Pilot may have found cause of fatal Northeast crash
A United Press report says a pilot reviewing an airline DC-6 manual noted a line about trim tab movement and loss of response. He suggests a suddenly released trim tab in the rudder caused the Rikers Island crash that killed twenty, in a dangerous, swift yaw off course.
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Robert J. Serling
United Press
Washington
Northeast Airlines
Riers Island
N. Y
Miami
Airline Pilots Association Safety Committee
Rikers Island
Diamonds Fire in the Eye through Dispersion
An explainer on diamond dispersion describes how white light splits into red to violet colors when properly cut and oriented facets yield fire. It notes price differences from incorrect angles and invites readers to visit Howard Bros at 116 DeSford Sr Monroe, LC for demonstrations and budget terms.
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Howard Bros
DeSford
LSU Museum Debuts New Southern Louisiana Display
Baton Rouge June 8 The LSU Museum of Natural Science unveils a swamp scene exhibit with 32 birds an alligator bullfrog water moccasin and water hyacinths. Curator P Ambrose Daigre painted the backdrop mounted the specimens and built the foreground memorializing Edward A Melhenny funded by his daughters and the Louisiana Ornithological Society plans a sea bird nesting colony as the project nears completion.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
Louisiana
George H. Lowery
P. Ambrose Daigre
Edward A. Melhenny
Avery Island
Mclhenny
Leila Mellhenny Brown
Destrehan
Rosemary Osborne Ochoston
Pauline Simmons
Louisiana Ornithological Society
Sudden trim tab failure blamed for near miss
A safety expert traced the North East plane incident to a frozen rudder trim tab in icy conditions. As the DC-6 ascended into warmer air, melting ice released the tab suddenly, leaving the crew with no reaction time.
Aviation ranks second in Louisiana industry
Brig. Gen. T. B. Herndon told Amvets in Baton Rouge that aviation including military, commercial and private uses is a major factor in the state economy. He cited nine airlines serving seven cities with 184 daily stops, 137 general air bases and 37 seaplane bases, plus a $336 million military base investment and 25,000 jobs with a $95 million payroll.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
T. B. Herndon
Amvets
Herndon
State Public Works Department
The
Train Collides With Truck at City Crossing
A Missouri Pacific train struck a two ton 1957 truck owned by Monroe Scrap Material Co at the Congo Breard street intersection. The driver Willie Coleman 49 failed to see the engine. Police report 290 damage to the train and 100 to the truck. The train was towed to the shop.
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Congo and
Breard Streets
Monroe Scrap Material Company
Missouri Pacific
Willie Coleman
Breard Street
Olen Whitney
Ville Platte Gazette Wins Second in News Picture Contest
The Ville Platte Gazette of Ville Platte Louisiana earned second place in the best news picture category at the 72nd NEA convention in San Francisco. The winning image shows Gov Earl Long surrounded by a hostile crowd urging him to go home during the 1956 seventh district congressional race.
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San Francisco
Ville Platta
Gazette Today
National Editorial Association
Beter
NEA
Earl Long
Long
Cops Nab Colleague After High Speed Pursuit
Two New York police officers in an unmarked car chased a motorist making an illegal U turn and speeding away. The suspect was halted but it turned out to be another unmarked police vehicle involved in the incident.
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New York
Pioneers Phone Workers Hold Annual Northeast Louisiana Meeting
Northeast Louisiana Pioneers phone workers met for a yearly gathering in Monroe with about 275 attendees and guests. Officers installed included Harvey Trammell president Montez Smith vice president and Zonetta Rester secretary treasurer. Rester won re election and outgoing president was Edwin P. Jenevein with Zola Chatham as vice president.
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Pioneer Telephone Workers
Miss Louisiana Beauty Pageant Grows In Lake Providence
The eighth annual Miss Louisiana Pageant will be held June 28 30 in Lake Providence sponsored by the Lake Providence Junior Chamber of Commerce. More than twenty contestants are expected with an attendance near eight thousand. Sonny James will guest act each night and events run from Friday through Sunday with parades talent rounds and a coronation ball.
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Lake Providence
L. E. Townsend, Jr
J. C
Townsend
Sonny James
American Legion
Beverly Norman
Shreveport
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Bell Telephone Pioneers Organization
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Ruston
Billie Copes
Monroe
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Athens
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William Derderian
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Marine Corps League
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Henry Starling
Louisiana Disabled American Veterans
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Lake Charles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Chicago
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