U-2 Pilot Dies As Spy Plane Crashes On Cyprus
An American U-2 on a Middle East peacekeeping mission crashed into a building at Akrotiri air base on Cyprus. The pilot Capt. Robert A Henderson 32 from Marysville California was killed along with four Cypriot civilians. Seven British Cypriot personnel and civilians were injured. Henderson served with the Ninth Strategic Reconnaissance Wing based at Beale AFB California.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Akrotiri
Strategic Air Command
Robert A Henderson
Marysville
Calif
Henderson
Ninth Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Beale Air Force Base
California
Ady
Okla
U2 Spy Plane At Akrotiri Mission In Cyprus Crash Report
Five people died as the U 2 spy plane based at Akrotiri on the southern coast of Cyprus departed for a reconnaissance flight over Iran and Israeli lines in the Sinai. The incident involved Cypriot base workers and sparked a security lockdown by British authorities at the RAF facility.
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Cyprus
Iran
Sinai Peninsula
Akrotiri
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Britain
Royal Air Force
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
RAF
Cypelot
Snowstorm Pushes Residents to Stores and Schools
Residents crowded stores for essentials as snow chaos continued with shortages of shovels tires and boots. Schools faced closures and delayed openings while county buses and emergency services adapted to ice and cold with several deaths attributed to the storm.
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Summitville
William Vess
Anager
Southdale Plaza ‘Mart
Anderson
K-Mart
Nichol Avenue
J McGuire
McGuire
Wess
Shadeland School
Gallagher
South Madison
Elwood
Alexandria
West Central
Moosier
Community Hospital
4-High Club
Indianapolis
Allen County
James L. Haller
Jasper
Dubois County
Madison County Retired Teachers Association
Laramitville
West Side residents charged in Sunday liquor sale crackdown
Gladys Woods and Willie James Thompson were arrested on Madison County warrants for unauthorized dealing of alcoholic beverages at the Goodwill Card Club on Madison Avenue. The case ties to a broader effort to curb liquor sales without permits on Sundays and ongoing police probes continue.
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West Side
Madison County
Anderson Police Department
Gladys Woods
Willie James Thompson
Madison Avenue
Goodwill Card Club
Gladys
Anderson
Woods
Thompson
William McCurry
Edgewood
Beachwood Drive
McCurry
Pearl Seveaty City
Brian Norton
Brown St
Ricky E. Andrews
Fletcher St
Nolton
St. John's Hospital
Andrews
Pearl Street
Norton
Library board to discuss Jones and Broderick property appraisal
The Anderson-Anderson Stony Creek Township Library Board plans an executive session to review the Jones and Broderick Real Estate and Insurance Co. appraisal for Ninth Street and Central Avenue property in Superblock. Library Director David Bucove notes a public meeting will decide acquisition, per Open Door law.
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Anderson-Anderson, Stony Creek Township Library Board
Library Board
Aparaiser
Jones and Broderick Real Estate and Insurance Co
Ninth Street
Central Avenue
Superblock
David Bucove
Jones and Broderick
Indiana
Anderson Redevelopment Commission
Library
Lth
Meridian Streets
March of Dimes Advises No Solicitors Until Jan Fourteen
March of Dimes officials warn residents that no official canvass will be conducted until January 14. Reports describe a solicitor on 38th Avenue lacking proper ID, saying she left it at home. Currently donations are being sought only through canisters in business houses.
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March of Dimes
Barbara Cox
General Motors Foundation gifts Mercy Hospital fifty thousand dollars
The General Motors Foundation announced a $50 000 gift to Mercy Hospital in Elwood at a hospital board meeting in Elwood. The donation supports Mercy Hospital’s capital campaign to raise about $400 000 from individuals and firms aided by GM officials and the Anderson Delco-Remy division.
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Elwood Mercy Hospital
General Motors Foundation
Detroit
Elwood
Edward P. Caupar
Delco-Remy
Anderson
Lester A. Lanning
Guide
Elwood-Alexandria
Mercy Hospital
Craper
Draper
General Motors
Madison County Community Hospital
St. John’s Hospital
Rare Salamanders Missing From Tokyo Zoos
AP reports detectives search for two rare salamanders valued at 40000 to 20000 missing from two Tokyo zoos. The lizard like species, designated national monuments, weigh 164 pounds and are sought near pet stores and gourmet shops with high-priced demand among gourmets and international buyers.
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Tokyo
United States
West Germany
Netherlands
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