Rescue Effort Fails on Eiger Mountain Snowbound
Blizzards hindered a joint Alpine rescue as four climbers faced danger on the Eiger north wall. Stefano Longhi, 44, Lecco Italy, remains on rope 300 feet below a ledge, while two Germans Huenther Iothurst and Goetz Meier are missing. Claudio Cordi, 29, Lecco, was saved by Alfred Helepart after a dramatic three-part descent down the cliff.
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Grindewald
Switzerland
Eiger
Stefano Longhi
Lecco
Italy
Longhi
Huenther Iothurst
Goetz Meier
Claudio Cordi
Cordi
Alfred Helepart
New York
Empire State Building
Helepart
Daily Sketch offers prize man in London contest
London headlines reveal the Daily Sketch awards a prize of a man. The paper features a photo of 49 year old former Army Major Chris Powell and proclaims Win this man.
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London
Daily Sketch
Sketch
Chris Powell
79 Die As Plane Crashes In Quebec Swamp
A chartered plane carrying veterans and families back from Britain crashed in a swamp near Quebec City during a thunderstorm killing all 79 aboard. The Maritime Central Airways DC4 departed London bound for Toronto and carried former British servicemen now in Ontario. The crash occurred after the pilot reported over Quebec and encountered severe weather. no survivors were found.
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Maritime Central Airways
London
England
Malton
Toronto
Issoudun
Que
Britain
Canada
Quebec City
ee 6_ i
Imperial Veterans Division
Canadian Legion
Ontario
Iceland
St.Lawrence River
Quebec
Canon Alexandre DeBiloir
Ste. Croix
Lawrence
Passports Block Trip as 42 Americans Still Seek China Visit
In Moscow, six young Americans refused to hand over their passports to Chinese authorities but intend to join 42 others on a Communist party sponsored trip. Fred Grab of Alexandria heads the American group collecting funds and organizing travel. Nina Landau and David Hollister of New York joined the list, while Bob Walz withdrew before the eight day Pel Pine leaves late Wednesday.
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Moscow
Fred Grab
Alexandria
Toe Grab
Europe
Nina Landau
David Hollister
New York
Bob Walz
Pel
Pine
Misery and Money: Burglary Case Nets Multiple Arrests
Police and FBI charged two suspects with safebreaking and house breaking in a tangled case involving Jesse Gillespie and Cora Mae Palmer among others. They allegedly received stolen property as money from a bundle totaling thousands with transfers between Gillespie Johnson and Griffin, but exact totals remain unclear.
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FBI
So Gillespie
Cora Mae Palmer
Bowen
Last
Washington
Jessie Gees
Tee
Jackson
Gillespie
Johnson
Griffin
Nuclear test shot postponed due to adverse winds
The atomic test at the test site in Nevada has been delayed again because of unfavorable winds. This marks the fifth postponement of the scheduled blast.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
Easy Money For Students
Chapel Hill students can win a nine day all expense paid trip to Bermuda by finding the locations of three bandits who robbed the Apex branch of the Durham Bank and Trust Co. of $42,000 in daylight. Police continue to hunt the suspects.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
Bermedia
Apex
Durham Bank and Trust Co
Outbreak Of Typhoid Is Probed
An investigation isolates a typhoid outbreak as several people fall ill and are quarantined. Authorities seek to identify the source and prevent further cases.
Civil Rights Snarled as Compromise Sought in Congress
Rival Democratic and Republican strategists clash over a civil rights bill stalled in Congress. House action unlikely until tomorrow with efforts to accept the Senate version or narrow the Senate jury trial amendment to voting rights cases. Southern opposition remains strong.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate House
Sen. Thurmond
D-Sc
Death toll rising after a blast in Yreka area
A blast near a residence in Yreka Calif kills a man and three others while injuring a wife who witnessed the event. Police described the scene and noted a possible domestic motive as investigators work at the site.
Dio’s Pal Questioned By Senate Probers In Labor Row
Anthony Doria named as a Pal of racketeer Johnny Dio faced Senate probing as a possible organizer behind NY labor corruption. Testimony alleges he used Bowery goons to stack a 1955 union convention and helped bring Dio into the movement in 1951 as head of Local 102 in New York.
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Washington
Anthony Doria
Pal
New York
Johnny Dio
Senate
Doria
Bowery
Dio
IRA Blows Up Barge and Attacks Police in Northern Ireland
IRA raiders seized a government barge on Lough Neagh in County Tyrone and cut it loose. Shots were exchanged with Northern Ireland police after a dawn raid near Coneagh Dome. An office in Newry was bombed as police and troops remained on alert following IRA posters declaring the fight would go on.
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Northern Ireland
Lough
County Tyrone
IRA
Unite Ae Ee
Britain
Irish Republic
Cone Dome
Newry
Reds Favored Guianese Voters March To Polls
More than 200000 British Guianese voters cast ballots in a pivotal general election on the eve of independence. The race pitted Communist sympathizers against Jamaine Burnham and the People’s Progressive party, with results due Tuesday night.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Britain
South America
Jagan
Peoples Progres Party
Burnhamites
Burmam
Rainy Front Brings Minor Flooding to Northeast Texas
A moist southerly air flow from the Gulf of Mexico dumps light rainfall across northeast Texas. Palestine and Trinity report scattered showers with Trinity noting no measured rain while Livingston records about 1 inch Friday and Saturday. The weekend rain is tied to two Texas traffic fatalities.
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Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Yes
Palestine
Trinity
Livingston
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Alps
Yreka
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Don Evenson
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Evenson
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