Jet Strikes Cars as Airman Dies at Los Angeles Airport
Disaster at Sepulveda Boulevard near the airport follows a mislanding by Air Force Captain Dwight J. Cook of Niagara Falls. His jet trainer struck autos, one driven by Louise La Montaigne of Oakland, as residents nearby helped casualties. Cook died later from neck injuries and skull trauma. The crash damaged several vehicles and disrupted traffic at the busy site.
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Los Angeles
Cook
Dwight J. Cook
Niagara
Falls
Air Force Base
International Airport
Sepulveda Blvd
Mobile
Louise la Sepulveda
Eisenhower Sends Painting to Bryan for Christmas Gift
Oliver J. Bryan, long out of the Army, received a Christmas surprise when three military police delivered a large flat painting. The Colorado Mountain scene, painted by Dwight D. Eisenhower, was a Yuletide greeting from the President, who brushed it in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital after his heart attack. The piece was personally arranged by officers to meet the plane on Christmas Day.
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Denver
Oliver J. Bryan
Bryan
Colorado
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight
Pegey Hisenhower
Toy
Colorado Military Police Office
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Family Plane Skims Lines Lands Safely At San Fernando
A private plane carrying a family descended through hazy conditions at San Fernando Airport and struck power lines. Pilot David G. Simpkins of La Verne managed a controlled landing with his wife and two children aboard despite damage to the aircraft and sparking transformers nearby. Neighbors reported a jarring impact and a tense moment before a safe touchdown on the runway.
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San Fernando
Bio
Peru Unrest Spreads To Lima Amid Student Front
Anti government agitation in Arequipa forced the cabinet to resign 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
Lima
Arequipa
Univerisity
San Marcos
Four Coast Guardsmen Seized as Reds Intercept Patrol
South Korea reports four coast guardsmen seized after a five hour clash with six Red Chinese patrol boats in the Yellow Sea near the Rhee Line. Peiping radio claimed the seizure and warned of action. official Seoul denies that account and says the incident followed a Chinese fishing boat incident.
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Yellow’ Sea
Hong Kee Kam
Rhee
Yellow Sea
Korea
Red China
Rhee Line
Inj
Playing Cards Bring Family Together For Fun
A shop list note describes playing cards as the sport the whole family enjoys. It highlights laughs, thrills, and strategy in every hand. A line about latitude and a cited Seoul paper are tangential details.
Estranged Husband Fatally Shoots Wife After Visit in Havre de Grace
Nathan L. Murray Jr. traveled from Savannah, Georgia to Havre de Grace, Maryland to see his estranged wife Nancy Jane. In a brief coffee encounter at her trailer home behind a service station owned by her father, he shot and killed her after telling her he needed the insurance money. The incident followed a recent two year separation. The report notes coordinates of the shooting location and references the Rhee Line as a navigational detail.
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Havre DE Grace
Nathan L. Murray Jr
Murray
Nancy Jane
Savannah
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Yule
Eisenhower
Abbey
Ambemiger Ave
EAA
BTS
Compton
Sth & Hill
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Coast
Robert L Hemmings
Pasadena
Bonnie, Wright
Mrs. Francis Winsdor
Tucker
Vernon McDonald
So. E
Stanley S. Price
Whittier
Dorothy Fine
West Hollywood
8Th & Broadway
AE Federal Savings
Fe Acti
Maritime Office
Hong Jin Ki
Ste
Hankook Ubon
Seoul
Carl
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