Forest Service to test Firebird fire suppression device
U S Forest Service will trial a radio guided glider named Firebird to drop chemical loads on simulated brush fires from a distance of up to five miles. The weapon sized 13 feet long with a 11 foot delta wing, could replace hazardous water bombing and may be ready for use by summer. Tests are planned at a Mojave Desert center with secrecy surrounding date and details.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Desert
U.S. Forest Service
Mojave Desert Test Center
Accurate Electronics
North Hollywood
Israeli Leader Calls UAR Rocket Fire A Serious Matter
Tel Aviv reports Gen. Zvi Tsur, Israel’s army chief, says four rockets from the United Arab Republic prove a serious Arab military buildup. He spoke during the inauguration of large-scale maneuvers. Deputy Defense Minister Simon Peres calls the Egyptian rocket mainly propaganda.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Arab Republic
Zvi Tsur
Simon Peres
Barrymore Plays Jesus and Judas in Italian Film
John Drew Barrymore, 29, takes a double role as Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot in the Italian film Pontius Pilate set for release in September. He guards a beard as part of his screen persona while living in Rome with wife Gabriella and awaiting their first child.
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Young Barrymore
Rome
John Drew Barrymore
Jesus Christ
Judas Iscariot
Barrymore
John Barrymore
Pontius Pilate
Christ
Judas
Italy
Yugoslavia
Gabriella
Hollywood
Europe
Gunman Escapes With $900 After Elevator Ride
In Detroit a gunman forced two Henrose Hotel employees a cashier and an assistant manager into an automatic elevator to the 28th floor. He escaped with $900 taken from them.
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Detroit
Henrose Hotel
Lutheran Synod Assembly Opens In Massanetta Springs
About 1,000 pastors and lay leaders of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia gather at Massanetta Springs for a week-long summer assembly. Delegates attend from across Virginia and parts of East Tennessee as the event opens and runs through next Sunday.
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Massanetta Springs
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Virginia
East Tennessee
Lord Robins Died. Rhodesia Peer Was 77
Lord Robins born Thomas Ellis Robins in Philadelphia died Saturday at age 77. He became a British subject and was elevated to the peerage for his public service in Rhodesia.
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London
Lord Robins
Thomas Ellis Robins
Philadelphia
Rhodesia
Elevator Escape: Bandit Vanishes After Failed Stop
Unable to halt the elevator ascent, occupants failed to stop the thief who vanished on returning to the first floor. The incident ended without a trace of the bandit.
Oil and gas survey boosts Southwest Virginia prospects
A 5000 acre air borne magnetometer survey released by Virginia's Department of Conservation and Economic Development shows 13 areas in Southwest Virginia with potential petroleum or natural gas, plus non ferrous ore. Several firms have ordered maps and reports, and leases exceed a million acres, with growth over the past year.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Conservation and Economic Development
J. Lindsay Almond
Blue Ridge Mountains
Montgomery
Giles Counties
Conservation Department
Liz Taylor Pleads To Stop Fisher Divorce
The New York Post reports Elizabeth Taylor called Eddie Fisher twice from Europe to urge him not to divorce after their three year marriage. Fisher, 33, arrived in Las Vegas for a Desert Inn engagement as part of Nevada residence rules, while Taylor is in Gstaad.
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New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Europe
New York Post
Fisher
Las Vegas
Nev
Desert Inn
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Miss Taylor
Gstaad
Switzerland
Beverly Hills
Calif
Rome
Roseville High Chief Proposes Glue Sniffing Crackdown
Roseville California AP The Roseville Union High School District superintendent asks for an ordinance making glue sniffing punishable by a 500 fine and six months in jail. He notes teens increasingly sniff synthetic glues that cause intoxication and potential paralysis.
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Roseville, Calif
Roseville Union High
Musician Loses $15,000 Viola After Snack Stop
Detroit pianist Nathan Gordon of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra left a East Side restaurant after a snack to find his $15,000 viola stolen from his car. He said the instrument was insured but irreplaceable for less than that amount.
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Detroit
Nathan Gordon
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
East Side
Gordon
Court orders boy turned over to welfare in Berryville
A 16 year old colored youth was ordered turned over to the Department of Public Welfare in Richmond by Juvenile Court Judge Harold G. Potts. He was apprehended Saturday night by Town Manager John L. Enders and Dr. J. O. Cain after peeping complaints. The youth allegedly carried a concealed butcher knife during the incident at the Crows Nest Apartment.
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Berryville
Department of Public Welfare
Richmond
Harold G. Potts
John L. Enders
J. 0. Cain
Crows Nest
Cain
Mr. Enders
Soviet Tests End Amid International Reactions
The article reports that Soviet nuclear testing has finished and critics dismiss the claim of an automatic right to test as absurd. Japan plans a protest, fearing radioactive fallout, while Malayan and Peiping press outlets offer mixed views, with the Kremlin accused of hypocrisy and the Soviet line defended by Communist sources.
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Japan
Soviet Union
Kuala Lumpur
Malayan Times
Kremlin
Peiping People’s Daily
Communist Party
Khrushchev Urges Doctors in Peace Drive at World Cancer Congress
A Khrushchev message to the World Cancer Congress in the Kremlin calls on doctors to take a leading role in the fight for peace after the announcement of new nuclear tests. The premier notes testing options remain only until a disarmament agreement is reached.
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Khrushchev
World Cancer Congress
Kremlin
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