Air Crash Report Deliberate Hoax
False reports that an airliner had crashed at sea triggered a large air sea search near the Isle of Wight. Civil aeronautics officials investigated whether the report was a mistake or hoax as 30 surface vessels and many aircraft hunted the waters. The RAF later said no crash or missing plane occurred and the initial sighting involved a training flight from Hurn Airport.
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Newport
England
UPI
Civil Aeronautics
Isle of Wight
Channel
Royal Air Force
Hurn
U.S
Europe
Iceland
North Africa
Liner Captain Beached In New York
The Constitution's captain James W. La Belle faces Coast Guard charges for speeding in fog after the ship struck the Norwegian freighter Jalanta. He will have a March 25 hearing to determine possible suspension or revocation of his license. The collision sheared off 100 feet of the freighter bow and listed injuries aboard the Jalanta.
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New York
UPI
Coast Guard
James W. la Belle
Aast Guard
la Belle
Jalanta
Oge Ape
Mediterranea
Hugh L . Switzer
Arson-Murder Suspect Goes On Trial Today
Arthur Joe Edwards, 20, stands trial in Kosciusko for the arson death of his 78 year old aunt Mary Young. About 130 veniremen attended jury selection. Albert Lepard, 26, Edwards cousin, faces the same charges after defense seeks a mental examination were overruled by Circuit Judge Henry Rodgers.
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Kosciusko
Arthur Joe Edwards
Mary Young
Henry ‘Rodgers
Edwards
Albert Lepard
Lepard
Whirling Dervish Sect in United States Count Revealed
A rough estimate places about 3000 adherents of the whirling dervish sect within the United States. The figure reflects a small but visible presence of this Moslem religious practice.
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United States
Highway bids to be opened March 18 in Louisiana
The Louisiana state department of highways will open sealed bids March 18 for 20 road improvement projects across parishes. Projects include embankment work on St Landry, bridge work on East Baton Rouge and Livingston, widening on Pointe Coupee and more, with specifics listed by parish and route.
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Salley Sumlin
Delhi
Lake Providence
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
Miss Sumlin
Louisiana
Jaycees
St. Landry
West Atchafalaya
U.S. 190
East Baton Rouge & Livingston
Amite River
Pointe Coupee
Erwinville
Ascension & Assumption
Donaldsonville
Napoleonville
Boeuf River
Lafourche
Plaquemines
Mississippi River
Belle Chasse
Vermilion
West Carroll
St. Mary
Patterson
Evangeline
Ville Platte
Calcasieu
Lake Charles
Acadia
Morse Point - Lyons
Jefferson
Grand Isle
Lockport
Lincoln
Springhill Church
Simsboro
Woodville
U.S. drafts plan for Berlin convoy test if blockade occurs
United States has drafted a plan for a test convoy to run from Helmstedt through East Germany to West Berlin if a Soviet blockade is imposed. The blueprint envisions a normal unarmed convoy of four to ten trucks with possible later tank support. Plans cover Western forces in Europe including U.S. Army and Air Forces alongside French and British contingents.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Berlin
Russia
East Germany
Europe
Helmstedt
West Germany
West Berlin
U. S
7Th Army
Farm Roundup From Washington Wheat Policy Or Irrigation Forecast
Congress may be asked to broaden the conservation reserve as part of a new wheat bill and to tighten production controls. Interior officials say irrigation water should be sufficient for the coming season, though some reservoirs are low. Soil bank participation reached about 10 million acres in 1958 with 13 million more expected in new contracts.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Interior Department
Bureau of Reclamation
West
Floyd E. Dominy
Commissioner of Reclamation
California
Rocky Mountain
Plains
Agriculture Department
U.S
Soil Bank Reserve
Humphrey proposes self help marketing stabilization for turkey industry
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey introduces a bill to create a self help program to stabilize turkey marketing. The plan would let producers finance surplus removal or diversion plus research and market development, backed by the National Turkey Federation. Agriculture data show tree planting more than doubling to a record 1,568,708 acres in fiscal 1958.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Turkey
National Turkey Federation
Agriculture Department
Mussolini Son Acquitted of Desertion Count
Vittorio Mussolini, 40, son of Italy's slain ex dictator, was acquitted by a military court of a 16 year old wartime desertion charge. He returned from Argentina to erase a prior conviction and preserve his wartime captain rank. The report also notes large land plantings by private owners and Florida leading land additions.
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Florence
Italy
UPI
Vittorio Mussolini
Mussolini
Argentina
Florida
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