Fort Knox battle of the century spoof spans Crockett to Superman
A humorous piece from Fort Knox Isaiah riffs on Davy Crockett and a Superman rival, naming Crockett as a Kentucky native from Fonthill and Superman arriving from Springfield Massachusetts, while a separate wire photo caption describes a truck wreck on Frisco Railroad at Tulsa. The item is followed by a series of brief clips from Newark Ohio, London, Le Leon Springs Florida, Omaha Nebraska, and Lansing Michigan reporting oddities, royal travel, and local curiosities.
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Fort Knox
Davy Crockett
Superman
Tennessee
Mars
Outer Space
Borado
Scorpio
Diablo
Capistrana
Davy Superman
Crockett
Fonthill
Springfield
Mass
New Hampshire sweepstakes bill faces final enactment
A legislative saga in Concord ends anticlimactically as Gov Dwinell expected to sign a two million dollar state sweepstakes bill. Full Senate approval came after House support, with the measure tied to school construction funds. Opponents call it moral and financial peril while supporters tout revenue to curb illegal gambling.
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Concord
N.H
Guy Lane Dwinell
Altadena
Patricia
Eastold
New Hampshire
Rockingham
Sheriff's Deputies
Salem
Eldon
Idon
Edwald
Jane
House
Senate
Dwinell
Sen. Laurier A. Lamonstagne
Berlin
Tee
Benjamin ©. Adams
Derry
Republican
Rockingham Park
State Racing Commission
Mother Backs Suspect in Child Killing
The grey haired mother of Burton W. Abbott, Elsie Abbott, publicly protests her son's innocence in the slaying of 14 year old Stephanie Bryan. She criticizes District Attorney J Frank Coakley and alleges brain washing tactics after meeting reporters in Alameda. Abbott has avoided process servers as Coakley is out of town.
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Qakland
Burton W. Abbott
Stephanie Bryan
Elsie Abbott
J. Frank Coakley
Berkeley
Abbott
Alameda
Coakley
Folger Emerson
State Urges Liquor Case Be Reopened
Sacramento Liquor Director Russell S Munro is urged by the state attorney general to reopen the license case involving Edgar Hervey of San Diego The request accuses Hervey and partner Nesco of political influence to obtain the license The license was later transferred to the Villanos used on property owned by Hervey and Wasco County officials The state charges Hervey and Nesco retained control and collected a monthly tribute from the Villanos Munro extended the response deadline by 30 days to September 11.
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Sacramento
Russell S. Munro
Edgar
Hervey
San Diego
Wiliam M. Bennett
Munro
Charg
R Bennett
Frank Nesco
Rose
Ralph
John Villano
Hervey and Wasco
Bennett
NASA
Villanos
Benett
Charles Berry
Berry
San Diego Area
Ligter
Knight
Doctor's Trial Set in Killing of Wife
MLA Leon Oklo PLT Ben Y Galbraith, a 38 year old heart specialist, will stand trial for the murder of his wife on March 17 in District Court here. District Judge W A Lackey denied a change of venue bid by defense lawyers Thursday, saying public sentiment would not prevent a fair trial.
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Leon
Oklo
Ben ‘Y. Galbraith
W. A. Lackey
Wife of Rich Industrialist Wins Divorce
Mrs Mildred M Fluor wife of Fluor Corp Ltd president was awarded a divorce after 27 years of marriage by Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Stanley Mosk. She received 121000 over ten years plus a 125000 policy on her husband and 45000 in equity from the family home. proceeds from the sale of two ranches.
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General Hospital
Pasadena Superior Court
Las Vegas
Nev
Anta Monica
CNS
Mildred M. Fluor
Fluor Corp. Ltd
Santa Monica
Stanley Mosk
Fluor
John S. Fluer Jr
Theamily
Santa Ana
Fluer Corporation
Negotiations Resume at American Smelting Plant
Negotiations resume at American Smelting and Refining after a weeks long recess. The strike involved the Independent International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers seeking a 2 cent hourly wage increase. Plants across the nation, including five in California at Shelby and San Francisco, are affected.
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San Francisco
California
Shelby
Independent Internationals Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Employment service lists openings in Iceland Greenland and Labrador
New York dispatch notes the state employment service recalling rugged construction engineers to apply for jobs in Iceland Greenland and Labrador where temperatures Thursday hovered between 45 and 50 degrees.
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New York
State Employment Service
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Witnesses testifying at Erwin court martial on signed peace papers
Army witnesses at the Lt. Jefferson D. Ervin court martial testified they had signed the same Stockholm peace petition and other Communist sponsored documents as Ervin while POWs in North Korea. Capt. Ralph A. Nardella and others said prisoners faced pressure from Chinese captors and that some signed while fearing consequences. The nine member panel heard that Erwin and a group aligned with China while another group resisted indoctrination.
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Lewis
Wasa
UPI
Jefferson D. Erv
Erwin
North Korea
Leslie E. Dixon
Baton Rouge
Win
Blanchard
Okla
Ralph A. Nardella
Fair Lawn
N. J
Nardella
America
Korea
Stockholm
Paul A. Roach
Las Cruces
N. Mex
Michaels Evanushka
Detroit
Claude. Boren
Santa Rosa
Calif
Joseph A. Magnent
New Bedford
Mass
Sex Slayer Rupp Granted OK to Appeal Case Again
San Francisco notes Orange police to appeal the denial. County's convicted rapist William F. Rupp filed notice of appeal after Judge Murphy denied a writ of habeas corpus. Rupp, slated for execution, seeks a U S Court of Appeals review citing possible errors and prior federal rulings.
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Sex Slayer
Rupp
San
George B. Hart
Murphy
Rs. Rupp
A. J
San Quentin
Zirpoli
Zir
89 Felled by Fumes at Burbank Plant
A mystery of noxious fumes at a Burbank plant left 89 workers, mostly women, ill and hospitalized. Seventeen remained under observation at St Joseph Hospital. others received treatment. Isoamyl alcohol used for cleaning was blamed as the fumes spread through an assembly department. The state division of industrial safety opened an investigation. The plant, recently acquired by Elgin Watch Co of Elgin Illinois, employs 400.
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Burbank
St. Joseph Hospital
Advance Electric and Relay Co
Jean Merner
STATE
Division of
Industrial Safety
Elgin Watch Co
Elgin
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