Girl falls 30 feet from church roof injures Leslie Combs
Eleven year old Leslie C. Combs, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee D Combs, fell from the peak of the Bethany Baptist Church roof under construction at 5225 Los Coyotes Diag. She suffered six facial fractures, internal injuries, multiple body fractures, a broken left leg and knocked out teeth. City ambulance rushed her to Community Hospital.
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Leslie C. Combs
Lee D. Combs
E. 25Th St
Bethany Baptist Church
Los Coyotes Diag
City
Little Leslie
City Ambulance No
Community Hospital
Lex
Rebels claim capture of military stronghold in Sumatra
Independent reports from Sumatra claim rebels have seized a major military stronghold. Meanwhile five stranded and starving residents were rescued by helicopter after a flood disaster on Sunday.
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Sumatra
Nixon Shakes 2 000 Hands at Republican Women’s Conference
Vice President Nixon, guest of honor without his wife, met near 2,000 Republican women, signed autographs and offered encouragement for 1960. They inquired about Mrs. Nixon, and he explained she was recovering from a back sprain.
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Washington
Nixon
Two Dynamite Blasts Strike Jewish Centers In Miami And Nashville
Across the Nation reports two dynamite blasts damaged Jewish centers in Miami Florida and Nashville Tennessee. In Miami ten to twelve sticks caused heavy damage with doors blown out and walls shifted. No injuries reported. investigators seek links between the incidents though no motive is known. An anonymous call tied the Nashville blast to school integration.
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Miami
Fla
Nashville
Tenn
Boys confess to school arson in Chicago blaze
Chicago police say a 12 year old and a seven year old boy, sons of a police officer, confessed to starting a fire that destroyed the Oliver Wendell Helmes Grade School on the citys southwest side. The blaze damaged the building Saturday, with investigators identifying the two youths as Robert Merchant and John.
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Chicago
Oliver Wendell Helmes
Ediverd Lefeveur
Robert Merchant
John
Khrushchev Likely to Visit Washington for Heads of Government Meeting
Soviet ambassador Mikhail Menshikov said on TV that Nikita Khrushchev would likely come to Washington for a heads of government meeting with President Eisenhower if invited. He noted the Soviets want the meeting as soon as possible and that Khrushchev should answer.
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Washington
Ufi
Mikhail Menshikov
Sundey
Nikita
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrischev
Fire threatens Air Force spaceship in Dayton orbit
A Sunday fire during a four hour proto reconnaissance run near 17 630 miles altitude threatened the Air Force spaceship during its final orbit. Mechanical fault sparked a blaze in the electric laboratory but firemen extinguished it quickly. Crew unaware of the fire, they completed the photo run with the experiment due to end today.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Earth
Electric Laboratory
Bus Tilts on Brink for Cliff
A Long Beach man died and four others were hurt when a Greyhound bus teetered on a 40 foot embankment after a head on collision with a southbound car on Highway 101 north of Solana Beach. Three Long Beach area residents were in the car. one driver and two bus passengers were seriously or superficially injured. many aboard could have been killed if the bus had fallen.
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Long Beach
Greyhound
Stanley B. Rossi
Alamitos Ave
Douglas Aircraft
Rossi
Solana Beach
San Diego
Fred W. Meltz
Atlantic Ave
Daniel D. Miles
Dudman St. Garden Grove
Scripps Memories Hospital
Lasalla
Gorrie Garski
Shirley Lilley
Highway Patrol
Wife recounts brutal assault by intruders at home
Norma Wheeler, a housewife from Costa Mesa, told deputies she was attacked in her garage by two men before dawn. She described being gagged with panties, tied, and beaten after a 1 am shift, with threats and strangling as she escaped to alert authorities.
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Keith
Bruin
George Kellett
Norma
Maggie Wheeler
Miles
Wheeler
Pavement
David
Berns
Rossi
Bessie
Costa Mesa
Hac B. Rossi
Goronada
Trading Stamp Letter Sparks Local Complaint
In SPINDALE North Carolina Reverend Glenn R. Parton of Faith Temple received a letter from Lattimore with all stamps neatly canceled and a grocery-store green trading stamp attached. The item suggests frustration at paying more to mail letters and hints at a possible alternative to traditional postage.
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Spindale
N.C
Glenn R. Parton
Faith Temple
Lattimore
Sailor fatally shot after five mile chase in Torrance
Gerald Dean Terry 18, of Gardenia, on leave from USS Estes in San Diego, was killed by police after a high speed pursuit along Pacific Coast Highway. Officers fired warning shots then shot at Terry as he fled, the car wrecked and he fell in a ditch near Robert Road. He died at Harbor General Hospital.
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Torrancea
Gerald Dean Terry
van Ness Ave
Gardena
Harbor General
Terry
Cosmo Sivalella
Redondo Beach
Sivolella
Sivalela
Felice
Dhes
Pacific
Coast Hwy
Robert Rd
Torrance
Robert Hammond
William McCory
USS -Estes
San Diego
Storm Seepage Closes Lakewood Underpass After Rain
Heavy rain last Saturday flooded the Lakewood Boulevard underpass area in Long Beach. Water seepage forced the closure as crews used bulldozers and gravel to relieve the muck pile, briefly blocking the tunnel and covering the floor several feet deep.
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Lakewood Blvd
Long Beach Municipal Airport
TTT
Knight wins CRA endorsement for U.S. Senate in San Jose
The California Republican Assembly backed Gov Goo Knight 109 to 44 in a secret ballot, a decisive advisory endorsement over Francisco Mayor George Christopher who plans to oppose Knight in the June 3 direct primary. Other approved endorsements include Knowland for governor, Powers for lieutenant governor, Kirkwood for controller, Button for treasurer, Jordan for secretary of state, and Weinberger for attorney general. Twelve resolutions passed, with only the right to work proposal stirring controversy.
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E-All
San Jose
California Republican Assembly
Hewte
Goowin J. Knight
U.S. Senate
Knight
Francisco
George Christopher
Christopher
Chas
William F. Knowland
Harold’ J. ‘Powers
Robert C. Kirkwood
A. Ronald Button
Frank M Jordan
Caspar W. Weinberger
San Francisco
Hotel Sainte Claire
WM Flunks Green Rain Plan Fails
A back room project ends in disappointment as the WM admits failure to deliver expected weather. He explained his role as an ultra modern practitioner advertising weather and laments, I can't make it shower green on Patrick's Day.
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Ea. Failese
Forder
Patrick
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