Air Force foresees missile units rising by mid 1960s
The Air Force told a House Subcommittee that by mid-1960s about 60 percent of air defense units will be missiles, with manned aircraft at 40 percent. Officials say missiles will not supplant manned aircraft entirely and the overall force will shift to 65 percent manned aircraft and 35 percent missiles. In New York, Ramon Serra, 20, leader of the Egyptian Crowns, is charged with homicide for the shotgun slaying of rival teen Michael Ramos, 17, after police cornered him at a Bronx street corner. Serra attempted to reach a loaded pistol as he surrendered. prosecutors threaten a first degree murder indictment. Ramos had ties to three youth gangs. police say there is no link to the Farmer case.
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Aerialist Tragically Dies In Circus Accident
Palm Springs California reports say Trygve Teigen, 34, a Norwegian aerialist with the Rudy Brothers Circus, fell eighty feet during a balancing act with three chairs atop a pole. His wife Gerda watched from the arena entrance as spectators, including many children, looked on. The act continued after the tragedy.
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Trygve Teigen
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Los Angeles
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Teigen
Veteran Tribune editor dies at age 75
George Scharschug, a longtime Chicago Tribune veteran born in 1900, died on Sunday. A 38 year Tribune staffer and former foreign news editor, he covered major events and contributed decades of reporting to the paper before retirement.
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George Scharsehug
Chicago Tribune
Scharschug
The
Tribune
Judge Flags TV Scripts Distort Justice in Westerns
Providence Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Justice Joseph R. Wdsberger said Western TV programs misrepresent U.S. justice by showing judges making arbitrary calls and sheriffs enforcing law with quick draws, creating the impression that law serves only frustration and expedience.
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U.S
Joseph R. W Dsberger
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Heavy Agenda Set For First Sessions Of Southern Church
The 98th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church in Charlotte opens with a heavy docket of internal business and possible church governance revisions. Sermons by Bishop Arthur J. Moore and Dr. Wallace M. Alston headline Sunday, as greetings from other denominations touch on merger talks. The Northern and United Presbyterian churches plan a June 4 union, but the Southern church declines to join the three way merger.
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A Yen for the Old Days Thief Steals Model T Ford
In Dallas Lloyd Thompson reports his 1925 Model T Ford with pink wheel spokes stolen from a city street parking spot. Thompson suspects a thief with a craving for bygone days.
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Lloyd Thompson
Thompson
Stray Locomotive Found On Texas Street
In San Antonio Texas police halted a stray locomotive towing a small string of miniature railroad cars along a downtown street. The tuxedoed engineer John O Spice 27 of Midland Texas a geologist said he and a woman in evening dress took the rolling stock from a parking lot after a party. The locomotive is used to shuttle customers from the parking lot to a department store. Spice was booked on a charge of operating an unregistered vehicle on a public road.
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Okeene Rattlesnake Roundup Draws Large Auction
The 19th annual Okeene Rattlesnake Roundup drew praise from Harold Smith, Chief Rattler of the International Assn. of Rattlesnake Hunters, as 3924 rattlers weighing 4476 pounds were sold at auction. The longest snake measured 6 feet 1% inches.
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