Connie's High Wind Rips Carolina Coast as Connie Moves Inland
Hurricane Connie battered the Carolina coast with near hurricane winds and towering waves. The eye, about 100 mph, moved toward the coast between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach with gusts up to 75 mph inland and extensive debris. A new tropical storm Diane formed northeast of San Juan and is expected to strengthen northwestward.
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N. C
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Savannah
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Hazel
Atlantic
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Miami Weather Bureau
Diane
the & A.m. Weather Bureau
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Cape Romain
Charleston
Virginia Capes
Frying Pan Shoals
Cape Fear River
Southport
Oak Island
Paul Moore
Miami
Georgia
Frank Collier
Carolina Beach
Two Arrested In $305000 Bank Robbery Case
FBI reports cracking what is described as the largest cash bank robbery in history. James McCoo and Frank Cocchiaro of Astoria, Queens, face charges under the National Bank Robbery Act after a Woodside Chase Manhattan Bank heist. Warrants are out for two alleged ringleaders and a fifth man is held as a witness. Stolen money unrecovered. insiders eyed but no firm conclusions.
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New York
FBI
Queens
James McCoo
Frank Cocchiaro
Astoria
Woodside
Chase Manhattan Bank
McCoo
Cocchiaro
Mildred
Woodside Bank
U.S. Atty
Paul W. Windels
Windels
Redmond
Ninny) Cribbins
Mike Malloy
Thomas
Duke) Connelly Jr
Vincent W. Kritil
Fire Island
Cribbins
Connelly
Kritil
Ann
George
Veronica
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Explosion at Gateway restaurant leaves 19 dead in Andover Ohio
A massive blast at the Gateway restaurant on Andover’s village square killed 19 people, with 18 injured and at least two missing. Fire crews worked through the night, recovering bodies from the wreckage as debris and flames spread along Main Street.
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Pymatuning Lake
Pennsyl Yvania
Main
Cleveland
Elmer Bumbles
Unifax
Stevenson Sets Up Run For Democratic Nomination
Adlai E. Stevenson indicated at a Chicago news conference that he plans to announce in November his intention to run again for the Democratic presidential nomination. He outlined a campaign against President Eisenhower stressing action over promises and warned the GOP may reverse its current policies. He promised a definite statement by November and noted gubernatorial observers urged a quick decision.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
Geneva
Congress
Governors Seek Compromise Highway Plan Amid Budget Clash
Washington state leaders pressed for a compromise highway program palatable to Congress after Eisenhower proposals failed. Governors backed quick road building but differed on funding method, while Donald Quarles was named new secretary of the Air Force to replace Harold Talbott.
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Eisenhower
Britain
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Geneva
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
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Llite Project
Harold Talbott
Senate
Talbott
White House
James C. Hagerty
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Hagerty
Death Toll Ath Highest in History
Stuttgart Germany AP reports two C119 Flying Boxcars collided in a Black Forest crash during a transport exercise from Echterdingen air field. Sixty six U.S. personnel were killed including crews and passengers. It ranks as the fourth worst air disaster in history and West Germanys postwar deadliest crash.
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Germany
Black Forest
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Echterdingen
Edeleweiler
Freudenstadt
U.S
Tokyo
Larson Air Force Base
Washington State
Cardiff
Wales
West Germany
Europe
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Fair conditions prevail tonight and Friday in La Crosse and vicinity. Low temperatures around 58 degrees with a high near 84 on Friday. Pleasant weather expected through the period as values rise into the upper 70s to mid 80s.
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la Crosse
NNSC members refuse to quit Korea under pressure
Swedish and Swiss commission members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission say they will stay in Korea despite a one week deadline from the Republic of Korea. The statement, the first public comment from a commission member, follows widespread demonstrations and sharp Western reaction to recent violence.
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Seoulpa
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
NNSC
Commission
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Kohler to Enter Wisconsin Presidential Primary as Favorite Son
Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler announces he will run in the April presidential preference primary as a favorite son candidate pledged to President Eisenhower if the President does not disclose reelection plans by March 2. Kohler says delegates would back Eisenhower at the San Francisco convention if he runs again.
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Wisconsin
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Kohler
Man testifies Reds fired on ambulances in Korea court case
Defense witness described Chinese forces machine-gunning ambulances and beating prisoners at Camp No 5. He recalled Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin, accused of pro Communist statements, as a fine officer and noted a sitdown strike by sergeants in 1952 to remove the peace committee amid fears of renewed indoctrination and blame for prisoner deaths.
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Wash
Jefferson D. Erwin
Erwin
Blanchard
Okla
Korea
Ralph H. Krueger
Black River Falls
Wis
Pyoctong
Pyongyang
Krueger
Camp No. 5
Peace Committee
Camp 12
Camp 5
Youth Accidentally Shot On Range Near Country Club
Raymond Pittenger Jr. a 17 year old of 413 South 8th Street was accidentally shot in the upper right arm at the rifle range near the Country Club shortly after noon Thursday. Robert Mar cou 18 of 1922 State Street tried to release a jammed .22 caliber automatic pistol when it discharged. Pittenger was taken to a local hospital and Mar cou applied a tourniquet.
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Raymond Pittenger Jr
S. 8Th St
Pitttenger
Robert Marcou
State St
Marcou
Campbellsport man dies in Gehles Mfg plant accident
West Bend reports 20 year old Lewis Weis of Campbellsport killed when crushed by machinery at Gehles Manufacturing Co. Wednesday night. Authorities confirm fatal industrial accident and identify the victim.
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West Bend
Lewis Weis
Campbellsport
Gehles Manufacturing Co
Weis
Moon Highway Broadcasts End Dream Flight
A dreamer on the moon tunes five radio stations before fleeing in a spaceship. The quirky scene features a singer shouting to a partner, a comic investigation rant, a gunshot sound, a football focus on colleges, and a moon car with a wary couple, all ending as the dreamer departs.
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U.S.A
Henrietta
Sadie
Sadie Sprockett
Moon
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