Moment Of Terror On Flight To Florida Tragedy
National Airlines DC6B with 29 passengers and 5 crew aboard crashed after takeoff from Idlewild. The Electra and DC6B had replaced a cracked Boeing 707. 707 was spared, DC6B carried most passengers and later suffered a breach in the cabin from unknown cause. Authorities note a possible bomb risk around a passenger. The pilot attempted instrument flight as shocks and a door blast preceded a fatal loss of cabin pressure.
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New York
National Airlines
Atlantic
Idlewild
DCGB
Electra
Julian Andrew Frank
Connecticut
Frank
Ocean
Bolivia
N. C
Not Her Mother Find Woman Sought By Daughter
Mrs. Alice W. Calvin learned the Munich sighting did not match the mother she has searched for since birth. The article recounts her emotional moment in Germany and notes the ongoing mystery of reconciling with a lost mother.
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Manhattan
Bhach
Calif
Alice W. Calvin
Germany
Hospital Open Again After Cambridge Dispute Resolution
Cambridge Maryland Hospital reopens to all after a year-long conflict between doctors and administrators. A five member committee will arbitrate disputes, with findings binding on both sides. Chief of Surgery Dr. John Mace was suspended earlier, while staff doctors remain in their positions as the peace plan takes effect.
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Cambridge, Md
Cambridge-Maryland Hospital
John Mace
Mace
Westinghouse Air Brake Consolidates Le Roi Division
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. will merge Le Roi Division operations from West Allis Wisconsin Greenwich Ohio and parts of Cleveland Ohio into a single operating unit to be based in Sidney Ohio. The new unit starts in early spring and will eliminate duplicated manufacturing and administrative functions, said Frank Zielsdorf general manager of the Le Roi division.
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Milwaukee
Westinghouse Air Brake Co
le Roi
West Allis
Wis
Greenwich
Ohio
Cleveland
Sidney
Frank Zielsdorf
Nurses Quit as Mt. Logan Sanatarium Keeps Going
Seven staff members including the chief nurse resign after a tour finish and dispute with the board of trustees. Despite the walkout the Mt. Logan Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Chillicothe reports near normal operations with replacements on duty and Dr. George C. Kress acting medical director until a new director is hired.
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Chillicothe, Ohio
Mt. Logan
Boards of
Fayette, Ross, Pike
Scioto Highland
Jackson
Damon E. Wetterauer
Columbus
Ciew
George C. Kress
Wetterauer
Young blocks 16 Ohio postmaster nominations
Senator Stephen M. Young says he is blocking Senate confirmation of 16 Ohio Republican postmasters named by President Eisenhower. He will continue to review nominees qualifications and may delay about 12 additional Ohio postings. He cites political factors and cites input from leading citizens opposing many nominees.
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Washington
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Senate
Eisenhower
Young
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Senate Post Office
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Young blocks Stockdale nomination as U S marshal for Ohio
Senator Young delays Robert E. Stockdale’s nomination as U S marshal in Northern Ohio calling the move purely political. He notes Stockdale may hold a $10,000 a year job under Ray Bliss and suggests he could stay in Bliss’ orbit long term. The tactic of blocking postmaster nominees in an election year is questioned for broader aims.
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Young
Robert E. Stockdale
U. S. Marshal
Ohio
Stockdale
Ray Bliss
Dean of Union Theological Seminary Dies of Heart Attack
Dr. Charles E. Mathews 50 longtime dean of students at Union Theological Seminary died Saturday from a heart attack. A Presbyterian minister, he became dean last July after joining the seminary in 1949. He was born in Cleveland and graduated from the College of Wooster in 1931 and Auburn Theological Seminary in 1934.
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New York
Charles E. Mathews
Union Theological Seminary
Mathews
Avon
Oswego
Cleveland
Ohio
College of Wooster
Auburn Theological Seminary
Dies in Accident Near Brook Park Ohio Man Dies
Will J. Irwin, 63, of Olmsted Falls, died Saturday after his car struck the rear of another vehicle on the Berea Freeway in Brook Park suburb.
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Cleveland
Will J. Irwin
Olmsted Falls
Berea
Brook Park
Nomination scrutiny amid party control and Senate gatekeeping
A veteran candidate won a nomination despite a rival with higher civil service marks. Young notes postmaster approval depends on a House Democrat, while Senate confirmation remains the final hurdle. In districts with Republican representation he conducts his own checks.
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Young
House
Senate
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