Father Of Radio De Forest Marks 84th Birthday
Dr. Lee de Forest, 84, inventor of radio broadcasting, remains active in research and invention. He holds about 300 patents, works four afternoons weekly, and pursues new television ideas including a projection tube. Noted for wireless land transmission and sound-on-film motion pictures, he continues experiments such as generating electricity from gas flame light, with a home workshop and Hollywood lab.
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Molly Wood
Calif
Lee de Forrest
Yes
Hollywood
de Forest
Wellsbach
Huge Lutheran World Assembly Ends in Massive Service
In Saint Paul Minnesota an estimated 75 000 to 100 000 people attended outdoor service for the Lutheran World Federation third assembly. Delegates heard a dramatic morality play and music as a 2000 voice choir led worship. The assembly approved a 3400 word principles statement urging closer church cooperation and human rights recognition.
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World Lutheranism
Winesota
Lutheran World Federation
Third Assembly
Capitol
Federation
Detroit Newspapers End Strike and Resume Printing
Detroits three major dailies the News Times and Free Press returned to normal deadlines after a labor dispute ended with Midwest Teamsters leader James R. Moffa mediating. The strike began when mailers refused to work beyond a 15 hour shift, prompting layoffs and picket lines, with papers briefly halting publication until settlement.
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Detroit
Detroit News and Times
Free Press
News and Times
Free Fress
Midwest Teamsters
James BR. Moffa
the News
News
The
Teamsters
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Prison Break Sparks Fatal Firefight in Basilan Jail
Manila reports five prisoners were killed when Moros escaped a Basilan jail after cutting two bars in their cell. The overcrowded facility housed about 120 inmates though its design held 43, and the men faced murder and robbery charges.
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Manila
Basilan
Basilan Island
Mindanao
Philippine News Servicr
Looneys Expected To Start Home From Europe Soon
John Looney and wife from Lawton plan to sail home Wednesday after a year touring England and nearby areas. Virginiaidson, OS E office manager, says they expect arrival in Lawton by late October and plan time in the Eastern United States. Looney, 77, writes of travels through England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, noting friendly people and varied impressions, including transport strikes and a lively British economy.
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John Looneys
Lawton
Virginiaidson
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Looney
United States
Liverpool
Exall English
Security Bank and Trust Co
Looneys
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Scotland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Trossachs
Kyles
Bule
Edinburgh
Cam
Glasgow
van Low
Strangford Loch
Portaferry
Belfast
Frank
Fanaway
Oklahoma
van Lew
Jim Lamont
Oklahoma State
Rites For Tot Killed By Car Pending
Comanche Oklahoma UPI reports pending rites for 22 month old Rachel Ray Rawls child of Mr and Mrs Earl Rawls killed when run over by fathers car in their yard Police Chief Henry Bowling said the father was working on the car and unaware the child was behind it.
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Comanche, Okla
UPI
Rachel Ray Rawls
Earl Rawls
Rawls
Comanche
Henry Bowling
Aga Khan Linked to Sylvia Casablancas Marriage Claim
London reports by the Daily Mail link the 20 year old Aga Khan to Sylvia Casablancas 17 daughter of a Mexican inventor and student at Eastbourne Ladies College. The claim follows prior rumors about three other women and mentions a Geneva vacation and a Riviera trip with no official comment.
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Aga Khan
The
Daily Mail
Sylvia Casablancas
Ladies’ College
Eastbourne
Miss Casablancas
Karim
Jane O'Reilly
St. Louis
Anne Marie Mersen
Cairo
Harvard
Mona el Badrawi
Geneva
Prince Sadruddin
Aga
Sylvia
Tov
Riviera
Actor Tierney Freed On Burglary Charge Bail Set at 500
New York actor Lawrence Tierney 38 who played John Dillinger was released on 500 bail after being charged with burglary. He had surrendered to police after Eileen Keenan 27 accused him of breaking into her apartment but she said nothing was stolen and she wanted him to stay away.
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New York
Lawrence Tierney
John Dillinger
Tierney
Eileen Keenan
Ike Returns to White House After Gettysburg Farm Visit
President Eisenhower flew into the White House Sunday afternoon after a rainy overnight at his Gettysburg Pennsylvania farm. He drove in by car and had gone to Gettysburg Saturday morning.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Graham Says Delinquents Love Hungry
Billy Graham told 19,200 at Madison Square Garden that New York teens seek love and urged parents to give love, understanding, and a clean life. About 567 people stepped forward to commit to Christ as the Teen Night talk highlighted parental guidance and teen choices. The New York crusade runs May to an open air Times Square finale next Sunday with further stops in September and October.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Paren
Graham
Daniel
Babylon
Tke Daniel
Times Square
Polo Grounds
Fire Hits Kansas State College Building Fast Waters Hall
A devastating blaze at Kansas State College in Manhattan destroyed Fast Waters Hall, described as the worst fire in the institution’s history. Officials fear losses will exceed 14 million dollars, including agricultural experiment records on wheat and oats dating back 530 years, according to Dr Glen Beck, director of the School of Agriculture.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Fast Waters Hall
Glen Beck
School of Agriculture
Man Cleared In Boom Accident Atop Cab Roof
In Miami Florida, Strill Chadwick, 44, of Dale County road patrol was nearly crushed when a crane boom collapsed onto the cab roof after he pulled a wrong lever during a mishap. He faced charges of malicious destruction of private property, drunkenness, and vagrancy.
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Miami
Fla
Hialeah
Stanley Hadles
the Dale
County Road Patrol
Strill Chadwick
Chadwick
Town Ponders Turtle Turmoil
In Miami Florida a woman who boards turtles for children with parent objections fights a zoning order to remove her 35 turtles. She defends them as quiet clean and safe and plans to seek neighbor support to keep them.
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Miami
Fla
Veronica Vladimiroff
Pilots Safe After Jet Plane Bailout
Two Air Force lieutenants Lt. G. K. Bowling and Lt. G Williams bailed out of a stricken T33 trainer and landed safely in Chesapeake Bay after refueling at Andrews Air Force Base before departing for Greenville Mississippi.
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Air Force
Chesapeake Bay
G. K. Bowling
G. Wiliams
3594Th Combat Crew
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Andrews Air Force Base
Greenville
Miss
New Decor Wayne Painters Drift Paint from Fence
Public works painters spraying a fence in Wayne Michigan discovered that cars parked opposite the fence bore colorful drift. The sprayed pattern produced flashy striped cars as a result of the paint mist reaching them.
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Wayne, Mich
Public Works
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