Wreckage Search For Missing Sabena Airliner Near Rome
Ground sea and air teams combed a fog bound arc north and west of Rome seeking the wreckage of a Sabena DC6 bound from Brussels to the Belgian Congo with 29 aboard. Survivors were not expected. the plane vanished after reporting over Viterbo 40 miles north of Rome.
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Rome
Marcella Mariani
Italy
Sabena Airlines
Viterbo
Ciampino
Sabena
Alfred Blum
Civitavecchia
Blum
Brussels
Belgian Congo
Teapot series to begin with new atomic trigger test Tomorrow
Operation Teapot opens at the Nevada test site with an improved H-bomb device. Dr. Alvin Graves announced the 32nd test in four years as Livermore scientists lead the effort. Army troops will observe from trenches near ground zero. Radiation concerns guide tower detonation to limit fallout. Strauss stressed the tests as essential to national security amid Soviet gains.
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Las Vegas New
America
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada Test
Livermore
Calif
Alvin C. Graves
U. S
ABC
Lewis L. Strauss
Fort Bragg sergeant faces general court martial
M. Sgt William H. Olson of Ft. Bragg, a 20 year Army veteran, stands trial for allegedly collaborating with the enemy while a POW in Korea. He is accused of publishing a camp newspaper article urging peace with China and of surrender leaflets and anti US statements. Witnesses include eight ex-POWs and Marine Corps personnel.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Korea
William H. Olson
Youngsville
Parson
Pacific
Olson
United States
Charles Dickerson
Chester Mathis
Charles Harrison
Alrt Roberts
U. S. Marine Corps
Lumberton
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington, DC
WWII Chief of Services Heart Victim Dies in Florida
Gen Brehon B Somervell 62 former head of the Army Service Forces died of a heart attack at his Florida home He commanded the Army Service Forces in World War II after a career spanning the Corps of Engineers and WPA leadership Funeral services at Ft Myer Va with burial in Arlington National Cemetery is announced Somervell a Little Rock native and 1914 USMA graduate rose from lieutenant colonel to lieutenant general during WWII He later led Koppers Co Inc as president and chairman of the board in Pittsburgh Pa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocala
Fla
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Florida
Army
Koppers Co. Inc
Pittsburgh
Page
Koppers
Somervell
Little Rock
Ark
U.S. Military Academy
Corps of Engineers
Rhine
Danube
League of Nations
Turkey
WPA
New York City
Services of Supply
Ft.Myer
Arlington National Cemetery
Thief Refuses To Play Dead For Youngster
An armed robber escaped with $200 from a grocery store after a 5 year old boy tried to stop him. The boy, Renny Linn, fired a cap pistol at the thief as he fled, shouting You asked for it while the robber shot at him. The gunman escaped despite the boy’s act and the clerk’s warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Renny Linn
H. Ted Linn
Neighbors in San Francisco Clash Over Night Break-In
In San Francisco at 1382 7th Ave and 1386 7th Ave two new residents, Lewis Hufford 73 and Gene Reynolds 40, reported prowler incidents. Hufford, after arming with a .22 rifle, struck a prowler and was booked on assault suspicion and released on $250 bail. Reynolds claimed he was attacked after reporting the break in.
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San Francisco
Lewis Hufford
Gene Reynolds
Hufford
Reynolds
7Th Ave
Almost Broke Traveler Hopes To Reach Toronto
Leo Torpey a 24 year old student spent a weekend in Chicago hoping to return to Toronto on 2 cents He aims to prove he can cover 6000 miles in the United States with only 1.98 start by hitchhiking baby-sitting and dishwashing His plan includes reaching Miami and Pellston Michigan before the final leg home He vows to collect 100 if he succeeds.
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Chicago
Leo Torpey
Toronto
United States
Torpey
Miami
Pellston
Mich
Bolton seeks full tax deduction for medical expenses
Rep Oliver P. Bolton of Ohio proposes legislation to let taxpayers deduct all medical and dental expenses from federal income taxes. Critics warn it would reduce revenue and invite abuse, noting a 3 percent threshold now in effect versus the former 5 percent rule.
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Washington
Oliver P. Bolton
Ohio
Bolton
Congress
Cold Weather Lingers With Light Flurries Across Midwest
Temperatures dropped to 26 degrees at 3 am and rose to 27 by afternoon at Armco gate. The high is forecast above 30 with a low just below freezing tonight. Snow mixed with rain expected tonight as the cold spell eases and Florida citrus growers enjoy a brief respite.
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Armco
Midwest
Florida
Pineau Named to Try Forming France's New Cabinet
Paris reports Pierre Pflimlin abandoned efforts to form a postwar government and President Rene Coty turned to Christian Pineau a right wing socialist. Pineau would decide after consulting allies with Mayer as possible next choice if Pineau declines. Pineau 50 a former bank clerk lawyer labor secretary and wartime resistance leader previously held food minister and public works and finance posts.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
France
Rene Coty
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Rene Mayer
Coty
Mayer
Pierre Mendes-France
Radical Socialist
Mendes- France
Antoine Pinay
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Charles de Gaulle
Green fireball arced across Texas lights up Pounds Field
In Tyler Texas a green fireball flashed across the night sky seen by three Pounds Field control tower workers. Reports spread to Lufkin Jackson Mississippi and Mineral Wells with sightings as far as 60 miles away. The object appeared like a huge green electric arc lasting a moment before vanishing southward.
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Tyler
Tex
East Texas Piney Woods
Lufkin
Weather Bureau
Dallas
Jackson
Miss
Texas
J. N. Aber
Pounds Field
Pope Celebrates Mass as Health Improves
Vatican reports Pope Pius celebrated Mass in his private chapel for the first time since a December collapse. A Vatican source said his health is improving slowly and that he plans meetings with the cardinals now in Rome.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Rome
U N Council Eyes Formosa Peace Effort In Uncertain Times
United Nations diplomats convened amid Peiping boasts of Red forces during a Formosa crisis. The Security Council discussed New Zealand's cease fire proposal while Soviet calls for a settlement conference excluded Nationalist China lingered as Moscow floated talks with multiple nations.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Security Council
World Organization
Formosa Strait
Il-nation Council
Peiping
Tachen Islands
China
Formosa
Victor Andres Belaunde
U.N
United States
First New Zealand
Arkady A. Sobolev
Shanghai
New Delhi
Moscow Radio
Britain
India
Russia
France
Pakistan
Burma
Ceylon
Indonesia
Two U S Stratojet crash survivors rescued in Canada
Canadian and U S searchers scoured northern Saskatchewan for two missing crewmen after a Stratojet bomber exploded at 35 000 feet saturday. Lt Col Kenneth G McGrew and Capt Lester E Epton survived the crash and were hospitalized in Winnipeg in good condition.
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Winnipeg
Man.p
Saskatchewan
U.S
Kenneth G. McGrew
Yakima
Wash
Lester E. Epton
Preakness
N.J
McGrew
Epton
Canadian Air Force Hospital
Air Force
Burglar Is Deported To Poland
Felix F. Jochim, a 4 year old burglar with a long criminal record, is deported from the United States to Poland after 30 years here. He left Youngstown for New York and Paris and was to fly to Warsaw aboard Poland Airlines. Immigration officials reported travel papers from Poland allowing departure. Jochim had previously been jailed for burglary in Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. He told agents he would prefer to stay and face charges but accepted deportation proposing a future political career in Poland.
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Cleveland
Felix F. Jochim
Poland
United States
Jochim
Youngstown
New York
Paris
Warsaw
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Circleville
Ohio
Western State Penitentiary of
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Detroit rape slay confession shocks city
Police say Richard Ballingall, 34, a Detroit beer store worker and former grave digger, confessed to abducting and killing 18 year old JoAnn Gillespie near her home on January 3, 1953. He led detectives to the alley scene within feet of the victim’s mutilated body. Ballingall also faced questions about Cecilia Stewart’s death.
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Detroit
JoAnn Gillespie
Edward Reilly
Richard Ballingall
Odd
Reilly
Ballingall
Cecilia
Sis) Stewart
Stewart
Gerald K. O'Brien
O’brien
Freezing Death Of Cincinnati Woman Pearl Joesting Found
Mrs. Pearl Joesting, 51, was found frozen in an automobile after a weekend exposure in Cincinnati. Detective John Green states she died from the cold with the body discovered yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Pearl Joesting
John Green
Nehru Supports Formosa Conference Involvement
Nehru urged China's Nationalists to participate in any Formosa conference. Britain backs a cease fire as a prelude to talks. Paris says Molotov’s 10 power idea excluding Chiang Kai-shek cannot work. Mosow talks on a parley continue with no commitment to exclude other methods.
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London
Nehru
China
Formosa
Britain
France
United States
V. M. Molotov
Chiang Kai-shek
Paris
Foreign Office
Her
Moscow
William Hayter
Martin predicts Congress approves three Eisenhower bills
Rep. Joseph W Martin Jr. declares at Hugh Roy Cullen’s Houston mansion that Congress will back three Eisenhower proposals. He cites the health insurance reform, a three year extension of Reciprocal Trade loans for school construction, and other major measures.
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Houston
Joseph W Martin Jr
R-Mass
House
Eisenhower
Martin
Hugh Roy Cullen
Democrats Set July 2% Date for 1956 Convention
The Democrats designated July 2% as the opening date for their 1956 convention in Chicago unless state laws allow a later start.
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Washington
Chicago
Chiang Kaishek vows US aid to defend offshore islands
Chiang Kai shek declared determination to hold Quemoy and Matsu and urged US help if attacked. Peiping boasted of liberating the Tachens with the 7th Fleet aid, while Nationalists said Nanchishan would not be evacuated. Three hours of shelling followed the Tachens withdrawal.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Chiang
Nationlist
Peiping
Tachen Islands
Taiwan
China
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Nanchishan
Kinmen
Republic of China
Peghu
Tachens
Strait of
Foundry Workers Threaten Strike Across Cincinnati Area
The AFL Mulde rs and Foundry Workers Union representing 1800 men in Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton threatened a strike in 22 plants. They seek a six cent hourly raise. the company offers four cents. Molders earn about 2.04 and foundrymen 2.10 per hour while laborers receive 1.50.
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Cincinnati
AFL Muldeers and Foundry Workers Union
Hamilton
Dayton
N. B. Smith
J. Mack Swigert
Swigert
Miami Valley
Flier jumps from plane through canopy during emergency
Second Lt. Myron Farb of St Louis ejects from a jet near Canton at about 30 000 feet after canopy hole and intercom failure. He breaks a leg, says he abandoned ship when contact with Capt. John Meyer was lost. the craft landed safely with farmers aiding Farb.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Air Force
Myron Farb
St Louis
Meyer
Farb
Canton
D.C
South Dakota Air National Guard
Penanee
Ee Lee
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