Record Attempt Contact With Bante Lost Over Pacific
US S. airline reported radio contact with pilot Charles F. Bante Jr. broken while he flew a small single engine plane from Tokyo toward the Aleutians en route to Miami. Bante had reported engine trouble earlier and a Canadian airliner said he was on course at 9 000 feet near Shemya. He hoped to reach Miami Saturday evening with five gallons of fuel to spare and to beat the existing 6 979 mile record set by Marion Boling in August.
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Tokyo
US S
Charles F. Bante Jr
Aleutians
Miami
Fla
Bante
Shemya
Northwest Orient Airlines
Banfe
Japan
Fairbanks
Alaska
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Chicago
Marion
Pat) Boling
Manila
Ore
Palo Alto
Calif
Pan American
Boling
United Air Lines
Mother and Children Shot to Death in Florida home
West Palm Beach reports a well to do mother Mrs David E Horne 42 and her three children Marilyn Frances 8 David Robert 11 and John 9 were found shot to death after a note in Mrs Hornes handwriting described unbearable strain The note claimed they were not wanted and the children would be tormented without her The father Sgt J L Packwood found the wounded scene and notified police
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West Palm Beach
Fla
David E. Horne
St. Mary's Hospital
Marilyn Frances
David ‘Robert
John
Sgt
J. L. Packwood
Scots Coast Guard Rescues Soviet Survivors in Sea Tragedy
A Russian fishing boat sank in a storm off the Shetland Islands. Soviet officers and Scottish seamen clashed over handling of three survivors. Scots landed them despite Russian objections. At least three Russians dead, with fears the toll could rise to 22. The Soviet crew numbered about 25 aboard a 30-boat fleet. Coast guard boats responded to the SOS as seas remained rough.
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Wick
Scotland
Shetland Islands
Dulles Plans Quick Trip To Formosa
Secretary of State Dulles will fly to Taipei next week for talks with Chiang Kai-shek. He will depart Rome after memorial services for Pope Pius XII. The visit follows Defense Secretary McElroy discussions with Chiang on easing the Quemoy crisis and possibly withdrawing part of Chiang's 85,000 man garrison from the island.
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Washington
Dulles
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Taipei
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Defense McElroy
Chiang
McElroy
Quemoy
Five Indicted In Bombing Of Temple
Atlanta AP reports five men indicted on charges of destroying a house of worship in the Sunday bombing of Atlanta's Jewish Temple. Indicted defendants include Wallace Alneth Chester Griffin and Robert King, who are brothers, with Richard Bowling at large. Luther King Corley, 26, was not charged by the grand jury.
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Atlanta
Vanee
Wallace H. Alneth Chester Griffin
Robert King
Richard Bowling
Luther King Corley
Red China's iron push expands from farms to mills
John Strohm reports from Red China where small improvised furnaces operat e across villages and campuses to feed large rolling mills. The plan centers on moving pig iron from nearby ore sources to factories, mirroring early 19th century practices and reflecting Mao era industrial aims.
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John Strohm
New York
NEA
Gary
East
Chicago
America
China
Mao
Red China
Hankow
Anchan
Ike s Molar Is Top Secret
In Louisville Col. Robert B. Shira, chief oral surgeon at Walter Reed, says the location of a tooth removed from President Eisenhower's jaw is secret and he is not allowed to discuss it. He made the remarks while addressing the Louisville District Dental Society.
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Louisville
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Fisenhower
Col
Robert B. Shira
Shira
Louisville District Dental Society
Business leaders warn against too rapid growth in recovery
Private members of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council fear the upturn could spark a renewed boom and stock-market excesses even as they project full recovery. They cite inflation pressures and a booming market as risks while noting unemployment may dip from 5 million to around 3.5 million if forecasts hold.
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Commerce Department
Commerce
BAC
Washington
Pan American Jet Opens Transatlantic Service
Pan American World Airways launched its first transatlantic jet passenger service with a Baltimore to Brussels flight aboard a Boeing 707. The 3,910 mile trip took 7 hours 15 minutes, christened Jet Clipper America by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, as officials plan regular service starting Oct 26 and daily flights by Nov 17.
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Brussels
Belgium
Pan American World Airways
Balltimore
Private Little Rock School Opens Monday
The Little Rock Private School Corporation announced it will open an all white senior high school next Monday in a former University of Arkansas building with 32 rooms. About 500 seniors are expected to enroll as Gov. Faw’s closed public high schools leave 3 000 without instruction.
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Little Rock, Ark
The
Little Rock
T. J. Raney
University of Arkansas
Igh
Orval E. Faw
Raney
Corporation
W. C. Brashears
Three Indicted In Bank Robberies
A federal grand jury indicted Michael Macejka and Henry Zienowicz of New Jersey for two August bank robberies in Greensboro. The Friendly Center Guilford National Bank heist yielded over 55 000 in loot, with about 43 000 recovered and U S authorities later recovering 7 239 more.
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Greensboro
Michael Macejka
Henry Zienowicz
New Jersey
Friendly Center
Guilford National Bank
Macejka
Abolition of Schools Assailed in North Carolina
Raleigh editor Jonathan Daniels of the News & Observer warned that ending public education is the most tragic response to the Supreme Court segregation ruling. He spoke to the North Carolina Education Assn district meeting in Kinston and criticized the Pearsall Plan and Governor's defense, saying abandonment would ruin the South.
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Jonathan Daniels
The
News & Observer
South
Daniels
North Carolina Education Assn
Supreme Court
Two Held in Clover Payroll Robbery Case
In Gastonia NC area detectives held Walter King and Peggy Ledford on armed robbery and abetting charges after a $6,839 payroll heist at Myrtle Mill. King’s brother-in-law Albert Ledford fled with his wife. Ledford remained at large in the woods as police pursued leads and a car wreck near the King home was found.
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Gastonia
N.C
Clover
S. C
Clarge
Myrtle Mill
Albert Junior Ledford
Walter King
Peggy King Ledford
Albert
King
Ledford
Rt. 2
Jed
South Carolina
York County
S.C
Ray H. Smith
Hazel Dellinger
Smith
Mtgrail
Last three survivors rescued from US Globemaster crash
In New Zealand, the final three survivors were rescued by helicopter after a crash near Cape Hallett killed six airmen. Ground teams had reached the scene but paused due to weather. Survivors said keeping warm was the hardest trial and noted an unseen rock strike during the flight.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Globemaster
Helif
Iat
Christchurch
McMurdo Sound
Cape Hallett
Capital Airlines Grounded as Mechanics Strike Halts Flights
Washington AP Capital Airlines halted all flights nationwide as a systemwide strike by 2500 mechanics represented by the International Association of Machinists froze operations at midnight. Negotiations resume on wage and benefit demands after a yearlong dispute.
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Washington
Capital Airlines
Capital
Mississippi
International Assn. of
White House
Eisenhower Opens West Coast Swing to Boost Campaign
President Eisenhower leaves on a six day trip to the West Coast to energize his party’s drive to regain Congress. He will speak in California after visits to Iowa Kansas and Colorado with final remarks in Chicago. Mrs. Eisenhower accompanies him.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Deat
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
West
Pep
Congress
Kansas
Colorado
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Episcopal bishops sidelined at convention on race resolution
At the Miami Beach triennial general convention laymen and deputies from Virginia led a revision that replaced the bishops call to end racial separation with a statement urging cleansing of discrimination and equal opportunities. The modified measure passed 334 to 174, reflecting broad support across regions. The bishops also backed a statement opposing capital punishment and calling for world disarmament.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Episcopal
Virginia
House of Deputies
House of Bishops
Congress of the Church
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