Jack Carson Dies of Cancer Told No One
Hollywood comic star Jack Carson died at 52 from liver cancer after six months of illness he kept secret from his wife and close friends. Born in Carmen Manitoba and raised in Milwaukee, he rose from vaudeville to film, famed for double takes and memorable turns in A Star Is Born and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Hollywood
Carson
Wisconsin
Frank Stempel
Jack
Andover
N. J
Stempel
Carmen
Manitoba
Canada
Milwaukee
Dennis Morgan
Jack Oakie
Oakie
Morgan
Carson Encino
G& l
Ue Et Houllier
Pilot Steers Crashing Plane Away from L A
A U S Air Force Major Keith Chridzberg kept a jet in a controlled dive from 40,000 feet over Southern California. He aimed for the sea near Malibu, parachuted to safety, and was rescued uninjured minutes later after the F 108 crashed offshore. The incident occurred during a training flight from George Air Base, Victorville.
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Malibu
Calif
Air Force
Los Angeles
Keith Chmetzberg
Sea
Chridzberg
George Airl Base
Victorville
New York Publishers Hint Return Despite Printer Strike
Publishers of New York Citys nine major papers shut down for 27 days and hint they may resume without striking printers. They say the unions wage and work condition demands are economically prohibitive and threaten to bankrupt papers or spark a nationwide rise in costs. Bertram Powers of the ITU calls the statement a typical negotiation threat.
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New York
the &Pographical Union
Bertram Powers
ITU
Chicago
Cooper May Seek 34 Hour Space Orbit Mission
Washington AP reports NASA may extend Gordon Cooper's flight to 34 hours, about 10 hours longer than planned, with a decision pending on whether to aim for 22 orbits instead of 16 as astronauts prepare for the next manned Earth orbit.
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Cooper
Space Venture
Washington
America
Leroy Gordon Cooper
Earth
Space Agency
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