Peasants threaten hanging of U. S. airmen in Soviet Armenia
Five U S airmen recounted being kicked beaten and threatened with hanging by Soviet peasants after their unarmed transport was shot down by MIG jets in Soviet Armenia on June 27 They were held ten days before release and repatriation to Wiesbaden Germany The crew noted the misidentification risk and the routine flight attire without rank patches while locals debated the incident during the tense aftermath.
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Germany
U.S
Bennie A. Shupe
Minami
Fla
Aige
Soviet
Armenia
Air Force
Shupe
Quake in Alaska Swallows Tip of Island
A powerful Alaska quake sunk part of Yakutat Bay island and swept away a 44 foot fishing boat. Three were confirmed dead, two missing, including a man and his wife aboard the Synmore, as waves battered Lituya Bay. Victims include Mrs Jeanice Welsh Walton of Bellingham and others connected to Icy Straits Canning Co. in Yakutat. The disaster occurred near Juneau with rescuers and officials assessing hundred yard landfall and debris fields.
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Alaska
Yakutat Bay
Here
Lituya ‘Bay
Orville Wagner
Idaho Inlet
Synmore
Lituya Bay
Bill Swanson
Auburn
Wash
Swansons
Jeanice Welsh Walton
Bellingham, Wash
Icy Straits Canning Co
Yakutat
Puerto Rico
Rebels free first of 30 U S sailors in Cuba
Airman Thomas R. Mosness of Ames Town was flown out by helicopter after rebels released the first of 30 kidnapped U S Navy men and 20 civilians. U S Consul Park Wollam said he hoped to free the rest as intelligence officers took Mosness away.
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Cuba
U. S. Navy
Thomas R. Moshess
Ames Town
Mosness
U. S
Park Wollan
Wollam
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