Helicopter Crashes Off Louisiana Killing Six Aboard
A Sikorsky P-58 helicopter carrying six Humble Oil workers and a pilot crashed about 10 miles off the Louisiana coast near Grand Isle. One body recovered identified as Robert E. White of Columbia Mississippi. Searchers scoured the area with multiple vessels and aircraft as experts arrived to investigate the cause remains undetermined.
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Robert E. White
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Flint
Mich
Floyd J. Deroche
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Benjamin A. Raynor
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Ed Cheramie Jr
Ure J. Sandoz
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Weather Summary for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and cooler today with a high in the 70s. Tonight will be fair and cooler, low mid-50s. Tuesday outlook shows fair, pleasant, high near 63, with northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Record highs and lows noted. yesterday’s high 69, low 57. Almanac: June 2, 153rd day of year. Sunrise near 2:00 a.m., sunset about 8:19 p.m.
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Auto Workers Lose Coverage as Big Three Pact Expires
Ford and Chrysler fail to reach new contracts alongside General Motors leaving about 1.3 million workers without union coverage for the first time in 37 years. UAW President Walter Reuther said talks ended with no extension and prepared to operate without a contract. Ford VP John S. Bugas rejected another wage inflation round, echoed by Chrysler.
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Woman Killed in State Memorial Day Auto Crash
A Bridgeport woman Octavia M. Saulnier, 35, died in a two car head on collision on U S Highway 1 near New London during the Memorial Day weekend. She died at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull and shock. The crash involved Archibald Lewis 77 Bridgeport and Peter Crockett 32 Mystic. Lewis and passenger Peter Daville suffered injuries. Police said no charges yet as investigation continues.
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Road race spill kills area man in Bridgehampton
Hodge Bruch, 32, of Greenwich Connecticut, died after his Porsche Carrera crashed during the Bridgehampton Road Race Center event. The Sunday race was banned by law, and promoter Bernard J. Corrigan faced a June 16 hearing after police arrested him. About 12,000 spectators watched as Bruch’s car flipped three times and he died en route to Southampton hospital. His wife collapsed from shock.
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Bridgehampton Road Race Center Corporation
Sports Car Club of America
Aged Woman Dies in Reducing Tent Fire Unit
A 71 year old woman, Mrs. Katherine Kegler, was found dead in a tent-like electric reducing unit in her West Mifflin home near Pittsburgh. Coroner reports she was nearly cooked alive. time of exposure undetermined. She was last seen alive on Thursday.
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Yale's Oldest Alumnus Plans Return to Campus at 98
The Rev Dr Herbert S Brown emeritus of Oliver Congregational Church, Yale College 1881 and Divinity 1886 graduate, will travel to New Haven June 15 to attend the class reunion luncheon invocating but skip the Old Grad parade and Yale Harvard game. His son Theodore Henry accompanies him.
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Yale's Dog Found After 32 Hour Hunt
Pymmy the Yale dog described as an English setter slept with Warry S. Truman and disappeared for 32 hours before homing. Officially owned by Prof. Thomas Bergin, the dog is beloved by the Yale community after a lengthy search in New Haven.
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Paris Riots and West Rock Tragedy Report From 196? Paris Clash and Rock Rescue
Paris clashes between leftists and police send crowds through central streets as police use clubs and helicopters monitor demonstrations. Three seriously injured while a hiker fell 250 feet to his death on West Rock after being startled by fire engines. Four youths from a local receiving home were involved in the rescue, with two later saved from the summit and others treated for minor injuries.
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Second Polio Clinic Set Week of June 16
Bridgeport Health Department schedules the second of three polio immunization injections for Bridgeport residents in the week of June 16. Location undecided as Englewood Hospital may be moved to the Welfare Building to gain more space. Injections are free for those who cannot pay the 40 cent fee. call the child hygiene division in advance to arrange.
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Henry P. Dinan
Telegram Daily Page Highlights and Features
A digest of page features including comics by Constantine Brown and Dr Bundesen, editorials, fashions, Jacoby on Bridge, obituaries, and Sylvia Porter columns. Also includes crosswords, radio and TV notes and sports items under Angelo Patri.
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Passenger killed in Pan American clippers mishap
Pan American World Airways reports a passenger died and another injured when a Pan American clipper landed in heavy rain at Manila International Airport and its landing gear collapsed. The deceased is identified as Alvena Gervacio and the injured as Captain William J Herlihy Jr. The flight originated in San Francisco and Manila with 48 passengers and eight crew aboard.
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June Weather and Postwar French Politics Mixed in News
The month opened with sunny Memorial Day weekend crowds and a 77 degree high as May rainfall totaled 4.96 inches, above average, with 19 rainy days. Across the Atlantic, Washington noted De Gaulle’s rise as French premier, signaling cautious NATO continuity and looming policy questions.
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McElroy
Baby Survives 50 Foot Fall In Waterbury
An 11 month old infant named Rocco DiBlasi survived a 50 foot plunge from a third floor porch onto a concrete sidewalk in Waterbury. He sustained only minor abrasions and was turned over to his parents with a hospital checkup planned for tomorrow.
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Rocco DiBlasi
Connecticut Quaker Plans Sail to Eniwetok Defying Test Ban
A 12 year old pacifist sailor Albert Bigelow of Cos Cob Connecticut intends to sail the ketch Golden Rule toward Eniwetok to protest U.S. nuclear tests. The voyage would defy a federal court injunction and follow a previous halted attempt on May 1.
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De Gaulle Moves To Power With Emergency Decrees
Paris June 2 Gen Charles De Gaulle seeks six months of power with a decree authority while seeking rapid approval of three government bills. The assembly approved his bid to become premier 329 to 224 and he plans to travel to Algiers to restore order amid Algerian unrest.
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