Investigations Open in Army Plane Crash Near Pittsburgh
Investigations opened to determine why an Army chartered DC3 ran out of fuel and ditched in the Monongahela River southeast of Pittsburgh. Twenty seven aboard the civilian crew and soldiers survived. nine soldiers and a civilian pilot drowned. The boat’s wake recovered bodies as safety and local inquiries proceed.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Ohio River
Civil Aeronautics Board
Rein of Safety
Tnaxe
Aberkeny County
William D. McClelland
McKeesport
Pic
Robert H. Gill
Grangeville
Idaho
Dwain Crow
Kellogg
Christmans
Allegheny County
Harold A. Joe
Seattle
Wash
Amon
Army
Fort Carson
Colo
Fort, Lewis
Fort Ord
Calif
Newark
Nad
Dravesburz
E. W. Schwoerbli
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Plot to Kill Union Leader Sparks Multistate Arrests
Police halted a plotted assassination of a major union leader amid arrests in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. Cobb, linked to a $13,000 payoff, was held for Florida authorities as prosecutors pursue charges. others including Carmine Priore face conspiracy to commit homicide in Hackensack and Manhattan. The case centers on a waterfront union fight between ILA and AFL unions.
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Florida
Tampa
White
Jersey
New York
Jamaica Estates
Queens
Snc
Bergen
Hackensack
Carmine Priore
Priore
Hall
Montvale
Manhattan
Independent International Longshoreman's Association
AFL
Rookie Cop Pulls The Wrong Call Box In Union Square
In Rockland Massachusetts a rookie officer directing traffic in Union Square mistakenly rang the wrong police call box next to the fire alarm. The error caused a traffic jam that took an hour to untangle.
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Mass
Iia
Union Square
Government crushes coup in Ecuador in Guayaquil
Government says an attempted coup by army officers backing former Defense Minister Reinaldo Varea Donoso has been crushed. Four high ranking officers were arrested and confined aboard a warship in Guayaquil harbor while police search for Varea whose whereabouts are unknown. Velasco Ibarra remains the target of the plot as garrisons nationwide pledge loyalty.
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Ecuador
Reinaldo Varea Donoso
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Velasco
Quito
Camilo Ponce
Jaime Nebot
Luis A. Penaherrera
Boustber
Nebot
Jorge Echeverria
Verea
Ponce
Safeway bans questionable literature for children
Safeway stores announce a Jan 1 sale of comics and pocket books to curb questionable material for youths after a study found insufficient screening. Major Bay Area airports closed by heavy fog for hours, with twelve flights diverted to Fresno or Reno. a Mars flying boat circled Alameda. A man named Wentz crashed his car into a fence after fog lifted. Oakland carpenter Robert Bramlett reports a robbery last night. two suits and a topcoat valued at 250 dollars were taken, with $1000 hidden on his body untouched.
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Reno
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Oakland
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Alaska
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Bramlett
Wentz faces charges after car crash with Dannis last night
A 27 year old mechanical engineer G. Wentz was involved in a high speed driving incident with 23 year old HL Dannis last night. Police followed the wrecked cars to a San Francisco area party. Authorities filed a set of serious charges.
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Harvey
G. Wentz
Wentz
Vincent Hallinan
McNeil Island
Me Hallinan
Independent Progressive Party
Wiley declares 1956 run for Ike in GOP unity push
Sen. Alexander Wiley told Wisconsin Republicans that President Eisenhower will run and win in 1956. He warned against widening party splits, urged constructive policy over two years, and predicted a near unanimous renomination if Ike runs. He underscored unity amid McCarthy clash and endorsed Ike’s leadership. In San Ramon, a separate fatal car crash killed 45 year old Willam Hernandez and injured three others including Wanda Thorpe.
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San Ramon
Willam Hernandez
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County
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Pittsburg
Thorpe
Arthur Caputte
Berkeley
Christmas Visiting in Concord and Oakland Areas
A long list of residents visiting relatives in Concord Oakland and Hayward for Christmas includes Mrs L J Coyne 1185 St Day Concord host family M E Silverfoote Oakland guests H E Silverfoote Pat Ryans A Spichtly Sidney Christiansen Miss Tilly McCoy and others. Local burglar suspects and police action reported in Oakland and San Francisco.
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James Court
M. E. Silverfoote
Christ
H. E. Silverfoote
Oakland
L. W. “Wade
Bombay
India
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Aer Wade
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Middle Lane
Sidney I. Christiansen
Hayward
Tilly McCoy
Peralta J Street
Nellie Lus
S Street
San Francisco
Jane Hayward
Forrest D. Fields
Palomar Road
Walter C. Johnson
Lou Johnson
E. d., Fields
Alameda
Field
Laure Burton
Gilbert P. Souza
Stevens
George Souza
Emily Souza
Souzas
Castro
Valley
Manuel Candido
Fal Candido
San Lea
Pat Lucia
San Lorenzo
Shah Pledges Help at San Francisco World Affairs Dinner
The young Shah of Iran pledged support for freedom at a San Francisco world affairs dinner honoring him. He said the armed forces must stay above politics and, with military missions’ help, he aims to improve their status, training and might.
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Iran
Community Week Celebrations Highlight Local Holidays
Multiple households around Pleasanton Castro Valley and Oakland mark Christmas dinners and gatherings. Families including Vanier Snow Walker Cochran Haas Snider Wor sham Wright and others plan home celebrations or travel to relatives in Lodi and Livermore. Alameda County Community Foundation notes its role and invites inquiries at its Oakland office.
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Esteban Street
Lodi
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Leroy Beunders
Los Reyes Street
Oakland
Alameda
Community Foundation
United States
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Castro Valley
Mae Pearl Comstock
Ithe Foundation
Alameda County
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Sored
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20Th Street
A. R.demonte
Mervin ‘DeMonte
Arthur Whaite
San Leandro Man Dies in Freeway Crash
Guillermo Schaefer, 34, of San Leandro, dies in a head on collision on the Eastshore Freeway near the 29th avenue overpass. His wife and another man are hospitalized. Driver Ernie Wehrmeister, 34, Alameda, faces felony drunk driving and manslaughter charges. A second crash on Thornton Avenue injures four and leads to Jesse Gonsalves being cited for drunken driving.
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Patricia
Schaefer
Estudillo
San Leandro
Ernie Wehrmeister
Alameda
29Th Avenue
Wehrmeister
Thorton Avenue
Centerville
Jesse Gonsalves
Third Street
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Dronks
Stephen Bragg
Cabrillo Drive
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Phillip
Bragg
Gonsalves
Bratz Auto
Newark
Police Hold Man On Attack Charge
Hayward police hold 40 year old Alex Frates of 546 Main street on an investigation of assault with a deadly weapon after a fight at a D street tavern left Theodore Williams owner of One Place with severe knife wounds. Williams, 48 of 967 D street, was taken from Fairmont emergency ward to Eden hospital with deep lacerations, tendons and nerve injuries to his left forearm and wrist. officers Watts DeHert and Woodworth found the injured man after a disturbance.
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Jholding
Alex Frates
Main Street
Theodore Wiliams
One Place
Fairmont
Eden Hospital
Scott Watts
Curtis DeHert
Charles Woodworth
Williams
Watts
Frates
Aftershock Strikes Eureka Area Reports Strong Quake Aftermath
Eureka residents were jolted by a sharp aftershock at 1 15 a m following Tuesday's 6.6 earthquake. One chimney toppled overnight from prior damage, though not directly tied to the aftershock. The morning noted the strongest tremor among about six aftershocks lingering in the area.
Ailing Pope appeals for peace in Christmas broadcast
The 78 year old Pope Pius XII spoke from his Vatican bedside in a seven minute Christmas Eve message recorded due to illness. He asked leaders to seek peace and prayed for those imprisoned for faith as Vatican radio prepared a 23 language global broadcast. He will appear publicly on Christmas Day from St. Peter's Square for the first time since falling ill.
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Angelo D’ellacque
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San Leandro Chamber Names Twelve New Directors
SAN LEANDRO Twelve new directors for the San Leandro chamber of commerce to take office Jan 6 for two years were named by Thomas Knick, with a ceremony Jan 20 at Sequoyah country club. Directors include D. Bartlett, Bill Davis, John Deadrich, Al Vincent De Jomenico, Jack DeRuig, Stanley Friden, William Kinnex, Lucat, F. A. Meyer, Gordo Winder, A. J. Oliveira and G. A. Tessier.
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Don Lucat
F. A. Meyer
Gordo, Winder
A. J. Oliveira
G. A Tessier
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