Disjointed UPI briefs span Florida Tennessee and London
Fragmentary UPI dispatches report a Florida case involving theft of items from a Winston-Salem store including a gallon of mistletoe and plaster. In Knoxville a mayoral critic warns of political peril as radar enforcement expands. In London a court rejects spiritualist Frank Webb's divorce plea citing poor spirit reception.
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Inspector crushed by asphalt truck at road job
Yountsville inspector for the Division of Highways was crushed to death Thursday when a dump truck backed over him on a highway construction site. The Highway Patrol cited Frank Parker of Berkeley as the driver, with Boyle, 43, standing behind the truck when the fatal backing occurred.
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Pastor Who Told of Affair May Keep Job
In San Antonio Trinity Baptist Church the 89 year old pastor Rev W W McBirnie told 800 worshippers he had been involved with a woman. Church leaders favored keeping him, saying most deacons and the pastoral relations committee supported him staying.
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Rockefeller grant aids Liberian tropical disease research
A $100,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation will assist the Liberian Institute in Harbel, Liberia, supporting tropical disease research conducted at the Amerge Foundation for Tropical Medicine as sponsor.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Amerge Foundation For Tropical Medicine
Dying LA Mom Gives Birth After Car Crash
In Los Angeles a dying mother, Dixie Lee Hortick, 28, died minutes after doctors at Sun Valley Receiving Hospital performed a caesarean to deliver a 5 pound 14 ounce daughter. The infant, placed in an incubator at General Hospital, was described in good condition. Hortick and her husband Donald, 31, Sylmar, were in a Thursday night collision. The other driver, Allen Eades, 24, from Dallas Oregon, faced possible charges after admitting beers prior to the crash.
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Traffic ticket leads to honeyed penny spree in Temple
An angry airman at Killeen AFB paid a $1 traffic ticket but returned with a jar of honey and 1 000 pennies. Police traced him, and Judge J W Thomas fined him $1 plus $50 contempt, ordering return of the coins and honey. The man confessed he was upset by the downtown alley parking fee.
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Strickland
Union Aide's Misuse of Funds Leads to Conviction
SAN FRANCISCO UPI Victor S Swanson former international vice president of the Operating Engineers Union was found guilty Thursday night of misusing union funds. It marks the second sanction for the local head previously convicted in Stockton for profiting from the sale of union owned property.
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UPI
Victor S. Swanson
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Operating Engineers
Stockton
Film Director Charles Vidor Dies In Vienna
Vienna dispatch reports film director Charles Vidor died Thursday night in his hotel suite after complaining of pains. His widow Doris Warper Vidor had left him hours earlier to return to the United States. Vidor, born in Budapest, had worked in Germany before moving to the United States in the 1920s and is noted as the brother of director King Vidor. His film credits include The Joker Is Wild and Rhapsody, among others. The fate of The Magic Film filming, based on Franz Liszt, remains uncertain with Columbia awaiting word from Hollywood.
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