Traffic Deaths Climb Steadily Over Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press reports Memorial Day travel saw widespread crashes and drownings as 48 highway deaths and five drownings occurred in the holiday period. NSC estimates about 260 more deaths nationwide, with 40 million autos traveling. Weather outlook varied by region as travelers faced mixed conditions.
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Associated Press
Eee
Wre
National Safety Council
NSC
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Pilot ejects from 15000 feet as storm besets flight
Lt Robert A Sie ton of Missouri bailed out when engine flamed out at 2000 feet during a training flight out of Richards Gebaur AFB. He landed three miles west of Hays Kansas, was found by farmer Lee Schnatterly and taken to hospital. Storm winds estimated 85 to 150 mph affected the mission. other two aircraft from the same flight separated, one landing at Salina and the other at Albuquerque.
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Hays
Kan
Air Force
Robert A. Sieton
Tetewart
Lee Schnatterly
Stewart
Richards- Gebaur Air Force Base
Kansas City
Tropical Storm Arlene Tracking Toward Galveston
Tropical storm Arlene with 30 mph winds and heavy rains churns in the Gulf, shifting toward the Galveston area. Officials warn of dangerous seas and potential flooding as past storms prompt evacuations, recalling deadly events along Cameron and nearby coasts.
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APD
Arlene
Gulf of Mexico
Cameron Rivers
Galveston
Texahere
Ameria
Damaged Carrier Essex Crashes on Flight Deck
The USS Essex docked in Jacksonville after a jet crash on the flight deck killed pilot Lt. James C. Steele and left 20 injured crewmen. One body, Lt. James C. Steele, was not found. airman Charles E. Porter survived. Three in critical condition. Memorial services were held aboard ship Friday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
James C. Steele
Long Meadows
Mass
Charles E. Porter
Osceola
Ate
America Pays Tribute to Dead Of All Conflicts
United Press International reports nationwide Memorial Day observances honoring American war dead. At Arlington, Eisenhower wreaths the Tomb of the Unknown. ceremonies span from Pearl Harbor to Punchbowl, with parades in Manhattan and Chicago and thousands of graves at West Los Angeles.
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America
Arlegion National Cemetery
Potomac
Washington, D. C
Civili Air Patrol
Cleveland
Ohio
Pacific
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Ocean
Park
Santa Monica
Calif
Bely
Tennessee Pass
Colorado Rockies
Rindge
X. H
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Arlington National Cemeter
Eisenhower
Sumner G. Whittier
Veterans Affairs
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Day Corporation
Arlington
Manhattan
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Riverside Drive
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Arizona
Punchbowl Crater
Hondutz
Veterans Cemetery
Los Angeles
Starkweather Appeals Writ to Court for Habeas Corpus
Charles Starkweather, convicted in Lancaster County for a four day January rampage, seeks a writ of habeas corpus to the U S Court of Appeals in St Louis. He alleges inadequate counsel at trial and has no attorney. his appeal aims to overturn the death sentence. Judge Gardner of South Dakota pledges quick action as three judges prepare to hear the case.
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Ixcoln
Neb
API
Comticied
Tor
Charles Starkweather
Richard Robinson
Omehaw
Nebru
Gadse
Serkweather
Iterney
Exec
Robinson
Jane
A. KR. Gardner
Huron
Indie 0
Gere
Hea
Acsio
Restore Order In Ecuadorean Area
In Quito Ecuador AP reported order was restored after 90 army draftees joined civilians in a clash that killed five and wounded AG Defense Minister Gustavo Diez. Capt Galo Quevedo Quevedo 37 was killed and his body dragged through the streets.
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Quito
Ecuador
Portosiejo
AG Defense
Gustavo Diez
Galo Quevedo Quevedo
Cuban ex-pilot leads massive Mexico robbery hunt
Mexican and UPI reports say Alfonso Arnoldo Acosta Meza, a 25 year old Cuban ex pilot, is sought nationwide for pistol whipping and robbing Marilyn Hay Thal of 3,799,000 Cuban pesos and wounding her companion Gaul Boyelf in what authorities call one of Mexico’s largest robberies. Police say the case involves an international currency smuggling ring and possible accomplices among Americans Cubans and Mexicans. Several leaders of the ring are in custody but Acosta Meza remains at large with unclear double crossing details.
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Mexico City
UPI
Menxicas
Alfonso Arnoldo Acosta Meza
Marilyn Hay Thal
Miami Beach
Fla
Gaul Boyelf
Cuba
Mexico
Fulgencio Batista
Rae
Fidel Castro
West Texas Battered By Heavy Rains
West Texas endured severe rainfall with several inches soaking the landscape. Storms tracked from the Mewco line toward Muleskee and Harti Kress and Silverton, flooding ES Highway 24 and neighboring areas with up to a foot of water and damaging crops and infrastructure.
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Lubbock
Tex
West Texas
Mewco
Muleskee
Harti Kress
Silverton
Mules Clovis
Johnson City crime meet host suffers heart attack
Joseph Barbara Sr. of Encorcoit, a 33 year old host associated with the Analachin gangloid convention in 1957, is hospitalized in Wilson Memories Hospital after a heart attack at his home. Doctor Harmuiton suspects further coronary damage following a January 1957 attack.
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Johnson City
Joseph Barbara Sr
Barbara
Suicken Freday
Encicoit
Wilson Memories Hospital
Harry Travis
Binghamton
Ronald Harmuiton
Space Monkeys End Flight With Safe Return
Washington reports space monkeys Able and Baker completed a 100 mile flight in a Jupiter nose cone. The pair, after a splashdown 1,500 miles off Cape Canaveral, showed no ill effects and were hailed by Navy and aviation medicine researchers at a Cape Canaveral press conference.
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Washington
Able
Rhesus
Baker
Sieatieis
Military Laboratories
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Don
Siuliken
Navy Aviation Medicine Branch
Navy
Soul
Heert Baker Ae
Ciosn
Toxren
Space Flight
Monkey Baker
Raulf Theater Bomb Threat Evacuated In Oshkosh
Oshkosh police investigated a bomb scare at the Raulf Theater on Friday night after a call warned of a bomb in the building. Patrons were evacuated, 23 theater staff searched the venue for about 30 minutes before no device found and the show resumed. The caller told ticket seller Goldabelle Muraski to evacuate.
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Raulf
Oshkosh
Frank Koppelberger
Bulding
Koppelberger
Goldebelle Muraski
El Past. Tex Pioneers 24-Hour Postponed Flight
UPI reports Max Conr of El Past Texas postponed a record 169 mile nonstop flight aboard a single engine Semmenche Piper Cub. The flight was delayed by 24 hours, with El Past organizers citing weather and technical checks as the cause.
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Casablanca
Maracca
UPI
Max Conr
el Past
Tex
Rescuers Dig To Free Three Trapped Miners
Mechanical rescue workers moved toward three miners trapped about 40 feet underground in a Kentucky coal mine. The men spoke by telephone and described the situation as they awaited more help. Names include Don McClernon Jake Lewis and Earl Bennett.
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Beaver Dam
Fapd
Don McClernon
Pana, Hi
Jake Lewis
Harlan
Earl Bennett
Taylorville, NL
puzzled Nottingham hosiery mill ships socks to Ethiopia
In Nottingham England a local hosiery mill began production on an order for the Ethiopian army to supply more than 14 061 woolen socks without feet.
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Nottingham
England
Western concessions eyed to end Berlin crisis
Western officials said Russia signaled willingness to drop the Berlin ultimatum in exchange for concessions at the Big Four talks. Gromyko reportedly indicated consent to keep Western Allied troops in West Berlin and ensure unimpeded access through East Germany during secret sessions with Herter and partners. Khrushchev’s token military representation idea remained rejected by the West.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
Berlin
Andre: Gremrko
Chev
Westerin
Satellite Chiefs Fly To Albania Talks Amid Cold War Summit
Communist leaders from East Europe converge on Tirana for a hush hush meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Attendees include Otto Grotewohl Enver Hoxha Mehmet Shehu Peng Te-huai and Tsoy Yen Guen with Rodion Malinovsky and N A Mukhitdinov. Observers note possible Balkan arms talks and a nuclear missile free zone proposal in exchange for Greek Italian bases.
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Vienna
UPS
Tirana
Albania
Nikita Khrushchev
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Khrushchhev
Otto Grotewski
Enver Hoxha
Mehmet Shehu
Peng Te-huai
Tsoy Yen Guen
Khrushchev
Rodion Malinovsky
Middle East
N. A. Mukhitdinov
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Athanup
Rrushchev
Balkans
Greece
Ialy
U. S
NATO
Three Teens Die After Car Explosion Near College Brook
EAST LIVERMORE Maine AP reports three teens from local high schools were killed when a car carrying Donald Richards John Moore and James Luciano veered off a highway near College Brook, then overturned and exploded. Fournier was thrown clear. the remaining victims were trapped inside. Police say the accident left one critically injured.
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Donald Richards
John Moore
James Luciano
College Brook
Fournier
State Youth Drowns in Arkansas While Seining Minnows
Ronald King, 19, drowned Friday night after stepping into a deep hole while seining minnows in Dead Lake along the Chippewa River backwater near here. His body was recovered.
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Arkansas
Ronald King
Dead Lake
Here
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