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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1958
Page
3
In Douzy France an attack on the peasant custom of piling manure before houses sparks a political crisis as the mayor and six councillors push a Visit Douzy tourism drive. The peasants resist fines, leading to the mayor and council resignations and a town with no government but with towering manure piles along the main road.
Three Navy fliers died when a single engine AD5 bomber from North Island crashed in Cottonwood Pass thirty miles east of here. The plane struck a 100 foot embankment, broke apart, and the fuselage slid onto State Route 41, blocking traffic for over two hours. The Navy at Alameda identified the aircraft as local training mission from San Diego.
The four engine KC-135 Stratotanker landed at Lagens Airfield Azores after a 19 hour nonstop flight from Tokyo to Omaha route via the Pacific, covering 10,228 miles and missing the 11,487 mile Madrid goal. Brig. Gen. William Eubank Jr led the mission with SAC, radioed updates, then landed at 10:25 a.m. local time amid high altitude jet stream winds.
The Trans-World Starliner Constellation completed the first nonstop commercial London to Los Angeles flight. The aircraft departed London Monday at 10 03 am and landed in Los Angeles at 4 30 am at International Airport marking a historic record.
Two fliers died when small Army planes collided above Ft. Rucker. Lt. Robert J. Pratt and civilian flight instructor Ernest K. Holzapfel were recovered from 40 feet of lake water. Divers prepared to lift the wreckage by helicopter as the planes remained submerged on the Army reservation.
Three airmen died when a B25 training plane from Goodfellow Air Force Base crashed on J. A. Marsh Ranch hill country near San Angelo Texas. Lt James C Flaherty of Denver Colo instructor pilot Lt Ronald D Wade of Bryan Tex and Lt Norman E Erickson of Lewistown Mont were student pilots the three wives living in San Angelo. The Air Force will investigate and a board was appointed.
In Bukittinggi Sumatra, assassins hurled hand grenades at the revolutionary government headquarters Monday night, wounding three guards after a blast shattered a window. A rebel spokesman blamed communists and warned of an impending government assault on the rebel capital as grenades landed near Defense Minister Burhanuddin Harahap and Premier Sjafruddin Prawiranegara who had left for the day.
President Eisenhower calls for East West technical studies on peaceful atomic use as a prelude to an international plan. He warns Khrushchev that a halt to nuclear tests requires verification and that U.S. tests will proceed as scheduled in the Pacific despite Russia’s threats to resume testing. Secretary Dulles supports the plan, stressing verification would be essential to any disarmament accord.
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