Plane crash blamed on passenger suicide bombing
Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney said new laws may be needed after a National Airlines crash killed 34. He testified evidence shows a passenger died at his own action by bombing. Insurance nearly $900,000 had been issued on victim Julian Andrew Frank, 32, of Westport Conn., as FBI investigated and CAB officials described findings.
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Washington
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
FBI
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Monroney
Julian Andrew Frank
Westport
Conn
Sawyer
National Airlines
Bolivia
N.C
New York
Miami
Oscar Bakke
Civil Aeronautics Board
Safety Division
Bakke
CAB
Residents Track French Creek Flood Rising Edge
Residents along French Creek from Sherman to Meadville monitor rising water as heavy rains in Erie County push flows toward the 57.3 foot flood level. At 2 am the creek stood 55.7 feet, nearly ten feet higher since Tuesday night, with Route 6 closed and water threatening homes in lowlands south and west of the community. Mill Village reports slight improvement by mid morning as water recedes from Route 6.
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Sherman
Meadville
Erie County
Wattsboro
I Mill Village
Webb
Coury
Pittsburg woman found dead by plastic bag in bed
Mrs Martha Burgly Burgl age 50 of Castle Shannon was found suffocated last night in bed with a plastic bag over her head. Her husband Andrew discovered the body and Allegheny County authorities opened an investigation into the death.
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Pittsburgh
Martha Burgl
Castle Shannon
Andrew
Allegheny County
Corry seniors seek college plans in attitude survey
Corry Area High School seniors reveal college as their top priority with 30 percent naming it first, others aiming to graduate, attend nursing or airline schools, or pursue military service. The study paints a portrait of a community focused on education and future goals beyond Corry. Continued on Page Six.
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CAHS
Corry
Corry Area
Carry
Coty
Salvation Army
Arctic Ice Floe Evacuation Nears Conclusion
An Arctic drama began with a crack in an ice floe eight days ago and now nears its end as a C110 transport evacuates remaining personnel from Station Charney, 440 miles north of Barrow Alaska. Twelve men were evacuated yesterday including Ray L. Scott of Phoenixville PA and Erie airman LC William Curry. The camp studied depths and currents of the Arctic Ocean where scientists and military personnel had lived since last May.
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Rainlands
Nuwska
Station Charney
Arctic Ocean
Barrow
Alaska
S. Set
Ray L. Scott
Phoenixville
William Curry
Erie
Air Force
New Campaign Aims to Break Soviet Secrecy Barriers
Washington reports that Western powers plan a spring push to end Soviet secrecy as a step toward an arms control agreement. They stress a broad international inspectorate to monitor armed forces across the Soviet Union and inside allied states. Negotiations resume at Geneva March 15 with a 10 nation committee split between Communists and Western Allies.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Free Nations
West European editors weigh Khrushchev cuts in arms
London AP reporting notes editors in several nations view Khrushchev’s proposed Soviet military reductions as a leverage move at looming talks. While some hail a possible easing of tension others warn the plans may rest on the strength of intercontinental missiles. The Times doubts war threat is lessened without a firm reason to cut 1.2 million troops. In Sweden and Denmark reactions vary from cautious joy to skepticism about Soviet intent. In Pittsburgh two of four boys escaped from the State Training School at Morganza were recaptured. Anthony Thompson and Stanley Vandura, both 17, were found in a home in Penn Hills.
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London
West Europea
Nisita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Sweden
Stockholm
Tidningen
Denmark
Damens Nyheder
Soviet Union
London Times
Britain
Daily Express
Nab Young
Pittsburgh
Morganza
Anthony ‘Thompson
Stanley Vandura
Philadelphia
Penn Hills
FTC Chides TV Ads as Deceptive in Four Cases
The FCC accuses four major firms of deceptive television advertising. Examples include margarine flavor gems, shaving cream showing sanded glass, ham wrapped in foil, and toothpaste with smoking machine claims. Firms named include Colgate-Palmolive, Palmolive, Aluminum Company of America, Lever Brothers, and Pepsodent, with agencies Ted Bates & Co Die, Ketchum, MaCleod & Grove, and Foote Cone & Belding. Respondents have 30 days to answer.
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Washington
Uquid
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
PRC
Ass & Cigaret
FTC
Usta
Gale
Standard Brands
New York City
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Palmolive
Aluminum Co. of America
Pittsburgh
Wear-Ever Aluminum Inc
Paradelphia
Lever Brothers Co
Ted Bates & Co. Die
Ketchum, MaCleod & Grove Inc
Foote, Cone & Belding
Noted LSU Dean Held in Slaying of Dr McMillan
Dr. George H. Mickey, dean of LSU's Graduate School, is jailed in Baton Rouge on murder charges after the body of biology teacher Dr. Margaret Rosamond McMillan was found near the Mississippi River. Investigators described the case as brutal and ongoing, with authorities eyeing a tire-tools assault and searches of Mickey's apartment.
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Balun Rough
George H. Mickey
Baton Rouge
Margaret Rosamond McMillan
Mickey
Louisiana State University Graduate School
McMillan
Mississippi
LSU
New Orleans
Atty
J. St. Clair
Favrot
Grand Jury
Mared
Louisiana
Miss McMillan
Mississippi River
Claude
Texas Panhandle
Dietsch Plea Guilty in Florida Burglary Trial
Jack Dietsch, once tied to Florida burglaries, unexpectedly pleaded guilty to a single breaking and entering charge in Port Lauderdale. Judge Louis Weissing dropped five charges and set February 1 for sentencing. Dietsch’s wife Minnie appeals her related sentence for receiving stolen goods. coordinated police surveillance led to the arrest after a rear apartment escape.
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Jack Dietsch
Vetvty
Ust
Port Linderdale
Fla
Dietsch
Louis Weissing
Weissing
Minnie
Florida
Bomber Crashes at Eielson AFB. two feared dead
A four six engine BAT Jet bomber crashed after takeoff at Eielson Air Force Base near PATRBANKS Alaska. Copilot Capt Alfred S Despres leaped out and rescued Pilot Capt Daniel J Hahn before flames engulfed the wreckage. Two other crewmen were missing and presumed dead in the wooded crash site.
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Patrbanks
Alaska
Alfred S Despres
Daniel J. Hahn
Eielson Air Force Base
Here
Corry Man of Fraud Accusation Filed in Marion Street Case
Lester A. Hepler owner of Hepplers Sterling Service on Euast Main street alleges Carlyle W. Merritt of Marion Street cheated by fraudulent pretenses. Merritt was lodged in city jail and slated for arraignment today before Alderman Cobbott at 8 15 p m.
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Ponce Pone
Carlyle
W. Merritt
Marion Street
Lester A. Hepler
Heplers Sterling Service
Euat Main Street
Merritt
Cobbott
Soviet Propaganda Overhaul Aims at World Communist Surge
The Communist party plans a sweeping revision of its propaganda system to rally Communists and sympathizers despite a shifting international climate. A 10 000 word Central Committee resolution notes gains in socialist prestige and a need to intensify ideological struggle while promoting peaceful coexistence. Party agitators are ordered to boost messaging on peace and war under current conditions.
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Communist Party
Communist Central Committee
Soviet Union
Area Man Changes Plea In Drunk Driving Case
Richard C. Morton, 46, of Spring Creek, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty after a December 25 crash on East Main Street. Morton had been released on bond after arraignment before Alderman M. S. Cobbett and requested early appearance before a judge in Erie. Police Chief Harley Drake said the case would likely be heard before month’s end.
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Spring Creek
Erié
Richard C. Morton
East Main Street
E. Crosby Bush
Morton
M. S. Cobbett
Cobbett
Erie
Harley Drake
Soviets Debate Khrushchev Arms Cut And Mystery Weapon
Moscow reports Lord Khrushchev urged trimming military manpower as 1300 Soviet deputies push toward unanimous approval of his 1.2 million man cut. speculation runs on a so called fantastic new weapon and a space rocket launch planned for a Central Pacific target area during a month long test window. Tass claims worldwide political resonance and U S unprepared for the peaceful initiative.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Central Pacific
Soviet Union
Ivan Vasilevich Spirolonov
Leningrad Oblast
Communist Party
Tass
United States
Oil City area schools mull selling city to colleges
Oil City area School District officials discussed a plan to appoint a school aide as a month long recruiter to visit Penn State, Pitt, and Allegheny to promote Oil City to prospective instructors. Attorney B G McFate, president of the school jointure board, led the proposal during a board meeting at the senior high school. Industries tour colleges in spring, he said, so schools should do the same.
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Otl
Oil City
Area
Silekman
Board of Education
B. G. McFate
School Jointure Board
McFute
Penn State
Pitt
Mlegheny
Corry Senior Wins State English Teachers Award
Corry Area High School senior Michael Ho McLaughlin has been named one of 20 students statewide to share in the English Achievements Awards. He authored an aeronautical engineering paper on Dr. Wernher von Braun and submitted multiple compositions and letters of support for the contest. McLaughlin plans to study engineering at MIT.
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Corry Area
National Council of ‘Teachers of English
Michael HO McLaughlin
Wn Corry
Ruth Bennett
Corry
John McLaughlin
North Center Street
McCaughiltry
Jist
Wernher von Braun
McLaughlin
Crash Kills Couple En Route to Adoption in Pittsburgh Suburb
A paritruck crash on Route 1 in Upper St. Clair Township yesterday killed four people from the Penn Hills couple James Atzenberger, 45, and his wife Margaret, 40, who were traveling to arrange the adoption of a baby. Police said the Attenberger gate swerved to hold another car and struck the truck.
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Pittsburgh
Upper St. Clair Township
Penn Hills
James
Atzenberger
Margaret
Attenberger
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Corry Area High School
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Dr George Mickey
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Dean
Senoln Ter
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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Masachusetts Institute of Technology
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