25000 Acres Burned In Los Angeles Fire
A wind driven brush and timber blaze in the San Gabriel Mountains has burned through 25000 acres for a third day. The U S Forest Service estimates damage at 25 million dollars. About 1400 firefighters including Indian hot shots battled a 50 mile perimeter with no injuries or homes lost. Roadblocks were set to keep roads clear for emergency vehicles.
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N.M
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Landslides Hit City Eight Dead Reported
Canadian coast region battered by rains and winds. In Prince Rupert several homes were destroyed and eight deaths feared. Van couver radio ham reports a child's body recovered and an 18 month old girl dug from rubble alive in Prince Rupert hospital. Rescue crews worked through the night amid power and communication outages.
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B.C
Prince Rupert
Ketchikan
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
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Between Devil And Deep Blue
Pat Walter Slocum pleaded guilty to four burglaries and two larcenies in Scranton. He told Judge Michael Eagan he turned to crime to avoid jail after his estranged wife threatened arrest over $80 monthly support. Sentencing postponed a week.
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Scranton
Pat Walter Slocum
Michael Eagan
Slocum
Eagan
Atomic Blast Lifts Earth
Houston report quotes Atomic Energy Commissioner W F Libby on an underground Nevada test that reportedly lifted a mountain about six inches and trapped molten rock 800 feet underground while radioactivity and heat remained contained.
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Houston
Tex
Nevada
Atomic Energy
W. F. Libby
Sweden Opens Subway Connecting Stockholm Sectors
King and Queen of Sweden will inaugurate Sunday a new subway line linking the southern and western sections of Stockholm's 20 mile underground system.
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Stockholm
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King and Queen of
The Eiffel Tower in Paris The Empire State Building after taxes
A playful image compares two famed landmarks after taxes. The line hints at tax considerations affecting iconic structures in Paris and New York, suggesting financial news or a cartoon caption theme.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
Empire State Building
Meteors In Reverse U S Sends Fragments Toward Sun
A U S Air Force scientist in Bedford announces two aluminum fragments blasted beyond Earth's gravity from an Aerobee test near New Mexico on Oct 16. The fragments travel outward at about 40 000 mph, possibly toward the sun or other planets, with more analysis awaiting confirmation.
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Mass
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O. K. Sapounov
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National Broadcasting Co
J. Robert Oppenheimer
NBC
White House
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Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N.J
Los Alamos, N.M
Gein case to probe graves in Plainfield Cemetery
Authorities plan to exhume up to four graves in Plainfield and Spiritland cemeteries to verify Edward Gein's confession of grave robbing and slayings. Gein remains in Waushara County Jail awaiting mental competency evaluation while investigations continue.
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Wis
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Dist
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Waushara
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Eleanor Adams
Arthur Schley
Joseph Niemir
Harold Collins
Ray Gault
Plainfield Cemetery
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State Crime Laboratory
Sputnik debris may fall to Earth within 24 hours
Sputniks carrier rocket may plunge back into the atmosphere at any time with parts of tough metal possibly reaching the earth. US and British scientists offer varying estimates and caution that the drop point is unpredictable while the main satellite remains aloft for weeks.
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Producer Rents French Village for Wartime Scene
Movie producer William Goetz rented the village of Chateauneuf D Isere in France for a single day to shoot an evacuation scene for Me and the Colonel starring Danny Kaye. He paid 3500 dollars and included carts and antique vehicles.
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Colonel
Danny Kaye
Goetz
Chateauneuf D'Isere
Von Brentano Seeks U S Missile Base Policy From Dulles
West German Foreign Minister Heinrich Von Brentano visits Washington to press for a U S policy statement on intermediate range missile bases in Western Europe and to discuss NATO summit plans in Paris. Dulles signals no talks with individual governments yet, aiming first to consult NATO commander Norstad.
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Britain
Lauris Norstad
Government News Bars Are Rapped
At the University of Maryland dedication of a new journalism building William Dwight president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association condemned government secrecy. He cited Secretary Dulles denying access to Red China as an example and traced invasions of the right to know back to 1789.
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Holyoke
Mass
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Holyoke Transcript-Telegram
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Red
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George Washington
Hostage Released in Denver Town as Manhunt Fails
Denver police and FBI continued the largest manhunt in the city’s history for Albert Kostal after he released a hostage, then vanished again. Kostal had escaped Jefferson County Jail with Arthur Watson while awaiting murder trial for the December 9 shooting of Rah Isley. Police blocked exits and pursued Kostal through downtown as officers questioned Reed and searched for fresh sightings.
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FBI
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Det
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Arthur Watson
Jefferson County
Rah Isley
Watson
Childers
Oliver P. Reed
Reed
Missile Speed-Up Is Urged By Senate Subcommittee
Senate Preparedness subcommittee chairs Lyndon B. Johnson and Sen. Bridges urge faster missile program progress. Johnson says hearings will seek methods to accelerate target achievement dates as concerns over U S defenses and Russian developments grow. House appropriations subcommittee members report on missiles’ situation.
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Jodrell Bank doubts Sputnik rocket still alive in space
Prof A C Lovell of Jodrell Bank says scientists cannot locate the carrier rocket casing and expects it to reenter the atmosphere soon. The rocket has completed about 750 orbits, more than Sputnik I, while Sputnik II with Laika remains operational after its launch in November.
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A. C. Lovell
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Moonwatch
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United States urged to begin immediate IRBM production
Rep. Mahon after a tour of Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal urged rapid deployment of an intermediate range ballistic missile. He said Jupiter or Thor or both should go into production. Other lawmakers and witnesses support accelerating missile programs amid Senate preparedness hearings.
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Ala
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