Fourteen Die as Refueling Plane Crashes Near Norton AFB
A KC97 Strato Tanker from Altus Air Force Base crashed on Box Springs Mountain near Norton AFB while attempting to land. The Altus crew and seven passengers were aboard the routine training flight. All 14 aboard perished in the fiery wreck after a long rescue effort by March AFB units. One victim was 2nd Lt. Joseph C. Zemanitis of Worcester Massachusetts.
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U.S. Air Force
Box Springs Mountain
March Air Force Base
Calif
Calif, WH
Bex Springs
Mountain
Joseph C. Zemaitis
Worcester
Mass
96Th
Altus Air Force Base
Okla
Norton Afb
San Bernardino
March Afb
Norton
Fadi
Altus
Powell Opens Bid for U.S. Senate in Hampton Falls Rally
More than 1,200 Wesley Powell supporters gathered in Hampton Falls to launch his Republican bid for the U.S. Senate. A mile long motorcade and depot square speech framed Powell as a Rockingham County candidate who could gain seniority and voice for New Hampshire in Washington, praising Eisenhower, anti-Communist stance, and opposition to Fifth Amendment evasion.
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Hampton
Wesley Powell
Hampton Falls
Rockingham County
U.S. Senate
Powell
Lafayette Road
Hampton Depot
Depot Square
Washington
New Hampshire
U.S
Styles Bridges
Eisenhower
Frank E. Booma
Helicopters Shuttle Stranded Travelers Out of Flooded Area
Unconfirmed reports say new cloudbursts pushed helicopters into the air at dawn to free several hundred people trapped in the Langtry border flood zone. About 410 people were stranded, including 150 aboard the Sunset Limited, with 116 passengers already evacuated last night. Major William Hughes led one helicopter group and said conditions suggested more evacuations were possible.
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Langtry
Tex
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Limited
Er & Maj
Wiliam Hughes
McIntyre Attacks Merrow In New Hampshire Rally
Democratic candidate Thomas J. McIntyre assailed incumbent Chester Merrow as a weak do nothing representative at a Saturday night rally before about 200 supporters. He urged active campaigning, criticized Merrow over the Portsmouth Air Base controversy, and highlighted issues at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard while calling for renewed Democratic vigor across rural districts.
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Thomas J. McIntyre
Congress
MeIntyre
Chester ¥. Merrow
McIntyre
Merrow
Washington
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Dramatic Redesign Underway at Portsmouth Air Base Site
Local residents attend ground breaking as earth movers reshape the landscape for a new air base. The 10,000 foot runway and two groups of large fuel tanks mark progress while surrounding woods vanish into open terrain. Groundwork for buildings proceeds with concrete forms and elevated foundations.
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Portsmouth Air Base
Er Tt
Four Rescued After Small Boat Capsizes Off York
A 14-foot rented skiff capsized two miles off shore during a squall. Arthur Locke and Mildred Locke of South Berwick, their daughter Jane Tetrault and husband Leo Tetrault of Providence were rescued. Locke, treated for immersion, expected to be released soon. The party was found clinging to the overturned boat and were brought to Portsmouth Yacht Club pier with ambulances standing by.
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South Berwick
York Bell
Arthur Locke
Mildred
Jane Tetrault
Leo
Providence
R.I
Locke
James Flanagan
North Atteboro
Mass
Stevenson
Coast Guard
Lionel Crossman
Jerome Chorosevic
Stanley F. Frank
Portsmouth Yacht Club
Portsmouth Fire and Police Departments
Truman reported somewhat better after postoperation phase
Former President Harry S. Truman remains in serious condition after his operation. At 6 45 a m the hospital said he spent a good night and his condition was about the same, marking a cautious but hopeful note in his convalescence.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Ike and Churchill Pledge Collective Defense in Asia
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill pledged to press forward with plans for collective defense in Southeast Asia, even if Indochina peace talks succeed. They urged rapid action on European Defense Community ratification and endorsed further technical atomic energy cooperation within US law, signaling continued Anglo American policy alignment amid Indochina negotiations challenges.
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Ike and
Churchill
Asia
Washington
Eisenhower
Southeast Asia
Indochina
West Germany
France
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
Ottawa
Canada
Eden
Widow Admits Murder in Sordid Confession Case
Amesbury authorities describe a sordid confession by Lorraine Clark 27, who killed her husband after a violent argument. Prosecutor Hugh A. Cregg outlined a premeditated plan to move, weight, and dump the body from a bridge into the Merrimack River. Clark pleads innocent. she is jailed in Salem without bail. Her visitors included attorney C Francis Leary and her father and sister. The three children are with maternal grandparents as the case proceeds.
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Lorraine Eaton Clark
Salem
Mass
Amesbury
Melvin Clark Sr
Hugh A. Cregg
Lorraine E. Clark
Cregg
Clark
West Newbury
Samuel Eaton
Shirley Webber
Marylene
Sally
Michael
Melvin Clark
Assassination Sparks World War I Recall in Sarajevo
On June 28 1914 a touring car on a Sarajevo street witnessed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife die after a double shooting. The event, later blamed on Gavrilo Princip, sparked the first great war of the 20th century as crowds mark the anniversary with remembrance.
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Banajevy
Lugosa Vulava
Sarajevo
Franz Ferdinand
Sophie Shotek
Guatemala Rule Passes to Army
The Associated Press reports Guatemala’s anti Communist rebel radio rejected the new government under Col Carlos Enrique Diaz after Jacobo Arbenz Guzman resigned. Diaz heads a military junta as rebels threaten a general air attack if peace conditions are not met, insisting the struggle is against communism, not individuals.
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Associated Press
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Guatemala
Diaz
Guatemala City
Col. Diaz
Sea
Carlos Castillo Armas
Liberation Radio
Oey
Manchester Man Quits Commission On Land Damage
Manchester PR counsel Agrafiotis resigns from a three member Nashua area land damage award commission effective tomorrow. The panel faced criticism over a $174,000 Nashua steel firm award that was withdrawn and a $20,500 proposal later considered. A secret letter to Governor Gregg cited Nashua residents’ concerns about Route 3 development for personal gain.
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Sjoordfi—Pever Uv
Agrafiotti
Manchester
Nashua
Agrafiotis
Gregg
Nathan A. Tirrell
Goffstown
U.S
Sen. Tirrell
Payne Urges Shipyard Work to Meet Defense Needs
Sen. Payne of Maine told the Senate that without immediate action to provide work for American shipyards the industry cannot meet defense requirements in a national emergency. He urged early enactment of a bill he co sponsors to modernize merchant marine ships in the reserve fleet to supply immediate work for distressed yards.
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Washington
Sen
Payne
Maine
Senate
Nehru and Chou press for Asian peace in talks
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai urged an Indo Chinese political settlement and nonaggressive free states. They signaled an imminent Indochina armistice while Mendes France pledges an action by July 20. Chou proposed periodic Asian panels to foster peace and mutual respect among both Communist and non Communist nations.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Red
China
Chou
Rangoon
Burma
Pierre Mendes-France
U. Nu
Peiping
Chou Elirsaikea
Tibet
Reds Influenced New Hampshire Progressives, Wyman Says
Wyman testified before Merrimack County Superior Court that he has sworn proof Communists influenced the formation of New Hampshire’s Progressive Party in 1947 and 1948. He promised transcripts of sworn testimony as hearings opened on contempt charges against UNH professor Gwynne Harris Daggett.
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Concordm
Auty
Louis JC. Wyman
Merrimack County Superior Court
New Hampshire
Progressive Party
Wyman
Robert F. Griffith
University of New Hampshire
Gwynne Harris Daggett
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Castillo Armas
N. H
Griffith
Paul M. Sweezy
Wilton
New York Magazine
Harvard College
William L. Phinney
Joseph A. Millimet
Queen City
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