Scotland Airline York Crash Kills 51 Near Malta Blue Grotto
A Scottish Airlines four engine York monoplane crashed near the Blue Grotto at Malta’s Luga airfield killing 45 British servicemen and six crew. The plane diverted after reporting trouble and burned on impact. Americans joined British forces in rescuing and searching for bodies as investigators prepared to fly from London.
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Valetta
Malta
Scottish Airlines
War Office
Stansted Abbot's
Essex
England
Blue Grotto
Britain
Abusuier
Egypt
Luga
Ministry of Civil Aviation
London
York
Atlantic
Jamaica
Stansted
Rangoon
Bangkok
Recovery Of Bodies In Marine Plane Crash Proves Difficult
Rescue teams faced rugged terrain as they retrieve 38 victims from yesterday’s Marine transport crash near Alameda. Initial casualty list misidentified some Crew members. the R50 aircraft, carrying 173 Marines from Camp Pendleton and El Toro, disappeared after reporting approach. Body recovery continued amid dense brush, fog, and past crash history in the Bay Area.
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Here
Asian Corps
Camp Pendleton
el Toro Marine Base
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Alameda Naval Air Station
Alexander Watson
Santa Ana
Calif
Oakland
San Francisco Bay Area
Air Force
Tracy
Alameda County
United Air Lines
Bey Lenin
Mill
Marine's plea as plane crash in California kills 32 at Pendleton
San Jose report follows Eldon Bird of Plainville Kansas asking how to tell his family he is alive. Bird was aboard a transport plane moving Marines from Camp Pendleton to Alameda when the aircraft crashed, killing 32 Marines and wounding others. Defense Department notified his parents of a death before the mix up was clarified.
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San Jose
Calif
Eldon E. Bird
Plainville
Kans
Camp Pendleton
San Diego
Bird
Pendleton
Alameda Naval Air Station
E Toro Marine Base
Ue Oy
Cape Dea Pendleton
Basil Bird
Defense Department
Thea
Noti
Racial Clash Rumors Sweeps Bessemer Alabama
In Bessemer Alabama a 30 000 population suburb faced five days of unfounded rumors of a race clash. Reports said a Friday push by Negroes and bus takeovers circulated, triggering large ammo sales and widespread phone traffic. Police prepared for emergencies as rumors spread.
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Bessemer
Ala
Hardware and Sporting Good
C. T. Mullins
Eisenhower Skips Church After Quail Hunt Near Thomasville
President Eisenhower hunted quail six hours near Thomasville, Georgia, bringing in nine birds while ten were downed. Secretary Humphrey bagged four as they split three morning hours and 3½ more after lunch, with Coca Cola’s Robert Woodruff as lunch guest and John Whitney among the dinner party attendees.
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Thomasvlle
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Nhower
Coca Cola
Johnny
Jock) Whitney
Whitney
New York
Ftsman
Robbede
John 8. Doud
Wash
Zhukov Warns of Massive Soviet Nuclear Arsenal
Moscow reports Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov claimed the Soviet Union possesses mighty guided missiles and atomic bombs and would strike American cities if attacked. Tass summary says Soviet armed forces are reorganized with diverse nuclear weapons and a first class jet force to deter provocation.
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Georgi Zhukov
Geneva
Soviet Union
U.S
Zhukov
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Moscow
Georgi K. Zhukov
Communist Party
Tass
Eisenhower Lifts Embargo on Tanks to Saudi Arabia
President Eisenhower ends two day block on 18 light reconnaissance tanks to Saudi Arabia and authorizes $110 000 in automotive and aircraft parts to Israel. Announcement cites peace defense aims and Saudi relations ahead of Dharan air base negotiations. Israeli and Saudi reactions diverge with Israel seeking defensive weapons and urging limits on arms to Arabs. Senate Foreign Relations chair Senator George had called the previous moves unwise. State Department says Israel’s $50 million arms request remains separate from the lifting.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Israel
Georgia
State Department
United States
Dharan
Soviet Union
U.S
Arabia
Egypt
Sen. George
Lincoln White
Czechoslovakia
Investigating Senators Win Partial Victory on Trade Easing
Senate Investigations subcommittee gains access to a Commerce Department report listing 100 to 150 items once deemed strategic war materials. The 1954 U.S. policy recommended relaxation of curbs at a Paris conference, with embargoes eased on some items.
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Washington
Russia
McClellan
D-Ark
Commerce Department
Senate
U.S
Paris
Kefauver Plans Six Day New Hampshire Campaign Tour
Senator Kefauver announced a six day campaign swing in New Hampshire from March 1 to March 6 with stops and handshakes. Stevenson backers call the move a sign of concern while Stevenson aides prepare countermeasures and advertising. The primary on March 13 will name 12 delegates with 32 candidates competing for Democratic National Convention seats.
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Concord
N. H
Kefauver
D-Tenn
New Hampshire
Adlai Stevenson
Siation
Stevenson
Thomas J. McIntyre
William L. Dunfey
Dunfey
Ers
Averell Harriman
New York
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Keefauver
Harriman
Williams
Man Runs Amok Wrecks Home and Rammed Police Car
Lawrence Monroe Boles of High Point jailed on charges of break in entering malicious damage to property and driving while intoxicated after wrecking a English Street home and overturning a new gas range. He allegedly rammed a police car after breaking in at 1303 English Street. Police say Boles was incoherent and arrested after a high speed drive by. Rose family reported over $1,000 in damage to furnishings. officers may add further charges for damage to their patrol car.
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Leon Burnett
We Ee
English St
Lawrence Monroe
Boles
Route 5
High Point
Shaw Cooke
Cooke
Sears
Rose
William Roy Rose
Lawrence Monroe Boles
Thornton
Knowland Joins Push to Prepare GOP Campaign
Sen Knowland plans to assemble an unofficial campaign for the Republican presidential nomination amid speculation Eisenhower may not seek a second term. Associates say Knowland sees a 50 50 shot and a March 1 decision date looms for GOP delegate slate actions. Eisenhower has hinted at a possible March 1 announcement but has not committed.
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Washington
Sen
Eisenhower
Knowland
Senate
Associates
GOP
Knows Land
Medical Student Charged With Baltimore Murder
Baltimore police say Gregory M. Delli Pizza, a University of Maryland medical student, is charged with murder in the death of Allentown metallurgist Harold M. Wick. The case follows a hotel foyer assault after Wick left a night club, with Pires of Weirton free on an assault bail and Charlotte Holland Winters named as a dancer linked to the incident.
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Baltimore
Hiard M. Wick
Allentown
Angee
Gregory M. Delli-Pizza
University of Maryland
Pires
Weirton
W.va
Wick
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