Lindbergh Visits 1918 Mail Plane for Anniversary
Chielta A Lindbergh the famed air mail pilot inspects an 1918 model mail plane at Washington National Airport amid a 50th anniversary of scheduled air mail service. Russian Maj Gen Meshcheryakov attends a Los Angeles reception with 44 military attaches. Roy Mantle shifts from baseball to blackjack at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas while his brother Mickey Mantle comments on his new job.
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Chielta A. Lindbergh
Lotte Eagie
Washington National Airport
Lindbergh
Pioneer Air Mail
Washington
Dar- Con
Valentin I. Meshcheryakov
Washington, D.C
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Roy Mantle
Yankee
Howard Hughes
Desert Inn
Las Vegas
Mickey Mant
Mantle
Ray
Falstaff Beer
Deltas
Oklahoma
Texas
Mickey Mantle
Writer of Lucky Old Sun Dies at 66
Beasley Smith a Nashville songwriter behind Lucky Old Sun Night Train to Memphis and Beg Your Pardons died in a Nashville hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage at age 66. He left Vanderbilt in 1922 to form his own orchestra then led WSM Radio as musical director from 1933 to 1953 before running a music publishing firm. A Nashville native, he spent most of his life boosting the city. He noted Night Train to Memphis was almost Night Train to Nashville.
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Beasley Smith
Memphis
Nashville
Smith
Vanderbilt University
WSM Radio
WSM
Widow of Charlie Chan actor Warner Oland dies at 98
Edith Sharon Oland, widow of Warner Oland famed as Charlie Chan the Chinese detective, died Monday at Hollywood Community Hospital at age 98. A Smith College graduate who studied art at the Sorbonne, she married Oland in 1908 and lived later in Carpenteria California before moving to Hollywood.
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Edith Sharon Oland
Warner Olam
Land
Charlie Chan
Hollywood Community Hospital
Smith College
Sorbonne
Paris
Oland
Carpenteria
Calif
Hollywood
Weaver to resign housing chief post after 1968 election
Robert C Weaver, the only Black cabinet member, plans to resign as housing secretary regardless of November election results. He has led the nation's housing program since 1960 and 1965 promotions. Baruch College reportedly considers him for its presidency. spokesman denies future job commitments.
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Robert C. Weaver
Weaver
Housing and Urban Development
Kenedy
Johnson
Baruch School of Business and Public Administration
New York City
Kennedy
Housing and Home Finance Agency
HUD
Jersey on Way to L B
The USS New Jersey BB62, the world’s only active battleship, sails Thursday on its third return to arms since 1942. After sea trials and 10 months of reactivation, the 1,400 crew will stop at Norfolk for supplies before heading to Long Beach. It fought in nine major WWII battles and served in Korea and Vietnam missions.
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Philadelphia
UPI
New Jersey
Vietnam
Norfolk
Long Beach
Calif
Adm
William F. “Bull” Halsey
Fire Sweeps Span Razes Warehouses in Boston
A spectacular five alarm blaze destroyed the center of a 300 foot bridge over the South Boston rail yards, tearing down iron girders and a brick warehouse. Two warehouses, freight cars, trailers, and a railroad shed were wrecked. One firefighter treated for smoke inhalation. damage estimated at 2 million dollars. Fire crews, hundreds of men and 47 pieces of equipment battled the flames. The span connects South Station area to the Boston Army Base and sees heavy daily traffic.
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Boston
John F. Clougherty
South Railroad Station
Boston Army Base
Panama Election Results Delayed As Guard Backed Victory Stirs Tension
Panama's election results were delayed amid ballot challenges and street clashes. National Guard authorities backed the government candidate David Samudio as official canvassing continued, while opposition leader Arnulfo Arias urged scrutiny of incomplete returns showing Arias leading in some tallies.
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Panama
Electoral Tribunal
National Electoral Tribunal
National Guard
National Assembly
Marco A. Robles
Supreme Court
Robles
David Samudio
Arnulfo Arias
Samudio
Arias
Atlas
IRS blocks 100 percent seizure of Beltran wages
A UPI report from San Francisco says U.S. District Judge William Sweigert issued a temporary restraining order halting the IRS from garnishing the full pay of Elisa V. Beltran, a 35 year old Spanish speaking farm worker with two children. The California Rural Legal Assistance suit argues 100 percent garnishment violates due process and involuntary servitude provisions. May 31 hearing set, wages held by Bud Antle Inc. The IRS later rescinded the levy after Beltran requested living funds.
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San Francisco
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Elisa V. Beltran
U.S. Dist
William T. Sweigert
Los Angeles
California Rural Legal Assistance
Martin R. Gilck
Allen J. Blau
California
Sweigert
Beltran
Bud Antle Inc
Salinas
British Press Closed by Striking Mechanics
London reports say nine major newspapers halted operations as mechanics walked out in sympathy with a larger engineering strike affecting three million workers. The strike aims to pressure wage rises amid rising living costs while Harold Wilson’s Labor government pushes a prices and incomes bill to curb pay, prices, rent, and dividends. Provincial papers stayed active as Manchester offices printed.
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London
UPI
Britain
Harold Wilson
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
Wilson
Manchester
Price of Gold Peaks Then Dips in London Trading
Gold reached an all time high of 40.30 dollars an ounce in London during morning trading before sellers pushed it back to 40.10. The jump, driven by heavy buying, followed a price fixing session and came amid speculation on the two tier gold system and the pound's gains in the foreign exchange market.
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London
Washington
United States
Cecil King
Bank of England
Harold Wilson
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