Tanks Ring Thai Capital After Coup
Army strongman Marshal Sarit Thunarat seized Bangkok with tanks, ousting Premier Pibulsongram in a bloodless move. Pibulsongram fled to Malaya as the military took power, claiming to act for the people amid discontent with last February’s elections. The action followed a Bangkok meeting of SEATO advisers, with the king's consent noted.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Sarit Thunarat
P. Pibulsongeram
Malaya
Fhumiphon Aduldet
Treasurer Quits Job Under Fire
Harvey A Gardner 71 Orange County treasurer for 14 years resigned amid malfeasance charges from the 1956 Grand Jury citing habitual intoxication. He recommended J. Wile Carlisle be appointed to his $7,000-a-month post after Gardner’s retirement Oct 1. Gardner has been absent from work for months and is in a sanitarium. The 1836 Grackerness charges were not pursued due to no law on time in office. District attorney called no case. Appointment pending vote. Carlisle’s selection delayed but expected soon. Gardner was appointed 14 years ago on the death of Terry E Stephenson and was twice elected. term expires next year.
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Santa Ana
Harvey A Gardner
Orange County
Tle
Board of Supervisors
J. Wile Carlisle
Gardner
N. Flower St
Wwisors
Apnent
Carlisle
Terry E. Stephenson
Actress Rhea Mitchell found strangled in Los Angeles home
Police booked Lonnie Hartford Jr. on suspicion of murder after the 37 year old houseboy was identified as the last person seen with actress Rhea Mitchell. Detectives linked the case to three similar strangulations in the Los Feliz area, noting no sign of a forced entry or struggle.
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Rhea
Ginger) Mitchell
Robert Edeson
Los Angeles
Rhea Mitchell
Lonnie Hartford Jr
Farmer Star
Herman Zander
Hartford
Oan
Miss Mitchell
Seattle
John Benson
Ingen
William S. Hart
Tom Mix
King Bagott
Bert Lytell
Must Ahungl
LE EE
Os Feliz
Los Feliz
Vessel Sinks at Tacoma After Explosive Blast
A 890 ton fishing vessel Pacific Queen exploded near Tacoma Old Town Dock at 4 am. One man, Bill Webber of San Pedro California, is believed dead. Mick Medak, also from San Pedro, escaped in his underwear. The ship sank with Alaska salt salmon cargo released. firemen searched the wreck as owners estimated losses around two million dollars.
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Tacoma
Wash
Bill Webber
San Pedro
Calif
Mick Medak
Old Town
Alaska
Armenia
Webber
Medak
Bill (Webber
Webbey
Witter
Mike Aravic
Puyallup
Sailor dies. wife cared for by doctor in San Pedro
Webber, a San Pedro welder who joined the Pacific Queen as a deckhand last May, is survived by his wife Melba of San Pedro and three children. He had worked in the area since 1948. His widow was placed under medical care after learning of his death.
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Webber
Pacific Queen
San Pedro
Melba
St. San Pedro
Arkansas Group Appeals Race Mixing Order
A Little Rock lawyer for the Central High School Mothers League appeals a federal court order on school integration. Griffin Smith Jr. filed the appeal with the Eighth Circuit in St Louis, seeking to delay the immediate integration order issued Aug 30 by U S District Judge Ronald Davies.
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A Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Mothers' League
Griffin Smith Jr
U. S
Ronald Davies
U. S. Cirquit Court of Appeals
St Louis
Mediators Move Into Phone Row Feud Over Strike Broadens
Mediators step into the phone labor dispute as talks between Gov Faubus federal authorities and union negotiators continue. The issue involves a 23,800 telephone equipment installers and a court order possible injunction. National Guardsmen remain on duty in Arkansas while mediation officials await developments.
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Orval E
New York
Faubus
District of Columbia
Judge Sentences Bigamist to Sleep in Barn for a Year
Walter Bennett, 32, a convicted bigamist, is ordered by Judge Cyrus M. Palmer to sleep in a barn on the farm where he lived with his second wife Wilma and their children for one year. He must work the farm to support his second family, while the second marriage awaits court approval as Bennett’s first divorce proceeds.
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Pottsville, Pa
Walter Bennett
Wilma
Cyrus M. Palmer
Bennett
Palmer
Madelon Marin
Germany
Soviet Manned Intercontinental Missile Reported
Frankfurt based German rocket expert Dr Eugen Saenger told Die Welt that the Soviets seem inclined toward a manned intercontinental missile to improve accuracy in target areas.
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Russim
Frankfurt
Germany
Eugen Saenger
Die Welt
Weather Brief Keeps Scattered Showers Tonight
Scattered fetches tonight and early Wednesday with a high near 70. Forecasters expect isolated showers and mild winds as the pattern holds. Municipal alerts are not issued. Weather outlook remains unsettled into midweek with daytime temperatures around the upper sixties to seventy.
Scouts Hit Stadium Rule in Long Beach Controversy
City Council criticized a municipal ordinance regulating use of the Municipal Auditorium and Veterans Memorial Stadium after a dispute over a free Scout date. Scouts claim a verbal promise of June 7, 1958 was honored then rescinded for a paying group, prompting calls to review the rule. Council referred the issue to City Manager Vickers for investigation and a report by next Tuesday.
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Municipal Auditorium
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Long Beach Area
Ebay Scouts
Scout
Arama
Shriners
Sam E. Vickers
Lyman B. Sutter
Scouts’ Incal Council
Harold Ar[fee
Sutter
Gerald Desmond
Virgil Spongberz
Judy
Long Beach
Vickers
Warships of seven Western Allies embark for NATO drills
Western Allied navies set sail from British ports for massive Atlantic Ocean exercises. The notice points readers to related features across pages C-5, B-1, A-7, and other sections including Shipping, Sports, Theaters, and Vital Statistics, with many items across the edition.
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NATO
Atlantic Ocean
Hal Boyle
U S admits Communists for Olympic participation
Washington announces that the United States will admit qualified Communist athletes to the 1960 winter Olympics in California. The policy covers Red China and other Iron Curtain nations, conveyed in a letter from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to Prentis Hale, president of the Squaw Valley committee.
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Washington
United States
California
Red China
Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles
Prentis C. Hale
Squaw Valley
Bananas Gifted to Three Long Beach Hospitals
Andean fruit firm’s donation of 10 900 pounds of bananas to Long Beach General Rancho Los Amigos and Harbor General hospitals. Gift arranged through the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce foreign trade department.
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Long Beach
Andes Fruit Co
Long Beach General
Rancho Los Amigos
Harbor General Hospitals
Foreign Trade Department
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Smut Mag Case Goes to Jurors
Hollywood jurors begin deliberations in the Confidential trial charging six defendants including Fred and Marjorie Meade and Hollywood Research with conspiring to publish obscene material. They face probation to five years and fines up to $5,000 with 2,018 pages of testimony and 890,000 words plus 135 exhibits to review. Judge Walker defined obscenity as indecent and lewd.
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Hollywood
Sive Raa
Sia-Womean
Scandal
Bel
Fred and Mary
Jorie Meade
Confidential
Hollywood Listening Post
Hollywood Research, Inc
Walker
Fred
Marjorie Meade
Hollywood Research Organization
Whisper mag+azines
Publishers Distributing Corp
American Income Up One Billion in August
Government data show personal income in August at an adjusted annual rate of 347.3 billion dollars, up from July by 1.0 billion. Wages and salaries boosted most of the rise, with gains in proprietors’ income and dividends offset by small declines in construction and mining. Nonagricultural income rose to 331.3 billion and agricultural income increased to 16 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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Miami, Fla
Walter
Yvonne
Vo Sarit
Tagk
Pibulsonggram
Marshal Sarit
Col
L.A
Bill Hart
la Brea
Portland
Ore
Walter A. Maggiolo
Mediation Service
Communications Workers of America
Buster
Solomon
Bigamist
Legion
Atlantic City
American Legion
U.S
Herbert V. Walker
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