Air Transport Crashes In Hawaii 66 Perish
A Navy DC-6 four engine air transport en route from Hawaii to California crashed into a mountain at Lualualei ammunition depot 20 miles northwest of Honolulu. All 66 aboard were killed including two female dependents and two civilians. Rescue teams reported no survivors as flames and debris filled the hillside.
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Military Air Transport Service
Hawaii
California
Navy
Hickam Field
Lualualei
Air-Sea Rescue Co-Ordination Center
Joseph T. Price
Carlsbad
N. M
Weather Outlook Sees Frigid Night and Cold Day Ahead
High winds and drifting snow marked the second day of spring as a weatherman forecasts a low between zero and 10 above tonight. Wednesday should be partly cloudy and chilly with highs in the 20s. Noon readings reach 20 to 24 degrees at local sites. yesterday’s high was 48 with a 17-degree low after midnight. Precipitation Monday listed at 40, snow undetermined due to drift.
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American Motors
Lincoln Rural
South Bristol
Wheatland
Marines Use In Atom Test At Yucca Flat
Las Vegas reports that 115 aircraft including 28 Marine helicopters and 22 jet fighters participated in live atomic test maneuvers. The sixth device of 1955 was detonated from a 500 foot tower at 5 05 a m shaking the desert as Marines sheltered in trenches and moved toward the blast area. The AEC announced the maneuvers would proceed as planned after weather reviews allowed a smaller shot.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
AEC
Government Seeks Back Tax from Capone
The government resumes efforts to collect allegedly unpaid income taxes from Ralph Capone, a resort operator at Mercer Wisconsin and brother of Al Capone.
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Capone
Chicago
Ralph Capone
Mercer, Wis
al Capone
White, 61, Negro Rights Leader Dies in New York
Walter White, 61, longtime NAACP executive secretary and staunch anti segregation advocate, died at his New York home after a heart attack. He helped shape civil rights strategy through the NAACP since 1931 and played a key role in the fight against segregation including the Supreme Court ruling last year. His second wife Poppy Cannon White, a food editor, was at his bedside. He was noted for his fair appearance yet insisted he was black. His death follows a career marked by relentless activism and criticism of white supremacy.
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New York
Walter White
Supreme Court
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Poppy Cannon White
House Beautiful Magazine
White
Atlanta
NAACP
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Atlanta University
Madison School Board Grants $100 Teacher Raises
The Madison board of education voted Monday night to give city public school teachers raises of $100 a year retroactive to January 1.
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Madison
Madison Board of Education
City
Red Quiz Heads Milwaukee Hearing Start March 28
A House committee investigator, W Jackson Jones, will be in Milwaukee March 23 to collect tips before hearings on communism begin March 28. The three day probe, led by Rep Doyle, will explore Communist activity in Milwaukee labor and civic groups.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Milwaukee
W. Jackson Jones
Communist Party
Rep
Doyle
D-Calif
Winter storm snarls Kenosha area with ice and drifted snow
Blinding snow and 20 degree temperatures froze roads west of Hy 45 and along Wilmot Rd, with drifts over three feet in places. Sanding crews were out, poles down, a power outage near 22nd Ave and 67th St reported, three schools closed, X ray unit clinic canceled, and forecast calls for colder tonight and snow in the northwest.
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State Health Department
Mobiie
Kay
North Sheridan Rd
St. Joseph's
South Kenosha
Wilmot Rd
Wisconsin Electric Power Company
22Nd Ave
67Th St
Kenosha Council Approves Public Nuisance Ordinance
The Kenosha city council gave initial approval to a nuisance ordinance defining public nuisance under an offensive industry. The measure aims to curb dust from the N S Koos and Co fertilizer plant after residents complained of soiled homes, autos, and children’s clothes.
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N. S. Koos and Co
Northside
Wisconsin
Doctor 34 Confesses Murder Of Wife And Three Children
Pittsburg County Attorney James Whyte announced Dr. Ben T. Galbraith 34 McAlester physician confessed to killing his wife Kitty 35 and the three children Frank Jere and Sarah Anne last Thursday The bodies were found in the burning home in McAlester Galbraith was arrested in Henderson Tennessee and waived extradition He led investigators through the details saying he traveled to Oklahoma City for a meeting then Norman and learned of the tragedy while on a professional call at a local hospital The charge of murder for the wife could be amended to include the children and a cremation was arranged with ashes brought to Bells for services last Saturday
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Okla
Pittsburg
James Whyte
Ben T. Galbraith
Galbraith
Henderson
Tenn
Oklahoma City
Norman
Oklo
J. E. Galbraith
Kitty Galbraith
Bells, Tenn
Frank
Jere 5
Sarah Anne
University of Tennessee
McAlester Hospital
Bells
Pittsburgh County
Atty
J. P. Whyte
Winter Storm Hits Wisconsin Stateswide Snow Stops Traffic
Winter storms paralyzed much of Wisconsin with heavy snowfall. Fond du Lac reported 14 inches as the heaviest city snow with widespread school closures and disrupted highways. Waukesha County saw toppled utility poles under 46 inches of sleet while Merrill’s downtown popcorn stand closed after a brief spring opening.
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Milwaukee
Waukesha County
Highway 24
Tess Corners
Merrill
Sheboygan
Superior
Jail Sect Members in London Jailed for Espionage
Five Jehovah's Witnesses members in London were jailed on espionage and subversion charges linked to a Brooklyn directed operation. The case centers on sect leadership and alleged covert activities within the organization.
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London
Poland
Jehovah’s Witnesses Sect
Noatanactore
Brooklyn
Red Paint Smears FDR Statue in Grosvenor Square
Vandals daubed the statue of Franklin D Roosevelt with Traitor of Yalta in red paint at 6 am. Scotland Yard investigators were alerted as the defacement occurred near the U S embassy and naval offices in Grosvenor Square London. Cleanup took three hours.
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Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ministry of Works
Grosvenor Square
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U. S. Navy
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Mediterranean
Scotland Yard
Europe
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Mayfair
Tel Aviv
U.S. Navy
The
Information Service
Communist Artillery Fires Shots at Quemoy
Communist artillery fired more than twenty rounds at Nationalist-held Quemoy island in the Formosa Strait. Reports said the shells came from Tateng, a Red-held island in the bay of Amoy, but no damage was reported.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Formosa Strait
Tateng
Bay of Amoy
Secretary Humphrey backs higher federal gas tax in highway plan
Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey said he would not object if Congress raises the federal gasoline tax to help finance President Eisenhower's $101 billion highway program, signaling support for funding the project.
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Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Congress
Eisenhower
Explosion injures worker at Allis-Chalmers lab
An explosion at the Allis-Chalmers secret experimental laboratory in West Allis Wisconsin injured one man. In Washington Democratic Leader Johnson charged the Yalta papers were released under circumstances suggesting official collusion.
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Allis-Chalmers
Washington
Johnson
Senate Today
Yalta
Eugene Salzman arraigned in parents' ambush murders
Hayward resident Eugene Salzman, 24, waived preliminary hearing today as he was arraigned on two counts of first degree murder in the ambush shooting of his parents.
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Hayward
Eugene Salzman
Plane crash probe after report near Rayville Louisiana
Sheriff Earl Hill said he is investigating a report of a crash near Rayville involving a four engine aircraft. The incident is under review and no confirmed details on casualties or exact location have been released.
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Earl Hill
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