Police Foil Strangling of Cabby
A 29 year old Air Force sergeant, T Sgt Alexander E Kleinschmidt of Dover Air Force Base, is jailed on assault with intent to murder after attempting to strangle cab driver John J Walkins in Los Angeles. Police say he claimed to be an FBI man and the victim survived. The case ties to a series of strangulation murders across the area with several bodies found earlier in Los Angeles, Alhambra, Hollywood and Baldwin Park.
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Air Force
Los Angeles
Alexander E. Kleinschmidt
Dover Air Force Base
John J. Walkins
Park Ave
Beil Tower
Harry Finch
Long Beach
Ruth Goldsmith
Evalyn Francis Wormer
Alhambra
Marjorie Hipperson
Hollywood
Ruth de Lac
Baldwin Park
Esther Greenwald
Planes crash into homes killing six in two states
In Van Nuys California a Air National Guard T33 trainer smashed into two dwellings, killing both pilots and igniting a blaze that trapped Beatrice Stone and her family. In Dayton Ohio a second crash occurred with similar deadly consequences, leaving a terrified housewife narrowly escaping as flames engulfed the structure.
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Air National Guard
John £. Stone
van Nuys
Frena
Calif
Dayton
Ohio
Beatrice Stone
Weather Outlook Mostly Clear With Fog Late Nights
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies through Thursday with some late night and early morning fog. Temperatures show little change, offering stable conditions across the period.
U S Jets Collide in Sea Games During NATO Exercise
Two U S jet fighters collided in pre-dawn North Atlantic darkness amid NATO air sea drills. Four crewmen aboard two missing planes were lost as searches for enemy submarines continued amid the Strikeback exercise involving more than 100 ships and 700 aircraft between Iceland and Norway.
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London
U. S
North Atlantic
U.S
Saratoga
Essex
Iceland
Norway
Flu Epidemic Hits Arizona Schools Closes Clifton
Arizona declares an influenza epidemic with more than 100000 U S cases nationwide. Clifton elementary and high schools close while Flagstaff reports about 15 percent absence as tests seek the flu strain. Authorities warn the outbreak may spread and note Utah also sees sharp drop in attendance.
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Ay United Real
Arizona
G.G. Salsbury
Clifton
Ariz
Flagstaff
Public Health Service
Joseph P. Kesler
Utah
Eee Etent
Atate
Grand Jury Indicts Hoffa for Perjury
James R Hoffa vice president of the Teamsters was indicted on five counts of perjury by a federal rackets grand jury in Detroit. The indictment also charged Benjamin Collins Local 299 secretary treasurer with 12 counts related to the same wiretapping probe. Hoffa campaigned in Miami as Senate probes scrutinized his union funds and election legitimacy for the convention.
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New York
James R. Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Teamster
Detroit
Benjamin Franklin Collins
Hoffa
Senate
Labor For Management
Washington
Owen Bernard Brennan
Teamsters Local 337
Michigan
Bernard Spindel
Holmes, N
Spindel
John Johnny Dio Dioguardi
Dioguardi
Eisenhower orders troops to Little Rock over mob rule
President Eisenhower says federal troops were sent to Little Rock Arkansas to uphold court designs and prevent anarchy. In a televised address he urged national unity and understanding that deployment was unavoidable to stop mob rule from overriding legal decisions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
Soldiers Break Up Little Rock Crowds
Hard eyed paratroopers in battle dress brought nine Negro students into Central High School in Little Rock amid the integration struggle. One man was clubbed and another stabbed as tensions flared. Thelma Mothershed and Minnie Brown among the entrants, white students exodused. 1,250 in class, 750 absent. Troops appeared to deter interference while a bomb scare loomed nearby.
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C. F
Blake
Central High School
Little Rock
Belman Morin
Ark
Thelmal
Minnie Brown
Tered
Thelma Mothershed
Rack
Huge Forest Fire Rages Across No Calif and Oregon
A giant blaze in the Klamath River region spreads across the California Oregon border. About 1,000 firefighters battle flames expected to exceed 15,000 acres with high winds hampering efforts. High tanker planes and bulldozers join the effort as volunteers answer radio appeals.
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Klamath River
California Ores Gon
Oregon
Sacramento
California
Salem
Lake Copco
Klamath
Newhall
John P. Wade
Hollister
Sen, Banite
Gabllan Mountains
Juror Back Resume Deliberations In Libel Case
The Confidential magazine criminal libel conspiracy trial resumes as juror Carl Fiat is deemed able to continue. Jurors paused for medical review of Fiat amid an eight day deliberation period observed by Superior Judge Herbert Y. Walker and Sheriff’s medical staff.
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Los Angeles
Marcus Cray
Herbert Y. Walker
Carl Fiat
Rush
Crahan
Sheriff's Department
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Cabby
Walking
Eugene Tadlock
Lawrence Lee
Alamitts Ave
Broadway
Tadlock
Lee
Hal Boyle
Gombe
Cenperetanee Ett
Mi.ami
Beck
Thial
Sgtinnie
Aric
No. Calif
Yreka
Carnie
British Coast
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