Crash Crater To Be Dug Up In Indiana
Air crash investigators moved in with a large power shovel to uncover remains of a Northwest Airlines turboprop that exploded in flight and carved a crater in a southern Indiana farm killing 63 aboard. Authorities weighed bomb, severe turbulence, or other causes as they examined shattered wreckage and fragments of the plane and bodies. Senator Homer Capehart planned meetings with officials, while relatives were to be flown to a memorial service at the scene next week.
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Indiana
Northwest Airlines
Tell City
Ind
Boy Builds Rat Heart That Works
Farmington Michigan AP reports 16 year old David Randolph builds a working rat heart from a plastic umbrella handle, fire extinguisher parts and plywood after inspiration from Dr. James D. Fryfogle. He studied surgical manuals and rat anatomy to guide his project.
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Farmington, Mich
David Randolph
James D. Fryfogle
Detroit
David
North America
Transactions of American Philosophical Society
Mechanized Blood Pump Described With Rat Blood Demo
A stainless steel crank powers a hand operated blood pump. Umbrella handle rollers squeeze the blood through a tube. Blood is warmed in a tube around a steel cylinder in 98 degree water and oxygen is supplied from a CO2 cylinder. Hypodermic needle traps bubbles and saline prevents coagulation. Blue blood from a rat turns crimson in the device.
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David
Working model of artificial heart in open surgery display
Dr. Fryfogle examined the device calling it a working model of an artificial heart and blood oxygenator for open heart surgery. David, more drawn to sports, is captain of the track team at Our Lady of Sorrows High School here. eg last biology grade was a
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Fryfogle
David
Our Lady of Sorrows High School
Air Force Captain Reports Smoke Column Near Northwest Crash
Air Force Capt. James P. Moore of Enon Ohio said he saw an aerial column of smoke dropping through the sky roughly concurrent with the Northwest crash as heavy turbulence shook the area. The Civil Aeronautics Board quoted his observation as part of its investigation into the incident.
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The
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Force
James P. Moore
Enon
Ohio
Luck and regret on St Patrick's Day crash tale
Paul Braun of Braun Bros Packing in Troy recalls boarding Northwest Airlines flight in Chicago that later crashed. He had transferred from Trans World Airways for the trip home and, while listening to the radio, learned of the disaster. He had considered flight risks after recent crashes but skipped insurance in Minneapolis due to a long line.
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Troy
Ohio
Paul Braun
Northwest
Chicago
Braun
Braun Bros. Packing Co
Trans World Airlines
Minneapolis
Northwest jet crash near Louisville area
Report says a four engine Lockheed Electra plummeted 60 miles west of Louisville after takeoff. Officials found no clear sabotage clues but cannot rule out foul play. The disaster traces a path from Minneapolis to Chicago to Miami and marks the 10th major air catastrophe of the year.
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Louisville
Minneapolis
Chicago
Miami
Electra Plunge Crater Unearthed in Ohio River Hills Field
The Electra plunged into a rugged Ohio River hillside field and exploded, creating a 25 foot deep by 40 foot wide crater. Investigators planned a careful recovery using a power shovel about a mile from the road to search the snow soaked ground and recover wreckage and possibly bodies from the crater bottom.
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Ohio River
Joe Wilson
CAB
Ed Slattery
Chuckle Warns About Half Truths
A light note cautions readers to beware of half truths and the risk of believing the wrong half, suggesting critical thinking and careful interpretation.
Bloodied Papers and Keys Triggered Mail Theft Probe
Police traced a bloodied notebook page number and car keys to two men who allegedly killed postal investigators during a mail theft arrest. George Wilson and William Perkins were held. Alan Goulson remained at large. Irene Showers was questioned as a nearby witness.
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Chicago
George Wilson
William Perkins
Alan
Nick) Goulson
John McAuliffe Jr
Rex Spiz
South Side
Wilson
Perkins
Irene Showers
Alias Johnson
Will Talman to fight CBS to save Perry Mason role
Actor William Talman says he was fired without a hearing from CBS and plans a legal challenge over the morals clause to keep his District Attorney part on Perry Mason. His attorney accuses the network of bad faith amid a West Hollywood raid arrest of Talman and others for gambling and nudity. Trial set for April 25.
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Hollywood
William Talman
Talman
Columbia Broadcasting System
West Hollywood
CBS
Atty
Harold Rhoden
U.S. Protests 20-Year Sentence for Bishop Walsh
Secretary of State Herter condemned the sentence given to 68 year old American bishop James E. Walsh in China. He said the United States will lodge the strongest possible protest and stressed revulsion at the action.
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Washington
United States
Red China
James E. Walsh
Christian A .Herter
U.S
US to Lodge Strong Protest With Red China Ambassador
The United States will file a strong protest through its Warsaw ambassador at the next meeting with the Chinese Communist regime on Tuesday March 22. Despite no formal relations, Ambassador Jacob D. Beam in Warsaw and Red China’s Wang Ping-nan have kept formal contact for 18 months to seek the release of several American prisoners held in Red China.
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Warsaw
United States
Jacob D. Beam
Wang Ping-nan
Red China
Bishop Walsh Admits Plot Against Communist Government
Perpina radio on Friday quoted Bishop Walsh admitting a plot to overthrow the Communist government. The prelate had been in China since 1948 and stayed at his Shanghai post after the Communists seized control in 1949, turning down a return home offer.
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Perpina
Walsh
Ching
Shanghai
Driver 39 Killed in One-Car Marion County Crash
Carl E. Zent 39 of Galion died in a one car crash north of Caledonia on a Marion County road. Officials said the car failed to negotiate a curve, skidded off the road and tore down a fence.
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Marion
Ohio
Caledonia
Carl E. Zent
Galion
State Highway Patrol
House set to approve referee plan amid narrowed terms
Backers of a voting referee plan expressed confidence that the House would approve next week. A major attempt to narrow its terms failed by three votes on Friday, leaving the plan to aid African Americans and others in voting in federal elections, not state or local tests.
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Washington (Ap
House
Soviet offer to accept partial nuclear test ban
At a Geneva talks session Soviet delegate Seymon Tsarapkin proposed a partial ban if all world powers pause testing for now. He tied it to a three nation moratorium on tests not explicitly banned, but lacking international verification, while Western allies push for a full seismic 4.75 threshold and broad ban with no underground tests above that level.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Seymon K. Tsarapkin
United States
Senate Defeats Plan to Appoint Federal Registrars
In a roll-call vote the Senate defeated a proposal to let the President appoint federal registrars in areas with alleged voting discrimination against Negroes by 53 to 24. Rep. William McCulloch of Ohio, urging strong civil rights action, said the vote was the closest in the legislation and that many who voted to restrict referees’ role in federal elections may back the plan overall.
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Senate
William McCulloch
Ohio
House
Lawmakers Split Over Referees Powers Amid Debate
McCulloch defended no limit on referees with Atty. Gen. Rogers letter. The tellers counted votes without naming individuals as members filed by. An unofficial Republican tally suggested 34 in favor of narrowing referees jurisdiction and 32 against, with Southern members from both parties supporting the limit.
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McCulloch
William P. Rogers
Carole Tre coff Walks Free After 162 Days In Jail
Los Angeles AP reports 23 year old Carole Treevoff, a co defendant in the Finch murder case, is released on bail after 162 days behind bars. She steps into the warm afternoon sun as she returns home.
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Los Angeles
Carole Trecoff
Finch
Integration at Virginia store follows sitdown protests
A Suffolk Virginia variety store opened its lunch counter to all customers after removing stools, marking a standup integration amid broader civil rights demonstrations across several states including Florida Georgia Maryland Virginia and West Virginia. Crowds of Black patrons and white patrons lined the counter as a prelude to wider actions. Local officials in St Augustine formed a bi racial committee to discuss human relations following a brief violence flare up during the meals sitdown.
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Tallasassee
Fla
Virginia
Memphis
St. Augustine
Eisenhower
Suffolk
Sitdown protest plan in Tallahassee stirs racial tension
Rev. C. A. Hunter, a Tallahassee leader, announced another sitdown in the capital after five Saturdays of demonstrations and near-riot conditions a week ago. White Florida State and Negro Florida A. and M. urged students to avoid further mass protests against segregated eating places. Governor Leroy Collins voiced deep concern.
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Tallahassee
C. A. Hunter
Florida
Florida State
Florida A. & M
Leroy Collins
Memphis youths sit down at white counter refused service
Twelve Negro youths in Memphis Tennessee sat at a whites only snack counter in a variety store but were refused service. The store closed and the youths left before police arrived.
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Memphis, Tenn
Plan Quiz Of Trucker In Murders
Ottawa Illinois AP reports police planned to question a truck driver in the slayings of three socialites whose holiday from house work ended in Starved Rock State Park. State Police Superintendent Morris said the driver’s truck, similar to one seen by three people near a lot across from a trail to Starved Rock Canyon, is being checked.
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Ottawa, Ill
Starved Rock
William Morris
St. Louis
Three Matrons Found Dead in Canyon Cave
Bodies of three women found in a shallow canyon cave with signs of rape. Husbands had alerted authorities after a concern. Investigators tracked twine found in a truck to a state crime lab for comparison with bindings on the victims. Additional twine from a park lodge kitchen was also sent to the lab.
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Morris
Springfield
Park Lodge
Park concessionaire boosts reward in homicide case
Morris said the truck driver disputed the victim's claim of being in the park Monday but had visited Saturday with his children. Friends and business associates of the victim's husbands offered 30000 dollars to aid the investigation, with an extra 5004 added by Nicholas Spiros, 64, who has run the park page for 32 years under a state concession. Spiros said he had not slept since the crime was discovered and wants the killer caught.
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Morris
Nicholas Spiros
Spiros
Berlin Plebiscite Observers Proposed
Secretary of State Christian A Herter proposed to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer that any presummit plebiscite in West Berlin be conducted with international observers present Adenauer said it should be structured by the Western powers following his speech in Washington Readable text notes observers and Western powers in Berlin plebiscite context.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
West Berlin
Adenauer
From the Moment a Partial Test Ban Treaty Began to Rise
A partial test ban treaty was first proposed amid Cold War tensions as nations sought to curb nuclear testing. Key diplomats debated verification and enforcement while public fear grew over radiation and arms races involving the United States Soviet Union and Britain.
Murderer Enjoyed TV Drama Says Cousin
Rose Mane Holley, cousin of a steel worker charged with killing two babies, recalls the suspect watching murder programs with a wild look and acting out the scenes. The report notes his apparent fascination with crime as the case unfolds in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Huntington
W. Va
Rose Mane Holley
Hearing on mental examination for Henry Clay Warth
Henry Clay Warth, who turns 29 this Sunday, faces a petition for a court ordered mental examination after admitting to police that he shot Linda Qualls, 12, and her cousin Penny Qualls, 13, during a babysitting incident on March 11.
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Henry Clay Warth
Warth
Linda Qualls
Penny Qualls
Noted Man in Court Case Faces Pending Ruling
Police arrested him six hours after the shooting with his claim that he had been drinking and the event just happened. His mother Mrs. Lillian Blevins testified he was deaf due to a childhood illness and completed only the seventh grade. Judge Ernest E. Winters took the petition under advisement and would announce his decision next.
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Lillian Blevins
Ernest E. Winters
Common Pleas Court
Moratorium in Talks as Nuclear Test Freeze Debated
Tsarapkin urges a voluntary moratorium while three powers join a joint research program to expand detection to cover all tests. Western delegates proposed pilot tests but no moratorium. British hints at a partial treaty with moratorium, yet the idea lacks favor from the United States or the Soviet Union.
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Tsarapkin
United States
Flood Crest Expected Today in Florida Rivers
Surging flood waters from three days of heavy rain were expected to crest today with Tampa the hardest hit. Hillsborough River swelled as water flowed down from Pasco and Hernando counties threatening city areas and local structures.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
Hillsborough River
Pasco
Hernando
Wisconsin Hit With Hate Mail
Anti-Catholic literature appeared in Wisconsin as Humphrey and Kennedy vie for Democratic National Convention delegates. Humphrey's campaign headquarters repudiated the Minnesota sourced mail, while a Kennedy aide, a Catholic, said he knew nothing about the material.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
John F. Kennedy
Humphrey Campaign Denies Anti Catholic Literature
Gene Foley Wisconsin executive secretary for Humphrey campaign says no anti Catholic hate literature was sent out by Humphrey supporters. He cites his Catholic faith and past Congressional run in Minnesota to deny the claim and defend the campaign.
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Gene Foley
Wisconsin
Humphrey Organization
Congress
Minnesota
Postal probe into anti catholic literature in Wisconsin
Foley asked the Post Office Department to trace the source after reports that anti Catholic pamphlets were circulating in many Wisconsin communities. The literature, mailed from Hutchinson Minnesota, was said to number about 5000 first class letters dropped into a Hutchinson post office box last week, with Postmaster H E Jensen unsure who mailed them.
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Foley
Post Office Department
Wisconsin
Hutchinson
Minn
H.E. Jensen
Jensen
Kennedy and Humphrey Campaigns Highlight Wisconsin Swing
Pierre Salinger said neither Kennedy nor his campaign team had seen the literature when reporters questioned them during a Wisconsin barnstorming tour. Kennedy spoke to an overflow 2,000 at Superior on Friday night while Humphrey drew about 450 Young Democrats at a Racine convention after touring southern Wisconsin communities.
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Pierre Salinger
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Superior
Sen. Humphrey
Racine
Secretary Grilled Over $1400 Payment in Powell Case
Hattie Freeman Dodson testified in federal court she helped prepare 1951 tax worksheets for Rep Adam Clayton Powell and Hazel Scott. She said Powell gave her $1400 to pay bills and she did not know the source or meaning of cryptic notations on the records.
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New York
Adam Clayton Pauwell
Hattie Freeman Dodson
Powell
Hazel Scott
Miss Scott
Dodson
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Harlem
Dodson Trial Adjourned After Transfer of Expenses Noted
Mrs. Dodson identified on a work sheet the transfer of items from nondeductible to deductible categories. The items included maintenance on two boats liquor bills pharmacy bills and donations to various Democratic party organizations. The trial was adjourned for the weekend.
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