Radio Towers Hit in Albany Crackup
An American Airlines Convair with 28 aboard crashed near Albany Airport after striking two WPTR radio towers. The plane, circling for fog to lift, hit the 368-foot towers and exploded, killing all aboard. Many bodies burned. several passengers were thrown clear. Damage to the towers raised questions about possible prior trouble. Residents noted engine problems before the impact. Continued on Page A-16.
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Mutiny by German police soldiers crushed by Soviet troops
In West Berlin the Information Bureau West reports a mutiny by 2000 Soviet zone police soldiers at Pinnow barracks near Angermünde was crushed by seven Soviet tanks and Russian troops. One German lieutenant was killed and several police soldiers wounded.
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Classified radio and TV listings page summary
Local newspaper sections guide lists where to find features across pages including Beach Combing Page B-1 Billy Rose Page A-15 Boyle Page A-5 Bridge Page A-5 and extensive Classified coverage from B-4 to B-19 along with Comics B-2 Crossword B-6 Editorial A-14 Financial B-3 Obituaries 8-2 Radio and TV 8-16 Shipping Table 8-2 Sports A-17 16 19 Theater 8-8 Tides Temperatures B-2 Women B-4 5 Your World A-2.
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United Nations opens 15th session with Korea peace aims
At the U N General Assembly opening, debate focused on Korea peace talks and Chinese representation. Andrei Vishinsky failed to seat Red China but will push Korea later. Dulles aims to keep peace talks limited to belligerent nations. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit elected as assembly president.
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Mid-Ocean Repairs Rush on Spanish Freighter Marte
The 15744-ton Marte was sinking 560 miles southwest of St Johns Newfoundland when water entered through a waterline hole. The US Coast Guard cutter Yakutat stood by while urgent repairs were made with 38 crew aboard en route from Canada to Spain with a wheat cargo.
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Transport Brings 428 More Ex-POWs Home
In San Francisco 428 former Korean War prisoners arrived aboard the transport Gen. Black as Operation Homecoming reached a two thirds mark. The ship joined the Gen. Pope at the dock with 72 sick and wounded aboard. Families were escorted to Letterman Hospital, while one son rushed to Crissy Field to reach his ill father. More ships are expected, with the Gen. Brewster due Sept. 20 and the Gen. Howze on Sept. 22, as 2300 ex-POWs have landed to date.
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Roberto McGuire
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Presidio
Elsie Nomwood
Embarcadero
A. W. Brewster
Mostly sunny through Thursday with scattered clouds
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through Thursday with occasional high cloudiness by day and night and morning low clouds. Temperatures show little change across the period.
Indictment for Harboring Red Fugitive in California
A federal grand jury indicted Sidney Steinberg and four others for harboring convicted Red leader Robert G. Thompson. The group includes Shirley Keith Bremen Carl Edwin Rass Sam Coleman and Janet Conroy. FBI agents arrested four at a cabin near Twain Harte on August 27 with Thompson. Conroy was captured later en route from Stockton. Thompson was returned to New York City to face contempt charges from his flight.
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Janet Conroy
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Forest Flames Defy Conquest
Forest Fire rages in Angeles National Forest burning over 17000 acres with watershed damage estimated at 5.5 million dollars. Lightning sparked the blaze last Wednesday as crews of about 1300 firefighters hold 20 miles of fire lines near Big Pines and Wrightwood. containment could take several days.
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Civic Units Protesting Bus Change Hearing Opens
Witnesses from North Long Beach Los Altos and West Side civic groups attend the State Public Utilities Commission hearing on Long Beach Motor Co s bid to take over Long Beach City Lines and alter routes. Protesters oppose curtailment of route No 2 and Willow Street cutbacks while company counsel argues a merged operation reduces cost and complexity. The session includes remarks by Joan Munholland and naval observers, with continued coverage noted for Page A-16.
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Prisoner of War Bowditch recalls harsh Korean march deaths
Cpl. Arthur Bowditch of Long Beach recounts his capture in Korea and the grueling march north with American prisoners. He details the first death from dysentery, the boy DeYoung, who died on a stretcher after months of starvation and illness, and describes brutal conditions in Bean Camp among about 900 prisoners.
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Fleeing Boy Wounded by Deputy in Juvenile Escape
A deputy wounded Richard Leslie Hill, 17, and captured Ronald Edward Sease, 18, while fleeing from Santa Ana Juvenile Hall. Hill, of Garden Grove, was treated and sent to General Hospital with a leg bullet wound. Sease faces escapee and grand theft auto charges. The boys escaped by scaling a three story wall using a volleyball net, then roamed a Whittier area before being spotted near a filling station. The incident began when the youths fled around 1 a.m. and were last reported missing at 3 p.m.
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