Miss Sweden Hillevi Bombin Crowned Miss Universe
The pageant ends with Hillevi Bombin of Sweden crowned Miss Universe amid surprise and emotion. Runners up include Maribel Arrieta of El Salvador, Maureen Hingert of Ceylon, Margit Nanke of Germany, and Keiko Takahashi of Japan as early favorites are noted.
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Sweden
Maribel Arrieta
el Salvador
Maureen Hingert
Ceylon
Margit Nanke
Germany
Keiko
Takahashi
Japan
Uni
Retired Major General Charged With Favoritism at Chanute
The Air Force charged retired Major General Byron E. Gates, former Chanute Air Force Base commander, with giving preferred treatment to insurance firms selling policies at the base. The accusation is part of a three-count case. An investigation will decide if Gates should face court martial. Gates, a World War I veteran and Aberdeen South Dakota native, became Chanute commander in October 1949.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
Byron E. Gates
Chanute Air Force Base
Gates
AIR Forge
Aberdeen
S. D
Chanute
Cordell Hull Former State Secretary Dies at 83
Cordell Hull former secretary of state and father of the United Nations died at 9 a m at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda Maryland after a stroke. He had long suffered poor health including high blood pressure and a cerebral thrombosis in 1951. Hull remained active in national affairs until declining health after a March stroke. He sponsored reciprocal trade programs dating to his Senate days.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United Nations
U.S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Hull
Mareh
Senate
U. S
Lola Wonce and Lola Goetz Visit Santa Fe
Two formal columns in the Santa Fe New Mexican report Lola Wonce and Lola Goetz as recent visitors to Santa Fe, noting their presence in local society and events.
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Lola Wonce
Goetz
Santa Fe Santa FE
NBL
Santa Fe
New Mexican
Lola Goetz
Bandit shot by own pistol in Iowa kidnap escape
Eugene Tomaszewski and his wife Shirley armed themselves to free abductors Ogden Danner and Edward Lee Campbell after a 100 mile car ride from Clarence Iowa. Danner was critically wounded by his own pistol during the struggle. Campbell was taken into custody in Tama County. The couple planned a Minnesota vacation and were awakened by the gunmen near Clarence.
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Toledo
Iowa
Illinois
Here
Russell Kern
Eugene Tomaszewski
Princeton
Shirley
Kern
Ogden Danner
Chicago
Ill
Edward Lee Campbell
Natural Bridge Station
Danner
Tomaszewski
Marsaghtown
Campbell
Tama
Tomaszewskis
Minnesota
Highway 30
Clarence
Nap
Kem
Four Powers Plan October Foreign Ministers Meeting
In Geneva the United States Soviet Union Britain and France agreed to hold a meeting of their foreign ministers in October to discuss German unification and European security. They also sent the U N disarmament subcommittee to New York on Aug 29 to begin work and urged study of disarmament negotiations to remove East West barriers. Premier Bulganin noted Asia and Formosa topics not raised while Eden closed with remarks on unresolved issues.
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Geneva
U. N
New York
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Eden
Faure
Elcsenhower
Council Chamber
Palace of Nations
Washington
Long Beach
Soviet Union
Asia
Far East
Red China
United Nations
Lava Wall Creeping Toward Fornazzo From Mt Etna
Lava river of 120 feet per hour advances toward Fornazzo and Milo on Mt Etna s slopes. The 15 foot high, 150 foot wide flow remains about four miles from central Fornazzo and 2,500 feet from outlying homes amid vineyards and orange groves. Etna's eruption began four days earlier on the crater s north east flank.
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Fornazzo
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Milo
Europe
Af Crater
Valley of the Ox
Order Public Probe of AF Sec Talbott Hearing
The Senate investigations subcommittee ordered a full public hearing into the outside business interests of Air Force Secretary Harold E. Talbott. Democrats favored the inquiry, Republicans abstained, with no date set though it will begin soon. The focus includes whether Talbott urged RCA to renew a contract with engineering firm Paul Mulligan and Co., where he is a partner.
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Paul B. Mulligan and Co
Talbott
Yosemite Area Hit by Second Deluge
California reports a second flood in the Yosemite region as Tioga Pass road is buried under mud and debris. Mono Lake area residents lose water supply while eight cabins and a lodge are washed away. A 22 year old man dies in a trailer fire in Signal Hill. Deputies say 360 vacation residents lack fresh water and trucks bring in supplies.
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Talbott
Leevining
Calif
Sierra
Sam Ewing
RCA
Mono Lake
Mono County
Thurst
U.S
Te Mulligan
Air Telow
Ewing
Tioga Pass
Yosemite National Park
Aij
Obispo Ave
Tafe Wegts
Bobby Joe Weeks
Tioga Lodge
Mono Laxe
Mother Defends Dayton Officer in Youths Shooting
In Dayton Ohio the mother of 19 year old Dawson Roberts Jr says the officer was within his rights after police killed the youth Friday night. Patrolman C B Killean shot Roberts at the stepfather’s home as Roberts allegedly aimed the gun at Ronald Connors and refused orders to drop it. The mother Vera Connors testified to detectives that the youth threatened them. police said Roberts did not drop the gun.
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Signal Hill
Clarance W. Heier
Raymond Ave. Heier
OQ. C. Judd
Judd
Ib. W. Coon Mortuary
Shell Oil Co. i
Dayton
Ohio
Vera Connors
Dawson Roberts, Jr
C. B. Killean
Ronald Connors
Killean
Roberts
St.' S Elizabeth Hospital
Grundish
Contents and sections listed for the newspaper
The text enumerates where to find sections such as Ji Churches on pages A-4 and A-5, Classified on B-2 to B-9, Comics on B-10, Crossword on A-4, Financial on A-8, Obituaries on B-2, aa and enc ipping on A, Sports on A-6 and A-7, Theaters on A-2, and Tides Temperatures on A-.
Fire Engine and Auto Plunge From Bridge in Austria Disaster
In a rain swept incident near Gmunden a speeding fire engine with seven men and two sedan volunteers plunged from a washed bridge more than 60 feet and exploded. The crash added nine more deaths in a string of freak weather mishaps across Austria this week bringing total fatalities to 21.
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Vienna
A.R
Gmunden
Res Aue
Austria
Weather note on variable high cloudiness
Variable high cloudiness after night and morning low clouds with little temperature change.
Water flood swamps Narbonne basement pool created by broken pipe
Narbonne High School basement flooded after a broken gasket fed a makeshift pool of water about six feet deep. Firemen reported roughly 75,000 gallons of water in the administration area after a fire alarm was triggered by the flooding. Fire crews used a truck pump to evacuate the area.
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Lomita
Narbonne High School
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Lefayette Hotel
Miss Rombin
Miss Swiden
Tab General
Cordell Fiull
Plan Meeting of Ministers
Bulgaria
State Dulles
London
AF Sec. Talbott
GOP
Bill Moroney West
Don Flynn
New York City
Yosemite Area
California Highway
Neil Bibby
Tioga Fass
Clarence Heier
Narbonne
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