Chicago air crash kills 22 and injures 22
Coroner’s jury probes Braniff Convair crash after a normal instrument landing. The two engine airliner from Dallas struck a street near Rudway Airport, killing 22 including 21 aboard and one on the ground, with 22 injured.
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Chicago Air Ci
Braniff
Dallas
Tex
Midway Airport
Chicago
Tash
Braniff Airways
Rudway Airport
Cook County
Saca Ellis
Lights Out Disrupts Grant Park Concert
A power failure at Grant Park disrupted a Sunday night concert attended by about 10,000 fans during a performance of Till Eulen spiegel's Merry Pranks. No injuries were reported and the event resumed after the outage.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Till Eulenspiegel
Family Captives In Bank Holdup In Ixonia Wis
In Ixonia Wisconsin three gunmen held Otto Buelter and his family captive during a weekend bank holdup at the Ixonia State Bank. They bound gagged and hooded the household and fled in an abandoned car after taking an undetermined amount from cash drawers and safety deposit boxes. Local, county and federal authorities chased the trio but roadblocks failed to stop them.
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Isonia
Wis
Otto Bueler
Ixonia State Bank
Bueker
Sharon
Southeast
Mallow
Oconomowoc
Buelter
Albert Jaeger
36000 Cars Cross Lake Butte des Morts Bridge
Winnebago County highway commissioner Leon Morrissey reports 36 175 motor vehicles crossed the Lake Butte des Morts bridge from 4 30 Friday to 6 45 Sunday morning. The lift span opened 45 times for boat traffic Sunday afternoon and evening. A rear end collision near Middleton Wisconsin and Milwaukee sent two people to the hospital Sunday night.
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Lake Butte Des Morts
Leon Morrissey
Winnebago
Perod
Morrissey
Middleton
Wis
Milwaukee
Sone Hospital
Friction in Winnebago County Sheriff's Department to be Discussed
A dissension report involving Sheriff Victor Jordan and County Police Chief Harry H. Krippner will be presented at Tuesday's Winnebago County Board session at 10 AM in the Courthouse Supervisors' Room. The issue, arising last fall and again last month, concerns attempts to settle by committee with a July meeting deadline.
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Winnebago
Victor Jordan
Harry H.krippner
Jordan
Sydney papers resume after weeklong newsmen strike
Sydney, Australia. The two morning newspapers resumed normal publication today for the first time since last Monday, with the two afternoon papers expected to follow. The newsmen's strike was settled Friday.
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Sydney
Australia
Eisenhower lays out eight point plan for armistice
At Geneva the president urged a free unified Germany and controlled disarmament to avoid frightful surprises in the atomic age. He called for a slow spirit and cooperation with the West, aiming to inject new life into diplomacy and reduce Cold War tensions. Soviet Premier Bulganin pledged effort to make the summit succeed and the tone was cautiously hopeful.
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Switzerland
Eisenhower
Russia
Germany
Potsdam
Palace of Nations
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulgaoin
U. S
Petitpierre
Siewert May Appoint Streets Head Tonight
Mayor Ernest R. Siewert is set to seek council confirmation of a city street superintendent tonight. The appointment, pending since April 19, follows his earlier pledge to name a choice this evening. Miss Oshkosh winner Dorita Meixl will attend to discuss her trip to New York City. An annexation of Mount Vernon Street near Gruenewald Avenue is ready for adoption and a future expansion is expected. An amendment to require zoning districts before annexation seeks 90 day limits, giving owners zoning assurance. Automatic crossing protection at the Nevada Street railroad crossing is urged. Other items include fuel bidding, sewer work across Main and Church Streets, five street lights, sidewalks on Nevada Hazel Arizona, and $8,160 of steel storm sewer pipe purchase.
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Ernest R. Siewert
Common Council
Siewert
Dorita Meixl
New York City
Mount Vernon Street
Gruenewald Avenue
Leo T. Niemuth
Ald
Chicago and Northwestern
Board of Public Works
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Main
Church Streets
Nevada
Hazel
Arizona
Bark River Culvert and Equipment Company
Green Bay
Casablanca Police Official Fired After Riots
Casablanca police chief is dismissed amid deadly race riots in the Moroccan city. French authorities deploy 260 gendarmes and tanks back mar tial law as death toll rises to 63 to 200 with hundreds wounded.
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Casablanca
Morocco
France
Gilbert Grandval
Faure
Edgar Faure
Reds to Contribute To World Atom Pool
In Geneva Premier Bulgaria reports the Soviet Union will add atomic materials to an international pool, the so called World Bank for atoms. President Eisenhower urged Moscow to contribute, with the US already earmarking 220 pounds of fissionable material.
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Geneva
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
World Bank
Esenhower
United Nations
Eisenhower
United States
Cut Questions From Government Paperwork Says Hoover Panel
A Hoover Commission task force urged Congress to reduce 4700 industry reporting demands by 25 items, claiming savings of about 100 million dollars annually. It blamed unneeded questions and a million yearly reports that yield no useful data, urging a lighter wilderness of forms.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Uncle Sam
Congress
Emmett J. Leahy
Leahy
Leahy & Co
Russians Tour Iowa Farm To See American Agriculture
Twelve Soviet farmers visited Richard Alleman’s 100 acre farm near Slater Iowa for a month long tour to learn how America builds food surpluses. They met Iowa State College professors and attended a Des Moines Chamber of Commerce dinner after a welcome with 2700 local residents.
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Des
Movies
Iowa
America
Richard L. Alleman
Slater
Benn
Alleman
Allerman
Alaska
Verda
Ther
Bruce
Sherry
Alleman Farm
Herbert Howell
Frank Riecken
Iowa States College
Agriculure Committee
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
VY MM. Molotov
Midwest
United Nations
San Francisco
Charlotte Graves
Des Moines
Bryan Mawr
Vladimir Matskevich
Matskevich
House Aims for July 30 Adjournment Amid Fast-Paced Agenda
House leaders push for July 20 adjournment and target July 30 as the session end. Planned votes include social security, highway, minimum wage, housing, airport, atom ship construction, mineral rights, and Communications Act amendments. Senate moves faster with action on minor bills. Eisenhower’s atomic ship bill and three other major items eyed for enactment.
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McCormack
Massachusetts
Martin
Mass
Congress
Rayburn
House
Senate
Colorado
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