United Air Lines hires explosives expert after DC6B crash
United Air Lines engaged Charles Wilson from Wisconsin Crime Laboratory to probe the Denver crash that killed 44 aboard a DC6B. Officials say evidence points to an in-air explosion though sabotage is not yet ruled out. Civil Aeronautics Board and other agencies join the investigation.
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Longmont
Colo
United Air Lines
UAL
Chicago
W. A. Patterson
United
Charles Wilson
Wisconsin
Douglas Co
Patterson
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Wash
Ington
Denver
James N. Peyton
Civil Aeronautics Board
G. C. Waysbeer
Netherlands
Grand Jury to Decide if Woodward Widow Faces Immunity
Nassau County District Attorney Gulotta says a November grand jury must determine if Ann Woodward should be compelled to reenact the shotgun killing of her husband William Woodward Jr. Immunity rules could free her from self incrimination if she testifies. Paul Wirths, a 22 year old suspect, is jailed on $5,000 bail and denies being on the Woodward property.
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Mineola
N. Y
Nassau County
Frank A. Gulotta
William Woodward Jr
Woodward
Oyster Bay
Ann
Paul W. Wirths
Wirths
Ex-Suitor's Note Found Near Slain Mother's Body
Police pieced together a note signed by William Turner from a waste basket. It urged meeting the Dayton mother Anna G. Guseman 26, found shot in her living room as sons Tommy eight and Bob six returned from school. No struggle or gun found. husband Richard says he was working.
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Dayton
Ohio
Anna G. Guseman
William Turner
Guseman
Tommy
Turner
Bob
Randy
Rita
Richard
Cusemans
Marion
Cuseman
Earl Love
Athens
Audry Caskey
Loose Change At Hospital Leaves Mystery Cash Trail
An elderly woman arrives at Nassau County’s Meadowbrook Hospital emergency ward with injuries and a stash totaling 63000 dollars. She pays the 1.50 fee and is told to seek a private facility as officials withhold her name to protect her from robbers.
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East Meadow
N. Y
Meadowbrook Hospital
Nassau County
Former Arsenal worker reveals lax security after stealing documents
Joseph S. Shields Jr., 31, a former Frankford Army Arsenal employee, says he took several confidential papers to prove security flaws. He returned them, resigned, and described how easy access and weak controls allowed the breach.
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Arsenal
Philadelphia
Frankford Army Arsenal
Joseph S. Shields Jr
Air Force
Washington, D. C
Sen
McCarthy
Joseph Colby
Shields
Prentiss Reed
Col. Reed
Archbishop Denies Church Pressure Over Margaret Townsend
The Archbishop of Canterbury denied on BBC that the Church of England pressed Princess Margaret to abandon Peter Townsend. Geoffrey Fisher stated the church does not approve remarriage of divorced persons with living former spouses. Townsend, a divorced RAF group captain, had his romance with Margaret end after her public decision not to marry him.
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London
Canterbury
Church of England
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Geoffrey Fisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Margaret Townsend
Townsend
Royal Air Force
Lambeth Palace
Richard Dimbleby
St. Paul's Cathedral
Utah Voters Draw Blank In Two Utah Towns
Residents in New Harmony and Virgin Utah will vote on two town board seats with blank ballots after no candidate filed for either seat. Voters will be instructed to write in their choices on blank sheets of paper.
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New Harmony
Utah
Virgin
Weather Notes Cold Windy With Snow Flurries Expected
An early forecast calls for windy and cold conditions with temperatures in the 30s and possible snow flurries through Friday. A hard freeze is forecast tonight with a low near 20 as skies clear. Yesterday’s unofficial high reached 62, with a 34 degree low this morning and slow warming outlook.
Fighting flares as Egyptian forces clash with Israel near El Auja
In El Auja Ni zona clashes Egypt and Israel leave dozens dead or captured. Egypt reports 200 Israeli fatalities elsewhere as Cairo claims a successful counterattack recapturing El Sabha post. Ben Gurion resumes leadership and calls for immediate talks.
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Jerusalem
Israeli Foreign Ministry
el Auja-Nizana Demilitarized Zone
Cairo
el Sabha
el Auja
Palestine Department
Abdel Hakim Amer
Egypt
Beerotayim
U. N
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Eisenhower Drafts 06 Program Amid Taft Hartley Clash
President Eisenhower, regaining strength, drafts a legislative program for next year. He plans to re submit 14 Taft Hartley amendments despite Democratic opposition, while preparing for convalescence at Gettysburg. Mitchell reports no political talks with Eisenhower during visits, but White House health exams may steer timing.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Congress
Labor Mitchell
Mitchell
Gettysburg
White House
Mamie
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Negro Gang Sought In Child Kidnapping
Four women and two men were sought by Nassau County police in a missing child case involving 2 year old Stephen Damman and his 7 month old sister Pamela. A white informant described six suspects, all Negroes, seen near a supermarket in East Meadow. Pamela was later found unharmed in the carriage behind the market as volunteers and investigators pressed the search.
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East Meadow
N. Y
Stephen Damman
Pamela
New York
Nassau County
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Stephen
Anc 21
Marilyn
Air Force
Jerry Damman
Mitchel Air Force Base
Molotov Opposes German Elections Yet Seeks Unity Talks
In Geneva the Western powers pressed Molotov to accept German unification through free elections, risking the end of East Germany's regime. A broad agreement on unity and continued negotiations on security may emerge, with Dulles noting similarities yet major differences over a unified versus divided Germany and NATO's role.
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Geneva
West
V. M. Molotov
Germany
East Germany
Sut Nowming Wat
U.S
Dulles
Macmillan
Pinay
Russia
Molotov
Soviet Union
NATO
UN Agency Wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1954
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 1954 Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the 53rd recipient, with a cash award of 35066 dollars. The UN refugee office, established in 1951 under Dr. G J van Heuven Goedhart, operates from Geneva to aid refugees fleeing persecution.
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Oslo
Nobel Committee
United Nations High Commissioner
United Nations Agency
U. N. High Comemissioner
G. J. van Heuven Goedhart
Amsterdam
Geneva
U. N
Alfred Nobel
Nobel
International Red Cross
Ralph J. Bunche
Palestine
George C. Marshall
United States
Albert Schweitzer
Tragic Fatal Car Collision Near Kitches Indiana
A man tentatively identified as L. E. Whitesell of Fair Haven Camden Route 2 was killed when his car was struck by a local freight train at 10 28 a m EST. The auto was dragged half a mile along the tracks and the body was too badly mangled to identify though effects at the wreckage suggested the occupant was Whitesell about six years old.
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Kitches
Ind
L. E. Whitesell
Fair Haven
Camden Rt. 2
Whitesell
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United Chapter
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Ceves
Sone
M4 Society
Ener Cpr
Ruth Ann McDaniel
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L. A. Smith
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Tex
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David
Benson
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