Tragedy in the Air Two Crashes In Two Days
Five airplanes crashed in two days killing 32 and injuring more than 100. Northeast Airlines DC6 en route New York to Miami crashed near Rikers Island in snow. A Gloucester B47 went down off the coast with four aboard. Mountain View F jet destroyed a home. Van Nuys DC7 and an Air Force jet collided above a school yard, killing six aboard and two children. The multistate disasters echo a history of deadly air crashes.
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Associated Press
New York
Northeast Airlines
Rikers Island
East River
Gloucester
Mass
Atlantic Ocean
Mountain View
Calif
Air [Force Fe
San Francisco Peninsula
van Nuys
Air Force
American Airlines
Tulsa
Okla
Grand Canyons
Arizona
Israel Egypt cool to UN resolution amid Middle East tensions
At a special UN General Assembly session delegates debated a two part plan to force Israeli withdrawal from Egyptian territory and to keep the peace along the armistice line. Israel and Egypt showed no public sign of acceptance though Egypt indicated possible UNEF observation while opposing occupation.
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United Nations, N.Y
U. N. General Assembly
Egypt
Middle East
Israel
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Sharm el Sheikh
Gaza Strip
UNEF
United States
India
Brazil
Combia
Indonesia
Norway
Yugoslavia
Canada
U. N
UN Patrol Fires on Israelis in Gaza Border Clash
UN Emergency Force Swedes and Israeli soldiers exchanged fire near the Gaza Strip as the General Assembly considers a plan for Israeli withdrawal and U.N. force deployment. Four Swedish and Israeli troops reportedly fired. no casualties were reported. Israel refused to leave Gaza until guarantees against raids are provided.
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Cairo
U. N
Gaza Strip
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
Egypt
U.N
U. N. Information Center
Jerusalem
Sinai Peninsula
Dispatch Publisher Edgar Wolfe Sr Dies in Columbus
Edgar T. Wolfe Sr., co publisher of the Columbus Dispatch and Ohio State Journal and BancOhio Corp. chairman, died at 7 a m in Mt. Carmel Hospital after weeks of ill health. He was 63 and death was due to cancer.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edgar T. Wolfe Sr
Columbus Dispatch
The
Ohio State Journal
BancOhio Corp
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Five Women in Traffic Court Seek Mrs Rice
In a Traffic Court session five women sat as possible Mrs Rice the defendant in a stop sign collision. Prosecutors sought new witnesses after witness James Champion failed to identify her correctly. the case adjourned for a week.
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Detruit
Margaret Rice
Rice
James Champion
Plucky eight year old dies after Duke heart repair attempt
Sarita Ann Boswell of Rocky Mount dies on an operating table at Duke Hospital after surgeons struggle to save her heart. An artificial heart lung pumps blood during 24 minute pause and 90 minute effort fails as doctors reveal the heart could not withstand the strain.
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Durham
N. C
Sarita Ann Boswell
Duke Hospital
Albert Taylor
Rocky Mount
Duke
ONeill Names Farm Director
James R. Hay, 44, a veterinary medicine graduate and former head of the agriculture department’s division of animal industry since September 1952, was named director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture by Gov. C William ONeill. He is an Ohio State University 1934 alumnus and WWII Navy lieutenant.
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Columbus
Ohio
James R. Hay
William O'Neill
Hay
Friday
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Ohio State University
Man Killed by Auto in Crooksville
Dean Starcher aged 22 was killed in Crooksville Perry County when struck by an automobile. Authorities say he stood in the street talking to the driver of another car at the time of the collision.
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New Lexington
Ohio
Dean Starcher
Crooksville
Perry County
Mundt Defends Wilson Asks Performance Be Judged
Sen. Mundt says Secretary Wilson is doing a good job at the Pentagon and should be judged on his performance rather than remarks about the National Guard. Wilson defended his comments as criticizing a training system and acknowledged Guard contributions in Korea. He did not retract calling Eisenhower's remark unwise, prompting congressional criticism.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Wilson
National Guard
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Guard
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Bailiwick
States Mop Up Floods Threaten Northern Alabama
Floods across the Southeast killed 14 and caused heavy damage as four southern states began mop up. Crests were forecast on the Tombigbee at Columbus Mississippi and rivers in Tennessee and West Virginia threatened again. National Guard and Red Cross relief efforts expanded with hundreds of families displaced.
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North Alabama
Weeee Mae Bienen
Alabama
Tennessee
Upper East Tennessee
Chattanooga
Lower East
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
National Red Cross
Tombigbee
Columbus
Miss
National Guardsmen
Huntsville
Ala
Flint
Paint Rock
Middle Tennessee
Shelbyville
Fayetteville
Columbia
Sevierville
A.B. Chandler
Floyd County
Prestonburg
Red Cross
Williamson W. Va
Logan
Ohio River to crest at Cincinnati at 47 feet noon
The Ohio River is forecast to crest at 47 feet at Cincinnati around noon today and fall to 46 feet by Sunday. The weather bureau warns residents along the river of rising flood levels and potential property impacts.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Cincinnati Weather Bureau
Store War Lowers Chicken Price in Mobile Race
In Mobile Alabama two rival grocers led a price war for frying chickens. Serda s offered 23 cents, Greer s 22 cents, then both dropped to 21 and 20 cents respectively. Greer s sold 18 000 birds and Serda s about 950 fryers with 190 at the two cent price.
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Mobile
Ala
Serda’s
Greer's
Greer’s
AFL-CIO Pushes 65 Percent Unemployment Benefit Plan
The AFL-CIO urged Congress to require states to offer unemployment benefits equal to at least 65 percent of pre unemployment earnings, with a proposed cap at two thirds of average weekly pay about 55 dollars. The plan seeks 39 weeks of state benefits and mirrors private industry supplemental plans in auto and steel sectors.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Congress
Auto
Steel
Chuckle on Aging Finds Wit in Daily Routines
A lighthearted note jokes that aging brings simple pleasures like whistling while brushing teeth. The quip depicts cheerful resilience in everyday tasks and playful self awareness about growing older.
It Could Happen And Did Mountain View Tragedy
A Mountain View editorial warned of disaster before a fatal air crash. An Air Force F84 fighter collided with a home, killing pilot Capt. Robert S Mulvehill and injuring Opal Wright who leaped from a window as flames spread. Flaming debris damaged several houses. Editor George Hall noted a Van Nuys tragedy with seven deaths.
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Mountain View
Calif
Mountain View Register Leader
Air Force
San Francisco Peninsula
Robert S. Mulvehill
Lake Field
Ariz
Opal Wright
George Hall
van Nuys
Zoning for Air Tests Seen After Van Nuys Crash
Government moves to restrict test flights over populated areas after a Van Nuys collision that killed seven, injured seven including many students. Civil Aeronautics Board and Congress to probe. Pyle orders voluntary test zones in sparsely populated regions.
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Washington
van Nuys
Calif
James T. Pyle
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Eisenhower
Edward P. Curtis
Fon Aviation Planning
House Commerce Committee
California
James R. Durfee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Force
Mountain View
Pyle
New York
Fort Worth
Tex
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Hawaii
Alaska
Three Killed In Two Ohio Traffic Crashes
Ravenna Ohio early today three persons died and four were hurt in two separate accidents. A head on collision on US 224 west of Randolph killed Thomas W Berry 40 of Barberton and a woman passenger. A second crash on Ohio 14 north west of Streetsboro killed Michael Gomber 38 of Kent when his car struck a truck then struck another car.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Here
Thomas W. Berry
Barberton
Randolph
State Highway Patrol
Berry
Michael Gomber
Kent
Streetsboro
Liner Falls Leaving Airport Crash Kills Dozens
A Northeast Airlines DC6A bound for Miami crashed on takeoff from LaGuardia in a heavy snowstorm, plummeting onto Rikers Island. At least 20 dead and many survivors, including six crew members, were rushed to hospitals as rescue crews battled flames and frigid conditions.
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New York
LaGuardia Field
Boston
Northeast Airlines
Rikers Island
East River
LaGuardia
Two U S Air Force Planes Collide Over France
Two four engined U S Air Force planes collided in the air and crashed in a farming community near St Lo France. The Prefect of Police reported the incident occurred today with no immediate details on casualties.
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ST. LO
France
B47 Falls In Flames Off Gloucester Coast
A B47 six jet bomber crashed into the sea near Gloucester Massachusetts during a routine training flight. Four life jackets and wreckage were found. no survivors reported. Crew listed: Captain Alexander A Waryniak Braddock Pennsylvania First Lieutenant Stanley D Jenkins Jr Pendleton Oregon Captain Orrin W Snyder III Memphis Tennessee First Lieutenant Stanley N Partridge Cleveland Ohio.
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Gloucester
Mass
Portsmouth
N. H
Air Force Base
Public Information Office
Alexander A. Wawroyniak
Braddock
Stanley D. Jenkins ,Jr
Pendleton, Ore
Orrin W. Snyder III
Memphis, Tenn
No Help In Long Pull
Altoona story about Ray Fleck struggling on a slippery grade in his light truck while another motorist offered to push him. He later discovers his bumper had become hooked to a parked car half a mile away, after a car he was towing broke free.
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Altoona
Ray Fleck
Fleck
Buddy
Premonition Pushed Child From Burning Flight Crash Survivors
The Northeast Airlines crash on Rikers Island left Gary and his mother Sandra Selmonsky among the survivors. Sandra recounted pulling him through a hole and rolling him in snow to extinguish flames. Her husband Robert, a stevedore, described a haunting premonition and reunion after ferries carried survivors to the Bronx. Charles Taylor and Phyllis Taylor, Roslyn Heights residents, walked off with children as smoke filled the wreckage. Naylor recalled pulling his wife from the flames as he escaped.
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Alva V. Marsh
Marsh
George Basil Dixwell
Stratham
N. H
Riklers Island
Leff
Rikers Island
Penitentiary
Bronx
Manhattan
New York
Gary
Northeast Airlines
Sandra Selmonsky
Syosset
N. Y
Robert
Selmonsky
LaGuardia Field
Charles Taylor
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UN Patrol
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Charley
Barbourville
Angel Gorbea
Gorbea
Gorben
Stanley N Partridge
Cleveland, Ohio
Stevedore
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