Nine Killed In Flying Boxcar Crash Near Charleston
A C119 Flying Boxcar crashed and exploded near Charleston Air Force Base killing at least nine people aboard and on the ground. Survivors were hospitalized and Maj. Gen. Chester E. McCarthy investigated the crash area and liaised with authorities to aid distressed civilians. The crash occurred near Highway 52 west of Charleston, about 10 miles from the city center.
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Charleston Air Force Base
Kannamichklia Informa
JHE Vase Pure Srevention
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12Th Air Force
Worth Charleston
Theeze
Chester E. McCarthy
18Th Air Force
Donaldson Afb
Greenville
D. C
Code Becomes Effective For U S Workers
Washington announces a new code of conduct for Commerce Department employees and WOC workers. Violations range from warnings to dismissal. The rules cover safeguarding confidential information, avoiding conflicts of interest, and forbidding speculative securities trades while allowing bona fide investments.
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Commerce Department
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Wocs
House
Celler ‘D
School Bus Hit by Train Kills 10 in Spring City Tennessee
A school bus was struck by a freight train at a grade crossing, killing 10 children and injuring 31. Driver Raymond Moore, 38, reported lights were not working as he crossed. Gov. Clement ordered a three way investigation and planned to meet grieving parents and hospital officials as the town reeled. The governor said authorities will seek to prevent a recurrence.
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Spring City
Raymond Moore
Moore
Leonard Pack
Sybil Hardaway
Cumberland Mountain Foothills
Argentine Train Crash Claims 15 to 18 Dead
In Buenos Aires outskirts a fast electric express train struck the rear of another train amid fog. Initial reports put the death toll at 15 to 18 with 45 to 55 injured, as students and commuters were aboard.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Board to Quiz Brown on Plea To Cancel Fair
Winnebago County supervisors planned to discuss closing the 1955 county fair at this afternoon’s meeting despite saying they lack jurisdiction. Oshkosh mothers asked to appear to appeal to halt fair activities amid polio concerns. the fair is run by the Winnebago County Fair Association and the board leased the grounds to them.
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Minster
Winnebago
Booster Shot Chicago Health Experiment Sparks Debate
Doctors at Tliavis Masonic Hospital administer intravenous alcohol during nose operations to induce a mild sense of well being. The practice aims to reduce patient anxiety but raises ethical and medical concerns among critics. The article notes that the doses are not enough to intoxicate and emphasizes the experimental nature of the procedure.
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Chicago
T Liavis Masonic Hospital
French Troops Begin Drive On Berber Tribes
French army troops launched a general offensive against Berber tribes in Morocco and Algeria to crush anti-French uprisings. Tanks and jet fighters supported operations on a 63 mile Moroccan front from Khouribga toward the Atlas foothills, with attacks targeting Berber villages near Qued Zam. In Algeria similar dawn assaults displaced and destroyed nine rebel villages as France seeks a settlement in North Africa with Moroccan representatives in Aix les Bains.
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Kheniira
Khouribga
Storocco
Algeria
Atlas Mountains
Marakesh
Qued Zam
France
Constantine
Edgar Faure
Aix-Les- Bains
North Africa
Jaundice Cause Clear in Jap Angler's Death
Washington reports that jaundice, not atomic fallout, killed Aikichi Kuboyama who died after exposure to fallout from the 1952 Eniwetok test. Dr. Frank Berry, assistant secretary of defense, says the jaundice arose from a bodily reaction after a blood transfusion and is not common in America.
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Washington (Cp
Defense Department
Eniwetok
Frank B. Berry
America
Aikichi Kulboyama
Wife Defies Husband and CIO in Steel Strike
Esther Quigler, a Chicago housewife, defies her husband Andrew Quigler and the CIO United Auto Workers by supporting a strike at Harrison Sheet Steel Co. She organized other wives, rallied at the union hall, received threats and police protection, and urged the workers to resume negotiations by Monday.
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Chicago
Esther Quigler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Harrison Sheet Steel Co
Quigler
Andrew
UAW
Quigley
First National Election in 1789 Washington Elected
The article recalls the first national election held on Friday January 7 1789 eight years after Yorktown and the election of George Washington as President. It shifts to a local classified ad vibe with Winnebagoland renters buyers and ad writers.
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Yorktown
George Washington
Nine More Die From Polio In Wisconsin Report
Police polio toll climbs with nine more deaths in Wisconsin. Milwaukee accounts for five fatalities, Green Bay reports several cases, Outagamie and Dane counties show rising totals. Green Bay notes a first Salk dose linked case, urging second and third inoculations later in September and January respectively.
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Wisconsin
Woman purse snatcher in Newark puzzle arrests
In Newark New Jersey police seek a purse snatcher who reversed the usual method. Jose Pouso reports a woman grabbed his wallet on a busy street and fled leaving him counting his money.
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Newark
N.J
Jose Pouso
Polio Strikes Eight In Oshkosh Area This Season
An Oshkosh boy of fourteen, Mel Albert Mickey, was admitted to Mercy Hospital with poliomyelitis, bringing the local total to eight cases this season. The bullbar variety was diagnosed. a younger sister received gamma globulin as a precaution. Six Oshkosh patients remain hospitalized, with two other victims abroad in Green Bay and Chicago hospitals. One rural case, Arnold J. Lee, of Rt. 1 Omro, died last week, while Mrs. Mueller, among early season patients, was released this month. City health officials note five Oshkosh polio cases last year versus eight this season.
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Frank Urban
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Rhode Island
Maine
Anb
Gshkosh
Mercy Hospital
Mel AL “Mickey
Phonse J. Mickey
Bird
Toj le
Mickey
Raymond G. Pitz
St. Vincent's Hospital
Christine Erde
Chicago
Arnold J. Lee
Rt. 1
Omro
William H. Mueller
Ith St
Mueller
City Health Department
Oshkosh
Eisenhower Shifts to Special Session If Needed
President Eisenhower at Bradley Field vowed to call a special session of Congress if necessary to obtain federal funds for flood disaster relief. He spoke after aerial surveys of the flood zones in the Naugatuck River valley and urged swift congressional action to authorize spending for eight disaster areas.
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Lowry Air Force Base
Hcolo
White House
Wartford
Conn
Congress
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Windsor Locks
Denver
Naugatuck River
Ansemia
Derby
Fisenhower
Congressional
Janary
E. Roland Harriman
American Red Cross
Val Peterson
Mr. Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Harriman
Peterson
Red Cross
Termath
Hartford
Florist Warns Strapless Gowns Hurt Corsage Trade
Anson Pratt of Hamilton told a Guelph audience that strapless evening gowns have nearly ruined the corsage business. He said florists are seeking methods to attach corsages to bare skin.
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Guelph
Ont
Anson Pratt
Hamilton
Ontario Horticulturists
Airman Bumpas Freed by Reds After Korea Crash
Second Lt. Guy H. Bumpas of Jackson Mississippi, injured and in a flight suit, was released by Communist forces at a Korea exchange point after a delay to receive a dead captain’s casket. He said the treatment was OK under the circumstances as he was flown to a hospital. A nearby wooden casket contained Army Capt. Charles W. Brown of West Louisville Kentucky, killed when Reds shot down Bumpas’s light plane.
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Demilitarized Zone
Central Korea
Guy H. Bumpas
O.K
Army
Charles W. Brown
West
Louisville
Bumpas
Jackson
Miss
United Nations Command
Freedom
City Income Tax Share Declines After War-Era Gain
City Treasurer Harvey Galow announced at City Hall that the final state income tax installment brings the city's total for the year to 654,046.34 a drop from last year’s 693,278.13. He attributed the fall to lower incomes among residents and noted it’s the first decline since World War II. The final payment was 319,914.73 and puts revenue just over the 560,000 budget estimate. In 1933 the city received 639,373.12 from state income tax remittances.
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Harvey Galow
Garow
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