Explosion Probe Focuses On Flight Crash Source
FBI agents pursue the source of the $300000 insurance and possible explosive device tied to a jet airliner crash over northeast Missouri on May 22. The disaster killed 45 at 39 000 feet as George Van Epps of the Civil Aeronautics Board says the blast likely originated in a lavatory near the tail.
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Missouri
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Untary
Naomi
Doty
Chicago
George van Epps
New York
Civil Aeronautics Board
Airliner Lands With Blown Tire At Idlewild Airport
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 with 70 people aboard conducted an emergency landing at Idlewild Airport at 6:55 a.m. after one right front tire blew out. The Flight 50 jet, en route from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, landed safely with crash crews and ambulances on standby.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
TWA
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
EAL Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Miami Airport
Eastern Air Lines Flight 740 bound for Detroit diverted to Miami International Airport after trouble with the front landing gear. The 34 passengers and crew landed safely at 3 02 a m with no injuries. The jet then resumed part of its trip after the emergency handling.
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Idestina
Mary Ann Pastorek
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Miss Pastorek
Eastern
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Pittsburgh
New York
Idlewild
Birth Certificate Paper Sparks Debate Over Andrew Jackson
Monroe North Carolina AP report notes NC Rep S Glenn Hawfield questions issuing a posthumous birth certificate for Andrew Jackson by South Carolina. He argues the paper proves nothing and could be fabricated, suggesting North Carolina could issue one too.
Markers Clash Over Old Hickory Birthplace
North Carolina and South Carolina dispute Maurice Hawfield from London England died after two years illness. A 12500 grant funded by the General Assembly spurred a birthplace investigation to settle whether Andrew Jackson was born in Union County North Carolina. Lancaster County South Carolina issued a birth certificate. Hawfield dismissed the dispute as unfounded.
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Union
Nick
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Insairo
Hawfield
Wanted Man Is Flushed From House
Camden South Carolina AP Wallace Creighton 34 fled a house with over two dozen officers Tuesday night and will be returned to Baltimore to face a murder charge. He allegedly shot Patrolman Richard B Seebo after a traffic stop. Creighton waived extradition and admitted shooting the officer during a federal state and county manhunt. He previously lived in Heath Springs, South Carolina.
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Camden
S. C
Wallace Creighton
Baltimore
Richard B. Seebo
Creighton
U. S
Henry B. Kirkland
Heath Springs
Burlington Earnings Increase Says Myers Jr
Charles F. Myers Jr president of Burlington Industries reports the companys net worth up 140 percent over ten years. He notes the firm earned 1.58 dollars per share for the year and that first six months ending March 31 rose 98 percent from last year.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Charles F. Myers Jr
Burlington Industries
Myers
Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts
Burlington
Car drop stunt fails at quarry demonstration
A helicopter hoist of a 1952 model car intended to drop onto a rock ledge failed when a chain broke. The car plunged into a swamp during a Memorial Day demonstration to frighten motorists in St. Louis Missouri.
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ST. Louis
First Hiker Completes 2050 Mile Appalachian Trail in 1948
Earl V. Shaffer became the first to traverse the entire 2,050 mile Appalachian Trail in 1948, completing the journey after four months of hiking. Earlier, Carl von Linnaeus classified over 4,000 animal species in 1758.
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Earl V. Shaffer
Carl von Linne
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