Divorce Tragedy in Long Beach Man Kills Wife Then Self
A 58 year old Long Beach apartment owner shot his wife Mary Hawley 47 in front of their building about 9:30 a.m. after being served with divorce papers. He then killed himself with a rifle. The couple had three other deceased sons and left a note to their children. The bodies were taken to Christensen Pine Mortuary.
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Clayton Hawley
Mary
Hawley
Lulu Rooson
Don
Clarence
Mom
Long Beach
Clayton
Snoret Coar
Don Hawley
Mary Hawkley
AF Launches Spectacular Atlas Missile
Cape Canaveral Fla AP The Air Force launched its Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile test flight viewed as highly successful though not aimed at full range The fifth Atlas flight produced a towering ascent with orange flame and brief white vapor trail Watchers called it beautiful as it climbed southeast and disappeared high in the sky Secretary Douglas told Congress the first ICBM squadron would be operational with Atlas by December 1959
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Tts
Douglas
House Armed Services Committee
Reds clampdown in West Germany nets 29 arrests
West German authorities raided Communist front groups for a second time this week. Police arrested 24 suspected Reds and detained 30 others for questioning before releasing them. Officials said they seized a plan to organize through Red sponsored patriote and legal groups.
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Mernberg
Germany
Patriote
Bomber Jeft Coast Search Continues Off Southern California
March Air Force Base crews search for a missing six-engine B47 Stratojet after an oil slick and a yellow object were spotted about 55 miles west of Santa Catalina Island and 45 miles off Santa Barbara. The aircraft carried Maj. Alfred Lloyd, Maj. John Griffin, and Capt. Elvis Crump Jr. all three men were aboard when the plane failed to return from practice bombing over the ocean.
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March Air Force Base
vPl
California
San Miguel Isand
Santa Barbara
Ocean
Air Force
Alfred FR. Lloyd
John H. Griffin
Elvis B. Crump Jr
Where to Find It Teasers Across The Paper
A brief index lists sections and page placements for stories and features. It names pages A-3 A-7 B-1 B-3 C-1 C-4 C-6 D-L 8-2, and sports pages C-1 2 8, guiding readers to Beach Combing Hal Boyle comics bridge crosswords and death notices among other items.
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Kansas City
Hal Boyle
Lages
Pigze
Wilsor
Four Children Die in Texas Home Fire
Four children perished in a blaze that struck the residence of Jose Ximines in Somerville Texas today. Local authorities reported the fatal fire occurred at the single story home in the central Texas town, with investigation begun to determine cause and origin.
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Texas
Somerville
Tex
Jose Ximines
Life’s Crisis for Child Three in Heart Surgery
Three year old Thomas Patrick Murphy will undergo open heart surgery at UCLA Medical Center next Wednesday. Doctors will stop his heartbeat while a heart lung machine takes over. The hole between his ventricles has existed since birth. without repair his life expectancy is limited.
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Thomas Patrick Murphy
Tommy
Ucla Medical Center
Eugene J. Murphy
Seresac Ave
Four Die In Texas Snow Crashes On Ice
Four people died in Texas Panhandle weather crashes as ice and snow swept across highways in a winter storm. Dallas area reports said multiple vehicles slid off slick roads amid the wintry conditions.
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Texas
Dallas
Texas Panhandle
Dulles and Menshikov Hold Friendly Public Meeting
Secretary of State Dulles met with Russia's new ambassador Mikhail Menshikov at the State Department in a cordial exchange. They discussed improving Soviet American relations and potential future talks with President Eisenhower, with no substantive issues settled. Thompson attended a White House cabinet meeting to relay Moscow developments as diplomatic talks loom.
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Dulles
Russia
Mikhail A. Menshikov
State Department
Menshikov
Eisenhower
Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
White House
James C. Hagerty
Thompson
United States
Friendship
Baltimore
Vanguard Loss Blamed On Wiring Failure At Cape Canaveral
The Navy traced Vanguard rocket failure to wiring problems with moisture intrusion or vibration. A gyroscope disruption in the forward section prevented corrective thrust adjustments after 57 seconds, causing the missile to veer and break apart. Navy records note the first-stage control irregularities and a failed auto pilot signal, with two more Vanguard rockets ready for launch later this month.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
VPI
Navy
Vanguard
Air Force Missile Test Center
Coednars
Bleeding boy robbed after asking for police aid
A 16 year old Lakewood boy Edward Charles Hutchison told police he was slugged by a blue eyed blonde in a car on Market Ave. His wallet was stolen and he was dumped on a dark street before a door was slammed in his face when he asked a householder to call police. He was treated at Community Hospital. In Washington the Defense Department created a new space agency named Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA with Roy W. Johnson named director effective April 1. Johnson, 52, was GE vice president and will oversee space weapons and military satellites from offices in New York and Stamford Connecticut.
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Lakewood
Los Altos
Edward Charles
Rutchison
Caperwon St
Belttower
Market Ave
Per
Hutchison
Atle Community Hospital
Washington
Defense Department
Space Agency
Advanced Research Project Agency
Roy W. Johnson
Electrical
Defense
Neil McElroy
Johnson
General Electric Co
New York
Stamford
Iona
ARPA
General Electric
Sheriff Skenandore Arrested After Cafe Disturbance
In San Francisco a Brown County Wisconsin sheriff Skenandore, a full blooded Iroquois Indian, was awakened by a patrolman to a disturbance in an all night cafe. He was booked as drunk and resisting an officer, released on bail, and later the Municipal Judge suspended a 10 day intoxication sentence and dismissed the resisting charge citing the incident as unfortunate and embarrassing.
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San
Francisco
William Wilson
Artley Sienandore
Brown County
Wisconsin
Green Bay Packers
Wilson
City Prison
Skenandore
Merced
Green Bay
Charles Peery
Weather shows clouds with light rain tonight and Saturday
Considerable cloudiness this evening and Saturday with light rain possible tonight and Saturday. Rain probability 40 percent tonight and 50 percent Saturday.
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