Ernie Kovacs Die In West LA Car Crash At 42
Los Angeles police traced a wet pavement crash on Santa Monica Boulevard to comedian Ernie Kovacs who died at the scene when his station wagon struck a power pole. Edie Adams learned of the accident and was later told Kovacs was dead. The beloved TV and film comic, 42, was en route home after a party with Billy Wilder when the fatal impact occurred near Beverly Hills. Kovacs, who helped redefine visual comedy, leaves wife Edie Adams and three daughters, plus parents in Trenton New Jersey and a brother. funeral plans were pending.
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Hollywood
Andrew and
Mary Kovacs
Trenton
Tom
Five Dempsey children die in Moncton fire
Five children aged 4 to 15 died in a two story Moncton house fire early Saturday. Sheila 15 Joan 8 Donna 6 Claude 4 and Heather 4 months were found dead in a back bedroom. Gavin 20 and Floyd 9 escaped with injuries. Douglas 13 rescued himself. Fred Dempsey served with the Canadian army, Frances 16 was visiting Dieppe. The fire began in the kitchen and spread fast. Gavin and Douglas aided others from a second story window.
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Murray Mc.Kie
Five Die In Air Crash Atop TV Tower Near Chippewa Falls
A private Cesna aircraft crashed into a 450 foot community television antenna near Chippewa Falls, killing pilot Orin S. Slaussen and four Oscar Mayer & Co. officials from Madison. The Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission says the tower was an air traffic hazard and had been the subject of a 1950 lawsuit. The accident occurred while the plane was en route to Rice Lake. The case against Chippewa Cable Co. was under appeal with a Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing planned for March.
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Middleton
Oscar Mayer & Co. Meat Packing Firm
Madison
William B. Ahern
Edmund G. Blair
John A. Weaver
Earl W. Blankenheim
Rice Lake
Chippewa Cable Co
Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Parsons College Coeds Face Continued Larceny Charges
In Ottumwa Iowa three Parsons College coeds were arraigned on larceny by shoplifting charges and the cases were continued to January 17 on request by their attorneys. Bond free were Jane Elizabeth Trauger 18 from River Vale New Jersey Ann Lynn Free 19 from Dayton Ohio and Susan Gitlitz 18 from Tenafly New Jersey. Police said the three admitted taking about 85 dollars worth of merchandise from five Ottumwa stores and that they carried out the theft "for kicks."
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Iowa
Parsons College
Congress attacks new Communist passport rule
Washington lawmakers slam the State Department procedure that denies passports to known Communists but allows appeal hearings to review evidence. Critics say it fails to curb secrecy and still lets nondeclarants obtain passports while supporters call it a needed improvement amid mounting Cold War tensions. Big Ben London's clock is noted for its 22-foot faces.
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Frank Lausche
Ohio
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Supreme Court
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FBI
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Roger W. Jones
Chayes
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Justice Department
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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