Boxcars Collide In Germany Killing 66 U S Troops
Two C119 Flying Boxcar transports collided in mid air above the Black Forest near Stuttgart Germany. The crash from the 60th Troop Carrier Wing at Rhein Main Air Base killed 66 crew and passengers including 41 aboard one plane and 14 aboard the other.
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Larson Air Force Base
Washington State
Cardiff
Wales
West Germany
Europe
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Rhein-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
7Th Army
Row Of Buildings Is Disintegrated
In Andover Ohio a devastating blast and fire destroyed a row of buildings on the village square, killing 21 and injuring at least 18. The Gateway Restaurant at Pyma tuning Lake near the Pennsylvania border was center of the disaster, with many victims found in a garage morgue three blocks away. Fire crews worked through the debris overnight and into daylight, identifying several victims as families hunt for missing relatives.
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Ohio
Pymatuning Lake
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Myrtle Beach
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Seaboard
Georgetown
S.C
North Carolina
M. E. Williamson
Wrightsville Beach
Winnington
Swannsboro
Here
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Hazel
Connie
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Savannah
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Miami Weather Bureau
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Atlantic Seaboard
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Chicago
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Highway Patrol
Civil Air Patrol
South Carolina
Wallace
N.C
Conway
Dayton Newspapers Shut By Stereotypes Union Strike
Dayton Ohio saw the Dayton Daily News and Dayton Journal Herald halt publication as Local 15 stereotyper union members picketed the plants. Eighteen workers at the News and twelve at the Journal Herald refused to cross lines after rejecting a $7 weekly raise offer. contract expired May 7 and talks ended March 21.
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AFL
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Yesteray
Governors Seek Compromise on Highway Financing Plan
Governors at a Chicago meeting pressed for a workable road program palatable to Congress after Eisenhower proposals failed. The group weighed five year versus ten year building terms, state federal cooperation, and budget methods while mental health costs and Bedrock concerns rose in discussions.
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Eisenhower
Britain
Roger Makins
Geneva
United States
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Congress
William G. Statton
Illinois
Fred Hall
Kansas
Indiana
George M. Craig
Walter J. Koh Jer
Wisconsin
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Korean press says NNSC to stay amid Korea ultimatum
In Seoul AP reports a Swedish official said Swiss and Swedish members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission would not leave Korea under pressure. It followed a one week ultimatum from the Republic to Korea demanding departure by Saturday.
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Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
NNSC
Korea
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Republic
Near U S China agreement on release of 40 Americans
A Chinese Communist source said negotiations in Geneva with the United States approach an agreement to repatriate about 40 Americans held in Peiping, with final details to be resolved. No official confirmation came from either side as U S Ambassador Johnson and Peiping envoy Wang Ping Nan agreed to meet again. Separate clashes at UNSC billets left 22 U S soldiers and 8 Koreans injured amid anger at Communist actions.
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United States
Peiping
Reds
U. S
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-Nan
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U.S
Johnson
Wang
India
Red China
UNSC
Karl
State Dulles
Ringleaders Seized in Queens Bank Robbery Case
The FBI reports cracking the largest cash bank robbery in history after two men were arrested in connection with a $305,000 Queens heist at the Chase Manhattan Woodside branch. Warrants issued for two alleged ringleaders. a fifth man is a material witness. The chief clerk was kidnapped to gain entry.
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FBI
Queens
James McCoo
Frank Cocchiaro
Weather forecast and rainfall report update
The forecast predicts cool weather through Friday with scattered showers possible tonight. Expect sunny mild conditions today with cooler temperatures tonight and a fair Friday. Yesterday’s high reached 92 degrees, low 71 this morning, and Middletown received 0.03 inches of rain with heavier showers in Franklin and Germantown.
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Franklin
Germantown
Andover Explosion Casualty Lists Honor No Miami Valley Victims
Casualty lists from the Andover explosion show no listed victims from the Miami Valley area. Officials confirmed no fatalities or injuries linked to residents in that region.
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Andover
Miami Valley
Explosion Reduces Andover Village Restaurant To Rubble
A Pittsburgh family and others were among the injured and killed when a restaurant in Andover, Ohio, exploded showering Main Street with debris and flames. Sheriff Fasula suggested sewer gas as a possible ignition but warned it was unconfirmed. Debris blocked traffic as volunteers fought the blaze and martial law was declared with troops enforcing order.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Lake Pymatuning
Pittsburgh
George Schroeder
George Jr
Schroeder
Thomas Kennell
Ashtabula
Arlen
Darlene Cuttlip
Andover
Tom Fasula
Main Street
Cleveland
Elmer Bumbles
Ashtabula County
H. K. Lynne
Lynne
Pennsylvania
State Highway Patrol
Jumpin Jerseys I A Real Problem
Hughes County rancher Earl Clark reports seven itinerant cows wandering onto his land for over a month. The cattle jump his fences from a flat-footed position, sometimes bowing the fence rather than clearing it, causing ongoing headaches for Clark.
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Weowe
Okla
Hughes County
Earl Clark
Clark
Youth Held To Jury In Two Murders
Robert J. Miller a 19 year old in Columbus was bound to the grand jury without bond on two first degree murder counts. He pleaded innocent after rights were explained. Police say he killed his mother Betty Thomas 39 and stepfather Gomer 50 during a Saturday argument. He allegedly struck them with fists and then used two hammers and two butcher knives. Their bodies were found Monday in the blood splattered bedroom by Charles Miller the son of Betty Thomas.
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Ohio
Robert J. Miller
Miller
Betty Thomas
Gomer
Cambridge
Thomas
Charles Miller
Robert
Two Crashes Kill Ten. Ohioans and Others Die
State police report four Ohioans and a baby girl died when a stolen car broke a De ice blockade and struck another vehicle head on. Victims identified include Robert M. Gannon and William W. Gehrman. Two teens in the fleeing car were injured. In New Mexico a separate crash killed six in a Louisiana car when a truck hit oncoming traffic. the truck driver Ralph J. Riley described the fatal sequence.
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Seymour
Ind
Larry Howard
Louisville
Kyi
Glenn E. Fletcher
Knox
Clines Corners
N. M
Louisiana
Ralph J. Riley
Kansas City
Boy and turtle survive after bridge fall incident
Ten year old Wilbur Yoder Jr and his turtle survived a fall from a Lancaster bridge. The boy was treated for lacerations and bruises, then released in good condition. the turtle also recovered and was sent home with him.
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Lancaster
Wilbur Yoder Jr
Wilbur
Turtle
Dog Leads Cops To Dope Peddler
Narcotics agents arrested Quincy Cannon, 48, once under indictment, after following a dog trained to fetch drugs. Agents planted marked money with an informer and tracked the dog to the suspect in San Francisco. Cannon faced narcotics law charges and was the dog's owner.
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Dog
San Francisco
Louis Noel
Quincy Cannon
Quarles Named To AF Secretary Post
President Eisenhower named Donald A. Quarles as secretary of the Air Force replacing Harold Talbott who resigned August 1. Quarles, 61, previously assistant secretary of defense for research and development, must win Senate confirmation in January. He led the earth satellite program and has long held top positions in Bell Telephone laboratories and Western Electric.
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Eisenhower
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Earth Satellite Project
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Englewod
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Harold Talbott
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Talbott
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White House
James C. Hagerty
Charles E. Wilson
Hagerty
Farwell
Tabbott
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Western Electric Co
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Pentagon
Sandia Laboratory
New Mexico
Atomic Energy Commission
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