Two Killed As Jet Explodes Over Worcester Homes
In Worcester Massachusetts a jet training plane exploded over a residential area killing two crew members. Six homes were ablaze from flaming fuel and debris while residents battled the fires. The pilots were 1st Lt Lawrence C Guild 26 of Quincy and Capt John F Murphy Jr 32 of Worcester. The plane reportedly spun while attempting a landing near Indian Lake.
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Worcester
Mass
Lawrence C. Guild
Quincy
John F. Murphy Jr
Guild
Grenier Air Force Base
Manchester
Murphy
Air Force
Indian Lake
Dulles Opens Door for Limited Newsmen to Red China
State Department seeks to gauge how many American reporters might travel to Communist China if travel restrictions ease. Dulles proposed a six month trial for a limited number of newsmen, with industry leaders arguing no cap beyond military needs. A poll was planned to count likely participants and timing.
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State Department
Red China
China
Dulles
Perriod
Wiliam Dwight
Assn
Taurgdar
Daight
Robert Hurleigh
American Aren
Kenry
Luce
Time! Magazine
Russell Wiggins
Washington Post and
Tynes Herald
Jenkins Jones
American Society of News
Theodore Koop
Radio Television News Directors Assn
18 Die in Java Flood
Jakarta reports 18 people drowned in West Java as the Tijeseel River burst its banks and flooded three villages. Rescue teams searched waterlogged areas while authorities warned residents to stay clear of floodwaters and monitor rising levels.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
West Java
French Train Crash Kills 14 on Riviera Express
A Paris-bound Riviera express derailed near Bolene in southern France. By mid-afternoon 14 people were dead and 75 were injured as the locomotive and 10 cars left the tracks. The cause was unclear but believed to involve a switch error or failure. One man died of a heart attack after reporting he was unharmed.
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Bolene
France
Riviera
Marseilles
Still Stolen Moonshine Still Case in Bryson City
Still stolen still case in Bryson City. Willard Lloyd-Dorsey, 23, pleaded guilty to stealing a Moonshine liquor still from the county jail during a visit to a friend. He received a six month suspended sentence for the theft as police noted the still had been confiscated in a prior raid.
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Bryson City
N.C. L
Willard Lioyd
Dorsey
Freedom probable for Leopold Touhy says freedom probable
Springfield reports indicate the Pardon and Parole Board will likely recommend freedom for Nathan Leopold, the notorious killer of Bobby Franks, while also signaling possible parole for Prohibition gangster Roger Touhy. Board members met in secret. governor Stratton has not decided but expects to review the board's report within two weeks.
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Springfield
I. Uc
Agis Pardon and Parole Board
Nathan Leopold
vWe Pententiary
Roger
the Terrible
Springfield T
Leopold
Teuhy
Chicago Sun-Times
John Dreiske
Wilam G. Straiton
Bobby Franks
Straiton
Touhy
The
Chicago Tribune
Stratton
Washington
Iself
U S Would Ban IBM Under Airtight Curbs
London sources report the United States aims to renounce intercontinental missiles if a foolproof control system with Russia is agreed at the London disarmament conference. Harold Stassen leads a draft plan for a phased disarmament, preserving rights to resume missile work if international conditions worsen. Defensive short range missiles and aircraft use remain unaffected.
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London
United Staties
Russia
U.S
Harold ©. Stassen
Bock
Stady
United States
Procedure Set For Picking Oshkosh Chief
The Oshkosh Police and Fire Commission set a process to replace Chief Golz, who plans retirement. Applicants must have at least ten years police experience, pass a written exam, and undergo medical and personal interviews before a Sept. 1 target. Applications accepted until 8:30 p.m. Aug. 9, with top scorers advancing under state guidelines.
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Willam
Golz
Police and Fire Commission
City Hall
State Bureau of Personnel
Iandiidates
Birean
Oshkosh
Union Official Admits Using Union Funds For Homes
United Textile Workers official Liord Klewert testified before the Senate Banking Committee that he and UTW President Anthony Valente set aside 57,000 in May 1952 and used it as a down payment on two homes in Kensington Maryland, totaling 95,000. He said the money was kept to hide from hostile new members and to provide a political slush fund, while the board denied authorization for the homes.
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Washington
United Textile Workers
Senate
Backets Committee
Liord Klewert
UTW
Anthony Valente
Kensington
Jtd
Blewert
Valente
AFL
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Klewert
John L McClellan
D-Ark
Ground 3 Planes After Bomb Threat
An unidentified woman phoned a bomb threat to Air France delaying three Paris and Mexico City flights. No device was found. The Paris bound plane with 59 passengers landed in Boston Logan, the Sydney bound 29 passengers in Nova Scotia, and the Mexico City bound craft in Montgomery Alabama with 38 passengers.
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New York
Air France
Spa
New York International Airport
Paris
Cape Cod
Logan
Boston
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Mexico City
Danneily Field
Montgomery
Ala
Reds Free Seminarians Held 10 Days in PEC Trip
Three Wisconsin men John Urban Jr Thomas Dwyer and James Hamann vacationing from St Francis Seminary in Milwaukee were detained for ten days near the Albanian border after a July 8 incident in Pee. Their passports were confiscated then returned to two of them. Urban remained held until officials ordered their release as no charges were filed. Congressmen and the State Department intervened via the U S embassy in Belgrade.
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Pec
Yugoslavia
Wisconsin
Europe
John Urban Jr
Jefferson Junction
Wis
Thomas Dwyer
James Hamann
Milwaukee
St. Francis Roman Catholic Seminary
Titograd
Hamann
Dwyer
Pee
Urban
Rep Tewes
R-Waukesha
Milwaukee Failies
Dwyer and
Rep. Zablocki
D-Millwaukee
Len Wiley
R-Chippewa Falls
State Department
U. S
Belgrade
Suspicious Car Sparks Police Siege at Wyoming Station
In Casper Lyle Svoboda spotted two men in a car watching his service station. He called police who arrived with riot guns and surrounded the vehicle. The driver identified himself as a Mineral. The police waited to use a nearby telephone booth.
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Casper, Wyo
Lyle Svoboda
Tle
Hope to Save Part Of Disputed Proviso
Senate debates civil rights bill as supporters seek a compromise to preserve parts of the injunction proviso Part II. GOP leaders meet to craft a plan acceptable to northern Democrats while southern lawmakers push to kill Part II entirely.
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Washington
Senate
Paanerly
William S. Knowland
GOP
Knowland
Roy Wilkins
The
National Association
Shots End Riot At Polish Jazz Festival
In Zoppat, Poland, about 2,000 rock fans rioted after a jazz festival. Police dispersed the wild mob by firing guns in the air, after the dancers wrecked a restaurant during the Baltic coast event highlighted by Bill Ramsey and a West German band.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.R
Baltic Sea
Zoppat
Bill Ramsey
First Air to Air Atomic Rocket Fired From Plane Above Desert
A Northrop Scorpion fighter launched the Genie atomic air to air rocket over Nevada’s test site at 9 am. The 15,000-foot altitude blast created a pink doughnut cloud and a distant mushroom shape as air defense officials noted the weapon’s potential to intercept invading bombers.
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Air Defense Command
Northrop
News Nob
Oeservers
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Enere
Cel
JH. Atkinson
Lforce
Col. Atkinson
Beenj
Blue Mountains
Yuca
Fiat
J Defense Command
House Cuts One Third Off Economic Aid
The House voted 155 to 74 to reduce the economic aid fund by one third, slashing the defense support fund for the coming year to 600 million dollars. Eisenhower sought 900 million, arguing the aid shores up economies of poor anti Communist nations. lawmakers had swung between 500 and 800 million before settling near 660 million. The measure began with 3.032 billion for overseas aid, about 802 million less than Eisenhower requested.
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House
Eisenhower
America
Korea
Formosa
Tron
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Free World
Rep. Bowler
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