Jets Crashes Dampen Memorial Day Service in Minneapolis
Two Navy Panther jets collided during a Memorial Day tribute over Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis. Cmdr. Newell Olson, 38, was killed as one jet crashed into a street, while a second plane landed in a vacant lot. a thousand mourners witnessed the event. One plane struck homes, igniting fires. Olson’s body was found in the street with parachute tangled in a tree.
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Minneapolis
Herman Trost
Cmdr
Newell Olson
Ofa
Wold-Chamberlain Naval Air Station
Trost
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
J.g
John Forsmark
Olson
Navy
Mississippi River
Edna Joan
Massacre in Algerian village kills hundreds
Survivors recount a night of horror as Arab rebels slaughtered most of the male population of La Melouza, about 80 miles southeast of Algiers. French officials say 302 dead with part of the village torched and many women injured. Boys 15 and younger spared.
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Algiers
Algeria
la Melouza
Algerian Nationalists Movement
MNA
National Liberation Front
FLN
Woman Treats Free Speech as Lifelong Duty
A humorous yet pointed reflection notes a woman who views free speech not as a right but as an ongoing obligation, sparking thoughts on civic engagement and expression.
Egypt Viet Nam Trade Announcement Trade Pact Revealed
Hanoi reports North Viet Nam and Egypt signed a trade contract. Viet Nam will export rice tea linseed oil coal cement in exchange for Egyptian cotton yarn and cloth.
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Honk Kong
Egypt
Viet Nam
Radio
Hanoi
You Cant Stop Hoping as Girl Enters Second Year in Coma
Long Beach California 16 year old Suzanne Payette begins her second year in a deep coma after brain damage from oxygen loss during a May 31 1956 tonsillectomy. Her father Lyle Payette a furniture salesman reflects on hope amid exhausted finances and limited prognosis.
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Long Beach
Calif
Suzanne Payette
Howier
Oxygen
Lyle Payette
Suzanne
Payette
Cats Better Like Fish
Frances de Santis, 65, trapped in a poultry market after the proprietor closed for the day in upper Manhattan. She signaled from a front window for help for two hours and 40 minutes before a passerby notified police. She walked away saying she never wants chicken again.
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New York
Frances de Santis
Upper Manhattan
Miss de Santis
Miller Convicted by Judge in Contempt of Congress
Arthur Miller, husband of Marilyn Monroe, was found guilty of contempt of Congress in a six day trial before Judge Charles McLaughlin. He refused to name Communist writers to the House Un-American Activities Committee, despite answering other questions. Sentencing not set. maximum penalties include one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Congress
Charles McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Miller
House Committee On Un-American Activities
New York
Mixed Showers Forecast for Miami Valley Weekend
A slow moving cold front brings widely scattered showers and cooler temps by Sunday. Today stays partly cloudy and warm with a high around 83. Tonight and Saturday see scattered showers and storms, low near 65, high around 80, ending Saturday night. Sunday turns fair and cool after a 85 degree high in Middletown yesterday and 58 degree low this morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Woman Survives 19 Days On Snow-Capped Mountain
Mrs. Dalton DeMasurier, 45, survived 19 days beside the body of her husband after a plane crash on Ferris Mountain east of Rawlins Wyoming. She endured storms on four-foot snow drifts, subsisting on chocolate and vitamin pills before rescue. The wreckage burned, and her husband died. she was hospitalized with shock frostbite and malnutrition.
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Joe McGowan Rawlins
Wyo
Duluth, Minn
Robert D. Paul
Carbon County
Duluth
Pasadena
Calif
Ferris Mountain
Here
LeMasurier
KDAL
Cowles
Jack Putnam
Buzzard Ranch
Putnam
Paul
Unclear Text: Family Updates On Crash Victim’s Death Timeline
Conflicting statements from the wife describe the death timing after the crash. Initial report said he died four days after the incident, later she said seven days ago. The fragment ends with her plan before sleep.
Youth Convicted Of Starting Riot In University Demonstration
William Carmany 20 of Bedford was convicted of inciting a riot tied to a student demonstration at Bowling Green State University. Justice Ralph J. Cain fined Carmany 40 dollars plus costs. Carmany, a junior and former student, pleaded innocent.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Bedford
William Carmany
Bowling Green State University
Justice of the Peace
Ralph J. Cain
Carmany
Mother Was Afraid Youth Shoots Father In Home
A 14 year old boy shot and killed his father William Hayes 38 after the man broke into the family home in Tamaqua Pa The boy Charles and his mother feared him especially since he was out of jail Officers found Hayes on a window ledge with a .22 caliber bullet in his heart The home housed wife and two other children Leonard 9 and Marlene 7 The father had spent 10 months in county prison last year on family assault charges The boy was taken to the county detention home in Pottsville No charges filed pending further investigation
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Tamaqua
Charles Hayes
William
Hayes
Leonard
Marlene
Pottsville
Secretary Kills Fiance in Washington Slaying
Edith Louise Hough, 41, a private secretary and former Russian-born Voice of America translator, is held on a first degree murder charge for shooting Zurab Abdusheli, 40, her former fiance who had married another woman weeks earlier. Abdusheli, an announcer translator for Voice of America, was shot six times in an elegant Washington apartment. The coroner noted multiple wounds and Hough claimed she fired after Abdusheli appeared to groan, saying she could not let him suffer. The case awaits June 13 proceedings.
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Washington
Voice of America
Zurab Abdusheli
Edith Louise Hough
Ash Blonde
Abdusheli
Irene Eristoff
Miss Hough
U. S
James F.splain
Abdusheh
Highland Falls
N.Y
Russia
Georgia
Voice of América
Campuswide riot at Illinois ends after eight hours police action
More than 5,000 University of Illinois students rioted on Memorial Day until eight hours of police intervention. Over 200 officers fired at least 150 tear gas volleys. two coeds injured and 50 students arrested. President Henry promised disciplinary action and a full investigation.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
David Dodds Henry
Dr. Henry
John T. Henry
Illlinois
Phi Gamma Delta
Alpha Delta Phi
Sherwood Lodge
Henry
Champaign County
Illinois
Beirut in Chaos as Army Quells Violent Demonstration
Army and police guard key sites in Beirut after Thursday violence leaves eight rioters dead and about 70 wounded. More than 200 arrested as opponents demand government resignation. Strikes and demonstrations spread to Tripoli, Sidon and Baalbek amid tensions between pro Western and pro Egyptian factions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camiile Chamoun
Hamil Fragien
Chamoun
Mosele
Damascus
Tripoli
Sidon
Baalbek
National Front
Sami Solh
Solh
Egypt
Syria
Extremely Dangerous Radar Beam Causes Death in Minutes
California surgeon notes radar beams can cause rapid heat and tissue damage. He cites a 1954 Los Angeles case of a 42 year old radar technician who died within two weeks after exposure for under a minute. Insides burned with a visible hole in the small bowel.
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Los Angeles
California
John T. McLaughlin
Glendale
California Medical Assn
McLaughlin
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