Mysterious Dual Plane Crashes Stir Bomb Theories
Washington AP reports two airliner crashes, one in the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 16 and another in North Carolina on Jan. 6, sparking a widening mystery. Investigators weigh bomb hypotheses, possible impostors, hypnotism, and a suspected link between the cases as family and FBI details surface.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
North Carolina
Gulf
Robert Vernon Spears
FBI
Phoenix
Spears
William A
al) Taylor
Speers
Frank
Dallas
Woolen Firm at Wilton Seeks Rich Benefactor
Detroit reports point to a wool revival in auto upholstery as Wilton’s mill sits idle after 1958 receivership and auction. Bernard Goldfine bought the buildings. the town awaits a financier to rehire crews and resume loom production for luxury car fabrics. Max F. Schmitt notes wool’s returning demand and Wilton’s ready capacity.
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Wilton
Detroit
Wilton Woolen Co
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Max F. Schmitt
Wool Bureau
Bangor school board under fire over student dismissal
Active Retired Maine Supreme Court Justice Edward P. Murray set a Feb. 6 hearing on whether the Newport School Board acted within legal bounds when it indefinitely dismissed 16 year old William Colby after an office scuffle with Principal Hazen Moores. The youth’s lawyer seeks a writ of mandamus. the board received an alternative writ to explain its action.
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Bangor
Newport School Board
Edward P. Murray
Maine Supreme Court
William Colby
Hazen Moores
George Limberis
Limberis
Washington to Get Report on Cuban Anti-US Campaign
Ambassador Philip Bonsal flies to Washington to report on Fidel Castro s mounting anti American drive. Observers say Castro may aim to wreck Cuban US friendship and challenge the Guantanamo base. Bonsal may reveal Castro behind the campaign. a possible diplomatic break is discussed amid Cuban state propaganda.
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Washington
Havana
U.S
Philip W. Bonsal
Fidel Castro
United States
Guantanamo Naval Base
Bonsal
State Department
Castro
Eisenhower
Conflicting Evidence Sought In Finch Case
Los Angeles prosecutors seek to admit the transcript of Dr R Bernard Finch's preliminary hearing to show Carole Tregoff gave conflicting accounts of the night Barbara Finch was shot. The case involves a bag described as a do it yourself murder kit found with rope a knife and bullets. The defense objects to admitting the transcript arguing Miss Tregoff was not advised of self incrimination before testifying.
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Los Angeles
Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole
Miss Tregoff
West Covina
Thei
William Ryan
Cold Wave Hits Florida Crops Hard Across State
The Associated Press reports a severe cold wave damaged Florida crops, with Pensacola at 31 and Miami at 43 as growers warn losses run into millions. Frigid Canadian air frost off most of the eastern U.S., while Mobile and New Orleans also logged below freezing.
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Florida
Sunshine State
Pensacola
Miami
Plains
North Dakota
South Dakota
Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico City
New Orleans
Hope Glimmers For Trapped South African Miners
In Coalbrook South Africa fresh air reached areas near 400 Af rican and 6 white miners trapped 600 feet underground after two rock falls. Rescue teams battled debris to reach air and assess chances as gas pockets rising water levels and further rockfalls hampered progress.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
Two Reasons Women Skip Last Year's Gowns
A humorous note explains women avoid last year’s gowns for two reasons they don’t want to wear them and they can’t. The squib reflects light social satire and fashion norms of the era.
Doctors claim success with new cancer drug tretamine
A medical team led by Dr Gordon Jack at Manchester Baguley Hospital reports 43 advanced lung cancer patients treated with tretamine, a drug from mustard gas. Of 43, 30 improved, 10 halted tumor growth, and four showed tumors shrinking after a month. Findings are described as highly experimental in Lancet.
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London
Gordon Jack
Manchester
Baguley Hospital
Lancet
Leslie Doyle
M. Palerwalla
Jack
Teen Girl Carves Initials In Man's Back In Detroit
DETROIT AP A widowed father of five, Karl A. Thomas, 45, was left in good condition after a teen girl carved eight inch initials R W into his back. Joan Wierda 17 confessed the act saying she hated her father and he resembled him. Police detained Joan Demankowski 24 and four other men for investigation after Thomas was attacked in a restaurant and dragged to an apartment where he was beaten unconscious and partially undressed before escaping with a chair.
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Spears
FBI
Phoenix
Earier
Arizona
Charleston
S.C
Julian Frank
Carl J. Rubino
New York
Florida
Detroit
Karl A. Thomas
R. W
Joan
Rusty) Wierda
Gerald H. White
Leslie Saunders
Robert G. Holesh
Donald Demankowski
Thomas
Demankowski
Knox Appointed Saco Patrolman
Thomas V. Knox a 26 year old native of Saco was appointed a regular patrolman of the Saco Police Department by the Saco Police Commissioners. A Thornton Academy graduate class of 1954 Knox is married weighs 220 pounds and is six feet one and a half inches tall. His appointment raises the department to 11 full time officers including six patrolmen two sergeants one lieutenant one captain and a chief of police.
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Thomas V. Knox
Jenkins Road
Saco
Knox
Thornton Academy
Experts Question Diary of Anne Frank in Kiel Trial
A Kiel court asks two experts to verify the diary s authenticity. A handwriting expert will test if Anne Frank wrote the entries and a translation expert will assess Dutch to German renderings. Findings expected by end of March for the Lazar Stielau trial.
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Kiel
Germany
Anne Frank
Amsterdam
Lazar Stielau
German Reich Party
Stielau
Eva Braun
England
Bat
Anne
Otto Frank
U S Pays Claims In Korea Wide Payments Rise
U S military authorities announced paying 33000 last week on 22 claims by Korean nationalists for property damage and personal injury. The total compensation paid so far reaches 400000.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
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