Boys' Cruise Ends Before Capas Mast
Two brothers Charles Mauer man 13 and Rickey Frederick 11 ran away at sea in a 31 foot cabin cruiser named Lazy Days owned by Paul Mauer. Coast Guard saved them after a sea and air search and brought boat and boys to Terminal Island. A summary court martial will review the incident.
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Charles Mauerman
Rickey Frederick
Charles
Paul
Wilmington Yacht Haven
Castro Takes Off for Argentina
Fidel Castro departed for Argentina after a wandering spell that had him skipping routes to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. He traveled with aides aboard a cruiser bought by his father, delaying a wanderlust plane and staying a night at a Benedictine monastery en route to a Pan American conference.
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State halt on general fund payments freezes payrolls
Michigan Governor Williams ordered an immediate halt to general fund disbursements except for 314 million dollars, delaying payrolls for about 28 000 state workers through May 15 as a cash shortage and rising deficit threaten payments. Henry Ford IV forecast rapid growth and doubled economy in 20 years amid Ford Motor Co 50 millionth car badge. Trans World Airlines hostesses walkout vote over pay and jet operations, strike likely as contract talks fail before Friday expiry.
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Henry Ford IV
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Moya Condemned for For Hire Slaying in Ventura
Ventura jury sentences 22 year old convict Luis Moya to die in the gas chamber for the killing of Olga Duncan. The judge also notes that Duncan, a pregnant Canadian nurse, was slain in a murder plot involving Moya, his confessed partner Augustine Baldonada, and another victim Elizabeth Dun can.
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Olga Duncan
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Last Dav
Elizabeth Duncan
Santa Barbara
Augstaine Baldonada
Penalty Reasons Modified in California Safe-Driver Plan
California changes the safe-driver insurance plan to remove fault penalties. About 200 companies will implement the plan Friday. Drivers with no accident or moving violation in three years receive a 20 percent discount. accidents or violations incur penalty points reducing discounts or increasing rates.
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Poet Barbs Full Air in Luce Row
The Senate debated the Clare Boothe Luce ambassadorial nomination after Sen. Dirksen cited a New York doctor’s statement she had not been treated psychiatrically. Sen Morse and others questioned timing amid Bolivian unrest and an earlier committee vote.
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Brazil
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New York
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Dohio
William Watson
Little Richard to hunt coins again soon
Radiation hazards in spaceflights will be greater than first supposed, according to reports.
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Collars Wilt as Mercury Soars to 86
Long Beach reports collars wilting as the heat reaches 86 degrees in the downtown district. The Weather Bureau promises relief with a forecast high near 78 degrees for today. April 11 marked the day and temperatures topped the month’s highs, with 81 degrees recorded as the next highest.
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Sailor Arrested in Hit-and-Run Accidents Downtown Los Angeles
A 92 year old Navy man connected to two hit and run incidents was arrested after allegedly leaving the scene. Heavy smog shrouded Los Angeles as temperatures climbed to near record highs. The suspect, Donald Martin Gentjes of Palm Springs, struck a green car driven by Bonnie Jean Alexander and later collided with a car driven by William K. Havener and his wife Mae. Havener and Mae were treated for head lacerations, and Emily Wedgeworth, a passenger, was treated for chest pains. Police pursued Gentjes from 11th Street and Daisy Avenue to a bar where he was arrested. Weather conditions included extreme heat and worsening smog with more to come.
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Vista Ave
11Th St
Maine Ave
Pacific Northwest
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Cedar Ave
Oregon
Seaside
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William K. Havener
Magnolia Ave
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Seaside Hospital
Ex Athletes Stop Pursesnatcher in Downtown Chase
Former athletes tackled a purse snatcher after a four block chase on busy downtown streets. Dalton Obenauer and Harvey Morris dropped Peter Cromberg, a 20 year old transient from Detroit, near Broadway and Chestnut. Cromberg still held a $14 purse belonging to Helen Dissette as she walked from a parking lot at 3rd and Pacific. A Navy recruit, Jack Yeager, 19, was arrested nearby and admitted being AWOL from USS Helena.
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E. Everett Pl
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3Rd St
Pacific Ave
Local flare erupts as farmer warns hunter near rabbits
A WM fired repeatedly at jack rabbits when an irate farmer shouted that he almost shot his wife. The WM apologized, claiming surprise and offering a mock exchange, saying, Have a shot at mine over there. The odd encounter reflects tense rural hunting tensions.
World War Chief Dies as Smugglers Are Killed
ISTANBUL and LONDON report Gen. Sir Kenneth Anderson, 67, commander of the allied First Army, died Wednesday at Gibraltar. Six smugglers were killed when they set off a land mine near Nusaybin on the Turkish Syrian border during World War II operations in the Tunisian campaign.
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Turkey
London
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First Army
Nusaybin
Gibraltar
Increase in LA County land valuations to raise taxes
Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Quinn announced that property tax assessments will rise for about 375,000 of 1.7 million parcels in the 1959 60 canvass. General increases will occur only on land, not improvements, with new structures added to the valuation roll. results delayed until July.
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