Granddad Max Conrad Sets Africa to California Long Flight
Max Conrad completes a 56 hour 38 minute nonstop Piper Comanche hop from Casablanca to Los Angeles via El Paso and Corpus Christi breaking the Manila to Pendleton record. He reports mint tea made him ill mid ocean near Cuba and remarks on fuel saving during the voyage. He promotes the aircraft maker and calls the journey his stunting achievement.
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Los Angeles
Lcos Angeles
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California
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Morocco
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Corpus Christi
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Ariz
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Manila
Pendleton
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Denver
Riots in Ecuador Sparked by Grudge Between Soldier and Captain
Ecuador's worst disturbance in years left at least 25 dead and 150 injured as riots spread from a clash between recruit Pablo Antonio Garcia and Capt. Galo Quevado. Martial law was declared to curb the violence amid accusations of Communist manipulation.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Camilo Ponce
Republic
Porto Viejo
Pablo Antonio Garcia
Galo Quevado
Gardener Notes Weedy Growth Echoes Experience
An experienced gardener's adage links rapid weed growth to conditions in the garden. The columnist emphasizes practical observation and careful cultivation over hurried, flashy methods.
Rebels Climb Graterford Water Tower Again
Two prisoners from Philadelphia scaled a fence and climbed to the top of the 185-foot Graterford State Penitentiary water tower. They stayed on the catwalk amid uncertainty over food and motive, with prison guard Warder Myers calling them nuts. The men are Raymond E. Thompson 26 awaiting 5 to 20 years for burglary and Donald Brady 24 a parole violator serving an indefinite term for burglary.
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Graterford State Penitentiary
David M. Myers
Myers
Raymond E. Thompson
Donald Brady
Philadelphia
Here
Somoza Says Rebel Threat to Regime Nearly Over
President Luis Somoza declared that the danger from invading rebels and a general strike facing his government in Managua is "about over." The remarks came Thursday night as protests and clashes continued against his rule in Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Hungary’s Church and State Tangle Over Religion and Atheism
In Budapest a government funded church system coexists with an atheistic state. Officials subsidize religion while policing clergy to curb anti regime influence. Despite controls and propaganda, church attendance remains strong in villages and cities as clergy defend two millennia of faith against Communist doctrine.
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Hungary
U.S
Lajos Ordass
Middletown to gain 450 homes and six apartments east of Blue Ball Pike
Real estate firm announces a $12 million project on 173.49 acres known as Fisher and Powers farms. Henry Gallenstein Jr. develops through Ayershire Corp. Land transferred from Karl Banzhaf as executor. Construction to start soon with plans for medium priced homes and six apartment buildings.
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Siverton
Ayershire Village
Journal
Weith
Gunman Arrested After Bank Robbery in Lexington
A gunman walked out of a Wilmore bank with about 7500 in cash and ordered customers including Wilmore Mayor W D Turkington to fill a sack. Charles Wesley Dennie 28 of Den Ohio was arrested in Lexington after witnesses followed the fleeing car 20 miles to a shopping center. He admitted the robbery and is jailed on 25000 bond. The car, reported stolen in Wilmore, was left in the shopping center area.
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Charles Wesley Dennie
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Fayette County
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Wilmore
W. D. Turkington
Geese Avoid Water After Insecticide Drill
In Charleston Missouri farmer Armont Oliver finds his flock wary of water after a pilot spraying his cotton field with an insecticide. The geese sank in a shallow pond while feeding, drying out oil sacs in their skin, prompting rescue by the flock.
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Armont Oliver
Missouri
Oliver
Adenauer Reverses Plan to Step Up as West German President
In Bonn Konrad Adenauer reversed his decision to leave the chancellorship and pursue the largely honorary presidency. He calls an emergency party meeting to relay the shift, saying he cannot be replaced as government leader amid the international situation. Ludwig Erhard and Franz Etzel are named contenders with Erhard surprised by the change as he remains in the United States.
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Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Christian Democrat Party
Franz Etzel
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
United States
Washington
Christian Democrats
Will Rasner
Labor Leader Urges End to Racial Discrimination at National Convention
Los Angeles AP delegates at the General Federation of Women's Clubs hearing heard Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers urge ending racial prejudice and expanding education and aid to strengthen democracy. Charles Sligh Jr. of the National Association of Manufacturers warned labor leaders seek political power for personal aims.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
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United Auto Workers
America
Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
General Federal of Women's Clubs
India
Little Rock
Charles R. Sligh Jr
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Sligh
Jewelry Stolen From Cincinnati Dealer Home
R. C. Lippert, Cincinnati automobile dealer, reported jewelry valued at 13000 stolen from his home in a fashionable residential section on Thursday. He said the items included a diamond bracelet worth 6000 dollars.
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R. C. Lippert
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Weekend Warmth Persists With Light Showers Possible
The forecast calls for fair and warmer weather today with a high near 83 and a low around 63. Saturday and Sunday will be partly cloudy and warm with highs around 85. Middletown reported a high of 81 yesterday and a low of 52 this morning as the discomfort index nears 74 this afternoon.
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