Two Giant Airliners Believed Down in Arizona Desert
Two large passenger aircraft, one American Airlines and one United Air Lines jet, were reported missing after departing Los Angeles within minutes of each other. They were last heard from near the Arizona California border and feared down in remote northern Arizona terrain. An air traffic control agency dispatch and search efforts followed as details remained unconfirmed by dusk.
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Wreckage Spotted In Grand Canyon Search For Two Missing Airliners
Wreckage from one of two planes missing after leaving Los Angeles was sighted in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon. Air Force and civil authorities organized a large search with assets from Hamilton and March Bases, Luke AFB, Civil Air Patrol, and United Airlines. Authorities reported limited, unconfirmed wreckage sightings as the search intensified.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Grand Canyon
German Steel Seeks U S Mines and Supplies
Pittsburgh June 30 German steel interests seek own mines in the United States or long term assurances for coal. They have approached potential purchases in Southern West Virginia and Northern Kentucky. southern coal regions appear best for export docks at Hampton Roads Virginia.
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Germany
West Oe
Kentucky
Hampton Roads
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Immigrants to Be Sworn In at Old Jamestown Church
Jamestown Va June 3 1960 US District Judge Walter E Hoffman of Norfolk will swear in more than 100 immigrants as new U S citizens July 4 at the historic Old Church in Jamestown. It marks the first government function there since 1698 when the capital moved to Williamsburg.
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Walter E. Hoffman
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United States
New World
Virginia
Jamestown Island
Williamsburg
Polio Cases Rise in Italy in First Four Months 1956
Rome reports a 24 percent increase in polio cases in the opening four months of 1956, with 554 cases versus 445 in the same period in 1955. The rise highlights ongoing public health concerns amid vaccination efforts.
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Italy
Rome
Free Food Offer From US For Poland During Crisis
The United States proposed to ship thousands of tons of free wheat and flour to Poland via the Red Cross to ease alleged food shortages in Poznan amid unrest. Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr said the gift would be through Red Cross channels with Poland’s entry labeled as a gift from the American people. The Red Cross relayed the offer to the League of Red Cross Societies in Geneva.
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Signs Bill Aids Children of War Dead Servicemen
The president signed a bill to educate children of service members who died in World War II or Korean service. The act offers $1100 monthly for full time students with proportional reductions for part time study in college, vocation, or other schools.
Pale But Smiling Ike At Gettysburg Farm To Rest And Recover
President Eisenhower arrived at his Gettysburg country home to continue convalescing after surgery. He appeared pale yet smiled, walking slowly after three weeks in hospital. Doctors say he has regained some weight but his election plan remains undecided with Hagerty declining to confirm future plans.
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Mexican City Battles Typhoid Epidemic
Mexico City reports 300 people affected by typhoid as officials blame contaminated water from new wells for the outbreak. Some victims have died and symptoms include fever and illness across the city.
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Juan Pescador Polanco
Water Well Yields Body Of Woman From Clintwood
The body of a 44 year old mother of three from Clintwood Virginia was dragged from a water well behind her parents home in Dickenson County after family reported her missing at 10:30 a.m. Officers found pocket articles at the well top as the investigation began. Surviving relatives include husband two daughters Rita Mullins and Geraldine Fleming son Glen Mullins and brother Al Stone.
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Glenn
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W. B. Stone
Geraldine Fleming
Barboursville
Rita Mullins
Glen Mullins
al Stone
Paul
Harpers Ferry Wedding Ties AP Correspondent to Bradley Nash
Miss Ruth Baldwin Cowan former AP Washington correspondent wed Bradley Nash in Harpers Ferry at the Martinsburg First Presbyterian Church ceremony held in the garden of the Perry summer home. Dr Samuel Reynolds Diehl officiated. The couple are linked to Harpers Ferry and Washington and the wedding occurred June 30.
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W. Va
Ruth Baldwin Cowan
Associated Press
Washington
Bradley Nash
Samuel Reynolds Diehl
Martinsburg
First Presbyterian Church
John Perry
Pittsburgh
Britain presses for UN backed disarmament plan
Britain seeks a world disarmament agreement before nuclear stockpiles grow too large. Anthony Nutting pledges full cooperation and will lead Britain’s U.N. delegation at the next Disarmament Commission round. The talks include U S Britain France Canada and the Soviet Union with no consensus yet on troop cuts or ending weapon production.
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Anthony Nutting
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U. N. Disarmament Commission
London
France
Gromyko
Soviet Union
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Arkady Aley
Disarmament Commission
Jules Moch
Canada
Ee Paul Martin
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Australia
Belgium
China
Cuba
Iran
Peru
Yugoslavia
Red China Expands Rail Network to Hit Five Year Plan
Peiping radio reported that this year over 300 miles of railway were built in Communist China, bringing total since 1953 to about 2,240 miles with 112 miles left to complete the five year plan quota.
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Hong Kong
China
Peiping Radio
Poznan Revolt Crushed Amid War and Steel Strike
Berlin reports Polish workers faced a strong counteroffensive as Poznan’s uprising was crushed by heavy artillery and tanks. Death tolls rise with dozens killed and widespread destruction. US and British observers note arrests and mass trials, while unions and industry clash over strike terms and future negotiations.
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Poznan
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