Cause Of Air Crash Is Hunted
Investigators probed the crash of a private Lockheed Ventura that plunged from clouds into a muddy field near Jeffersonville Indiana. Eight dead include six Crane Co executives headed to a Louisville convention. two executives among the victims and the pilot Randolph Muhlerin. The craft owned by Crane Co of Chicago exploded after impact.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Louisville
The
Crane Co
Chicago
George Erwin Jr
James A. Dwyer
Randolph Muhlerin
Standiford Field
J. A. McMurry
Charles E. Towner
G. G. Lindholm
Fred J. Wilkey
Robert Robinette
Muhlerin
Debuts of the Xplorer Train Reach Cleveland Cincinnati
Robert R. Young unveils the Xplorer named train X, a lightweight 392 passenger diesel streamliner built by Pullman-Standard. It runs 260 miles Cleveland to Cincinnati with aims of 4 hours 40 minutes to 5 hours, featuring a self-banking suspension and low profile while pursuing regular service from May 27.
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Young
New York Central
The
Central
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Ohio
Xplorer
Mercury
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp
Sizeable Pay Boost Sought by United Steelworkers
The United Steelworkers plan a substantial wage increase and 21 contract changes in talks with 172 basic steel firms. Highlights include a premium pay plan for weekend work, extended unemployment benefits, improved insurance, a union shop, more holidays and longer vacations. Talks hoped to start by June 1. contracts for 650,000 members expire June 30.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
USW
Basic Steel
Basic Steel Companies
McDonald
30 Days Forecast Altered Temperatures By Region
The Weather Bureau predicts the southeast and West Coast will see above normal temperatures for 30 days. Below normal readings are forecast for the Great Lakes, Northeast, Northern Plains and Central Plateau. Rainfall should exceed normal in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys and the Great Lakes region. Subnormal rainfall is expected west of the Continental Divide and in the Southeast. near normal elsewhere.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Plains
Central Plateau
Missouri
Mississippi
Continental Divide
Boy Killed by School Bus After Fall in Eastlake
Eight year old David Bytheway stepped from a school bus in Eastlake Tuesday afternoon ran alongside the bus slipped and was struck by a rear wheel fatally.
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Cleveland
Eastlake
David Bytheway
Light turnout in Cheyenne County primary at Bunker Hill
In Sidney Neb a Cheyenne County Bunker Hill precinct reported only five votes in yesterday's primary. Election judges five total two Republicans and three Democrats cast ballots. No outside voters appeared. the outlying precincts usually total about 25 votes.
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Sidney
Neb
Bunker Hill
Cheyenne County
Moslem Chief Gets Capital VIP Honors
Washington awaits President Soekarno of Indonesia for a state visit with President Eisenhower. Soekarno, first trip to America, receives Washington key and planned White House meeting. The trip aims goodwill with no negotiations anticipated, amid offers to Indonesia from China and the Soviet Union. He will address Congress tomorrow before a two week tour ending midmonth.
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Washington
Soekarno
Indonesia
Eisen- Hower
America
District of Columbia
White House
Eisenhower
U.S
China
Soviet Union
Peiping
Moscow
Congress
Cincinnati Crash Kills Woman 26
CINCINNATI Mrs. Mildred Waddle 26 was killed Tuesday when a tractor-trailer jackknifed on a Hamilton Avenue hill and struck her car. Her daughter Donna Lee 3% was critically injured. Police charged Wilfred Hark 41 of Kalida Ohio with reckless driving and manslaughter.
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Cincinnati
Mildred Waddle
Hamilton Avenue
Donna Lee
Wilfred Hark
Kalida
Ohio
Gave Money Away Kind-Hearted Minnie Faces 1st Trial
In Norfolk Virginia Minnie Mangum a 52 year old woman charged with embezzling nearly three million dollars from the Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn over 22 years faces her first courtroom engagement. The frail pictured helper who cared for a blind sister is accused of passing funds and faces multiple indictments with possible penalties up to ten years and a thousand dollar fine per count.
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Norfolk
Minnie, Mangum
U.S
Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn
Gilbert H. Beesemyer
Hollywood
Calif
Miss Mangum
Commonwealth
The
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Miss Minnie
Corporation Court
Virginia Corporation Commission
Corporation Commission
Bomb Test Aboard USS Mount McKinley Near Bikini Atoll
Sailors, planes, and 14 ships depart the Bikini lagoon as America prepares to launch the first air dropped hydrogen bomb over Namu Island. In the final hours before detonation, crews monitor instruments and rehearse takeoffs and bomb releases while officials stress avoiding fallout risks to personnel and island inhabitants.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini Pacific Proving Ground
Bikini Lagoon
Namu Island
Lagoon
Barrier Reef
Enya Island
Bull'seye
Task Force 7
Pacific Islands
Britain detonates atomic device at Monte Bello Islands
Canberra AP reports Britain successfully exploded an atomic device at Monte Bello Islands off western Australia. Officials say safety measures were in place and scientific records are being collected. The blast, part of Britain’s third test series, produced a mushroom cloud and a Z shaped drift over the Indian Ocean with onlookers noting the flash and thunderous rumble.
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Canberra
Australia
Britain
Monte Bello Islands
West Australia
Howard Beale
Monte Bellos
Woomera
Indian Ocean
Onslow
U S Actor and Wife Injured in Italian Car Crash
Terracina Italy Richard Basehart and wife Valentina Cortese were hurt when a police truck and a fire engine collided with their car on the Naples Rome highway. Two policemen were killed, ten others injured, the Baseharts unhurt son Jack and nurse safe. Cortese suffered severe head cuts and both stars were in shock.
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Terracina
Italy
Richard Basehart
Valentina Cortese
Baseharts
Rome
Fondi
Naples- Rome
Basehart
Jack
Terracina Hospital
Weather warms after cold front in Miami Valley
A passed cold air front yields a warming trend through Thursday. Official forecast calls for fair but chilly today with a high around 6 degrees and a low near 45. Thursday should be partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 70 and possible showers. Unofficial yesterday high reached 61 at 11 30 a.m. and morning low 46 at 4 a.m. Rain yesterday and last night totaled .26 inches.
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Miami Valley
Jet fighter crashes into Ottawa convent killing 15
A jet fighter plummeted from 33,000 feet into the Grey Nuns of the Cross rest home near Ottawa killing 15 people mostly bedridden nuns. Three nuns and a priest were found dead and eight missing. Twenty-two nuns escaped or were injured as fire consumed the three story brick building. The two pilots and a cook were also missing and presumed dead. Firefighters fought the blaze as crowds watched.
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Ottawa
Cess
Smtetan
Grey Nuns of the Cross
Marie Edmond
Louise Auguste
Uplands
Order of the Grey Nuns of the Cross
Ottawa River
Air Force Base
Richard Ward
Postponed H-bomb Test Delayed Briefly Aboard USS Mt McKinley
Weather delays nuclear test off Bikini Atoll with a postponement announced just 1 hour 36 minutes before scheduled shot time. A new tentative date is set for Friday as officials cite worsening conditions aboard the USS Mt. McKinley.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
U. S
Opposition Cuts Rhee's Win Margin in Korea Vote
In South Korea's 1952 presidential election Syngman Rhee won a third term with about 55 percent of ballots. His running mate Lee Ki Poong trailed in vice presidency as counting favored rural areas and a dead man and a former Communist in Seoul Taegu. An estimated 8.6 million voters, about 90 percent of those registered, cast ballots.
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Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Republic
Rhee
Lee Ki Poong
Democratic Party
Chang Myun
United States
Lee
Taegu
Cho Bong Am
Patrick Henry Shinicky
Shinicky
Japan
National Assembly
Truman skeptical of Soviet force cut pledge in Europe tour
President Truman arriving in Paris for a seven week European visit voiced doubt about Soviet plans to cut armed forces by 1.2 million. In a lively station interview he dismissed speculation on the Cold War, refused to back a candidate, and noted past Soviet breaches of treaties while traveling with Mrs. Truman aboard the United States.
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Paris
Harry S. Truman
Soviet
Russia
Truman
Europe
Central Intelligence Agency
St. Lazare Station
New York
Averell Harriman
Mrs. Truman
la Havre
United States
Film Mogul Loses $100000 In Gems
Los Angeles. Albert Warner, 72, one of the Warner brothers, reports jewels valued at 100000 missing after a traveling bag did not arrive on a plane returning to New York with his wife. The insurer and police are investigating loss or possible theft.
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Los Angeles
Albert Warner
Warner Brothers
Warner
New York
Robert L. Reynolds
Curtice lowers GM production forecast for 1956
GM president Harlow Curtice trimmed the industry outlook at a news conference to 5.8 million cars for 1956, down from 6.0 million, making 1956 the third highest sales year behind 1950 and 1955. He noted GM shed about 50,000 hourly workers since last June, with more layoffs planned for the model run, and cited tighter credit and rising steel costs as key obstacles. He cautioned against expecting revolutionary changes in 1957 models and said price and material costs would likely rise.
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Detroit
General Motors
Harlow Curtice
Curtice
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Federal Reserve Board
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