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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1959

Page

17

Wayne's Protegee Stabbed to Death in Brackettville

Miss Ethridge, a member of the NamesTownsend Players, was killed at about 2 am after a five inch blade stabbed her near the heart in a Brackettville house. Arthur Names, leader of the theater group, and several other cast members were involved. authorities say an argument preceded the stabbing as they prepared belongings for a move from Bandera, Texas. The group had been working on filming The Alamo at a local site seven miles south of Brackettville, 153 miles east of San Antonio, with Hatjac employees present during production.

Miss Ethridge Townsend Players Arthur Sheedy Alamo Texas Liberty Shrine Brackettville San Antonio

Woman leapt to death from Golden Gate Bridge

In San Francisco Madeline Pera 41 lured by husband Paul and brother Tom de Matei to a bridge outing leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge. A Coast Guard cutter recovered her body ten minutes later marking the 190th self inflicted death on the span.

San Francisco Madeline Pera Golden Gate Bridge Pera Sausalito Tom de Matei Peras Paul Tor

Navy historian debunks Soviet Columbus claim as old theory

Navy historian Rear Adm. Samuel Eliot Morison dismisses a Russian claim that Columbus did not discover America as a long discredited theory. Morison notes the idea echoes 1910s works by Henry Vignaud and was refuted in Columbus' lifetime. He says Columbus sought Asia, not a new world, and the map story has no basis.

Columbus Seal Harbor Maine America Samuel Eliot Morison Navy New World Morison Coumbus Japan China Far East Asia Antilla West Indies Tsypernik Vignaud Russia

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