Navy blimp crash at hangar kills officer in foggy landing
A Navy ZPG2 airship crashed into a hangar in dense fog at Lakehurst New Jersey. One crewman Lt David Loyd of Vega Texas died. Lt Richard Sireh, the airship commander, was injured. Six crewmen hospitalized and several others with minor injuries. Rescuers climbed 150 feet to reach the gondola trapped under gas beneath the destroyed blimp. The airship was returning from a routine anti submarine patrol when the accident occurred.
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N. 1
David Loyd
Vega
Tex
Richard” Sireh
Speedboat Mark Hits Douglas DC8 in Test Landing
A Douglas Aircraft Co test crew reported a hard landing at Edwards Air Force Base damaged one of six DCB Jet liners. The Long Beach built aircraft suffered extensive damage but no injuries to the eight aboard. The plane was not the unit due for delivery to United Air Lines on June 3. Company officials said no system deficiency was found and the certification schedule is not delayed.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Edwards
Air Force Base
Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
United Air Lines
R. J. Kloskingon
Douglas Testing Division
Hoskinson Aie
Campbell raises water speed record on Coniston Lake
Donald Campbell boosted his water speed record on Coniston Lake from 248.62 to 260.35 mph though not reaching his January target. Two expert divers monitored safety as his wife Tonia watched from shore. Campbell eyed a land speed run aiming at 394.196 mph after attempting the water record.
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England
Donald Campbell
Placid Coniston Lake
Campbell
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Tonia Bern Campbell
John Cobb
Britain
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Western plan proposes united Berlin under Big Four guard
Western powers outline a four phase disarmament package to unify East and West Germany. The plan includes making divided Berlin a united city under four power guarantees as a first step. Moscow dismissed it as a tangle of unrelated issues, offering little prospect of serious consideration.
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Russia
Berlin
Germany
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Herter
Where to Find It Notes in a City Paper Index
The text lists sections and page references for a daily newspaper, detailing where to locate topics such as juvenile delinquency coverage, Beach Combing, Hal Boyle features, Bridge, Classifieds, Comics, Crossword, Death Notices, Editorials, Financials, Shipping Table, Sports, Theaters, Weather, TV Radio, Wilson column, Women’s pages, and Your World, across multiple pages and sections. It serves as a navigation guide for readers seeking specific content.
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Hal Boyle
Wilson
Ekberg Divorces Anthony Steel Over Jealous Hurdles
Santa Monica report says Anita Ekberg testified in a divorce from Anthony Steel that he was insanely jealous causing embarrassment and social isolation. She described fights, nervous breakdowns, and a brief narcotics treatment, with secretary Lisbeth Haggstrom as witness. The couple married May 22 1956 in Florence and separated January 15 last year.
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Anita Ekberg
Athony Steel
Herji
Andj
Miss Ekberg
Lisbeth Haggstrom
Miss Haggstrom
Steel
Florence
Italy
Soviet Warning on Greek NATO Missile Bases
Moscow reports a Soviet warning to Greece against permitting NATO missile bases on Greek soil. The note emphasizes defense of regional security and counters Western deployment plans. Greek officials have not released further details in this brief dispatch.
Cigarette Tax Hike Vote Near
In Sacramento Governor Brown pushes a three cent per pack cigarette tax starting July 1. The Senate Revenue and Taxation committee approved the measure after striking a 15 percent tax on other tobacco products. The plan shifts collection to stamps or decals, trimming 9.4 million from a 256 million dollar tax program. Senator George Miller urged fast action, warning of a 214 million loss for each two weeks delay.
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Sacramento
Brown
Senate
Senate Revenue and Taxation
George Miller Jr
Martinez
Ee Ee
Eisenhower to Meet Steel Union Leader in Social Call
President Eisenhower arranged a two hour meeting with David McDonald president of United Steelworkers Union at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel as contract talks continued. White House press secretary Hagerty called the meeting a social call while wage negotiations linger and government aid remains uncertain.
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New York
Eisenhower
David McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
National Science Groups
McDonald
Weather outlook with clear night and Friday clouds
Mostly clear tonight with some clouds and a mild Friday. Mostly sunny Friday with little temperature change. Maximum temperature by noon today reaches 69 degrees.
Chavez Ravine tenants fight eviction over 11 homes
Los Angeles residents from the Chavez Ravine area, including Manuel Mantel and his wife Abrana Augustain, defend 11 properties slated for city projects after eviction orders. The Arechiga family says the crumbling houses, some on a shared site, have housed relatives and provided time for sympathy cash gifts from supporters since the dispute began last Friday.
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Los Angeles
UPC
Arechiga
Thea
Chavez Ravine
Angeles Dodgers
Baseball Stadium
Manu
Manuel
Victoria
Augustain
Arechigas
Canf
Uel
Mantel
Abrana
Allora
Eisenhower Breaks Ground for 71 Million Cultural Center
President Eisenhower uses a silver shovel to break ground for a 71 million dollar cultural center in mid Manhattan near the Lincoln Center. The ceremony drew about 12 000 people and photographers, with plans including a new home for the New York Philharmonic and a new Metropolitan Opera House. Eisenhower said the center would enrich lives and foster international cultural exchange beyond governments.
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New York
Eisenhower
Manhattan
Philharmonic
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
Metropolitan Opera House
Twining's Infection Cancerous In Exploratoy Surgery
General Nathan F. Twining chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had cancer found during exploratory surgery. Surgeons removed the upper lobe of his left lung at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The 61 year old Air officer could leave hospital in three to four weeks and return to duties in about two weeks after discharge.
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Washington
Nathan _ F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Twining
Pentagon
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
James H. Forsee
Army
Holps
Tthe
Defense Department
Jazz Musician Sidney Bechet Dies in Paris
Sidney Bechet, 68, famed jazz musician who rose from New Orleans to international prominence in hot music, died today in Paris.
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Sidney Bechet
Paris
New Orleans
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