Field's Radar System Not Functioning Crash at New York Airport
Eastern Air Lines DC7B crashed while landing at Newark International Airport in fog without ground approach radar. Twenty five people were killed aboard the Charlotte to New York nonstop flight. Survivors described the veteran captain and a dramatic post crash fire. In San Francisco, a BOAC 707 nosewheel collapsed on landing causing a temporary airport traffic jam with all passengers reported unharmed.
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Eastern Air Lines
Idlewild
New York
UPI
Iwewild
Charlotte
N. C
Edward Bechtold
San Francisco
BOAC
Mong Kong
Bechtold and crew among dead in crash after near miss
Federal investigators opened an immediate probe at dawn as they could not yet determine if the plane touched down, missed the runway, or veered after landing. An airport official later reported the aircraft did not touch down on the runway and struck east of it, careening through marshland. Two stewardesses survived.
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Bechtold
Widespread obscene book ring busted in California
San Francisco area vice officers with FBI and postal inspectors seized about 444 tons of lewd books from a warehouse and arrested three men Richard Haddad 28 and Sohn Forti 26 both Whitier and Charles Graham 32 of Los Angeles. The operation allegedly mailed thousands of obscene titles to a Cleveland firm for distribution. The raid followed four weeks of undercover work and involved a printing plant tied to Graham. The trio face arraignment in East Los Angeles Municipal Court.
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Sanfa FE Springs
Islian
Isheriff
Castorledly
Cleveland
Ohio
Richard J. Haddad
Mar Vista
Sohn L. Forti
Whittier
Charles E. Graham
Ald
FBI
Fron Cleveand
Haddad
Forii
Graham
Secora Way
al Vindery
Walter Howell
Shovitz
IFBI
Howell
Haddad and
Forti
East
Los Angeles
Wirtz Blames Lockheed for Strike at Defense Plant
Wirtz accused Lockheed Aircraft Corp of causing this week’s defense critical strike by aerospace workers. Presidentially intervened after two days. Wirtz said Lockheed’s stance on a union shop vote triggered the walkout. IAM leader charged Lockheed opposed unions and favored right to work. Lockheed officials acknowledged expressing views on compulsory union membership in 1958.
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Burbank
W. Willard Wirtz
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
San Francisco
Wirtz
Lockheed
Romin
International Association For Machinists
E. R. White
TAM
California
White
Dolin E. Canaday
Nehru Rejects Truce as Chinese War Moves War in Asia
Prime Minister Nehru accuses Beijing of trying to seize Indian territory under cover of cease-fire talks and rejects Chou En Lai's truce terms. He cites no withdrawal evidence as Indian forces hold along the frontier amid warnings of renewed fighting. A Tezpur dispatch notes local leaders doubt a genuine pullback. In Cornwall, a deadly chlorine gas leak from a rail tank car sickens dozens, prompts mass evacuations, and masks rescue efforts as officials declare the area safe.
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UPD
Jawaharlal Nehru
Peking
Nehru
Chou Ea-lai
Chou
China
al Frontier
Tezpur
Assam
Where to Find It in the Paper
An index lists location pages for sections including Churches, Classified, Comics, Death Notices, Financial, Sports, and more. It notes page ranges and miscellaneous features such as a shipping fable and radio listings.
Last to Jump Train Death in Chicken Game
In Medford Massachusetts a 16 year old youth Michael Doherty of Somerville died after being run over by a Boston and Maine Buddliner train while four companions played chicken on the tracks. Police reported multiple chest and head injuries. Michael won the game but lost his life.
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Medford
Mass
UPI
Michael Doherty
Somerville
Michael
Pope Better Plans Public Appearance On Sunday
Vatican delegates said Pope John XXIII has improved enough to appear on his balcony for the Sunday blessing in St. Peter's Square after a stomach illness and anemia. Msgr. Felici announced the pope will greet the crowd as state observers note his condition remains a concern though better.
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Vatican City
UPI
Ecumenical Council
John XXVII
St. Peter’s Square
Weather Hirstly Spring Brings Fog Cloudy Nights
The forecast notes spring conditions with night and morning fog or low clouds. Visibility may be reduced in early hours, and skies could clear by afternoon as temperatures rise slightly. Local drivers are advised to use caution during dawn and pre-dawn hours.
60 Rebels March on Honduras Capital Tegucigalpa
An ex arm y colonel leads a group of about 60 armed rebels marching toward Tegucigalpa in the capital’s absence under President Ramon Villeda Morales amid escalating unrest in Honduras.
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Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Ramon Villeda Morales
Yank Buys Entire Antique Stock At British Shop
London report describes Bernard Eves of Guildford selling his entire Surrey antique stock to Harry Stack a stranger who paid cash with five pound notes. The lot spanned Victorian items including pots chandeliers copper aquariums clocks and decanters in a surprising single purchase.
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London
Bernard Eves
Guildford
Surrey
Harry Stan
Stack
Eves
Harry Slack
North Hollywood
Los Angeles
Britain
Five East German Boys Escape to West Berlin
Five East German boys aged 11 and 12 slipped through barbed wire into the American sector of West Berlin. Police reported they were taken to a children's home as welfare authorities decide future steps, with policy guiding whether they are refugees or to be returned home.
Kennedy flies to Army Navy game by helicopter
President Kennedy traveled by helicopter from the White House south lawn to Mustin Naval Air Station near Philadelphia for the Army Navy football game. He was accompanied by brother Robert Kennedy. After the game he planned to return to Washington and then join family at Glen Ora estate near Middleburg Virginia for the weekend with the Kennedy children Carolin and John Jr.
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Washington
Brest-dent
Kennedy
Philadelphia
White House South Lawn
Mustin Naval Air Station
Robert Kennedy
Glen Ora
Middleburg
Pies Kennedy
Caroling and
John Jr
Glen ‘Ora
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Cornwall
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