Bronx Mob Chief Held in Slaying
Ramon Serra 20, leader of the Egyptian Crowns youth gang in the Bronx, is charged with first degree murder for the Saturday night shooting of 17 year old Michael Ramos after a Bronx candy store encounter. Serra was seized by detectives and denied ties to the Michael Farmer case.
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New York
Bronx
Ramon Serra
Serra
Egyptian Crowns
Alice Bayron
Bronx Dist
Atty
Daniel V. Sullivan
Grand
Michael Ramos
Ramos
Kingsmen
Dragons
Sinner
Milchael Farmer
Dep
John V. Halk
Farmer
Fire on Texas Skyways Monorail at State Fair Park
Six passengers and a six man crew evacuated safely when smoke and heat were detected in the monorail engines at State Fair Park. Manager Dale Zukswert and engineer Don Morfan reported the fire as the one coach train returned on the 1600 foot track. Damage described as not serious.
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Dallas
Texas Skyways
Dale Zukswert
Don Morfan
State Fair Park
Zukswert
Paralyzed Girl Shot in Neck After Bathroom Bullet
Newark police report 10 year old Linda Peer was struck by a 38 caliber slug fired by officer Joseph Thomas from an adjacent apartment. Doctors spent three hours removing the bullet and fear long term paralysis as Linda remains on the critical list with paraplegia possible.
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Newark
N. J
UPI
Linda Peer
Adele Peer
Peer
Linda
Lmother
Joseph Thomas
Man Quizzed in Mystery Slayings in Pennsylvania
A 41yearold man was in custody for questioning about the killings of William Engel 44 and Vincent Quigley 34 and the wounding of Angelina Pugliano 33 near Ambridge Economy Pennsylvania. Dist Atty Richard Steward said the shooting may be mistaken identity but gave no details. Schuck appeared in a stupor hours after arrest.
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Ambridge
UPI
Arthur G. Schuck
Baden
William Engel
Vincent Quigley
Angelina Pugliano
Fair Oaks
Quigley
Economy
Pittsburgh
Richard Steward
Beaver County
Schuck
Cheap Moonflight Rocket Designed by Air Force
The Air Force describes a small, cheap rocket to reach lunar distance built from Thor Vanguard components. Tests near Cape Canaveral included a mouse aboard the 80-foot rocket, with nose cone recovery and telemetry issues noted. Brig. Gen. Gregory frames space as future Air Force territory as OSR and the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences hosted an astronautics symposium.
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Morton Alperin
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Pasadena
Pacific
Alperin
Air Force
Denver
Hollingsworth F. Gregory
Washington, D. C
OSA
Gregory
Soan
Alperen
OSR
Institute of the ‘Aeronautical Sciences
Cape Canaveral
De Havilland Tests New Jet Airliner Comet
De Havilland Aircraft Co successfully tested the first of 19 Comet airliners for the British Overseas Airways Corp. Chief test pilot John Cunningham said the four jet plane behaved splendidly during the 1 hour 23 minute flight.
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London
de Haviland Aircraft Co
British Overseas Aircraft Corp
John Cunningham
New tablet claims to drain clogged sinuses fast
An announcement from New York describes a new tablet that supposedly relieves sinus congestion by improving drainage and reducing pressure. It claims rapid effect with no discomfort as the medicine travels through the bloodstream to reach the sinus areas.
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New York
N. Y
U S Aid Planned for Sweden Nuclear Reactor
The United States agreed to help fund Sweden's materials testing reactor under a peace program. Sweden becomes the 40th nation to receive financial aid, with a 350000 contribution toward the 4 204 995 dollar project to supply atomic fuel and materials for a reactor similar to the Oak Ridge model, supporting Sweden and the Netherlands.
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Sweden
Washington
United States
Eisenhower
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Netherlands
News Career Ends Washington Up George Scharschug
George Scharschug, 75, longtime Chicago Tribune reporter and editor, died Sunday. He served 33 years with the Tribune and was its foreign news editor before retiring in 1949.
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Washington
George Scharschug
Chicago, Tribune
Scharschug
The
Tribune
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