Hare and Navy jet race thrills Memphis crowd
Shelby County sheriff's office staged a speed test between a patrol car and the Chance Vought F8U Crusader at Memphis Naval Air Station. Cmdr Wayne Sager piloted the jet from Dallas to Memphis 453 miles in 26 minutes while Lt Walter Hathcock drove 19 miles in 30 minutes. Spectators heard the race announced over the public address system as the jet completed its ferry flight to the East Coast squadron.
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Memphis, Tenn
Shelby County Sheriff's Office
Walter H. Hathcock
Memphis Naval Air Station
Cmdr
Wayne Sager
Navy
Chance Vought
Dallas
Texas
Memphis
Sagor
Air Station
Ship Strike Feared as Talks Resume on Sunday
NEW YORK AP negotiators will try again tomorrow to avert a strike that could tie up about a thousand American passenger ships freighters and tankers in east and Gulf coast ports. The NMU and AMA indicate they will follow the no contract no work policy as three year agreements expire at midnight Sunday. The NMU seeks wage increases longer vacations higher pensions welfare and employment security while the current contract pays $357 monthly plus $2.18 overtime.
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New York
Gulf Coast
National Maritime Union
American Radio Association
NMU
American Merchant Marine Institute
Kidnap Plot Tangles Singer Wife Hopefuls
Mrs Crosby in Reno dismisses the kidnap plan as ridiculous while Bing Crosby fished in the Canadian northwest. Sheriff Norris says Davison admitted involvement in the plan after a tip from Seminole County Oklahoma. Davison has prior convictions and was arrested Memorial Day for a $25 000 supermarket robbery. Kling remains at large. Davison mentioned a second kidnap attempt targeting a major fur buyer linked to movie people, citing Rafael Trujillo Jr. as a possible name.
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Reno
Nev
Bing
Canadian Northwest
Jack Norris
Davison
Bill Nicholson
Seminole County
Oklo
Nicholson
Miss Snow
Wewoka
Okla
Oklahoma
Norris
Kling
Trujillo
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Dominican Republic
Alabama Driver Named Driver of the Year
Reuben C. Thomas of Enterprise Alabama, a veteran trucker with a long safety record, was named Driver of the Year by the American Trucking Associations after a heroic life saving act.
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Washington
UPI
Alabama
Reuben C. Thomas
Enterprise
Ala
American Trucking Associations
Two More Nuclear Tests Reported in Pacific Series
AP reports the Government announced two additional nuclear detonations occurred Saturday as part of the ongoing mid Pacific test series.
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Washington
U S Seeks Clarification on Reds Geneva Talks
The United States accused Russia of implying Geneva talks on a nuclear test ban would suspend tests. Washington asked Moscow to clarify points on July 1 start, panel composition, and that scientific agreement does not bind the West to halt development tests. The State Department will seek early clarification to proceed as scheduled.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Geneva
State Department
Moscow
Russia
U. S
Joseph W. Reap
Department
India records over ten thousand killings in last year
India reported 10,308 killings in the previous year, averaging more than 28 per day. The figure sits within a broader, multi hundred million population context.
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New Delhi
India
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