Tots Start Fire, Village Threatened
Silverado Two Forest Service pilots died when their Beecheral Bonanza crashed into a smoke covered cliff during a brush fire near Silverado. The 100 acre blaze started by three children aged 5 to 10 playing near the firehouse threatened the village as 150 firefighters battled flames. Archibald 35 of Laguna Beach and Milligan 40 of Silver City were veteran pilots and fathers of three. Archibald volunteered to fly on his day off to assist the effort.
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Jackson
Forest Service
Silverado
William Archibald
Laguna Beach
Carl Milligan
Silver City
N. M
Archibald
Milligan
Arizona New Mexico
Air Force
THEI
Pam
Carl Leavenworth
David
Silverads
Ike Birthday Serenade as He Urges GOP to Sweep Polls
President Eisenhower, 68, celebrated with a birthday breakfast in Washington where he sang to his wife and urged Republicans to mobilize for the November elections. He expressed confidence in GOP chances, called for a chain-letter and personal outreach, and even placed a phone call to a dentist’s wife in Maplewood, New Jersey.
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Washington
UPL
Eisenhower
Lusty
GOP
James W. Khalaf Jr
Maplewood
N.J
Long Beach Moves on Subsidence Cure Project
City Council and Harbor Commissioners accelerate a crash program to halt subsidence within four years by unitizing water injection in Fault Blocks Tl and IL. Capt. C J Palmer calls for repressurization to stop subsidence before it hits 29 feet, citing 25 feet as the harbor’s maximum. Mayor Kealer submits Palmer’s letter urging prompt action and continuation of shipyard remedial work.
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Long Beach City
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Board of Harbor Commissioners
C.J. Palmer
Naval Shipyard
Raymond C. Kealer
Capt. Palmer
Jet Blast Kills New Blue Angel
California Senator Knowland accused rival Edmund Brown of political expediency and alleged underworld money influence while addressing Long Beach Kiwanians. He defended his record on tidelands and shipyard funding. In Mobile, Alabama, three Navy airmen were killed when a Blue Angel jet exploded and two T2B trainers collided near Fort Morgan.
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William F. Knowland
Sen
Know
Edmund G. Brown
Invidiqus
California
George Washington
Mobile
Ala
UPI
Blue Angels
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Robert M. Glascow
Vrack Navy
Ft. Morgan
Here
Alabama Highway Patrol
Police Chief Arrests Mayor in Aurora
Across the nation a dramatic clash saw Aurora police chief Donald Curran and seven suspended officers arrest Mayor Tau Egan for disorderly conduct during a citizen meeting in council chambers. Egan posted bond and was released after appearing before a justice of the peace. Meanwhile in Brownsville, Ciudad Camargo residents evacuated as the Rio Grande valley girds for another flood threat. In Washington, Potter Stewart took oaths to become the Supreme Court’s youngest justice, pledging equal justice for all. Boston reports a thief in possession of a high frequency generator capable of electrocution if mishandled, stolen from an automobile and alarmed police as a dangerous, unexplained device.
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Aurora
Ill
Tau] Egan
Donald Curran
Egan
Ir Ta Mika
Ada Thai
Justice of the Peace
Albert Zettinger
Brownsville
Tex
UPI
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Cidad Camargo
Riio Grande City
Leonel Longoria
San Juan
Ciudad Camargo
Washington
Potter Stewart
Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Bror
Boston
Normasey
National Consultants
Boss’s sour mood ties to piano tuner dispute
A newsroom whisper reports WM starts the day upset after a piano tuner arrived at his house unrequested. The boss denies ordering the service, while the tuner insists the neighbors did. The odd domestic snafu unsettles staff and colors the morning briefing.
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She
Nixon Campaign Tactics Stir Loyal Backers
Nixon's campaign tactics are puzzling some of his strongest supporters as officials in a county courthouse debate over drape colors unfolds. Local supervisors argue over decor while the political scene shifts, touching on campaign strategy and public perception.
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Nixon
Mother Begins Tour Back to Reality Amid Tragedy
Dorothy Travers 32 lies recovering at Community Hospital after being beaten by her husband Richard who died under unclear circumstances. Her teenage son Jimmy 15 is in custody facing technical murder charges as authorities prepare a coroner's inquest.
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Rob Beckman
Dorothy Ann Travers
Richard
Travers
Community Hospital
Jimmy
Richard Jr
Jacqueline
Iis Hand
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Long Beach
Lafayette
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Ywhiting Field
Millan
Stewart
Cunpowder
James Pallitto Jr
Newark, N. J
Arnold Romeyn
Grace Bixby
18Th District
Ocean Blvd
Snearmin
Cliff
Privil
Los Angeles
Tern Ager
Superior Court
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