Boy Flees Operating Table Returns Home After Search
Eleven year old Robert Osowski slipped from McConnell Air Force Base hospital after a minor arm operation. He hid in a hayloft, walked miles home, and spent time in a basement before reappearing in his parents’ home. His father said the boy knew what to expect after a prior similar procedure.
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Wichita
Kan
Robert Osowski
Army Helicop
T. Sgt. Edward Hospital
A. Osowski
Momentate
McConnell Au Porte
Bridge Collapse Breaks on First Use in Winnipeg
A new 150000 bridge across the Assiniboine river failed on its first use after completion this week. The structure buckled in the middle and fell into the river as officials opened a 36 inch water main. Waterworks engineer R G Denson witnessed the wreck and called it hard to believe.
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Assiniboine River
Winnipeg Waterworks
R. G. Denson
Pilot Dies in Crash of Flying Bedstead Test
The Rolls Royce Flying Bedstead, Britain's first vertical takeoff jet, crashed during tethered trials near Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. The pilot was killed when the aircraft overturned while being flown from a crane.
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Nottingham
England
Rolls Royce
Flying Bedstead
Hucknall
New
Editor vows Black Coffee fast over Marion county children's home
Marion Indiana editor Paul D Hillsamer pledges to live on black coffee until a majority on Grant county council reverses its plan to close the county children's home effective January 1 The editor cites a poll showing strong public opposition and argues private placement costs and welfare law questions justify keeping the home open The council previously voted to end the funding and six Republican trustees joined Democrats in opposition to closure
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Marion
Ind
Paul D. Hillsamer
Hillsamer
Marion News-Herald
The
Farm News
Harold Knudsen
Knudsen
Indiana
Salt Lake City bars Santa's helicopter landing
Salt Lake City officials refuse landing clearance for Santa Claus and warn the pilot could face jail. The Sugarhouse chamber sought permission for a plaza stop, but city, state and federal law restrict landings to authorized airports, and flights under 2,000 feet are illegal over the city.
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Salt Lake City
Santa Claus
W. Cleon Skousen
Santa
Sugarhouse Chamber of Commerce
Sugarhouse
Padding saves man eighty in bull attack at Thomaston
In Thomaston on November 28 AP report says eighty year old Harry Ball, a farm hand, wore heavy clothes including an overcoat and four sweaters when a bull charged and mauled him. He escaped serious injury thanks to his padding and was treated at Waterbury hospital.
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Thomaston
Harry Ball
Ball
Waterbury Hospital
U S Arms Shipment Arrives in Basrah for Iraqi Army
Reports from Basrah state a fresh batch of U S arms arrived this week as part of ongoing shipments in Baghdad and Basrah. The arms were turned over to the Iraqi army under the terms of the bilateral military agreement with the United States. Details of the shipments were not disclosed.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U. S
Basrah
York-born Wing Commander Henry Larsen dies in crash
A York born Wing Commander Henry Larsen was pinned beneath and crushed after a crash. The aircraft, first flown in 1953, involved a 312 model with a tubular lifting frame and two turbojets on top. The craft was developed as an experimental mating of a modified version.
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Chine
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