Jet Crash Kills Pilot At LAX Taxis On Road
An Air Force pilot mislanded a jet trainer on a taxi strip at Los Angeles International Airport and crashed through a fence onto Sepulveda Boulevard, triggering a three car collision. Capt. Dwight J. Cook of Niagara Falls Air Force Base died later. occupants of the cars suffered injuries.
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Dwight J. Cook
Niagara Falls
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Louise la Montaigne
Oakland
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Martin
Vernon Swanson
Inglewood
Helen
Linda Lu
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Raft Reaches Sea Again After Galapagos Rest
BALBOA C Z La Cantuta the 30 by 13 foot raft with four men and one woman resumes voyage toward Polynesia after a Christmas break in the Galapagos Islands. The group expects to reach Polynesia in about 25 days as they press on from Villamil with provisioning complete. Natalia Mazuelos, seasick at Galapagos, has recovered and the crew remains hopeful of matching Heyerdahl's Kontiki feat.
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la Cantuta
Polynesia
Galapagos Islands
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Galapagos Island
Villamil
Nixon Nation's Best Dressed Man For 1955
Vice President Nixon is named the nation's best dressed man for 1955 by the American Women's Institute. The top 10 list highlights Nixon's neat, smart attire and casual dignity with other fashion leaders including Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Ford II Averell Harriman A M Sonnabend Joseph Pellegrino Conrad Hilton Ruby Newman Leo Durocher and Eddie Fisher cited for distinct looks.
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Nixon
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Henry Ford II
Averell Harriman
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Joseph Pellegrino
Conrad Hilton
Ruby Newman
Society
Leo Durocher
Eddie Fisher
Mistinguett 82 Is Critically Ill In Paris
Mistinguett, the famed French variety star known for her legs and champagne smile, lay critically ill in Paris after a stroke suffered Christmas Eve. Her son Dr Leopoldo Lima Silva cited cerebral congestion as the cause as thousands read updates at newspaper stands.
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Mistinguett
Leopoldo Lima Silva
Agitation Spreads to Lima as Front Forms at San Marcos
Anti government agitation in Arequipa led to a cabinet resignation and spread to Lima where a branch of the opposition student labor front was formed at a mass meeting in the University of San Marcos.
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Peru
Arequipa
University of San Marcos
Colorado Patrol Chief Directs Traffic From Patrol Plane
Colorado State Patrol chief Gilbert Carrel will monitor New Year weekend traffic from a patrol aircraft over Pueblo Colorado Springs Denver and Greeley. He notes 418 traffic deaths this year and jokes that it is safer up there.
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Colorado
Gilbert Carrel
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Greeley
Carrel
Yank Actors Get Ovation In Russia
The first major American troupe to perform Porgy and Bess in Russia won a 10 minute ovation in Leningrad. All 2,400 seats filled at the Palace of Culture for the Negro company's debut in the Soviet Union. The Gershwin family roots and conductor Alexander Smallens linked to the city. Moscow radio called the premiere a success. Moscow dates follow with expected packed theaters.
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U.S.S.R.P
Russia
Palace of Culture
George Gershwin
Dubose Heyward
Gershwin
Alexander Smallens
America
Smallens
Ira Gershwin
Moscow
Gold mining in Kolar fields near Bangalore, India
The Kolar fields, located near Bangalore, account for a large portion of India's gold production. Mined activity centers on this region, shaping the country's precious metal output and economic emphasis on mineral resources.
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India
Kolar Fields
Bangalore
Mike Urges Ad Men To Hedge In 1956 Campaign
Sen A S Mike Monroney urges Madison Avenue to hedge bets in the 1956 presidential race. He proposes two rival agencies to handle Democratic and Republican accounts, staffed by on leave staff, paid by the parties. Monroney plans to pass the idea to Democratic chairman Paul M Butler.
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Washington
A. S
Mike Monroney
Ocratic
Paul M. Butler
Man Kills Self To Benefit Wife Insurance Scheme
In Havre de Grace Maryland 24 year old Nathan L Murray Jr separated from his wife Nancy Jane Murray drove from Savannah Georgia in a new car and after a brief coffee visit shot himself. He told her you need the insurance money anyway and wished her a Happy New Year. Murray died later at Harford Memorial Hospital.
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Nathan L. Murray Jr
Murray
Nancy Jane
Savannah
Paul Bungeri
Harford Memorial Hospital
UN Secretary Hammarskjold Slips Past Newsmen in Miami
Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Miami for a rest but surprised reporters by exiting his plane quietly and fleeing with his aide in a blue and white car. He hurled his luggage into the vehicle and sped away, saying he did not want publicity.
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Miami
Fla
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Hammarskjold
Pact in Effect TOKYO UP An atoms for peace agreement
The United States and Japan announced that their atoms for peace pact took effect Tuesday after exchange of notes in Washington. The Japanese foreign office confirmed the move signaling a milestone in postwar cooperation and nuclear policy between the two nations.
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United States
Japan
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