Nine Murders Tracked to Starkweather Pair in Lincoln
Nebraska Governor mobilizes National Guard as Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugette are linked to a string of killings in Lincoln and Bennet. Victims include C Lauer Ward and Clara Ward, plus Lillian Fencer. Police fear a tenth victim.
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Robert Jensen
Carol King
August Meyer
Marion Bartlett
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Betty Jean
Four Miners Die In Cave-In Near Roundup Montana
In ROUNDUP a mine cave-in in the Mountain Queen coal mine, leased to the US Atomic Energy Commission, killed four miners and left six others escaping injury. The accident happened in a horizontal tunnel about 32 miles east of Roundup, with 30 workers nearby. Names of the deceased include Martin Meznarich, 54. Frank Nose, 45. Jim Molnar, 48. and George Larson, about 50, all Roundup residents. Recovery took five hours as crews cleared rock from the site.
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Weather shifts as warm spell ends across southern Alberta
Easterly winds end warm spell in southern Alberta with clouds keeping night temperatures near or above freezing. A low pressure system moving from Seattle area will bring cloudy conditions and light snow to the prairies, with Thursday highs from 15 to 30.
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Queen Mother Elizabeth Arrives in Vancouver Amid Rain
Thousands greet Queen Mother Elizabeth in a drenching rain as she lands at Vancouver International Airport on a 24 hour layover en route to Australia and New Zealand. She chats with Lieutenant Governor Frank Ross and Mayor Fred Hume before spending the night at the lieutenant governor residence.
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Soviet Sleep Machine Promises Two Hour Daily Rest
Moscow radio reports Soviet scientists are developing an electric sleep machine that would reduce required sleep to two hours daily. The device allegedly emits ultra short waves matching fatigue toxin molecular frequencies to destroy them, potentially tripling human lifespan.
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Even Attendants Have Attendants
Queen Mother Elizabeth travels with a two ton baggage load on a Vancouver stopover en route to Australia. She is escorted by a large staff including two ladies in waiting, an equerry, private and general secretaries, dressers, a page, an accountant, footmen, a detective, a hairdresser and a doctor. Her ladies in waiting include Lady Jean Rankin and The Hon Mrs John Mulholland with personal maids. The BOAC plane carries a 12 member crew with four pilots, a navigator, two engineers, three stewards and two stewardesses.
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British Overseas Airways
Gale Named Deputy Allied Commander Europe to Succeed Montgomery
Gen Sir Richard Gale, 61, British paratrooper and WW II hero, named deputy supreme allied commander in Europe succeeding Field Marshal Montgomery. LAURIS Norstad announced Gale will assume role Sept. 21, Montgomery retires Sept. 20 after turning 70 last year. Gale, famed for forming Britain's first airborne army and Normandy foothold, later led allied northern forces in Germany and served as Queen’s aide-de-camp.
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Filing System Sparks Mixed Reactions in Trade
An agent asks a merchant how the new filing system is working and whether business suffers. The merchant replies that the system is successful, while joking that they paused business to attend to the filing.
Syria and Egypt Union Wins Cabinet Approval
The Syrian cabinet approved a union with Syria and Egypt and prepared to set a proclamation date. President Shukri Kuwaily, expected to be vice president, said the move completes the union. Premier Sabri Assali said the decision came at a two hour session and aims to link Egypt with Syria as a bridge between continents.
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Dulles Seeks UN Path Over Palestine Rift At Pact Talks
In Ankara Dulles pressed Iraq and Turkey to settle Palestine through the United Nations rather than the Baghdad Pact. Baghdad participants Iran Pakistan Britain joined in the talks with Dulles as an observer while Iraq urged Palestine reference in the final communique.
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Changes in Tax Share Data Bring Criticism to Fleming
Canadian Press reports in Ottawa that Finance Minister Donald Fleming faced Liberal charges of distorting tax share figures as the Commons debated boosting provincial shares of personal income tax to 13 percent from 10. The debate centered on differing figures Fleming gave the House and Telegram notices to premiers. Fleming admitted two premiers did not receive the telegrams due to an error.
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James Sinclair
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Stanley Knowles
CCF
Imaginative 13 Year Old Gives Up Sputnik Dream
Lloyd Lee, 13, of Mickleover England, abandoned his plan to become the first Sputnik pilot after a prank letter from classmates at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School claimed acceptance. The boy fainted at news of training in Siberia. he now wishes to join the merchant navy and no longer pursues spaceflight.
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Lloyd Lee
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Soviet Union
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Missing pilot Hendrick Francen found unharmed
Edmonton reports pilot Hendrick Francen, missing since Saturday on a flight from the Arctic coast to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has been located alive. Pacific Western Airlines confirms a search craft spotted him near his downed twin-engine Anson aircraft.
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CBC and Union Seek Settlement Over Labor Dispute
In Montreal and Toronto about 1,200 CBC employees face a possible midnight walkout as CBC and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees meet with federal conciliators Raoul Trepanier and Remy Duquette. A recent dismissal of 41 stagehands over refused duties fuels calls for rehire, with picket lines around CBC’s midtown plant.
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