Landslide Kills 6 At Negro College Meeting
A three day convocation highlight in Shizuoka Japan begins as presidents of 31 Negro colleges arrive. Reports from Pittsburgh say a highway construction site near here buried eight workers with six killed and others seriously injured. George Romney, vice chairman of the national board of American Motors Corp., was to address the convocation.
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Negro College
Shizuoka
Japan
UPI
Pittsburgh
United Dress
George
Romney
National
American Motors
Convocation
Corp
13 Fires Set by Firebug in One Night
An industrious firebug struck 13 times in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night and early this morning, keeping fire rigs on the run for eight hours. Most fires were in rubbish barrels and trash piles. one damaged a dress plant for $500 and another destroyed a vacant frame house. Arson investigators attributed the acts to the same person and Fire Captain Fritz Bush noted taxpayers would bear the cost of the extended response.
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Los Angeles
Fritz Bush
Douglas DC3 Becomes Most Famous in History of Aviation
The DC-3 defined air travel with coast-to-coast speed and comfort. By 1939 it dominated world airline business, remaining in service worldwide after 12 million miles and even wartime production. It built a safety record, powered mass production, and propelled Douglas into a lasting aviation legacy.
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Douglas Company
Air Force
Union of South Africa
Johannesburg
United States
Douglas
Civil Aeronautics Board
Hugh B. Freeman
Pacific
India
China
Eisenhower
Donald Douglas
Long Beach
Tong Beach Douglas
Floods Leave Hundreds Homeless Across Iowa Minnesota
Emergency declared in Charles City as Cedar River floods sections. National Guardsmen aid flood work. Sioux City fills dikes with half a million sandbags across 10 miles to Leeds. Floyd River crest expected at 22.5 feet. Thousands of acres of farmland underwater. Mayo Civic Auditorium and districts near Rochester flooded. Cooler weather follows, with snow in parts of Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and the upper Great Lakes region.
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Cedar River
Charles City
Sioux City
Leeds
Floyd
Missouri River
Sioux City Stockyards
Afternion
Lonightae
Midwest
Minnesota
Missouri
Rochester
Minn
Zumbro River
Bear Creek
Mayo Civic Auditorium
Rockies
Plains
Atlantic Coast
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Upper
Great Lakes
Mrs Kennedy Flies Home From Tour
Mrs John F Kennedy returns from a 19 day trip to India Pakistan Rome and London. She departs London Airport for New York Idlewild then transfers to the Kennedy family plane Caroline for the final leg to Washington.
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John F. Kennedy
India
Pakistan
Rome
America
White House
Washington
Benny
New ‘York
Idle
Caroline
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