Balloonists Injured In Ashland Gondola Crash
In Ashland Wisconsin a training balloon gondola crashed injuring Capt Groves Schock space biology specialist and Otto Winzen president of Winzen Research Inc. Both were hospitalized with multiple injuries and the test flight was postponed.
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M. Lee Lewis
Navy
St. Paul
Minn
Waren
Schock
Schock To Begin 20 Mile Night Flight From Crosby Mine
Schock is set to start a 20 mile night flight from an open pit mine near Crosby Minnesota tomorrow morning. The expedition aims to test endurance and navigation under dark conditions.
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Crosby
Minn
Warm sticky forecast keeps heat and humidity high
The Miami Valley remains hot and humid with scattered showers possible into Friday. Expect partly cloudy conditions today and tonight with a low around 70, and Friday's high near 89 with evening shower chances.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Today's Chuckle Bite Lands a Dough Joke Challenge
A playful quip notes the modern girl may not bake bread skillfully yet shines in needing dough. The lighthearted line pivots on wordplay between money and baking needs.
Tebbetts Steps Down as Cincinnati Redlegs Manager
Birdie Tebbetts resigned as manager of the Cincinnati Redlegs today noting the decision was tough but not a firing. He had led the team since Sept. 29, 1953, with general manager Gabe Paul present during the talks after the Milwaukee game.
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Birdie Tebbetts
Cincinnati Redlegs
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Crowley Faces Manslaughter Charge After Tokyo Fight
In Tokyo two doctors testified about injuries seen on Joseph P. Crowley of New Haven Conn a 49 year old former Yale football star. He is charged with manslaughter in the death of his brother in law T A D Jones Jr of New Haven after a hotel suite altercation last May 8. The men were in Japan to buy an oil tanker.
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Tokyo
Joseph P. Crowley
New Haven
Doctor Omura Testifies on Crowley Hand Injury
Dr J Omura told a Japanese court he examined Crowleys left hand the day after Jones died and found the back swollen and the thumb stiff. He said Crowley told him he fell in the bathtub two days earlier and sprained the hand. Crowley interrupted to claim Omura kept pointing to a long standing mark on the hand.
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Crowley
Jones
Omura
Doctor cites blunt force in Crowley injury at trial
Another doctor, Dr. Eisuke Hamaguchi, says the contusion on Crowley's left hand and a blue patch on his lower left leg result from direct blunt force. The trial resumes Friday with Dr. Yuzuru Ono expected to testify about Jones before his death.
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Eisuke Hamaguchi
Yuzuru Ono
Jones
Tebbetts to Step Down as Cincinnati Manager
Tebbetts announced he will resign not from failure but for the good of Cincinnati baseball. Jimmy Dykes will coach until a successor is named as Cincinnati, after six managers since 1946, faces a rough season with injuries to Bell Hoak Temple and mounting boos from fans.
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Tebbetts
Gus Bell
Don Hoak
Johnny Temple
Hoffa Linked to Taxi Firm Loan in 1950s Probe
Senate inquiry heard Hugh Wagner testify that Teamsters union leaders took over an Indianapolis taxi firm before its president vanished in 1955. Hoffa and Owen Brennan loaned $8000 from their personal funds, via Hoburn or Test Fleet Corp., with $7000 repaid.
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Dutch airliner crashes off Ireland with 99 aboard
A KLM airliner carrying 99 people crashed 130 miles west of Ireland after leaving Shannon for Gander. Wreckage sighted in stormy Atlantic. officials fear heavy loss of life. Pan American and Trans World Airways pilots reported rough squalls in the vicinity as the search began.
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Beaten Girl Shown, Mother Held in Child Neglect
In Columbus Ohio a young mother Shirley Hunt and her common law husband James Earl Stamp are jailed on child neglect charges after giving three year old Jacqueline to William Matson who beat the child leaving welts. Matson and his wife Nellie have disappeared. The girl’s real father is divorced and lives in Canton but cannot be located.
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Columbus
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Olicers Seid
Shirley Hunt
James Earl Stamp
Mystery Flight Sought After Shannon Departure
Shannon tower reported final contact at 3 40 a m with a big plane that left Shannon at 2 05 a m London Airport issued an international alert over the Atlantic as terse messages went to planes and ships to search. A KLM spokesman in Amsterdam said there is still hope and the airliner had fuel to stay aloft until 10 30 a m EST. Passengers aboard the plane were of various nationalities.
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Atlantic
Ireland
Everett Wolf
London
KLM
Shannon
Wolf
Amsterdam
U.S. Pushes Stability as Arabs Eye Future of Nationhood
In a U.N. emergency session the United States pledges aid and economic goals to Arab nations, while the Soviet Union seeks economic reform and Gamal Abdel Nasser looms as a key nationalist force. Arabs appear wary yet hopeful, watching U.S. moves for confidence and a path away from Soviet influence.
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N.Y
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Arab East
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Soviet Union
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Cairo
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Nasser
U.A. R
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Eisenhower
Jordan
Monem Rifai
Britain Backs Eisenhower Middle East Peace Plan
Britain backs President Eisenhower's six point Middle East peace plan as a foundation for stability. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd criticizes Soviet tone, while U S and Soviet moves spark hopes for a constructive General Assembly session. Public and regional resolutions seek U N withdrawal of foreign troops and new conferences.
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Britain
Middle East
Lloyd
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Gromyk
Police Chief Flags Radar Check With Sign on Busy Road
Waco Texas police chief Jesse Gunterman defended a fair speed enforcement tactic by placing a large sign reading Radar Speed Check on Bosque Boulevard. Five blocks away he installed the radar device and, on the first day, 37 speedsters were caught, the largest haul to date.
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Tex
Jesse Gunterman
Bosque Boulevard
Explosion Expected Jordan Like Volcano Waiting to Erupt
Cyprus AP report from Nicosia notes Jordan remains tense under King Hussein as British paratroopers stayed in Amman. Western diplomats warn Hussein may fall within eight months amid calls for Arab unity and poverty, while anti Jewish sentiment and German good will toward Jews shape local views.
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Ensz
Nicosia
Cyprus
Holy Land
Amman
Jordan
Hussein
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