Armageddon at Dayton Air Show as Maj Armstrong dies in crash
The 1954 National Aircraft Show ends with tragedy as Maj John L Armstrong dies in a crash near Cox Municipal Airport while attempting a GE trophy speed record. He had just set a new high speed of 649,302 mph on Friday, surpassing the previous 607.1 mph mark.
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Dayton
Ohio
John L. Armstrong
Air Force
Fairborn
Anders Westerlund
Cox Municipal
Vandalia
Armstrong
D. A. Roussau
Tipp City
Maj. Armstrong
Joe Lynch
AF Department of Information
Maj. Lynch
Eugene P. Sonnenberg
Air Proving Ground Command
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
J. Stanley Holtener
Holtener
Sonnenberg
Maj
William J. Knight
Mansfield
William K. Sellers
Tulsa
Okla
Eisenhower Announces International Atomic Pool Plan
President Eisenhower said the United States has agreed with several nations to form an international agency for peaceful atomic energy usage, with Britain Canada Australia South Africa and France among those joining. He outlined four immediate steps including a reactor school, talks with Canada and Belgium, and rapid follow up with other friendly nations.
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Denver
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Incenntl
Dnippingt
Raeuaaarer
United Nations
White House
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
South Africa
France
Soviet Union
International Atomic Pool
Dulles
International Atomic Energy Agency
New
International Agency
Congress
Hent Wales
Belgium
State Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Pennsylvania
Shippingport
Pittsburgh
US and Soviet Jets Clash Over Siberia Anew
Two Russian MiG‑15 fighters shot down a U.S. Navy Neptune over the Sea of Japan after a disputed encounter near Vladivostok. Nine of ten crew were rescued. one Ensign, Roger Reid of Alameda, is feared lost. Washington and Moscow traded notes accusing the other side of firing first.
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Washington
Siberia
Russia
U. S. Navy
High Seas
Siberian
State Department
Ernest L. Pinkevich
Alameda
Calif
Japan
Pinkevich
Tokyo
Navy
Sea of Japan
Ens
Roger Henry Reid
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Eisenhower
Moscow
Vladivostok
Asst
Fred A. Seaton
Charles E. Bohlen
Kremlin
U.S
Soviet Union
U. S
Senate
Denver
White House
James C. Hagerty
Dutch Irish Probe KLM Crash Near Shannon Airport
Survivors waited over three hours as investigators from Ireland and the Netherlands, led by Richard O Sullivan and C F Falkenhagen, examine the crash of the KLM Super Constellation into the River Shannon. Twenty eight perished, eleven Americans among them, with 15 of the 28 survivors being American.
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Smannon
Richard O'Sullivan
C. F. Falkenhagen
C. Kaan Viruly
Caroline Platz
Bronx
New York
A. J. Aler
KLM
Shannon
Aler
Ireland
Amsterdam
North Sea
Conference On Reich Proposed for Allied ministers talks
London proposes a nine nation foreign ministers conference on September 14 to discuss rearming West Germany. The group includes Britain United States Canada West Germany Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg and France. Talks aim to find an alternative to the EDC while allowing German entry into the Atlantic Pact with safeguards.
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London
Britain
West Germany
Rance
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
United States
Canada
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Road Death Toll Nearing Safety Council Prediction
The Associated Press reports the Labor Day highway death toll rose into the weekend with 338 total deaths so far, as the National Safety Council warns the predicted 390 may be exceeded. States launch patrols, while Michigan urges motorists home by 5 p.m. to avoid the deadliest hours. Ohio records 8 traffic, 5 drowning, 6 miscellaneous deaths.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Dearborn
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Alabama
Michigan State Automobile Club
Michigan
Safety Council
Ohio
Border Tensions Rise as Israeli Driver and Shepherds Die
On the Israel Egyptian frontier trouble flared again with an Israeli spokesman reporting the death of a Jewish tractor driver and three shepherds yesterday. The incident escalates ongoing border tensions between the two sides.
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Jerusalem
Mystery Planes Over Formosa Capital Alarm Rises
Unidentified aircraft hovered above Taipei as antiaircraft guns opened fire and Formosa went blackout for three hours amid ongoing rumors of Quemoy bombardments. Nationalist and American officials discussed the crisis as air raid alerts remained silent and no bombs fell on the capital.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Quemoy
Amoy
Trung
Defense Ministry
U. S
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Washington
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Streamliner Derailment Near Baker Montana
Milwaukee Road Hi awatha passenger train No 16 derailed last night after a flash flood washed out 460 feet of track east of Marmoth N Dakota and 1200 feet more of track. About 160 passengers rode in derailed coaches with six stretcher cases and nine injuries reported none serious. A special train to Marmath N D would take injured to Baker hospitals where needed.
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Baker Mont.p
Milwaukee Road Hiawatha
Montana
T. A. Childers
Marmoth
N. D
Marmath
Bowman, N. D
Baker Hospitals
Here
Childers
Milwaukee
Plucky Texas Bullfighter Gored, Lives Holding Her Own
Patricia McCormick a 24 year old Texas bullfighter was gored by a 1350 pound bull in Ciudad Acuna Mexico. She lies seriously but holding her own in a Del Rio hospital after surgery and three transfusions. The incident followed her killing the first bull of the afternoon and earning its ears and tail.
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Ciudad Acuna
Mex
Patricia McCormick
Texas
del Rio
Tex
Rio Grande
Pat
Heroe
Joe Blair
Blair
Patricia
Alejandro del Hierro
Ola Marquez
Marquez
Juarez
Texas Western College
el Paso
Eight-Nation Asia Parley Under Way
Manila hosts eight nation representatives as they begin talks to forge economic and military links to halt Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. Delegates from the United States, Britain, France, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan press for a security alliance to preserve peace amid regional threats.
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Manila
Southeast Asia
Philippine Senate
United States
Britain
France
Philippines
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Asia
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Maety
Solan Lyail
Pine
Carlos Garcia
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