Film Crew Barely Escapes Navy Depth Charge Blast
On a Pearl Harbor area voyage a Navy destroyer escort Whitehurst suffered engine room damage after 11 depth charges exploded off its stern. Actor Robert Mitchum who directed firing orders with June Allyson on the bridge reported no injuries.
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Honolulu
Whitehurst
Cmdr
Walter R. Smith
Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Dick Powell
Wpllie
June Allyson
Pearl Harbor
Couple Arrested In Nevada Admit Wiota Farm Theft
A Gary Indiana couple George R Brown and Haen Louise Brown were arrested in Virginia City Nevada after admitting thefts of jewelry money from the Donald Schaaf farm near Wiota and multiple cars in Illinois Iowa and Nevada The FBI said Brown confessed to killing two women and was returned to Crown Point Indiana for murder charges while his wife remained jailed in Nevada.
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Gary
Ind
Donald Schaaf
Wiota
Pottawattamie County
Illinois
Virginia City
Nev
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kenneth M. Jones
George R. Brown
Haen Louise
Brown
Crown Point
FBI
Schaaf
Oakland
Fred Keant
Leonard Terry
Kenneth Minssen
McClelland
Minssen
Carson City
New
Two Boys Drown in Baltimore Area Seawall and Reservoir
Wilbur Bohle Jr 7 of south Baltimore and Charles Bosley Jr 12 of Reisterstown drowned after separate incidents. Bohle fell from a seawall into the Patapsco River while playing near Fort McHenry. Bosley disappeared while swimming in Liberty Reservoir.
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CROWN
Baltimore
Wilbur John Bohle Jr
Charles R Bosley Jr
Reisterstown
Wilbur
Tigi Fort McHenry
Charles
Patapsco
Liberty Reservoir
Eisenhower Targets Democrats in Harsh Speech at GOP Confab
President Eisenhower delivers a sharp attack on Democrats during a two day Republican gathering. He labels Democrats as easy spending inflationists and warns of a clash with Congress over his 71.8 billion dollar budget while noting party unity and responsibility.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Cruny
Saratoga
Atlantic
Tes
Comsresa
Tie
Iraqi Premier Nuri Said Resigns to Reshuffle Cabinet
Premier Nuri Said resigns on a Saturday to reshuffle and strengthen his cabinet. He has led since August 1954, with a 120 seat majority in parliament and a small Senate opposition. King Faisal asks him to stay until a new cabinet is formed, possibly Sunday.
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Haghdad
Iraq
Nuri
Faisal
Cabnet
House of Deputies
Senate
Heir to Huge Estate Fails to Pay Rent in Chicago
A former New York banker, heir to a multimillion estate, reportedly sold shares of his inheritance and cannot meet rent or grocery bills. Attorneys said Otto Young’s heir remains financially strapped due to ongoing lawsuits and complex settlements involving 500 claimants.
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Chicago
New York
Graverad Young Kaufman
Chatham-Phoenix Bank
Otto Young
Judie Tyee
Pou
Nike
Kaufmen
Weather Outlook with Clouds and Showers
Mostly cloudy conditions persist through Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the extreme south Saturday night and statewide Sunday. A warmup brings highs in the 70s Sunday with lows 50 to 57 Saturday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected with little change in temperature Monday.
Youths Hint Of Another Trip Into Hungary Lose Passports
Senate investigators offer Bakers Union President James G. Cross a chance to testify under oath amid links to a convicted prostitute Kay Lower 26 of Los Angeles. Cross faces questions on union funds and alleged beatings as Los Angeles officials testify about goons and payments. In Vienna two South Carolina students Mike A. Gilbert and Warren William Hate had their passports seized after an excursion into Communist Hungary. They were released by Hungarian police and await State Department guidance on their travel plan.
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Washington
Senate
Bakers Union
James G. Cross
Kay Lower
Los Angeles
Cross
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Vienna
Austria
South Carolina
Hungary
Mike A. Gilbert
Walterboro
Warren William Hate
North Augusta
State Department
Europe
Cepsular
Trend Toward Jets and Helicopters in Air Travel
United Nations notes a shift to jet and helicopter pairings in aviation. The ICAO annual report cites 343 jet plane orders by year’s end, and envisions helicopters serving as air transport feeders from major jet hubs to distant destinations.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAQ
Gertrude Kerper 60 Dies After Brief Illness
Gertrude Kerper of 5201 Chestnut died early this morning at Athietic Memorial hospital after last night admission. Born March 24 1897 in Willey A Parch she moved to Atlantic in 1935 to run a beauty shop and lived there since. Survived by sisters Mary Kerper Atlantic and Mrs Maurice Schmitt Carroll and brothers John and Paul Kerper Denver. Funeral 9 am Tuesday at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church with Monsignor McDermott officiating. Rosary at Roland Funeral Home Sunday and Monday 8 pm. Interment Atlantic Catholic Cemetery.
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Gertrude Kerper
Chestnut
Athietic Memorial Hospital
Miss Kerper
Willey
Parch
Jacob
Mary Kerner
Carroll
Atlantic
SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Altar Atd Rosary Society
Mary Kerper
Maurice Schmitt
John So
Paul Kerper
Denver
SS. Peter and Paul Catholic
Msgr Pon McDermott
Roland Funeral Home
Athantic Catholic Cemetery
Russian-born scientist links germ to multiple sclerosis
Miss Rose Tehelson, a gray-haired researcher at St Luke's and Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, announces isolation of a live microorganism she claims causes multiple sclerosis with 16 percent belief. The National MS Society welcomes the finding and urges independent verification and development of treatments, noting the disease affects about 3,000,000 worldwide and targets ages 30 to 45.
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Philadelphia
Save
Fois
Society
New York
Agian
Henry Wohlenhaus Dies In Hampton
Obituary note on Henry Wohlenhaus of Hampton with heirs and relatives listed. Mentions funeral details and crematory plans. References to various family members and locations. Scene includes remodeling notes about Hes Pharingey shop and new shelving installations.
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Henry Wohlenhaus
Hampton
Hes Pharingey
Defenses Split as Three US Attorneys Tackle GIs Case
In New York the Graham crusade reports Catholics and Jews among those deciding for Christ with Protestants the majority. Across the Pacific Army Specialist 3C William S. Girard faces charges in Japan and says his defense rests with three American attorneys as Congress weighs whether he should be tried there.
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New York
Billy Graham
Theodore Taylor
Graham
Christ
Madison Square Garden
Taylor
Ths Neoliborhoood
Levin
Girard
Washington
U.S
Louis
Hayashi
Girardi
Maeboshi
Haley
D-Fla
Administration
William S. Girard
House
Congress
Fiery Plane Makes Dramatic Emergency Landing
An Eastern Air Lines Douglas four engine jet from Miami to Boston made an emergency landing at Norfolk Naval Air Station after an engine burst into flames. Captain Foard and crew of five ejected safely as firefighters extinguished the blaze and passengers evacuated.
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Norpole. Va
Dramatec
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Ford
Mobster Dry
Nasseterzenes
Oil Free Foot At Troy Bridge Rescue
A man and a boy became trapped under a bridge during an attempt to pull a foot free from the structure. Firemen police and rescue teams worked for hours before oil was poured on the foot and it was finally freed.
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Troy Noy
Fred Spencers
Fred
Thomas Malone
Troy
Waterford Bridee
Hudson River
Waterford Firemen
FBI Aids Search For Phillips In Omaha Killings
Omaha police with FBI aid pursue John David Phillips 32 on murder charges in Rits Kappenman 21 death. investigators seek route of disappearance after he was last seen May 28, finding a Luger pistol suspect shirt button and a witness describing Phillips wearing a high pulled cap and quiet demeanor.
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Omaha
FBI
John David Phillips
Rits Kappenman
Phillips
Kappenman
Qinahe
Thes
Mel Kappenman
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Mitchum
Nevada
Haru
Candy
Sueyama
William S., Girard
Ilinois G.I
International Soundphoto
Ike
Chases H. Aiken
Michael L. Igoe
U.S. District Court
Aiken
Igoe
Newsmen
Kaufman
Corporal Loader
Joseph Tenczar
Brooklyn
New York City
Max Kralstein
MS Society
Ichelson
St Lukes
Heirs Do Wattlentigas
Vtecoity
Sda
Derek Tus Trommans
Wattles Estes Ced
Detead Ebeoud
Phatepton
Sas
Bursaniess Sarvisen’ Aire Fis
Mas
Pherbert Marton
Mascena
Leo Malone
Hhathip
G.I
Billy
Maj
Stanley Levin
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