Seaplanes Join Hunt for Flier
Seaplanes from Midway Kwajalein and Wake joined the search for a North Dakota long distance flier who crashed three miles north of Wake Island. Lt Duane Stirling and Capt Charles Finnegan were attempting a non stop flight from Oakland to Manila when Stirling's plane failed to climb and went into the ocean.
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Honolulu
Midway
Kwajalein
Wake
North Dakota
Pacific
Wake Island
Duane Stirling
Charles Finnegan
Air National Guardsmen
Fargo
N.C
Oakland
Calif
Manila
Stirling
Finnegan
State Awards 18 Road and Bridge Contracts
The State Highway Commission awarded 18 road and bridge contracts totaling 8.3 million dollars. Bennie Snyder of White Sulphur Springs West Virginia received the largest award for 4.2 miles of grading and draining on Interstate 95 in Stafford and Prince William counties valued at 1.52 million. Contracts cover major interstate work in three Northern Virginia counties.
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Richmond
State Highway Commission
Bennie Snyder
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Stafford
Prince William
Virginia
Raymond Burr Hospital Checkup Sparks Health intrigue
Hollywood AP report states Raymond Burr, 43, famous for Perry Mason, is at Cedars of Lebanon for a checkup and diagnostic tests. Details of the tests were not disclosed and he was admitted Tuesday for a few days. A separate item notes a North Carolina cantaloupe crop with weights of 34% pounds 29 pounds and 21% pounds.
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Hollywood
Raymond Burr
Cedars of Lebanon
Khrushchev’s missteps at U.N. session stand out
William L. Ryan notes Premier Khrushchev’s errors during a tense U.N. General Assembly in New York. The piece argues the crises exposed weaknesses in Soviet policy, with Khrushchev’s bold tactics failing to win African and uncommitted nations, and hurting disarmament aims.
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William L. Ryan
United Nations
N.Y
Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
Moscow
New York
Tennessee Auto Mechanic Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping
L C Wilson a 35 year old Tennessee auto mechanic pleaded guilty to a two count federal kidnapping charge related to the April 15 1964 assault on Mr and Mrs Dickens of Kingsport Tennessee. He received 20 years on one count and 10 years on the other to run concurrently. He drove the couple across the state line to Mendota Virginia where he beat Dickens with a shotgun and allegedly raped Mrs Dickens. Washington County Virginia prosecutors said they will not press state charges given the federal conviction. Wilson was captured April 16 and jailed.
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Abingdon
L. C. Wilson
Tennessee
Federal District Court
Wilson
A. D. Barksdale
Charles Dickens
Kingsport
Tenn
State Line
Mendota
Washington County
Dickens
Virginia
Former trooper pays $7 154 87 in shooting damage suit
Ralph J. Hamman, an auxiliary policeman in Strasburg, was wounded when Bill Berry, a former state trooper, fired at fugitive Richard A. Ritenour in September 1957. Berry were ordered to stop and claims the verdict will be reviewed December 5 by Judge Elliott Marshall.
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Woodstock
Bill Berry
Ralph J. Hamman
Strasburg
Mr. Hamman
Mr. Berry
East Strasburg
Berry
Richard A. Ritenour
Shenandoah County
Bear on highway recaptured with soda and milk lure
Nervous officers lured a black bear that escaped a motel cage by offering two bottles of soft drink and a quart of milk. The animal entered a chicken house and devoured a hen before police arrived. The bear accepted the drinks and was recaged without incident.
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Columbia
S. C
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Full Assembly
Dallas
Tex
Nelson Cruz Arias
Cali
Colombia
United States
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Longies
EKCO
Vave
Bryan
Orion
Westinghouse
Kodak Film
Black & White
Chambray
Jens
Vaxwes
Butterscote
QUE AG
Vilua
Loudoun
Winchester, Virginia
Abe I
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
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