Officer Says He Didn t Change Course
Lt. Tesler testified at Cmdr. Warner s court martial that he did not follow the navigator s recommendation to alter the carrier Saratoga s course moments before the Bernd Leonhardt collision. The incident occurred off Virginia capes near midnight on May 25 with no injuries. The court at Little Creek Amphibious Base near Norfolk, led by Capt H B Fuller, expects a three day trial.
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Jacksonville
Virginia Capes
H. B. Fuller
Little Creek
Norfolk
Tesler
Warner
Stockholders vote to merge Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Lines
In Richmond AP stockholders of Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Lines backed a merger by overwhelming margins. Seaboard 4 274 608 yes vs 17 115 no. Coast Line 22 458 747 yes vs 3 846 no. ICC approval needed. hearing could start in October with decision not expected before 1962. Southern Railway expected to oppose.
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Richmond
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Lines
Seaboard
Coast Line
I&c
Ike Explains Why Lee's Picture Hangs in White House
President Eisenhower says Robert E. Lee was one of the supremely gifted men in the nation and that Lee's portrait hangs beside Washington Franklin and Lincoln in the White House. The Atlanta Constitution published letters between Ike and dentist Leon W. Scott revealing the rationale.
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Atlanta
Robert E. Lee
Eisenhower
Lee
Leon W. Scott
New Rochelle, N. Y
Ralph McGill
The
Atlanta Constitution
White House
Scott
Washington
Franklin
Lincoln
Grasshopper Turns Gun On Youth In Accident
In Minersville Pennsylvania a 17 year old boy was accidentally shot and killed when he attempted to crush a grasshopper with the butt of a .22 rifle. A friend told police the bullet entered under the chin.
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Minersville, Pa
James Namitcavage
Daily crossword 27 Reach 47 Alath 1 Director 2 Particle
Crossword clues read like a puzzle page update with entries including a director a particle an inclined plane and a Peruvian early figure, horse hoof and an exit. The fragmentary list hints at a themed puzzle item with multiple partial definitions and mapped answers.
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Sandra Cunningham
Portsmouth
Virginia
Fayetteville
N.C
Drum Man of America
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railway
Begoodrich
B.E Goodrich
Bargain Hunter's Corner
Motorola
Schwinn
Westinghouse Dryer
General Electric
Kelvinator
Oy Weekly
Se Weekly
Bendix
General Electric Refrigerator
St. Loudoun St
Dominion
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
B.F
Goodrich
Winchester
Ike
Grasshopper
Iso
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