Monkeys Blast Off in Jupiter Rocket
Able and Baker, two monkeys, launched aboard a Jupiter missile from Cape Canaveral destined to reach 300 miles altitude. The mission aimed to study weightlessness and radiation effects with samples of yeast corn mustard seeds and sea urchin eggs aboard. Recovery ships waited near Antigua Island for the nose cone and its cargo.
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Wife of Russ Envoy Seeks Political Asylum in Britain
Nina Dmitriev, wife of a Russian diplomat, aged 35, arrived at the British Foreign Office on Wednesday seeking political asylum for herself and her 5-year-old daughter after reportedly fleeing the Soviet Union.
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London
Nina Dmitriev
Foreign Office
Missing Russian wife seeks asylum after London arrest
A Russian wife, Mrs. Dmitriev, disappeared from a seventh floor apartment with her daughter Lena. British police and embassy officials questioned her, with her husband Capt. Aleksander Dmitriev en route to Moscow as British Home Office weighed asylum and return options.
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Sings During Fire on Broadway Destry Rides Again
Dolores Gray calmed a Broadway audience when a stage fire broke out during Destry Rides Again on Wednesday. The leading lady sang in a love sax to maintain order as flames were contained.
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New York
Dolores Gray
Bank Heist in Missouri Town Nets $20000
Mutt and Jeff style bandits robbed a southeastern Missouri town of 733 people Wednesday with a Tommy gun and pistol. They fled with about $20000 after restraining five employees and ordering everyone to the wall.
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Missouri
Oregon man added to FBI list of 10 most wanted
A ranch-hand gunman who kidnapped an Oregon police chief and shot another while resisting arrest last March 24 was added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. Richard Allen Hunt, 26, a Salem native with multiple aliases, is sought in several Western states on charges from check forgery to burglary.
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Oregon
FBI
Richard Allen Hunt
Salem
Ore
Close Call as Truck Crashes into Monterey Park Home
Mrs. Stephan Neff of Monterey Park holds her 16 month old daughter Donna as they look at a driverless 10 ton truck that crashed into their bedroom. Faulty brakes on the parked truck caused the accident.
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Monterey Park
Donna
Eisenhower to Meet Gromyko With Big Four on Berlin Crisis
President Eisenhower will confer with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and the U S British and French counterparts in Washington to speed a Berlin crisis solution. The 10 30 am EDT meeting will cap Geneva talks and follow a funeral service for John Foster Dulles.
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UPI
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Andrei Gromyko
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White House
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Geneva
John Foster
Dukes
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Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Gromyko
Berlin
U S Indicts Teamsters in Racket
A federal grand jury indicted four Teamsters members including two Long Beach men on labor racketeering charges linked to the grease tendering industry. Meyer Singer a Hoffa lieutenant faces Sherman Anti Trust Act counts alongside associates Hubert Brandt Lee Taylor and Walter Kein. The probe cites conspiracies to restrain foreign commerce via strikes picketing and boycotts against non union processors. A companion civil action seeks to enjoin continued unlawful practices.
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M.ke) Singer
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Los Angeles
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Butler Ave
Long Beach
Lee Taylor
Downey
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Pacoima
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I General’s Office
Justice Department
Landslide risk eyed as Pacific Palisades shift nears coast
Independent engineers warn another landslide from Pacific Palisades toward Pacific Coast Highway could occur momentarily. Caution advised for residents and motorists watching Page A-1 for details, with health tips on heart attack prevention on Page B-1.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
DMV Leader Criticizes Safe-Driver Insurance Plan
Los Angeles state official Robert McCarthy blasted California’s safe-driver program as a heads I win tails you lose scheme. He argued it would reward safe motorists while penalizing others and urged modification to prevent insurer profits from skyrocketing as they review three years of records.
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California
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Traffic Crackdown Slated for Memorial Day Weekend
Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess says a special traffic detail will join county units over Memorial Day weekend to curb the holiday death toll. Norwalk and Lakewood substations will add patrols, with California Highway Patrol reinforcements and regular duties continuing. Last Memorial Day weekend 13 of California’s 41 deaths occurred in Los Angeles County.
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Peter J. Pitchess
Norwalk
Lakewood
California
Pitchess
Los Angeles County
FBI Bares Lynch Mob to Governor in Parker Case
An FBI report given to Governor Coleman names suspects in the Parker lynching near Poplarville Mississippi. The probe found no federal law violations, with a list of masked men and identities supplied to state and local authorities for potential action. Parker, 23, was abducted from a jail cell before his April 23 rape trial and found shot in the Pearl River near Bogalusa.
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FBI
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J. P. Coleman
Mack Charles Parker
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Chicago Tribune
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Greek Vessel Burning off Cuban Coast
A Greek freighter Aghios Spytid suffered engine room fires Wednesday night and the 20 man crew abandoned ship off Cuba's northwestern coast about 80 miles west of Havana four miles from Cayo Arenas. Coast Guard cutters from Key West and Havana rushed to assist. the captain remained aboard as crew were taken to a Cuban cutter with Yemaya aiding earlier after the ship ran aground.
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