Eagle Newsmen And Wife Die In Plane Crash
In Shattuck Oklahoma a single engine plane crashed during an attempted landing killing four aboard including Paul A Lightner 68 veteran Wichita Eagle sports editor Gary A Humphries 26 a photographer Henry H Jacobs 32 Eagle sports writer and Electra Jacobs 26 his wife Positives of identity could not be made from wreckage and dental plates were used Officials said the plane circled the town twice before diving 200 yards from the grass strip Weather was misty and cloudy and bad weather may have prompted the landing effort. Jacobs often piloted the paper s plane and Lightner had been with the Eagle since 1919
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Shattuck
Ohio
Paul A
Pete) Lightner
Wichita Eagle
Gary A. Humphries
Henry H. Jacobs
the Eagle
Jacobs
Electra
Carl Mason
Lightner
Amarillo, Tex
Oklahoma
Eagle Sports Department
Morning After columnist Humphries Career Ties to Schools and Eagle
The Morning After columnist Humphries traveled widely with his wife Leona, a Eagle society staffer. He once coached athletic teams and taught at La verne Oklahoma and Viola Kansas. His wife Kathleen also works for the Eagle as food editor.
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Midlands
Leona
Eagle Society
Laverne
Okla
Viola
Kan. Humphries
Kathleen
the Eagle
Kishi Party Wins Second Victory In Four Days
In Japan Premier Nobusuke Kishi’s Liberal Democratic Party claims a second decisive win in four days. Incumbent Hiroshi Kurihara is re elected in Saitama by a wide margin, while Iwao Yamakazi wins easily in Aomori. Conservatives benefit from anti treaty protests led by Zengakuren.
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Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic Party
Hiroshi Kurihara
Saitama
Kurihara
Iwao Yamakazi
Yamakazi
Aomori
Japan
Honshiu
Asahi
Zengakuren
Kishi
Grannie Saves Boy in Darwin Jump Rescue
Nellie DAntoine an 80 year old grandmother in Darwin Australia leapt 26 feet to shield a boy from a fall and both survived. Local witnesses hailed her action as heroic as emergency crews treated the pair at the scene.
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Darwin
Australia
Nellie D’antoine
Woman Rescues Grandson After Wharf Fall
A woman leaped from a wharf into the sea to save her grandson Robin Taylor, 4, recounting that her dress acted as a parachute and helped her swim free after years without swimming.
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Robin Taylor
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