Liner Down Four Pulled From Flames
The Dutch KLM air liner Queen Juliana crashed near Frankfurt while landing in rain, killing at least 43. Four survived, two gravely. one rescuer Willibald Hoffman helped pull victims from the wreck. The Rome stop added 13 passengers. a US airman John Beckford was among the travelers. Gold consignments and engine wreckage were found among the debris.
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Germany
KLM
U. S. Air Force
Roms
Johannesburg
Rome
John Beckford
Washington
Willibald Hoffman
Konrad Beutel
Wiilibald
Rhine-Main
Searcn
Amsterdam
Premier of Ceylon Killed in Fall
In Colombo on March 22 Premier Don Stephen Senanayake died from injuries after a fall from a horse. Emergency care followed. reports say a brain concussion caused his death while at home. French and Vietnamese action elsewhere is noted but not tied to the premier’s death.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Don Stephen
Senanayake
Saigon
Indochina
Hugh Cairns
Oxford
England
Nam Dong
Annam
War Plans Hit by MacArthur in Mississippi
General Douglas MacArthur charged that U S leaders were steering Americans toward a Communist state and preparing a war in Europe. Speaking before a Mississippi legislature session, he urged rebirth of constitutional processes and warned of continued loss of liberty under current policy. Continued on Page A3 Col 3.
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Gjackson
Miss
Douglas MacArthur
Europe
MacArthur
Mississippi
Truman
Far East
Robert A
Kremlin
Marx
Lenin
First Plane Lands On Arctic Ice Island Near Pole
A civilian scientist and two U S Air Force officers camp on a floating ice island near the North Pole after the first aircraft landing on the Arctic Ocean ice mass. Maj Gen William D Old co piloted a JATO C47 as plans for a semipermanent weather station are announced.
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Anchorage
Alaska
U. S. Air Force
North Pole
Arctic Ocean
Willam D. Old
Alaskan Air Command
Greenland
Air Force
Je Sailt
Air
Navy
Point Barrow
Joseph O. Fletcher
Shawnee
Ohio
207Th Air Weather Group
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Marion F. Brinegar
Houston
Ladd Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Fletcher’s Island
Woman Assaulted and Left to Die in Downtown L A
A young red haired woman was brutally beaten and violated then left in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot. She died en route to hospital. Police say she is between 25 and 30, unidentified, with brand new clothes and traces of a violent struggle. Two men fled the scene as a newspaper engraver found her. An autopsy was planned.
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Los Angeles
Robert A. Lolirman
Lohrman
William
Diamond
Tess
Moon dog Ball Gate Crash Sparks Cleveland Riot
Thousands attend Moon dog Ball in Cleveland arena, crowd surges at the doors after tickets sell out. Police riot squads arrive, ending the event as chaos ensues with about 16,000 people present.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Arena
Gale Winds Break Windows and Disrupt Power Lines
Desert winds lashed Orange County with ten trees felled in Santa Ana and several downtown windows shattered while power lines toppled, disrupting electricity. A pleasure craft Skylark with eight aboard was towed to Newport Harbor by Coast Guardsmen after a mooring incident. Sparks near a Sunset Beach home caused ~250 dollars in damage amid sand and dust reducing visibility in Ontario.
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Desert
Orange County
Santa Ana
Newport Harbor
Skylark
M.C. Walt
Pacific St
Sunset Beach
Ventura
San Diego
Ontario
Wrangell Blaze Destroys Half of Towns Business District
A wind fueled fire devastated more than half of Wrangell Alaska's business area destroying 20 frame buildings and several residences along the main street. Fire officials estimated losses at 7 million dollars and reported 85 homeless residents with one hospitalized casualty from a dynamite related blast. The fire, believed caused by a boiler explosion, was controlled after hotels collapsed and the town of 1200 was left in ruin.
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Wrangell
Alaska
William D. Grant
Darreil Miller
Alaska Communications System
Seattle
Tides temperatures and sections listed in newspaper index
The page index enumerates sections including Conics, Financial, Obituaries, Radio and Television, Shipping, Sports, Theaters and weather related pages with page numbers A-8, A-4, B-4, 8-4, A-1, 8-2, 8-3, A-3.
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Conics
Kefauver Has Open Field in California
In California the Kefauver for President effort dominates as Truman withdraws his name from the June primary. Kefauver gains sole command of a 68 delegate pool for Chicago, while Truman supporters dissolve their slate and hint at potential later candidates such as Robert Kerr.
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Estes Kefauver
Mr. Truman
Euranaiea
California
Rowe
Chicago
William H. Rosenthal
Los Angeles
George Miller Jr
Contra Costa
Kefauver For
Trusman
Kefauver
Miller
Rosenthal
He Sach
Sen
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Weather forecast shows clear dry dusty night and day
Weather outlook calls for clear dry dusty conditions tonight and tomorrow with rising daytime temperatures and a high near 74. Small craft warnings persist until 8 am tomorrow for northeast winds up to 20 to 30 mph at times. Light variable winds tonight and tomorrow becoming 10 to 18 mph tomorrow.
Cuba Bounces Two Soviet Couriers At Havana Airport
In Havana on March 22, Cuba deported two Soviet diplomatic couriers, Fedor Zarkov and Alex Filitov, back to Mexico City after denying entry. A Mexican Airlines plane transported them. the Russian embassy had no comment. The move signals stricter stance by Batista toward Reds.
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Cuba
Mexico
Fedor Zarkov
Alex Filitov
Mexico City
Fulgencio Batista
Moscow
Latin America
Tornadoes Kill 207, Injure 1000 Across Four Southern States
Severe storms swept four Mississippi River states, causing massive damage and at least 207 deaths with more than 1000 injured. Arkansas bore the worst impact as rescue crews worked through mud and debris while fresh tornado threats loomed in Tennessee Kentucky and Alabama. National Guardsmen mobilized across Arkansas, Red Cross aid arrived, and blood plasma shipments were organized from St Louis as recovery began in White County Judsonia and Bald Knob.
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Ark
Mississippi River
Washington Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia
West Virginia
Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
Camp Robinson
Red Cross
St. Louis
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Strawber 4
Judsonia
Bald Knob
Here
Methodist
Marvin Crittenden
The
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Arizonan and Wife Murdered in Mexico
U S consul reports Tombstone Arizona couple Cullen G Dunnam and his wife were robbed and beaten to death near Mazatlan Mexico. Bodies found Wednesday morning. Murderer traced as far as Tepic. The hitchhiking suspect was last seen driving toward Tepic.
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Mexico
U. S
Cullen G. Dunnam
Tombstone
Ariz
al Ghley Rice
L. Rice
Tepic
Dunnam
Truce staffs reach ports of entry agreement
PANMUNJOM Korea March 22 Allied and Communist truce negotiators agreed on five ports of entry in North Korea for neutral inspection. All supplies and troop shipments after a ceasefire would pass through these ports. Prisoner of war talks adjourned after brief sparring as each side pressed for more concessions.
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Korea
Red
North Korea
U. N
Ayaits Frank
Bach Wide
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