Diary Tells Tragic Tale Of Lady Be Good Crew
Diary from Lt Robert F. Toner, copilot of the World War II Lady Be Good, reveals a grim desert ordeal after a Naples raid in April 1945. Nine crew members perished, five bodies found 400 miles from the Mediterranean coast. diary entries describe heat, thirst, and prayers as they walked for help across the Libyan wastes. The recovered diary names Toner, Lamotte, Hattton, Hayes, Adams, Shelly, Ripslinger, Moore, and others, detailing a four day trek with scarce water and worsening condition.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Air Force
Robert F. Toner
North Attleboro
Mass
Naples
Italy
Desert
John
Woravka
Cleveland
Ohio
Nile
Hell
Sam
Moore
Lamotte Eés
Shelly
Rup
Mediterranean
Robert E. Lamotte
Lake Linden
Mich
William S. Hattton
Whitestone
Queens
N. Y
D. P. Hayes
Lee's Summit
Samuel R. Adams
Eureka
Guy E. Shelly
New Cumberland
Harold 8. Ripslinger
Saginaw, Mich
Vernon L. Moore
New Boston
Rockefeller backs mandatory fallout shelters for New York
Governor Rockefeller told the 108th New York Press Association meeting that the state must require property owners to build fallout shelters. He warned of political risk but argued protection is essential as New York could be attacked. The State Defense Council will meet Tuesday to discuss enforcement and penalties remain undecided. About 300 editors attended.
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Syracuse
Rockefeller
New York
New York Press Assn
Council
Albany
Lacal
Weeks Newspapers
Kennedy Ends Kennedy Proposal Called Phony in Wisconsin
Senator Hubert Humphrey on a Wisconsin campaign swing dismissed a Kennedy plan to limit campaign spending as phony. He urged a spending cap, noting Kennedy has long run for president and mocked his funding, contrasting it with Humphrey’s own campaign approach.
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Madison
Wis
Hubert H Tiumphrey
D-Minn
John F Kennedy
Mit
Wisconsin
Humphrey
BR Kennedy
Kennedy
Jack
Notable Newburgh banker dies after heart attack
James Calvin Brown, 79, longtime president of the National Bank of Newburgh and 61 years with the bank, died Friday night at his home from a heart attack.
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Newburgh, N
James Calvin Brown
The
National Bank of Newburgh
U S apology may ease Castro over Cuban raids
The United States apologized for a bombing raid on Cuba by a Florida based private plane. Fidel Castro said air attacks on sugar fields fueled U S Cuban tensions. The State Department confirmed the plane took off near Miami and expressed regret at its escape from Florida patrols. Cuban authorities named two Americans linked to the incident.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
Minster
Fidel Castro
Washington
Castro
US. State Department
Miami
Florida
Robert Ellis Frost
Portland
Ore
Robert Kelly
U. S. Owil Air Patrol
May See Mother After 30 Years
Utica businessman John Herbows expects his mother to visit the United States for 90 days this summer after Soviet embassy officials in Washington promised the trip. She would be accompanied by her brother and lives in Yaranpol Ukraine. The family last visited the U.S. before World War I. Herbows was born in 1912 in Northampton, Pennsylvania.
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Utica
John Herbows
Herbows
Washington
United States
Yaranpol
Ukraine
Herbowy
Herpowy
Northampton
Herkimer Firm to Stay Open Despite Tragedy
Standard Furniture Co of Herkimer will continue operations after the suicide of president Samuel D. Earl. Directors said adequate financing is available and workers will be paid. The firm, owned by Earl, faced a federal tax lien and sale talks, with the plant known for wooden office furniture amid competition from steel and aluminum makers.
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Herkimer
Standard Furniture Co
Samuel D. Earl
Old Forge
Adirondack Mountains
Earl
New Prince Doing Well in Royal Birth Report
Buckingham Palace announced Queen Elizabeth gave birth to a boy weighing seven pounds three ounces at 11 and both mother and child are doing very well. The bulletin noted a restful night for the queen and prince, with Charles and Anne already in the royal line of succession and attention turning to possible godparents and names.
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London &Pi
Buckingham Palace
Elzabeth
Prince Charles
Anne
Wilfred Sheldon
Joan Heel
Palace
Prince Canies
Pricess Anne
Britain
Eisenhower
David
Archbishop of Canterbury
Defense Wins Key Victory In Finch Trial
In Los Angeles the defense secured a win as Judge Walter R. Evans denied an all-or-nothing approach. The jury will be allowed to consider second-degree murder or manslaughter alongside first-degree murder in the case of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff for the death of Barbara Jean Finch. Final arguments begin Tuesday and could last a week.
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Los Angeles
Finch
Walter R. Evans
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Evans
Miss Tregor
Barbara Jean
Allies Crux in Western Disarmament Talks at Geneva
Washington reports show United States Britain France Canada and Iraq unable to craft a single Western disarmament plan for Geneva, risking a coordinated position with separate proposals. Diplomats note U S leadership splits. France pushes delivery system controls while Britain leans toward a bolder approach. top negotiators from five Soviet bloc countries leave for home capitals as March talks loom.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Iraq
Soviet Union
Tas
Geneva
Defense
U. S
Jules Moch
David Ormsby Gore
Gaetano Martino
Italy
Frederik M. Eaton
U.S
Proposes Program to End Prejudice in Schools
The president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews calls for an intensive continuous educational program in American schools to remove religious and racial prejudice. Laws alone won’t solve intergroup problems, he says in a special message for Brother a Week opening Sunday.
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New York
National Conference of Christians and Jews
America
Lewis Webster Jones
Calif Gov Brown halts Chessman execution for review
Gov Edmund G Brown grants a 60 day reprieve for Caryl Chessman amid a storm of criticism. Legislators seek a March special session to revisit capital punishment while federal officials denounce perceived interference, and Chessman maintains his claim of guilt though withholding his name.
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San Francisco
Edmund G. Brown
Caryl Chesman
Sacramento
Washidtor
Te State Department
South America
Eisenhower
Brown
Chessman
Ted
California
Asst
Roy R. Rubottom Jr
Uruguay
Brazil
San Quentin
Linguay
Europe
Los Angeles
Law . Org
Washington
State Department
Len Gordon Adot
B-Coro
J. William Fullnght
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gov. Brown
Ile
George T. Davis
Daryl Chessman
Edmund Brown
San Quentin Gas Chamber
Thirty Children Watch Boy Stab Girl Fatally
A 13-year-old boy fatally stabbed 12-year-old Karen Smyth on a Delta school bus in Walleon Ohio as about 30 children watched in horror. Authorities detained the suspect at gunpoint after he returned to the scene. no charges filed yet.
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Walleon
Ohio
Karen Smyth
Rt. 2
Delia
Douglas Konrath
Fulton County
Loren Yoder
Delta
Konrath
Yoder
Lester Jim Tage
Komath
General Briggs Dies in Rapid City
Brig. Gen Loran D Briggs aged 42, commander of the Sw1st Air Division, died of a heart attack Friday in Rapid City.
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Rapid City
Loran D Briggs
Sw1st Air Division
Crews Fight To Open Roads 18 Deaths Reported
New York and Pennsylvania highway crews and state police fought to clear drifts and reopen roads after a Northeast winter storm. Eighteen deaths were reported as winds up to 59 mph created 18 foot drifts. thousands stranded at rest areas and on the Thruway and Turnpike amid heavy snow and damaged infrastructure. Affected states including New York New Hampshire Vermont and Maine saw bent roofs and collapsed structures while public transit suffered widespread disruption.
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Albany
New York
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
New England
James Warren
Tagars ‘Falls
Ponds
Waterloo
N.Y
Willis Longmate
Camillus
Nwy
Scottsville
Rochester
Bob Laney
Victoria
Tex
Maine
New Harmshire
Vermont
Buffalo
Robert Hammer
Thruway
Syracuse
Witliamsville
Pittsburgh
Carlisle
Berlin
N. H
Great Lakes
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