
John Hassan
Robert G. Bruno
Army Reserves
William " Bogos
Woman injured in Fairfield crash on Post Road
A New York woman suffered a minor injury yesterday at 3 p.m. when her husband’s car rear ended a vehicle driven by 73 year old William Parkin of Bridgeport on the Fairfield Post Road east of Beach Road. Parkin was turning left into a driveway as a New York City driver Terrence Quade, 57, approached and collided with the slowed car. Margaret Parkin planned to be treated by her physician. No arrest was made.
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Post Road
Fairfield
William Parkin
Elmwood Avenue
Bridgeport
John Swindon
Parkins
Beach Road
Terrence Quade
New York City
Margaret
Gay Blade at 82 James N Kinder laces up skates
James N Kinder, aged 82, known as a gay blade, prepares to lace up his skates for a ceremonial or recreational ice session. He remains active in skating circles, symbolizing longevity and community involvement.
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James N. Kinder
Fog seen as cause of copter crash near Red Bluff
Three Army helicopters crashed east of Red Bluff in dense fog killing six airmen. An investigating officer said the pilots, disoriented by the fog, flew into a rocky hill. lack of instruments and training for foggy conditions contributed. Two wreckages burned, one helicopter crashed intact with three slightly injured. Bodies moved to a Sacramento mortuary, with embalming and transport arranged.
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Army
Frank G. Forest
Associated Press
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Cal. Forest
Sacramento
Four youths die from car fumes near Wilkes-Barre
Four Scranton youths aged 17 to 18 were found dead in a disabled 1937 sedan west of Wilkes-Barre. State Police say a blown tire, heater exhaust, and no spare caused deadly carbon monoxide. The victims were James and Joseph Supeck 17 Edmond Dombroski 17 and Patrick Barry 18.
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James
Joseph Supeck
Patrick Barry
Edmond Dombroski
Scranton
Charles Givler
Red Rock Air Base
Givier
Supeck
Givler
Alfred Bronson
Luzerne County
Giv ‘Ler
Clifford Hawke
Attack on Fascist Salute at Rome memorial
At a Rome ceremony honoring those who died opposing Mussolini, two men including Giovanni de Totto a deputy and MSI leader raised a Fascist salute. They were beaten by a mob for about 15 minutes until police rescued them. Premier Adone Zoli attended the event before a crowd of about 40 000 at the Victor Emmanuel monument.
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Adone Zoli
Las Giovanni de Totto
Chamber of Deputies
Italian’Social Movement
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