Lisbon Flight Crash Kills 43 on British Flying Boat
A British Aquila Airways Solent flying boat crashed on a hillside in the Isle of Wight while returning to Southampton from Lisbon and Canary Islands. Of 58 aboard, 15 survived. 5 in serious condition. Authorities recovered 438 bodies. rescue teams searched the wreckage as flames raged. Survivors described confusion and injuries, with some able to escape via a side door into a farmyard.
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Newport
Isle of Wight
INS
Lisbon
Atlantic
Aquila Airways
Southampton
Liston
Las Palmas
Madleria
English Channel
Bogus Check Case Sees Federal Action Pending
A federal probe into a Parks Air Force Base bogus check ring may force merchants to wait for Congressman George Miller’s return from Europe. Ten merchants, including one in Pleasanton, cashed fake checks tied to a $100,000 loss. Airman James R Hoyle and two others face charges as the ring allegedly forged over 300 checks. The fraud impacted Hayward area banks and small eateries known as Chicken on Call.
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George Miller
Europe
Arthur Henry
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Parks Air Force Base
Miller
D-Calif
William Knowland
R-Calif
Knowland
Washington
Treasury Dept
Hayward
Aiumien
James R
Hoyle
Parks
Theodore Barry
Louisville
Szt
Charles A. Evans
Dyersberg
Tenn
Farks
Tito Biography Attacked By Reds
Belgrade official Kommunist attacks a biography of Yugoslav President Tito said to be prepared for the House Unamerican Activities Committee. The organ labels the work as biased and hostile to Tito and the Yugoslav state.
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Tito
Reds
Belgrade
INS
Unamerican Activities Committee
Communist Party
Kommunist
Youth Admits Killing Doctor in Desolate Los Angeles Road
In Los Angeles County a 65 year old Olive View staff physician, Dr Homer Vanis Torn, was stabbed to death and dumped into a culvert on a lonely road. Detectives captured a 19 year old driving the doctor’s car and said he confessed to killing for movie money. The body was found near Kagel Canyon by a California highway patrol unit. Police later detained two juveniles. one, Delmont Franklin Johann, confessed to the murder, while Fred Rhoades, 19, of San Fernando, was not believed to be involved.
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Los Angeles
INS
Olive View
Homer Vanis Torn
Kagel Canyon
New Weapon in Cancer Battle
Nobel prizewinning chemist Dr. Daniele Bovet says a new approach using antivitamins may fight cancer. He notes positive and reliable results have been achieved only in animals, discussed in a Rome interview.
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Rome
Ins
Daniele Bovet
Packaging Cost To Buyers Told
A Los Angeles business leader says Americans pay about 88 dollars per person for packaging. H. B. Woodman, president of Interchemical Corp, stated that while the figure seems high, it is more than repaid in reduced human effort.
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Los Angeles
INS
H. B. Woodman
Interchemical Corp
Army to Increase Draft Call Amid Force Reductions
Washington reports the Defense Department will cut overall armed forces while the Army raises draft calls. Starting January about 10,000 men will be drafted, up from 7,000 in October through December, the largest Army call since last August, as the force aims for 900000 by June 30.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
San Lorenzo Father Fatally Injured In Freeway Crash
LeRoy Lazer 57 of San Lorenzo died after his car rear ended a vehicle driven by George Shaw 29 near the Fifth Ave overpass on Eastshore Freeway Oakland. Police probe whether a heart attack preceded the crash. Lazer was a yard foreman for Associated Metals Co and survived by wife Mary and five children.
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San Lorenzo
Owas
Oakland
Highland Hospital
LeRoy Lazer
Segundo
George Shaw
Valencia
Lazer
Shaw
Fifth Ave
Associated Metals Co
Mary
San Lorenzo's del Rey
Kathy
Sally
Joey
Irene
Pacific crash claims 25 lives in mid-ocean plunge
Twenty-five victims of a mid-Pacific stratocruiser crash were lost to the sea as Pan American Airways efforts shifted to salvage. Philippines Sea returned to the US with 19 bodies and debris, hope lingering for more remains from the Nov. 8 disaster.
Leaky Muffler Fatal to Boy 7 in Los Angeles
Detective reports blame a leaky muffler for the death of seven year old Daniel Thompson. He was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes inside a car traveling from Sacramento to Los Angeles. His mother, Hortense Mary Thompson, was treated at Los Angeles General Hospital after the child died on arrival. The mother said the boy was unconscious when they stopped at a friend's home.
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Los Angeles
INS
Ang
Sacramento
Danial Thompson
Los Angeles General Hospital
Hortense Mary Thompson
He. Thompson
Ewing
Horace
Lucille Reid
Herbert
Lucille
Fred Hurst
Valley Man Carves a Living Menagerie in Hayward
Dorothy Bayliss profiles 68-year-old Castro Valley woodcarver who creates a wide range of carved animals in his shop at 3031 Charlene Way. A WWII Red Cross volunteer and local teacher, he teaches whittling, donates carvings to Boy Scouts, and displays his work at the Hayward Public Library over the next three weeks.
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Dorothy Bayliss
Castro Valley
W. A
Shome
Charlene” Way
Gil
South County
Hayward Public Library
Harvey Manning
Willian’ Webster
Miller
Millet
Hayward
Milet
Red Cross
Camp Parks
Soldier
Apa
Boy Scouts
One Dead and 30 Hurt in Michigan Train Derailment
A Chicagoan passenger train derailed near White Pigeon Michigan killing one and injuring more than 30. W T Alexander, NY Central West Division manager, led the official investigation from a private car. The derailment occurred south of White Pigeon at a crossing on Michigan 103, involving 164 passengers with eleven cars derailed and some cars telescoped or jackknifed.
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White Pigeon
Mich
INS
White Pig
Som
W. T. Alexander
New York Central
Wester
Alexander
New York
Russia builds vast scientists city in Siberia
Moscow says it is building a massive scientists city in central Siberia to expand nuclear energy and jet rocket research. Prof. Mikhail Lavrentyev reports the city would house 20,000 professors on 2,500 acres with first arrivals in 1858.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
Siberia
Mikhail Lavrentyev
Academy of Sciences
Storm Warnings Stretch Coastal Area Powers
Weather forecast warns the North Coast from Cape Blanco to Point Arena of rain and strong southeast winds. Winds 20 to 45 mph, rising to 50 mph near Cape Mendocino. Scattered showers expected tonight, rain Sunday, with cool conditions and high odds of rain tomorrow.
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Cape Blanco
Point Arena
Cape Mendocino
Mistake Theft Admitted in Denver Jail
A 42 year old Arizona man admitted stealing two typewriters from the Denver police garage. He claimed he did not know the machines were in a police garage and did not realize one of his buyers was off duty Patrolman Arvit C. Clayber, who arrested him.
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Denver
Mns
Arizona
Clarence C. Norton
Arvitc. Clayber
Norton
Three Men and Boy Die in Nevada Plane Crash
A Beechcraft Bonanza disintegrated in midair four miles north of Coleville, California, killing pilot William D. James his nine year old son Scott and two passengers Ted Giessler and Robert Church all of Canada, Nevada. Undersheriff Jack Gardner said the crash occurred about 7 miles south of Reno on the El Monte California flight path.
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Bridgeport
Cat
Coleville
Mono County
Jack Gardner
Reno
Nev
el ‘Monte
Calif
William D. James
Scott
Ted Giessler
Robert Church
la Canada
Youngsters Among Victims In Niagara Falls Fire
Seventeen people including children from two families were killed when a fire swept through a three story rooming house in Niagara Falls New York. The building had been condemned earlier in the week and eviction notices were issued. The mother of eight of the children died after leaping from the blaze. Officials described the structure as a frame building severely damaged by flames.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
INS
Bag Immeitos
Ex Leandran Tells Uranium Investment Swindle Case
A former San Leandro high school teacher testified he invested 5000 in uranium projects tied to Nevada Consolidated. The case against Ray W. Van Deusen and Robert L. Watkins centers on securities law violations and grand theft as the trial recessed over the weekend.
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Ray W. van Deusen
Robert L. Watkins
San Leandro
Ralph Rustigan
Tuolumne High School
Superior Court
Cecil’ Mosbacher
Nevada Consolidated Ca
Watskins
Watkins
Rustigan
van Deusen
Hayward
Oakland
Rustigah
W. Harry Johnston
129Th Ave
Sar Leandro
Nevada Consolidated
Azores Defense Pact Extended to 1962 End Date
The United States and Portugal extended their Azores defense pact to the end of 1962. U S Ambassador James Bonbright and Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Cunha signed the supplementary agreement for their governments, affirming joint defense of the Azores Islands.
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Lisbon
INL
United States
Portugal
Azores Islands
U.S
James Bonbright
Paulo Cunha
Mayflower II Heads To Drydock For Deck Refurbish
Mayflower G with decks worn from over 500000 visitors during a 4 1/2 month stay in New York will enter drydock Monday for a cleaning and refurbish job.
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New York
INS
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