Sub Skate Crosses North Pole
The United States builds 33 atomic submarines with Polaris missiles to strike Russia from undersea. The Skate, second to reach the pole, set a 2975 mile England to America record in a seven day dash and remained submerged 31 days. Skipper Cmdr James F. Calvert praises the vessel as it returns to New London after the Arctic mission.
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Iraq Aims to Increase Oil Revenue Share
Iraq plans to seek a higher share of profits from the Iraqi Oil Co. from the current 50 percent, as stated by economics minister Ibrahim Kubba in an interview with Rude Pravo. He said the government does not yet intend nationalization but will negotiate with British American and French owners to raise Iraq’s cut.
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Iraqi Oil Co
Ibrahim Kubbca
Rude Pravo
CTK Today
Kubba
Leaps From Golden Gate Bridge Ends Life
70 year old El Jert Johnson of New York City fell from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Tuesday. He became the 179th person to die by self harm on the mile long span. Capt. William McQuillan of the FDNY and his wife, visiting, witnessed him jump from his car over the railing.
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William McQuillan
New York City
Two Area Men Aboard Sub on Pole Trip
Two local men served as technical representatives aboard the nuclear submarine USS Skate on its polar voyage. Roger E. Schmidt of Garden Grove and Zane A. Sandusky of Downey supervised the inertial guidance system from Autonetics during the under Arctic operation.
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North Pole
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North American Aircraft
Roger E. Schmidt
Antonetics
Sixteen Bodies Found in Airliner Crash
In Japan an early Civil Airliner disaster yields sixteen recovered bodies with no survivors among 83 aboard the All-Nippon Airways DC3. The twin-engine plane, en route from Tokyo to Nagoya, crashed eighty miles south of Tokyo after signaling trouble in the left engine on a coastal detour to avoid mountains.
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Pacific
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All-Nippon Airways
Nagoya
L B Cafe Owner Slain After Good Deed Turned Deadly
A bar owner, Fischl, was stabbed during a confrontation with Niswonger after Fischl offered to help. Niswonger reported a struggle and a sudden attack, aid arrived as an ambulance was summoned. Fischl survived initial injuries but later died. Niswonger was questioned.
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L.B. Cafe
Bomb search delays Illinois bound airliner
An American Airlines plane departed Idlewild for Los Angeles around 2:80 am nearly two hours late after an anonymous call claimed a bomb was aboard. Port Authority police, who received the call at 11 pm, found no bomb after searching the aircraft. no passengers had boarded at that time.
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