Powder Puff Derby Heralded By 8 Women Pilots
Women pilots from 20 states gather in Bakersfield for the 17th Powder Puff Derby. The 2,460 mile daylight race visits nine checkpoints ending in Atlantic City. 47 entries race in stock aircraft with a $2,500 purse and prizes for top scores and class winners.
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Atlantic City
N. J
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At & Am
Las Vegas
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Farmington
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Colo
Great Bends
Kans
Springfield
Ill
Dayton
Ohio
Cumberland
Sports Editor Dies in Jump From Bridge
William B. Anderson aged 45, sports editor of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge early yesterday. A motorist wrestled with him in a failed effort to stop the fatal ascent.
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San Francisco
UPI
Willam B. Anderson
San Bruno
Calif
News-Call
Golden Gate Bridge
California Highway Patrol
Anderson
Despondent man jumps from highway overpass near San Francisco
Two highway patrol officers urged a despondent man to climb back from the apron feet below the railing. Anderson climbed up and jumped after refusing to stop when officers seized his wrist. He left no notes. Anderson joined the San Francisco News sports desk in 1944 and stayed through the Call Bulletin merger in 1959. He is survived by his wife Mildred and two daughters Leah Laura 15 and Cantiace Rae 12.
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Anderson
San Francisco News
Call Bulletin
Mildred
Leah Laura
Cantiace Rae
Counterfeiting Ring Probe Expands Across West
Secret Service and police across the West search for more members of a counterfeit ring that produced about 2 million dollars in bogus bills. An APB is out for at least four suspects after four arrests last week including Donald J. Carothers 21 who said he printed about 4 million in fake bills at Alameda State College in Hayward California. Other detainees were Eugene Allen 36 a lab tech at the college Guy J. Smith 39 Oakland tavern owner and Joe Memoir 40 Oakland pizza parlor owner. No one has a police record. Plates and negatives used for printing were recovered and described as near perfect.
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Donald J. Carothers
Alameda State College
Eugene Allen
The
Guy J. Smith
Oakland
Calif
Joe Memoir
Fear Trouble When Greeks Visit England
British police and Buckingham Palace officials brace for the stormiest royal visit of the century as King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece arrive amid threats from leftists. Demonstrators, led by Communists and the Committee of 100, plan large protests while security pursues potential leaflets, smoke bombs, and crowd trouble at Buckingham Palace and along the procession routes.
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Buckingham Palace
Britain
Paul
Frederica
Greece
Scotland Yard
Queen Frederica
Constantine Karamanlis
England
Betty Ambatielos
Bertrand Russell
Committee of 100
Bandits Rob Gas Station in Oakland Heist
Two men wearing trench coats and black hoods robbed a Oakland gas station weekend receipts about 1500 dollars. Attendant Frank Weiss said one robber held him at gun point in the women’s restroom while the other opened cash boxes and safes. Bob Keeshan conducts children's concerts with orchestras in major cities nationwide.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Frank J. Weiss
Official Cites Three Major Health Issues
Under secretary Ivan Nestingen spoke at the City of Hope convention in Hollywood on Kennedy era medical and education legislation. He warned three health problems loom: need for more professional personnel, faster health research application, and affordable hospitalization for the elderly through prepaid noncancelable hospital insurance via Social Security. He urged support for the medical program and health professions education act to boost health manpower.
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Hollywood
UPI
Ivan A Nestingen
California
Kennedy
Nestigen
Commuter Train Chat Sparks Light Moment
On a New York commuter train a conversation about meeting a wife turns playful when one man jokes his wife is “more fun than a barrel of monkeys” and the other requests “a bar rel of monkeys” in a light exchange.
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New York
UPI
Bootblacks Get Tips From Esquire President
Irving J. Bottner, former bootblack and current head of shoe firm Esquire, offers advice to bootblacks on earning larger tips. He suggests carrying a pants-cuff cleaning brush, using a lint brush on clothes, and providing daily newspapers for customers.
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New York
UPI
Irving J. Bottner
Esquire
Defectors From Reds Now Going Back to Homeland
East German refugees returning to Communist rule rise to about 2000 monthly, outpacing Westward escape as Berlin wall and iron curtain tighten. Bonn studies show many feel wanted by the state, yet face social ostracism and unmet Western job hopes, amid Western propaganda and labor shortages.
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Reds
Alliance Bonn
West Germany
East Germany
Berlin Wall
Germany
Baltic
Danube
Berlin
Bonn
Volkswagen
Air Travelers to Get Close-Up of Sun Eclipse
Two groups will view the July 20 solar eclipse from the air. Scientists aboard a DC-8 will study the sun’s corona from 42,000 feet in Project APEQS for National Geographic Society and Douglas Aircraft Company. A second group will fly in northern latitudes from Scandinavia toward the United States with reserved seats.
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Canada
Scandinavia
United States
National Geographic Society - Douglas Aircraft Company
Jace
Son R. Gill
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fiying
Fort Providence
Northwest Territories
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Schenectady
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Gilbert
St. Louis
R. R. Bryant
el Paso
Tex
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Sam C. Phillips
UPL
Bob
Captain Kangaroo
Keeshan
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City of Hope
Nestingen
By Omer Anderson
John Power
United Press International
Los Angeles
JETS
Sanara Hotel
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