Douglas F4D-1 Skyray Sets Five World Climb Records
The Douglas F4D-1 Skyray supersonic jet, piloted by Maj. Edward LeFaivre, set five new world climbing speed records at the Naval Air Missile Test Center on May 22 and 23. Highlights include 49,212 feet in 2 minutes 36.05 seconds and 39,370 feet in 1 minute 51.23 seconds.
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Point Mugu
Navy
France
Naval Air Missile Test Center
Marine Corps
Edward Iix
LeFaivre
Falls Church
Bellflower Faces Armed Motorcyclists In Security Showdown
About 500 motorcyclists arrived in Bellflower with 250 law officers backing control as tense four hour standoff ended around 11 30 pm. A planned 1000 member mass blood donation failed to materialize while authorities maintained vigilance along Bellflower Boulevard near Rosecrans Avenue. Marvin Armour 53 of 5814 Marlene Ave died earlier in Los Angeles from leukemia at a hospital, as the gathering drew clubs from southeast Los Angeles County and parts of Orange County. Continuous police radio contact followed the dispersal of riders and a shift back to regular patrols.
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Bellflower
Hollister
Jack’ Rabbits Motorcycle Club
Marvin Armour
Marlene Ave
Los Angeles
Jack Rabbits
Compton Blvd
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Sheriff's Office
California Highway Patrol
Bellflower Blvd
Rosecrans Ave
Sid Jollivett
Norwalk
CHP
Family of Three Sets Sail for Atlantic Crossing
Alan Batham quit his London canning factory job to voyage with his wife and 15 year old son. They left Rosslare in a 35 foot ketch aiming to sail to Vancouver then across the Atlantic to the West Indies, via the Panama Canal, and up the Pacific coast to Canada where they plan to settle.
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Rosslare
Ireland
Alan Batham
London
Batham
Vancouver
Atlantic
West Indies
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Canada
Water safe says Litwack after refinery fire rumors
Long Beach health officer Dr. I. D. Litwack dismissed rumors of water contamination from the Signal Hill refinery fire. He stated water remains safe and there was never any danger, noting any changes tied to Colorado River water blending during the blaze.
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I. D. Litwack
Long Beach
Signal Hill
Dr. Litwack
Colorado River
Port Board approves 23.5 million anti subsidence crash plan
Long Beach Harbor Commissioners approve a five year repressurization program for the Wilmington oil field aiming to restore reservoir pressures by 1964. The plan includes 710 million barrels of water injected via 96 walls and calls for federal cooperation amid Navy opposition to mandatory subsidence measures.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Wilmington
Washington
Navy
Gees
Ety
Long Beach Oil/4 j Development Co
Union Pacifics Railroad Co
General Petroleum Corp
Southern California Edison Co
F. Trowbridge van Baur
California
Vom Baur
Long’ Beach Naval Shipyard
No Tax Cut Now Ike Urges Extension of Taxes
President Eisenhower asked Congress to extend present corporate and excise taxes, not to cut them now, as House Democrats move to endorse his stance. The Ways and Means Committee plans fast action, possibly voting by Wednesday or Thursday to send the bill to the House floor. The White House said no present plan for income tax cuts, with other lawmakers signaling opposition or support for varying tax cuts.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Congress
House Democratic
Sam Rayburn
Wilburn D. Mills
Dark
Tacwriting House
Ways and Means Committee
House
Rayburn
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Harry F. Byrd
D- Va
Senate Finance Committee
Warren G.magnuson
D-Wash
Paul H.douglas
D-I
Homer £. Capehart
R-Ind
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
William Proxmire
Wis
Raab Cuts U.S. Tour Short to Return to Vienna
Chancellor Julius Raab shortened his U.S. visit by a week and canceled plans to tour the southwest. He will depart for Vienna Wednesday afternoon, ending his diplomatic swing in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Julius Raab
United States
Vienna
PED MALS WDA and Samuel Cardinal Struth Dead
In a terse page note, Samuel Cardinal Struth is reported dead. The item appears on page A-3 with terse mention. A separate brief notes that HANCOCK OFF rose 4 percent in recent trading days on the San Francisco Exchange, closing Monday with gains. This item runs on page B-2.
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Samuel Cardinal Struth
Hancock
San Francisco
sJosing
St. Page
De Gaulle Seen On Mystery Mission In Paris
Gen Charles de Gaulle reportedly made a late night return to Colombey while rumors swirled of talks with Premier Pflimlin in Paris. An aide denied a meeting, saying Pflimlin worked at Matignon and De Gaulle returned home at dawn. In Algiers the Gaullist regime expanded naval air strength as a general strike loomed in Paris led by the CGT.
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Washington
Lae
James Longstreet
Longstreet
Atlanta
Gen. de Gaulle
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Corsica
Pierre Pélimlin
Matignon
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Andre Letroquer
NATO
Malta
Adm
Philippe Aboyneau
Jed General Confederation of Labor
Motorcycle Breaks Up After Experimental Fuel Mix
A rider at Bellflower wrecked his bike while testing a new powerful gasoline mix. He stopped to gather the scattered engine parts, muttering that old fuels cannot compare to the new formulation.
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Bellflower
Methodists Plan $2 Million Home for Retired In La Jolla
Methodist officials announced plans to develop a 2 million dollar retirement home on a hill overlooking Mission Bay near La Jolla. The facility will replace the former Casa de Manana Hotel and accommodate 300 residents in rest home care.
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Halifax
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Halifax County
Virginia
Here
Sen. Desmond
Sacramento
Earl D. Desmond
New York
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Brooklyn
Miss von Nardroff
Frederick Rein
Alexandria
Maj
Edward Tev Aivre
L.B
Litwack
Human Torch Apache
Justice Department
House of Representatives
Craig Hosmer
Board of Harr
John Stennis
D-Miss
Harn
Stennis
Jerry Goodwin
Knoxville Ave
Merilyn
Philip Carey
Palo Verde Ave
Goodwin
Lonnie
Widger-Goodwin Automobile Agency
Lakewood General Hospital
Charles Tyack
Ike
Raab
Charenton
Elysee Palace
Rene Coty
Algeria
Pflim‘lin
Methodists
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