Knight declines Nixon bandwagon in California pledge
Sacramento Gov Goodwin J Knight refused to predict a Nixon Eisenhower ticket would carry California and said he is not a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination. He said he would support whoever the Republican convention selects and noted Stassen has a right to express his opinion. Knight added he believes Eisenhower will carry California.
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Sacramento
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Pointblank
Richard M Nixon
Mossadegh Leaves Jail In Torn Veil Of Tears
Former Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh walked free from prison in pajamas and dressing gown after a three year sentence for attempting to overthrow the government. He wept as he was carried by family to Ahmedalead, northwest of Tehran, in his son’s car, guarded by an army captain and colonel. His request for guards at home was denied.
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Temran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ahmeda’ Ead
Teh- Tan
Leandro Lumber Firm Destroyed by Flames
SAN LEANDRO Investigators probe the Larsen Bros. lumber building at 501 West Joaquin to determine the cause of a last night fire that raged about 43 minutes, blacked out much of the city, and destroyed the 30 year old structure housing offices stock and trucks. About 90 firefighters battled 100-foot flames as winds threatened nearby homes and schools. No cause yet established.
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Larsen Bros. Lumber
West Joaquin Avaque
San Leandro
Larsen Bros. Lumber Company
West Joaquin Avenue
Oakland
Ashland
Manuel Rodrigues
Repart
San Francisco
Wood Stock
Portland officials indicted in nine week corruption probe
Portland Police Chief Jim Pugcell Jr and Multnomah County District Attorney William M Langley were indicted in a broad corruption probe. The grand jury returned 32 indictments with 13 people released on bail and 28 arrested so far, accusing malfeasance, conspiracy, and failure to act on gambling, prostitution, bribery, and other crimes.
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Portland
INS
Multnomah County
Jim Pugcell Jr
William M. ‘Langley
Union Army Spark Remains Alive in Guthrie Man
Guthrie Oklahoma records show Louis Nicholas Baker aged 110 enlisted in the Union Army at Harden. He was mustered in St Louis in June 1961 and discharged in Chattanooga Tennessee on June 28 1964. Baker said he kept his service secret because there was no reason to make a public fuss.
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Guthrie
Okla
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Louis Nicholas Baker
Harden
St. Louis
Chattanooga
Tenn
Baker
Seaman Hurt After Tugboat Fall In San Francisco
Fehn Durkee a 29 year old seaman was severely injured when he slipped and became wedged in a narrow passage aboard the tug Sea Wolf. He was rescued after about 20 hours in the passage as the tug rushed to Eureka to assist a disabled freighter. Captain Ross O Laugin reported the incident to the Coast Guard.
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San Francisco
Fehn Durkee
Sea Wolf
Eureka
Ross O'Lauglin
Coast Guard
Furniture Theft Suspect Nabbed In Fremont Flight
Police captured 31 year old Melvin Frederick Kolterman after a tense chase that began at his Colfax Court home in Glenmoor Gardens. He fled, hijacked a pickup, and was tracked to an Oakland service station then to Mission San Jose before arrest. He faces grand theft auto theft and weapons charges related to a maple theft of lawn furniture.
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Glenmoor Gardens
Cestarville
Oakland
Melvin Frederick
Kolterman
Colfax Court
Atherton
Redwood City
KoYerman
Leroy Hubbard
B. E. Wilson
Washington
Washington Union High School
Mission San Jose
Jn Mission
78Rd Street
Try
Daily Review
Melvin F. Kolierman
Fremont
Kolierman
Oakeland
Plane Wreck Hunt Called Off
Desperate search for a small one engine plane that struck a tree on a hill behind Fairfield hospital. Sheriff deputies reported the plane damaged but the pilot regained control and returned home.
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Ashand
Sheriff's Department
Feirmont Hospital
Lake Chabot Road
Sherif
Court Martial Jury Orders Pay Forfeit
PARRIS ISLAND S C Staff Sergeant Matthew C McKeon was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge and nine months in prison with a nine month pay forfeiture plus rank reduction to private for negligent homicide in the Ribbon Creek death march. The jury verdict followed a historic court martial with an initial conviction last night and a lengthy sentencing phase judged by Marine Colonel Edward Hutchinson. The sentence awaits review by the Navy Secretary, and McKeon expressed a wish to remain in the Marine Corps before the verdict.
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Parris Island
S.C
U.P
Matthew C. McKeon
Marine Corps
McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Edward [. Hutchinson
Wood- Nut
Secretary of the Navy
Worchester
Mass
Emile Zola Berman
New York
U. S. Marine Corps
Corps
Hutchinson
Tone
Navy
Irving N. Klein
Klein
Three Parks Instructors Face Trials
Pleasanton Air Force instructors face court martial talks after a month of investigations. Airman Richard T. Smith, 20, is charged with soliciting gifts from recruits. Airman Deen A. Warren, 15, of Omaha. and Airman William A. Ott, 20, of Seattle are relieved from training duties but not confined. Each will be tried separately. penalties can include hard labor and forfeiture of pay. Several trainees named in the report are identified. no physical harm occurred to basic trainees.
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Pleasanton
Parks Air Force
Richard T. Smith
Alrmana
Neb
Irman
Deen A. Warren
Omaha
Wiliam A. Ott
Selen
Wash
Ajl
William Nicholson
I Sims
James W. Milford
Apchicola
Fla
John D. Oder Beaumont
Joseph C. Busex
Whidby Island
Donald J. Ainsworth
Lincoln County
Idaine
Air Force
Milford
Aixvman
William
Stallard SI
Raymond
Smith
Big Steel Firms Sign Contracts
Major steel producers including U S Steel and Republic Steel signed unprecedented three year contracts with the United Steelworkers union ending a nationwide strike. Wheeling Steel, Jones and Laughlin, Bethlehem Steel and others moved to agreements as holdouts faced pressure. Legal issues linger as more firms were expected to sign.
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New York
Guzet
U.S. Steel
United Ste Rkers Union
Steel
Republic Steel Corp
Wheeling Steel Corp
I Jones and
Laughlin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Great Lakes
Armco
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Allegheny Ludlum
Tnland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Typhoon Kills 92 in South China
A radio report from Tokyo Peiping says a typhoon sweeping South China killed at least 92 people. The disaster disrupted transport and damaged coastal communities, with crews rushing to aid survivors and assess the wreckage.
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Tokyo
Peiping’ Radio
South
China
Wife Kills Self In S F Plunge
Victoria Lam Chew, 30, wife of a former Oakland dentist, killed herself by plunging from a San Francisco hotel window. She had been despondent over separation and spent her last day with an old friend Grayce Wye before the fatal jump from the 17th floor room. Dr Dale Chow, connected to the husband, had recently returned to Hong Kong.
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San Francisco
Victoria Lam Chew
Oakland
Powah Street
Chow
Dale Chow
Hong Kong
Grayce Wye
Egypt Likely Rejects Western Suez Conference Offer
Cairo reports indicate Egypt will respond with a flat no to the West's invitation for a Suez Canal conference. Russia and India were expected to echo the stance, while President Nasser met Kisseli and other envoys as allied diplomats criticized U S positions and Britain prepared for a solo policy if the talks fail.
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London
Noy
West
Suez Canal
Russia
Dia
Cairo
2 Bhaab
the People
Britain
France
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Evgeny Kisselv
Kisselv
United States
Tarien
India
Vmer
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Suez
Syria envoy blasts Dulles over Suez crisis
Syrian Ambassador Dr. Farid Zeineddine accused Secretary of State John Foster Dulles of steering U S policy toward war over the Suez Canal and warned of an international strike at the Panama Canal. He spoke at a news conference during Dulles talks in Washington as mobilization rumors swirled.
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INS
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Suez Canal
U.S
Farid Zeineddine
Dulles
Panama Canal
Zeineddine
Syria
Forrest
Cairo
Three Flyers Die In Navy Plane Collision
In Corpus Christi Texas three Navy trainee pilots were killed and another injured when two training planes collided overhead yesterday. The crash occurred during routine exercises, officials said, with investigators beginning work to determine the cause.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
Flieres
Ehother
Corpus’ Christi
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