Eight killed in California plane crash near cemetery
Two families en route to Niagara Falls were killed when a Beechcraft C45H plunged into All Souls Cemetery south of Los Angeles after takeoff from Long Beach. The crash near houses caused a power outage and left bodies scattered among yards and debris. Pilot James Whitmarsh, his wife Mildred, their four children, and James Dent with his wife Rebecca and two children died. The plane belonged to James C. Thomas III of Pasadena.
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Lakewood
Calif
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Nigara Falls
Long Beach
Federal Aviation Agency
All Souls
Los Angeles
Whitemarsh
Mildred
Terry
Mary Margaret
James Edward Dent
Whittier
Rebecca
Peggy
Richard
Joseph Rhoades
John Hagedorn
Rhoades
Betty
James C. Thomas III
Pasadena
Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago
Ralls Tex Mill Names New Manager From Gastonia
Ralls Tex Mill president Jean Smith announced Charles Hollis as the new mill manager. Hollis, from Gastonia, arrives with a Clemson textile engineering degree and a family of four. He says the operation has great potential and will be an asset to the South Plains. The mill runs three shifts and reports limited bagging for public sale while fulfilling existing orders.
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RALLS
Ralls-Tex Mill
Jean Smith
Charles Hollis
Gastonia, ‘C
Clemson University
Hollis
South Plains
Cary Grant Honeymoon Hideaway Stuns Mother In Bristol
Mrs. Elsie Leach, Archie Leach known as Cary Grant, asks if anyone has seen her son and his new bride Dyan Cannon during their Bristol honeymoon. The couple checked into the Royal Hotel, left without note, and their luggage and Cary Grant’s Rolls Royce CG-1 are missing.
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Bristol
England
UPI
Elsie Leach
Archie
United States
Dyan Cannon
Grant
Cary Grant
Texan Killed in Action in Vietnam
Marine Pfc. Herman William Silvee of Galveston was killed in action in Vietnam, the Defense Department announced Saturday, with his mother listed as Mrs. Clementine Silvee.
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Washington
UPI
Herman William Silvee
Clementine Silvee
Galveston
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Afghanistan Starts Oil Processing Plant Project
Afghanistan announces construction of a new facility to process oils as part of its industrial development plan. The project aims to expand local energy processing capacity and create jobs.
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Afghanistan
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Avalanche-Journal
California
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James
Clarence Swearengen
Mary Timm
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Rals-Tex Mill
Loafer
Cbes Shoes
Shop-Rite Shoe Store
Plainview
Gabrel Wayla
Littlefield
Phelps
CARY
Pakistan
India
New Delhi
Mendhar
Jammu ‘Kashmir
Dhabrot
Burma
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Renda
8Th and
Pe J
Texas
Ieee
Cesee
College Ave
LEVIS
Bowman Lumber CO
Mirrer
Rancher
Chest of Drawers
Monterey Center
Soth and
Elgin
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