Sahara Plane Crash Mystery B24 Found in Libyan Desert
A WWII B24 bomber with nine crew members is discovered in Libya 380 miles south of Benghazi. The plane rests on desert sand with its radio working, but no sign of the crew or their remains after 16 years. Pentagon identified the aircraft and notified next of kin as investigators plan overland examination.
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Escape Plot Foiled At San Quentin Tank
Two convicts were foiled in a plan to escape using a Napa State Hospital fire truck tank at San Quentin. Associate Warden Louis Nelson said the plot was discovered Wednesday as the truck was replaced but held only by tape. Inside the 6 by 4 by 2 foot tank were clothing a knife and two oranges. Robert Logan 26 Los Angeles robber and Stan Kearney 2 Riverside forger admitted the plan.
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Napa State Hospital
Louis Nelson
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Robert Logan
Los Angeles
Stan Kearney
Riverside
Church Notebook announces staff at First Pilgrim Church
The Rev. and Mrs. Sheets and Richard Ingram among educators named as education and music directors at First Pilgrim Church in High Point. They begin duties tomorrow at Brentwood Baptist and First Pilgrim with Vacation Bible School and varied departments. Also covered are Homecoming speakers at First Church of Christ and Reavis Memorial Bible School details at Crestwood and Crestwood Presbyterian Church.
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Jim Sheets
Bell
Roger Nance
W. W. Paige
Aurora
Ore
Richard Ingram
Joe Burton
S. Carr
Jack Smith
George Rector
Chambers
G. C. Loflin Jr
Bobgrim
Ridge
Don Ingram
J. A. Grout Sr
Linda Paige
Anice Martin
Madtar
Poons
Brentwood
California
Oregon
North Carolina
First Pilgrim Church
High Point
Don Reed
Capella
Reavis Memorial Bible School
Reavis Emeree Baptist Church
Clyde Tucker
Ronnie Bishop
Mesdames Vernon Allman
Herman Brower
Robert Gray
Marla Zachary
Robert Tuttle
William
Green Street Baptist Bible School Begins Monday
Green Street Baptist Church opens its annual Bible School Monday, with sessions 8:30 to 11:30 each morning through June 17. Ed Kissiah, minister of education, is principal, and Roger Cole, minister of music, will direct the music. Dr. E. W. Price, pastor, is involved.
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Green Street Baptist Church
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Mary Elders and Misses Hewitt to Crown Universe Title
The event features Mary Elders with Miss Anderson County, Margaret Hewitt, Miss Florence, and Brenda Eddings from Lake City in a pageant where the Universe crown will be awarded tonight.
Ten Million for Teachers in North Carolina Budget Fight
In Raleigh the House advanced a 10 million dollar teacher pay increase attached to the 1959-61 budget. The move, backed by Rep. Carroll Holmes, faced strong opposition from administration stalwarts and Rep. Clyde Harriss. If enacted, the plan would raise teacher pay by five percent and avoid new taxes, though prospects for revenue changes remained uncertain with future floor votes and possible food tax exemptions.
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Carroll Holmes
Holmes
Clyde Harriss
Rowan
Appropriations Committee
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Harriss
Never Say Die Parents Of Slain Child Not Bitter
Philadelphia AP report on Becky Holt's death at the hands of Edward J. Cooney Jr. and the family’s grieving reaction. Becky's mother Tatiana Holt finds solace in memories of her daughter while Cooney's parents face care and legal scrutiny as the teen is ordered to psychiatric examination.
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Edward J. Cooney Jr
Becky Holt
Tatiana Holt
Becky
Paratrooper Dies In Jump At Fort Bragg
Two paratroopers faltered during the concluding exercise of Air Force Army maneuvers at Fort Bragg North Carolina Sgt Franklin N Defazio 26 was killed when both chutes failed to deploy during operation Dark Cloud Pine Cone II Pie Willie Gray became entangled in the plane door and was rescued by fellow crew before escaping unharmed
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House of the Week: Luxurious Moscow Ranch-Style Home
Sunday Enterprise previews a three bedroom luxury ranch house at the American exhibition in Moscow, depicted as too opulent for the average American. The feature, part of the House of the Week series, appears tomorrow with related stories on Blair Reed and Sam Hill at the House of Prayer. Also noted is a sailboat race at High Rock Lake sponsored by the Carolina Sailing Club and the High Rock Lake Association.
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Blair Reed
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Sam Hill
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Big Four meet in Geneva stalls Berlin talks at four weeks
Western officials pressed for a deadline to force a decision as the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Geneva neared its fourth week with Berlin issues unresolved. Soviets demand new Kremlin guidance before offers can be final, while Western ministers seek guaranteed free access to West Berlin.
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Selwyn Uss
Christian A. Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Lloyd
West Berlin
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Herter
Miner Killed by Trooper in Kentucky Strike Violence
A 25 year old coal miner Bobby Jenkins Jr was shot and killed by a state trooper while resisting arrest during a strike torn in eastern Kentucky. Chester Blair 20 was wounded twice as snipers fired on nonunion truckers unloading at the Sassafras ramp. Columbus Haddix 42 a UMW member was arrested for shooting with intent to kill near Kodak. The 12 week strike has unleashed daily gunfire and dynamiting against nonunion mines and truck crews.
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Kentucky
Bobby Jenkins Jr
United Mine Workers
Sassafras
Maggad
Maggard
Kodak
Stamper Collins
Junion
Collins
Jenkins
Columbus Haddix
UMW
Cheesecake Debated by National Clubwomen
In Los Angeles the General Federation of Women's Clubs adopted a resolution condemning the exploitation of women by cheesecake imagery. The 3000 delegates debated after Mrs. Walter Magee of Lakewood argued that a woman is more than bodily measurements. A warning note urged caution that the stance could affect young women’s self view.
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Los Angeles
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Walter Magee
Lakewood
Ohio
Khrushchev Heads Home From Adriatic Tour
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev left Budapest for Moscow after a two day stopover in Hungary ending a 10 day tour of the Soviet satellite states on the Adriatic. He offered no comment on Albania or Hungary during the journey.
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Hungary
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Albania
Adriatic
Missing cash in armored truck puzzle baffles LA police
In Los Angeles authorities search for 113000 dollars unaccounted after an Armored truck crew from Bank of America reportedly left the vehicle unguarded at five of 17 stops on a 64 hour route. Deliverymen Weiss and Kitchen gave lie detector tests. FBI probes routes and possible misdelivery.
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Louis Weiss
Bob Kitchen
Slauson Avenue
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Princess Paola's wedding trip to Belgium amid ceremony dispute
Princess Paola Ruffo di Calabria departed from Ciampino Airport with her mother as she headed to Belgium for a July 2 wedding to Prince Albert. The planned Vatican ceremony faced government tensions in Belgium and socialists pressed for a civil alternative.
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Ciampino
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