Two B52 bombers collide near Fairchild base
Spokane AP reports two B52 jet bombers collided near Fairchild Air Force Base during a routine training flight, killing about 11 of 15 aboard. Witnesses saw flashes and parachutes, while families learned of the tragedy by phone as investigators move to determine cause.
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Fire guts President's Suite at Santa Anita Turf Club
A fire Monday destroyed the President's Suite at Santa Anita Park's Turf Club. Initial damage was $100,000, later revised to $250,000. Sparks from a welder's torch are suspected. The blaze also ruined six irreplaceable paintings and $10,000 Irish Waterford chandeliers from England.
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Gwynn Wilson
Santa Anita
Albury Hall
England
Heat Keeps Southland Warm With Fires Prompted
Hotter than normal weather lingers in the Southland through Friday per the U.S. Weather Bureau. Forest crews fight more than 30 lightning caused fires, mostly in mountains, as storms expected to continue but lessen in frequency after deadly weekend in Big Bear Lake. Downtown Long Beach records rise to 89 at 2 pm, with today's high near 87.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Big Bear ‘Lake
Long Beach
Eisenhower and Khrushchev Trade Red China Warnings
The United States urged Moscow to curb Red China to ease Far East tensions while Khrushchev warned any attack on Chinese Communist territory would be treated as an attack on the Soviet Union. Premier Mao ordered talks with Washington on Formosa, denouncing U S actions as creating world tension and a military base noose.
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Maoi Tze-tuing
Red China
Warsaw
Formosa
America
Weatherman and Egg Gaffe in Bamberg Visit Scene
In Bamberg Germany a tense scene unfolds as a nervous weather forecaster, Michaels Landgraf a 63 year old Roman Catholic bishop, tries to claim the hall during a visit. The incident centers on odd exchanges about eggs and overripe produce.
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Germany
Artur
Michael Landgraf
Snake Bite Evacuated Quarry Worker From Catalina Island
Richard A. Taylor, 29, of Avalon, was bitten on the left calf by a rattlesnake while working at Graham Bros. Rock Quarry on Catalina Island. He was flown to Long Beach aboard an Avalon Air Transport Sikorsky flying boat, treated at Seaside Memorial Hospital, then moved to Inglewood Hospital. An ambulance awaited at Pacific Landing after the 6 p.m. transfer.
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Dick Probert
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Pacific Landing
Chemists aid housewives in solving laundry mystery
An enterprising swindler who designed a plan to rob a television quiz show of $30,000 wound up with a bullet wound in the cheek. The account appears on page A six with notes on domestic science and a crime incident.
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Maine Democrats Sweep Early Bird Balloting In 1962 Senate Race
In Maine Democrats captured four of five top posts, Muskie defeating Payne to become the first Democrat elected to the Senate in the GOP-leaning state. Clauson won the governor’s race, Oliver unseated Hale in the 1st District, with Coffin reelected in the 2nd. Negotiations at GM and Ford showed progress toward a settlement amid union tensions. Chrysler reported deadlock. George H. met with State leaders and the U.S. Senate race results led the day.
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Robert Hale
Frank M. Coffin
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Clifford Both
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Gerald J. Grady
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler Corp
Bernard Goldfine Gilts
Muskie-Payne
Joan
Boston
Kidnapper Confesses in Murder of Fort Collins Stenographer
Floyd J. Robertson, 25, admitted kidnapping and killing Marjorie Schneider, 18, of Wakely, Kansas, whose ravished body was found in a shallow mountain grave 35 miles northwest of Fort Collins. Sheriff Scheerer said Robertson led officers to the site after his confession.
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Ray Scheerer
Floyd J. Robertson
Robertson
Marjorie Schailder
WakKeeney
Sheriff
Here
Dist. Atty. W. A
Scheerer
Belgium hunts for missing Miss Schneider companions flee
Belgian authorities launched their largest manhunt in 20 years after companions of a missing Miss Schneider fled two miles toward a telegraph station. The girl's body was later found near Zee Brugge in a secluded riverside spot. The submarine Skate visit and Belgian Navy actions are noted in the evolving incident.
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Caldrada
Brusselses
Zee
Brugge
Cherbourg
Jiand
Trailance
Local district election results in three districts
FIRST DISTRICT results show Robert Haley 49,182 and James Oliver 53,351. SECOND DISTRICT lists Neil S Bishop 33,595 and Frank M Coffin 48,485. THIRD DISTRICT lists Clifford G MelIntyre 33,671 and Gerald J Grady 30,414. Incumbents noted in places.
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Robert Haley
James ©. Oliver
Neil $. Bishop
Frank M. Coffin
Clifford G. MelIntyre
Gerald J
Grady
Muskie Wins Senate Seat and Announces Birth
Augusta Maine reports Governor Edmund Muskie securing a U.S. Senate seat. His wife Jane reveals the Muskie family is expecting a fourth child on Christmas Day, with 20 month old Melinda already born and siblings Stephen and Evan aged 9 and 8.
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Edmund
Muskie
Jane
U.S. Senate
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Gover
Stephen
Even
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