Airman Survives 32 Days Trapped in Mine Pit Near Hill City
Airman Gerald Becker of Mapleton Minnesota spent 32 days trapped after falling 50 feet into a pit during a Sherdan Lake excursion. He survived by drinking water from ground drops and building a brush bed, hoping for rescue. A visiting Ptacek family from Phoenix spotted the site and led rescuers to him.
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Hill City
S.D
Gerald Becker
Here
Becker
Mapleton
Minn
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Sheridan Lake
Pete Ptacek
Phoenix
Ariz
former Bluefield officer faces robbery trial in 1950 case
A former Bluefield police lieutenant testifies that patrolman Ted R. Land helped him rob the Crowder-Free man automobile agency in 1950. Land and fellow officers face charges tied to thefts dating to 1946, with Charles H. Fox named as key witness. Fox to be tried separately.
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Princeton
W. Va
Bluefield
Ted R. Land
Land
Charles H. Fox
Fox
Force
Mercer County Criminal Court
Howard M. Jarrett
Department
Jerome Katz
Penny
Charles P. Cregger
Hhe Department
Eugene Kirk
R. R. Gibson
R.E. Lee
Roby T. Brown
Gibson
Daily Across Clue Grid From a Historic Puzzle Fragment
A partial crossword puzzle grid is presented with numbered across and down clues. Readable clues include Norwegia dramatist and Texas city among others, with several entries partially visible and some obscured by damaged text.
Berlin Wall clashes ignite West Berlin riot wave
West Berlin faced four days of anti communist and anti American unrest after a refugee bled to death at the wall with East German guards and West Berlin police watching. Roughly 10 000 residents attacked Soviet traffic to the memorial and tried to breach the border while police used water cannon to disperse rioters.
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Checkpoint Charlie
West Berlin
West
Brandt
Wall
Sir Winston Churchill Returns Home After Hip Injury
London AP reports Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill left hospital today in a carrying chair and reached his Hyde Park Gate residence to cheering crowds. He broke his left thigh in a Monte Carlo hotel fall on June 28 and was flown to London for surgery and recovery.
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London
Winston Churchill
Monte Carlo
Winston
Hyde Park Gate
Kensington
Churchill
Britain
Sir Winston
Riviera
Three Die On Virginia Highways Lift Toll To 540
A sailor, an elderly pedestrian, and a road roller operator died in separate Virginia accidents as the 1962 traffic toll rose to 540, about 53 higher than the year before. Gene Franklin Dillon 28 of Cowen West Virginia. Charles Lindsey 89 of Norfolk. Alvin Daniel Smith 27 of Charlottesville were victims.
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Virginia
Gene Franklin Dillon
Cowen
W.va
Soley
Norfolk
Dillon
Naval Station
Charles Lindsey
Granby Street
Met Monroe
Norolk
Alvin Daniel Smith
Rt. 5
Charlottesville
U.S. 250
Ivy
Albemarle County
House To Vote Next Week On Poll Tax Ban Amendment
The House plans a two thirds vote next Monday on a constitutional amendment banning the poll tax for federal elections. The measure, stalled in Rules since March 27, would require ratification by 38 states to take effect. Virginia Alabama Arkansas Mississippi and Texas currently levy poll taxes.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House Rules Committee
Senate
Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Congress
Embankment Incident Leaves Smith Unseated
An embankment incident tossed Smith from his seat and rolled over his body, leaving him injured.
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Smith
Soviet Nuclear Blast Reported Near Novaya Zemlya
The AEC said the detonation occurred Monday near the Soviet test site at Novaya Zemlya. It marks the fourth nuclear explosion in the current Soviet test series that began on Aug 5.
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Washington
Soviet Union
AEC
Novaya Zemlya
Plays Seen Abroad Done on Record
A series of stage works recorded abroad by their authors is readied for the American hi fi audience. Albums include Jean Anouilh Eugene Ionesco Jean Cocteau and Marcel Archard with productions by Christopher Fry Peter Ustinov and Lawrence Durrell.
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New York
Jean Anouilh
Eugene Ionesco
Jean Cocteau
Marcel Archard
Christopher Fry
Peter Ustinov
Lawrence Durrell
Donora May Reopen Idled Steel Plant
Donora mayor says the town studies leasing an idle U S Steel mill to operate locally. He emphasizes self help rather than charity as U S Steel furloughed 1,709 workers in Washington County.
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Donora
Donora, Pa
Albert P. Delsandro
U.S. Steel Corp
Delsandro
U.S. Steel
Washington County
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Texas City
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Sir Winston the
Amazing
Era Arris iv
THE
Associated Press
America
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Corvair
B & MA Chevrolet Sales Company
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Loudoun ST
Winchester
Crider & Shockey
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
APP
Abbott, Proctor, & Paine
New York Stock Exchange
South
Braddock Street
New Wilkins
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