Four Las Vegas businessmen die in Los Angeles crash
A two engine plane approaching an instrument landing at International Airport in dense fog crashed and burned, killing four Las Vegas businessmen aboard. Pilot J L Gordon, 45, and passengers Robert J Bigelow 42 B B E Carrington 42 and Dale Lightenburger 42 died. Debris damaged two parked planes and ground crewmen were treated. Gordon Tavestiner Co owner and other firms owned by victims were en route to buy furniture for apartment projects.
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International Airport
Las Vegas
Nev
John Smith
North American Aviation Co
J. L. Gordon
Gordon Tavestiner Co
Gordon
Las Vega
Robert J. Bigelow
BB. E. Carrington
Carrington Carpel Co
Dale Lightenburger
Skydiving Tournament Set for New Orleans Area
Four teams of skydivers will perform at a regional contest this weekend at Wagaman Field Jefferson Parish. Events include night jumps at 7.2 feet, a Sunday round at 2 PM, and maneuvers that mimic airplane controls as divers maneuver into a lighted ground target.
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New Orleans
Waggaman Field
Jefferson Parish
Adenauer To Retire Next Fall
Bonn Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will retire next fall, announced by Heinrich von Brentano the Christian Democratic Party floor leader at a party executives meeting. He will be 87 in January. The party rejected a coalition with the Socialists and indicated a new coalition with the Conservative Free Democrats, who left the government over the Spiegel affair, was practically assured.
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Bonn
Germany
API
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Heinrich von Brentano
Brentano Ahen
Free Democrats
Spiegel
Nineteen Ouachita Students Enrolled in LSU Correspondence Courses
Nineteen Ouachita Parish students join more than 1200 LSU students in a worldwide body. They are registered in over 160 courses across about 40 fields through LSU’s correspondence study department of the general extension division.
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Baton Rouge
Ouachita Parish
LSU
Extradition Fight Over Wheeler Writ in New York
New York Special Justice Sidney A. Fine heard a writ of habeas corpus to block extradition of Maynard C. Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp to Texas on anti trust charges. Wheeler’s attorney contended the Texas indictment lacks a Texas crime or extraditable basis while the state argued Texas law allows extradition if the offense has consequences elsewhere. No decision date announced.
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New York
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Texas
Sidney A. Fine
Wheeler
Potter County
Tex
David W. Peck
Supreme Court
Peck
Jackson Parish Library Wins $1000 Fisher Award
Jackson Parish Library in Jonesboro has been chosen from among 97 libraries in the state to receive a $1,000 Dorothy Canfield Fisher award. The prize honors public libraries and highlights its service, with funds to support books for a program on age of change and to enhance general library services.
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Jonesboro
Jackson Parish
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
United States
Gene Wright
American Library Association
Wright
Sallie Ferrell
EL. Mobley
Library Board of Directors
Area Harvest Nears Completion in Louisiana Farms
Area harvest almost finished in northeast Louisiana as about 99 percent of cotton has been gathered per the USDA classing office. Some gins closed for the season while others plan one more gin day as scrap last bales are cleared. Most cotton goes to the CCC loan program with producers offering to buyers at prices slightly above.
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Winnsboro
Louisiana
USDA
CCC
Local Board Members Named for North Parish District
The group lists Mrs. E. L. Edmonds of Jonesboro Noel E. Rasbury of North Hodge Frank H. Hinton of Clay and Mrs. Nell Womack of Chatham as members on the regional board.
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E. L. Edmonds
Jonesboro
Noel E. Rasbury
North Hodge
Frank H. Hinton
Clay
Nell Womack
Chatham
Demand Drives Premiums on Selective Bases in Loan Market
Buyers pay up to roughly 40 points above the loan price for selective bases, with higher premiums in the most demanded items. Office concluded.
Car theft search halted after owner recalls garage recall
Lincoln Nebraska. Joseph Donnell told police to call off a search for his stolen car after remembering he had parked it in his garage to keep the engine warm for his son's kitten.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Joseph Donnell
Prisoners Flown To Penitentiary
Two prisoners were flown to Angola on Thursday to begin five year terms. Jerry D. Williams, convicted on six counts of auto theft burglary and attempted burglary, and Johnny Lee Williams, a Negro found guilty of burglary, were the inmates. The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department also returned James David Taylor to Monroe from the state hospital at Jackson, where he faces burglary charges.
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Angola
Ouachita Parish
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