Stepfather Jailed After Suspected Abuse of Susan
Redwood City California reports say Joseph Bedard, jailed on $5,000 bail, is accused after a medical exam found bruises on Susan 9 who said her parents wanted to dispose of her. Susan wrote a note to a school official begging to be taken in by someone who would love her.
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Redwood City
Calif
Joseph Bedard
Ne. Susan
Susan
Bedard
Pamela
Forrest Paull
Sunshine Returns To Florida After Cold Spell
Miami saw sun and warmer temperatures as South Florida thawed from a severe cold spell. Ocala Jacksonville and Sarasota in the 30s to 40s with Tampa around 47. Miami expected 75 with risks to tender crops. a price plunge hit hotel rates with rooms cut to 11 to 15 dollars per person.
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Miami
Fla
South Florida
Ocala
Jacksonville
Sarasota
Tampa
Florida
Less Government Secrecy Is Urged
The American Newspaper Publishers Assn urged Congress to preserve the public right to know. ANPA seeks to prevent officials from misusing a 1789 records law to withhold information owed to the public. Col. J Hale Steinman and James S. Pope urged stronger access with top public, less top secret information. Mollenhoff argued Congress should guard laws and proper administration.
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Federal Laws Committee
James S. Pope
Louisville
Southern
Assn
Clark Mollenhoff
Washington
Sigma Delta Chi. Times
Mollenhoff
Cowles Publications
Congress
Steinman
Persuasive teen wins free gyroscope for rocket project
Richard Harkness, a 15 year old Wilmington Delhi student, won a $1,000 gyroscope from a manufacturing firm after asking Minneapolis Honeywell for a cheaper defective model. The device will aid his rocket guidance system though a two foot solid fuel rocket failed to launch due to a sticking platform.
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Richard Harkness
Wilmington, Delhi
Harkness
Minneapolis-Honeywell Company
Withdrawal Of Book Is Denied
Winston Salem report states The Long Bridge by Mrs J D Sapp was not withdrawn its distribution resumes March 15 through Baptist book stores 20 000 copies sold to date no burning alleged board approved contents and aims to avoid heated race discussions. A North Carolina editor criticized the withdrawal noting the value of studying the race problem in church settings.
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Winston-Salem
Baptist
Home Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
John Caylor
Atlanta
Woman's Missionary Union
North Carolina
Tom Lassiter
Smithfield Herald
Violence Prompts City School Crime Response
Violence flared in New York City schools with two incidents in Manhattan and the Bronx. A white student monitor, Frank Sloan, was beaten by three other students, all Negroes, at George Washington High School after directing peers to clean up and restrict access to the cafeteria. The outbreaks follow a plan by Mayor Wagner and the Board of Education to curb crime.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Robert F. Wagner
City Board of Education
Board of Education
Brooklyn Grand Jury
William Jansen
Charles H. Silver
Albany
Frank Sloan
George Washington High School
Sloan
Plane Crash Kills 15. Manchester United on Board
A British European Airways twin engine plane carrying Britain's Manchester United squad crashed on takeoff near Munci h Germany, killing at least 15. Survivors include some players and four crew members. The incident follows recent European Cup action and recalls past sports air disasters.
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Muncih
Germany
British European Airways
Britain
BEA
London
Manchester United
Red Star
Belgrade
England
Satellites Criss-Cross the United States Tonight
Cambridge reports two satellites Explorer and Sputnik II tracing U S routes. Sputnik II crosses southward from the east to a point near Los Angeles at 140 miles up. Explorer the American satellite appears at 800 miles altitude with three evening passages across multiple states, including Texas and California, with times around 6 19 p m EST and 8 20 p m EST and a final pass near 10 22 EST.
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Cambridge
Mass
America
United States
U. S
Los Angeles
Mexico
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Cape Hatteras
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Jacksonville
Fla
California
15 Year Old Richard Harkness Gets Free Gyroscope
Wilmington, Del. 15 year old Richard Harkness won a key stepping stone toward rocketry by obtaining a gyroscope from Honeywell for his homemade guidance system. The Springer Junior High student, who has studied missiles since age 10, plans a six foot solid fuel rocket with a nose camera and parachute recovery after launch.
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Wilmington
Del
Richard Harkness
Springer
Richard
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co
Honeywell
Robert L. Laban
Philadelphia
Aeronautical
Charlotte Bomb Tip Proves False
Police in Mecklenburg County investigated a bomb tip claiming a device at Woodland School near Paw Creek would explode at 11 am. No bomb was found after a search of the school and surrounding grounds. About 150 students were not evacuated as no threat materialized. Captain G A Stevens said the inquiry found no bomb and warned of possible further developments. An anonymous caller had warned of danger last night. Authorities also reported a small cross burning observed in the Negro school yard.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Woodland
G. A. Stevens
Stevens
Paw Creek
Vanguard Rockets Nears Orbit Effort Faces Delays
Navy and Air Force heads outlined delays and revised timelines for orbital attempts as Vanguard and Thor based launches confront failures. IGY aims to wrap up year end while Sputnik II hauls ahead. Senate moves toward a 13 member space committee to plan civilian and military space effort.
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Washington
Navy
IGY
Air Force
Defense Department
Project Vanguard
Naval Research Laboratory
Vanguard
Ebroveanate Auroia
Guang
Atlantic
Moscow Radio
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
U.S
Johnson
Parking Crisis in American Cities Amid Transit Push
The piece notes growing parking and public transit woes as the car climbs in popularity. It cites Chicago with 48 city garages, park and ride schemes in several cities, and efforts from Boston to Cleveland and Los Angeles to require parking provisions, highlighting diverse policy approaches.
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Associated Press
America
Toledo
al Smith
Fice
New York
Chicago
Washington
St. Louis
Miami
Columbus
Boston
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Pri
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