Heroic Guard Pilot Stays With Plane During Crash
In Belmont County Ohio an Ohio Air National Guard pilot remained with his C47 to allow 14 aboard to parachute. Maj Charles C Cook 30 of Dayton stayed with the plane as it glided and crashed. 11 rifle team members were aboard from Friendship Airport Baltimore to Columbus. Sgt Thurl W Starcher 46 of New Philadelphia among those who parachuted. Five others at Barnesville General Hospital with minor injuries. Engine failure blamed.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Ohio Air National Guard
Belmont County
Thurl W. Starcher
New Philadelphia
Barnesville
General Hospital
all-Ohio National Guard
Friendship Airport
Baltimore
Columbus
Air National Guard
Charles C. Cook
Dayton
Burglar Steals 700 Pogo Sticks From Los Angeles Factory
Police search for a burglar who took 700 pogo sticks from a Los Angeles area factory warehouse. The item theft dominates a chaotic report as authorities investigate the unusual heist.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Army Lieutenant in Ozark fires arson charges
First Lt. Gaither M. Garrett listed Indianapolis as home and admitted starting five fires after a Saturday at Camp Rucker. He faces arson charges for burning several vacant buildings and a Negro church, with investigators tying a 1954 car to the incidents.
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Ozark
Ala
Hoyt Searcy
Gaither M. Garrett
Indianapolis
Ind
Camp Rucker
Searcy
Army Criminal Investigation Department
Hobart Walden
Garrett
Welden Place
Conservation Official To Address 5th Annual Water Safety Congress
Frank L. Haynes of the Alabama Department of Conservation will address the fifth annual Water Safety Congress. Delegates from seven states opened the gathering today with a program emphasizing water safety techniques and devices. Groups and organizations support the Congress.
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Florence
Frank L. Haynes
Alabama Department of Conservation
Youth Drowns In Elmore County Tragedy
A Tennessee youth, Buddy Dean Hughes 19 of Johnson City, disappeared while swimming with two friends at Lake Kowaliga in Elmore County. Hughes, who had recently joined F W Woolworth Co as a management trainee, was last seen returning to shore. His body was recovered about two hours later by Wetumpka volunteer firefighters.
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Montgomery
Tennessee
Lake Kowaliga
Elmore County
Lester Holley
Buddy Dean Hughes
Johnson City
Tenn
Canterbury Street
Hughes
F. W. Woolworth Co
David Mullins
Columbus
Raymond Davenport
Phenix City
Ala
Wetumpka
Pitt Theta Chi Handles Social Dates For Members
Phil Russo a 214 pound Pitt student arranges dates for Theta Chi members. He says it is a social function not a matrimonial agency. Engineering and premedical students were too busy to date so Russo solicits dates from student nurses near campus and charges no fees.
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Pittsburgh
Theta Chi
Pitt
Phil Russo
Russo
Connecticut Aviation Committee Bypassed in 1955 Session
The Connecticut Legislature saw a record 2900-plus bills introduced in 1955 yet none were referred to the Aviation Committee.
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Conn
Connecticut
Aviation Committee
Prominent Tex County Attorney Fumes Over Hot Check Fine
Greenville Texas reports District Attorney Bill Pemberton angrily denounces payment of a traffic fine with a hot check. The brief note ends with an ad line urging readers that want ads get results.
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Greenville
Tex
County
Bill Pemberton
Hiroshima Victims Arrive In U S For Free Plastic Surgery
A group of 25 Hiroshima bombing victims from ages 17 to 31 arrived in New York for a year of free plastic surgery and medical care at Mt. Sinai hospital. They were flown from the West Coast by Air Force plane and accompanied by three Japanese doctors to learn new techniques.
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Hiroshima
U.S
New York
Air Force
West Coast
Mitchell Field
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Japan
Kiyoshi Tanimoto
Calf combinations at Decatur Angus Sale to sell nine cows
The sale features nine young registered Aberdeen Angus cows from calf combinations at the Decatur event. The offering highlights quality cattle from a noted program and aims to attract cattlemen seeking proven brood stock.
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Decatur
Arbitrator Role in Union Contract Sparks Debate
The text argues that since the contract with the union, all provisions are subject to arbitration. It notes the arbitrator's role existed before the strike and claims a responsible union would accept this. It also claims the union demands more.
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Southern Bell
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Davey
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Madison, Alabama
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