Conversion Of Merchant Ships Reported For Naval Experiments
The Navy plans to convert two merchant ships into Jupiter missile launchers for experimental use. Compass Island will receive a launching platform at New York naval shipyard, and the unnamed Empire State Mariner will be converted at Norfolk. Each 13,000 tonner exceeds 500 feet, with total conversion cost about 24 million dollars.
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Navy
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Garden Mariner
New York Naval Shipyard
Thhe Navy
Empire State Mariner
Norfolk, Va
Tulsa Socialite Mary Parsons Granted Conditional Pardon
Governor Allan Shivers granted a conditional pardon to Mary Jean Parsons the Tulsa socialite jailed for 10 years for her husband Army Lt Richard O Parsons's murder in a Wichita Falls Texas trial. Parsons will be released to Oklahoma parole authorities who will supervise her case.
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N.Y
Paso
Tex
Shivers
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
el Paso
Parsons
Wichita Falls
Pardons Board
Newlywed Band Leader Killed in Auto Explosion
Paducah Kentucky report says Viviah Chaudet a 41 year old band leader and newly married man was killed when a bomb exploded in his car as he sat down after receiving a call about a fire at a house he was building for his bride. Police suspect arson and the Lone Oak fire department put the loss at 15 000 to 16 000 with state fire marshal assistance ongoing. Chaudet also served as organist for a local organization.
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McGahey
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Franklin
Farl Swanner
Philip C. McGahey
Sonangelo
Win Nenitelitiae
William Wayne Patterson
San Angelo
Brenda Kate Swanner
Philip C. McGahey Jr
Arlington
Richard E. Hall
Houston
Barbara Sutton
Nacogdoches
Joan Zewell Roberts
Glenn Tague
Anthony
Ran
John Gilliand
Oklahoma City
W. B. Gill
Dell, Ark
Jerry Don Gore
Paducah
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Chaudet
J. J. Chaudet
Dorothy
Lone ‘Oak
Alton Rogers
Wright plans mile high Illinois tower in Chicago lakefront
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright says he is drafting plans for a 510 story office structure called The Mlinois to house 100000 workers. The tower would stand 5280 feet tall with a 400 by 500 foot base and take about two years to build if realized. Wright has not yet spoken with Governor Stratton but notes interest from several Chicago figures.
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Wis
Frank Lloyd Wright
Chicago
Lakefront
Wright Chicago
Empire State Building
Chrysler Building
New York
Empire State
Wright
Houston Policeman Dies After Tavern Fight With Woman
A Houston vice squad officer, 29 year old Robert Schulten, died from bullet wounds sustained in a tavern quarrel last night. He and partner W L Kimble confronted a drunken man and wife Lillian Eggleston 39 and M L Eggleston 37 who fought over a shuffleboard incident. Mrs Eggleston fired at Schulten, fled, later surrendered with a 4 caliber pistol.
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Robert Schulten
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W. L. Kimble
Lillian Eggleston
Kimble
Three Killed in Crash Near Bryan
Three people died and several were injured when a car and a cotton picker truck collided near Bryan at Steele's Store in Brazos County. The fatalities were Oscar Dyer 45 Hearne Jack Hollifield Blooming Grove and Mrs H susa Lopez Rio Grande City. All truck occupants were from the Rio Grande City area. Wreckage stretched about 500 yards.
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Steele
Brazos County
Oscar Dyer
Hearne
Jack Hollifield
Blooming Grove
Hersula Lopez
Rio Grande City
Princess Margaret lightens up over royal protocol slips
London reports Princess Margaret now accepts breaches of protocol with a smile. An unnamed American film star ignored her arrival at a party and kept talking, prompting her amused reaction. In another scene at a night club American actor Jack Lemmon called her honey, and she continued dancing with him afterward.
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London
Margaret
Jack Lemmon
Honey
Citizens Council Debate on Local School Segregation Stance
Regional conference in Chattanooga on August 25 discusses prudent talk on better schools and avoiding partisan stands in local debates sobre segregation. Delegates call for a Southern approach to the issue while promoting goodwill.
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Chattanooga
National Citizens Council For
Sons of Goodwill
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