Texas Tornadoes and Floods Peril State
Tornadoes hit the Texas Panhandle and south plains injuring 34 and damaging property. A man is missing after a tornado near Cotella. Rivers crest near Dallas as the Trinity recedes. Thunderstorms and heavy rain soak much of Texas easing drought fears. Littlefield is cut off briefly by a tornado, roads flood, communications fail.
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Dallas
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Cotela
Texas
Jacksonville
Trinity River
U.S. Weather Bureau
Littlefield
Texas Highway Patrol
Army Engineers
Two Killed in High Speed Upland Crash
Two people died and two were injured in a crash on the San Bernardino Freeway after a car fled police at over 100 mph. Officer Bill Smith pursued for 22 miles, stating the vehicle pulled away despite a speedometer reading of 120.
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Upland 2
Conttool
Bill Smith
San Bernardino
Two Men Trapped in Burning Mine Near Wilkes-Barre
Two miners remained trapped after a coal mine fire near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. An earlier rock fall and explosion disabled the Inman shaft car, sending four workers to the scene and endangering additional crew. Rescue teams used respirators but police reported deaths and multiple injuries among the trapped men and nearby workers.
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Wilkes-Barke
Colton
Inman
Glen
Alden Corporation
Hanover Nince
Nadean Jackson
Township
Lee Gaimes Jr
Svith Sen Bernardino
Mrs. Ra
Walmona Gaimes
Rudolph Ter Oleshefski
Fore- Jackson
Hanover
Earl
Jack Hill
Hunlockson
Iraqi hunt for body of American blown from airliner
Iraqi officials scoured desert wastes for the body of J. R. Nash of Memphis Tennessee who was blown from a French airliner 18,000 feet above Iraq on the Tehran to Istanbul leg. Police identified the 31 year old traveler as the deceased, part of a round the world trip. An Air France spokesman called the incident rare but not unprecedented in aviation history.
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Istanbul
Iraq
J. R. Nash
Memphis
Ténn
Tehran
Air France
Paris
Tirkouk
Wash
Nash
Bomb threat evacuates Sacramento DMV building
A mysterious caller threatened to bomb the California Department of Motor Vehicles building in Sacramento at 9:45 a.m. Prompt evacuation followed as police, FBI, state CID, and Civil Defense watched entrances and conducted desk-by-desk searches. Over half the 1,390 employees left within an hour, while some stayed.
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Sacramento
Department of Motor Vehicles
Department
State Switchboard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Criminal Identification and Investigation
Civil Defense
Traffic toll in Long Beach rises with two more deaths
Two new traffic deaths pushed Long Beach 1957 toll to 26, with Melvin Grigg 31 of 4158 Elm Ave and Silas McNabb 58 of 2811 E 56th St identified among the victims. Grigg died after his station wagon hit a curb and a power pole near Anaheim Street and Atlantic Avenue. McNabb was struck by a hit-and-run driver on 56th Street near Paramount Boulevard. Police reported McNabb died at Community Hospital with head lacerations and multiple injuries. his wife Lou Elva McNabb identified him. Police found McNabb’s body early Sunday. Mrs Jeanette A. Smith heard a crash and tire noise shortly after. An emergency meeting of safety officials was called by N L McLaughlin to address the growing toll.
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Long Beach
Cornell
Melvin Eugene Grigg
Elm Ave
Silas M. McNabb
Anaheim St
Atlantic Ave
Gripp
Seaside Memorial Hospital
McNab
S Ee
Folice
56Th St
Paramount Blvd
Lou Elva McNabb
Jeanette A. Smith
Taid
Polise
Holton and Sons Mortuary
Foods and Fashions at Independent Press-Telegram Cooking Schools
A fragmentary notice details all electric cooking schools at The Independent Press-Telegram featuring the latest world fashion trends and economical meal ideas. It mentions sessions from 7:39 to 9:30 pm on Tuesday, plus additional times on Thursday and Friday, with references to Tokyo,Kyushu, Munich, and an Air Force context.
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Independent
Press-Telegram
Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Kyushu
Munich
Alpal
Thelthere
Wing clipped liner lands safely after wing tip loss
Frontier Airlines DC3 piloted by Dale Welling pulled out from a 4000 foot plunge north of Phoenix after a severe downdraft. The twin engine plane landed with about 10 feet of its left wing sheared, carrying 23 passengers and two crew members through a tense half hour aloft. Investigators and airline officials noted scratches on the wing and questioned what struck, with no clear cause given.
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Phoenix
Frontier Airlines
Dale Welling
E. T. Burson
Frontier
Welling
Cave Creek
Associated Press
Weather outlook with mild warming through Tuesday
Partly cloudy tonight through Tuesday with a slight rise in temperatures on Tuesday. Skies stay mixed with light winds as the week progresses and highs edge upward modestly.
Dulles Says US Aims to Free All Captive Nations
Secretary of State Dulles told an AP luncheon that the United States seeks the liberation of captive nations in the Soviet bloc. He warned Congress and the public to sustain military and economic aid to the free world and expressed confidence that Soviet threats will not fracture Atlantic alliance defenses. Eisenhower approved the address, his first major foreign policy review since the 1950s.
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New York
State Dulles
Russia
United States
Soviet Bloc
Associated Press
Dulles
Congress
Europe
Free World
Eisenhower
jAgusta
James Co
Hagerty
U. S
Pair Beats Robs Bus Driver in Los Angeles
A Long Beach Bus Lines driver, George Spoon, was beaten and robbed by two hotrodders on Studebaker Road Sand Street late Sunday night. Spoon described a knife attack after refusing passengers, with the pair fleeing in a low-slung car. Iraqi Jordan clash reports were denied by Baghdad officials amid regional tension and media notes.
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Studebaker
Baghdad
Khalil
Los Coyotes
Ibrahim
George Alex Spoon
Long Beach Motor
Spoon
Hela
Policeman Killed in Russian Roulette in San Antonio
Rudolph Luce, a 27 year old San Antonio policeman, was killed after a night of drinking when he allegedly played Russian roulette with a revolver. His wife Evelyn Luce testified he pulled the trigger twice after returning home with one bullet left. the second pull fired.
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San Anton
Tex
Rudolph Luce
San Anistonio
President Eisenhower to board training carrier Saratoga soon
President Eisenhower plans to board the carrier Saratoga during training exercises off Florida as the 66,000 ton ship nears join with Forrestal. The announcement notes the carrier will be based near Mayport and train with an air group of about 2,492 personnel and 123 officers, under Capt. Robert B. Moore, with sea flights and angled-deck operations.
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Augusta
Eidenhofer
Saratoga
Florida
Mayport
Fla
Washington
Forrestal
U. S
Atlantic
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Robert B.moore
Jordan Crisis Ties Weather to Diplomatic Pressure
Egyptian papers quote Maj Gen Ali El Hayyeri accusing foreign diplomats of stoking Jordan’s crisis. He says he will stay in place on official mission while Hayyari denies plotting a coup and cites rain storms and damp weather as affecting Easter services and capital conditions in the region.
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Ali el Hayyeri
Jordan
Hayyari
um-Hussein
Nuwar
Mascus
Don
Sundon Sunday Express
Syris
Eisenhower to Confer With Stassen Tuesday
President Eisenhower will meet with Harold Stassen on Tuesday amid signals the United States may have new chances for agreement. This item appears in the bridge and Page A sections with notices and staff references, listing related pages B-1 through B-2 and C-1 through C-6.
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Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
U.S
Hal Boyle
Raiio
Vital
Light Plane With 3 Aboard Missing
A Piper Tri Pac er with four persons aboard was overdue on a flight from Hayward to Palmdale. Civil Aeronautics officials report the aircraft disappeared after takeoff from Oakland Sunday. Lonnie Hale of Lancaster is the listed owner. identified aboard is Air Force Sgt. William Jefferson. other two or more passengers remain unnamed.
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Palmdale
Hayward
Civil ‘Aeronautics’ Administration
Lonnie Hale
Lancaster
Oakland Municipal
Air Force
William Jefford
Ship Bus Collision Sparks Crazy Crackup
A Tokyo ship collided with a bus on a Sunday near the Sakurajima end of a pier. The vessel rammed the bus, breaking a window and creating a chaotic scene at the busy waterfront.
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Tokyo
Sakurajima
Maroussel
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