Navy blimp crash off New Jersey coast kills crew member
A 403 foot Navy blimp on a search mission crashed into the Atlantic near Lakehurst New Jersey. One airman died 17 feared lost and three crew survived. Survivor accounts blame a ruptured fuel line causing the bag to collapse. Rescue boats pulled survivors from wreckage as a Navy inquiry begins. The Yat 69 schooner, part of a separate missing craft search, was found safe by a Navy submarine when the distress call came.
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Navy
Barnegat Light
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Frank
Nikuletzke
Newport
Capasda
F. N. Kiem
Fleet Airship Wing
Joseph Cailicar
East Keansturg
Seven Million Homeless in Chile Earth Shifts
Geneva UPI reports more than seven million people were left homeless by recent earth movements in Chile. The World Council of Churches says damage to buildings across ten southern Chilean provinces stands at about 400 million dollars.
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Geneva
UPI
Chile
World Counci of Churches
WCC
Chief of Police Macklin Dies in New London at 61
New London reports the death of Harry D. Macklin 61 longtime police chief for 50 years. He died at Community Hospital at 5 43 a m after a stroke Wednesday night Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 a m at First Congregational Church with Masonic rites and burial Flora Hill Cemetery Survivors include wife Helen two sons Edward and John and Lee stationed with the Army in El Paso Texas two brothers a sister and several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements through Kircher Funeral Home
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New London
Harry D. _Macklin
First Congregational Church
Flora Hill Cemetery
Alfred O 'Davis Ell
Friends Mar
Kircher Funeral Home
Mgr. Macklin
New Londer
Masonic Blue Lodge
Royal Arch Masors
Tleen
Geaughier
Carla
Edward
John
Lee
el Paso
Tex
Angi
Kaukauna City Council accused of misusing funds
City official Emmett Rohan released a letter alleging the Kaukauna council misappropriated about 25,600 of public funds for gifts and grants to the American Legion and VFW posts over 27 years. He cites grants totaling 1,100 for promotion activities and a plan to sell the old city hall to the Legion for 5,201.
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Raukagna. Wis
UPI
Naukausa
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Atte
Emmett Rohan
Joseph Boyorgeon
VFW
Rohan
Legion
Husband Surviving Test Survives Parachute Lake Try
SALT LAKE CITY Utah AP Ty didnt know if he was dead or alive until yesterday his wife said of his survival kit test after parachuting into Burnt Lake at 9000 feet in Wyoming near Pinedale He spent five days in the wilderness using only the kit and a parka His relatives plan to market the kit if the test succeeds
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Burnt Lake
Wyoming
Pinedale
Stan Decker
Robert Lindblad
Bob
Lindblad
Ses
Arctic
Air Force
Wilds
Oshkosh Council OKs Sewer Bond Sale and Zone Change
The Oshkosh Common Council approved a sale of a one million dollar sewer bond with a month’s delay to allow preparations. They also studied a petition to extend North Main Street commercial zoning along Jefferson Avenue, backed by business leaders but opposed by residents, requiring a three fourths vote to change zoning.
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Oshkosh
Robert E. Stauffer
North Main Street
Jefferson Avenue
Parkway
Irving Avenues
Stauffer
Erbin Harenburg
William P. Harford
Harford
City to interview seven applicants for new manager
A selected group of seven of about forty applicants will visit Oshkosh for personal interviews with councilmen and the manager employment committee chaired by Councilman Dey C. McCray. Each couple will tour the city including the new high school and Pollock Memorial Pool, with interviews and a luncheon, aiming to finish by July 22. The city manager post follows the resignation of H. S. Tsorgrimsen effective September 1.
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Oshkosh
Dey C. McCray
McCray
New High School
Pollock Memorial Pool
Erbin Harenburg
Leity
Aus. i
H. S. Tsorgrimsen
Castro Rips Big Labor Mock Rally In Havana
Castro fumes at US import bans on Cuban sugar and vows to seize American property in retaliation. He rips Eisenhower and calls a mass rally to show unity against Yankee aggression. The meeting before closing session signals a dramatic national move in the national interest.
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Castro
Havana
Fidel Castro
Ammabaeesrema
Cal. Hiro
United States
Two Madison Girls Mother Of 8 Killed
A Wisconsin news brief reports multiple fatal and injurious auto crashes. Janet Jacobs and Vicky Burringame, both 16, of Madison, died when their convertible left the road and overturned on Milwaukee's east side. Victoria Nowiecki, 65, of Milwaukee, was killed in a separate collision on the South Side. her husband Joseph Nowiecki, 66, injured. An eight-wamily man, Charles Friedenberger Jr., 23, of rural Whitelaw, and eight of his children suffered injuries when their car went into a ditch after a crash. Additional injuries included a 6-year-old boy, Jackie Smith, struck while bicycling in Ashland. A 16-year-old, Philip Polly of Hopkins, Minn., died when his convertible collided with a cattle truck near Spring Green. Road crashes pushed the state’s 1960 traffic toll to 381.
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Associated Press
Victoria Nowiecki
Milwaukee
Joseph
Nowicki
Janet Jacobs
Vicky Bur Jingame
Madison
Centro
Abs
Charles Friecenberger Jr
Whitelaw
Manitowoc
Friendenberger
Raymond Polifka
Friedenberger
Jackie Smith
Ashland
Robert Smith
Bertha Richart
Route 1
Sheboygan Falls
Plymouth Hospital
Sheboygan
Philip Polly
Hopkins
Minn
U. S. Highway 14
Spring Green
Alfred Peatt- Mann
Austin, Dinn
Second Traffic Origin Survey Conducted on Highway 43 175
State Highway Commission officials report a second origin and destination traffic survey near Hesser's radar on Highway 45 175 south as part of a statewide effort by the Bureau of Public Roads. L W Empey Green Bay district engineer says drivers are questioned on origin destination trip purpose and vehicle storage location to yield national traffic trend data.
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Hesser
State Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
L. W. Emper
Green Bay
District Highway Commission
Madison
Empey
New Moves Studied Against Castro Regime
Washington reports the United States studies new moves against Fidel Castro's government following Eisenhower sugar quota cuts. The 700 000 ton reduction halves Cuba's sugar allotment for the year, costing Cuba roughly 35 million dollars in subsidies. Benson ordered purchases from Brazil and the Philippines to cover the deficit as U.S. sugar supplies remain ample.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Eisenhower
Dsegbeee
U.S
Enhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Brazil
Philippines
Fidel Casjtro
Ploc
Castro
State Department
Brown Firm Against Switch To Aid Kennedy
Los Angeles AP report notes supporters of Senator Kennedy failed to sway California to switch its 31 votes on the first Democratic presidential ballot. Governor Edmund G Brown reportedly resisted intense Kennedy pressure while Lt. Gov. Glenn Anderson endorsed Adlai Stevenson, signaling California may withhold its votes on the initial ballot as a split debate continues ahead of the convention.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Brown
Massachusetts
Ihat
Vate
William A. Munnell
California State Central Committee
Caliornia
Muc
Glenn MM. Anderson
Adist E. Stevensor
Weatherman’s drought relief misses in Atlanta headline
The Atlanta Journal ran a weather story after days of promised shelters, noting continued drought. The mass papers reported trees damaged as rains finally arrived, altering the forecast and relief expectations.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Leftists Riot in Italy Spark Civil War Threats
In Rome and major Italian cities a wave of leftist street protests and general strikes turned violent. Police used clubs tear gas and water cannons as clashes injured hundreds and blocked Parliament. Communist led factions demand resignation of Premier Tambroni amid fears of civil war.
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Air Post
Genoa
Coan
Sudi
Rome
Emilio Lussa
Senate
Remier Fernando Tambroni
Gaspare Pignatelli
Italy
Chamber of Labor
Italian Federation of Labor
pugLe
Port Chy
Rally
Moscow
Sacho
Pcess
Japan
Social Movement
St. Paul
Tiber
Restingihe
Powe
Fernando Tambronis
Milan
Turin
Reggio Emilia
Ore
Three Gunmen Rob St Paul Bank Escaping With Cash
Three men in masks robbed the Cherokee State Bank in St Paul Minnesota, forcing the cashier to open the vault after a 45 minute delay at the time lock. They fled with an estimated 36000 dollars, all in their 20s or 30s.
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St, Paul, Minn
Iaap
CherokKee State Bank
Sunmen
William Jordan
Jordan
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