U S Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 332 Die In Weekend
Traffic deaths reached 332 by 11:30 am during Labor Day weekend with 44 drownings and 41 miscellaneous fatalities for a 417 total. California led with 37 deaths, New York 22, Ohio 21, Texas 19 as officials warned the final hours could push past the safety council’s optimistic targets.
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LA Gang Shooting Kills Teen Girl Member
An 18 year old girl, member of a teenage gang in Los Angeles, was killed when rival gang members opened fire on a passing car in a mistaken belief it contained raid police. The incident highlights gang violence amid ongoing turf clashes.
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Fenmenathar Rane
Five die in LA gang shooting murder case trial
Police arrested six alleged members of the Little Quarters gang after a car carrying Emily Guzman and four youths was ambushed outside a beer party in Los Angeles. A 17 year old fired a 22 caliber pistol or a 2 caliber rifle killing Emily in the head. four others were uninjured. The car driver sped to Central Receiving Hospital where Emily died. authorities rounded up 16 gang members and booked six on murder charges while releasing ten.
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Mother Found Dead in Home
Sacramento report says Elmira McCormack, 70, was bludgeoned in her home by an intruder who surprised burglarizing the residence. Her son Robert V. Smith found the body hours later. police investigate the attack as a homicide. Naval observers note Soviet Baltic fleet ships moving toward the Mediterranean, with NATO shadowing plans and potential Yugoslav courtesy visit.
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Bubble speed measurement device teased by engineers
Chicago researchers at the Trinoix Institute of Technology announce a soon to be refined apparatus to measure how fast liquids move inside a bubble. The device promises insights into fluid dynamics and could aid education through demonstrations for Bubble Students.
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London Alarmed By Crime Wave
London faces alarm over a wave of murders and violent crimes last week with six killings in seven days. The Daily Express warns that 17 killers are at large and calls it Britain's blackest murder week in years. The Daily Mail notes a murder a day since the homicide act became law on March 21, which limits the death penalty to only five murder types.
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Ten Jamaican Tourists Die In Jamaica Train Wreck
Kingston region reels as a late night train derailment in the Manchester district leaves about 1500 holiday tourists killed and hundreds injured. Priests led the group from a Roman Catholic organization. relief trains and blood donors mobilized as families await word.
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Galileo blast lights Nevada sky at dawn test site
At the Nevada Test Site the Atomic Energy Commission fired the Galileo nuclear shot at 5 40 am atop a 500 foot tower. It produced a 10 000 ton TNT yield, visible 300 miles away in Los Angeles, while animals were used to study the biological environment amid weather delays.
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Plane crash ends Labor Day reunion for Hermosa Beach pair
In a San Carlos Airport landing tragedy two Hermosa Beach residents Werner Karl Kunz 27 and Henri Schiller 24 were killed. Pilot Emil Dragon 27 of Milwaukee Wisconsin and Anna Marie Casanova 38 of San Francisco survived with serious injuries. The four met in Switzerland during student days and planned a Labor Day reunion in San Francisco.
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Floods Threaten Harbin City In Manchuria
New China News Agency reports 170000 civilians and soldiers guarding swollen Sungari and Nankiang rivers to shield Harbin. Water levels exceed the 1932 peak. minor dike breaches observed upstream as the flood season nears September.
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500 Acres Ravaged In Niles Canyon Fire
Firefighters fought a blaze near Niles Canyon north of Canyon Heights, estimated at 500 acres. One firefighter was injured when a fire engine overturned in a creek bed. he was taken to Fairmont Decoto for treatment. Crews continued mopping up as the fire was controlled about two hours after it started.
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Pair Holds Up Leandro Home
San Leandro police investigated a morning home invasion at 1279 147th Ave. Two men, described as Mexican adults about 22, bore around 210 pounds, wearing a brown leather jacket and a gray checked sports coat. They fled with more than 150 dollars after the 6 a.m. incident, discovered shortly before 8. Police had not confirmed any arrest.
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Jordan to File Complaint Over Israel Action
Jordan announced today it would file a formal complaint with Israel. A Jordanian representative said the move followed a strict measure and would be lodged with the appropriate authorities in Amman.
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Convict Hangs Self in Folsom Cell
Brief note reports a convict at Folsom Prison hanging himself in his cell. The incident involves inmate Stanley Davis and highlights security and inmate welfare concerns.
Owls Cause Household Uproar in San Leandard
Mrs. Mire Mill of 115 Callan Ave reports noisy screech owls roosting near the Presbyterian Church on Fatudillo Ave keeping her, her tenants, and neighbors awake. Police advised patience as the disturbance subsides and night owls depart.
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Twin Girard Case Revealed in Marine Courtmartial
A marine specialist 3/C William S Girard faced court martial in Tokyo for shooting and wounding a Japanese woman, late September, in a case mirroring the earlier Girard incident. He was acquitted by the military court as Mrs. Kai died nearly instantly when a shell exploded near Une Negami.
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Death of San Quentin inmate Harley Teets at 50
Harley Teets, longtime San Quentin inmate since 1951, was found dead in his prison residence at age 50. The cause appears to be heart failure while reading in his room. doctors cite a heart attack. Teets had faced prior clashes with Chessman over manuscript work and was divorced from Frieda Larie Steward in 1955. He is survived by two daughters, Emma Teets Walling and Nancy Sue Teets-Me Bride.
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Leandro Man Killed by Car on Davis Street
A 61 year old pedestrian was hit and killed by a car on Davis Street Saturday night. San Leandro police said the driver Norman R Swain of 1 Whalen Ave San Leandro remained at the scene. No citations were issued pending investigation. The incident marked the holiday weekends first highway fatality in the area following another Friday death at First Avenue and the Eastshore Freeway.
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Street Browl Jails 2: Men Fight Over Ex Wife
Two men were arrested for disturbing the peace after a fist fight on Hathaway Avenue near Hesperian in San Lorenzo. Sheriff deputies said the melee centered on Daryl D. Buthman and Wendel E. Haymes over a dispute with Buthman’s ex-wife, drawing multiple patrol cars to the scene.
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A Drive-in Lay Robbed of 10000 in Los Angeles
A robbery at a drive-in in Los Angeles resulted in a loss of ten thousand dollars. Police began BG for the unidentified suspect described as a young man.
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Los Angeles
Disarmament Chief Hareld2 Statements on ICBM Interception
Bulletin from Washington reports Disarmament Chief Hareld2 saying intercepting an enemy intercontinental ballistic missile would be nearly impossible to detect precommand and would require immense radar and defense coordination across North American Air Defense Command.
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