Long Beach Woman Bets on Easter Dress Diet
A 5 foot 2 inch, 244 pound Long Beach woman, Mary Ferguson, begins a two week fast to lose 50 pounds so she can fit new Easter clothes. She checks into a hotel for self control and plans to drink only coffee tea bouillon and vitamin pills while her husband Arthur 46 promises support. Ferguson hopes to become a public symbol proving the effort can succeed.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Arthur
Ferguson
Three Teenagers and Pilot Die in Iowa Plane Crash
In Fort Dodge Iowa a light Piper Tri pacer crashed into a wooded ravine near fog shrouded Municipal Airport. Pilot Michael Beall 21 and passengers John Frandel 18 Carmella Condon 18 Loretta Kelly 19 died. Francie died en route to hospital. Police and FAA investigated.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
UPI
Michael Beall
Somers Iowa
John Frandel
Rodman
Carmella Condon
Loretta Kelly
Rock Island
Donald Schmieder
Francie
Beall
Algona
Federal Aviation Authority
Officials Plan Father Serra Observances in Majorca
Carlos Robles-Piquer Spain’s information chief met San Francisco leaders to discuss the 250th birth anniversary of Father Junipero Serra. He plans to invite California officials to participate in ceremonies at Serra’s birthplace Petra Majorca from May 29 to June 4, pending talks with Gov. Brown Mayor Christopher and Catholic officials.
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UPI
Carlos Robles - Piquer
Spain
George Christopher
Edmund G. Brown
Father Junipero Serra
Callifornia
Robles-Piquer
California
Father Serra
Petra
Majorca
English Fear Black Magic Practiced Anew
In Clophill England police investigate reports of black magic after the remains of a teenage girl found before a ruined tenth century church altar. The stone tomb lid weighed about 448 pounds and the girl originally buried in 1770 was moved from St Mary’s Church graveyard. Services ceased at the church but the graveyard remains in use for locals. A man recently toured the area for unknown reasons.
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Clophill
England
UPI
St. Mary's Church
Benito's Son To Play in Mexico City
Romano Mussolini son of Benito Mussolini arrives in April for a Latin American tour with his band. The 35 year old jazz pianist orchestra leader and Sofia Loren’s brother in law travels with wife Maria Scicolone. Latin stops include Brazil Chile Uruguay and Argentina with Mexico City as a first stop.
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Italy
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Village searches reveal occult practices case
A police spokesman noted an area where villagers were questioned about occult practices. Alfred Jeffery, church warden, cited the parish register to identify the girl, adding that no obvious surviving family members remained in the village.
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Alfred Jeffery
Planning grants eyed for Overton Logandale area
Hugh Pelphrey of Engineering and Architectural Associates reported to Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce that his firm is authorized to complete initial planning for Overton Logandale and surrounding area under a federal rural communities plan. Feasibility of a sewer system with plants at Logandale and Overton was discussed with potential forty year federal financing. A road project from Buena Vista to Mouse Tank summit in Valley of Fire was described as nearing completion with paving and oiling planned within a year.
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The
Engineering & Architectural Associates, Inc
Carson City
Reno
Moapa
Overton
HHFA
Wallace Jones
Sunrise Acres
Jones
Buena Vista
Mouse Tank
Valley of Fire
Clark County
Moapa Valley Student Wins Zone Oratorical Contest
Principal Grant Bowler announces Dan Blackwell, senior at Moapa Valley High, won first place at the Zone Oratorical contest in Mesquite high school sponsored by the Mesquite Lions. Blackwell advances to the regional in Las Vegas as five other zone students from Alamo Lincoln Virgin Valley Moapa Valley and Las Vegas area compete for a state bid. Bowler notes construction of a new high school addition may wrap up within a month. Malcolm Lewis, son of Mrs Betty Lewis of Overton, recently celebrated his seventh birthday with family and friends.
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Grant M. Bowler
Moapa Valley
Dan Blackwell
Mesquite High School
Lion's Club
Blackwell
Mesquite Lion's
Alamo
Lincoln
Virgin Valley
Las Vegas
Malcolm Lewis
Betty Lewis
Overton
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