Surveyor 4 explodes on lunar landing at moon
Pasadena upslip reports Surveyor 4 reached the moon Sunday night but exploded during final landing maneuver. Propulsion Laboratory officials said the braking rocket fired on time, radio contact was lost two seconds before burn out, and three small engines were to fire to ease the robot to a gentle surface.
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Pasadena
UPS
America
Det Propulsion Laboratory
Space
Moon
IPL
Lunar
Howard Haglund
Action Line answers on traffic signal plans and potato chip trophy
Action Line reports that a traffic signal is nearly ready for Carson Street near the Naval Hospital with state funds and multi jurisdiction cooperation, while Navy Lakewood and San Diego engineering offices discuss cost sharing. The column also clarifies the National Potato Chip Institute trophy rule for a claimant who won a state title but not the cup trophy.
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Carson Steel
United States Naval Hospital
Bellflower
Carson Street
Navy
H. R. von Radesky
Carson
State Division of Highways
Stan Lisiewicz
Division
Lakewood
Lauren Wasserman
von Radesky
San Diego
Capt. von Radesky
New York
National Potato Chip Institute
California
Action Tine
W. RK
Wilmington
Harvey Noff
The
Potato Chip Institute International
Action Line
Neff
Institute
Trade Association For Manufacturers of
South America
Europe
Court awards damages but check not received
Reader reports a car collision with a Paramount dealer driver causing 25 in damages. Court awarded compensation, but the dealer's office manager says the check was mailed and replaced driver. Another reader asks about airline discounts for wives of servicemen.
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Paramount Auto
C. C. G. Paramount
Vietnam
Hawaii
Norwalk
Carl E. Sabo
United States Army Information Office
Los Angeles
Sabo
Rail Strike Strands Thousands of Rail Workers Coast to Coast
Twenty five thousand machinists walked out in a coast to coast rail strike ending seven months of wage talks among six railroad shopcraft unions. The walkout shut down many lines including Illinois Central and New York Central, threatening 95 percent of the system and 700,000 workers. One death, Santa Fe clerk Earl Shofner, was tied to the unrest. The strike drew a presidential call for emergency legislation within 24 hours.
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Big City
Vietnam
International Association of Machinists
Illinois Central
New York Central
Circus Struck Bus Depot Jammed by Rail Strike
Travelers stranded by a nationwide rail strike overwhelmed the Greyhound bus depot in downtown Los Angeles. The depot added 75 extra buses as lines jammed phone booths and ticket counters while officials reported the day as the busiest Sunday yet. Continental Trailways also saw brisk business with one extra bus for a group headed to Seattle.
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Southland
Greyhound
Los Angeles
E. G. Hickman
Coniinental Trailways
Seattle
Wash
Greyhound Depot
Long Head
New Jersey Race Riots Escalate With Officer Slain
Renewed racial violence surged across Newark and Plainfield as a police officer was killed and 24 people died in the turmoil. National Guardsmen and state troopers were deployed. snipers wounded several officers, and mobs looted stores in Plainfield. Des Moines also faced disturbances as nationwide tensions flared.
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Newark
N.J
Plainfield
Samuel Leon
Micahel Pugh
Richard J. Hughes
Des Moines
Iowa
National
Jersey City
Japanese Fishers Seized Off Alaska
The U S Coast Guard reports confiscation of a Japanese trawler for violating American territorial waters off Segula Island in the Aleutians. The 330 foot vessel Tenga Maru No 1 was spotted 5200 yards offshore in fog and escorted to Adak after boarding. charges were not yet announced. Earlier this year a Soviet trawler was held for similar violations.
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Adak
Eurlier
Coast Guard
Confidence
Segula Island
Anchorage
Alaska
Suspects Nabbed in L A Hideout After Fatal Shooting
Victor Bono and Florencio Mallong were captured by 50 FBI agents at dawn in a Los Angeles apartment after an informant tipped authorities. They were arraigned and ordered held without bail as details emerged of how Border Patrolmen Theodore Newton Jr. and George Azrak were killed during a target practice dispute. The suspects, tear gassed from the Silverlake area, faced U.S. Commissioner Russell R. Hermann amid emotional family scenes and defense attorney protests. An FBI statement described a small arsenal found inside the one room shack.
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Florencio Mallong
Victor Gerald Bono
Los Angeles
Federal Building
Victor Bono
U.S
FBI
John van de Kamp
Russell R. Hermann
Border
Theodore Newton Jr
George Azrak
Rona
Matlong
Harold
Alfred Montoya
San Pedro
Mallong
Patroman Newton
Bono
Azrak
Hermann
Kim
Silverlake District
Howard Becker
Virginia
Mationg
Barry Tarlow
Madeline
Mallony
Wesley Grapp
Grapp
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Action Ine
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H. D. Fish
Santa Fe Railroad
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Western Union
Earl Shofner
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Phete
John Gleason
Washington
UPD
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Ramsey
Nab
L.A
George Laine
ToDass
Orange County
L.B
Reagan
Radio
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