Diamonds and gold stolen in fifth-floor office robbery
Three bandits held Charles Ligeti and Eva Ligeti at gunpoint in a 448 South F Hill Street office and escaped with nearly 40000 in diamond rings and gold mountings. Jewelry salesman Oscar Avol and Marti Spellman, plus a passing mailman, were forced to aid or were assaulted as the robbers fled before police arrived.
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Angeles
S/F
Hill St. Jony
Charles Ligeti
Eva
Atomatic
Obber
Zeee Ligeti
Oscar Avol
Marti Spellman
Avol
Miami Liner Dives Near Tanker in Near Collision
An airliner carrying 45 aboard dived over Wilmington North Carolina after a near miss with a U S Air Force refueling tanker and two jet fighters. Among the passengers was Edward H Cush ing deputy undersecretary for health en route to Lime Peru for a nutrition survey. The plane was operated by National Airlines with five crew members. The co pilot said evasive action occurred to avoid the tanker and jets at 18 000 feet over an airway. The CAA opened an investigation and reported the KC QT tanker had clearance for visual flight within 115 miles of Florence South Carolina, suggesting the tanker involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Bafely
Air Force
Edward H. Cushing
Lime
Peru
Lacroise Department
CAA
Wilmington
W.C
National Airlines
George Peteler
NAS
CWE
Washington Control
Washington
Florence
S.C
Policeman Survives Weird Ride Through Seattle Chase
Seattle patrolman Harold Countryman clung to the outside of a speeding car for 13 blocks as a drunken driver, Grace Shippey, 48, sped through traffic lights reaching 70 mph. Shippey jailed on drunken and reckless driving charges after the officer trapped by a raised window was finally stopped by a patrol partner. Countryman said he tried to shoot the tire and ride it out, later telling police the window trapped his arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Harold Country- Iman
Grace Shippey
Shippey
Countryman
Guilty Let's Face It cosmetics factory fined
In Aldershot England 32 workers at a cosmetics factory were fined after police found evidence of theft on their faces. The case concluded with all workers found culpable and penalized under local law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldershot
England
UPI
Chutes Safely as Jet Crashes at Edwards AFB
Air Force pilot Capt. Edward C. Jones bailed out of a jet during an acceptance flight when it developed engine trouble and crashed in the desert. He parachuted into a trailer court and was unharmed. The ejection seat and wreckage pierced a nearby home roof but no one was inside. Investigations by Air Force and Convair officials will follow.
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Edwards
Air Force Base
API
Air Force
Edward C. Jones
Palmdale
Donwdl Rive
Convair
News Handling Panel at Los Angeles Publicity Clinic
Miles Lines managing editor for the Independent Press Telegram will join a panel on News Handling at the fifth annual Los Angeles Publicity Clinic. Other panelists include representatives from the San Diego Union Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Lines
Independent, Press-Telegram
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
San Diego Union
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express
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Nicky Hilton
Conrad Hilton
Patricia
Trish) McClintock
Tulsa
Frank G. McClintock
New York
Colony
Miss McClintock
Hilton
Elizabeth Taylor
Wee Rt Yet
Lan
Ed ED
Gertrude
Crawford Shoe Co
Oxford
Walker
Nylons
Formfit
Walker's
Srass
Cherrywood
Housewares
Setatith
Park Free
Vas St
Trent
Sinesito
Wits
Wear
Meecherd
Tlow
United States
John Bartlow Martin
Saturday Evening Post
New York City
Las Vegas
Hollywood
Indiana
Hong Kong
China
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