Firemen Plan Massive Attack On Brush Fire
About 800 firemen planned a dawn air land assault against a large brush fire near Sierra Madre California that forced 350 homes to evacuate. Borate bombing planes and five helicopters aimed to lay 10 miles of hose, with two injuries reported and at least one shack burned. The blaze threatened Pasadena Glendale and Keneboa Mesa areas and was expected to take days to control.
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Sierra Madre
Calif
U.S. Forest Service
Griffith Park
Los Angeles
Aldous Huxley
Pasadena
Glenn
Keneboa Mesa
F. D. Hooper
Morris Misplaces Dressed Deer
In Phoenix a hunter named Herbert T. Morris reported a freshly killed deer missing. Don Lee found the dressed deer 40 miles north on the Black Canyon Highway and brought it to Jack Lee for possible identification. The tag listed Herbert T. Norris, and the sheriff could not locate him.
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Phoenix
UPD
Herbert T. Morris
Jack Lee
West Bethany Home Road
Don Lee
Black Canyon
Lee
Herbert T. Norris
Morris
Family Of 11 Dead Bobby Learns To Live With Grief
In Angleton Texas 15 year old Bobby Dunn recounts coping with the flood disaster from Hurricane Carla that killed his 11 family members. He lives with relatives now and keeps moving forward through work and study despite moments of loneliness.
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Bobby
Angleton, Tex
UPI
Bobby Dunn
Carla
Floyd Rogers
Poets
Dunn
Foster family shelter as flood waters rise
Bobby, living with foster parents Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Dunn and nine siblings, describes his determination to become an electronics engineer while the family shelters in a darkened attic as water rises to their waists during the hurricane.
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Bobby
R. W. Dunn
Tiny Texas Town Impact Sways Abilene Liquor Rules
Impact Texas voted 18 to 2 to permit off premises liquor sales, triggering Abilene’s fear of a spillover boom. Amid legal skirmishes and annexation drama, the new town moves toward on premise sales while residents cope with a family tragedy and a boy named Bobby rebuilding after a devastating flood.
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Impact
Tex
UPI
Abilene
West Texas
Dallas Perkins
North Park
Perkins
Abilene City Hall
State Supreme Court
UAW Hopes Chrysler Accepts New Offer
The United Auto Workers presented Chrysler with a new economic proposal aimed at a three year contract for about 60,000 workers. It features concessions totaling roughly five cents an hour and covers pensions unemployment benefits and insurance in an effort to avert a possible strike if no deal is reached by 8 p.m.
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Detroit
API
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
Reuther
San Francisco fires trigger citywide arson hunt
A spate of eight hotel fires in six hours in San Francisco prompted a citywide manhunt for a suspected arsonist seen dancing away from the scene. The blazes struck the Stewart, Fielding, St Francis, Clift, Bellevue, Marlow, Sir Francis Drake and Sheraton Palace hotels, with a separate three alarm apartment blaze earlier in the day.
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San Francisco
UPI
Continental to Cut Jet Travel Fares with No-Frill Economy
Continental Airlines plans a no frill jet economy service with fares 25 percent below current coach rates. The program would start December 1 if approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board and would drop meat and liquor service to reduce costs. President Robert F Six says the move aims to make jet travel affordable for millions of Americans and likens it to private car, train, or bus travel in cost.
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Washington
UPI
Contnental Airlines
Continental
Chicago
Nto
Civil Aeronautics
Robert F Six
TWA Seeks Special Christmas Fares for Service Members
Trans World Airlines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to permit special Christmas rates for servicemen flying home from Europe. The proposed roundtrip fares from Paris, London, Frankfurt, Rome, Madrid to New York would be $210 Paris, $210 for London, $210 for Frankfurt, $210 for Rome, with lower placeholder figures listed per city as part of the plan.
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Washington
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce Fall Round-Up Entertainment
A crowd of about 400 is expected at the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce annual Fall Round-Up at the Executive House. The event features guitar pickin by The Wild Bills and dance music by the Ray Ludovici Orchestra plus an audience participation routine with a Hollywood woman. Nancy Kiely Dance Troup and Ted Fiorito will perform. The evening includes a cocktail hour at 7, buffet dinner at 8, entertainment at 9, and dancing from 9:30. Jim Spero of KUPD will be master of ceremonies with four door prizes.
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Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Executive House
Wild Bills
Ray Ludovici Orchestra
Hollywood
Nancy Kiely
Troup
Ted Fiorito
Honor Robinson Dies In Prison Gas Chamber
Honor Robinson was executed in the gas chamber at the state prison in Florence for the 1958 slaying of William Bischoff in Papago Park Phoenix. The Ninth Circuit rejected the final appeal and the 43 year old was executed shortly after 5 a.m. He was convicted of shooting Bischoff in the back over the affections of a woman. Warden Frank Eyman said Robinson shared his last meal with an old-timer the night before a roast chicken spare ribs biscuits ice cream and cake.
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Florence
UPI
Honor Robinson
State Prison
William Bischoff
Papago Park
Phoenix
Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Robinson
Frank Eyman
Etienne's opens in Scottsdale with French dining flair
Workmen race to finish Etienne's at 40 Stetson Drive off Scottsdale Road as the new French restaurant debuts Saturday November 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. The venue seats 160, offers imported wines and a chic decor center with a unique aqua cherub fountain.
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Scottsdale
Etienne’s
Etienne Gluck
Louie
Chez Etienne’s
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Scottsdalians
Stetson Drive
Scottsdale Road
Arizona
Opening Premiere and weight contest at Bank of Scottsdale
Gwen Gayle crowned Miss Bank of Scottsdale will preside at the bank opening on November 3rd and 4th on Scottsdale Road at Fifth Avenue. Ribbon cutting at 10 A.M. Friday precedes a weight guessing contest with silver dollars and prizes including savings accounts.
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Gwen Gayle
Bank OF Scottsdale
Scottsdale Road
Fifth Avenue
Gwen
Arizona
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