Robber Steals 74000 From Compton Market
A 220 pound gunman with a calm voice robbed the Town Pork Shop at 1900 E Olive St Compton of 74000 Friday night. He forced assistant manager Bob Dan Gable 22 of 115 Agate Pl Anaheim to open two safes and place the cash in a paper sack before fleeing through the rear with two customers watching. A week earlier a separate Compton theft at 14309 Atlantic Ave saw 12000 taken from the manager who was forced to remove his trousers. Police describe the suspect as 6 feet 2 inches tall 220 to 230 pounds deeply suntanned wearing a brown felt hat gray slacks and a maroon jacket. The suspect warned no one to harm and claimed to have accomplices outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ave
Compton
Bob Dan Gable
Agate Pl
Anaheim
Ronald Hames
Carfax Ave
Lakewood
Hames
Gable
William A. Teunzen
Air Force offers special display at Long Beach
Air Force displays highlight Armed Forces Day with F104 and other jets at Pier 2 Long Beach Naval Station Berth 23 24 and aboard ships. Gates open 9 am to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday Gate 9 jet tanker refuels, ships on view, B32 refueling and cranes lifts. World’s largest jet bomber flys at 2 30 pm with F86 fighters earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Allen
California
America
Pier 2
Gmme
Af We Air Force
Andrug
Force Base
A.m
Avided
Butler accuses Nixon of political buildup on tours
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler charged Vice President Nixon's goodwill tours amount to a political buildup. He said Eisenhower will resign next year, Nixon would succeed, and the tours are propaganda to keep Nixon on page one. Butler said the Washington return reception was padded by dismissing workers early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Paul M. Butler
Nixon
Eisenhower
Butler
Washington
South America
Crash Kills Five in Melrose Minnesota
Five people died in a Friday automobile crash 300 miles northwest of Minneapolis near Melrose Minnesota. Gerald L. Hewitt of Webster Texas his wife Effe 76 and Hewitt's sister Dr Lucille A Chambers 73 of Clinton Iowa died at Melrose hospital along with Abbie Geelon and Pruden of St Paul Minnesota. The Hewitts died within hours of the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camthers
Minneapolis
Hewitts
Melrose
U S Has Long Wait for King Size Satellite Rockets
A U S top defense official warned on Friday that it would take years before the nation can fund launches of very large scientific satellites weighing one to several tons. ARPA chief scientist Herbert York said the Russians did not need a monster rocket to reach orbit with Sputnik like payloads, noting a rocket with about 200000 pounds of thrust could suffice with ordinary fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Wps
Defense Department
Herbert York
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Pflimlin Arresting Dissidents In Unfolding Crisis
Paris reports say Prime Minister Pflimlin's French government uses extraordinary powers to suppress subversion as De Gaulle supporters threaten. Two French Air Force generals were arrested under the new regime while Pflimlin warned of a revolutionary situation expanding to Algiers and vowed to fight on two fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Piertt Felimlin
Pflimlin
Algiers
Douglas plant vote tensions flare amid splinter group threats
A union splinter group threatens at Douglas Aircraft as Assembly approves a contract amid worker turnover. Police guard UAW Local 148 as the plant votes on vacation pay and sick leave totaling 4.44 million dollars for 15 600 hourly workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FELCO
National Co
Assembly
Tien Dante
United Auto Workers
Paris
Champs Elysses
Mediate
Elysian
Japproval
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Pam
Douglas
Long Beach
Com Spany
Armed Forces Day display at Long Beach Air Base draws crowds
A Long Beach Base Armed Forces Day exhibit showcases the Air Force’s top warplanes. From left, observers view the Douglas B66 and Lockheed 104A airspeed record holder, Boeing B47, Boeing B52 the largest bomber, Boeing KC97, Lockheed C130, with in the foreground a Northrop F89 interceptor and a National Guard North American F86. A helicopter hovers above the display for scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Air Force Base
Air Force
Northrop
Air National Guard
Lockheed Jet Sets Record at 1 404.19 MPH Milestone
Los Angeles reports Lockheed F1044 Starfire piloted by Air Force Capt. Walter W. Irwin broke the all time speed record for operational aircraft with an average 1,404.29 mph over the desert near Edwards AFB. The record surpasses the prior mark by about 200 mph and follows a week of rapid U S jet milestones. Irwin completed two runs as Gen Thomas D White noted. The National Aeronautic Association timed the runs and the record will be submitted to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Irwin described a calm sense of speeds after landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Air Force
Walter W. Irwin
California
U. S
Howard J. Johnson
Thomas D. White
Irwin
Desert
Edwards Air Force Base
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Redstone Fired by Army Men
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla A Redstone medium range ballistic missile was fired at dusk Friday night marking the first time a large ballistic missile was launched by U S military personnel The firing was conducted by the Army 40th Field Artillery Missile Group after extensive training at Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Ala Battery A carried out the launch in a graduation type firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Redestone
Space
Army
U. S
40Th Field Artillery
Redstone
Redstone Arsenal
Hunteville
Ala
Jobless Pay Requests in Sharp Decline
United States unemployment benefits fell in the week to May 3 as outdoor work picked up, with insured claimants dropping across 38 states. Initial new claims rose modestly, led by New York and California, while California posted the largest overall insured declines due to outdoor work and better apparel and auto plant jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL- Cio
Labor Department
New York
California
Missouri
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Trujillo Aide Arrested on Drunk Driving Charge
Victor Jose Sued, secretary to Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo Jr, was arrested in Torrance for drunk driving after failing a sobriety test. He was released on his own recognizance and must appear in municipal court Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Omohundro
Victor Jose
Torrance
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Omohundro
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Victor Jose Sued
United States
Trujillo
Philip Wilson
Ralph Bezanson
Independent, Press-Telegram
Australian miler Eliott breaks world record at event
Australian miler Herb Elliott set a world record Friday night at Colis eum Sports section. The Miss England contest coverage notes contestants were forced to strip, with details on Page A-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Eliott
Coliseum
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Bob Sanders
Lowa Park Shop
Olive St
Gabie
Armed Services
Touhy
Springfield
Ill
Pi—C
Roger Touhy
William G. Stratton
Touby
Illinois Parole and Pardon Board
Stratton
William Leach
Weymouth
Mass
Arlington
Caroline
U.S
Dien
Lockheed Jet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!