Huge Aircraft Crashes Near Merced Killing Ten
An all fours engine tanker plane from Castle AFB crashed 15 miles northwest of Merced near Cressey during a routine refueling mission. Ten crew were killed, two parachuted but perished, and debris scattered across a grain field igniting flames. The aircraft designation was KCS7 and the disaster sent shock through nearby towns as residence felt the blast.
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Merced
Castle Air Force Base
Here
Castle Afb
Cressey
Modesio
el Capitan and
Air Force
G. ©. Lee Ranch
Merced River
GOP Seeks Aug 1 Close of Congress
Washington Republicans say adjournment by August 1 is possible after a White House conference. They push to pass the administration road-building bill and reserve training act, with Sen. Saltonstall and Rep. Hickenlooper backing changes and a cautious stance on an atomic Peace ship amid unknown Soviet plans.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Ren. Martin
Mass
Martin
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Armed Services Committee
Joint Atomic Committee
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Rep
Cole
Rwy
Hazy Sunshine Follows Night Fog and Cloudy Morning
The forecast calls for hazy sunshine after night and early morning fog and low clouds. Expect a slight warming trend as conditions improve through the day.
Miss Universe contestants land in Long Beach for pageant
Carrying 30 contestants, the Miss Universe Special plane arrives at Long Beach Municipal Airport at 10 am Thursday. Mayor Vermillion greets the visitors as the band plays. Miriam Stevenson, last year’s winner from South Carolina, returns to the scene with Miss Argentina and other state and foreign representatives.
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United Air Lines
Long Beach
International Congress of Beauty
George Vermillion
Muic
Oscar Meinhardt
Argentina
Jerri Jean Cole
Towa
Donna Jo Shrever
Nebraska
Phyllis Choquette
South Dakota
Miriam Stevenson
South Carolina
Isabel Sarli
Buenos Aires
Wilton Hotel
Marialena Sarli
Savi
Robinson Hotel
Stevenson
Lander College
Greenwood
S.C
Jana
Catalina
Leonard 0. Stevenson
Winnsboro
8. C
Ecuador
Uruguay
Veterans” Memorial Stadium
Walker's
May Co
Crosby Denies Wed Rumor With Kathy Grant
San Antonio Texas August report says movie star Bing Crosby denied plans to marry Kathy Grant a University of Texas senior. Grant dodged questions noting she wears no engagement ring and will likely be in makeup for a film role on September 10 while Crosby stated he has no marriage plans with Grant or anyone else.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kathy Grant
the Unity of Texas
Bing Crosby
Babstown
Miss Grant
Kathryn Grandsteff
Bing
Crosby
Grant
Los Angeles
Nine Yugoslavians killed by lightning in mountains
A Tuesday lightning strike during a sudden storm killed nine men from Yugoslavia who sheltered in an abandoned house near Babljak in the Montenegrin mountains within the Republic of Montenegro. Nearby villagers reported the incident and authorities began investigations.
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Belgnal
Yugoslavia
Babljak
Republic of Montenegro
Eisenhower Aides Reassign Sec Hobby Post
Sec Hobby resigns and President Eisenhower names Folsom to the post. Humphrey praises Ike's stance on Asia for the Geneva talks while Dulles heads to Paris with advisers to shape Western strategy for the Big Four summit. Moscow proposes step by step German reunification within a European security system.
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Sec
Hobby
Ike
Folsom
Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Asia
Hurmphery
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Korea
Viet Nam
Tvhich
Dulles
Paris
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Worth Atlantic Treaty Council
iDutles
Geneva
Big 4 Preview In Today's P T
A William DL Ryan series reveals what Mr Bulganin will carry to Geneva. Tass issues a Soviet statement six days before the Big Four summit. It calls for step by step reunification of Germany under a peaceful democratic European system.
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William DL. Ryan
Bulganin
Geneva
Tass
Geneve
Germany
West Germany
Blond Mother of 2 Hanged for Murder
Ruth Hiis a 28 year old blond former model and nightclub hostess hailed as a mother of two was hanged at Holloway Prison for Women in London. She murdered David Blakely in a jealous rage after tracking him to a bar. The execution sparked renewed debate over capital punishment as crowds watched outside the prison.
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London
Ruth Hiis
Holloway
Iover
Britain
Albert Pierrapoint
Ellis
Stik
Guilym Lloyd George
Clover
David Blakely
New City Setback in Tite Battle
The city faces another setback as the attorney general directs officials to impound 520 500 000 to safeguard a possible state interest. The office says it does not favor using funds claimed for combatting subsidence and harbor development. The frame cites 14,000,600 from Public Improvement Fund and 2,152,195 for Rainbow Lagoon as outside trust purposes. The League of California Cities will persevere to protect tideland rights, with legislative action expected.
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Rainbow Lagoon
Mallon
Leonard M. Friedman
Atty
Edmund GG
Pat) Brown
Walnfred Jacobson
League of California Cities
Long Beach
Tideland
L. B
Richard Carpenter
Carpenter
Philip Wilkins
Allen
Your World News Summary Card
Local desk lists page references for sections including Beach Combing Bridge Classifieds Comics Obituaries Radio and TV Shipping Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures Wilson Women and Your World on pages A-2 A-25 B-2 B-3 B-4 B-5 B-10 B-11 B-16 B-17 C-3 C-4 C-5 A-24 A-25 and B-18 for reader navigation.
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Boyle
Combes
Wilson
City Wage Hike OKd by Council
City Council approved a one range pay increase about five percent for 1,184 Civil Service employees plus 17 department heads and other staff. Nearly 3,500 workers will benefit with an average raise around $200 monthly, effective Oct 1, at a cost of $523,598.
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Harborland Water Dept
Counteilman
Toby Wick
iCity Mgr
Sam E. Vickers
Civil Service
Vickers
Wick
Freighters Crash Leaving 21 Men Missing
A collision near Trinidad between the freighters Geologist and Sun Princess sinks the Geologist. Twenty one crewmen are reported missing. The Geologist was a 6155 ton British vessel operated by Harrison Lines. Sun Princess, a 5221 ton ship formerly Skaubo, sustained minor damage.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Sun Princess
Harrison Lines
Skaubo
Hobby resigns as Welfare chief. Folsom named successor
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby resigns as Secretary of Health Education and Welfare effective Aug 1. President Eisenhower announces Marion B. Folsom, then Undersecretary of the Treasury, will assume the cabinet post. He praises Hobby in a packed White House briefing as he recalls her wartime leadership of the Women’s Army Corps and the crowding of reporters and flashbulbs.
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Eisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
Hobby
Welfare
Washington
Marion B. Folsom
the Treasury
Geneva
Mrs. Hobby
Oveta
White House
Left in Gear Woman Dies When Baby Starts Car
In Savannah Georgia a two year old girl left alone in a car with the engine running stepped on the accelerator and killed 52 year old Mrs O H Beal a close friend of the parents who was knocked down and dragged 30 feet She died in a hospital two hours later The girl was not hurt and the vehicle had been left in gear Mrs Beal had placed Pauline Marie Galley in the car and had gone inside for socks as the accident occurred Parents Homer and Gailey witnessed the event.
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Savannah
UPI
0. H. Beal
Homer 5
Gailey
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Isabel Sark
By Jack Bell
Russia
Moscow
Europe
Madam Secretary
P.T
Ruth Ellis
New City
Treasury Aid
Dept
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