Burned British Liner Sinks Off Arabian Coast
An American survivor described the sinking of a British liner off the Arabian Peninsula coast after a fire forced abandonment. The ship, operated by British India Steamship Co, burned heavily as crew and passengers scrambled into lifeboats and life rafts, with reports of one American survivor and multiple passengers left in the water.
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British India Steamstip Co
Reople Fushing
Blany
Bahrain
Onan
Arabian Peninsula
Sick Child Four Killed in Smashup Rainslick Virginia Highway
A spectral automobile rushing a sick child to a hospital collided with a tractor trailer on Route 304 near Boston Virginia. Five died: Johnny Sadler 5 Reanza Nora Brownlee Ferrell 38 Janie Johnson Sadler 23 Jo Aan Sadler 3 and Robert Thornton Blanks 20. Truck driver Billy H Mote 44 was uninjured. Two others injured are Kathleen Hatcher and Georgia Lyon Moore in serious condition.
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Vaquen
Ag Johnny Sadler
Reanza Nora Brownlee Ferrell
Janie Johnson Sadler
Jo Aan Sadler
Robert Thornton
Cuban Rebel Band Strikes Castro Militia Near Sancti Spiritus
Reports from the Escambray region say a rebel group attacked a Castro militia unit near Sancti Spiritus in central Cuba, causing casualties. Government control over news is tight, and the report could not be immediately confirmed. Fidel Castro called for sacrifices to defend the revolution while warning of food rationing and promising aid to civilians.
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Sancti Spiritus
Assurt
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Cuba
Central Cubs
Sents
Osvaldoes el Ramirez
Escambray Insurrec
Ment
Escambray I
Fidel Castro
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Facambray
United States
Castro
Jose Miro Cardona
Revolutionary Council
New York
Inquest Set in Death of Mrs Cooley
An inquest into the death of Mrs. Eila Mae Cooley will be held Thursday if her husband Spare Cooley is well enough. Cooley, 50, former western musician, is in Kern County General Hospital after a heart attack. Witnesses include the couple’s 14 year old daughter Melindy and investigators examine two tape recordings of a telephone conversation among Cooley, his wife, and private investigator William S. Lewis about alleged marital infidelities.
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Bakersfield
Cooleys
Melndy
Cooley
William S. Lewis
Los Angeles
Lewis
Space Man Hype Echoes Through Moscow and TV Newsrooms
Reports from the Central Telegraph Office and Moscow broadcasting staff show round the clock alert as foreign journalists anticipate a major space event. CBS in New York cites Marvin Kalb trying to file a story about a Soviet space effort amid lingering censorship signals and garbled transmissions.
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Moscow Radio and Television
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Moscow
Marvin Kalb
CBS
Kalb
Frightened Patient Delays Dentist Four Years
Dr Porter Richmond reports a Louisville case of a patient who avoids dental care for four years. He recounts the unnamed woman repeatedly leaving the waiting room before treatment, illustrating fear of the dentist.
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Louisville
Porter Richmond
Richmond
State Dental Association
City and County to Skip Book Fines This Week
Los Angeles city and county libraries suspend overdue fines during Operation Book Recovery. The initiative runs Thursday through Saturday, with no charges due regardless of how late items are returned, as part of National Library Week activities.
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Angeles City
National Library
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