Girl Circus Aerialist Falls to Cement Floor
A 20 year old aerialist Donna Welch of Sarasota Florida fell 25 feet from a trapeze during a Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey matinee in Los Angeles. She suffered a fractured pelvis and a right heel and was moved to Central Receiving Hospital then Orthopaedic Hospital. The show continued despite the accident.
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Girl Circus
Los Angeles
Donna Welch
Sarasota, Fla
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Central Receiving Hospital
Orthopaedic Hospital
Man Struck by Tide While Swimming in Underwear
In Blackpool England a man waded toward higher steps as tides rose. Police say he went for a swim in his underpants, lost them, and then the tide washed away the rest of his clothes leaving him exposed and stranded.
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Blackpool
England
Army probes linked deaths of two Illinois lieutenants
CID investigators report no evidence of a connection between the deaths of 2nd Lt. Guy Overaker of Springfield and Lt. Don Carroll of Villa Grove, who died within three months of each other in Germany. Both deaths are attributed to apparently self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
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Cides
Illinois
Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Don A. Carroll
Villa Grove
28Th Ordnance Company
Zweibruck
Carroll
Guy. Overaker
Springfield
Ill
35Th Quartermaster
Ludwigsburg
Overaker
Plague of Lizards Reported in Central Portugal Town
Entroncamento in central Portugal reports a flood of lizards described as countless thousands if not millions. Local officials note the unusual invasion affecting residents and daily life.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Solons Shape Proposed Modern Income Tax Bill
Congressional authors move toward a modern income tax plan with revised stock option rules. The House Ways & Means Committee approved mild restrictions to curb abuses while aiming to meet White House revenue targets. The plan would require longer holding periods for stock bought via options and shorten the window to exercise options from ten years to five, with three sections unlikely to affect revenues. The tax reform aims to balance higher structural revenue against potential rate reductions.
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House Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
White House
Tremors Hit Skopje After Major Quake
Fresh tremors shook quake wrecked Skopje with nine shocks from Friday afternoon to yesterday morning, strongest at five degrees. Rescue teams removed seven more bodies overnight, total 844 found, 696 identified, as officials noted no new collapses.
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Skopje
Yugoslavia
UPI
Skopje University
Officinals
Lutherans Propose Inter Confessional Catholic Research Institute
A Lutheran study group urged the formation of a permanent inter confessional research foundation near Geneva with initial funding around 24000 dollars. The institute would study Catholicism, sponsor seminars, and foster dialogue without promising reunion, reflecting intensified Vatican II discussions and ecumenical momentum.
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Helsinki
UPI
Lutheran Foundation For
Geneva
Lutheran World Federation
Fourth Assembly
J. Dretrfelbinger
Munich
Commission For Inter-Confessional Research
Inter-Confessional Institute
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