14 Bodies Still Not Identified
State police and aviation inspectors work through mud at a Midland cornfield crash scene as Capital Airlines Viscount flight from Newark to Chicago kills 47. Pilot Capt. W. J. Hull from Crooksville Ohio dies. 14 bodies remain unidentified and may require fingerprints for confirmation.
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Midland
Mich
Capital Airlines
Columbus
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Brakeman Is Third Victim In Freight Collision
In Cincinnati an early morning wreck at Sardinia Brown County leaves Ralph Hunter 50 of Portsmouth the third fatality. He burned over ninety percent while two Portsmouth workers Leon Shrock 62 and Furman Spence 62 died in the head on collision of westbound freight with another train. The Norfolk and Western wreck created fire from spilled diesel as investigators probe the crash in rain squall.
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Cincinnati
Ralph Hunter
Portsmouth
Sardinia
Brown County
Good Samaritan
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Leon Shrock
Furman Spence
Food To Be Distributed In Stark County Aid Plan
Federal surplus food from Columbus stores will reach about 10 000 Stark County residents hard hit by industrial layoffs once a distribution program begins.
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Canton
Columbus
Stark County
Shower of Bargains Drives Summer Ad Boom
The notice touts a season of low cost want ads as readers seek to sell used furniture, summer cottage items, and even cars. It promotes country living, and urges readers to place ads to move their unwanted items quickly.
Dial 31242 to place rapid same day ads
Call before 9 to get your advertisement into the same day issue. This instruction urges timely insertion via dialing 31242 and a 9 o'clock cutoff.
CBS Maintains Live TVs Despite 1300 Technicians Strike
The CBS network reported all New York live television shows would stay scheduled despite a strike by 1300 technicians. Some West Coast broadcasts may be filmed instead, as technicians from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers walked out over a contract dispute.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Red Skelton
R. G. Thompson
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
CBS
Art Linkletter
Keeping Secret Cost Life of Stewardess
Ruth Denecke a 27 year old St Peters burg Florida resident hid her marriage to George Bardowsky from Capital Airlines to keep her stewardess job. Company rules barred married stewardesses and her secret was fatal when a Capital Viscount crashed Sunday night killing 47 people including her.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
George Bardowsky
Capital Airlines
Six Killed in Truck and Car Crash near Baytown
In Baytown Texas an auto and a gasoline truck collided and exploded leaving six dead including a mother and four children returning from Easter. Police said the tank trailer jackknifed into the car after an auto moved onto the highway causing the crash and fire that shut down local lines. The truck carried 4600 gallons of gasoline.
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Baytown
Tex
Mattie Jones
R. W. Montgomery
California counts rain damage after 12 days of storms
California faces 20 million dollars in flood damage from two months of rain as 100000 acres in the San Joaquin Valley drain back into the river. Forecasters expect no new storms for five days while high Sierra snowpack remains. Roads were blocked by landslides but major routes are now clear.
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San Francisco
California
William F. Cassidy
Army
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin River
High Sierra
San Diego County
Uncle Jimmy White to vote in Illinois primary
Marion Illinois resident James Uncle Jimmy White aged 100 plans to vote in today’s Illinois primary to preserve a 79 year streak of voting in every election. He has consistently backed the Democratic Party.
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Marion
Ill
James
Jimmy
Scrap Iron Inmate Hinkle Refuses Work for Psycho Ward
Chester Illinois. William Hinkle known as Scrap Iron is recovering in Menard State Prison hospital after x rays revealed nails paper clips metal scraps and tin can tops in his stomach. Dr Donald Wham says surgery may be needed to remove the items and Warden Ross Randolph notes past attempts at non surgical relief.
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Chester
Ill
William Hinkle
Menard State Prison
Ross Randolph
Hinkle
Donald Wham
Unemployment Rises 25,000 in March to 5.20 Million
Government reports show March unemployment up 25 000 to 5 198 000 the highest level in 162 years. A Commerce Labor joint tally expected 323 000 more employed than February, with total employed about 62 311 000 as spring outdoor work rises.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Census Bureau
Eisenhower Cool on State Department Propaganda Idea
President Eisenhower proposed a psychological warfare planner in the State Department to offset Red propaganda. Secretary Dulles showed neutrality. State officials were unaware of renewed efforts while Khrushchev urged a Soviet style test suspension, dismissed by Eisenhower and Dulles as propaganda gimmick.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State Department
State Dulles
White House
State
Khrushchev
Hungary
Macmillan
Soviet Union
Dulles
Drama Critic George Jean Nadhece Dies
New York veteran critic George Jean Nathan age 76 died today after a long illness. He was a sharp critic and writer, longtime Mencken associate, coeditor of The Smart Set, and cofounder of The American Mercury. He authored about 40 books on theater and wrote plays. His wife, aged 45, stood by him at the end.
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New York
George Jean Nathan
H. L. Mencken
Nathan
American Mercury
Mencken
Smart Set
American Mercury Magazine
College Town Marks 10 Year Traffic Safety Goal
Moscow Idaho marks a decade of traffic safety progress after the 1948 death of 10 year old Bertha Louise Little when a car struck her crossing a city highway. Since then no fatal traffic accidents have occurred inside city limits, meeting the ten year goal.
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Moscow
Idaho
Bertha Louise Little
Bertha Little
Returned Pair Found Innocent of Slaying
Cleveland police said Miles P. LaCaze and Elsie Dombrowski were absolved by lie detector tests after being brought from Joplin Missouri for questioning in the slaying of their former landlady Mrs Jolan Nagy.
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Cleveland
Joplin
Miles P. LaCaze
Elsie Dombrowski
Jolan Nagy
Batista Forces Claim New Successes Against Revolt
Havana police report fresh blows against rebel nests to avert a general strike and street fighting. The army says 13 rebels surrendered near Banes, while Castro claims wide support and warns the revolution is a matter of hours in mimeographed leaflets circulating in Santiago. Rescue raids seized arms and equipment as dock workers fled Guantanamo for protection.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Banes
Santiago
Fidel Castro
Oriente
Castro
Batista
Guantanamo
U.S. Navy
Three Cincinnati Officers Charged In 14YearOld Shooting
Cincinnati Patrolman Raymond Turner and Park Patrolmen Louis Meiners and Norbert Tieke were charged with murder after a 14 year old Negro boy was shot to death March 31 during a chase through city streets and Eden Park. The father says he did not read the warrant filed in his name. Red light, refusal to stop, and bypassing three barricades were noted by police.
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Cincinnati
Park
Raymond Turner
Louis Meiners
Norbert Tieke
Savage
Abe
Eden Park
Detroit talks resume between GM and UAW on minor points
General Motors and the United Auto Workers restart contract negotiations after a 12 day recess. Discussion centers on minor provisions in UAW demands from March 25. Major proposals like the profit sharing plan are not expected this session.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
Plane Circles Hour Before Safe Cleveland Landing
An airliner carrying 47 passengers circled Cleveland Hopkins Airport for about an hour after the pilot feared a gear problem. Ground observers sighted the gear was in place and directed a landing.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
Court To Hold Star's Daughter
In Hollywood the judge ordered Lana Turner’s daughter Cheryl Crane held in Juvenile Hall until an April 24 hearing on the knife slaying of Johnny Stompanato. The court debated options from wardship to possible placement in an institution.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Johnny Stompanato
Cheryl Crane
Steve Crane
Donald A. Odell
Cheryl
Stompanato
Mickey Cohen
Chicago
Woodstock
California
Theodore J. Curphey
Lana
Los Angeles
Scholarships Planned From Estate Of George J Record
Ashtabula County high school graduates will receive scholarships funded by the $1,300,000 estate of Conneaut industrialist George J Record who died in 1920, authorities announced today.
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Ashtabula
Ashtabula County
George J. Record
Conneaut
Training plane crash near San Angelo kills three airmen
A Goodfellow Air Force Base training plane crashed on a rangeland hilltop about 25 miles north of San Angelo Texas on Monday killing three airmen.
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San Angelo
Tex
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Here
Experts Study Kansas City Special Training Gap
About 30 percent of U S schoolchildren are problem kids of some sort yet only a handful receive special training. Two thousand specialists tackled the issue at a five day ICEC convention, noting 334 million students in grades 1 through 12 include 3 to 4 million with special needs and stressing equal attention for gifted and dull students.
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Kansas City
ICEC
Air Causes Failure To Reach Goal
A KC135 jet tanker landed at Lajes Field after a 10,228 mile record run from Tokyo to Washington. The Madrid leg was abandoned as jetstream winds failed to materialize, leaving the mission 1,259 miles short of its intended goal.
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Omaha
Lajes Field
Azores
Madrid
Hawaii
Tokyo
Washington
Tokyo-Washington
National Aeronautics Association
SAC
Federal cash headed for Ohio hospital near Cleveland
The White House signals release of 23 million dollars to start a 1000-bed VA neuropsychiatric hospital at Brecksville near Cleveland in late 1960 or early 1961 while broader Ohio hospital funding faces Senate uncertainty and recession-spending dynamics.
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Washington—I
White House
Cleveland
Ohio
Senate
Sen. Hill
Dala
Truman Leads Hearing as Witness in Bank Committee Session
Former President Truman was named the leadoff witness when the House Banking and Currency Committee opens a five week hearing on unemployment. Chairman Spence said Truman's counsel would be helpful amid administration indecision. Ten governors, mayors of five major cities, and leading figures in industry and labor are slated to testify from April 14 through May 16.
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Washington
Truman
House Banking and Currency Committee
Spence
D-Ky
Ex-Cop Sentenced in Service Station Robbery
Zanesville report says Frederick Harter, 25, a former police officer, was convicted of a service station robbery last month and received a sentence to Mansfield Reformatory. The court proceedings concluded with the sentencing Monday.
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Zanesville
Mansfield Reformatory
Frederick Harter
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Joe) Hull
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