Wing Falls Off B-50 Crashes. Five Die and Twelve Hurt
Five men were killed and 12 injured when a four engine B-50 bomber carrying classified equipment crashed while landing at Offutt Air Force Base Nebraska from Honolulu. The aircraft jostled a wing near the runway end as it touched down, burning on impact. A public spokesman noted the mission was routine and described the equipment as classified but not indicating a hostile act.
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Omaha
Neb
Strategic Air Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Honolulu
Wayne W. Bradley
Air Force
Hickam Field
SAC
B 29 Weather Plane Explodes Near Guam
Incomplete radio reports from Guam say a B 29 weather plane exploded about 250 miles northwest of Guam around 10 p.m. last night. The number of survivors was undetermined though some were seen in one lifeboat bobbing in the water.
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San Francisco
Guam
mid-Pacific
Fight Crazed Man on L A Air Liner
United Air Lines crew members recounted a brief but bitter in flight struggle with a berserk passenger 12 000 feet above Reading on a Seattle to Oakland San Francisco Los Angeles route. The man Alex Houston 26 San Jose smashed glasses slashed his face pulled a lamp and tried to have hands tied with shoelaces before calm returned and he was taken to Highland Hospital for examination.
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Oakland
United Air Lines
Redding
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ross Burley
Alex Houston
San Jose
Phyllis Wise
Burley
Jey
Highland Hospital
Germany to pay 11 4 billion marks defense share
Western powers and Chancellor Adenauer agree West Germany will contribute 114 billion marks for defense in the coming year. A draft agreement was sent to Bonn for final approval after overhaul by Acheson Eden and Schuman. Announcement expected in Bonn London Paris Washington and Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Bonn
Adenauer
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Adenauér
London
Paris
Washington
Sailors Die In Car Crash Near Bridge On Hwy 101
Two Navy men were killed and three injured seriously when their speeding car veered off Hwy 101 and sank into the San Gabriel River channel before 3 a.m. Two motorists waded in to rescue the injured. one sailor died later. Names: William Mahony, Hobby Tatum. Car registered to Tatum and Harold Wisdom. All five were crew of USS John R. Craig.
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San Gabriel River
William D. Mahony
Helena, Mont
Hobby Joe Tatum
Enrick A. Jasper
Mahony
Jasper
Edward L. Young
18Th St
Costa Mesa
Stone Telegram Intertype
Tatum
Young
Navy
Clark
Baer
MacKenzie
Sheelar-McFadyen
Long Beach
Heroic Navy Pilots Launch Night Flights Off Korea
The essay narrated by James A. Michener follows Felix Bertagna and Red Stillwell aboard the carrier Essex as they undertake dangerous night flights toward Korea. Bertagna laments misused skill and dull missions, while the crew endures a harrowing 4:30 am start on a pitch black deck.
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Felix
Red Stillwell
Independence
Shore Guns Hit Destroyer Shelton Off Korea
The Navy said 11 crew were wounded on the destroyer Shelton after Communist shore fire near Songjin Korea on February 22. Three direct hits tore a hole near the waterline flooding a compartment while two shells exploded over the fantail. Shelton retired to a Japanese base as two other destroyers Ro Wan and Henderson suffered minor damage with no casualties.
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Washington
Navy
Shelton
Korea
Japan
Songjin
Rowan
Henderson
Weather outlook with increasing clouds and scattered rain
Increasing cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with possible light intermittent drizzle. Cooler conditions with southerly winds 12 to 20 mph tomorrow.
Santa Ana Blaze Destroys Theater
A downtown Broadway Theater in Santa Ana was destroyed by a fire that raged four hours. The loss may reach 300000 dollars. Manager George King was burned on his arms and three firemen were injured by falling debris. Milton Arthur, president of Cobart Theaters Inc., said refurbishing cost 250000 dollars. Only a life salvage is possible.
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Santa Ana
George King
Milton Arthur
Long Beach
Cobart Theaters, Inc
Ex-Con on Plane Nabbed After Bank Holdup Charge
New York February 26 A federal agent said John Richard Bayless 37 an ex convict who served time at Alcatraz is accused of robbing the Bank of America Hollywood branch in Los Angeles of 19628.61 He used bait money and bought a Trans World Airlines ticket to New York police say. Bayless will fight extradition to California and was arrested less than 15 hours after the crime.</s>
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New York
PBI
Los Angeles
Edward Scheidt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Richard Bayless
Alcatraz
Mansfield
Scheidt
Bayless
Trans World Airlines
FBI
Hollywood
Bank of America
Churchill Says Atom Success Kept From Parliament
Prime Minister Churchill claimed the old Labour government built an atomic bomb for Britain but did not inform Parliament. He cited a new atmosphere after informing American officials during his Washington visit. Morrison pressed whether his Congress speech signaled a shift in Far East policy.
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London
Churchill
Britain
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Washington
Laborites
Australia
Orient Policy
Morrison
Congress
Far East
Reds Reject U N Truce Compromise in Korea
MUNSAN Korea Feb 26 Communists categorically rejected an Allied plan to ban Russian supervision of a Korean truce. Allies proposed four neutral nations to police the truce, six previously. Chinese Co Pu Shan said We cannot consider it. Staff officers remained deadlocked on ports of entry with six by Allies five by Communists. Talks adjourned until Wednesday as both sides accused the other of stalling.
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Munsan
Korea
Norway
United Nations
Russia
Pu Shan
Russia Accuses Russia Of Stealing Secret Floating Mine
Paris February 26 A senior American naval officer said Russia stole the secret of a U S floating mine that can endure at sea for days and evade ordinary sweepers The officer with Adm Lynde D McCormick American supreme commander in the North Atlantic said Russians now know how to make the explosive that powers the top secret mine The mine can float undetected then arm itself and become a deadly threat comparable to torpedoes and the Russians plan to sow mines in the Atlantic aided by planes and submarines
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Paris
Russia
Adm
Lynde D. McCormick
North Atlantic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic
Local Page References Across Newspaper Sections
A listing enumerates where to find content across sections: Beach Combing on B-1, Boyle on A-9, Bridge on A-9, Classified Ads B-8 to B-11, Comics B-4, Crossword B-8, Editorial A-8, Financial B-6 and B-7, Obituaries A-12, Rade and Falevision A-6, Shipping B, Sports A-10, Me Theaters B-5, Tides Temperatures B-T, Women's Activities 8-2 and 3.
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Boyle
Rade and Falevision
Bsports
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Jack Stillwell
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Telearam
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Joyce Starr
Jon R. Bayless
Miss Starr
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Horace J. Mitchell Jr
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