Capital Airlines Viscount Crashes in Fog Killing 50 Near Holdcroft
A Capital Airlines Viscount en route from Chicago to Norfolk crashed in heavy fog near Holdcroft Virginia, killing 50 of the 55 aboard. The jet, diverted through Washington, struck marshland near Sandy Gut southeast of Richmond, with rescuers reporting repeated explosions and a long blaze.
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Marshall Johnson Holdcroft
Capital Airlines
Richmond
Virginia
National Airlines
Bolivia
N.C
Piedmont Airlines
Blue Ridge
Waynesboro
Holdcroft
Norfolk
Washington, D.C
Washington
Chicago
Boy's Homemade Bomb Explodes at Paseo High School
In Kansas City Missouri 13 year old Randy Lynn Posler carried a 38 inch metal bomb to Paseo High School. It exploded in a corridor injuring Posler and three other students. Posler and a girl had minor injuries while two nearby boys suffered leg wounds. Posler said he brought it to show friends. He was turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Kansas City
Randy Lynn Posler
Paseo High School
Posler
Snowstorm and Cold Hit Wide Areas Across U S
A large snowstorm originated over the Texas Oklahoma Panhandle and swept the Northeast with heavy snow. Strong winds drove Canadian air southward. subzero readings appeared in parts of the Rockies. 4 to 10 inches fell in New England and Maine coast. 2 to 6 inches across southern New England and Vermont. 18 deaths were blamed, including seven in Nebraska and five in Colorado.
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Texas-Oklahoma
Panhandle
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Boston
New Hampshire
Maine
New York
New England
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Vermont
Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Connecticut
Virginia
Nebraska
Colorado
Illinois
Texas
Wisconsin
Cold, windy winter forecast with snow flurries
A low pressure system northeast of the Miami Valley brings Arctic air and a cold forecast. Highs around 33 with windy conditions and possible snow showers tonight and Wednesday. Middletown records a 44 degree high and 29 degree low. yesterday's precipitation was .14 inches.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Mass shooting kills husband and four children in Florida
Mary Jean Hall, a deranged housewife, shot her husband and five of their children. only one girl survives the pistol rampage in Hollywood Florida. In separate AP dispatches, John J. Angelo leads a rank-and-file group to seize control of Teamsters Local 377 in Youngstown and the Defense Department says the United States leads the Soviet Union in delivering nuclear weapons.
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Hollywood, Fla
Mary Jean Hall
Youngstown, Ohio
John J. Angelo
Teamsters
William Presser
Ohio
Washington
Defense Department
Congress
United States
Soviet Union
Death Plot Unfolds Links Doctor’s Mistress to Murder
Los Angeles AP reports testimony from Donald Williams, a childhood friend, tying Dr. R Bernard Finch’s mistress Carole Tregoff to a proposed murder of Finch’s wife Barbara Jean Finch. Williams described Tregoff seeking crime details and arranging meetings with suspects described as shady figures to discuss killing for control of Finch estate.
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Los Angeles
Carole Tregoff
Donald S. Williams
R. Bernard Finch
Finch
Bernard Finch
Apartment managers link Finch and Miss Tregoff to shared homes
Three managers said Finch and Miss Tregoff shared apartments two in suburban Monterey Park and one in Las Vegas. Actor Mark Stevens said he offered Mrs. Finch a revolver before her death and, shocked by her account of attacks, urged protection. She refused the gun and he retrieved a jackhandle for her to accept.
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Barbara Jean Finch
West Covina
Miss Tregoff
Finch
Mrs. Finch
Monterey Park
Las Vegas
Nev
Mark Stevens
the Mirror News
NineYearOld Pleads: I Will Go to Jail for Tax Cheats Parents
Washington AP report: nine year old Jim, rheumatic fever patient, asks President Eisenhower to spare his parents from jail for income tax cheating. He admits juggling his father’s books and altering receipts to help them, asks to learn to be a doctor or scientist if punished. IRS says an agent will meet the family, no one will be jailed.
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Washington
Jim
Eisenhower
White House
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Investigations Tie Air Crashes to Frank and Spears
Miami authorities probe links between Julian A. Frank, linked to the Jan 6 airliner bombing, and Dr. Robert Spears of Dallas in a Nov 16 Gulf of Mexico crash. Civil Aviation Board notes a notable acquaintance, while Loomis suggests ongoing ties to abortion conspiracy cases.
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Miami
Fla
Julian A. Frank
National Airlines
Charles S. Collar
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frank
Robert Spears
Dallas
Tex
Collar
Los Angeles
Julian Blodgett
Donald A. Loomis
Loomis
Dr. Spears
New York
Spears
Gulf of Mexico
Bolvia
N.C
District Attorney's Office
Ghosts Quiet at Edgar G. Jones Home in Baltimore
In Baltimore the Jones family reports a four day mysterious episode of flying sugar bowls broken glass and exploding pottery. A self appointed ghost neutralizer drove through the house praying and driving away demons. No spirits have been seen since. Firemen police and utility workers remain baffled.
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Baltimore
Edgar G. Jones
Jones
Naval Life Was Never Like This
Vice Adm. Raymond J. Mauerman, deputy commissioner of public property, fought pigeons by hanging wartime submarine nets on courtyard entrances. The nets failed as pigeons and now starlings roost above Philadelphia City Hall, causing a new nuisance each dusk.
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Philadelphia
Raymond J. Mauerman
USN
The
Birds
Mauerman
Maverman
Mad Bomber Plots Probed by Senate Subcommittee
The Senate Aviation Subcommittee hears testimony from Clarence Sayen of the Air Line Pilots Association as it weighs new safety measures after suspected bombings that killed 72 people aboard two airliners. Investigations tie a North Carolina crash to possible bomber activity and probe a Gulf of Mexico crash with 42 dead.
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Cavlvziveds avvalUu
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Clarence Sayen
Air Line Pilots Assn
Subcommittee
Newark air ops tower opens as FAA calls it best in world
The $2.5 million Newark Airport control tower begins operations as the FAA takes charge. FAA administrator Gen Elwood Quesada lauded the 150 foot glass topped structure at dedication ceremonies noting radar, electronics and offices housed within.
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Newark
N.J
Federal Aviation Agency
Elwood Quesada
FAA
My Husband Would Never Chase Another Woman
A humorous quip titled Today's Chuckle features a woman declaring her husband is too fine decent and old to pursue another woman. The line captures a lighthearted view of fidelity and self belief in relationships.
Families mourn loss after Norfolk air crash
Relatives waited at Norfolk Municipal Airport for news of Capital Airlines Viscount passengers and crew killed when the Norfolk bound flight crashed near the Chickahominy River in Charles City County. A Marine cried beside his friend as the tragedy unfolded with 46 passengers and four crew members dead. Capital officials announced details gradually into the early hours.
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Tench
Norfolk, Va
William Robinson
Norfolk
Kenneth Lyons
Zip
Robinson
Capital Airlines
Holdcroft
Lyons
Chickahominy River
Charles City
Richmond
Capital
James Riddelle
Flight Tragedy Impacts Families at Airport
Strafford Moss maintained composure as investigators identified Ida Hunter among the dead. Mrs. D. A. Hunter learned of her mother-in-law's death at 1 15 a.m. and cried as Dr. T. Roger consoled her. Relatives and friends waited at the scene.
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Strafford Moss
D. A. Hunter
Ida Hunter
Dr. T. ©. Roger
Canital
AP Writer's Wife Aboard in Virginia Plane Crash
Mrs. Eugene Gilbert 25, a youth research partner with her husband, reportedly on the Capital airliner that crashed in Virginia. Gilbert, a private research firm operator and AP columnist, learned of the tragedy after arriving in New York and hearing the news on his auto radio.
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New York
Eugene Gilbert
Virginia
Gilbert
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Kaplan
Washington, D.C
New York City
Idlewild
Manhattan
Associated Press
New Yorker
Bennington College
Bennington
Gilberts
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