Daredevil skindivers probe sunken Texas Tower ruins
Daredevil skindivers descended 160 feet into the sunken Texas Tower off New England, finding debris but no sign of life. Navy and Coast Guard teams maintained a salvage effort as 28 air force workers and civilian staff remained missing or dead after Sunday’s collapse amid gale force seas. A board of inquiry was convened while safety inspections were ordered for two other towers in the Atlantic region.
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New York
North Atlantic
Texas Tower
Navy
Air Force
Allen M. Shinn
Wasp
Sunbird
Coast Guard
Ernest J. White
Otis Air Force Base
Cataumet
Mass
Air Defense Command
New England
Seven Ex Pa Governors Cited For Distinguished Citizenship
In Philadelphia the 21 Jewel Square Club honored seven former Pennsylvania governors with citizenship awards at a dinner. Recipients included Democrats George H. Earle and George Leader and Republicans Arthur James Ed ward Martin John C. Bell James H. Duff. Judge Leo Weinrott accepted for absent Republican Gov. John Fine.
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Philadelphia
Jewel Square Club
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
George Leader
Arthur James
Edward Martin
John C. Bell
James H. Duff
Leo Weinrott
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court
John §. Fine
City gifts 27 acres to Dr. Salk for research institute
San Diego votes final approval of gifting a 27 acre plot to Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the anti polio vaccine. Salk plans to relocate from Pittsburgh next year to establish a biological research institute on the site.
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San Diego, Calif
Jonas Salk
Salk
Pittsburgh
Fat Burning Pill Odrinex Promises Fast Weight Loss
Ad claims Odrinex cures excess fat in seven days with no exercise or laxatives. It promotes appetite depression while allowing normal meals and offers a full refund if not satisfied. Sold by Morton's Drug Store with Indiana mail orders, price three dollars.
Big banks seek heft with Manufacturers Hanover merger
The report outlines a proposed Manufacturers Trust and Hanover Bank merger, which would create New York Citys third largest and the nations fourth biggest bank. It details postwar growth, asset figures for Chase Manhattan Chemical Bank Morgan Guaranty and others, and notes the merger could push combined assets above 4 billion while expanding trust and consumer banking.
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New York
Manufacturers Trust
Hanover Bank
New York City
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Chase Manhattan
Chase National
Trust
Bank of Manhattan Co
First National City Bank of
National City Bank
First National Bank of Hanover
Lon
Chemical Bank New York Trust
Chemical Bank
Corn Exchange Bank
New York Trust
Morgan Guaranty Trust of
Morgan Bank
Guaranty
New
Ex-Marksman Liston Dies At Uniontown Shopping Center
T Curtis Liston once ranked the world’s top male marksman died of a heart attack at a Uniontown shopping center on Tuesday. A Preston County, West Virginia native, Liston toured with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and worked with Annie Oakley. He won the 1910 world rifle and handgun championship in Pittsburgh and had lived in Uniontown since 1930.
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Uniontown
T. Curtis Liston
Liston
Preston County
W. Va
Annie Oakley
Pittsburgh
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