Off Course Factor Feared in World’s Worst Air Disaster
Federal aviation officials said indications point to one of two jets being off course in the world’s deadliest crash. Toll reached 136, with 127 aboard and nine on the ground. Investigators at Idlewild and LaGuardia studied altitudes, headings, and instrument readings amid snow and wreckage in Brooklyn and on Staten Island. One child survivor, Stephen Baltz, 11, of Chicago, remained in critical condition.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Civil Aeronautics Board
Idlewild
G. Joseph Binelli
United Air Lines
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Idlewid
la Guardia
Federal Aviation Agency
Stephen Baltz
Chicago
Kennedy names J Edward Day postmaster general
President elect John F. Kennedy completes his cabinet by selecting J Edward Day, a Los Angeles insurer, as postmaster general. Day, 46, was a Stevenson law partner and Illinois insurance commissioner, with Kennedy lauding a distinguished government and business career.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
J. Edward Day
Los Angeles
Day
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
Prudential Insurance Co
Stevenson
Illinois
Ilinois
Washington
W. H. Brawley
Senate Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
Brawley
Chester
S. C
Office of Price Administration
Sen
Ohn D. Johnston
D-8.c
Senate Post Office Committee
William L. Dawson
Chicago
Dawson
Haile Selassie Rejoins Addis Ababa After Suppressing Rebellion
Emperor Haile Selassie returns to his capital amid reports rebels held royal family at the palace and controlled the post and telegraph. Army recaptures the city including the air field and radio. Selassie absolves Crown Prince Wasson and questions external involvement in the uprising.
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Asmara
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Addis Abab
Lion of Judah
Asfa Wasson
Imperial Palace
London Evening News
Aden
Voice of Ethiopia Radio
Selassie
Wassan
Salessie
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Treasure hunters return to try again in Costa Rica
Ten American adventurers arrived back in San Jose, Costa Rica, after a failed Coco Island treasure hunt. Warry Wham and his Las Vegas crew plan another search for treasure from Lima's cathedral, said to be hidden by Henry Morgan in the Pacific island area off Costa Rica.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Coco Island
Warry Wham
Las Vegas
Nev
Lima
Peru
Henry Morgan
Pacific
West Germany asks NATO summit for shared nuclear policy
West Germany renews call for a spring summit of NATO leaders to set a unified nuclear defense policy amid U S proposals for a Polaris missile force and A submarine contingent. The plan would replace the usual spring ministerial meeting and NATO debates include Beauffre and Norstad assessments.
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West Germany
NATO
U. S
Paris
Franz Joseph Strauss
U.S
Oslo
Strauss
North Atlantic Alliance
Christian A. Herter
Europe
Herter
United States
Andre Beauffre
Khrushchev
Lauris Norstad
US Transport Crashes Into Munich Street Tragedy
A U S Army transport crashed into a street in Munich, Germany, with widespread reports of 50 to 60 dead. The incident triggers immediate emergency response and international concern over postwar security and transport safety in occupied zones.
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U. S
Munich
Germany
Plane crash in Munich kills students and streetcar riders
A U S Air Force transport carrying American students from the University of Maryland at Munich crashed in central Munich shortly after takeoff from Munich-Reim Airport. The two-engine plane struck a crowded streetcar, tearing through a busy pre Christmas area, as police feared many deaths. German police and American forces battled to extinguish the blaze and aid injured witnesses described a chaotic scene with burning vehicles and collapsing structures.
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Munich
Germany
Polce
Munich-Reim
Air Force
London
U. S. University of Maryland
U. S
England
Washington
Nordholt
Bayer St
Red Cross
St. Paul's
Karl Froeligh
Maria Tauber
Spatenbraen Beer Hall
U. S. Army
Last survivor of NYC jet crash dies in hospital
Stephen Baltz 13, sole survivor of Friday’s New York airliner collision, died today in a Brooklyn hospital after burns and injuries from the crash. Doctors had hoped for recovery earlier, as his father William Baltz spoke of gratitude for the miraculous survival.
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New York
Stephen Baltz
Stephen
Brooklyn
William S. Baltz
Stephen Saltz
Chicago
Jon
Wilmette
Baltz
Pearl Belue
Lady Blue
United Air Lines
Bis
Wright brothers first flight remembered on 57th anniversary
Kitty Hawk North Carolina marked fifty seven years since Orville Wright achieved the first heavier than air flight lasting twelve seconds. Officials including North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges gathered to dedicate a visitors center and administration building at the Wright Brothers National Memorial amid news of a New York airliner collision killing 127 of 128 aboard and nine on the ground. Wright diary notes described the flight as erratic with sudden climbs and dives near the track end.
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N.C
Orville Wright
New York
Trans World Airlines
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Brothers
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
Wilbur
Orville
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Congress
Kul Devil Hills
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Phoumi
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Kong le
Phourm
Souvanna Phouma
Prince Boun
Phouma
State Department
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Tokyo
Bangkok
Thailand
John Cool
Beaver
Elizabeth Crawford
Erie
Claire Stevenson
Malden
Mass
John MacQueen
Cairo
Robert Crayroft
Elizabethtown
Davis Bushman
Miami
Wilmette, I
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