B-29 Crash Kills Ten as Five Parachute to Safety
A B-29 bomber from Randolph Air Force Base caught fire and crashed six miles south, killing ten airmen. Five parachuted free. Witness Chantel Smith Jr saw the blaze from a mile away as the craft nosedived and exploded into the ground near Zachary Auxiliary Field. Authorities withheld names pending next of kin, and the cause of the fire was not yet determined.
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SAN Antonio
Chantel Smith Jr
Randolph Air Force Base
Hove
Zach al
Aly Wield
Randolph
Actress-Writer's Son and Model Missing After Quarrel
Mrs Mozelle Britton Dinehart Gosser says Mason Alan Dinehart TH and Evellyn Meyers both 16 disappeared after a lovers quarrel at her home on Sunday. They reportedly told friends they planned to marry. Don Haley 16, a friend, accompanied Meyers when she left. Police and Haley's parents are investigating the disappearance.
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Hollywood
Mozelle Britton Dinehart Gosser
Mason Alan Dinehart
Evellyn Meyers
Gasser
Alan Dinehart
Miss Meyer
Don Haley
Haley
Tao
Prisoners Return Home As Calif Air Base Welcomes 35
At Travis Air Force Base, 35 Korean War prisoners were greeted by hundreds as they arrived from Tokyo aboard a giant Air Force plane. The group included 22 from Puerto Rico and the mainland, with nine in the first release batch. After hospital checkups, most will head home or to nearby facilities for further care if needed. The homecoming featured music and a tailwind flight that beat the planned schedule.
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Travis Air Force Base
Air Force
Tokyo
Honolulu
Jong Runway
Johnny
Air Force Band
Cnt
Horolulu
San Francisco Bay
Travis Base
Tt “Hospital
Travis
Quake Shakes Bakersfield Area Tepid Seismic News
A sharp earthquake struck the Bakersfield area early today, felt across Los Angeles communities including Hollywood and Glendale. Seismologists reported a magnitude near 4 on the Richter scale, centering about 60 miles northwest of Pasadena in the Tehachapis, marking the year's largest quake in that region with no reported damage.
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Bakersfield
California Institute of Technology
Fasadena
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Glendale
Cailech
Pasadena
Tehachapi Mount
Tehachapi
Foreign Aid Budget Cut to 5.8 Billion Proposed
Officials report a new foreign aid budget draft seeking about 35.8 billion in funding for next fiscal year. Former president Truman proposed at least 57.6 billion. White House officials said a National Security Council meeting was held Tuesday to discuss the program.
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Washinglan
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
White House
Two Men Radioactive From A Nevada Blast 110 Miles Away
Two Muscoy mining men, Owen D. Atkins and Clarence F. Terry, reported by Dr Norman E. Marsh as radioactive after being 110 miles from Saturday's Nevada atomic blast. Tests planned to assess adverse effects as Geiger readings spiked and a drifting cloud passed.
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San Bernardino
Nevada
Owen D. Atkins
Clarence F. Terry
A. J. Lure
Muscoy
Desert
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Lice
Norman E. Marsh
AEC
Train Derails Near Alexandria Injuring Kansas Governor
A northbound Kansas City Southern Southern Belle derailed about 40 miles north of Alexandria after seven inch rains washed out a section of track. Governor Edward F Arn and his wife were aboard. the governor suffered a bad lick on his left leg above the ankle while Mrs Arn was shaken up. No passengers required hospitalization. Flooding affected Shreveport area with evacuations and a tornado damaged homes three miles south of Choudrant. Authorities warned of potential tornadoes in west Tennessee.
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New Orleans
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Southern Belle
Alexandria
R. R. Sutter
Shreveport
Choudrant
Monroe
Memphis Weather Bureau
West Tennessee
Kansas
Edward F. Arn
J. M. Churchman
Grant Parish
Arn
Massacre Claims Eased Toll of U S Prisoners in Korea
AP reports from Tokyo describe a mass atrocity during a December 1950 retreat near Changjin where U S soldiers were attacked by Chinese forces. Pfc. Tully Cox, 20, of Altoona Alabama, recounts being offered no aid as 40 truckloads of wounded were sprayed with burp guns and bayoneted. his feet were amputated by comrades and later surgically treated at Death Valley camp. Another survivor, Cpl Pedro Herrera, recalls forced sun exposure as punishment and a bayonet blow to the forehead.
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Tokyo
U. S
Pfc
Tully Cox
Altoona
Ala
Tokyo Army Hospital
Cox
Death Valley
Yalu River
Pedro A. Herrera
la Madera
N. 3M
Herrera
New Mexico Infantry
Ian
Eighth Regiment
Flyist i Cavalry Division
Missing Child Returns After Abduction Near Montebello
A 12 year old girl identified as Barbara Hellman ran into a Hollywood store and said she escaped two abductors. She had been missing since Tuesday after being taken while walking home from school. Police investigate the tale as searchers comb the hills with searchlights and air crews.
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Montebello
Barbara Hellman
Hollywood
Barbara
Ond
Frec
Melrose Ave
Nathan Hellman
Jay
Wills
Poker Club Appeals to Stay Open Amid License Fight
The Airport Club in Seal Beach plans to appeal the May 20 license deadline after a 33 vote defeat on renewing the club’s permit. Operators deny details but hint at election-law loopholes while court actions loom over related gambling law violations.
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Les Beach
Robertson
Beach
Seal Beach
Santa Ana
Poker Palace
Climbers Recovering After Alpine Ordeal
Two young Italian climbers Arturo Brunet and Saveria Sealet endured four days on a blizzard ledge high in the Sass Maor peak area of the Dolomites in Tyrol. They were hoisted to safety Tuesday night by two Alpine guides after an extensive rescue effort on the 9186 foot summit.
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Arturo Brunet
Saveria Sealet
Sass Maor
Tyrol
Delomite Alps
Reds Propose Asian Neutral for Allied POWs
Communist truce negotiators suggested 50 000 Allied held prisoners who refuse repatriation be sent to an unnamed neutral nation in Asia. They also agreed to bargain on the timeline for future custody while rejecting Switzerland as neutral. India was unofficially mentioned but Nehru’s government was expected to refuse. Harrison noted possible force if needed, but Geneva Conventions restrict coercion.
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Asia
Wilkham K. Harrison
U. N
Tere
India
Switzerland
Nehru
Korea
Nam H
Harrison
Navy Orders New Twin Jet Fighter A2L
The Navy tentatively orders an attack version of the F7U-3 Cutlass fighter and will call it the A2L. Dallas, Texas, is to proceed with preliminary plans for the A2L as part of five new fighters touted as better than the MiG-2.
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Washington
Navy
United Aircraft Corp
Dallas
Texas
Defense Department lists 25 Korean War casualties
The Defense Department released casualty List No 01 naming 25 Korean War personnel: four killed, 20 wounded, one missing in action, and one captured. The report specifies the new tally and the statuses of those listed.
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Defense Department
Washington
Weather outlook varies with cloud cover and wind
Partly cloudy to cloudy today with a clear night and into Thursday. Windy conditions expected Thursday afternoon, shaping the day’s weather pattern overall.
Obituaries Page Ref Update and TV Radio Guide Note
A brief navigation list outlines newspaper sections and page locations for features such as Beach Combing on A-13 and A-3, Closeup B-2 to B-17, Comics B-3, Eastoria A-2, Financial 8-1, Obituaries 8-2, Radio TV 3-6, Shipping Table B-2, Sports A-5 16 17, Tides Temperatures B-2, and Women B-4 B-5. The note assists readers in locating notes, columns, and listings across the issue.
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Cressword
Eastorai
California PTA revises gag rule on speakers at meetings
In an 2173 10 131 vote the California Congress of Parents and Teachers amended its gag rule to allow discussion of legislative measures at PTA meetings. The revised policy requires presenting the state board analysis of measures and prevents local associations from opposing the board’s stance, with local chairmen to present the state analysis during meetings. Continued on Page AB, Col. 5.
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California Congress of Parents and Teachers
Board of Managers
Ares
Municipal
PTA
PYA
State Board of Mahagers
Loval Associat Ons
State Board of 2
Storm-swept Texas reports 10 dead and 16 injured
News record of a severe Texas storm toll with ten dead and eighteen injured from multiple tornadoes and lightning. Fallout includes drownings, fires, road closures, and rising Trinity River flood threats near Dallas amid widespread damage across Gonzales, San Antonio, Dublin, Lake Corpus Christi and other towns.
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Texas
Dallas
Gonzales
San Antonio
Kilgore
Dublin
Corpus Christi
U.S. Weather Bureau
Trinity River
Louisiana
Xas
West Texas
Snyder
Heroies
Zavalia
Smithville
Mansfield
Fort Orth
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