Sniper Shoots Young Angler Under Phoenix Bridge
An unknown rifleman shot at four boys fishing beneath the South Central avenue bridge in Phoenix yesterday, wounding 11 year old Louis Felder. He was taken to county hospital with a bullet through his back and spine, but was reported out of danger. Felder described two men on a hill who fired then disappeared. Police failed to locate the shooters.
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Phoenix
South Central Avenue
Louis Felder
Claudine Tate
County
Felder
Melvin Weil
John Cartwright
Pentwater residents build new dock during civic feast
In Pentwater Michigan the old yacht club dock sank two feet. Twenty four men worked together to erect a new 130 foot dock in a few hours while village women organized a celebratory feast for the workers.
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Pentwater
Mich
Yacht Club
Pentwater Lake
Snakes Trigger Bus Plunge Killing 24 in India
In Hyderabad state a bus full of Hindu worshippers crashed into a chasm after snakes from baskets on the roof escaped. The driver panicked and the vehicle left the road. 24 people were killed. Several snake charmers were among the passengers.
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Bombay
India
Hyderabad
Ell and elm whip post in Connecticut towns
In Naugatuck officials will stop funding watering trough maintenance. In Litchfield workers revive a 200 year old elm once used as a whipping post, restoring the historic tree and its story.
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Hartford
Iron Jaw Robero Rolan’s 40-foot stunt ends in injuries
In Lafayette Indiana Roberto Rolan 17 a performer with Barnes Bros circus fell 40 feet while hanging by his teeth. He suffered possible fractures of two arms one hip one wrist and a minor jaw injury.
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Lafayette
Ind
Roberto Rolan
Barnes Bros. Circus
Arkansas Holds Sole U.S. Diamond Mines Claim
Arkansas remains the only state in the United States with active diamond mines. Industry records show no other American sites producing notable diamond output.
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The
U.S
Arkansas
Four Amateurs Plan Mediterranean Raft Journey From Paris
Richard Miller and four others plus Muriel Grand, a nurse, prepare a 30 by 41 foot raft named Ken-Tooki built near Paris to drift from Marseilles to Africa. The crew plans a four to six week crossing with provisions, radio, books, a mast and sail, and two inflatable rafts as backups.
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Richard Miller
N. Long Ave
Chicago
Pacific Ocean
Michael Jones
Ravenscourt Park
London
Paris
Jones
Philadelphia
Don Kindler
Jesseps
Jose. de Tejada
Princeton University
Muriel Grand
Hull Yorks
Muriel
Seine
Mediterranean
Ken-Tooki
French National Assembly
Dick Miller
U. S. Navy
Marseilles
Africa
French
Lyons
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Insurance, Inc
E. Speedway
Reuben
General Electric
Meinteins
Rae
Simmons
Tucson
Congress Dial
Nogales
Coolidge
Superior Douglas
Ajo
Safford
Rodig’s
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Valley Nat Blog
Iron Jaw
France
North Africa
Seventeen Magazine
Turquoise
Eblo Bazaar
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Broadway
Tucsonia Hotel
W. Congress
Turson Baily Citizen
Mississippi
America
Rollings Motor CO
DE Soto
Plymouth
E. Broadway
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