Tragedy at Grand Canyon Two Children Die In Runaway Car
Parents Frank and Mrs. Qualls from Brownsville Texas watched in shock as their car rolled over the canyon wall at a scenic overlook ten miles west of Cameron Arizona, plunging James Lloyd five and Harold Frank thirteen months to their deaths. D. H. Dull, a 10 year old relative, said the car had been left in gear with overdrive on. The accident occurred on Highway 64 along the south rim near the Little Colorado River. Authorities, including Sheriff Cecil Richardson and county officials, recovered the bodies within hours. It was the second fatal incident in the canyon in 24 hours, following the death of Mark Mars, a desk clerk for the Fred Harvey Co., who fell while exploring a dangerous area.
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Ariz
UPI
Grand Canyon
Frank Qualls
Brownsville
Tex
State Patrol
James Lloyd
Harold Frank
Little Colorado River
Big Colorado River
Canyon
Grand Canyon National
Cecil Richardson
Flagstaff
Coconino
SorEe
Donald
Mars
Mark
Navy halts 9 ship jobs totaling 460 million
Navy cancels six new warships and modernization of three others amid rising costs. Gates says cost increases in labor materials and nuclear power work driven the $460 million cancellation, affecting four 50 million dollar guided missile frigates, two destroyer escorts, and carrier Block Island conversion plans for helicopter use.
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Washington
Thomas 8. Gates
Ae Ee
Gates
Philadelphia Navy Yard
San Francisco Navy Yard
American Shipbuilding Co
Lorain
Ohio
Tr J
Avondale Law
Marine Ways
Block Island
Marine Corps
Chicago
San Francisco ‘Yard
Fall River
Macmillan and Ike Open Talks With Broad Agenda
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan began a two hour session in the White House cabinet room discussing many topics. The leaders spoke informally, saying there were no tentative agreements and that the talks covered general subjects and issues such as U S missile bases in Britain and sharing of atomic information.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Macmillan
White House
U.S
Britain
Army Chief Brucker and Taylor urge 55,000 more troops
Secretary of the Army Brucker and Gen Maxwell D Taylor testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee, seeking 55,000 additional soldiers beyond the administration's planned Army strength for the coming year. They stressed they do not challenge senior decisions while Congress debates a 99 million dollar defense item to sustain about 900,000 troops.
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Brucker
Maxwell D. Taylor
Senate Appropriations
House
Defense Department
Pentagon
Maxwell ‘Taylor Oat
Secretary of Army
Wilber Brucker
Senate
Integration curb bill drives school integration measures in Louisiana
A Baton Rouge education committee approved eight bills to close any public school ordered to integrate. They drafted a resolution to investigate 59 LSU teachers who signed a petition opposing the measures, while Louisiana teachers association and segregation forces urged action to avoid another Little Rock.
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Baton Rouge
House
Houses
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Teachers Assn
Louisiana
Little Rock
Explosion at Toronto apartment building leaves 10 missing
A Monday blast ripped through a four story brick building in Toronto’s north end. Police say 10 people unaccounted for, some may not have been inside. Only three survivors were injured and released after treatment for shock and minor injuries. The superintendent John Armstrong and a plumber were among missing tenants, reportedly working on the boiler.
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Toronto
North End
John Armstrong
Crosby son Philip Crosby May Wed Showgirl Sandra Drummond
LAS VEGAS UP I speculates Bing Crosby s son Philip Crosby 23 may marry Tropicana Hotel showgirl Sandra Drummond 20 seen together after six months of dating at Pullman Washington State College romance through telephone and mail. Drummond, former Miss San Fernando Valley, Catholic, works at Tropicana about a year.
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Anisume
Adap Crosby
Sandra Drummond
Crosby
Drummond
Tropicana
San Fernando Valley
Philip
Mise Drummond
Despondent man shoots self as police head to home
A 32 year old man Kenneth Bertram Hellmann of 2724 Rutgers Ave shot himself with a .45 pistol while a police car sped toward his home. He had phoned officers to say he would kill himself, despondent over ill health. His body was taken to Sheeler McFadyen Mortuary and two death by own action notes were found.
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Kenneth Bertram Hellmann
Rutgers Ave
Community Hospital
Hiself
Liner Pilot Dives To Avoid C47 Collision Near St Louis
American Airlines pilot Capt Don Regan said he had to dive his DCT flagship with 53 aboard to avoid a collision with an unidentified C47 trainer about 35 miles northeast of St Louis. Four passengers and two stewardesses were treated at a doctor's office after landing at Municipal Airport. none seriously injured.
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ST. Louis
American Airlines
Municipal
Don Regan
Chicago
Staunton
Weather or No Upgraded From Bottom
Space expert Colonel William O Davis resigns from the Air Force and blasts senior scientists for inadequate technical guidance. He says military language and weather forecasting show stagnation and warns that advisers are not always wisely informed. He notes scientists do not automatically ensure open minds.
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Washington
Air Force
Frrinstone @ St Jeeps
U.S
Osla Osla 2 Budget Approval by Board of Education
The Board of Education approved the Osla Osla 2 budget totaling 929000 dollars. The decision appears on page BL, marking the educational authority's latest financial action.
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Bing Crosby
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