Helpful Plane Cracks Up at Remote Baja Hideaway
John W. Hodgkin, a 50 year old WWII and Korea veteran, and his wife Liz sought isolation along the Baja California coast. A neighbor, Fred Rabell of San Diego, spotted their Piper Cub and attempted a rescue that ended with Hodgkin ferrying the would be rescuers to a Mexican resort town. Hodgkin recalls a 1951 stunt atop Mount Rainier, defends flying as serious, and rails against security while lamenting being fenced in.
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John W. Hodgkin
Air Force
Korea
Liz
Baja California
U.S
Hodgkins
Fred Rabell
San Diego
Hodgkin
Rabell
E. Ocean Blvd
Mr. Rainier
John
Bolivia Revolt Fails 22 Killed
Bolivia's failed revolt against President Hernan Siles Zuazo ended with at least 22 killed and over 50 captured. Rebels attacked the capital, La Paz, and the National Revolutionary Movement headquarters, with street fighting ending by evening and government forces regaining control.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Hernan Siles Zua
Zo’s
Siles
Meri-T
Socialist Falange Party
Bers
Falange
Jeader Luis Saenz
National Revolutionary Movement
National Revolu
Sucre Street
Tionary Movement
Los Angeles
Hornolulu
Eduardo
Air Force
Olmiedo
Ballis
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Desert plane crash near Palm Springs barely harms four aboard
A Beechcraft four place aircraft crashed 10 miles east of Palm Springs after takeoff from Desert Air Hotel. Pilot George Rudolf 50 and three unnamed passengers refused treatment for shock and bruises. He smelled burning wires as he lost power while trying an emergency desert landing.
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Palm Springs
UPS
Berkeley
Here
George Rudolf
Rudolph
Desert Air Hotel
Rancho Mirage
Desert
Police Captain Slain in Family Dispute in Florida
Police Captain Hubert Bunch of Treasure Island was shot by his sister-in-law Marian Cook during a family argument over finances. Cook, 29, is held on open murder charges after claiming he slapped her twice before she fired his service revolver.
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St., Petersburg
Fla
Hubert Bunch
Treasure Island
Bunch
Marian Cook
Snowfall 9 Inches in South Dakota Riot at Drive-In Prompts Arrests
A spring snowstorm swept the northern plains and Rockies as heavy snow blanketed South Dakota and nearby states. Ten youths were arrested during a disturbance at a Lakewood drive‑in restaurant, with up to nine inches reported in Rapid City and eight in Lander Wyoming, while officials warned travelers of slick conditions.
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Associated Press
Plains
Rockies
Mississippi
Ohio
Montana
Wyoming
Lakewood Drive
South Dakota
Colorado
Nebraska
Oscar’s Drive
T City
5.D
Woodruff Ave
Lander
Wyo
Weather Bureau
Nanny is Charged in Assault as Storm Roars In
Deputies Gleason Germann and Mendenhall report a clash among about 20 youths during a city disturbance in Mansfield Louisiana. Thunderstorms move through as 8000 residents struggle with downed power lines and uprooted trees while aid arrives and the fight ends with no reported injuries.
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Cnarges
Nanny
Wisuitaly
John J. Gleason
Thames Germann
D. E. Mendenhall
Yexes
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
Mansfield
M Unity
Childless Home Delivers Four-Day-Old Babe to Doorstep
A four-day-old baby wrapped in a blue striped blanket was found on a doorstep Sunday night in Long Beach. A 19-year-old mother-to-be reportedly placed the infant with a bottle of formula and diapers, then fled. juvenile officers took the baby to Los Angeles County Hospital.
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Mirs
Mona Elmendorf
Elmendorf
Los Angeles County
Ave
Manila Bay
Navy
Princess Anne Contracts Chicken Pox As Royal Siblings Fall Ill
A Buckingham Palace notice confirms eight year old Princess Anne has chicken pox while her ten year old brother Charles remains on the sick list after also contracting the illness two weeks ago. The statement says the illness is expected to run its normal course.
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London
Anne
Buckingham Palace
Charles
Castro vows Cuba to honor treaties and elections plan
Fidel Castro on television denied neutrality in potential conflict with Russia and pledged to hold elections as soon as possible, possibly within four years. He met with Vice President Nixon in Washington to discuss Cuba’s economic progress and urged all Americans to visit Cuba, while stressing his personal desire to step down soon.
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Washington
UPD
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Russia
Castro
Raul
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Lakewood Mammoth Parade Featured in Pages B-1
Ben Zinser kicks off a series on cancer magnitude with Page A-6 story and photos highlighting Lakewood's mammoth parade on Page B-1.
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Ben Zinser
Lakewood
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Seattle
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Jacob Thorkleson
Butte
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Moses Lake
Edward MacNollis
Carl Ritzman
Oakland
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Dick Bordisso
S. Dakota
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Slighly
Fen
Ini Herring
Princess Anne
Norwalk
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Lentz
Carobil Hospital
William
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Lentzes
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