WORLD'S LARGEST
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
BURBANK, Calif. UP) — Lock
heed is claiming the world’s
largest private telephone system
—100,000 miles of leased lines ex
pected to save the company $250,
000 a year.
The giant line with 21,727
phones was scheduled to go into
operation Monday, connecting the
firm’s missile-aircraft, electronics,
shipbuilding and space activities
from Puget Sound in Washing
ton to Cape Canaveral, Fla.
2.000 GIRDLES ON THE LOOSE
ATLANTA UP) — A thief who
stole about 2,000 girdles from a
suburban Ghamblee plant is being
sought by police.
The girdles, valued at about
$50,000, were stolen from the War
ner Bros. Co. during the week
end.
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GOOD ARM. STRONG HEART
BURIED, BUT NOT FOR LONG!
RJUKAN, Norway UP) — Teen
I ager Bernt Pedersen stumbled in
I to a mountain aid station Tuesday,
I suffering only from minor frost
bite after more than 24 hours dig
ging his way out of snow and ice
from an avalanche.
Pedersen, 15, had just removed
his skis when the snow and ice
buried him near this central Nor
wegian town. He could only move
his left arm, but using it he dug
himself out. After a thorough
check, he was released from the
hospital.
DICK POWELL AGREES ON
PROPERTY SETTLEMENT
HOLLYWOOD UP) — Dick
Powell has agreed to a $2.5-mil
lion property settlement with
June Allyson and she will file a
divorce suit soon, her attorney
said Tuesday.
The film couple announced
their separation earlier this
month, after 15 years of marriage.
Powell, now a television pro
ducer, is in Europe.
Miss Allyson gets custody of
the children, Leslie and Richard.
SOVIET SHIP MOLESTED
RADIO MOSCOW COMPLAINS
LONDON UP) — Moscow radio
said the Soviet motor ship An
dreyev reported by radio it was
molested in the Arabian Sea
Tuesday by the U. S. Navy des
troyer Ingraham.
“The destroyer molested the
Soviet vessel for 25 minutes,
twice approaching to within one
calble length,” the broadcast said.
“The crew of the Andreyev ex
presses its profound indignation
at the actions of the warship.”
DOG REFUSES TO BITE. GETS
"SECTION EIGHT" DISCHARGE
LANCASTER, Pa. UP> — Prince
Herman, a 2-year-old German
shepherd, has been given a “sec
tion eight” discharged from the
police department.
“On duty he stopped biting and
reverted back to his old good
natured self,” Chief Wm. Her
shner explained Tuesday. “We
had to get rid of him, and now
he’s completely happy.”
Police Lt. John Lutz, Jr., took
tne dog home to his five children.
They love Prince Herman.
REWOOED and REWED ! ! !
MARPOOL, England UD — Joan
Chambers, 32, said Monday she
has agreed to marry the father of
her five children.
The Chambers have been more
or less married since 1954 when
Joan lied about her age and we~t
through a ceremony with Cliff
Chambers, then 21.
This wedding was not legal be
cause Joan was under age. Re
cently Joan decided Cliff was not
a bargain and had the marriage
annulled on the grounds she was
too young to know her own mind
at the time. Cliff has now re
wooed her and rewon her.
CAPITAL RELOCATION FIGHT
COST ALASKAN GROUP $53,055
JUNEAU —Alaskans United,
the Southeastern Alaska group
organized to lead the fight
against proposed relocation of the
capital, said it had spent a total
of $53,055 on the fight.
The organization said it had
receipts of $57,512, including $50,
000 granted by the city of Juneau
from tax receipts. The organiza
tion now has a balance of $4,457.
Archbishop of Canterbury
Will Retire from Services
LONDON (If — Dr. Geoffrey
Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
and Spiritual Head of the Church
of England, announced he is re
tiring on May 31.
Dr. Fisher, who will be 74 on
May 5, told a convocation of j
churchmen he feels it is time to
hand over his duties to a younger l
man.
A statement from Lambeth
Palace, residence of the arch
bishops of Canterbury, said Dr.
Fisher’s successor has not yet been
named. He will be named by
Queen Elizabeth on the recom
mendation of Prime Minister Mac
Millan.
Among those mentioned in
church circles as possible suc
cessors are Dr. Michael Ramsey,
56, the Archbishop of York, and
Dr. Robert Wright Stopford, 59,
the Bishop of Petersborough.
Dr. Fisher had been Archbishop
of Canterbury since 1945.
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WHO CAN RESIST
FRESH BAKED BREAD?
PARKVILLE, Mo. W — “Any
bread today?” A bread salesman
called, stopping his truck at the
home of Mrs. Fred R. Morgan Jr.
“No thanks, I have made my
own,” she replied.
The bread man sniffed — and
sniffed again. Pointing to a crusty
brown loaf, he asked, “How
much?”
“Fifty cents,” replied the
housewife.
The salesman laid down a half
dollar, picked up a fresh loaf and
departed.
U. S. Makes New Demand
Russia Halt Its Airlift
Operations in Laos
WASHINGTON UP — The
United States issued a new de
mand Tuesday that the Soviet
Union halt its airlift of arms and
ammunition t o Communist-led
forces in Laos.
The State Department in effect
rejected an official Soviet claim
that the Moscow government “is
trying to extinguish the blaze of
the spreading fire in Laos.”
Press Officer Lincoln White,
commenting on this Soviet claim,
said sharply, “so far as I’m aware
these aircraft are not carrying
water” to extinguish the conflict.
CANDY INSTEAD OF MONEY I
DETROIT UP — Two armed
robbers snatched a bag from
grocer Walker Thorton as he was
closing ihis store. They didn’t
bother about an envelope in Thor
ton’s other hand. The envelope
held several hundred dollars in
receipts. The stolen bag contained
peanut brittle, pork chops and
some medicine.
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