100000 Legionnaires Convene in Los Angeles
Los Angeles readies for the 38th National American Legion convention expected to draw about 100000 visitors. Notables include Vice President Richard Nixon Adlai Stevenson and Gen Alfred Gruenther with a 10 hour parade at 2 p.m. and a 93 aircraft flyover over the Coliseum.
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Los Angeles
Pi—American Legionnaires
Richard M. Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Europe
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Seven airmen missing after KC97 bailout over Cook Inlet
Air Force and Civil Air Patrol crews search Cook Inlet for seven airmen who bailed out from a crippled KC97. Lt. Robert L. Moore was found with minor injuries. Pilot Capt. Alva L. Wilkerson landed at Elmendorf AFB. Missing radiolist: J E Miller A E Vaughn Jr M F D Schmidt C L Kenyon N W Garner A KR Dennie Jr R A Ridlon. Dr Samuel H Sheppard appeals to Supreme Court for review of murder conviction.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Cook Inlet
Robert L. Moore
Altus
Okla
Moore
Fire Island
Alva L. Wilkerson
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Altus Afb
J. E. Miller
Camargo
A. E. Vaughn Jr
Troy
N, Yi
Washington
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland
Sheppard
Ohio State Penitentiary
Marilyn
Osteopath
John M Harrison
Toledo Blade
Water Suit of Arizona Postponed
San Francisco UPI reports the Arizona Colorado River water dispute is paused as California defense witnesses prepare. The trial recessed after California chief counsel Northcutt Ely opened, delaying until February for special master Rifkind to attend to private practice. Arizona continues to press for 3.8 million acre feet a year.
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San Francisco
UPI
Arizona
Colorado
California
Northcutt Ely
Ely
Colorado River
Simon H. Rifkind
Brink's Jury Seated for Million-Dollar Robbery Trial
A 12-member jury was finally seated in the Brink's million-dollar robbery case in Suffolk County Superior Court. Only two alternates remain to be selected, likely Wednesday, after a lengthy voir dire that screened 1,600 veniremen since August 7. Judge Felix Forte excused 26 in screening and 50 in open court. prosecutors challenged 22 as jurors.
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Boston
Suffolk County Superior Court
Felix Forte
Explorer tuna clipper sinks off Mexican coast
The 730000 vessel Explorer, described as the spare largest tuna clipper, sank off the Mexican coast early Friday with 200 tons of tuna aboard. All 16 crew members were rescued near Sax Lina Cruz, Mexico, according to James Potts, marine surveyor and business manager for the owners.
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San Diego
Saxlina Cruz
Mexico
James Potts
Mexican
Riesel Case Higher Ups Near Arrest
New York police and federal agents indicate the Victor Riesel acid attack case is close to arrests of the masterminds behind the April 5 assault. U S Attorney Paul Williams said authorities know the identities of the higher ups who ordered the underworld act to silence the columnist.
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New York
Victor Riesel
U. S
Paul Wiliams
Williams
Woman Kidnapped by Six-Foot Man Escapes in Oil Field
Mrs. Dorothy Dakes 24 of 916 West 151st Street says a six foot 200 pound man abducted her Monday night from a Compton parking lot after she finished shopping at Central Avenue market. He forced her to drive to a West Compton oil field, attempted to assault her, but she feigned compliance, seized keys, fled on foot into the derrick area, hid for over two hours, and escaped after midnight. She then returned home and reported the incident to police.
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Sanford
Fla.p
Je _s
NAVY
Cmdr
Ozni Donald Brown
J.G
Gerald Michael O'Hara
Lowe
M. A. O'Hara
Somerville
Mags
WAL
Sheiliam Valentine Swigowski
Syracuse
Jay
Sue
David
A. Seitz
Lloyd Lowe
Seitz Oil Products Corp
W. B. Brown
Orlando
Florida
Senge
Compton
Dorothy Dakes
151St St
Sleeper in Norfolk Tavern Loses Cash and Shoes
James Carroll, 42, dozed in a Norfolk bar booth and woke to missing $19. A light fingered patron also stole cash hidden in his shoes, leaving his feet shoeless. The incident highlights the barroom theft.
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Norfolk
James Carroll
Carroll
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