Crash of B36 Kills Seven Men at Fairchild Air Base
At Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane three crewmen escaped through hatches as a B36 bomber with ten engines flipped during takeoff, burned, and struck a construction building. Six of seven dead were named including Heyward B. Davis and Frank Rea. one victim not yet identified.
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Spokane
Wash
Air Force Today
Fairchild Air Force Base
Heyward B. Davis
Plant City
Fla
Frank Rea
Ozone Park
N.Y
George W. King
Hustonville
Richard St. Scalia
Willow St. Waltham
Mass
Willard Daniels
Rt. 1
Gilmore Lake
Wis
Eras E. Ryan
Kansas City
Walter M. Keller
Jackson Heights
Long Island
Virgil L. Westlind
Marquette
Kan
D. B. Ross
Houston
Tex
R Pickup
Douglas A. MacKelvie
MacKelvie
Hospital cashier embezzles 267000. confessed in New York
Alexander P. Moran, 57, a Manhattan State Hospital cashier, admitted stealing about 267000 over five years to gamble on horse races. He told police he fled to Miami, then returned and turned himself in, facing grand larceny charges. Moran lived in Brooklyn and earned 4100 yearly.
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New York
Brooklyn
Moran
Miami
Seliom
Newspaper Ghive
Wisconsin weighs creating a state department of commerce
Madison reports the Legislative Council backs a plan to form a Wisconsin state department of commerce. The non regulatory body would promote industrial sites and cooperate with local groups to attract industry, with a 1955 Legislature deadline if approved.
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Madison
State Department of Commerce
Wisconsin
Legislative Council
Committee On Industrial Development
Commerce Department
Don Tewes
Waukesha
Tewes
Charles Schultz
Milwaukee
CIO
Organized Labor
Schultz
Sen. Porter
British Ship Sinks While Being Towed to Gibraltar
The Admiralty reports the Empire Windrush sank while towed toward Gibraltar by HMS Saimes. Earlier Algiers dispatches said 1500 people were rescued from the burning vessel after the Sunday incident.
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London
Admiraltys
Gibraltar
Saimes
Algiers
Weather summary and temperatures across Wisconsin Minnesota
Partly cloudy and cold with light winds across Wisconsin and Minnesota. North regions see lows near 5 to 12 degrees, highs around 20 to 25, south areas approach 30. Minnesota mostly fair with near zero lows and 20s highs, light snowfall none noted.
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Searth
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Bockstaff Observatory
Compromise Tax Bill Clears House in Broad Shift
The House approved a compromise tax bill cutting more than 20 excise taxes, about 999 million dollars annually, effective Thursday. Speaker Martin said Eisenhower is expected to sign the bill Wednesday as the Senate prepared to act. Democrats criticized the final version rewritten by a Senate House conference committee.
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Washington
House
Senate
Martin
R-Mass
Eisenhower
House Democrats
Senate House Conference Committee
Scelba Cabinet Fails to Act on EDC Treaty Again
In Rome Premier Scelba and his Democratic allies face a second cabinet meeting where Republicans influence yet again blocks action on the European Defense Community treaty. Instead ministers discuss tax policy and other domestic issues while EDC passage remains unlikely in Parliament.
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Scelba
Rome
Mario Sceli
Op‘ba
House
European Defense Community
Rep
Eberharter
D-Pa
Secretary of the Treasury
Hum
Phrey
Geiavs
EDC
Fah
Dulles Pushes United Action Against Asiatic Communism
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles outlined a call for united action to curb Asiatic Communism in a major policy speech. The proposal aimed to warn the Chinese Reds they will face stronger measures if aggression continues, with allies seeking clarification from Britain and reactions mixed across France and the press.
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Washington
U.S
United Action
John Foster Dulles
New York
White House
London
Foreign Office
Britain
Dulles
Daily Express
Korea
France
L'Aurore
Indochina
Armistice Commission Condemns Israeli Border Attack
The Jordan Israel Mixed Armistice Commission condemned Israel for a Sunday night attack on Natalia Jordan border village. The resolution cites a large group of armed Israelis crossing the line, killing five national guards, injuring 14 villagers, and blowing up an Arab legionnaire’s truck.
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Jerusalem
Jordan- Israel Mixed Armistice Commission
Israel
Natalia
Jordan
U. N
U.S. Navy
E. H. Hutchinson
Commission
Neteb
Moshe Sharett
Kissalon
Eight Die As Flying Boxcar Crashes Into Mess Hall
A USAF C119 Flying Boxcar crashed during an emergency landing at Fort Bragg killing eight aboard and several soldiers in a crowded mess hall. Five bodies recovered. three missing. ten injured. The crash damaged the barracks and mess hall, engulfed in flames for hours. In New Delhi an aid pact with India was signed for 11 million dollars, part of a larger $7 million project cost, with India covering most of the balance. The pilot survived but was critically injured.
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FT. Bragg
New Delhi
India
Rihand River
Pope
Zimmerman Available If Joe Is Ousted
Wisconsin politician Fred R. Zimmerman signaled he would run if Senator Joseph McCarthy is recalled. He cited attorneys who deem a recall legal and confirmed signing a recall petition. The Joe Must Go Club formed in Sauk City seeks McCarthy’s removal, with May 17 as tentative petition deadline and over 400,000 signatures needed.
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Madison
Wis
Fred R. Zimmerman
Wisconsin
McCarthy
R-Wis
Zimmerman
Sauk City
Leroy Gore
Gore
Sauk Prairie Star
Milwaukee
U.S. Senate
Elections Division
Secretary of State’s
U. S
Joseph McCarthy
U. S. Senate
Dane County Political Education Committee
AFL
CIO
Eisenhower Pushes Tariff Cut to Boost U S and Free World
President Eisenhower asked Congress for power to cut tariffs by 15 percent to strengthen the U S economy and allied nations. He urged a three year extension of the reciprocal trade program with annual 5 percent tariff cuts, expanding peaceful trade while maintaining embargoes on Red China and North Korea. He emphasized expanding world markets for growth and security, linking ally strength to trade.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Free World
Joans
U.S
Red China
North Korea
Snowstorm Claims Dozens Across Wide Region
A spring storm dumped up to 16 inches of snow from the Plains to the Northeast, killing at least 21 people. Rochester and Buffalo reported multiple deaths from the blizzard, along with numerous auto accidents and overexertion injuries as the Midwest groaned under the deep, wet blanket.
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United Press
Wyoming
Maine
Plains States
Midwest
Rochester
N.Y
Buffalo
Detroit
Iowa
Indiana
Toledo
Ohio
Vermont
Washington
Chicago
South Dakota
Benveven Foot
Wayne
Nebson
Ators Aiken
Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
Secretary of Agriculture
Voi Aing
U S Japan Mutual Defense Pact Approved by House Committee
The House Foreign Affairs Committee in Tokyo approved the U S Japan Mutual Defense Pact along with three accompanying agreements. The action sets the stage for further congressional and diplomatic steps toward formalizing security arrangements between the United States and Japan.
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Tokyo ‘P
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S. — Japan
Flyer Uninjured In Crash Landing Near House
2nd Lt. Tarzon O. Pitts 23 of Blakely Georgia flew the 860 Sabrejet from Truax Field Madison when an engine flame out forced a crash landing on a county road 50 feet from a farmhouse. Pitts escaped with minor injuries and warned occupants to safety as an investigation began.
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Truax
Air Force
Tarzon O. Pitts
Blakely
Ma Ldison
Pitts
Truax Field
Pearl Harbor Case Reopened Blame on Late FDR
Rear Adm. Robert A. Theobald asserts in a new book that President Franklin D. Roosevelt deliberately goaded Japan into war. He says top U.S. leaders knew of Japan’s plan two months ahead but failed to warn Hawaii while military commanders followed orders under difficult conditions.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Robert A. Theobald
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theobald
Hawaiian
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
U. S. Pacific
Hawaii
Great Br
Simpler And Cheaper H Bombs Feared
Washington reports indicate two Pacific H-bomb tests show the weapon can be built simpler and cheaper. Sources say triggering methods and materials used echo Soviet tests and that the U S may have little technological edge in hydrogen weapons. By 1960 nations like France could possess H-bombs.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
France
White House
Lewis L.strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Strauss
Treaty signed to form European Defense Community
West Germany completed ratification of the European Defense Community treaty. President Theodor Heuss signed the pact, creating a six nation European army and a peace contract to end Allied occupation of West Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Theodor Heuss
Chicago Snow Flurries Paralyze City
The Chicago Weather Bureau forecasted minor flurries but the city was hit by a sudden heavy snowfall. Officials admit they could not predict the 7.7 inch blanket of snow, leaving streets and service disrupted and commuters struggling to navigate the storm.
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Chicago
International Soundphoto
Chitaso Weather Bureau
Wooney
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