Oil Executive Among Jet Victims
W Ai ta Jones oil executive and friend of former President Eisenhower was killed in an American Airlines jet crash on Long Island. Jones planned a fishing trip with Eisenhower, who was vacationing in Palm Springs, and the two hunted quail at Jones plantation in Georgia during Ike s White House years. Jones 70 held top posts at Cities Service Richfield Oil and Chrysler and served in WWII on the Petroleum Industry War Council. Survivors include widow Nettie Marie and two daughters Elizabeth Ott and Patricia Edgerton.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
American Airlines
Long Island
Jones
California
Eisenhower
Palm Springs
Ann Whitman
Mexico
Gulf of California
NLV Family Survives Gas Fumes Incident
The Richard Budde family of 2600 Owens, North Las Vegas, was overcome by a gas heater but all members and the family dog are in good condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Police responded after Budde whispered for help. In a separate case, Carl Spencer remains on the critical list after a Blue Diamond trailer fire.
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Richard Budde
Owens
North Las Vegas
Budde
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Carl Spencer
Spencer
Blue Diamond
Forest department elephant bears male and female twins
Burmese officials reported in Rangoon that for the first time on record a Forest Department elephant in Northern Burma gave birth to twins, a male and a female, marking a rare wildlife event.
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Rangoon
Burma
UPT
Forest Department
Nellis AFB to Run Sabin Polio Program Weekend
Nellis Air Force Base will join the Las Vegas area in a mass Sabin oral polio vaccination event set for Saturday and Sunday. Brig. Gen. Boyd Hubbard Jr. says stations at Nellis Elementary School Ward Five and the base hospital will vaccinate over 13 000 personnel and dependents from all services, including nearby installations.
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Las Vegas
Clark County
Boyd Hubbard
Nellis
U.S. Air Force
Hubbard
USAF
Oliver K. Niess
Malcolm H. Sawyer
Manch Manor
Richard R. O'Neil
Lake Mead Naval Base
Angel’s Peak
Camp Mercury
Indian Springs Auxiliary Air Base
Hit Run Driver Crashes Twice Injuring Man at Base
Henderson police issued an all points alert for a hit and run driver who struck two vehicles within five minutes. Roy S. Fink, 21, of Nellis Air Force Base, was hospitalized with a fractured left leg and head cuts after being hit by a car matching the suspect vehicle, a white 1958 Thunderbird with red transfer damage, at Rancho Market on Boulder Highway.
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Henderson Police
Nellis Air Force Base
Roy S. Fink
Rancho Market
Boulder Highway
Fink
One Hundred Years of Jewish Chaplains Honored
New York reports American Jewish History Week from April 1 to 8 marking a century of Jewish chaplains in the US armed forces. Special memorial services will honor Rev. Dr. Arnold Fischel, the first Jewish chaplain, appointed after a campaign to open chaplaincy to non Christians.
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New York
Apt
Arnold Fischel
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