Wheel Collapses At Idlewild In Boeing 707 Landing
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 carrying 109 people suffered a landing gear collapse at Idlewild Airport in New York as the plane skidded 2000 feet on its belly. Sparks sparked two engines into fire before firemen contained the flames. Captain Henry Campbell said the nose wheel collapsed during a routine approach.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Idlewild
Henry Campbell
Los Angeles
Man Blasts 2 Sisters and Kills Self in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a 42 year old painter Sam Pafitis ambushed and shot to death sisters Wanda McEfresh 28 and Ruth Mingua 18 before killing himself with a 12 gauge shotgun. Police say Pafitis had threatened to kill the sisters and their family after Mingua refused to marry him over an unwanted pregnancy and alleged drinking and infidelity. The sisters lived on the building’s second floor. the killings occurred as they returned from buying sandwiches.
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Cincinnati
Sam Pafitis
Wanda McEfresh
Ruth Mingua
What this country needs is good five cent cigarette
A satirical quip notes inflation pushing prices higher and humorously imagines a 1975 scenario where the phrase becomes a common plea for cheaper goods. The remark reflects economic frustration and the era's price pressures in a concise, wry line.
Blackberry Winter Brings Rain and Cold to Miami Valley
A low pressure system over Michigan sends freezing rain into the Miami Valley. May weather remains damp and cool with light rain today and tonight, high near 47, low 35. Wednesday brings more clouds, slight warmth, and 15 mph winds with a high around 53. Middletown recorded a 47 high yesterday and 39 low this morning, with .25 inches of rainfall before 8 a.m.
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Michigan
Miami Valley
Middletown
Jet Engine Exploded Says U2 Designer Doubts Soviet Shootdown
C. L. Johnson, designer of Lockheed's U2, doubts the Soviets shot one down inside Russian territory. The U2 reportedly shot down May 1, the event referenced by the flier in AP Wirephoto.
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C. L. Johnson
Lockheed
Powers Insists He Was Not Spying In May Day Flight
In Moscow Francis Powers, the U2 pilot from Pond Virginia, says he believes an engine explosion halted his May Day mission over the Soviet Union. Soviet officers claimed a rocket downed the plane near Sverdlovsk at over 12 miles up. The U2 designer, C L Johnson, doubts a missile or aircraft brought it down, suggesting mechanical or oxygen failure. The Kremlin filed a sharp protest to the United States and Washington sought permission to interview the downed pilot.
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Moscow
Red Star
Francis G. Powers
Soviet Union
Pond
Nikita Khrushchev
Ural Mountains
C. L. Johnson
United States
United Sta*tes
Sverdlovsk
Cincinnati boys admit role in riverfront vandalism and barn fire
Police report two rain soaked youths ages 11 and 12 confessed to a spree since Friday including thefts in Newport and Cincinnati and arson at River Downs race track where a 432 stall horse barn burned. Owners say damage could reach fifty thousand dollars as officers note prior runaways and thefts.
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Cincinnati
River Downs Race Track
Art Shearer
Mount Washington
Coney Island
Ohio River
Shearer
City Youth Center
Leon Slavin
Card Postmark Reveals Late Christmas Greeting 1958
Stanton B. Patterson paid 4 cent postage due on a card without a stamp and found it was a Merry Christmas 1958 note. The card was postmarked May 4 in Albany.
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Albany
N.Y
Stanton B. Patterson
Chinese Premier and Foreign Minister Visit North Vietnam
Communist China leaders Chou En-lai and Chen Yi arrived in Hanoi for a four day visit to North Vietnam, according to Peiping Radio. The high level trip signals solidarity between Beijing and Hanoi amid regional tensions.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
Chen Yi
Hanoi
North
Kes Nam
Peiping
U2 Secret Mission Revealed in Flight Weather Lab
Washington reports the U2 jet once secret and used for high altitude weather research. NASA acquired six U2s in 1957 to serve as flying weather laboratories, with bases from California to the Philippines. The aircraft, built by Lockheed and powered by a Pratt & Whitney engine, operated overseas for atmospheric studies after its early secrecy faded.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pratt & Whitney
Aviation Manufacturing
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Air Force
Usaf Weather Service
Russia
NASA
California
New York
Alaska
England
Germany
Turkey
Pakistan
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Powers described as Soviet test pilot and spy
The Red Star quoted Powers as saying he was paid 2500 dollars a month and dreamed of buying land to build a home. American requests to interview him were unanswered. Red Star claimed Powers would have died when ejecting, and that TNT in the wreckage would have exploded after ejection. The eviction mechanism dated 1956 would have failed, the report said, but the bomb system was in perfect order and would have spared neither the plane nor the flier.
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Powers
Red Star
Britain’s information chief comments on U S flier capture
Los Angeles report quotes Leslie Glass saying the U K spokesman backs Washington yet notes the Soviets captured a U S airman. He warned journalists the “cardinal rule” was to avoid getting caught, as tensions flare over the incident.
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Los Angeles
Britain
United States
U. S
Leslie Glass
United States confirms spy planes over Soviet Union
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter stated the United States has conducted extensive aerial surveillance by spy planes inside Soviet territory to protect the Free World from surprise attack. He said flights may continue until Soviet secrecy is relaxed, despite Moscow's claim of shooting down a hi s plane deep in Soviet airspace.
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United States
Soviet Union
Free World
Secretar
Christian A. Herter
Hi.s
Herter
Hush-Hush CIA Mum As Usual
Washington report notes CIA remains secretive about its operations and personnel while Khrushchev claims Francis Powers is a CIA agent. The agency directs covert worldwide intelligence, reports to leaders, and keeps budgets and staff figures undisclosed. Founded in 1947, with John Foster Dulles as head since 1953 and Gen. C. P. Cabell as deputy.
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CIA
U.S
Washington
Eisenhower
Central Intelligence Unit
John Foster Dulles
Gen
C.P. Cabell
U.S. Air Force
Miserable Weather Snow and Cold Across Midwest to Canada
Heavy spring weather hit from eastern Minnesota to western Pennsylvania with snow mixed with rain in Upper Michigan and northern Indiana. Temperatures in the 30s caused flooding in Illinois and Pennsylvania. The Mississippi rose along a 50 mile stretch while Manistique faced flood duty and blasting at Indian Lake for lake level control. Damages to resorts and homes from Indian Lake flood waters are estimated at $100,000.
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Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Canada
Upper Michigan
Indiana
Lome
Illinois
Mississippi
Keokuk
Iowa
Hannibal
National Guard
Civil Defense
Manistique
Mich
Indian Lake
Manistique, Pulp and Paper Co
United States vows defense of allies bases if Russia strikes
The United States said it would uphold defense commitments with allies if Russia attacked their bases. Khrushchev threatened to strike back at bases used for spy flights. The U.S. also assured Japan it would not use its U2 planes there for missions over the Soviet Union, while leaving open other recon flights.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Soviet Union
Japan
State Department
Lincoln White
Submarines Circles Earth Underwater Historic Trip
The U S nuclear submarine Triton completed a 36 000 mile submerged voyage around the world. It traced much of Magellan s first surface voyage route from Cadiz and included two surface breaks to transfer a sick crewman and honor Magellan.
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Washington
U.S
Globe
Ferdinand Magellan
Montevideo
Uuruguay
Triton
Macon
Cadiz
Spain
Magellan
Triton Skipper Beach Receives Medal From President
Captain Edward L. Beach of the Triton was picked up by helicopter off the Delaware coast today and flown to the White House to receive the Medal of Merit from President Eisenhower. Beach, 42, had served as Eisenhower’s naval aide for four years, and the Triton is noted as a linear warning submarine powered by dual nuclear reactors.
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Edward L. Beach
Delaware
White House
Eisenhower
Beach
West Virginia campaign ends in close Kennedy Humphrey race
AP dispatch from Charleston notes West Virginia Democrats face a tight choice between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey as primary results loom overnight. Long ballots and manual counting at most polling places highlight a costly, labor touched race with religion and money issues shaping the finish. Humphrey cites labor aid shortfall. Kennedy stresses religious tolerance amid Protestant stronghold.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
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