Airmen freed by China head for home in Friday release
Red China announced the immediate release of 11 U. S. airmen jailed for spying in China. The prisoners, aged 32 months in captivity, were to arrive in Hong Kong Thursday after leaving Peiping Sunday. The move follows Geneva talks between the United States and Red China on Americans held in China. Eisenhower hailed the release as a relief and praised Dag Hammarskjold for diplomatic efforts. The airmen include Col Knox Arnold Jr and Maj William H Laumer among others with sentences ranging from 4 to 10 years.
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Tokyo
Red China
U. S
United States
Geneva
Hong Kong
Peiping
China
Washington
Harold ©. Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Eisenhower
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
John “Knox Arnold, Jr
Silver Springs
William H. Laumer
Lewisbore
Eugene John Vaaci
Clayton
N.Y
Elmer F. Lellewellyn
Missoula
Mont
Wallace L. Brown
Banks
Ala
John W. Buck
Armathwaite
Tenn
Howard W. Brown
St. Paul
Minn
Steven FE. Kiba
Akron
Ohio
Harry M. Benjamin, Jr
Worthington
John W. Thompson
Orange
Daniel C. Schmidt
Redding
Calif
Far East
Wang Ping-Nan
Warsaw
Wang
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Johnson
Palace of Nations
People’s Republic of China
United States of America
Death Rolls Seven Repatriation For Cornerola Game at Vegasi
Anthony Cornero Stralla known as Tony Cornero, ex bootlegger and gambling fleet admiral, died of a heart attack at a Las Vegas dice table. Coroner to investigate concealment of his death while Las Vegas scene and Stardust hotel stakes loom. Stralla’s career spanned bootlegging to chairing water taxi gambling ships off California coast. his Las Vegas Stardust ownership status and ongoing inquiries shape the resort’s future.
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Anthony Cornero Stralla
Long Beach
Las Vegas
Stralla
Tony Cornero
Bud Bodell
Eambler
Pa Bodell
Straits
Oe Ze
McNeil Island
Wash
Santa Monica
Strake
Rex
Tango
Texas
Nevada State Tax Commission
Stardust Hotel
Louis Staite
St. Helena
Frantic Firefight Across Ontario Wilds Hits Thousands of Acres
Ontario firefight rages with eight blazes out of control over more than 43 thousand acres, Coch rane district and Kap jaskesing among the hardest hit, while 14 fires burn province wide with 17 out of control. In Geneva, US and Red China begin private talks on repatriation and civilians with 11 American airmen released, amid a broader agenda and a next meeting set for Aug 2.
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Toronto
Ontario
Cochrane
Kapjaskesing
Lifeguards Save 16 From Ocean on Hot Weekend
Local lifeguards rescued 16 people on Sunday as an 80 degree heat wave drew 150000 to the beaches. Captain Roy J Miller reported 10 saved at Colorado Lagoon, 4 at Alamitos Bay, and 2 at the beaches. Water held around 66 degrees for three days, with a low of 59 last night. Expect slightly higher temperatures with morning fog and low clouds today and Tuesday.
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Roy J
Dutch) Miller
Colorado Lagoon
Alamitos Bay
Miller
First Break in Copper Strike Seeps Toward Settlement
DOUGLAS Arizona UP Phelps Dodge Corp and the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers reach a new contract signaling the first major break in the copper strike. Wages rise 11 to 17 percent with a health and welfare plan, increasing daily wages from 13.12-19.04 to 14.04-20.44. The agreement runs to July 1, 1956 affecting 2,300 workers with ratification meetings planned Wednesday. If ratified, workers return to duty immediately.
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Douglas, Ariz
Phelps Dodge Corp
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
AFL Metal Trades Council
W. P. Halloran
Weather: Variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday
Variable high cloudiness tonight and Tuesday, otherwise mostly sunny Tuesday.
Pair Left to Hitch Sea Ride
Two skin divers from Van Nuys and Culver City were left offshore near Catalina Island when the charter boat sailed away. After swimming half a mile to reach a passing boat, they were taken to Isthmus and later picked up by skipper Mart Tageweiler who refunded refreshments. the men filed a Coast Guard complaint.
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Long Beach
Catalina Island
Martin Altman
VanNuys
William Hazen
Culver City
Fish and Game Commission
Hazen
Mart Tageweiler
Pierport Landing
Coast Guard
Sai Hazen
Actor Robert Francis among three killed in plane crash
A private Beechcraft Bonanza crashed near Lockheed Air Terminal killing actor Robert Francis age 25, his companion George Meyer 38, and Audrey Ann Dosch 24. Witnesses described a sputtering engine after takeoff and a spin into an empty parking lot. Kirkwood, owner of the plane, said Meyer held a commercial license and had flown bombers in World War II.
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Burbankum
Robert Francis
Ens
Willie Keith
Audrey Ann Dosch
Ann Russell
George Meyer
Joe Kirkwood
Joe Palooka
Lockweed Air
Francis
Kirkwood
Meeyer
Lockheed Air Terminal
Tria
Santa Monica
Meyer
Mine Blast Shot Fired At Lizard Sets Off Dynamite
An Alta dena man, Lewis Todd, 25, is in serious condition after a bullet fired at a lizard exploded 30 sticks of dynamite near Burgess Mine in the Inyo Mountains. Vernon Faye, 25, was injured, and Joseph L. Murray, 25, was unharmed. Deputies say the shooter triggered the blast with a .22 rifle.
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Lone Pine
Altadena
Lewis Todd
Inyo
Burgess Mine
Inyo Mountains
Vernon Faye
Joseph L. Murray
Glendale
Todd
Khrushchev Signals Support If Satelite Plan Aids Mankind
Khrushchev said the Soviet government would support Eisenhower's earth satellite program if it serves mankind. He noted he had few details and could not comment further. He also spoke on China-US talks in Geneva, saying positive results depend on mutual desire.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Legation
Khbrashchev
White ‘House
China
United States
Geneva
Where to Find It Beach Combing and More
A compact listing shows section locations across the newspaper. It directs readers to classified pages B7 to B11 for Boyle-Fape arige, Comics on B6, crossword on A3, editorials on A10, financials on B3, obituaries on B2, sports on A12 and A13, theaters on A8, tides and temperatures on B2, vital statistics on B7 and A11 Wilson, women on B4 and B5, and Your World on A2.
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Fape A Rige
Financial
Wilson
Nudist Convention Air Crash Near Lupin Lodge
Two young sightseers crashed their light plane near Lupin Lodge nudist convention east of San Jose. Vic Barberi, a San Jose State College student, was named as pilot. companion’s name not reported. Sheriff Hawley sent a deputy to keep spectators away.
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San Jose
Lupin Lodge
Here
Vic Barberi
San Jose State College
Santa Clara County
Mel Hawley
Shark Tows Spear Fisher for Two Miles
Fort Lauderdale reports a 6-foot shark pulled a spear from James Jones a diver born in 1924 two miles out into the Atlantic Sunday. Jones held on grimly after the spear was removed, swam back to his boat, and resumed spearfishing, loge spear gun intact. The escape took two hours around an underwater hole where the shark lingered and did not attack.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla. IA
Atlantic
James Jones
Jones
Fire in Cajon Pass scorches 525 acres near Lost Lake
Crews continued mop up today on the Cajon Pass blaze that burned 525 acres and threatened watershed land near Lost Lake on the west side. Forestry officials say they believe the fire, which started Saturday, was deliberately set.
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Cajon Pass
San Bernardino
Lost Lake
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