Submarine Thresher garbled message drowned by ballast noise
Navy court heard Lt Cmdr Stanley W Hecker describe air rushing into Thresher ballast tanks as a garbled after message preceded by a calm voice. Hecker recounted locating Thresher 3 400 yards away and eventually signaling it to surface before losing contact.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Thresher
Navy
Cmdr
Stanley W. Hecker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hecker
Skylark
Submarine Control
Lee Thresher
Congressional Probe of Steel Prices Increases Ordered
A congressional inquiry into steel prices profits and production problems was ordered by Sen. Paul H. Douglas chairing the Senate House Economic Committee. Hearings will review price increases by Wheeling Steel and Lukens with Kennedy monitoring the industry for overall price stability.
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Washington
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
House Economic Committee
Wheeling Steel Corp
Lukens Steel Co
Kennedy
Lukens
Douglas
Palm Beach
Fla
It Won't Happen Again Mary Lou Plans Comeback
Mary Lou Lawrence a 26 year old aerialist hospitalized after a 35 foot fall plans to return to the swinging trapeze without a net. She spoke of determination saying it won t happen again and compared risky work to driving a car. The Crown Point Indiana native credits early training and family support while recovering from skull fracture and broken bones.
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Madison, Wis
Madison
Mary Lou Lawrence
Mary Lou
Crown Point
Easter Fire Destroys Huntington Block in Fargo
A Fargo Easter afternoon blaze gutted the Huntington Block downtown, with damage estimated at 500000 dollars. Between five and ten thousand spectators watched as six stores and several professional offices within the 1882 building were destroyed.
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Fargo
N.D
Marchers clash with police at London antiwar rally in Hyde Park
Thousands marchers from Aldermaston clash with police as secret pamphlets on nuclear war dispersal plans appear. A man is arrested for assaulting officers while a breakaway group threatens Whitehall. Organizers urge adherence to Hyde Park rally plan.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Spies For Peace
Whitehall
Britain
Park Lane
Hyde Park
Strug
Gles An
Peter Cadogan
Committee of 100
Aldermaston
Oxford
Explosive fire hazards raise burning restrictions in northern Wisconsin
Forest rangers describe conditions as explosive with tinder dry forests and no rain since April 2. Burning permits are restricted to piled debris after 6 pm and may be canceled if conditions worsen.
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Rhinelander
Pelican
Conservation Department
Earth Moving Equipment
Republic Steel to Raise Prices on Carbon Steels in 1962
Republic Steel Corp the nations third largest producer said it would raise prices on selected carbon steel products by about five dollars and thirty four cents a ton with shipments starting Tuesday. The increases cover about 26 percent of its steel mill product sales for 1962 and come amid rising costs and a long period of price stability.
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Lukens
Wall Street Journal
Kennedy
Wheeling Steel Corp
White House
Palm Beach
Fla
Pierre Salinger
W. E. Mullestien
Wheeling
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
Rampaging mail carrier floods City Hall in San Francisco
Noel Volz a 32 year old mail carrier broke into City Hall on Sunday turned on firehoses flooding four floors and sending water down an elevator shaft. He damaged windows overturned displays stripped trees and dumped branches into the fountain. He told reporters he chose Easter as the proper time and was booked on burglary resisting arrest assaulting a police officer and malicious mischief charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Noel Volz
City Hall
City Hall Plaza
Volz
Antisegregation Drive In Birmingham Swears In Mayor
Albert Boutwell 58, former Alabama lieutenant governor, sworn in as Birmingham mayor amid racial unrest. About 350 attend, including 75 Negroes. Demonstrations calm. 32 arrests Sunday bring total since early this month to 260. King jailed, desegregation center claim echoes. Police halt march toward jail. Easter services admit a few Negro attendees.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Boutwell
Alabama
Boutwell
Eugene Connor
King
Connor
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
E. V. Ramage
Earl Stallings
Fire devastates McDonald Realty building in Black River Falls
A large fire damaged the McDonald Realty Corp. building on Main Street in Black River Falls causing about 100000 dollars in losses to the structure and shops inside. No injuries were reported as occupants were evacuated with help from nearby fire departments.
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Black River Falls
Wis
McDonald Realty Corp
Mary McDonald
Mary Ann
John McDonald
Eugene O'Brien
O'Brien
Black River
Foreclosure Suit Filed Against Holiday Lanes
Fourteen contractors claim they are owed 418676.01 plus interest and costs for work on Holiday Lanes bowling alley and seek foreclosure to fund claims. They ask a receiver be appointed to collect receipts and hold profits until a court decision.
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Holiday Lanes
la Crosse Circuit
Crash mars Jakarta air show during Liu visit
A Soviet built MIGI9 jet of the Indonesia Air Force crashed nose first at an air show in Jakarta. President Liu Shao Chi and President Sukarno watched with others, including the pilot's wife, as the plane failed to recover from a dive. AP Wirephoto from Tokyo reported the event.
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Indonesia
Jakarta
Liu Shao Chi
Sukarno
Tokyo
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Eenrarsneaee
iDamage
Nicolet National Forest
Republic Third Steel Company
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Martin Luther King Jr
Nicolai
Altar Society of
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Schneider Heating and Air Conditioning
S. 3Rd St
E. H. Knutson and Associates
Minneapolis
Howard R. Wettstein
Wettstein and Sons TV and Electric
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse Mosaic Tile Co
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Davy Engineering Co
Moe
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Appleton
Louis DeGidio
Martyn Voss
Voss Building and Supply Co
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S. 17Th St
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Sandy) Gordon
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