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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1957
Page
4
A Varig airliner crash near Bage kills 35 with five crew and 15 passengers dead. A Magno Station train collision in Rio suburbs leaves 20 dead and 13 injured. A landslide at Petropolis buries a house, killing seven.
Washington reports say a House military operations subcommittee questioned former Defense official Ross about defense contracts. The probe lists 13 Wynn empire firms tied to Ross through relatives and bids, with scrutiny of a $45,024 Marine Corps baseball pants contract and various procurement practices.
Amid Cairo warnings that any test ship would be destroyed, Egypt prepares to open Suez Canal to all traffic while plans for a test voyage proceed. Reports say Soviet-Israeli tensions ease as a major oil shipment travels via Eilat and Sharm El Sheikh forces potential UN troop withdrawals prompt speculation.
Chessman seeks a new hearing in a case challenging the trial transcript as spurious. The Tribunal will hear Chessman’s counsel on May 13 regarding whether state court rulings denying due process in the transcript matter merit review, following a rejected habeas corpus appeal.
A big semi-trailer broke loose and collided head on with a parochial school bus in Michigan City. The bus driver Emil Michaels, 60, was killed and 12 students were injured, one critically. The wreck destroyed the bus.
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower completed a 24 hour trip from Gettysburg to Washington driving within posted limits. Before leaving Gettysburg he played a quick round of golf at his farm and watched the Masters windup on television at Augusta.
Captain Joseph M. Kelly, 36, Lexington Kentucky, AWOL from Lowry AFB, charged with drunk driving, died Saturday by his own action. An advertisement from Vacumatic Carburetor Co claims a Jet-ing Vacu-mating unit saves gas by automatic overcharge control, offered to readers for installation and sharing details.
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