Investigators Probe Braniff Crash That Killed 22 at Midway
Investigators examine the Braniff Convair wreckage after a fatal crash at Midway Airport in fog. 22 people died and 21 were injured as the plane clipped a sign and overturned. The crash chases questions about safety and timetables amid comments from Cook County Coroner Walter McCarron.
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Berkeley Student to Undergo Lie Detector Test in Missing Girl Case
Police plan lie detector testing for 27 year old Burton Abbott after his Alameda basement yielded items belonging to 14 year old Stephanie Bryan who vanished April 28 in Berkeley. Abbott cooperated with questioning and claimed no knowledge of the girl's disappearance while his wife found the items. He says he was away at a Trinity County cabin when she vanished.
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Stephanie Bryan
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Alameda
Georgia
Stephanie
Trinity County
Ohio deaths on highways rise to fifteen in weekend toll
Associated Press notes Ohio traffic fatalities topped double figures over the weekend with fifteen highway deaths. Drownings decreased to three. Incidents included a two-car crash near Akron killing three men, another two-car collision in Columbiana County killing two women, a Milford man struck by lightning, and a man killed by a train near Steuben.
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Steuben
Electrocuted on Ship in Newport Navy Loss
Machinist mate Max Eu gene Gray aboard the destroyer Gainard was electrocuted accidentally on Saturday. He is the son of Ned A. Gray of South Vienna Ohio. The Navy issued the announcement yesterday in Newport Rhode Island.
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Vienna
Ohio
Soviet to Contribute Atomic Materials to International Pool
Geneva premier Bulganin announced that the Soviet Union will contribute atomic materials to an international pool. This move signals a push toward shared nuclear resources amid Cold War tensions and global disarmament discussions.
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Bulganin
Soviet Union
Soviets Push World Economic Conference Plan
Russia proposes a world economic conference to chart a multibillion dollar trade and development program. Premier Bulganin to present the idea in Geneva talks with Western leaders as Britain and others plan to boost East West trade in nonstrategic goods. Officials note a 10 year plan to widen free trade and include Red China, with details still unclear. American officials eye selling agricultural surpluses such as butter and wheat to the bloc.
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Faure
Korean Vet Faces Treason Trial At Fort Bragg
Sst. John L. Tyler, 25, of Moundsville West Virginia, stands before a general court martial at Fort Bragg on eight specifications alleging collaboration with the enemy while a Korean War prisoner of war. He is accused of anti American writings, urging signatories to peace, joining a study group and other acts aiding the enemy while a POW from February 13 1951 to August 18 1953.
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N. C
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Korea
Tyler
Moundsville
W. Va
United States
And The Ceiling Came Tumbling Down
Theo Alexander attempted to deescalate a bar altercation by drawing a pistol and firing at the ceiling. A ceiling fragment struck him, requiring stitches, after the confrontation was dispersed.
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Dallas
Theo Alexander
Mindszenty whereabouts shrouded amid release talk
Officials in Budapest and Vienna reported they do not know Cardinal Mindszenty’s location after a temporary release due to age and health. The 63 year old Roman Catholic primate was sentenced in 1949 for treason and attempts to overthrow the government.
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Esztergom
Churchill Fostered Hope Ahead of World Conference
At Chartwell Sir Winston Churchill reflects on a May 1953 Commons call for a high level conference among leading powers. He imagines no rigid agenda and the possibility of general harmony if leaders show will to seek peace. The Geneva conference idea lingers as he hopes for a generation of peace.
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House of Commons
Weather quiets briefly as showers ease heat wave
The Miami Valley may see a slight break in the heat with light showers tonight and Tuesday. Officials forecast warm and humid conditions today and tonight with fair, not as hot weather on Tuesday. Yesterday's high reached 93 degrees at 3:30 p.m., and the low this morning was 73 at 5:30 a.m., with .02 inches of rainfall Sunday.
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Miami Valley
Riots Raise Death Toll In Morocco War Turmoil
Rioting in Casablanca for a fourth day left 22 dead and pushed the official toll in the French Moroccan clash to 63 killed with over 100 wounded. Curfew blacked out the Arab quarter after 7 p.m. Tanks fired on stone-throwing crowds near the docks as four major fires burned in the Medina. An 18 year old Spanish youth died in the Old Medina.
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Medina
Tragic Train Collision in San Bernardo Toll Rises
Police comb wreckage after a fog bound collision near San Bernardo as officials report 32 to 38 dead with about 100 injured. A Santiago bound passenger train struck two rear cars of a stopped train at the station during track repairs.
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Chile
Newemen
Santiago
Crash Kills Three In Plymouth Two-Car Collision
Plymouth Indiana state police reported a two car crash near here killed three people including Katherine Courtright 37 wife of Monroe Courtright publisher of Westerville Ohio.
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Ind
Katherine Courtright
Westerville, Ohio
Monroe Courtright
Here
Eisenhower offers Soviet new security guarantees at Geneva
At the Geneva summit Eisenhower proposed six points aimed at dissolving the iron curtain and reducing arms while urging Germany's unification with safeguards for Soviet security. He pressed Bulgaria to join in ending the cold war, and Faure backed integration of a united Germany into a European security framework.
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Soviet Union
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Yalta
Eisenhower and Zhukov greet warmly at Big Four start
President Eisenhower and Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov exchanged enthusiastic greetings at their first meeting since January 1945 during the opening of the Big Four conference. James C. Hagerty, Eisenhower's press secretary, said the encounter was very enthusiastic and noted hopes for improved U.S.-Soviet relations. The President planned a dinner host for Zhukov and the Russian delegation at the Palace of Nations.
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Georgi K. Zhukov
James C. Hagerty
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Soviet Union
Palace of Nations
Newsmen at Geneva face partial secret diplomacy
Over 1200 reporters covering the Big Four summit witness a partial return to secret diplomacy. A luncheon pact lets press officers summarize speeches after each session while keeping some remarks private. Briefings may reveal differences but may withhold questions. Much bargaining remains in private talks.
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