Americans Bombed by Greek Terrorists in Cyprus
In Nicosia Greek Cypriots bombed the home of U.S. consular official John Meehan Friday night. The attack frightened his wife and three children who were preparing to retire. The blast damaged the front veranda and shattered windows. no one was injured.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.S
John Meehan
Intelligense
EOKA
Meehan
West Acton
Mass
U. S
Jesse Jones Dies at 82 Headed RFC
Jesse H. Jones a Tennessee farm boy rose to wealth as wartime Secretary of Commerce and head of the RFC. He loaned over 50 billion dollars and built Houston skyline owning 35 buildings up to 37 stories. He published the Houston Chronicle and owned three large hotels. He underwent kidney blockage surgery in March and remained critically ill into May.
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Houston
Jesse H. Jones
Tennessee
Secretary of Commerce
Retconstruction Finance Corp
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
RFC
Jones
South
Houston Chronicle
Spectators Flee As Circus Tent Topples In Fitchburg
A wind storm toppled a circus menagerie tent in Fitchburg Massachusetts forcing 2,500 spectators to flee. Four were hospitalized for injuries from wind damaged boards while eight had minor injuries. No animals escaped and the show was shortened to avert a catastrophe. Police credited swift actions by Christiani Brothers circus owners.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Christiani Brothers
Norman F. de Lisle
Divisions Attack Rebel Holdout in Algeria Clash
French forces backed by jet aircraft launched a major offensive to crush a large Algerian rebel force in the Gates of Iron triangle in the Biban Mounts region. The 19th Infantry Division joined the 27th Mechanized Division as battles raged along the triangle’s sunlit crags southwest of Bougie and in the Soumman Valley. French officers hailed the Western edge assault as superb amid the encirclement, with rebels said to have suffered heavy casualties and prisoners taken.
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Algiers
Algéria
Iron
Biban
Algeria
Bougie
Soumman
Germany
Film Star Hersholt Dies at 69
Hollywood veteran actor Jean Hersholt died at his Beverly Hills home after a year of declining health. The Danish born star, 69, gained fame as Dr. Christian and as a beloved humanitarian leader. He served as president of the Academy and the Motion Picture Relief Fund and became an American citizen in 1918.
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Hollywood
Jean Hersholt
Beverly Hills
Christian
Hersholt
3000 Filme
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Hans Christian Andersen
Nce
United States
Thomas H. Ince Co
Mary Pickford
Rales
Douglas Fairbanks
Don Q
Erich von Stroheim
Greed
Stella Dallas
Prince
Old Soak
Alias the Deacon
Abie
Men In White
The
Dr. Dafoe
Dionne
Dr. Christian
Norwalk Murder Suspect Wife Jailed After Fatal Stabbing
Loyal Hawks, 48, was stabbed to death at the Miller home in Norwalk after a quarrel in which his wife Sally Jane Hawks, 38, says he compared her to his former wife. She was booked on suspicion of murder. deputies say five stab wounds, one severing an artery, caused Hawks’ death at Carébil Hospital.
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Norwalk
Bell Gardens
Loyal F. Hawks
E. Gotham St
Carébil
Bloomfield Ave
Sally Jane Hawks
Norwalki
George F. Miller
Markdale Ave
Hawks
Miller
le Hawks
Richard
Cindy
Firemen Aid as Wine Slows Carpentry Fire in Sicily
In Catania Sicily firemen faced a carpentry shop blaze that breached a wooden partition and threatened an adjoining wine store. Arriving crews found the wine already easing the flames as vats and bottles were involved by the fire.
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Catania
Sicily
Racial tensions flare on AF trainees train trip
Military authorities report fights broke out among about 150 air force trainees aboard a special train en route to Lackland AFB. Crocker city marshal notes a racial dispute while public officials say clashes were individual, order restored after an AF officer was sent to Crocker. Damaged seats and cushions were noted with no serious injuries.
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Crocker
Air Force
Public Information Office
Ft. Leonard Wood
Fred Mass
Heil
Lackland Air Forces Base
San Antonio
Texas
Clyde Frey
Frey
Newburg
Missouri
Tito Says Red Split Won't Happen Again
President Tito of Yugoslavia declared in Moscow that there will be no repeat of the split among communist nations, insisting Leninist principles ensure harmony in the socialist camp. In Moscow to mend ties with Soviet leaders, Tito met new foreign minister Dmitri Shepilov as Molotov’s successor. a separate report notes a hitchhiking sailor shot by a motorist near Orange Texas after claiming robbery motive and a missing $350. Local authorities describe the shooter’s motive as robbery. The sailor, Jacob Joseph Orre, 25, of Los Angeles, was found 100 feet off a canyon road with a gunshot wound near the heart and transported to Los Angeles County General Hospital in critical condition.
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Newhall Upi
Orange
Tex
Canyon Road
Sheriff's
Moscow
Tito
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Lenin
Kievsky
Dmitri Shepilov
Ft Tito
Shepilov
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Jacob Joseph Orre
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County General Hospital
U.S. Forest
Priest Bails Out of Jet Arrives at Wedding Late
A 31 year old Air Force chaplain Rev Cornelius P McLaughlin parachuted to safety after a jet fault. He landed at Stewart Air Force Base and reached the ceremony at St Annes Stonehurst by 10 45 am to finish officiating for Miss Barbara Coyle and Norbert Dooling after a 10 04 am arrival.
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Philadelphia
Cornelius P. McLaughlin
Air Force
Charles B. Henk
Pine Bush
McLaughlin
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh
International Air Fort
Barbara Coyle
Norbert Dooling
Manoa
St Alice's Catholic Church
Stonehurst
Martin J. Nolan
TV Set Owner Killed Attempting Repairs
Altadena authorities report 48 year old Richard H. Saunders was electrocuted at his home Friday while attempting to repair his television set.
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Altadena
Richard H. Saunders
Weather Outlook Says Mostly Sunny With Some Clouds
The forecast notes high clouds and continued warmth with mostly sunny skies. A few fog patches are expected Sunday morning as temperatures stay warm.
Solons Seek Underworld Graft Link
Senate investigators probe law clients of Murray M Chotiner California Republican leader to learn how he earned fees. Chotiner a Los Angeles lawyer and former Nixon campaign manager resists, calling the inquiry a politically inspired fishing expedition. He has testified to fees for Herman Kravitz of Atlantic City and Joseph Abrams, contractors later blacklisted, and for gangster Marco Reginelli. he says he spoke with White House aides about issues facing two other clients.
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Washington
Senate
Murray M. Chotiner
California
Chotiner
Los Angeles
Nixon
Caotiner
Herman, Kravitz
Atlantic City
N. J
Joseph
Joey) Abrams
Philadelphia
Marco Reginelli
White House
Youth Killed by Bazooka Rocket Blast
SPRINGVILLE Utah a bazooka rocket exploded killing Ivan C Russell 45 son of William and Mrs Russell and critically injuring Vera Van Patten 26. Police say reports of dozens of rockets turned in are untrue and the origin of the weapon remains unknown.
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Springville
Utah
Yoo
Ivan C. Russell
William Russell
Vera van Pattens
Soldex van Patten
Springer
Henry Weight
Weight
National Guard
Contents listing and page indices
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Margit Menke
Cologne
Stockholm
Sweden
Margit
Jesse Jones
San Francisco
Mary Gibbs
Mediterranean
Britain
Anthony Eden
London
NATO
Sally Hawes
Tiito
Marshal Tito
Saltte
Kishenev
Soviet Moldavia
Soviet Union
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ssiTito
Ailor
Orre
Thelma Orre
Aleutian Islands
Underworld
Nixon Aid
Chetiner
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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