Plane Crash Kills Ten Brushed by Sudden Explosion
A Braniff Airways DC-7C bound for Panama crashed near Miami 444 miles north of the airport. Ten died, 14 survived, as witnesses described a tremendous explosion and fire. Fire crews and helicopters rushed injured to Mercy Hospital. Police closed roads. sightseers filled the area.
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DCTC
Airlines
Miami Springs
PR. H. Sands
Mercy Hospital
John Schlinkmann
Gensisi
Sal Gardena
Forscher
Ray Woodward
Los Angeles
Woodward
Bon Air Hospital
Deguuies
el Sel
Western Ave
Sundo
Meany Denounces Theft Charge as Smear in Union Probe
Washington Senate Rackets Committee alleges more than 10 million dollars taken from unions under investigation. AFL-CIO President George Meany blasts the report as sensational misrepresentation and says it unfairly indicts labor for a few.
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Washington
Senate
Afl-Cio
George. Meany
Recsracar
Meany
Right to Work Law Sparks Labor Leader Dinner Talk
W C Handy near death and labor tensions collide in a page of mixed city and national items. Thomas L Pitts of the California State Federation of Labor decries a load of hay argument as unions face right to work questions. Also notes Handy in critical condition after bronchial pneumonia and stroke, his life and music career amid hospital care.
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Long Beach
California
Thomas L. Pitts
California State Federation of Labor
Pitts
Organized Labor
Elks Lodge
New York Lf
W. C. Handy
St. Louis
Sydenham Hospital
Long Beach Bill Clears 22-0 Vote in Assembly
The Ways and Means Committee approved a Long Beach subsidence bill 22-0 in Sacramento. Assemblymen Grant and Klockstein, both Long Beach Republicans, said quick passage is likely, with opposition expected in the Senate. City Manager Sam Vickers and Harbor Engineer Frank Hardesty testified. Phillip Burton warned of potential higher state costs if amended later.
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Sacramento
Ways and Means
Grant
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Sam Vickers
Frank Hardesty
Phillip Burton
San Francisco
Manufactures, Oils and Mines
House
Burton
Controversial writer Cohn killed in Todd plane crash
Long Beach Sun note recalls PEE Ee PEE Ee art critic and writer Mike Todd crash victim Cohn who penned On the Level about cards and football games. A reprint of his column appears on Page C1 with other columns to come The Independent this week. The Stock Market nudged near its 1958 high on Monday.
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Art Cohn
Mike Todd
Long Beach Sun
Cohn
Independent
Across the Nation Sliding Mud Wrecks 11 Homes
AP reports heavy rains triggered landslides across the San Francisco Bay area. Eleven hillside homes were knocked from foundations, with three in El Sobrante destroyed and three in San Pablo damaged or evacuated. A Albany resident was partly engulfed by mud. A new storm threatened more slides as residents stayed alert.
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Oakland
San Francisco Bay Area
California
Albany
el Sobrante
San Pablo
U S and Soviet Clash Over Summit Tone
Officials said a Soviet note aims to turn the summit into a propaganda circus not a meaningful agreement. Washington stressed the starting point for talks remains unchanged despite the note. An unrelated ship collision in Houston blocked traffic for hours with both vessels damaged but no injuries. A runaway ski lift at Wildcat Mountain injured two skiers and left others trapped before repair.
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Washington
Russia
Kremlin
Radio
Houston
Mitross
Galveston
Sinclair
Albert E. Watts
Wildcat Mountain
N. H.ue
North Conway Hospital
Gun-Faking Parolee Admits Holding Up Crest Theater
Collier, an ex convic t on parole, admits robbing Rae Ann Elzea at the Crest Theater cashier cage after another robbery nearby. Identified by miss Elzea and photographer Skip Shuman from pictures, he wore a bandage or jacket concealing a gun and used a stolen car in the escape. He had previously robbed a bank in Lakewood and faced multiple armed robbery charges. Local detectives linked the get away car to his Covina home.
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Sizemore
Rti
Iit
Miss Elwes
Collier
Pal Shuman
Crest Theater
Billy Gene Collier
Covina
Creighton
Long Beach
Rae Ann Elzea
Skip Shuman
People's Bank
Norse Way
Lakewood
Weatherman’s Eye for Feathers Sparks Local News
The piece portrays Weatherman Sands reporting a crash scene after calling the sheriff. He describes the 20 minutes before help arrived as the longest of his life while passengers called for aid. Sands’ watch post sits hundreds of yards away, with thick underbrush delaying responders.
AF Hero Dies In Jet Crash At Nellis Air Force Base
LAS VEGAS Nev AF Lt Col Jacob E Manch 39 a Doolittle raid veteran was killed when his T33 trainer crashed during a routine training mission At the base his observer Lt Harold E Forsman 30 bailed out safely Manch who lived with his wife at Nellis was from Staunton Virginia The Tokyo raiders including Gen Jimmy Doolittle will hold their 16th annual reunion here next month on the anniversary of their strike on Japan from the carrier Shangri La
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Nev
CRI
Jacob E. Manch
Tokyo
Air Force
Manch
Nellis Air Force
Harold E. Forsman
Forman
Maneh
Nellis
Staunton
Jimmy Doolittle
Japan
California drunk driving linked to quarter of 1957 fatal crashes
SACRAMENTO UP report shows that one of every four fatal highway accidents in California during 1957 involved a drinking driver. The Highway Patrol announced on Monday that alcohol impaired driving contributed significantly to deadly collisions across the state.
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Sacramento
California
Highway Patrol
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