Crash of British Comet Jet Kills Dozens Off Elba
PORTO AZZURRO Italy AP Two Americans among 35 missing feared dead after BOAC Comet explodes in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Elba Island 29 passengers and six crew aboard. Bodies recovered as search continues for remaining victims. Authorities from Italian Air Ministry and London investigate.
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Porto Azzurro
Elba
Piungeqa
Napoleon
Island of
Exile
Isle of
Montecristo
British Overseas Airways
Dorothy Baker
Wilmette
H. E. Schuchmann
MacMillan Publishing Co
New York
BOAC
Rome
London
Ex-McArthur Gridder Gill Dies After Traffic Crash
James Nicholas Gill 20 former All-Southeastern Ohio Buckeye League star halfback at McArthur High School died en route to a Columbus hospital after his car left Route 75 near McArthur and struck a utility pole. He suffered a fractured skull and died at Mt. Carmel Hospital. Survivors include his parents, a brother Tom and sister Julie. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Wrightsel Funeral Home. Burial in Elk Cemetery.
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Mcarthur
James Nicholas
Nick) Gill
McArthur High School
Columbus
Vinton County
State Highway Patrol
Gill
Mt. Caramel Hospital
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Wesleyan
Austin Powder Co
John D. Gill
Tom
Julie
Julie Koontz
Virginia
Ella Gill
Luray
Wrightse
R. D. Wingert
Presbyterian Church
Elk Cemetery
Detroit Jewell Gas Range For Sale In Excellent Condition
Advertiser offers a Detroit Jewel table top gas range in excellent condition. Calls surged after a small three line ad in The Messenger Want Ads. Location listed as Cali 27001 with after 4 PM contact.
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Detroit
Ad Sale of Used Furniture and Baby Bed Offer
An ad notice invites readers to place classified ads for unwanted attic or basement furniture. It mentions a baby bed request and provides dialing number 31242 for the ad-taker. Rates: 15 words for three insertions cost $1.20.
Plane Crash Kills Braniff President and 11 Others
A seaplane crashed into an empty Shreveport home killing Braniff president Thomas Braniff and R. H. Hargrove of Texas Eastern along with ten passengers and two pilots returning from a duck hunt. The aircraft burned for over two hours and all aboard perished. Local witnesses reported the craft wavering before impact at Wallace Lake, about 10 miles away.
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Shreveport
Braniff International Airways
Texas Eastern Gas Transmission Co
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Airlines
Thomas Braniff
Dallas
Tex
R. H. Hargrove
Ee Ee
Texas Eastern
United Gas Co
Wallace Lake
Here
Harold
Julian Martinez
E. C. Crain
Two Couples Die in Ice Crash Near Ashland Ky
Four people died when a car skidded on an icy Route 2 highway at Wortland Kentucky and collided with a Blue Ribbon Line bus. Victims were Virgil Patterson 30 and his wife 26 of Ashland, Charles Roy Rice 33 and his wife 30, also of Ashland. The accident occurred at 4 50 p m. Patterson and Rice were siblings of Mrs Patterson and Mrs Rice.
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Point Pleasant
Ashland
Virgil Patterson
Charles Roy Rice
Patterson
Viand St
Rice
Wortland
Blue Ribbon Line
Ironton Hospital
Virgil HI
Rices
Sam
Herbie
Wally
Army
Washington, D. C
Russell
Air Force
Virginia Ferguson
Naomi Woomer
Erma
Elizabeth Smith
California
Ohioan Slain. Wife Is Held in Xenia Case
In Xenia Ohio a 48 year old man George Leroy Hawkins was shot twice with a .38 revolver at his home Sunday night. He died of chest and stomach wounds. His wife Mary 31 is in custody for questioning. In another case Sheriff Clarence A Stewart investigates the death of Mrs Marty Elizabeth Grimes Wallace 32 whose body was found Sunday on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks with severe head injury.
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Xenia
Ohio
George Leroy Hawkins
Mary
Clarence A. Stewart
Marty Elizabeth Grimes Wallace
Stewart
Skid threatens hillside forcing 34 families from homes
In Astoria Oregon a water soaked hillside began slipping last Tuesday forcing 34 families to evacuate. Officials fear the slide may spread and the Red Cross has declared the area a disaster. Governor Patterson ordered an investigation to assess possible federal aid.
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Astoria
Ore
Oregon
Red Cross
Paul Patterson
Servicemen Arriving in Seattle Aboard Gen. H. J. Gaffey
Three area servicemen are scheduled to arrive in Seattle Wednesday aboard the transport Gen. H. J. Gaffey. They are A3C Mervin W. Nelson of Albany, Cpl. Norman D. Haggy of Pomeroy, and A2C Jack D. Priest of Jackson.
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Seattle
H. J. Gaffey
Mervin W. Nelson
Albany
Norman D. Haggy
Pomeroy
Jack D. Priest
Jackson
Paralyzed Vets Decline Private Home Help Offer
Charles Somerville and John Mershon, both paraplegic veterans, declined a Birmingham woman’s offer to host them 90 days while awaiting readmission. They will stay in a nursing home, citing dissatisfaction with prior care and hospital limitations. They had been evicted from the Memphis Hospital after leaving Cleveland’s vets facility without permission.
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Charles Somerville
Point Pleasant
W. Va
John Mershon
Otway
Ohio
Crile Veterans Administration Hospital
Cleveland
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Kennedy
Crile
Somerville
Mershon
Veterans’ Hospital
Birmingham
Charles
Sonny) Somer
Vets
Weekend Accidents Kill 17 in State
Seventeen people died in Ohio accidents over the weekend, 11 in traffic. Saturday deaths include Fire Capt. William Geib, 53, of Dover, who accidentally shot himself while fox hunting near Dover, and Clifton D. TicClain, 48, of Akron, struck by a car while pushing a stalled car in Akron.
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Associated Press
Ohio
William Geib
Dover
Clifton D. TicClain
Akron
Deaths Result Of Gas Fumes
Carbon monoxide caused the deaths of Mrs. Addie McCray and Ernest Downard in Wellston last Wednesday. A state laboratory informed Coroner Charles N. Gaskill that he would return a verdict of accidental death by monoxide poisoning. The bodies were found in Downard's Jackson home after initial suspicion of food poisoning. a heater vent had been blocked by soot, allowing deadly fumes to overcome them.
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Wellston
Addie McCray
Ernest Downard
State Laboratory
Charles N. Gaskill
Ransom Loot Tip Checked
FBI agents review a tale of the Greenlease ransom money tied to a Las Vegas arrest of a barber Frank Beninato on a worthless check charge. Beninato claimed a man seized a suitcase from a car connected to Lt. Louis Shoulders and Patrolman Elmer Dolan during the pursuit of kidnapper Carl Austin Hall the night of Oct. 6.
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ST. Louis
FBI
Las Vegas
Nev
Frank Beninato
San Francisco
Beninato
Lt. Louis Shoulders
Elmer Dolan
Carl Austin Hall
Congregation Defies Court Edict Over Church Member
In Cincinnati the Lockland Baptist Church with about 2000 members votes to appeal a Common Pleas Court order by Judge M Renner to extend fellowship to Mrs Mary Randolph aged 51. The church accuses state meddling in religious affairs and plans further action.
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Cincinnati
Lockland Baptist Church
Common Pleas Court
M. Renner
Mary Randolph
Police Free Man After Handcuff Lock Is Picked
In Boston a 25 year old man named Robert Perry found a pair of handcuffs in the street. He wore them briefly and could not remove them. Police at the South End station tried keys that failed. About 100 keys from Suffolk County also failed. A sergeant filed down a screwdriver and picked the lock to free him.
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Boston
Robert Perry
South End
Suffolk County
Saud King Urges Sacrifice to Wipe Out Israel
In Riyadh King Saud, 53, told Jordanian press visitors that Arabs must be prepared to sacrifice up to 19 million of their 50 million people if needed to eradicate Israel. He compared Israel to a cancer on the human body and said direct talks with Israel would not occur due to nonrecognition. He cited Arab disunity and insincerity as reasons for losing Palestine in 1948.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Israel
Ibn Saud
Royal
Jordan
Palestine
Police Widen Search For 2 Jail Escapees
Warren Ohio sheriff deputies continued pursuit for the remaining two of four men who escaped from Trumbull County jail. The two others who helped in the breakout were captured Sunday near a shack by the Mahoning River in Niles.
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Warren
Ohio
Trumbull
Mahoning River
Niles
Eisenhower Seeks 14 Amendments to Taft-Hartley Law
President Eisenhower asked Congress to adopt 14 amendments to the Taft-Hartley act including a pre strike secret vote of workers to approve any strike. The plan blends management and labor ideas and calls for state labor dispute jurisdiction and non Communist affidavits for employers and unions. He says the law is sound but needs changes to reinforce its aims. The poll idea echoes the Smith Connally act requiring worker assent before striking.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Missing key witness in Reuther shooting case
Wayne County Prosecutor gears to press for an assault with intent to kill warrant against ex-con Donald Ritchie to secure Ontario police help. Ritchie, last seen after eluding guards Friday in Detroit, fled to Ontario where formal warrants are required. Authorities surveil Ritchie’s mother and girlfriend as they seek a court action to keep the case against defendants intact.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Gerald K. O'Brien
Walter Reuther
Donald Ritchie
Ontario
Ritchie
O'Brien
O’brien
Reuther
Carl Renda
Renda
Santo
Sam) Perrone
Perrone
Truck Strike Authorized by Ohio Union
AFL truck drivers in four Ohio cities voted to strike if firms refuse to pay Ohio's new axle-mile tax. The strike is set for Friday with action possible by Saturday. Dispute centers on tax on three or more axle trucks and who pays it, with talks in Chicago ending in deadlock.
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Cleveland
AFL
Ohio
Assembly
Chicago
Solons Tackle Highway Bills in Ohio Special Session
Ohio lawmakers convene a special session to set up a 500 million dollar highway program. Gov. Frank Lausche outlines recommendations at a 2 p.m. joint meeting as a north-south turnpike is debated. Republican board members McClure and Moorehead block funds for a preliminary survey.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
State Controlling Board
J. Frank McClure
Ashland
Tom W. Moorehead
Muskingum County
Dulles Starts Talks on Atomic Pool Plan with Soviet Envoy
Secretary of State Dulles and Soviet Ambassador Zarubin begin private talks in Washington on procedures for a potential conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy. No details released. aim to assess Soviet sincerity and plan a possible small scale meeting, perhaps outside the United Nations.
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Washington
Dulles
Georgi N. Zarubin
United States
Russia
State Department
Societ
Moscow
United Nations
Eisenhower proposes 2% billion dollar farm surplus freeze and flexible price plan
President Eisenhower urges Congress to freeze 2 percent of farm surpluses from regular markets and adopt a flexible price support program. He argues the agricultural problem is serious and requires immediate action to protect the farm economy and develop foreign markets for expanded production.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Blizzard Hits New York City Severe Winter Storm Across Regions
A major winter storm blanketed the nation from the Rockies to New England and into the South with heavy snow and sleet. New York City endured its worst snowstorm in five years with eight inches by 7 a.m. and forecast more than 15 inches as conditions persisted. Generous snowfall hit Charleston West Virginia four inches plus, Washington D C over two inches, Harrisburg four inches, while Mississippi and Kentucky areas faced sleet and widespread cold.
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Rockies
New England
Southland
Jackson
Vicksburg
Misa
Mississippi
Kentucky
Middle Atlantic
Charleston
W. Va
Harrisburg
Washington, D. C
Virginia
New Jersey
New York City
Weather Bureau
Walter Mahoney Dies Former Goodyear Official
Walter Butler Mahoney, 76, a lawyer and rubber industry leader, died at his Park Avenue home Saturday. He served as director of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Seiberling Rubber Co. and United States Rubber Co. A Columbus native, he graduated from Amherst College and New York University Law School.
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New York
Walter Butler Mahoney
Park Avenue
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Seiberling Rubber Co
United States Rubber Co
Columbus
Ohio
Amherst College
New York University Law School
Operetta Composer Oscar Straus Dies at 83
Vienna born Oscar Straus famed for The Chocolate Soldier and more than 50 operettas died of heart disease in Bad Ischl at age 83. He was not related to Johann Strauss and fled Austria during the 1938 anschluss then again in 1940 to Paris and the United States.
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Vienna
Oscar Straus
Bad Ischl
French Hide and Seek Battle Near Seno Laos
French paratroopers and North African troops battled Vietminh guerrillas northeast of Seno in central Laos. France claimed over 1000 enemy casualties and said Vietminh threat was neutralized, in a frontless 25 mile square fight. General Andre Franchi said Vietminh could not attack Seno without reinforcements.
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Seno
Indochina
Laos
Hio Chi Minh
Andre Franchi
Train Truck Crash at Gallipolis Ferry Injures Father and Son
A Baltimore and Ohio train and a truck collided at a Gallipolis Ferry crossing this morning. Father Tom Forbush, 54, in fair condition with rib fractures and possible concussion. son Ed Forbush, 24, head injury and chest concerns, both hospitalized at Holzer Hospital. The mixed freight No. 82 was northbound and arrived around 10:13 a.m. The Forbush men, employed by Charley Wallis for trucking, were unloading feed when the crash occurred. the train continued on its route.
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Point Pleasant
Baltimore and Ohio
Gallipolis Ferry
Tom Forbush
Ed Forbush
Gallipolis
Forbush
Holzer Hospital
Charley Wallis
Mansfield man dies of stabbing wounds
Mansfield resident Robert Ray, 43, who was stabbed January 3, died Sunday. Police say Ray named Roy Grier, 28, as his attacker in a quarrel over money while en route to a roadhouse. Grier pleaded innocent to cutting with intent to kill and is held for the grand jury.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Robert Ray
Ray
Roy B. Grier
Grier
Ohio Driver In Turnpike Crash Killed Two In Bedford
Two people died when a car driven by a 61 year old Ohio motorist skidded on ice and plunged 300 feet off the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bedford, 25 miles west of town, Sunday.
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Bedford
Here
Indian Plan Sought to Break POW Stalemate Near Panmunjom
An unnamed high source says India considers a plan to resolve POW releases by reassigning anti red and pro red prisoners to opposite sides. The scheme aims to bypass NNRC approval and hinges on allies and Reds settling dispositions or forming a new neutral body. Lt Gen Thimayya would limit blame if either side frees prisoners. Swedes and Swiss lean with him.
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Panmunjom
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
NNRC
Alles
K. 8S. Thimayya
NNEC
Cen Jan Svenstrom
U. S
Arthur Dean
Reds
United States
Eagles Chief Pledges Unity In Ohio Address
Cleveland crowds hear national president vow to end disparity between grand aerie funds and local aeries. Robert W. Hansen notes past payroll abuses and recounts leadership change after Indianapolis convention. He says membership has reversed decline from 1,377,000 six years ago to current levels. National officers present include William G. Watson.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Order of Eagles
Seasion
William G. Watson
Zanesville
Gallipolis radio executive may seek House seat
Truman A ris of Gallipolis, executive of three radio stations, appears likely to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in Ohio's 10th district. Sunday night signs of support emerged at a polio benefit spaghetti supper at St. Louis Catholic Church, with Morris unavailable for comment this morning.
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Gallipolis
Truman Aris
St. Louis
Morris
Tele
Snow Triggers School Closures Across Gallipolis Area
Five of six Gallia County high schools were closed today due to snow. Rio Grande High School remained open with classes canceled.
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Gallipolis
Alla County
Rio Grande High School
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