Five Killed In Grumman Jet Crash In Calverton NY
A four engine Boeing 707 training jet with five American Airlines crewmen aboard crashed in a Suffolk County potato field during a landing at Grumman Aircraft. The crew included Capt. Harry Job and Flight Engineer Andrew Anderson. Debris spread over a wide area and nearby residents remained unharmed. The crash marked the first 707 fatal incident since commercial service began in 1958.
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Calverton
N.Y
American Airlines
Grumman Aircraft Co
Long Island
Grumman
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Boeing
Suffolk County
Harry Job
Ridgewood
N.J
Andrew Anderson
Jericho
Explorer Signals Still Ok
NASA said Explorer VI continues to transmit strong signals after eight days in space covering 142 million miles. The satellite was hit by 28 micrometeorites in the first two days, indicating one particle per area the size of the Empire State Building in space. A crude earth cloud cover device works aboard, but weeks may pass before tapes are processed to reveal images. The statement was cautious about data on the Van Allen belt.
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Washington
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Outer Space
Empire State Building
NASA
Ben
Explorer
Earth
Winds Ravage Brazil. 46 Dead in Storm Across South
Severe winds up to 100 miles per hour slammed southern Brazil with heavy rain and floods, killing at least 46 people and injuring hundreds. The storm struck Thursday night, leaving widespread damage across multiple communities.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Public Plaza trial in Middletown opens next month
A one month trial period will test public acceptance of Middletown Central Plaza with early backing shown in a journal survey on Page 23. Also noted is a boy seriously injured climbing a tree and a report on nudist camp coverage by Hugh Mulligan on Page 11.
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INI
Middletown
Dick Davies
Hugh Mulligan
Associated Press
Integration boycott flop in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas an anti-integration boycott failed to affect commerce as shoppers crowded streets. Attorney Amis Guthridge of The Capital Citizens Council claimed the strike remained generally effective while merchants disputed impact saying it went unnoticed and no protests occurred.
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Little Rock, Ark
Amis Guthridge
Capital Citizens Council
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
Guthridge
Eisenhower to visit Queen at Balmoral Castle on Europe trip
President Eisenhower will visit Queen Elizabeth II and stay at Balmoral Castle during a European trip, then stop at Chequers before heading to Bonn, London, and Paris as part of an exchange with Soviet leader Khrushchev. He plans golf and work amid an announced itinerary.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Elizabeth II
Balmoral Castle
Britain
White House
Scottish Highlands
Chequers
Harold Macmillan
John Hay Whitney
U.S
Whitney
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
Europe
Bonn
London
Paris
Elizabeth
Scotland
Canada
Balmoral
Macmillan
Gettysburg Country Club
Washington
Eisenhower Eyes Slim Benefits From Khrushchev Visits
President Eisenhower signals modest hopes from the Eisenhower Khrushchev exchanges. He aims to expose Khrushchev to US life and foster better cold war relations, with a possible Berlin idea and renewed talks after Geneva. Khrushchev planned to visit Washington before a broader U.S. tour.
Blast Claims 13th Victim in Roseburg Explosion
The August 7 Roseburg blast that tore through downtown claimed its 13th victim as Mrs. Alvin Kuykendall, 41, died from injuries. A parked truck loaded with six tons of explosives blew up, sparking a fire in a nearby building. Kuykendall’s four year old daughter Virginia was killed, and her husband and another daughter remain hospitalized.
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Roseburg
Ore
Alvin Kuykendall
Kuykendall
Virginia
Castro blames Trujillo as Caribbean tensions rise
Fidel Castro in a 47 hour Spanish language broadcast assailed Rafael Trujillo as a power mad dictator and claimed U.S. State Department and Army backing. He cited prisoners and an infiltrator lieutenants tale to depict Dominican intervention plans while Dominican officials denied invasion claims.
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Fidel Castro
Rafael L. Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Castro
Trujillo
Maj
William Morgan
Toledo
Ohio
Osing
Morgan
U.S. State Department
U.S. Army
Khrushchev Won't Ask Base Tour
Soviet ambassador Menshikov said Khrushchev does not plan to visit U.S. military bases during his two week tour beginning Sept 15. He spokes of ironing out four details with officials and hopes itinerary can be announced soon. President Eisenhower had said Khrushchev might tour installations but would not press. Khrushchev has stated he seeks peace with no rockets in his pocket.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Gettysburg
Abilene
Kaw
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Ita
Mikhail Menshikov
Robert Murphy
Menshikov
U.S
Last Civil War veteran in critical condition
The last surviving Civil War veteran Walter W. Williams, aged 116, stayed in critical condition in Houston, Texas, Saturday with a persistent temperature around 101 degrees.
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Houston
Tex
Walter W. Williams
Chuckle Time’s a poor beautician but a good healer
A lighthearted note suggests Chuckle Time therapy may heal more than it beautifies. The line implies humor as a remedial aid though cosmetic goals fall short. It reads as a playful opinion piece on mood improvement versus appearance.
Ministers Work For Agreement
In Santiago secret committee sessions the American foreign ministers move toward calm in the Caribbean by transferring monitoring on interventions to an OAS peace committee. They seek a permanent OAS panel on human rights and democracy, aiming to ease Cuba and the Dominican Republic feud amid Nicaragua Panama and Dominican tensions. Fernando Lobo chairs the key nonintervention talks.
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Harold K. Miles Hava
Caribbean
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Santiago
Chile
Organization of American States
OAS
Fidel Castro
Rafael L. Trujillo
Nicaragua
Panama
Brazil
Fernando Lobo
Four Women Die In Mansfield Area Car Crash
A two car collision at a suburban Mansfield intersection left four women dead. Three died soon after the crash, with one succumbing hours later at Mansfield General Hospital. Identified victims include Mrs. Robert Newton, 37, of Lexington Route 1, driver of one car, and Mary Theresa Lerne, 47, Diana Rose Clark, 26, both from Mansfield, plus Linda Harter, 21, of Wooster Route 1, all in the other vehicle.
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Mansfield
Ohio
General Hospital
Robert Newton
Rt. 1
Lexington
Highway Patrol
Mary Theresa Lerne
Diana Rose Clark
Linda Harter
Wooster
Manhattan Swim Easy For Mother
A 26 year old Lake George mother of three, Diane Struble, swam 30 miles around Manhattan Island in 11 hours 27 minutes before landing at The Battery. About 2,000 spectators cheered as she declined a second round trip citing safety concerns in shipping lanes after dark. Struble, who uses her maiden name, was the second woman to complete the feat following Charlotte Moore Schoemmell in 1926.
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Diane Struble
Manhattan Island
Stephanie
Debbie
Gwennie
New York
Lake George
N.Y
the Battery
Manhattan
Miss Strubble
Miss Struble
Charlotte Moore Schoemmell
Ocean Springs
Miss
Mamie Eisenhower Visits Mother in Denver
Mamie Eisenhower visits her ailing mother Elvera Doud in Denver for the third time in as many days. Doud, 81, has been in declining health since 1957, drawing attention to the family during a period of public appearances.
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Denver
Colo
Mamie Eisenhower
Elvera Doud
Search For Cone Will Kind Today
The Defense Department said the search for the Discoverer V Satellite capsule will end Sunday if no trace is found. Two ships, the Haiti Victory and the Dalton Victory, probed 400 to 700 miles from Hawaii with a one in a million chance of locating the buoyant capsule. The instrument was ejected Friday after the satellite launched Thursday from California. No radio signals or capsule sighting occurred despite C119 planes attempting a parachute capture.
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Washington
Defense Department
Haiti Victory
Dalton Victory
Pacific
Hawaii
California
Strange World Reactor Tests Mushrooms For Defense
In Edgewood Maryland Army Chemical Center Dr Van M Sim ingested tiny white crystals similar to a mind altering mushroom to study effects on perception. He described a brief shift to green skin and a sense of weightlessness before the drug wore off. The compound aims to aid mental illness treatment and, officials say, to prepare for defense against such agents.
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Edgewood
van M, Sim
Army Chemical Center
Bayside
Chemical Warfare Laboratories
Chemical Corps
Sim
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