Names Of Crash Victims Released
Reno based report lists seven airmen killed in a C47 crash near Burns Wyoming during a training flight from Stead to Selfridge Air Force Base Detroit. Identifications delayed for positive body verification. Victims include pilots 1st Lt. Thomas J. Kelley and 1st Lt. Richard A. Funke plus six others.
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Reno
Nev
Air Force
Burns
Wyo
Stead Air Force Base
Here
Selfridge Air Force Base
Detroit
Thomas Joseph Kelley
Ann Marie
Sparks
John Patrick Kelley
Tulsa
Richard August Funke
Barbara Anne
August Richard Funke
Attleboro
Mass
Marvin Mindrup
Thekla C. Mindrup
Edgerton
Donald le Roy Nelson
Fran D. Nelson
Slayton
Minn
Thomas L. Dickens
Lloyd Dickens
Upland
Calif
James Herold Levitt
Dorothy Marie
Gladys Levitt
Goodwin
Ark
Bobby Lee Kinniell
Louis
Extinction Alarm Over Elephant and Rhino Threat
Nairobi conservationist Mervyn Cowie warns that poaching endangers Africa's elephant and rhinoceros as Eastern merchants fund killings for ivory and horn economies. He cites 600 elephants killed last year and lauds Kenya's game preserve while condemning cruel hunting methods.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Britain
United States
Africa
Mervyn Cowie
Cowie
Earth
Rocket Sled Sets Record Land Speed in Navy Test
In the Mojave Desert a unmanned rocket sled reached 1280 mph in a routine Navy test at China Lake. Officials expect higher speeds soon as researchers note the prior record was 1100 mph. Lt. Col. Stapp, who rode a sled to 632 mph last year, aims for 1000 mph or more.
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Los Angeles
Mojave Desert
W. D. Drinkwater
Naval Ordnance Test Station
China Lake
Calif
Drinkwater
Edwards Air Force Base
Navy
John P. Stapp
Holloman Air Development Center
New Mexico
Stapp
Rapist Gets Life For Burglaries in Waco
Albert Charles Balas 22, a former student officer at James Connally Air Force Base, received two life sentences after pleading guilty to two burglary indictments. The case involved alleged rapes pending in Gary, Indiana. Balas did not face the rape charges, as victims were unwilling or unable to appear in court and doctors deemed him sane but not responsible.
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Waco
Albert Charles Baras
James Connally Air Force Base
D. W. Bartlett
Gary
Ind
Balas
Tom Moore Jr
Moore
Texas
Johnson to Speak in Waco Radio Address
Lyndon B. Johnson will deliver a statewide radio address from Waco Texas on Saturday the first since his July heart attack. The speech caps a period of recovery and public appearances by the senator and potential presidential contender.
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Waco
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Thieves Note Left Message At Devine Home
In Providence Rhode Island thieves, after finding 29 506 dollars and 69 000 in bank deposits, left a note reading no money left here. His heirs say all funds were revealed and there is nothing more hidden in the Darby Street house. Two break ins followed within 19 days with vandalism to furniture and fireplace stones.
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Providence
R. I
Winifred Devine
Darby Street
Quotes From News on Tonight Show and Eisenhower Illness
NBC producer Steven Allen says the Tonight show requires little effort. Debbie Reynolds discusses family plans after her marriage to Eddie Fisher. Leonard Hall says Eisenhower’s heart attack won’t alter re election plans. Walter Reuther says no one can match Ike’s personal contact. George Humphrey says Ike’s illness causes sadness not alarm.
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Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Leonard Hall
Eisenhower
CIO
Walter Reuther
Geneva
Man Kills Ex Wife and Stepdaughter Then Self
In Ogden Utah a railroad switchman shot dead his recently divorced wife Mary Louise 28 and his 10 year old stepdaughter Shana before killing himself. Eyewitness Christine Soewell eight watched in horror as police arrived. The suspect John David Socwell 30 died by his own hand and the city acting coroner Judge Charles Sneddon called the incident murder death by own action.
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Ogden
Utah
Christine Soewell
John David Socwell
Mary Louise
Charles Sneddon
Good Wishes From Russia
Moscow dispatch notes a message of goodwill from Soviet officials. Communist party chief Nikita S. Khru appears in the report as delivering diplomatic signals amid ongoing Cold War era exchanges. The piece centers on official rhetoric and state messaging from Moscow.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khru
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