Mountain Fire Near Mt Wilson Halts 1400 Firefighters
A major brush and timber fire in the San Gabriel Mountains burned about 25 000 acres over three days near Deer Flat Camp above Monrovia and Azusa. Winds to hurricane force pushed flames 12 miles along a four mile front as 1400 firefighters including Indian hot shots fought the 50 mile perimeter and roads such as Angeles Crest Highway were temporarily closed.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel Mountains
Deer Flat Camp
Monrovia
Azusa
Avinds
Forest Service
Mr. Wilson Observatory
State Highway Division
Angeles Crest Highway
Palmdale
Big Pines
San Gabriel Canyon Rd
Blast Levels Roofing Plant Injuring Many in Phoenix
An early morning dynamite blast at Duncan Roofing Co in an industrial Phoenix area leveled the plant and wounded at least eleven people, eight of them children. Betty Jean Duncan, 17, suffered a broken pelvis while several homes nearby were damaged and windows shattered across a two block radius. Authorities say blasting powder and caps stored at the roofing firm exploded, triggering a fire as deputies and firemen managed a crowd at the scene.
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Phoenix Ups
Phoenix
Duncan Roofing Co
Duncan
Maricopa County Sher;ifs
Teeling Company
Unhurt 115-Pound Rock Drops Onto Taxi Roof
A 115 pound rock slipped from a crane sling and crashed through the roof of a moving taxi on South Avenue. The driver Frank Starpolik 82 of Queens kept control and stopped the cab within yards. Three passengers remained unhurt. The stone damaged the roof meter and front seat area near Starpolk.
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New York
Sth Ave
Frank Starpoli
Queens
Oae
Canada House
54Th St
Starpolk
U S claims first break into space by civilian scientist
Bedford Massachusetts AP reports physicist Maurice Dubin, a 30 year old Air Force scientist, says two aluminum fragments blasted beyond Earth’s gravity may now orbit or drift toward the sun. He notes the feat differs from Soviet satellite launches and describes shaped charges propelling fragments to about 40,000 miles per hour.
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Bedford
Mass
Outer Space
Air Force
Maurice Dubin
Earth
New Mexico
Rubin
Suspected Thief Shot by Officer After Burglar Alarm
A burglary suspect, John G. Haverty, 30, was shot in the right leg by Officer Lewis M. Lyons after he ran from a cafe at 734 East St. Haverty, who was treated and moved to County General Hospital, had prior burglary conviction in Oregon. Lyons and partner John Thorns pursued, fired additional shots when Haverty fled toward Atlantic Ave and around a corner. A window was struck by a ricochet near Apt. 4. No other injuries reported.
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John G. Haverty
Lime Awe
Apt
Lewis IM. Lyons
Lyons
John Thorns
Haverty
East St
Polceman
Atlantic Ave
Ife
Pacific iCoast
Apt. 4
Alamitos Avé
Seaside Hospital
Long Beach
Lime Ave
1St St
Prince Charles Dunks Oppressor In School Bath Tussle
The future king, 5 years old and described as strong, fought a larger boy at Cheam School. They wrestled for 30 minutes, repeatedly dunking each other under bath taps, ending with both fully clothed and soaked in the tub.
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London
Prince Charles
Ceel Cox
Charles
Cheam School
Cox
Chen
Jet Crashed at Mojave Base Kills Pilot Blasts House
A US jet fighter on a training mission crashed at Mojave Marine Corps Auxiliary Base, killing the pilot and scattering wreckage into a nearby home. A mother and four young children in the house narrowly escaped as debris ripped through roof and ceiling. three children aged 3, 4, and 2 survived. The wreckage was identified as a Cougar jet, with families and kin awaiting notification.
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Mojave
U.P
Mojave Marine Corps Auxiliary Base
Testado
Jater
Ner
FOPS
Annie
Tostado
Louis
Rosie
Hector
Martin Tostado
U. S
Radar Spots Lost Rocket of Sputnik
In Cheshire England AP reports the Soviet satellite carrier rocket, missing for most of the day, reappeared on radar tonight still intact but descending. Professor A Lovell of Jodrell Bank says the rocket hoves into view after nightfall and is expected to last several days as it falls back toward Earth with atmospheric friction likely burning it up. Continued on Page A 3 Col.
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Cheshire
England
A. ©. Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Long Beach
Zere
Lovell
Second Quint Weds 100 at Dionne Marriage
Cecile Dionne, one of the famous quintuplets from Corbell Ontario, wed today marking the second of the four remaining siblings to marry. The ceremony took place in a local setting as family and friends gathered amid media attention.
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Cecile Dionne
Corbell
Ont
Quiet Sacre Coeur ceremony unites Cecile Dionne and Philippe Langlois
In a solemn Sacre Coeur de Jesus Church rite at Corbeil Cecile Dionne 23 wed Montreal technician Philippe Langlois 26 as media crowds watched. The ceremony featured Cecile walking with her father Oliva Dionne, vows exchanged before Rev Paul Sylvestre, and a restrained reception plan for a California honeymoon.
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Sacre Coeur de, Jesu
Corbeil
Cece
Bescame
Philippe Langlois
Montreal
New York
New York City
Utes
Manhattan
Cecile
Oliva Dionne
Philippe
Paul Sylvestre
Classifieds and notices segment listing sections
The snippet lists where to find various sections in the newspaper such as Churches Pages, Classifies, Obituaries, Financial, Shipping, Sports, Theaters, Tides and Temperatures, and TV Radio content across pages A and B. It reads like a navigation directive for readers.
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Parpe Bt
Fage
Weather forecast for clear night and sunny Sunday
A clearing night gives way to a sunny and warmer Sunday with variable high thin clouds. Sunday’s high near 37 degrees.
Plane plant betting ring raided by L B officers
A football pool allegedly involving 2000 to 5000 dollars weekly was busted at the Douglas Aircraft Co plant in Long Beach. Five suspects were arrested by local police and U S Treasury agents, including George Bailey 42 booked for investigation of wagering act violations.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
U.S. Treasury Department
George Bailey
Petalama Ave
Bailey
Alo
Leonard Hermansen
Long Beach
Three Homes Lost in Prince Rupert Landslide
Vancouver reports indicate severe landslides from heavy rains and 85 mph winds swept away three homes at Prince Rupert B C with up to eight feared dead. Communications failing, radio ham reports a child’s body recovered and seven others missing amid isolation from Ketchikan Alaska area.
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Vancouver, & C
Prince Rupert
B.C
Ketchikan
Alaska
George Kitson
Vancouver Radio Ham
Kitson
Three Workers Die in Potwin Refinery Blaze
A flash fire at Vickers Petroleum refinery in Potwin Kansas Friday night killed three workers G. M. Graff 32 Joe Sell 29 instantly and Walter H. Marshall 30 died from burns suffered as flames rose 300 feet. Randolph N. Moore 61 in grave condition at El Dorado hospital near the treated agitator tank containing 880 barrels of gasoline.
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Potwin
Kan
Vickers Petroleum
G. M. Graff
Joe Sell
Walter H. Marshall
Randoph N. Moore
EL Dorade
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European Affairs
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Space
Bully
Douglas
Prof. Lovell
Col
ST. John's Gonzaga
St. John's College
St John’s
Washington Monument
N.Y
Dam
Tith St
Lexington Ave
High School of Industrial Arts
High School of Machine and ‘Metal Trades
Annette
Germain
Allard
Flenses
California
L.B
Pacific Ocean
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