Bulldozer Blamed In 3 Deaths
Three sisters were found dead in an abandoned quarry after a landslide started by a bulldozer crew led by their father. Authorities say the slide buried the tree shelter where the girls played, with one victim dying from skull fracture and others from suffocation and trauma. A large search followed. the father returned home to arrange funeral plans.
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Dixon, Til
James E. Bales
Lee County
Bales
John Gurnsey
Siena
Gurnsey
Boscobel
Wis
Resettlement Plan Aims to Move Negroes to New Areas
Rep A A Fowler Jr of Douglas County proposes a state real estate program to resettle Black residents in previously all white neighborhoods. He says the move would avoid state funding, relying on notes and seeking advice from national lawmakers. Initial cost estimated at 1 to 5 million dollars with potential long term break even.
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A. A. Fowler Jr
Douglas County
Georgia
Congress
Fowler
Levittown
Sens
Javits
RNY
Humphrey
D-Minn
Douglas
D-Ill
York County LST Lands 600 Troops and 20 Amphibious Vehicles
The Navy’s newest LST York County can land 600 troops and 20 amphibious vehicles on hostile shores. The ship length is 442 feet, and its crew is three times larger than earlier models.
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Newport News
Navy
York County
Embezzlement Probe Targets Georgia Clinic Manager
Decatur Georgia reports a $100000 plus theft tied to Margaret Burton alias Janet Gray a clinic office manager who vanished July 30 after a pink Lincoln and 30 cocker spaniels left behind FBI alleges 18 year embezzlement spree across Canada Honolulu and the United States Her daughter Sheila Burton faces conspiracy charges and two dogs were found with the family as three dogs remain missing or located in kennels.
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Decatur
FBI
Canada
Honolulu
Margaret Burton
Janet R. Gray
Sheila Joy Burton
Rocky Hill
Conn
Theodore W. Young Jr
Greensboro
N.C
Connecticut
Burton
Tulsa
Oklo
Georgia
Juanita Hett
Ner
P. Shinall
Neen Heard
VFW Leader Attacks Red China Trip as Traitorous
National Commander Cooper T. Holt of the Veterans of Foreign Wars denounces 41 young Americans touring Red China as witting tools of communism. He urges the press to ignore them on return and calls the exchange with Peiping foolhardy amid ongoing tensions.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Cooper T. Holt
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars Today
Red China
Peiping
Holt
VFW
Chattanooga
Tenn
China
United States
Scientists Say Life In Test Tube Is Near
MOSCOW August 24 Science stands on the edge of revealing how life began The week long symposium of forty scientists closed with optimism from two American researchers They expect to create a living thing in a test tube not a child but a microscopic form driven by primordial forces S L Miller of Columbia University noted progress and voiced cautious optimism
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S. L. Miller
Columbia University
Lutherans Conclude Assembly in Minneapolis
The Lutheran federation concluded its session in Minneapolis with a 3 400 word statement of principles for 50 million Lutherans and 61 member bodies in 32 nations. Delegates urged closer church cooperation, human rights recognition, and humility to meet modern revolutions while planning broader missionary funding and improved communication. The assembly also endorsed studying Roman Catholic theology and an end to the atomic arms race. Hundreds of thousands expected at a youth day service near the state capitol in St Paul.
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Minneapolis
Work Federation
Sodey Federal Assembly
Assembly
Hans Likjer
Germany
Federation
St. Paul
Lilje
Asbaters
Liberty Baptists Plan 125th Anniversary Meet
The Liberty Baptist Association in Thomasville will observe its 125th anniversary at the Sept. 24-25 meeting hosted by Denton and Center Hill churches. From 1832 origins to 40 churches and about 12,000 members, the event features speakers from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and other church leaders plus reports, history by Marie Grant, and an order-of-business committee.
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Thomasville
Liberty Baptist Association
Denton
Center Hill
Baptist Witness
Clarence Jenkins
Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church
The
Baptist State Convention
Julian S. Hopkins
Convention
Department of Evangelism
E. L. Spivey
State Missions
C. W. Bazemore
Biblical Recorder
Joseph Stroud
Church Music
Association
Marie Grant
J. Roy Clifford
First Baptist Church
Lexington
Wade Jarratt
W. N. Brookshire
New Friendship
Winston-Salem
Committee On Order of Business
Weekend Rain Dampens New England to Rockies
Occasional showers forecast across New England and the Middle Atlantic on Sunday with storms likely in Virginia Kentucky Tennessee northern Louisiana southern Arkansas and western North Carolina. Scattered showers also expected across the Rockies far southwest northern Plains upper Mississippi Valley and western Texas.
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New England
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
North Carolina
Rockies
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Hollywood Scandal Trial Sees Defense Near End
In Hollywood a defense team led by Arthur Crowley nears completion amid a high profile trial. Judge Herbert Walker limits witness list while informants reveal stars tied to Confidential and Whisper stories with Hollywood Research Inc. payments totaling $150000 in 19 months.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Eee
Arthur Crowley
Crowley
Herbert Walker
Lana Turner
Walter Pidgeon
Rory Calhoun
Tab Hunter
Ava Gardner
Joan Crawford
Frederic March
Edward G. Robinson
Dan Daley
Dean Martin
Mickey Rooney
Donald O'Connor
Dane Clark
Denise Darcel
William Rizzi
Fred Meade
Marjorie
Hollywood Research, Inc
Meades
Hollywood Research Inc
Meade
Man Fails In Murder by Own Action in California
In Sandimas California a man, Daniel Reserva 59, rigged a home gas chamber for his three children then took sleeping pills. The plan failed when his estranged wife Wanda Reserva 33 returned home and called police. The children Chris 4 Russell 3 Christina 9 months survived. Reserva was treated then jailed on suspicion of attempted murder.
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Sandimas
Calif
Joseph Berry
Daniel Reserva
el Monte Medical Center
County General Hospital
Berry
Reserva
Wanda Lee Reserva
Chris
Russell
Chrstinia
Wee de ver tiny Milwaukee delivery car
A small Milwaukee delivery vehicle bears the painted sign Wee de ver on its back, attributed to Dan Fitzgerald. The diminutive vehicle and slogan reflect a vintage, homegrown conveyance scene.
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Milwaukee
Dan Fitzgeralden
Wee Dever
Flea Invasion Strikes Waco As Weather Bites
In Waco Texas a flea surge follows warm humid weather. Texas A&M College experts advise using malathion dust or spray. Fleas in the area have built up immunity to DDT effectiveness.
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Waco
Tex
Texas A&m College
Archbishop Bans Work On Sundays in Three States
Archbishop Edward Howard issues a pastoral letter forbidding Catholics in Oregon Idaho and Montana to work conduct business or shop on Sundays. The rule binds clergy and laity with confession as consequence for violations and allows exceptions only for services essential to the common good with Mass attendance required.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Edward D. Howard
Howard
Chancery Office
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
William J. Condon
Great Falls
James J. Byrne
Boise
Francis P. Leipzig
Baker
Christ
Negro Home Ripped By Gun Fire
In Montgomery Alabama last night a shotgun blasted the bedroom of James Cole owner of the Colonial Grill 44. A cross was set aflame on a nearby hill. No motive or threats are known and investigators offered no explanation. Mrs Gertrude Blackman witnessed the shooting from across the street.
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Montgomery
Ala
I. B. Moore
B. G. Smith
James Cole
Colonial Grill
Gertrude Blackman
Cole
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