Tragic Crashed Plane Off Trapani Kills Most Passengers
A four engine British airliner plunges into the Med off Trapani Sicily. About 57 aboard with three bodies recovered. rescue teams including British Malta planes Italian airfields and naval craft search for the missing. The plane, chartered to the Sudanese government, was bound for Khartoum carrying British civil servants and their families.
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Trapani
Sicily
Sicilian
Malta
Arnaldo Taddei
Taddei
Khartoum
Sudan
Britain
Driver Guides Brakeless Prison Bus to Sudden Landing
A California driver steered a brakeless San Quentin prison bus around curves and down a mountainside near Red Bluff. He veered off the highway onto a rocky slope, stopping after 300 feet. Eleven trustees and a guard were hospitalized for noncritical injuries. 23 others had scratches or bruises. The bus had been on fire fighting duty east of town.
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Red Bluff
Calif
San Quentin
California Highway Patrol
C. M. Armstrong
Here
John Williams Dies At Home In Vinemont
John Thomas Williams aged 71 died at his home in Vinemont 3 at 10:30 last night. Funeral services are set for 2 PM tomorrow at Blair church in Cullman County with Rev J W Johnson and Rev Arneal Wysner officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Surviving are his wife Ett a Williams of Vinemont 3 two daughters Miss Ture Bell Williams of Vinemont 3 and Mrs Addie Mitchell of Falkville 1 five sons Gurnie Williams of Vinemont 3 Roy Williams of Falkville Olan Williams of Falkville 2 Grady Williams of Lacon and Doyle Williams of Indiana eight grandchildren and other relatives. Pallbearers are W R Cole Delbert Wilhite Leon Bawl R A Shults Lee Barkley and Garland Bawl.
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John Thomas Williams
Vinemont
Blair Church
Cullman County
J. W. Johnson
Arneal Wysner
Etta Illiams
Ture Bell
Williams
Addie
Gifts Grow for McSpadden Fund to Aid Family
The Daily reports continued donations for John McSpadden a rheumatic heart victim unable to work for three months. The tally reaches 733.76 including contributions from Virginia Graham Bible class Central Methodist church and Local Union 1274 among others.
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Daily Today
McSpadden
John McSpadden
Virginia Graham
Central Methodist Church
Athens
Local Union
O. G. Powell
J. M. Blackwood
R. L. Dunkin
L. C. Sandlin
Joe Clark
L. G. Sparkman
Kelly Watson
F. M. Burks
E. T. Branuer
Central Baptist Church
Synthetic fuel plant near Louisiana employs nearly 500
The U S Bureau of Mines synthetic fuels demonstration plant near Louisiana Missouri uses about five hundred workers in experiments to convert coal into gasoline.
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U. S. Bureau of Mines
Louisiana
Trinity Man Hurt As Cars Collide On Local Street
J. C. Morgan of Trinity suffered a forehead cut and a sprained left wrist when his Ford struck a Dodge parked at 463 Sherman Street SE at 12 30 AM. The Dodge owned by Roland Puckett sustained rear and bumper damage while the Ford showed damage to the right front fender headlight and windshield. Police say the Dodge was parked facing east on Sherman and the Ford, traveling east, hit the left rear of the Dodge causing it to jam against a curb and rotate.
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J. C. Morgan
Trinity 1
Ford Auto
Dodge
Sherman Street
Ford
Roland Puckett
Garland Nuby
Tom Morris
Sherman
Daughter Born to Mrs Roosevelt in Poughkeepsie
A daughter was born today to Mrs John Roosevelt wife of the late President s youngest son in Poughkeepsie New York.
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y
John Roosevelt
Secret 16th Century Italian Ambassador Letters Revealed
Two University of Alabama professors translate and edit hidden dispatches from Modena archives. Berberd Weber found about 200 letters from the Ferrarese ambassador to Paris to the Duke of Modena. Herbert Van Scoy translates the first letter describing Mary Queen of Scots marriage to the Dauphin of France. Other papers may shed light on Paris events in the 1500s.
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Tuscaloosa
France
University of Alabama
Berberd C. Weber
Modena
Italy
Ferrarese
Paris
Herbert A. van Scoy
Weber
Mary
Scottish Historical Review
Edinburgh
Scotand
Hoboes of America Arrive for 44th Convention in Hamburg
Members of the Hoboes of America Inc arrive in the Buffalo suburb Hamburg for their 44th convention by their own cars and by plane, rejoicing in a period of good times.
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Hamburg
N. Y
Hoboes of America, Inc
Buffalo
Uncle of Girl Victim Quizzed In California Murder Case
Riverside area police hold 37 year old John Chauncey Lawrence, uncle of Kathryn Knodel, on murder investigation after the 16 year old was found dead near Palm Springs. He claims the death was an accident while changing a flat tire and admits prior sexual relations with his niece. Sheriff says the uncle described the incident as the car rolling onto her head when the jack slipped.
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Riverside
Calif
Redlands
Kathryn Knodel
Palm Springs
John Chauncey Lawrence
San Francisco
California
Cherry Valley
Riverside County
Carl Rayburn
Rayburn
Lawrence
Mrs Margaret White Buried At Cullman
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Schnur White 34 were held at Sacred Heart church Cullman with Fr Louis Funk presiding. Interment followed in Catholic cemetery. Surviving are her mother Mamie Schnur Cullman four brothers Richard Lawrence Ralph Schnur Cullman Isador Schnur Ft Worth Texas four sisters Katherine Schnur Birmingham Lieut Macbetta Schnur Biloxi A B Van Horn Cincinnati Ohio and Mrs Floyd Cox Cullman.
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Cullman
Margaret Schnur White
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Louis Funk
Mamie Schnur
Isador Schnur
Ft. Worth
Texas
Katherine Schnur
Birmingham
Macbetta Schnur
Air Force Base Hospital
Biloxi
A. B. van Horn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Floyd Cox
Lieut Berryman Begins Course At Fort Bliss
Second Lieutenant William C. Berryman son of Mr. Robert R. Berryman of Town Creek attends a fifteen week associate battery officers course at Fort Bliss Texas He is a former University of Alabama student and will study antiaircraft gunnery tactics communications and guided missiles with classmates
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William C. Berryman
Robert R. Berryman
Decatur Street
Town Creek
Fort Bliss
Texas
Alabama
Berryman
University of Alabama
Delegates Gather in Ed Haas Bar for Six Day Ed Haas Event
Vanguard of 800 delegates poured into Ed Haas bar and grill for a six day gathering noted as a major regional event. The scene underscored the active political and social mobilization fueling local discourse at the venue.
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Vanguard
Ed Haas’ Bar and Grill
Tidellands Debate Highlights Eisenhower and Democratic Outlook
The piece contrasts Eisenhower’s stance on tidelands with supporting states control over submerged oil while noting no broad policy divergence with the Democrats. It quotes his claim to obey the Supreme Court and contrasts political messages about which party can govern best.
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Tidelands
Twin-Idem contrasts in Eisenhower Stevenson campaign
The Nation outlines how Eisenhower and Stevenson differ on key issues with calls for specific plans. They agree on arming allies and stopping communism but diverge on Korea blame, Brannan farm plan, compulsory health insurance, FEPC, and tidelands control, with Stevenson seeking a Supreme Court based federal prerogative and an equitable offshore oil formula.
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Eisenhower
Gov. Stevenson
Korea
Truman
Stevenson
FEPC
Fair Employment, Practices Commission
Tidelands Tidelands
Allan Shivers
Texas
Supreme Court
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