Seized Pilots Reveal Ordeal in Liner Fight
Two U S Air Force pilots Hobbs and McClellan describe capture near Pyongyang after a midair crisis over Korea. They faced harsh interrogations, house arrest, and propaganda tours in North Korea and Russia before release through Moscow. A German businessman joined their confinement and later news events marked upcoming release and a Panmunjom farewell.
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McClellan
North Korea
Hobbs
Pyongyang
U.S. Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Seoul
Fromm
Hong Kong
Moscow
Panmunjom
Vanguard Test Shot Postponed Across Cape Canaveral News
The Navy postponed daylight firing of the Vanguard rocket due to minor technical difficulties. In Spokane a man named Howard Cook, using the alias Norman Cook, was arrested in Washington on charges of unlawful flight to avoid confinement tied to a 5,000 dollar bank robbery and sentenced 30 years in prison. he was paroled, later violated, and then recaptured. The Army plans more satellites and Explorers, possibly larger than Explorer II, with discussions of future launches. the FBI reported Cook’s past, and his wife described their disbelief and marriage complications.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
FBI
Howard Cook
Norman
Washington
de- Cook
Pentagon
Cook
Army
Explorers
Webster
FBL
Cook's
Explorer
West III
Virginia
Shad
Chain Letter Bonds Warning Spurs Federal Warning
Los Angeles officials and federal agencies warned the public against participating in a nationwide chain-letter bond scheme linked to 1 cent bonds. The scheme promises large bonuses for those who buy two $50 bonds and top the list, with millions already involved and many participants reportedly of higher income. Federal investigators note the mail route could violate the federal lottery act, while some say postal rules are not violated if delivered in person.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Treasury Department
Tacket
George E. Grieb
Department
Savings Ponds
UAW Bid Spurned by Kahler Ca
The rackets committee grilled Mazey over his remarks on Sheboygan clergy after he conceded the word integrity may have been harsh and later apologized. Clergy resolutions accused Mazey of pressuring courts to intimidate a judge who jailed another union official for strike violence amid a four year UAW strike against a Wisconsin plumbing fixtures firm. Senator Mundt called Mazey’s clergy remarks shocking and said more questions would follow as he plans to continue hearings.
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Rackets Investigating Committee
Mazey
Sheboygan
Ove
Marey
Wisconsin
Senate
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
New Bulgaria Note Urges Summit Parley On Peace Talks
A Soviet proposal for a summit is met with Western rejection. Bonn rejects discussing a German peace treaty or unification, while Bulganin says the Soviet Union will discuss Eisenhower’s space proposal within a broader package including test bans and an East West nonaggression pact. He notes German questions would heighten tension and stall any conference.
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Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Felix von Eckardt
West Germany
East Germany
von Eckardt
Hower
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Europe
Asee
Russia
Inter Nations
Bulganin
Esse International
Randolph Rages on TV Show Contested Public Remarks
Former UK host Wingate faced fines in Malibu for remarks on a TV program broadcast last January 16. The station reported over 600 calls with most defending Wingate while others objected to Churchill’s comments and urged him to return to England. Churchill asserted free speech and resistance to being bullied by the media.
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Malibu
Calif
Wingate
Miss Churchill
Churchill
England
Family of 6 Killed by Fast Train at Powell Crossing
A Navajo couple and their four children aged 3 to 7 were killed when a Santa Fe passenger train hit their pickup at a twilight crossing near Yucca Arizona. Coroner to convene in Kingman to determine cause. the truck was pushed a mile along the tracks.
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Yucca
Ariz
Santa Fe
Kingman
Arizona
Todd Long
Appoints 3-Man Air Strike Board
President Eisenhower named a three member emergency fact finding board to probe a labor dispute involving 25,000 International Association of Machinists members and seven major airlines including Eastern Trans-World United Northwest Northeast Capital and National. The board must report by March 27, delaying a strike for at least 30 days.
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Washington
Eisenhower
International Association of Machinists
Eastern
Trans-World
United
Northwest
Northeast
Capital
National Airlines
Howard A. Johnson
Butte
Embassy
Montana Supreme Court
Tokyo
Upi
Japan
Jasain
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Wwe
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Randolph
Harman
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Hone Gineva
Long
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Santa Fe Section
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Timson
David
Helen
Sarah
Powell Crossing
Butler Brothers Department
Steven
Butlers
America
Orion
Bermuda
Ance
Ian
Butler Brothers
Lakewood Blvd
Lakewood Center
Tom Hatten
Popeye the Sailor Ktla
Channel 5
All America’s Kids
Barnett
Pine Ave
Long Beach
Inauwoop
Juntington Park
Maline Market
Gai
Baines
Oaerdal Tit Ne
Grand Blvd
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