Plane Loses Prop But Flies Okay Over Atlantic
An American Overseas Airways DC6 carrying 90 passengers and 12 crew suffered a cracked cylinder and inoperative third engine over the Atlantic. The aircraft limped 700 miles to Shannon where fire crews stood by as RAF Shackleton aircraft shadowed the event. Passengers, including Army personnel and families, remained calm and resumed sightseeing after landing. the plane was to leave the next day.
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Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic
American Overseas National Airways
New York
Frankfurt
Harry Thomas
Thomas
West Point
Miss
Richard Reidy
Blaine, Wash
British Hear Clear Signals From Pioneer V Tracking
British radio telescope at Jodrell Bank picked up loud clear signals from the American Pioneer V as it neared the sun. Officials said the minor predicted course error is negligible while American and Soviet teams monitor the transmission, with data awaiting computer analysis at its U.S. headquarters.
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Jodrell Bank England
America
Britain
English Midlands
Pioneer V
Jodrell Bank
Bill Young
Los Angeles
Young
Pioneer
Youthful Bluebloods Hold Elaborate Stockholm Ball
In Stockholm royalty from England Greece Norway Holland Denmark Germany and Bulgaria attended a private 260 guest ball hosted by Sweden’s princesses. Teens and twenty-somethings danced in The White Sea hall as guards kept entrances secure and music played until 2 a.m. Guests included Crown Prince Harold and Princess Margaretha with others forming pairs at supper. The Jivaro Indians in Ecuador shrink a human head as a battle trophy.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Europe
England
Greece
Norway
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Bulgaria
Gustav VI
Louise
Margaretha
Birgitta
Desiree
Christiana
White Sea
Crown Prince
Harold
Bigitta
Konstantin
Maxmilian
Bavaria
Gustav
Ecuador
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstong Jones Weekend Together
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones spent a weekend at Widcombe Manor in Bath, England. They walked hand in hand by a lake while plans for the May Westminster Abbey wedding were discussed and dress sketches for the bridal gown circulated.
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Britain
Princess Margaret
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Jeremy Fry
Bath
England
Armstrong-Jones
Fry
Widcombe Manor
West Country
Antony
Margaret
Mom
Tony
Westminster Abbey
Norman Hartnell
Robbers Miss Extra Leg Are Caught
Jim Collins found a discarded artificial leg in a storage room, wearing it to escape and alert authorities after robbers tied him up at his ranch near Rockwall. Police pursued the robbers from Dallas, arresting one man while another fled. a woman was also arrested. The attackers took $200, a shotgun, a pistol, and Collins’s 1959 car, which was later destroyed.
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Rockwall Tex
Jim Collins
Here
Dallas
Collins
Frankfurt
Germany
Hopes Rise For Rescue Of Miners
Logan West Virginia hopes for a final breakthrough grew as rescue leader reported a makeshift ventilation system working well. State mines chief Crawford Wilson said progress is slow but fans move fumes through pipes. advanced team reached 400 feet from a suspected entombed area at Holden No 22 mine.
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Logan
W.va
Crawford L. Wilson
Wilson
Holden No. 22
Island Creek Coal Co
Gridiron Club marks 75th with jab at 1960 candidates
Washington AP The Gridiron Club’s 75th jubilee dinner mocked public figures including President Eisenhower and Democratic hopefuls Kennedy Symington and Johnson. The satirical program lampooned campaigns and military policy as guests heard remarks from Arthur Krock and enjoyed a musical finale commemorating eight years of Eisenhower.
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Gridiron Club
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court
Newsmen's Club
Hotel Statler-Hilton
Nixon
White House
Humphrey
Kennedy
Johnson
West
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Symington
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Peace and Prosperity Travel Bureau
Central Intelligence
Old
Vienna
Arthur Krock
The
New York Times
Krock
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