Jet overrun causes collision with California train
A jet fighter overshot an airfield in El Toro California and crashed on railroad tracks. A Santa Fe San Diegan train struck the plane, derailing the locomotive and four cars. Pilot and crew survived with bruises while a brakeman heroically pulled the pilot from the wreckage. Passenger casualties were not reported.
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EL Torg
Calif
Fl Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Pat Schamber
Santa Fe
San Diegan
San Diego
Los Angeles
Phillip M. Schmidt
Schmidt
William Ryder
William M. Schmidt
Cincinnati
Great Lakes freighter disaster survivors recount sinking
Two survivors Frank Mays and Elmer Fleming told of the sinking of the Cave D. Bradley near northern Lake Michigan. They described a 60 mph gale, raft flips, freezing spray, and their survival on a small raft while Coast Guard crews recovered eight bodies.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Great Lakes
Frank Mays
Elmer Fleming
Lake Michigan
Mays
Fleming
Cave D. Bradley
Coast Guard
Bradley
Young Actor Tom Pittman Vanishes Tragic Car Crash Echo
Hollywood reports resemble James Dean with Tom Pittman a rising teen idol. He owned a 175 mph Porsche Spyder like Dean. Pittman disappeared on Halloween and a missing persons case led to a wreck in a Hollywood Hills ravine where his crushed body was found.
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Hollywood
James Dean
Tom Pittman
Dean
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Pittman
Woman to have tattooed camp number removed in surgery
Miami Beach, Florida. Mrs. Max Zalmanovic, 32, who lost family and identity in wartime imprisonment, will begin plastic surgery to remove the tattooed concentration camp serial number A10862 from her arm. She won the operation on a television show during Thanksgiving week.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Max Zalmanovic
Kent Awards Grants for Summer Institute Training
Kent State University received 133,700 dollars in grants to fund summer institutes in biology and mathematics for high school teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Kent State University
Weather West Virginia Fair Tonight Then Cooler Inland
West Virginia reports fair conditions tonight with a low near 32 to 88 and Friday expected to be fair with warmer south and a slight cooling trend in the north by afternoon. Other regional notes include Albuquerque and Cleveland clear with temperatures in the 40s to 50s.
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West Vierginer
OHTO
Albuquerque
Vccicaeass
Giouby
Casi
Cleveland
Los Angeles
New York
Clear
Mington
Eisenhower to Meet Leaders on Legislation Next Month
President Eisenhower will join Republican congressional leaders and Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. in early next month to chart the 86th Congress agenda. Lyndon B. Johnson warned that the new Democratic Congress will be prudent with taxpayers dollars and careful on spending. Martin stressed avoiding a rising budget deficit and maintaining debt limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House
GOP
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Martin
Hit-Skip Kills Mother and Son in Cincinnati
Police hunt driver after an auto hits and fatally injures Mrs. Annette Zimmerman 37 and her eight-year-old son Robert at a Montgomery Road crosswalk. Gerald Zimmerman and two daughters witnessed from the car. driver slowed briefly then fled.
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Cincinnati
Annette Zimmerman
Robert
Montgomery Road
Gerald Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Commission approves Grady Lingard radio station permit
The Communications Commission granted Grady M. Lingard approval to operate a 1010 kilocycle, 500 watt daytime radio station in New Boston Ohio.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Grady M. Lingard
New Boston
Ohio
Finletter Proposes Peace Plan for World Disarmament
Former Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter urged a nationwide push for world disarmament and climate of public opinion at a National Council of Churches conference. He proposed a phased full scale disarmament plan with safeguards, noting no prior U.S. plan exists and warning an arms standstill has ended. He said recognition of Red China would be required at some stage, arguing without it disarmament is impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United States
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
Finletter
National Council of Churches
Red China
Soviet Plans Outlined To Adenauer In Berlin Talks
Soviet Ambassador Andrei Smirnov told Chancellor Konrad Adenauer Moscow aims to end occupation status of Berlin. Soviet sources say East Germany would gain control of West Berlin’s land, air and rail links as the city faces a Communist threat. Mayor Willy Brandt told Parliament Allies would defend the city. Khrushchev had said Russia would end four power occupation.
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Bonn
Germany
Andrei Smirnov
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Smirnov
East Germany
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Deputies Raid Uncovers Large Still North Of Here
Warren Trumbull County deputies raided a farm in Mesopotamia Two on Wednesday night and found a 500 gallon mash container destroyed. The still was deserted. no arrests were made. The raid described the still as one of the area's largest in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Trumbull County
Mesopotamia
Here
Skunk Invades New Garland Home Attic and Wall
Mr and Mrs Bill Kirk moved into a Garland Texas home and discovered a skunk nesting in the attic and walls. A plumber reported seeing a skunk with ten young nearby. The Kirks cut an opening in a bathroom wall and tried luring the animal with bread and a liver scented ladder, but the plan failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland
Tex
Bill Kirk
Gallipolis Clinic Plans New Expanding Building
The Gallipolis Clinic announces a new single story brick facility 200 by 60 feet to be built on a lot beside the Gallipolis golf course. It will house extensive medical departments including ophthalmology and a department of optometry led by Dr. George Davis, with space for future growth as the Ohio Valley attracts industry and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold Brown
Department of Optometry
George Davis
Ohio Valley
Gallipolis Point Pleasant
Ben Elliott Triggers Alarm After Bank Robbery
Two men robbed the Provo Provident Loan Association of $500 in San Francisco. The on duty appraiser Ben W. Elliott lay on the floor beside an alarm bell and nudged it. A motorcycle cop stopped the robbers two minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Provident Loan Association
Ben. W. Elliott
Elliott
Bank Night Claimed as Police Intervene at Toledo Theater
Police detectives entered the Colony Theater in Toledo on Wednesday night and confiscated equipment used to pick bank night winners. Detective Albert Abrass identified Joseph Tabner as the master of ceremonies amid the staged disruption, ending the event with the seizure.
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Toledo
Colony Theater
Albert Abrass
Joseph Tabner
Cere
Missing navigator feared as search resumes east of Ogden
Air Force ground parties renewed a search in the mountain country east of Ogden for a missing C119 navigator after civilian patrols gave up. Meanwhile a separate incident saw Abrass and Daniel Perzinski seize ticket stubs registration cards and a $100 consolation prize from a suspected lottery setup. No winner had been declared for the $1000 grand prize. The City Law Department ruled that bank nights using cash prize drawings are illegal lotteries.
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Ogden
Utah
Air Force
Abrass
Daniel Perzinski
City Law Department
Extension Agent Issues 1958 4-H Club Report
The Messenger features the 1958 4-H Club report detailing school health program work started and county results. Auditor Sorensen named, amid city council discussions on gas rates and parking. Road repair updates appear across Athens Glouster Chauncey Logan areas with page references.
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Sorensen
Amean League
MV Council
Athens
Glouster
Chauncey Logan Comics
McArthur Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Women's New
Manpower Cutbacks Underway Across Armed Forces
Secretary of Defense McElroy orders a broad manpower reduction of about 71 000 across Army Navy Air Force and Marines. The Army bears the largest drop aiming for 870 000 by June. Marines down about 14 000. Navy about 11 000. Air Force about 13 800. January draft call reduced to 9 000.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary OF Defense
McElroy
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Pentagon
Hopes Rise for Ai TB Vaccine From Chapel Hill Scientists
In Chapel Hill North Carolina two researchers report seven years of testing show Ai a new antituberculosis vaccine is safe and reasonably effective they expect six more years of human trials to prove effectiveness Dr Stuart Willis lead investigator and Dr H Mac Vandiviere co workers note TB death rates have fallen due to new treatments even as cases remain low Safety shown in tests on six thousand animals
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Chapel Hill, N. C
Stuart Willis
Willis
H. Mac Vandiviere
Train Derailment Blocks Crossings. No Injuries Reported
Twenty two cars of a Nickel Plate Road freight train derailed in Willoughby blocking two street crossings. The 102 car Conneaut to Chicago train was moving at 40 mph when the accident occurred. Conductor F L Crews of Bellevue provided details.
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Painesville
Willoughby
Chicago
F. L. Crews
Bellevue
Cincinnati teacher charged in slaying of Martha Bergen
Mrs Edythe Klumpp a 40 year old high school sewing teacher was charged with first degree murder in the slaying of 32 year old Martha Louise Bergen. Police say Klumpp admitted the slaying but claimed self defense. Authorities describe the case as involving gunshot or burning death with the body placed in a car trunk and later burned at a Clinton County lakeshore.
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Caril Ann Fugate
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Cincinnati
Edythe Klumpp
Martha Louise Bergen
Killer Bruner refuses eye donation for cornea transplant
Elmer Bruner, slated for execution on December 12 in Moundsville, has refused to donate his eyes to an eye bank or to a general recipient. He prefers his eyes go to a specific person and declined to sign a consent allowing storage for sight restoration in New York City, the warden said.
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Moundsville
Elmer David Bruner
Huntington
State Penitentiary
D. E. Adams
Bruner
Adams
Eye Bank
New York City
Bourdon Reports $497 Campaign Expenses
Phoenix Republican State Senator William Bourdon lists campaign expenses of 497 dollars in his unsuccessful bid for reelection. In a footnote he states he received no financial help from anyone and very little of any other kind.
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Phoenix, Ariz
William Bourdon
Poisonous Sugar Coated Pills Alarm Doctors
The Journal of the Canadian Medical Association quotes Dr Henri J Breault warning sugar coated pills pose poisoning risks. Windsor records 121 headache tablet poisonings in 240 days with one death, noting children may take multiple pills before stopping. An editorial links poisoning to 43 percent of accidental child deaths, with young children drawn to household powders and drugs from low shelves.
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Toronto
Journal of the Canadian Medical Assn
Henri J. Breault
Medical Society
Windsor
Ont
Possible Communist Squeeze on Berlin Transport Policy
Washington reports the Western Big Three draft a tough policy to counter any Communist move to disrupt Allied air rail and highway traffic to West Berlin. A Soviet source says Moscow would give East Germany control over Western supply lines to Berlin, prompting debated options from ramming barriers to a revived airlift.
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Washington
West Berlin
U. S
Berlin
Russia
DiSalle Leaders Pick Leaked in Ohio Political Circles
In Columbus and Toledo Democratic HQs word leaks that Gov elect Michael DiSalle backs Sen. Frank King for Ohio Senate president pro tem and Rep. James Lantz for House speaker. The plan aims to avert pro session battles with a Dec. 2 Toledo meeting to announce official choices. King is a Toledo bricklayer and educator. Lantz is a Lancaster attorney and rising Democrat.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank W. King
Lucas
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio Senate
James A. Lantz
Fairfield
DiSalle
Ohio House
Toledo
King-Lantz
King
Toledo Board of Education
Lantz
Lancaster
Ohio Democratic Party
Bee Girl Fatally Injured In Car Door Accident
Clee Jenkins nine of Beaver Route 2 Pike County was fatally injured when the rear car door opened on Wednesday night. Authorities say the girl either held the door or her clothing caught on it and she was dragged after falling out as her father drove.
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Waverly
Clee Jenkins
Beaver Route 2
Pike County
Sunday Elections May Be Key To Big Vote
Senator William Langer proposes moving national elections to the first Sunday in November to boost turnout. He notes European nations use Sunday balloting and says a Sunday election could increase participation in presidential and congressional races.
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Washington
William Langer
R-Nd
Langer
European Nations
United States
Mohawk Tire Says Talks Wait Until Striking Workers Return
Representatives of Mohawk Tire and Rubber Co state there will be no meetings with union leaders until the strike action ends and workers resume duties.
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ARRON
Mohawk Tire & Rubber Co
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Oakland
U.S
Iven
U.S. Air Force Academy
Iven C. Kincheloe, Jr
Roland Bryan
Loudonville
N.Y
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Ike
Adenauer
Ben
Rie
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Television
Soviet Union
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