Jets Zin Across Country But Fail To Set Records
Six Boeing B47 Stratojets competed for the Bendix Trophy at the National Aircraft Show. Col. Carlos M. Talbott led the field by finishing the 2.325 mile leg at 610.726 mph with a 3 hour 48 minute stop. Maj. Leonard J. Stevens piloted the winning bomber from March Air Force Base to Philadelphia in 3 hours 57 minutes 59.2 seconds. The event fell short of the transcontinental speed record set by Lt. Col. Robert R. Scott in a side comparison, who averaged 652.522 mph from Los Angeles to Brooklyn.
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U. S
Carlos M. Talbott
Charleston
Ill
George Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Whhita
Kan
Maj
Leonard J. Stevens
Chicago
March Air Force Base
Riverside
Philadelphia
Talbott
Air Force
Robert R. Scott
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
N. Y
Scott
Emergency Oscar City garbage crews work third day
Oklahoma City amid mass firings of 265 city employees by city manager William Gill Jr over a labor dispute. Skeleton crews collect garbage on front lawns while city posts job openings for 182 street/garbage, 48 water, and 35 sewer positions. labor walkout and mass picketing planned by unions representing 10,000 workers.
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Oklahoma City
Teamsters Union
Trains collide injuring 25 at Bucyrus Ohio
The Manhattan Limited passenger train from New York to Chicago collided with an eastbound freight four miles west of Bucyrus Ohio. About 25 people were injured, none seriously, with the crash blamed on a broken draw bar. The accident occurred at 2:55 a.m. EST as the train left Bucyrus. Route details for the freight were not available.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
Manhattan Limited
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Here
Bucyrus Hospital
State Highway Patrol
J. F. White
Glider Mark Set By Californian
Victorville Calif glider record claimed by Lyle Maxey 38 of Downey after a 305 mile round trip from El Mirage Field to Independence and back. The flight surpasses the 260 mile previous record held by Bill Coverdale of Tennessee. The Southern California Soaring Assn director Victor Saudek said the mark will be forwarded to the International Federation for Aeronautics for certification.
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Victorville
Calif
Lyle Maxey
Downey
el Mirage Field
Here
Independence
Bill Coverdale
Tennes
Victor Saudek
Southern California Soaring Assn
Maxey
International Federation For Aeronautics
Wily convict escapes Charlestown prison again
Boston report says John J. Martin alias George J. Martin, 41, Brockton, escaped Concord reformatory in 1951 and fled Sunday from Charlestown state prison likely using a garbage bin. He was serving 8 to 12 years for armed robbery after a sentence handed down April 7.
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Boston
Charlestown
John J. Martin
George J. Martin
Brockton
Concord Reformatory
Perley Vance
Martin
Veteran State Newsman Dies At Stillwater
Alden Orin Woodward, 77, veteran Oklahoma newspaperman, died in Stillwater late Saturday. He moved to Oklahoma in 1900s and worked with papers in Oklahoma City, Pond Creek, Guthrie, Enid, Pawnee and Stillwater before joining Oklahoma A&M College printing department in 1937. He retired in 1953.
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Stillwater
Okla
Woodward
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Pond Creek
Guthrie
Enid
Pawnee
Oklahoma A&m College
Owl in Bermuda Shorts Spotted in California
In Altadena California a stylish owl wearing Bermuda shorts drew attention under a tree. Mode Frasure filmed the fashionable bird and the Pasadena Animal Shelter now seeks the owner.
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Altadena
Calif
Frasure
Pasadena Animal Shelter
Brucellosis Parley Set in Comanche County
Comanche county farmers and ranchers are asked to attend a brucellosis meeting at 2 p.m. on September 9 in the district courtroom, led by Lewis Haydock and Dr. D C Bostwick with Dr. M A Reimenschneider. A 15 minute color film Tripple Threat of Brucellosis will be shown and the Bangs disease law explained to stockmen and veterinarians.
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Comanche County
Lewis Haydock
Haydock
D. C. Bostwick
Bostwick
M. A. Reimenschneider
Man Charged After Wife Is Chained at Night
ATHENS Tenn P Lee Mc Dowell, 46, faced assault and battery charges after his wife testified he kept her chained to a bed and worked her in the fields all day. She fled, was found by a neighbor, and taken to a hospital with fractures and extensive bruising. Deputy Reynolds said the suspect claimed fear she would be snakebitten. The woman, mother of seven, escaped after using a file to break the chain.
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Athens
Tenn
Lee McDowell
W.R. Reynolds
McDowell
Reynolds
Break In California Heat Wave Seen
The Weather Bureau expected a break in the California heat wave that caused millions in crop damage and tripled deaths over five days. The county coroner reported 27 heat prostration deaths and about 200 related fatalities, with 110 setting a city heat record while inland readings reached 113 at El Centro and 107 at Burbank.
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Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Mercury
el Centro
Burbank
San Gabriel
Riverside
Montebello
Revival Continues at Gospel Light House Church
Rev. George W. Moncey of Mt. Pleasant Texas will carry on daily services at the Gospel Light House Church 1816 Monroe until a revival tent is set at llth and Summit. Rev. Dora Anderson announced today. Services are at 9:30 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. daily.
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George W. Moncey
Mt. Pleasant
Tex
The
Gospel Lighthouse Church
Monroe
Llth
Summit
Dora Anderson
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Taercree Real
Owl
California
Scott’s Air Conditioning Inc
Automo 521
Cache Road
SOX
Rayon
Wolverton Electric and Appliance
Sheridan Rd
Pho
Gulf of Mexico
Padre Island
Corpus Christi
C.F.M
A & M Air Conditioning
Harry Routh
C Avenue
Lawton, Okla
Fred Melton
Virgil Laird
D. D. Raibourn
Chester McCord
Heywood-Wakefield
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