Bomber Crash Kills Six Canadian Crewmembers
A Royal Canadian Air Force 828 bomber crashed into fogbound Lake Michigan near Billy Mitchell Airport after engine trouble, killing six crew including Air Commodore J G Stephenson of Windsor Ontario. Surviving officials indicated the bomber exploded on impact as coast guard and military search efforts recovered parts and clothing.
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Milwaukee
Canadian Air Force
J. G. Stephenson
Wilsor
Ont
Lake Michigan
Royal Canadian Air Force
Billy Mitchell
Coast Guard
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Wisconsin Air National Guard
Commodore Stephenson
George W. Kusier
New Toronto
Air Defense Command
St. Hubert
Que
LI G. E. Duck
Mt. Range
Sask
Robert Howard
London
L. W. Bisson
Wainright
Alberta
N. A. Porteous
Ottawa
Truax Air Force Base
Madison Wis
North American Air Defense Command
Mitchell Field
Methodists Seek Rekindled Cause
Denver report shows the United Methodist Church plans a four year push to reinvigorate Christian work. It calls for new congregations, Bible study, evangelism, and expanded church schools to combat drift toward comfort and maintain growth amid a projected 2000 population rise. The plan also notes racial integration moves, but delegates stopped short of mandating timetables.
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Denver
Charles, Broshares
Chicago
Christ
Disciples of Christ
De Gaulle Opens Tour of Indies
French President Charles de Gaulle began a Caribbean itinerary after a U.S. visit. His Air France charter left Moisant Airport at 7 31 p m Friday for Cayenne French Guiana with Martinique and Guadeloupe to follow before a return to Paris next Wednesday. The 24 hour New Orleans stop drew large crowds. He and Madame de Gaulle praised Franco American friendship and urged unity for world peace. Louisiana Governor Earl Kemp Long joined the banquet remarks, praising De Gaulle as one of the greatest men.
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New Orleans
Charles de Gaulle
Caribbean
United States
de Gaulle
Air France
Conster- Talion
Moisant International
Cayenne
Guina
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Paris
Madame de Gaulle
Louisiana
Earl Kemp Lone
Leng
Weather overview with mild temperatures and tide data
Today's forecast shows high near 71 degrees Friday and 70 Sunday, with a morning low around 47. Expected tonight low 33. Precipitation 0.8 inches this month and 3.17 inches this year. Dunrose 6:04 am sunrise. 2:34 pm sunset. moon rise 9:28 pm. moon sets 12:09 am. Tides Chester sidewater terminal pier show high 4:28 am and 4:55 pm, low 11:47 am.
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Dunrose
Chester Sidewater Terminal
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicaxo
Cleveland
Denver
Fort Worth
Helena
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
Cain
New York
Okla
Clear
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Clear Ag
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Turkeys Round Up Students At Istanbul University
Turkish troops with fixed bayonets moved into Istanbul University to remove 2000 student sit down strikers. The February 38 hour protest against Premier Adnan Menderes led to internment in army camps and charges of violating martial law. About 100 students protested at the municipal building where NATO ministers were meeting. Menderes extended martial law for three months in Istanbul and Ankara. Herter prepared to visit Istanbul for talks before East West summit.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Istanbul University
Ad‘nan Menderes
NATO
Menderes
Ankara
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Foreign Ministers Council
Herter
Tehran
Segregation Protests Reach National Campus Tensions
The president of a prominent Kentucky college threatens expulsion and closure to quell anti segregation protests on campus in Frankfort. Demonstrations halt as the college withdraws recognition of the Frankfort Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality. Across the South and in Georgia Texas and Tennessee new sit down actions sparked arrests and fines. In Washington a government contracts committee lauded hiring of two Negro builders as progress. Durham and North Carolina eyes on nonracial schooling. Governor Fledges defends pupil assignment while King Jr urges patience amid rising tension.
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Associated Press
Kentucky
R. B. Atwood
Frankfort
Atwood
Congress of Racial Equality
Savannah
Austin
Tex
Chattanooga
Tenn
Savanna
Concord
N.C
Washington
Eisenhower
Durham
North Carolina
Luther
Georgia
Martin Buther King Jr
Crash Kills Airman Soon After Birth of Son
TOPEKA Kansas AP report details Lt Carl I Stantee Heaberlin 24 copilot of a B37 reconnaissance plane killed Friday, three hours after his son was born. The Forbes Air Force Base aircraft crashed two miles southeast of town, with two other crewmen perishing. Heaberlin's wife Margaret and daughter Cara Lee survived. his newborn son he never met.
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Topeka
Kan
APJ
Carl i Stantee Heaberlin
J Forbes Air Force Base
Here
Heaberlin
Pleasantville
Heabertin
Margaret
Carseh Lee
Kennedy attacks Humphrey over record distortion in West Virginia
In Charleston West Virginia Senator John F Kennedy accuses Hubert H Humphrey of distorting his record and smearing his integrity while both contend with a tight May 10 primary. Robert Kennedy voices blunt criticism saying Humphrey insinuated buying the election and wielding a checkbook in the campaign.
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Charleston
W. Va
John F. Kennedy
D-Alass
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Washington
Gallup
United States
Clarksburg
Wisconsin
Logan
West Virginia
Bob
Joe McCarthy
Probers to Question Dick Clark Again
Washington AP Dick Clark faces further questioning by House investigators over payola. Clark denied taking payoffs, admitted gifts from Lou Bedell totaling 4400 dollars, and said he and his wife reluctantly accepted them. He insisted no quid pro quo existed.
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Washington
Dick Clark
House
John B. Bennett
R-Mich
John E. Moss
Calif
Clark
Lou Bedell
Eva
Dore
Bedell
Engines Run Few Minutes Hopes for Moon Mission
Huntsville Alabama AP Saturn's eight engine cluster fired for a few seconds, delivering 1,300,000 pounds thrust toward a future moon mission. The Marshall Space Flight Center test shown the booster could reach 1,500,000 pounds thrust, enabling light landings and sample returns. Saturn TI assembly continues at the space center for a Cape Canaveral flight likely in 1951. The engines trace ten years of Redstone Jupiter Thor Atlas work. The superbooster is the nation’s brightest hope for multiton space payloads.
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Huntsville
Ala
United States
Marshall Space Flight Center
The
Space Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Jupiter
Thor
Atlas
Tambroni Wins Test In Italy
Rome AP report says Italy formed a fragile six month Christian Democrat government led by Zene Tambroni with Fascist backing causing tensions within the party. He won a Senate confidence vote 128 to 10 and faced a likely new Chamber vote on May 5 amid a crisis over coalition partners and a stalled budget.
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Rome
Italy
Zene Tambroni
Christian Democrat Party
Tambroni
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Parliament
Coutry
Pia
Christian Democrats
Algebra Comes Early In Baltimore Classrooms
Elementary schools in Baltimore experiment with introducing algebra in lower grades. Teachers like Virginia Simmons and Daniel M. Rachowiak say early exposure helps pupils grasp mathematical structure, with simple equations in second or third grade and more complex ideas by sixth grade. Some caution that class sizes make widespread elementary algebra challenging.
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Baltimore
Virginia
Simmons
Warper
Daniel M. Rachowiak
Margaret Brent
Rachowiak
Council Aims Pact Design In Brief
New York AP report says a labor industry committee may draft the next steel contract before formal talks. David McDonald president of the United Steel Workers Union cited a joint Human Relations Research Committee, formed by the nine and 11 major steel companies to help settle last January’s strike.
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New York
David McDonald
United Steel Workers Union
McDonald
Hueman Relations Research Committee
Rey
City observes Casey Jones death anniversary in Jackson
Jackson marked the 80th anniversary of Casey Jones’s death with bands, red bandanas, and railroad caps. John Luther Jones of Cayce, Kentucky, died when his Cannonball Express collided with a freight train at Vaughnaw in Mississippi. The Ballad of Casey Jones was among planned performances by schools and local bands with railroad officials and officials supporting the event.
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Jackson, Tenn
Jackson
Casey Eres
Casey
John Luther Jones
Cayce
Vaushaw
Miss
Casey Jones
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Roy Vy
Turkeys
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Barbara Dankel
Allentown
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
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Probers
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Moss
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Lishman
Tambrani
Giovanni Gronchi
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