Fire Ball Reported Seen Near Arkansas City by Radar
Arkansas City Kansas observed radar tracked fire ball traveling east at high speed. Reports from Hutchinson NAS and Los Angeles control tower described glowing red object over Lawndale. A B47 from McConnell Air Force Base investigated Kan sightings with no solid evidence, Doppler torches blamed for reflections.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Kansas State Highway Patral
Hutchinson
Naval Air Station
Los Angeles International Airport
Lawndale
Torrence
Kansas Patrol
L Dorade
Kansas
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Wellington
Dorado
Minister's Daughter Fairest in Nation
A 20 year old Iowa beauty crowned Miss United States of America at Municipal Auditorium. Carol Morris of Ottumwa daughter of a minister will represent the U S tonight in pursuit of Miss Universe 1957 amid 43 state contestants. Betty Cherry of South Carolina was second with runners up Nancy McCollum Arkansas Shaun Lewis Nebraska and Jo Dodson Texas. Miss U S A 1956 King Johnson accompanied Morris to stage as robe and crown were presented. Morris expects little for a movie career beyond a possible contract.
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Carol Morris
Iowa
Ottumwa
United States of America
Municipal Auditorium
United States
Oscar Meinhardt
Meinhardt
Nancy McCollum
Arkansas
Shaun Lewis
Nebraska
Jo Dodson
Texas
King Johnson
U.S.A
Carol
Universal - International Studios
Brother and Sister Kill Selves in L. A.
In Los Angeles police report Charles M. Grover 73 and his sister Miss L M Grover 62 apparently died by their own hand in their apartment on a Wednesday. They were found seated at a table with .38 caliber pistols in their hands and had been dead about ten days. Landlord Mrs Helen Es Bet said Grover was nearly blind and his sister in poor health.
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Los Angeles
Charles M. Grover
L. M. Grover
Helen Es- Bet
Grover
Variable hic cloudiness through Friday forecast
Weather outlook shows variable thin cloudiness through Friday with mostly clear skies otherwise. Expect late and early morning low clouds with little temperature change and steady conditions through the period.
Beachcombing Finds and Ocean Life Notes
A brief navigational snippet lists where to find sections across the newspaper including Beach Combing on pages B-1 and C-2, ridge notes on C-2, death notices on B-2, and vital statistics on page 4. The reference also points to Sports A-21 to A-23 and the Theaters page C-3 for entertainment listings.
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Xa Boyle
Acumbe
Wilson
Twin Boys Separated by Medics in San Diego Surgery
Surgeons at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa separated twin boys Gary Neil and Larry Dale Hutchens born July 2 to Floyd and the Hutchens family. The operation revealed an undetected spinal duct and nerve, but doctors reported minimal blood loss and a hopeful outlook despite an uncertain prognosis. Dr. O Connor directed the surgical team with Dr. McDowell delivering. the boys are the couple's third and fourth children after earlier Goree, Texas, births.
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San ‘Diego
Upi
Dy. Wiliam
T. Soldmann
Grossmont Hospital
la Mesa
Gary Neil
Larry Dale Hutchens
Floyd Hutchens
E] Cajon
American Medical Assa
Thomas F. O'Conoper
le Roy E. McDowell
Hutchens
Goree
Tex
Gary
Larry
San Diego Hospital
Danny Kaye Delays Paris Flight Over Gastric Illness
Delayed comedian Danny Kaye postpones his Paris trip due to a gastric disorder. He plans to fly Friday to the French capital en route to Rabat to meet the Sultan of Morocco.
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Israel
Danny Kaye
Paris
Kaye
Rabet
Morocco
Arriving Leaders for Pan American Conference Gather
The article notes a large influx of heads of state to Panama for a hemispheric summit. Gen Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay arrives with officials, ahead of President Eisenhower. Other presidents from Argentina Brazil Chile Costa Rica Cuba Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Uruguay Venezuela and presidents-elect Olivia Petalctor Trujillo were expected, though some leaders canceled due to illness or conflicts.
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Panama
Ufl
Fanaing
Alfredo Stroessner
Paraguay
Eisenhower
Stroessner
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Guatemala
Maui
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Uruguay
Venezuela
Olivia
Pet
Marines Hear Testimony On Ribbon Creek Drownings
On Parris Island master sergeant John E. Clement Jr testified as an expert for the government in the McKean court martial. He said he had not heard of anyone drowning in Ribbon Creek before the April 8 incident in which six recruits died during a night march. The defense challenged the photos of the drowned recruits as inflaming the case, while Clement described local tides and the marshy terrain around the training area.
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Parris Island
Gi (Ap
Ribbon Creek
John E. Clement Jr
Matthew C. McKean
McKean
Clement
Emile Zaia Berman
McKeon
Berman
Charles Sévier
Sevier
Third Set of Twins Born to Abington Mother
Mrs. Rachel Roberts of Roslyn gave birth Wednesday night at Abington Hospital to her third consecutive set of twins. A seven pound twelve ounce boy followed three minutes later by a seven pound one ounce boy. All are reported doing fine. Roberts is wife of Edmund Roberts, a brush salesman. Her first twins, a girl and a girl, arrived June 6, 1950, and the second set, a boy and a girl, on January 22, 1953.
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Abington
Rachel Roberts
Roslyn
Abington Hospital
Mystery Texan Driver Returns After Hollywood Gunfire
Eugene Robertson, 26, returned to Lubbock Texas after claiming a drive-by shooting forced him from Hollywood. He said two men fired on his car on the Hollywood Freeway, sending him to abandon the vehicle behind a hotel and flee to Texas with his brother and a friend. He denied knowing why he was targeted and noted his spending reputation in Hollywood.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Texas
Eugene H. Robertsson
Robertson
Fiyingglass
Lgf
Lubbock
Tex
Sudan
William
Juanita Walker
Foe
Eugene H. Robertson
L. A
Fire destroys furniture factory and more in Los Angeles
A spectacular fire in the industrial district Wednesday night destroyed several buildings including the G. M. Fractor & Son furniture factory and a bottling company yard. Flames rose hundreds of feet as 12 engine companies fought the blaze. Damage was estimated at 300000. Eight families were evacuated from an adjacent building. Cause not yet determined.
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LS Angeles Uwii
Stote
G. M. Fractor & Son
Arab rebels kill ten French soldiers near Oran railway town
Rebels attacked Ste Barbe Du Trelat about twenty miles south of Oran, killing ten French soldiers and wounding six. The assault targeted the railway town, with initial reports indicating heavy losses for the French forces.
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Anlers
Ste.Barbe du Trelat
Oran
Hungary's New Communist Chief Bids Tito Warm Greetings
Ernce Geroe, Hungary’s new Communist Party boss and first deputy premier, pledged closer ties with Yugoslavia and Tito after Matyas Rakosi’s resignation. He denounced Rakosi’s Stalinist errors, called for rapid reforms, a bigger police force, stricter party discipline, and a shift to collective leadership as Belgrade welcomed Rakosi’s fall.
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Vienna
UPI
Ernce Geroe
Hungary
Communist Party
Sond Poanan
Cota
Jliss
Tito
Geroe
Matyas Rakosi
Ald Red
Gerney
Rakosi
Strang
Rigi Ag
Landers
Yugoslavia
Jailed Girl Hangs Self in Fallon Jail
A 14 year old girl, Bars bara Ann Sanders, hanged herself with a blue scarf in the Fallon Nevada city jail after being jailed on suspicion of reckless driving and drinking. Police said her mother could not be located and officers left the jail unattended for 45 minutes before finding the girl. Mrs Sanders arrived at the station about 2 am.
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Fallon
Nev
Barsbara
Ann Sanders
Lida Sanders
Barbara Ann
Donald Weaver
U S Shifts Pacific Commands From Japan to Hawaii
The Defense Department orders the U S Far East Command consolidated with the Pacific Command and moves the main U S land sea and air force command in the Pacific to Admiral Felix Stump as commander in chief. The U S Far East headquart ers move from Tokyo to Hawaii with no major unit deployments planned. The Army Far East command will move to South Korea while Alaska and Canadian-Greenland air defense commands transfer to Continental Air Defense Command.
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Washington
U. S
Far East
Japan
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Pacific-Asiatic
Adm
Felix Stump
Pacific
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U.S. Far East
United Nations
Tokyo
Li. N
South Korea
Department
Alaska
Effec
Tive
Continental Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo. A
Librarian Says Child Books Too Easy For Kids
Ann Arbor reports former New York City librarian Frances C. Sayers told a summer education conference that children's reading is harmed by overeasy books. She urged keeping some challenge in texts to preserve enjoyment and emotional range, noting low post school readership in the U S.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
New York City
Johnny
Frances C. Sayers
University of Michigan
Sayers
England
Australia
Canada
Norway
Denmark
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Jose Maria Velasco Sharra
Teuador
Oscar Osorio
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