Mystery Bomber Wreck Found in Sahara Desert
In the Sahara Desert a World War II B24 wreck is found after 16 years of missing in action reports. The plane is intact but no crew remains identified, raising questions about crew fate and prompting an Air Force search for clues.
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William J. Patton
Robert F. Toner
D. P. Hays
Sahara Desert
Washington
Sahara
Italy
Desert
Defense Department
Air Force
Republican Dinner Sell-Out Promises High-Pundit Support
Sponsors reported a sell-out for a Republican testimonial dinner in Washington. Eisenhower and Nixon will speak informal at a $100 plate event with 3,200 tickets sold. Proceeds go to Senate and House Republican Campaign committees, House receiving 60 percent of net.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
House
Canadian Women First Targets Of Short Shorts Law
Two Canadian women from Montreal became the first targets of Plattsburgh New Yorks new ordinance banning short shorts in public places. Nellie La Faille aged 26 and Marie Blanch aged 29 posted $5 bonds for police court appearance. The law forbids anyone over 16 from appearing on streets in short shorts or bathing suits, with Bermuda Jamaica and tennis style shorts allowed.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
Nellie la Faille
Marie Blanch
Montreal
Bermuda
Jamaica
Atlas Explodes After Launch In Cape Canaveral Test
The Atlas rocket failed shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, exploding after 70 seconds and ending an apparent successful propulsion phase. The blast halted plans for an operable intercontinental missile by summer, marking the fifth straight launch failure.
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Air Force
U.S
Atlantic
Department of Defense
Monkeys Fly Space Test. Eggs Survive Despite Vibration
Army reports encouraging results from a space flight test with monkeys Able and Baker aboard a Jupiter nose cone. Sea urchin eggs fertilized before launch continued to develop despite nine minutes of weightlessness and fierce vibration, while eggs fertilized during acceleration disintegrated.
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Army
Able
Baker
Richard §. Young
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Three Die In Head On Wreck Near Parkersburg
An elderly couple and the wife’s brother were killed when their car collided head on with a Southbound Railway Express truck on West Virginia Route 2. The truck driver, James Tinney, was critically injured with multiple fractures and internal injuries. The dead were Sanford Archer 74 Maude Archer 69 and George Lowther 91 all of Waverly Ohio. The truck driver was hospitalized. A motor caravan of Democratic dignitaries including U S Senators Jackson and Randolph and Judge Berry Jr. were delayed by the closure.
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Parkersburg
Sanford E. Archer
Maude
George L. Lowther
Waverly
Here
W. Va
James Tinney
Railway Express Agency
Tinney
Woods County
U. S
Henry M. Jackson
Butler Says Democrats Unlikely To Nominate Southern Candidate
Hartford AP Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler said the party is not likely to nominate a Southern or Southwestern Democrat in 1960 due to civil rights. He dodged ruling out Lyndon Johnson while noting the issue influences the process. He also addressed Catholic candidate fears, stating his own Catholic faith should not be decisive.
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Hartford
Butler
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Violence in Eastern Ky. Fields Near Whitesburg
Dyn amite exploded outside the home of a non union coal operator and gunfire rattled the hills as the United Mine Workers strike enters a third dead day. State police report no far reaching trouble since Friday while operators seek to end the violence with a federal court order in force.
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Hazard
Kentucky
United Mine Workers
Bobby Jenkins Jr
Lawrence P. Maggard
Whitesburg
Chester Blair
Sassafras
UMW
Army Buys Aluminum Troop Carriers for Troops
The Army orders 34.6 million dollars worth of new aluminum M113 amphibious personnel carriers. Weighing nine tons, these carriers will be air transported by cargo planes and parachuted into trouble zones, replacing the current 20 ton M59 steel armored troop carrier.
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San Jose
Calif
Diefenbaker and Eisenhower Speak Via Moon Message
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and President Eisenhower exchanged greetings through a moon bounced transmission linking Millstone Laboratory near Boston to Prince Albert Saskatchewan. The event celebrated a new US Canada radar lab for ICBM defense and joint satellite plans for 1961 with US aid.
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Prince Albert
John Diefenbaker
Eisenhower
Diefenbaker
Canada
United States
U.S
U.S. Millstone Laboratory
Boston
Millstone
Moon
White House
Gettysburg
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
John Kessler
Lincoln Laboratory
Washington
Eisenhower - Diefenbaker Exchange
Nicaragua Struggles Continue With Rebel Influx Reported
Managua reports say Nicaragua remains unsettled as small rebel bands roam western areas and more planes may have brought troops. Government claims of control contrast with strikes in Leon and panic in theatres as Somoza vows patrols and identification checks to avert trouble.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Leon
National University
Anastasio Somoza
Luis Somoza
Chiefs Disagree On Master Plan for Air Defense
The Joint Chiefs of Staff clash over a national air defense master plan with the Nike Hercules vs. Bomarc missiles as the key dispute. Secretary Neil McElroy, returning from Geneva, says the gap is smaller than expected and outlines plans to consult further before a decision.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
McElroy
Geneva
Foreign Ministers
Defense Secretary
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
East Orange Couple Welcome Quadruplets Four Babies Born
Ciro Bravata hoped for a girl and his wife Louise delivered a girl and three boys at East Orange General Hospital. The four newborns weighed under five pounds each and the family’s first children are thriving in incubators. Bravata, a 39 year old railroad freight conductor, rejoiced at the news as Louise recovered. Quadruplets occur about once in 500 000 births with only five sets in 1956 nationwide.
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East Orange
N. J
Ciro
Jerry) Bravata
East Orange General Hospital
Louise Bravata
Bravata
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan
United States
Mental Patient Kills Two Over Untidiness
In Pineville Louisiana a 40 year old mental patient Joe Wood of Lake Charles, held at Central Louisiana State Hospital since 1940, killed two inmates by stomping and biting them after being infuriated by untidiness. The sheriff's office reported the deaths on Saturday.
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Pineville
Sheriff's Office
Joe Wood
Lake Charles
Geneva Talks Weigh West Berlin Stand in Berlin Deadlock
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko pressed Western Allies to quit West Berlin while Khrushchev warned of a summit if no agreement at Geneva. Western officials rejected any compromise and warned of possible pressure if talks drag. West Berlin officials feared prolonged deliberations could erode resolve against Communist pressure.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Khrushchev
Hungary
Gromyko
Christian A. Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd’s
Red Brick
Berlin
Herter
Eisenhower
Probers Eye Labor and Big Business in Politics
Senate rackets probers prepare a possible probe into how unions and corporations influence federal campaigns to determine if the corrupt practices law is flouted. The panel splits along party lines with Kennedy among likely 1960 contenders. Mundt notes Goldwater and Church tasking spade work on the inquiry.
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Washington
Senate
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Indicted Indiana official defies rackets inquiry demands
Metro Holovachka, deputy prosecutor of Lake County Indiana, says the Senate rackets committee aims to ruin him for opposing Robert Kennedy. Chairman John L McClellan accuses Holovachka of refusing required records as the panel probes law enforcement ties to independent pinball operators. He plans to testify Monday and address questions about alleged Lake County rackets and community character. The committeepublicized a telegram ordering his Washington appearance after he reportedly missed a documents conference with his lawyer.
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Washington
Metro
Holovachka
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Rackets Probers
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Lake County
Ind
Indiana
McClellan
Lightning Kills Two Children in Central Park
In Central Park a brief thunderstorm struck a picnic group. Two children Roslyn Caporale 11 and Christopher Caporale 12 died. Four others including their mother Rose Caporale 43 and uncle Nick Kambourakis 49 were injured.
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New York
Central Park
Roslyn Caporale
Christopher
Rose Caporale
Caporale
James
Barbara
Roslyn
Nick Kambourakis
Roosevelt Hospital
Barbara Carorale
James Carorale
Rose
UPI
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Robert E. Lamotte
Guy E. Shelley
Moore
Samuel R. Adams
Vernon L. Ford
UPI Telephoto
Atlas
Cape Canaveral, Fla
Huntsvile
Ala
West
Moonwise
Lion Miles
By Jack Rutledge
Number Small
Allied
Khrush
G. Milton Kelly
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Goldwater
Frank Church
D- Idaho
Mundt
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