Fear 23 Killed in Air Crash
A US RB-36 bomber crashed on Newfoundland's east coast with 23 aboard. Seven bodies were found as rescuers scoured snow amid wreckage. Unconfirmed reports cited 22 or 23 aboard. search parties and rescue teams from US and Canada moved to the scene amid bad weather and challenging terrain.
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Fear
ST. John's
Nild
Newfoundland
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Yereck
Gander
Pepperrell Air Force Base
United States
Rapid City AFB Commandant Aboard in B-36 Crash
Brig. Gen. Richard Ellsworth, 41, commanding officer of Rapid City Air Force Base, was aboard the B 36 that crashed in Newfoundland. Ellsworth, from Erie Pennsylvania, was aboard when the aircraft went down on a training flight on Wednesday night officials said.
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Rapid City
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Rapid City Air Force Base
Richard BE. “Ellsworth
Newfoundland
Ellsworth
Erie
House OKs Hobby Post in Cabinet
The House approved President Eisenhower’s plan to elevate the Federal Security Agency to a Department of Health Education and Welfare and appoint Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby as the 10th cabinet member. The 291 to 35 vote moves the plan to the Senate for likely approval next week, with early enactment under a speedup procedure.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Federal Security Agency
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Oveta Culp Hobby
Senate
Truman
Congress
Oscar Ewing
FSA
American Medical, Assn
William L. Dawson
Illnois
American Medical Assny
Dawson
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Latin American nations delay Pan American ministers talks
A majority of Latin American nations and the United States have tacitly agreed to postpone the 1953 Pan American foreign ministers conference, a decision learned on Thursday in Bogotá Colombia.
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Americas
Bogota
Bohlen Ambassadorship Sparks Republican Debate
The Bohlen appointment to Moscow triggers a GOP dispute over anti Communist screening. Critics led by McCarthy question Bohlen’s past with Alger Hiss at Yalta, amid calls to broaden scrutiny of diplomats while the President Taft Dulles FBI circle reportedly backs the nomination.
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Charles E. Bohlen
Moscow
Sen. McCarthy
State Department
Alger
Hiss
McCarthy
Bohlen
Yalta
Alger Hiss
Aida
Sen. Taft
Dulles
FBI
Jury clears Emerson in fatal Board of Supervisors clash
Los Angeles AP Walters Emerson, 50, a real estate figure, was not indicted by the County Grand Jury after a day and half hearing into the March 5 death of County Supervisor Raymond V. Darby. Darby, 56, died of a brain hemorrhage following a dispute at a Board of Supervisors meeting. Emerson had been free on bail and had admitted swinging at Darby. Medical testimony cited high blood pressure and the possibility that excitement or strain could trigger the hemorrhage. The jury’s action does not bar future charges by the district attorney.
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LOS Angeles
Walter Emerson
Raymond V. Darby
Emerson
Darby
Board of Supervisors
Jari
Emersons
Emmerson
Emson
Brtaber Wednesday
Heroic Negro Private Stanley Receives Silver Star
West front report says Pvt Courtney L Stanley of Mansfield Louisiana earned the Silver Star for bravery at Little Gibraltar Hill. He stood guard over his wounded battalion commander and two others, killed at least nine attacking Chinese, and may be recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross. The act occurred Tuesday and the heroism was kept quiet by his fellow soldiers and himself.
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Western Front
Korea
Little Gibraltar Hill
Courtney L. Stanley
Rte
Mansfield
Sion
James .C. Fry
2Nd Division
Stanley
Harbor Tube Study Fund Approved by Assembly
An Assembly committee in Sacramento approved a 200000 dollar funding plan for an underwater tube from San Pedro to Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor. Assemblyman Vincent Thomas said the study would cap a century of feasibility investigations, guiding the project toward Ways and Means.
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Sacramento
Assembly
San’ Pedro
Terminal Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Vincent ‘Thomas de San Pedro
Quake Hits Western Turkey Killing Dozens
An earthquake struck western Turkey near Gonen killing at least 20 and injuring about 100. Two deaths occurred in Istanbul and one in Bursa as hundreds of homes collapsed and the Istanbul Observatory recorded the tremor. The shock was expected to continue into today.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Istanbul Observatory
Gonen
Here
Bursa
Florence Seismograph Records Violent Quake
An earthquake centered possibly in the Eastern Balkans or Black Sea region struck Florence causing the San Dominico observatory to lose its seismograph at 8:08 p.m. local time. It was described as the most violent quake recorded in years, with the epicenter estimated within 1200 miles.
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Florence
Italy
Balkans
Black Sea
Observatory of San Dominico
More Sugar and Spice Mom of 12 Girls Keeps Record
In Waterville Maine a 13th daughter joined Lloyd and Mrs Brooks expanding the world's largest all girl family. The eight pound two ounce baby was born at Osteopathic Hospital after German measles forced the delivery away from Pittsfield home. The new girl brings the Brooks tally of daughters to 18 and ends a suspenseful wait since last Friday.
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Waterville
Lloyd Brooks
Brooks
GE Pay-Hike Offer Called Insult by Union
General Electric Co offered 205000 workers a boost in salaries and wages during bargaining. Union negotiators termed the proposal an insult to the workers while the company proposed a nonunion flat boost and an increase in the cost-of-living adjustment from 8.74 percent to 10.53 percent. Nonunion employees account for about one third of the affected workforce.
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New
York
General Electric Co
War Mine Explosion Kills Four in Berlin Road Work
A German wartime mine exploded by a roadworker’s pier on a Wednesday, killing four people and seriously injuring three others. The incident occurred in Berlin, with authorities investigating the blast and its repercussions for wartime remnants still present in the area.
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Berlin
Copters Rescue Flier From Atlantic Crash Landing
A Marine fighter pilot First Lt Richard E Kern 28 of Kansas City Missouri was buried in his Corsair after an emergency landing at an abandoned Atlantic North Carolina field. Helicopters borrowed shovels and landed in nearby yards to dig him free before reaching Cherry Point base. Kern escaped with minor injuries and a dislocated shoulder after the harrowing incident.
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Cherry Point
Ncwp
Marine’ Corps
Richard E. Kern
Kansas City
Kern
Marine
Third Marine Air Wing
Miami
Fla
Public Information Office
Atlantic
N. C
B. E. Beeghly
Swift Striking Tornado Destroys Fort Wayne Home
A small tornado touched down on the southeastern edge of Fort Wayne late Wednesday night, demolishing a partly completed frame home and scattering debris across a sparsely settled suburban area. No injuries were reported.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Icp
Lakewood Porch Hit By Flying F-86 Tank
A 15 foot fuel emptied wing tank from a Long Beach based F 86 jet crashed onto a Lakewood home at 4319 Snowden Ave Wednesday afternoon. It bounced from the porch roof and landed on the lawn two children aged 2 at play nearby. Investigating officers say the empty tank spared the house from destruction and a potential neighborhood tragedy. Neighbors recall the impact as a loud jolt with porch damage and a gouged lawn. Residents describe the scene with fear from the incident and note nearby mothers tending over frightened children. No injuries reported as the tank rested across the sidewalk. authorities continue inquiry.
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Snowden Ave
Lakewood
Long Beach
2370Th Air
Municipal
Lloyd Johnson
Herbert Eckhardt
Snowden
Tommy
Scott Belisle
Dale Belisle
Johnson
Laurence E. Wollett
Loribelle
Wollett
U. S
Gary Burlingame
J Harvey Way
Gordon Davis
Ducks Delight Amid Lincoln Park Birds This Day
A brisk Lincoln Park scene draws pigeons and pelicans as calm weather arrives. The forecast notes a drizzly morning and noon, with a lemon-hued sun expected to lift spirits and send pelicans toward nearby Pierpoint landing.
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Lincoln Park
Pierpoint Landing
Nea
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