Plane Crashed in Pacific Off Hawaii with 17 Bodies Recovered
A Philippine Sea report says 17 victims were recovered from the airliner ditching 140 miles northwest of Honolulu. Bodies showed extensive injuries. passengers wore jackets and shoes, some belted in seats. Coast Guard and Navy units press a square search to locate more remains or survivors.
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Philippine Seca
Coast Guard
Donald B. MacDairiaid
Pan Americans
NAVY
Honolulu
Stratecruiser
William ¥. Chapline
Chief of Naval Operations
Washington, D. C
Philippine Sea
Washington
CAB
le Cab
James D.' Durfee
Long Beach
THE
Philippine Sea Bee
Texas
Robert Alsander
Rom Los Altos
Trav ‘Ling
Tid
Lee Clack
Michand
Clack
Tokyo
San Francisco
Pan American
Rickenbacker’s Rescue Echoes in 1940s Pan Am Search
The piece recalls Eddie Rickenbacker’s WWI survival and the Pan Am search over the Pacific for a missing Stratocruiser. It notes ships and planes logged vast mileage, families affected, and the lingering hope that other missing people might still be found.
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Honlulu
Pacific
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
United States
Solomons
New Guinea
Rickenbacker
Pan American
Pac
Rickenacker
Tulsa union leader pleads innocent in trucks clash case
Gordon Shryock, head of a Tulsa labor union, pleaded innocent at his formal arraignment on charges connected to a truck incident during a labor dispute nearly three years ago.
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Tulsa
Oila
Gordon Shryock
Tulsa Feamsters Union
Fragmented hotel menu notes chaotic kitchen entries
A scrambled OCR fragment describes a hotel dining room offering private lobbies and desk writing areas, mentions telephones, daily service, and a Western facing room. It references week menus with turkey, Virginia ham, and roast beef, and lists a public dining room catering to outside patrons with a peculiar breakfast. Prices include $2.75 for some dinners.
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AM Roma
Calher
Gen Waillo
Putlc
Aides Hear Space Budget Talk Amid War Plans
Washington reports say aides to President Eisenhower and top defense officials pressed for a plan to fund space age defense. Public plan shifts require tax increases, with officials noting no solid cuts to defense yet and the Russians in view. Credit and reaction from Truman quoted, while Cyprus tension grows as EOKA rebels threaten to lay down arms before British exit.
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Washington (P
Kent Eisenhower
National Defense Executive
Tonal Security Council
Ameria
New York
Truman
McNeil
Nicosia
Cyprus
EOKA
George Grivas
I. Eisenhower
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Howland Iislard
Associated Press
Ather
Ralph O'Dell
Timmie
O'Dell
Joseph Knock
Madison
Wis
Riley
Huntington Hotel
Ogeaw Blvd
Locust Ave
Ike
James Hag
Wilfred d. McNeil
Lamt
UN Eisen
Hower
Oklahoma City
Digi
Buffurns
Buffums
Santa Ang
Soda King
Bullums’ Gift Shop
Bullums
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