AF Plane Wreckage Found Near Alencon France
Wreckage of a US Air Force four engine transport with 12 crewmen aboard was located in heavy woods near Alencon. French police reported no survivors. The aircraft disappeared Thursday on a routine training mission from Evreux. Names of the dead will be released after next of kin are informed.
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Alencon
France
Air Force
Evreux
322Nd Air Division
U.S
Europe
U.N
Congo
Luxury ships aid Gem tanker crew after wreck off Cape Hatteras
A luxury ship and a Navy destroyer reached Portsmouth with 27 Gem crew rescued from the stern while seven, including the captain, were saved from the bow of the Libernian tanker after it broke apart 110 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. The Stribling and Huntington were to Mayport. Victoria headed to New York. The Gem stern towed to an undisclosed port. The derelict was deemed a navigation menace.
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Portsmouth
Sermy Alcinazi
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Victoria
Huntington
Mayport
Fla
New York
Coast Guard
Jonquil
Gem
Federal Aid Promised Storm Mop Up Starts
Six state region begins cleanup after a three day wind and flood siege. Death toll at least 35 with many missing and damages forecast over 165 million dollars. SBA disaster designations sought and President Kennedy may grant grants for roads bridges and schools. Authorities report emergency food and water distribution and widespread pestilence. Governors Hughes and Carvel declare state emergencies as officials seek disaster area status.
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New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Carolina
Small Business Administration
Kennedy
Robert F. Wagner
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Weather outlook warms then cools with weekend rain
The period features cooler than seasonal temperatures with highs around 46 and lows near 28. Precipitation is expected over the weekend and again mid next week, ending tonight with a low near 31, and Saturday peaking at 35. Overnight low 33 recorded, rainfall by 8 am measured at 0.45 inch.
Leipsic Chief Ends 23 Year Safety Record With Shootout
Ottawa AP report says Harold Swank, Leipsic chief, chased two masked men at the Morehead Elevator on Ohio 65. He fired warning shots, then hit one man in the leg as both fled. James Gilmore, 35, of Deshler, was later treated and jailed. The incident occurred days before Swank’s retirement.
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Ottawa, Ohio
Harold Swank
Leipsic
Here
Morehead
Ohio 65
Swank
James Gilmore
Deshler
Henry County
Putnam County
A Punchy Quip About Saving and Spending
A concise humorous line about a married couple differing in financial habits. The speaker notes your wife prefers spending while you prefer saving, highlighting a common domestic persona dynamic.
Flight recorder recovered from Jamaica Bay jetliner crash
The Amer i can Airlines jetliner crash on March 1 killed 95 aboard. Investigators dredged the orange flight recorder from Jamaica Bay and sent it to Washington hoping to reveal speed altitude and heading data that may illuminate the accident. Civil Aeronautics Board officials cautioned the device shows what happened not why.
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New York
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bay
Idlewild
Los Angeles
CAB
Edward E. Slattery Jr
28 German Miners Die In Explosion
A Sachsen Mine in Heessen Germany suffered a deadly explosion killing 28 miners. Two workers remain missing and eight were injured as methane gas ignited in a long underground tunnel over 3,000 feet deep. Officials say a skeleton night crew reduced casualties. the blast did not touch off a fire.
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Heessen
Germany
Severe Winter Not All Bad For Western Farmers
Texas suffered heavy citrus losses worth about 19 million dollars while California and Arizona faced lesser damage from freezes. Wyoming gained moisture from snow but potential livestock losses worry officials as Florida benefited from Texas’ disaster with orange crops expanding.
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Kansas City
Texas
California
Los Angeles County
Kenneth L. Woolf
Wyoming
M Mountain
Arizona
Florida
House Kills Bill To Add Three Seats In Congress
The House voted to return a bill increasing membership from 435 to 438 to committee, halting a tense session. The plan would have given Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Missouri one extra seat each, but a late amendment linking redistricting caused Speaker McCormack to withhold support.
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Washington
House
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
John W. McCormack
Francis E. Walter
D.pa
Walter
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Ivor D. Fenton
Fenton
French Jets Hit Rebel Positions Near Algerian Frontier
French planes strafed Algerian rebel artillery along the Tunisian border for the third straight day as Evian peace talks proceed. A French communique labeled the bombardment harassment with no major impact on troop movements. Casualties include French soldiers and Muslim civilians, with rebel dead and wounded reported by the communique.
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Algiers
Evian
Algeria
Dominican protests over Balaguer leniency trigger curfew
Rioters in Santo Domingo condemn government leniency toward ex President Balaguer and Gen. Rodriguez Echavarria fleeing the country. A dusk to dawn curfew was imposed as mobs burned cars and attacked the U S consulate, raising fears for national stability amid accusations the State Department favored a softer approach.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
United States
State Department
Balaguer
Rodriguez Echavarria
Puerto Rico
Trujillo
U.S
Swing King Slated For Soviet Tour
Benny Goodman the king of swing will tour the Soviet Union under a new two year cultural exchange agreement. The pact expands exchange visits across teachers technicians officials artists athletes and others by 10 to 15 percent, aiming for about two thousand exchanges yearly. Goodman would be the first jam group to perform in the Soviet Union as negotiators argue jazz can blend with classical performances.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Benny Goodman
Jist
Red
Dom
Goodman
Norway Approves Move to Join Common Market
Oslo lawmakers end 15 year debate as Parliament amends the constitution to permit Norwegian membership in the European Economic Community. Vote stands 115 for and 35 against amid opposition from leftist faction and parts of the Labor government.
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Oslo
Norway
Labor Party
Agrarian Party
Christian Democrats
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Luisenthal
Saarland
Sioux City
Crane
Rad - TV
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Bone
Tunis
OAS
Graz
Austria
Kleine Zeitung
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