Missing Air Stratocruiser and C-47 Carrying Passengers
At Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts a double decked Air Force Strato cruiser with 11 aboard is missing and presumed down in the Atlantic. One search plane was reported disabled and losing altitude. A South African Airways C-47 with 13 passengers and four crew is also missing on a Durban to Capetown flight. A dawn search is planned as authorities fear a major air disaster. Air Force planes from both sides of the Atlantic join the hunt, while a Bermuda search base reports engine trouble on one plane and another returning to base. No one aboard the Strato cruiser was from California.
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Westover Air Force Base
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Atlantic
South African Airways
Durban
Capetown
Lagos Field
Azores
Rhain-Main Air Force Base
Geymal
Bermuda
Kindley Field
Air Force
Cadig
California
Moscow accuses Norway over Atlantic Pact stance
A Soviet note from Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky to the Norwegian ambassador accuses Norway of opposing the Atlantic Pact and cites a 1929 pledge against allowing Norwegian territory to be used for Western military aims. It warns against using Spitzbergen and Medvezhi Islands under Western command and hints at reprisals if NATO uses them, claiming it would threaten Soviet security.
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Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Norway
Russia
United States
Britain
West
Spitzbergen
Mecdvezhi
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Los Angeles School Board President Eleanor Allen Quits
Eleanor Allen resigned as president of the Los Angeles Board of Education after being summoned for questioning by Deputy District Attorney Mark Brandler in the county investigation of irregularities in the school system. The inquiry centered on a Yosemite trip allegedly financed by Felician Landier, tied to Olin Darby, a school board member indicted for political code violations.
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Los Angers
Eleanor
Allen
Los Angeles
Broken Covenants Editorial on UN role in covenant breaches
The United Nations must decide if one nation can break contracts and seize another's property. The Iran Egypt cases demand bold, firm action to preserve Middle East peace. Iran has canceled an oil concession granted to a British subject as part of these Covenant disputes.
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Cose
Iran
Egypt
U. N
Middle East
Ridgway Rules Out Parallel Armistice Line in Korea
United Nations General Matthew Ridgway stated no matter how far north the UN advances before an armistice it will not concede the 38th parallel as a truce line. He stressed the line must be defendable and revealed steps to limit neutrality violations near Kaesong and Panmunjom, including beacon lights and a guiding radio beam for pilots. He also promised reporters a “new deal” covering the truce talks.
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Farnest Hobbreght
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Far Eastern
38Th Parallel
U.N
Ridgway
Kaesong-Panmunjom
Hare Hunter Packs 15 Guns in Atlantic Ave Arrest
Police arrested Ray Zepeda after a bartender reported a threatened gun during an argument at 2613 Atlantic Ave. Officers Yarnley and Walsh stopped a panel truck matching the description on Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue. Inside were six rifles, six revolvers, three automatics, two daggers, and 50 rounds each of several calibers. Zepeda, 32, was held for investigation as officers pursued links to the incident at the bar.
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Husky
Atlantic Ave
H. J. Yarnley
Jerry Walsh
Ray Zepeda
4Th St
Leon H. Webb
Rivera
Zepeda
Egyptians Vote British Ouster
Cairo reports say both houses of Egypts parliament voted unanimously to cancel the Anglo Egyptian treaty of Suez and the 1899 Sudan agreement and King Farouk signed the measures to oust British troops from the Suez Canal and Nile Valley.
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Egypt
Suez
Sudan
Alexandria
Farouk
Suez Canal
Nile Valley
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