Piccard Balloon Flight Near Norristown Sets Record
Donald L. Piccard, 31, Swarthmore Pa, piloted a unique open-bottom balloon reaching about 30 miles in a two hour flight. He released gas via a nylon cord to descend and landed safely after drifting 40 feet, losing three of twelve 12 foot diameter 40 foot high bags filled with illuminating gas from a local main.
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Piccard
Donald L. Piccard
Spring
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Lan
Donald
Valley Forge
Jean Piccard
Auguste
Joseph Stoltzfus
Tal Jan Amish
3 Die 13 Hurt in Northwest Rail Wreck
A Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway engine and 27 track workers in open cars collided 17 miles northeast of Pasco Washington. Three men died and 13 were injured with survivors reporting a signal mixup as a possible cause. The dead were Kels Hughes Eddie Buckhammer and Charles F Brown. The most seriously hurt were foreman Jess Moherdin 48 and Freddie McDaniel 25 both from Portland Oregon.
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Kels Hughes
Eddie Buckhammer
Charles F. Brown
Jess Moherdin
Freddie McDaniel
Fortland
Ore
Nab 2nd Man After $75,000 Fur Theft
CHICAGO UP The second man sought in a $75,000 burglary case connected to stolen Seattle furs surrendered to federal authorities. Sam Pearce, 53, appeared with attorney George F. Callaghan and was released on a $15,000 bond after being charged with transporting the furs from Seattle to Chicago. FBI agents recovered most of the stolen items in a Franklin Park garage, linked to the Seattle Olympics Hotel theft on Aug 23. A second suspect, Harold Hades, 39, was arrested in Chicago and charged with interstate transportation of stolen property, also released on $15,000 bond.
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Chicago
Seattle
Sam Pearce
U.S. Court House
George F. Callaghan
C. S. Bentley Pike
FBI
Franklin Park
Harold Hadesman
President Accepts Olney Resignation as DOJ Official Quits
President Eisenhower accepted the resignation of Warren Olney He from Oakland California as director of the criminal division of the Department of Justice effective October 15 Olney lauded for highly dedicated civil rights service replacement not named yet in Newport Rhode Island report
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Warren Olney
Olney
Oakland
Calif
Department of Justice
Wilson Sees U S Feeling for Russians
London speaker Charlie E. Wilson former U S secretary of defense says average American shows sympathy for Russians but rejects the government that now rules Russia. He notes Americans prefer change by ballots not bullets and says Russians dislike their leaders too.
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London
U.S
World Congress
Wilson
UCLA Chief Denies Girl's Dope Charge
Dr. Vern Knudsen acting chancellor at UCLA denied testimony by Linda Stuart that drugs and pushers were on campus. He said UCLA Police Chief Capt. Nicolas Janise found no truth to her statements and no record of her enrollment. He noted the address she gave belonged to an upholstery firm where she once worked.
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State Senate
UCLA
Vern ©. Knudsen
Linda Stuart
Knudsen
Nicolas Janise
Stuart
Ucla Law
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