Air Crash Hero Was Plot Figure in Insurance Scam
In 1957 a DeHavilland Mosquito crash near the San Fernando Valley led to claims of a hero pilot James Gibbs staying with the burning plane to die. Police allege Richard Loomis sabotaged the craft and profited from $47,000 in insurance. Loomis faced murder charges as investigators cite a signed payout agreement and staged crash plan.
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Los Angeles
James Gibbs
Gibbs
Richard E. Loomis
Pierce Brooks
Britain
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Probers
Loomis
England
Lloyds of London
Kerber
San Diego
Calif
Mrs Dolan Dies. Rites Set In Platteville
Agnes M Dolan 77 a Lafayette County native died Friday at her Platteville home Funeral services will be at 9 30 a m tomorrow at St Marys Catholic Church Platteville A Rosary will be held at 8 tonight Surviving brother James McGranahan Lancaster Illinois is listed among relatives
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Agnes M. Dolan
Lafayette County
Platteville
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
James McGranahan
Lancaster
Baking squash in a slow oven takes about an hour
Reading from a cooking note, baking halves of medium acorn squash in a slow oven requires roughly one hour for soft tender flesh.
Wool Contest Opens District and State Finals Loom
Mrs. Harvey Mauermann of Brodhead leads Green County in the Make It Yourself Wool Contest now open for entries. District judging occurs in Janesville in September with two senior and two junior winners advancing to state finals in Denver. Garments must be 100 percent wool fabric with non wool linings and interlacings allowed.
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Harvey Mauermann
Brodhead
Green County
Nancy Fenner
Janesville
W. B. Hughes Sr
Women’s
National Wool Growers Association
American Wool Council
Denver
U S Officials Say Castro Frame Aims at Lacayo Case
Washington officials assert Havana fomented a plot to discredit the United States by framing Nicaraguan exile Chester Lacayo. They point to mislabelled photos and a forged telegram as proof of a Castro led effort to destabilize the Somoza regime. Western Union and State Department deny the telegram and meetings ever occurred.
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Washington
U. S
United States
Chester Lacayo
Havana
Caribbean
Lacayo
Luis Somoza
Fidel Castro
Oswaldo Corticos
Roy R. Rubottom
Inter-American Affairs
Rubottom
C. Allan Stewart
State Department
Christian A. Herter
Western Union
Herter
Seaweed Used as Vegetable and Condiment in Oceania
In Oceania and the broader Pacific, people consume seaweed both as a savory vegetable and as a sweet condiment, reflecting its versatile role in regional cuisine. The practice highlights seaweed's cultural integration and dietary utility across coastal communities.
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Oceania
Dairy Month Recipe for Today Cheese-Date Fold-Overs
A vintage recipe for Cheese Date Fold-Overs doubles as a dated baking method. It combines butter and sharp processed American cheese with flour salt and water to form dough. Date filling cooks into a jam like mixture. Rolled dough cuts fill and seal, baked until golden.
Chili Partner Bite-Size Shredded Corn Biscuits
A compact side dish note describes CHILI PARTNER bite-size shredded corn biscuits as a different and delicious accompaniment to chili con carne.
Japan Situation Could Hit Farms
American farmers have a big stake in Japan politics as Tokyo changes and Communist groups rise. Japan ranks among top five buyers of U S farm goods, including cotton and soybeans, and changes could curb trade if Japan aligns with Red China, though Japan would lose from reducing imports.
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Washington
Japan
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Agricultural Department
Red China
China
United States
Henry Ford’s boyhood hobby of taking apart and reassembling watches
The article notes Henry Ford's favorite pastime as a youth was dismantling watches and reassembling them. This early curiosity foreshadowed his engineering mindset and later inventive achievements.
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Henry Ford
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San Fernando Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Resada
Gibbs Son
David
Chamber
THE
Monroe Evening Times
Monroe
Russ Smith
Eastern Airlines
New York
Idlewild
U.S
Castro
Carol Jean Wyss
Jacob Wyss Jr
Argyle
Ross and Buckskin
Argyle High School
City Hall
Wisconsin
F. M. Bray
H. B. Monroe Corp
Freeport, Ill
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