Prison Riot at St Vincent de Paul Penitentiary Claims One Life
Montreal reports a violent riot at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary on Jesus Island left one inmate dead and about 30 wounded as 1,200 convicts fought guards and troops for hours. Fire destroyed the cell block and several facilities, with damage pegged at $3 million. Twenty hours after suppression, inmates remained penned behind barbed wire. Chief authorities announced a board of inquiry to probe the incident.
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St. Vincent de Paul
Canada
Jesus Island
William Alder
Allen J. MacLeod
Federal Penitentiaries
MacLeod
Michael Lecorre
Rodalphe Lavoie
Judge Raps Officers in Nightie Case
Pasadena judge dismissed a resisting arrest conviction against Dorothy Makray, a 23 year old divorcee, after criticizing police who took her to the station in her nightgown on an April 14 traffic warrant. The ruling came as attorney A L Wirin moved for a new trial on a companion charge. Makray faces a $12 fine for driving without a license and plans to drop a $1 million damages suit.
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Pasadena
John F. Hassler
Dorothy Makray
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Airliner Crew Blamed in 1960 New York Collision
Government investigators blamed United Flight 826 crew for failing to recalculate time and distance, causing the jet to overshoot its clearance and collide with a Trans World Airlines Super Constellation over New York. The CAB noted speed and routing changes shortened the distance to a holding pattern by 1245 miles.
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New York City
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
CAB
United Flight
Long Beach Doctor Fined for Drug Thefts and Probation
Long Beach physician Dr. Ralir Martin Sher, 28, office at 2018 Bellflower Boulevard, admitted stealing narcotics from a pharmacy near Bellflower Boulevard. He was fined 1050 and given two years probation by Judge Maurice C. Sparling after state agents observed him take a vial of Demerol from a narcotics locker on April 24.
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Eicialist
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Lon
Ralir Martin Sher
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Exile Minister Borlenghi Dies in Rome at 58
Angel Gabriel Borlenghi, 58, former interior minister for Argentina under Juan Peron, died Sunday in Rome after a heart ailment. He had lived in exile there since last October, leaving behind his wife and daughter.
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Angel Gabriel Borlenghi
Juan D. Peron
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