FBI Joins Hunt for Suspect in Burrsville Killing
The FBI and state troopers search Maryland woodlands near the Delaware line for Clayton E. Breeding 26 amid reports he kidnapped and killed Ruth Ellen Cannon 15. Cannon’s body was found Monday under brush. a torn blouse fragment and throat bruising cited. Breeding, released from the state hospital last year, had been jailed for breaking and entering and flagged as mentally unstable by a psychiatrist. Cannon was last seen Saturday around 3 p.m.
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Shocking Deportation Act Deplored by Judge
Federal judge rules immigration officer Bruce Barber’s abortive order deporting William Heikkila to Finland shocks the conscience but Barber cannot be held in contempt. Heikkila had claimed contempt for the San Francisco street seizure on April 18 and flight to Canada, while deportation appeals were pending. Lloyd McMurray, Heikkila’s attorney, had secured a restraining order from another judge hours after Heikkila, a 52 year old one armed draftsman, was whisked away without notifying his wife.
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Coast Guard impounds Pacifist ship in H-bomb test zone
In Honolulu the Coast Guard stopped the Pacifist yacht Phoenix after it sailed into the American nuclear test zone near Eniwetok. Skipper Ear L. Reynolds was arrested as guards boarded the vessel following two warnings. The Phoenix had penetrated 65 miles inside the restricted zone.
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Road Past Palisades Open Today
Los Angeles UPI reports the Pacific Coast Highway section north of Santa Monica closed by landslides last March will reopen today with a temporary 2500 foot four lane bypass. Dignitaries will join in ceremonies marking the opening while a $1.4 million project to permanently reroute around the slide site proceeds.
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12 Streetcars Held Up by 73 Year Old Woman
In Los Angeles at 7th and Figueroa street, Mamie Ramona Estelle, 73, halted a Metropolitan Transit Authority streetcar fleet with only a handbag after a minor collision. Motorman Rosellini was met with the cry Dont move and a defiant protest as bystanders cheered. She claimed her late husband was a railroad man and told officers to tell the mayor.
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Seaway Project Finished Opens New Ocean Route
MASSENA NY UPD The billion dollar four year effort by the United States and Canada to conquer the St Lawrence River ends with a dynamite blast that clears a 600 foot cofferdam and creates a 25 mile power pool. The Barnhart dam will become the world’s second largest power plant producing 1,880,000 kilowatts from 32 generators. Partial operation starts this summer and the seaway will open to ocean vessels next spring with seven locks and a depth of 27 feet enabling 85 percent of the world’s ships. the old waterway had 22 locks and 14 feet depth.
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Torrance Mother Killed When Auto Plunges Down 250 Foot Cliff
A Torrance mother, Antoinette Hewitt, 72, died when her car plunged from a Palos Verdes Estates cliff into Cove, witnessed by Conrad Schulz. Her husband James T. Hewitt and two children, Janna 10 and Nancy 3, were at home. Coast Guard helicopter retrieved the body from the wrecked car as police investigated.
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