61 Killed In Electra Airliner Crash
A four engine Electra crashed into Boston harbor during takeoff from Logan Airport killing 61 and injuring at least three. The wreckage contained 67 aboard including 15 Marine recruits bound for Parris Island. Rescue crews, Coast Guard helicopters, and Navy ships recovered bodies as investigation began and questions about a missing secret document surfaced.
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Carl Larsen
Air Force Office of Special Investigators
OSI
Boston Harbor
Civil Aeronautics Board
Steven
Derounian
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Federal Aviation Agency
E. R. Quesada
Federal Aviation Administrator
Electras
Logan International Airport
Philadelpha
Charlotte
N. C
Greenville
S.C
Atlanta
Marine Corps
Parris Island
Cmdr
Everett Cook
USNR
Winthrop Yacht Club
Patricia Davies
Jacksonville
Fla
Miss Berry
Coast Guard
Kennedy Attacks Nixon Policies Over Job Losses in Indiana
Senator John F. Kennedy blamed Nixon backed policies for about one million lost jobs as he toured Indiana. He assailed Republican economic views saying Nixon sees no evil and has not listened while visiting Anderson, Muncie, Terre Haute, and Evansville with more stops planned. Kennedy acknowledged trailing Nixon in Indiana but claimed momentum shift in recent weeks.
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Evansville
Ind
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Nixon
Indiana
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Anderson
Muneia
Terre Haute
Lewisville
Two men sentenced to die for embezzlement in Bulgaria
A district court in Trnovo condemned two men to death for embezzling 160 000 levs about 23 520 at official rate. The Borba report notes ongoing trials in Varna where 56 persons face embezzlement charges totaling 2 160 000 levs about 317 520.
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Vienna
Khrushchev Hypocrite Says Menzies In Blistering Talk
Australia attacks Khrushchev as a hypocrite in a blistering UN policy debate speech by Prime Minister Gordon Menzies. The address urges newly independent nations to resist becoming pawns in a global power struggle and calls for a potential spring Big Four summit.
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Khrushchev
Menzies
United Nations, N. x
Australia
U. N. General
U. S
Britain
Macmillan
Geneva
Esenhower
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
United Nations
Tartly
General Assembly
Harold Macmillan
New York Herald Tribune
Macmillian
Assembly
L Eisenhower
Pirates Take Early Lead In World Series Opener
The Pittsburgh Pirates surged to a 3-1 lead over the New York Yankees in the first inning as Roger Maris hit a 330-foot homer off Vernon Law. Dick Groat, Bob Skinner and Roberto Clemente delivered key hits, with Virdon and Groat setting up runs through aggressive baserunning and two steals. Jim Coates relieved Ditmar to halt the rally, leaving the Pirates with three runs on three hits and one error.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Art Ditmar
New York Yankees
New York
Roger Maris
Vernon Law
Pirates
Ditmar
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Roberto Clemente
Bull Virdon
Groat
Virdon
Yogi Berra
Mer. Cases Stengel
Skinner
Dick Stuart
Berra
Clemente
Jim Coates
Coates
Bucs
Yankees
Kubek
Lopez
Mazeroski
Stuart
Maris
Mantle
Sierra
Burgess
Richardson
Hoak
Skowron
Dale Long
Boyer
Clements
New York Central Seeks Control Of B and O Railroad
New York Central with strong stockholder backing pressed to gain control of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Central offered 172 shares plus $9 per B&O share up to 1.55 million shares, while Chesapeake and Ohio counted 900,000 B&O shares accepted its offer. About 200 stockholders attended the meeting. Alfred Perlman urged a three way merger to improve eastern rail competition.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
B&o
Central
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Alfred Perlman
C&o
Perlman
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Pickets, Hoses, and Arrests Mark GE Syracuse Tieup
Police used 22 inch fire hoses to clear a path through jeering pickets at GE Electronics Park in Syracuse during the 7 a.m. rush. Five arrested including Loren Vinal, with 17 others jailed at a separate plant brawl. Production continued amid disputes over GE’s reported worker counts and union votes.
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Syracuse
General Electric Company
Electronics Park
Loren Vinal
International Union of Electrical Workers
John Stanley
John Proscio
Proscio
LUE
Explosion Hits Eastman Chemical Plant in Kingsport Tennessee
An explosion at the Eastman subsidiaries chemical plant in Kingsport caused 11 deaths and at least 60 injuries. Officials said the blast struck the acid division in the dye processing area, destroying part of a four thousand acre facility with workers believed not on site due to remote operation. The blast was heard up to 20 miles away, with fires burning for hours as authorities investigated the cause.
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Kingsport
Tenn Upi
Savage
Tennessee
Tennessee Eastman Corp
Johnson City
Earl Whetsel
Eastman
Ordnance Plant
Eastman Kodak Corp
Courier Satellite Success Demonstrates Space Age Relay
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla America's Courier 1B satellite a 500 pound relay poised for global military communications. Launched atop a Thor Able Star it orbits every 115 minutes carrying 300 pounds of gear and 68 000 words per minute through ground stations and networks.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
U. S
Eisenhower
United Nations
Washington
Ft Monmouth
N. J
New York
Wilbur M. Brucker
Brucker
United States
Courier 1B
Army
Associated Press
United Press International
Defense Department
United States and Soviet Union Agree on Space Flight Standards
The United States and the Soviet Union have agreed on a standard set for judging man in space flight records. The agreement will be presented likely Thursday to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, the official world judge for airplane records for over 50 years.
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Barcelona
Spain
United States
Soviet Union
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Nixon Turns Personal Pitch In New York Campaign
Vice President Richard M. Nixon brings a personal slant to his bid for New York’s 45 electoral votes after a rousing reception in New Jersey. He drew a large cheering crowd at West Orange and contrasted election-day energy with Kennedy’s New Jersey tour.
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New York
New Jersey
Mixon
Sen
John F. Kennedy
West Orange
Nixon
Kennedy
Woman finds man asleep in diner laundry, officer says
Cincinnati police report a 33 year old man Donald Riggs was found asleep inside A Wash N Dry Laundry diner on Tuesday night. He was arrested and charged with being drunk.
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Cincinnati
Cho
Wash N Dry
Donald Riggs
Riggs
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Bridge Comics
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Mauricio Rosas
Belgium
Rosal
New York Central
Utica
International Assn. of Machinists
Schenectady
IUE
Rose Perez
Stanley
No-Man's Land
General Electric
IUB
Big Electronics Park
U.S. Soviets
NBC
Connecticut
Abraham Hibn
New Haven
National Broadcasting Coin State Supreme Court
Ilahn
Ralph Edwards
Hahn
Betty
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Hollywood
Edwards
Ray
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