Two Students Burned In Car Crash At Prom Night
An Orange County high school couple, Gerald Manwill 18 and Marsha Hanstrom 16, were critically burned after their car collided with a pickup on Tustin Avenue at Meats Avenue and burst into flames. The truck driver, Harley Bronk 49, faces felony drunk driving charges. Both teens remained in Orange County General Hospital with burns over eighty percent of their bodies.
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Orange County
Gerald Dean Manwill
Bradford Ave
Placentia
Marsha Hanstrom
Adair PL
Anenheim
Orange County General Hospital
Tustin Ave
Meats Ave
Grange
Harley Edward Bronk
Blothe
Part Time Worker Wins Merit Award in California
Mrs. Mabel E. Wilhelm, a Long Beach claims assistant and part time worker, won the first place merit award from the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security for her role in expanding Long Beach garment industry. She collaborated with the California Highway Patrol Chamber of Commerce to train power sewing machine operators. She will accept the award at the IAPES meeting in Colorado Springs. Her son Wayne is an Air Force Academy cadet. her husband Millard Wilhelm is a Butler Bros. executive.
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Seal Beach
International Association of Personnel In
Mabel E. Wilhelm
Long Beach
California Department of Employment
Pine Ave
Wilhelm
Anne
California
Chamber of Commerce
Irol
Brunk
Cecilles
Shepard
Toe St Orange
Convict 11 in Florida Near Riot
A Tallahassee judge convicted eleven students six Negro and five white of unlawful assembly and disturbance of the peace after a sitdown demonstration that nearly sparked a riot. A sixth white student received two years probation. Fines or jail terms totaling 4300 were imposed. Attorneys said appeals would follow. Six students were from Florida State University and six from Nearo Florida A and M University. They were arrested March 32 at a white lunch counter after a large crowd gathered outside.
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Tallahassee
Fla. Bi
John Rudd
Florida State University
Nearo Florida A. & M. University
Nedelin Named Chief of Russia's Rocket Forces
Premier Khrushchev appointed Marshal Mikhoian Nedelin as commander in chief of Russia's new rocket forces. Nedelin, famed as World War I artilleryman and Span ish Civil War participant, heads a service formed as the main branch of the armed forces with its own command.
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Joscow
UPS
Fremier
Khrushchev
Michoian Nedelin
Russia
Tass
Nedelin
Andrei A. Grechko
Khrushchev to Visit Austria for Eight Days
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will make an eight day official visit to neutral Austria from June 27 to July 4. The trip follows a longstanding invitation from Chancellor Julius Raab who visited Moscow in July 1958 making Khrushchev the first Soviet premier to visit Austria.
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Khrushchev
Austria
Mienna
Nikita
Julis Raab
Moscow
Firemier
Navy Chief Advises About Holes in Socks at Convention
ANAHEIM CNS Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke invited Mrs. Joanne Ray to his suite during the Navy League convention to discuss sock darning. He sent a darning kit after her letter claiming 25 worn socks, and she admitted no mending yet, promising to try.
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Anaheim
Cns
William B. Franke
The
Navy League
Disneyland Hotel
Joanne Ray
Santa Ana
Cal Mood
Teen kills himself after assaulting 6 year old neighbor
LA Puente sheriff reports a 17 year old boy named Robert Allen Bails shot and killed himself half an hour after allegedly assaulting a 6 year old neighbor girl. His grandmother found him in the bathroom at home. A note apologized and expressed love to his family. The girl was examined at a hospital and released to her parents.
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LA Puente
Robert Allen Bails
Bails
Strike Sweeping Belgian Congo Independence Push
Wildcat strikes swept the Belgian Congo as the Negro colony moved toward independence. June 39, Congo political leaders urged Belgian authorities to end walkouts and halt tribal riots spreading through the territory.
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Elisabethville
Belgian Congo
Congo
Cow Seized in Tackle Box After Nose Plug Jam
In Anna Indiana a 1000 pound Hereford cow named Bossy was freed after a fisherman Bob Davidson unhooked a plug stuck in its nose. The bovine became snagged while browsing in a tackle box and required veterinary removal.
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Anna
UPI
Bob Davidson
Kirk
Davidson
Tisherman
Woman Hiker Ventures Across Rockies Solo Climb
A British sergeant pair accompanying Dr. Moore begin a cross-country trek from San Francisco to New York along Highway 30. The hike covers roughly 105 miles into Wyoming's southern Rockies toward Cheyenne as the woman continues her long progressive climb.
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Craig, Corp
Bar
Moore
San Francisco
Thej
U. S. Highway
New York
Gam
Patrick Moloney
Mervyn Evans
Rockies
isShe
Cheyenne
Another Son of Irish Envoy Lands in Jail
Maurice Hearne twenty five, son of Irish Ambassador John J Hearne, was arrested at 2 baseball park on a drunkenness charge. Police dropped the case after learning his identity and immunity. The Hearne family had recent public outcry after a fatal traffic crash involving his younger brother, David Patrick Hearne, twenty one.
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Washington
John J. Hearne
Maurice Hearne
Baseball Park
Hearne
David Patrick Hearne
Polaris Tests Said Success in Submarine Program
Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke announced at the Navy League convention that Polaris missile submarines passed their initial tests with flying colors and will be fully operational by year end. He rejected claims missiles lag behind subs and praised Polaris accuracy. Awards were given to Morgan L. Fitch, St. Robert H. Barnum, Howard Hatfield, Asa Phillips, and Charles Davies for Navy service.
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Anaheim
William B. Franke
Franke
Navy League of the United States
Secretary of the Navy
Navy League
Navy
Morgan L. Fitch
Chicago
St. Robert
Picket Line At Aerojet Disbanded By Deputies
Deputies dispersed IAM pickets at the Aerojet rocket engine plant in Sacramento after they blocked a access road. About 120 workers walked out Friday night without union leadership approval. six hundred returned for the graveyard shift as officials stated. JAM officials in Azusa for contract talks were en route back to Sacramento.
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Sacramento
APS
Sheriff's Deputies
International Association of Machinists
Aerojet
JAM
Azusa
State Fires Official for Sex Surveys
SACRAMENTO officials dismiss E. W. Ford, registrar of contractors, for conducting sex surveys among staff. Ford, 42, lost his $12,600 annual post after a Los Angeles hearing. His assistant Albert H. Atwood, 48, was also faced with allegations. the Personnel Board upheld Atwood’s firing.
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Sacramento
UPI
E. W. Ford
Ford
Los Angeles
Albert H. Atwood
State Personnel Board
Atwood
25 Valuable Books Gone From Library
Loyola University librarian James Cox reports the disappearance of 25 rare books valued at 12 000 to 15 000 dollars, with individual copies up to 3 700 dollars, most on English literature, taken from the library.
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Chicago
UPI
Loyola University
James Cox
Italian import mirror sold to buyer in Italy
A New York furniture maker imported a mirror from Italy for a Times Square showroom. After installation a customer bought it and had it shipped back to his home in Italy, illustrating a curious cross border sale.
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New York
UPI
Italy
Times Square
Crow Seeks Re election as Allies Back His Campaign
Incumbent Robert F. Crow reports endorsements from five rivals and labor groups in the 7th District race. He cites the Big 20 program, pledges strong leadership to mend district factions, and aims to set city policy with a capable manager, while challengers press for campaign disclosures and fiscal accountability.
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Robert F. Crow
Dana E. Brown
Lewis Friday
D. Reese
Crow
al Slaight
Harold Nixon
Oscar Langdale
Robert McConnell
Sam Feldman
Labor
West Long Beach
Threats to Judge Over Chessman Ruling Reported
UPI reports Chief Federal District Judge Louis E. Goodman received two crude threat letters tied to adverse Chessman rulings. The FBI disclosed the notes as a heavy guard remained at the judge’s San Francisco court with ten agents present Friday morning. One note warned of a shooting. further content was not disclosed.
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San Francisco
UPI
Louis E. Goodman
Caryl Chessman
FBI
Zeltner Urges Study Before 1st St Park Closure
Irwin Zeltner, 2nd District candidate, cautioned the Planning Commission to study further before adopting any plan on parking matters after its declination to approve closing 1st Street through Bixby Park.
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Irwin Zeltner
Planning Commission
1St St
Bixby Park
House delays approval of atom smasher project
The House voted 194 to 129 to delay for a year authorization for Eisenhower's 153 million dollar atom smasher at Stanford, citing design and cost studies. Democrats pressed for longer review, warning delays could scuttle scientists and raise future costs, while supporters argued for quick authorization to recruit experts and advance basic research. Rep. Hosmer likened the project to the Manhattan era.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Eisenhower
House
Craig Hosmer
R-Long
AEC
Gubser Beach
Atomic Energy Committee
Hosmer
United States
Charles S
Gubser
Gilroy
$15,000 Day Bookie Ring Busted In East L A
Sheriff's vice squad broke up a bookmaking ring that had been doing a fifteen thousand dollar a day business. Those booked on suspicion of bookmaking were Wenton Max Hensling Frank Cushing and Dolores Arroyas.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's
Wenton
Max Hensling
Frank Cushing
Dolores Arroyas
Sugar Mill Blasts Rock Village in Sweden Fatal Blast
Explosions at Scandinavia's largest sugar mill in Kopingebro Sweden killed two workers and injured seven, with damage pegged at 4.5 million dollars. A chain of blasts from sugar dust hurled concrete blocks and blew two large silos, while hundreds of smaller silos were hurried a mile away.
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Kopingebro
Sweden
Scandinavia
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