Child saved after four hours in 35 foot well shaft
In Anderson South Carolina three year old Richard Beasley cried for his sister Yvonne as she was trapped for four hours in an abandoned 35 foot well. Rescuers bored a parallel shaft and, after four hours and twenty minutes, pulled the girl to safety. She suffered only scrapes and was later cared for at a hospital.
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Benny Hooper
Manorville
N.Y
Long Island
Rome
Benny
Yvonne
Beasley
Red Roberts
Anderson
Roberts
L A Plan for $51 Million Civic Center Shelved
Los Angeles backers of a proposed 51 million dollar Civic Auditorium and Music Center announced postponement due to tightened money markets and legal issues. Mrs. Norman Chandler, chairwoman of the non profit, said no financing at favorable rates is available and urged delaying action. The project faced opposition over county credit pledges and repeated voter rejections. County officials had studied a Little Company survey recommending the center in the southern Los Angeles business district.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Civic Auditorium
Music Center
Norman Chandler
Biltmore Hotel
Chandler
County Board of Supervisors
Arthur Little Co
Olf Massachusetts
Knowland vows winter session to push civil rights bill
Senator Knowland declares forces will stay in session through winter if needed to push an effective civil rights bill. Also notes various page references for the day's sections including Sports C-1, Theaters C-4, Editorial A-6, and World A-2.
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Knowland
Senate
Dial Boyle
Wilson
Vertijet demonstrates vertical takeoff at Pentagon test
At the Pentagon today, a Ryan Vertijet prototype rose straight up on a jet blast, climbed into the clouds, and landed on a hook-supported rack. Piloted by Peter F. Girard, the aircraft, sponsored by the Air Force and Navy, showcased vertical flight as a test under Joint Chiefs of Staff observation during ongoing experiments.
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Washington 7
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
Wright Brothers
Ft. Meyer
Alexandria
Pack
Torlay
Girard
Vertijet
Two Couples Missing in Las Vegas Flight
An air search is under way for two Bakersfield couples overdue on a flight home from Las Vegas. Sheriff officials said pilots Frank Hough and Joe Weaver along with Betty Lee and Joan Titsworth have not been heard from since their light plane left McCarran Field on Sunday. Aerial teams scouted the desert route with no success and were to resume the hunt.
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Las Vegas
Bakersfield
Sheriff's Office
Joe Weaver
Frank Hough
Betty Lee
Joan Tits‘worth
Igince
Mccarran Field
Sheriff's
I Aero Detail
Weather Update Mostly Clear Through Wednesday
The forecast indicates mostly clear skies through Wednesday with variable cloudiness and a change in temperatures. Residents should expect mild to moderate temperature shifts and light winds, with no precipitation in the immediate outlook.
Atomic powered merchant ship to be built by 1960
Washington AP reports the government will set a contract this fall for the first atomic powered merchant ship with sea trials planned in 1960. Keel laying is slated for spring 1958 with launching about a year later. The design features a 587 foot hull, 78 foot beam, 29 1/2 foot draft and a dual generator steam turbine nuclear propulsion system.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Maritime Administration
Commerce Department
Maritime Industry
Clarence G. Morse
Lewis L. Strause
AEC
Eisenhower
Douglas MacMillan
George G. Sharp
Int
Stroke Denied Halsey Feeling Well in Hospital
Retired Admiral William F. Halsey, 74, was reported to be recovering well at Doctors Hospital after a stroke rumor. A hospital spokesman said he is not in bed, is walking, eating normally, and came for a routine checkup rather than serious illness.
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New York
William F
Bull) Halsey
Doctors Hospital
Court rejects confidentiality case compromise in libel suit
Los Angeles AP reports the court refused a proposed settlement in the criminal libel case against Confidential Magazine despite defense warnings that reputations would suffer if tried. Trial set for Friday. Proponents and witnesses discussed the plan at a Monday meeting.
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Los Angeles
Confidential
Arthur J. Crawn- Jey
Ex Sen George Dulles Aids Arms Meet Conference
Ex Senator George Dulles, Allied, condition better as he aids a conference on arms. Secretary John Foster Dulles met with Britain France and Canada plus US delegate Stassen in London to revive UN disarmament talks. Agenda focused on a limited open skies aerial inspection plan and solidifying Western strategy on extending or rescheduling talks.
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George Dulles
Cenfer
London
WPIWU
John Foster Dulles
U. N
Britain
France
Canada
JUS
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
U.N
Fire destroys mansion injuring Encino woman
A fire destroyed the second story of a mansion in Encino early today and seriously burned 68 year old Mrs. Lulu Robertson, wife of engineer H. M. Robertson. She suffered first degree burns on the chest and back and was taken to Valley Receiving Hospital. Her husband escaped injury.
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Encino
Lulu Robertson
H. M. Robertson
Valley Receiving Hospital
Mother 39 Arrested for Child Neglect in Lynwood
Lynwood police arrested Naomi Gormley Lee 39 for child neglect after she confessed poisoning her husband Arthur Lee with strychnine in Franklin, Kentucky three years ago. She admitted leaving their daughter alone in a motel recently and said she had traveled from Franklin to Michigan Ohio before settling in California.
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Lynwood
Franklin
Reph Darton
Naomi Gormley Lee
Arthur Lee
Darton
Kentucky
Wea Et
County Lad
Franklin, Ky
Michigan
Ohio
California
Former Senator Walter F George in critical condition
Walter F George 79 with a coronary occlusion showed some improvement after a grave day. Dr J L Mallley said he had a better night, no sedation after midnight, taking fluids, and was more himself. The special NATO ambassador to President Eisenhower was reported gravely ill and progressively weaker with breathing difficulties and ongoing oxygen use.
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Vienna
Walter F. George
J. L. Mall “Ley
George
Fisenhower
NATO
Assault Linked to Two Los Angeles Murders Tightens Case
Hollywood reports confirm a new assault tied to the Marjorie Hipperson and Ruth murders. A 50 year old woman, Mrs Ethel Boucher, was bound gagged and violated in Fontenoy Apartments on Fontenay Avenue around 3 pm by a young blonde man who warned her to obey or be hurt. Police describe similar knots stockings and a 5 foot 10 inch suspect with a crew cut. The attacker previously targeted Miss Hipperson and Mrs Goldsmith in adjacent Los Angeles locations. Chief Parker notes this is the first description obtained and links the cases by method and weapon.
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Hollywood
CNS
Parkes
Ethel Boucher
Fontenoy
Whitley
Ave
Marjorie Hipperson
Ruth
Chief Parker
Miss Hipperson
Los Feliz Blvd
Youngster Shot After Movie Shootout At Local Theater
Four year old Nelson McAllister of 526 Elder Street was watching Gunfight at OK Corral at Bex Theater in Anaheim when he swallowed a souvenir bullet tossed by a visiting Knott's Berry Farm promoter. The boy, dressed as a cowboy, still has the bullet in his stomach though doctors report no serious injury or lasting effects.
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Buckaroo
Bex
Nelson McAllister
Elder St
OK Corral
Knott
Regar
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