43 Die After Airliner Crashes on Isle of Wight
A Four engined Aquila Airlines airliner with 38 aboard crashed into a chalk pit near Shalcombe Farm on the Isle of Wight after takeoff for the Canary Islands. Forty three passengers died, nine injured, and fifteen escaped. the ship carried ten crew and eight crew.
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Isle of Wight
Southams
Shalcombe Farm
Smidday
Aquila Airlines
Canary
Iiz
Lisbon
Portugal
Train Crash Report Brings 26 Dead in France Disaster
A Chantonnay France collision between a rail switch engine and a self propelled car left at least 26 killed and 25 injured as crews battled wreckage. The train was en route from La Roche Sur Yon to Bressuire when the switch engine smashed into the first car causing entanglement and multiple casualties. Police noted a possible maintenance equipment tangle and the accident followed routing errors on the one way track.
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Qlyer
Chicago
New York
White Pigeon
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Chantonnay
France
French National Railways Co
Bressuire
la Roche-Sur- Yon
Department
Vendee
la Rachenai- Lmor
Three Rivers
Sturgis
Howard A. Durinabacke
Typhoon Lola Slams Guam Causing Million-Dollar Damage
Typhoon Lola struck Agana Guam as the 12th storm of the season. Winds reached 140 mph, damaging several buildings and destroying a Navy Quonset hut with about half a million dollars in supplies. One injury reported as the island faced extensive destruction.
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Guam
Ser
Lola
Classifieds and Notices Summary
A cluttered index lists newspaper sections and page references across religion notices comics crosswords obituaries and shipping tables. It mentions sports theater and TV radio sections with page coordinates indicating where features appear.
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Clipper Dead Due on Monday
Pan American stratocruiser Ro mance of the Skies crashed in the mid Pacific killing or wounding 25. Navy says 19 bodies recovered and will be brought to Long Beach Monday aboard USS Philippine Sea with expected 7 am arrival at Pier E. Civil Aeronautics Board investigators to join naval pathologists aboard for the crash inquiry.
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Philippine Sea
Nav Iy
Pier E
Jim
Civil ‘Aeronautics
Weather Forecast With Cool Weekend Outlook
Partly cloudy through Sunday with continued cool temperatures. Rain probability about 25 percent tonight and 35 percent Sunday.
BiG Ben On The Loose Python Escape At Reptile Farm
A python escaped from a reptile farm Friday night in Azizomia City. Owner Adams reports the snake may pose minimal immediate danger but residents are advised to stay aware as authorities search the area.
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Torii
Azizomia
Fire kills 17 in Niagara Falls apartment tragedy
A three story building once the Moonglo Hotel housed fourteen children and three adults who perished in a fast moving blaze. Firemen and neighbors described a chaotic scene as survivors searched stairwells and halls. Owner William Deitz said he had evicted the families and briefly reopened the structure to house them.
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Niagara Falls
N.C
Niagara
Falls
Moongio
Mary Ewing
Howard
Horace Jr
Arline
Linda
Gloria
Sear
Terry
Jerry
Bonnie Patricia
Mr. Angers
Sanford Reid
Walter
Carson
Harvey
William
Sanford Jr
Meaty Louise
Jack Thomas
John Tokmnson
Frances Haynes
William Deitz
Deitz
Fail to End Allied Rift on Tunisia Crisis
Paris reports an emergency NATO session broke up without resolving France Britain rift over arms to Tunisia. U S Air Force probes space nuclear weapons and a possible intercontinental missile shield as French officials delay departure amid crisis. France objected to Western arms deliveries and walked out of a NATO assembly meeting.
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NATO
France
Tunisia
Washington
Air Force
Tific Team
Wednes Lland “Air Force Base
Christian Pineau
U.S
Pineau
United States
de Crouy-Chanel
Slayer Awaiting Man Seized Trial Decision
Slayer Miller, captured in Reno and held on murder charges, awaits today’s court ruling on whether he will be treated as a juvenile. He confessed to killing 22 month old Laura Helen Wetzel after burglarizing a nearby home, saying he feared the act and initially considered more violence. He was taken from the sheriff’s area to Los Angeles for processing.
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Larry) Miller
Miller
Sheriff's Area
Sheriff's
Reto
Nev
Tevenule Hall
Los Angeles
Reno
Laura Helen Wetzel
Air Force
Mars
Charles Wetzel
Dunwood Rd
Rolling Hlls Estates
AF Bomber Disappears Over Alaska With Ten On Board
An AF Superfortress with ten crew members reportedly disappeared while flying from Elmendorf Air Force Base toward Talkeetna Alaska. Officials said radio contact was lost shortly after 6 PM AST. Search planes were forced back by bad weather and would resume the hunt when possible.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Elmendorf Air Force
Emendorf
Elmendorf
Talkeet- Na
71St ‘Air Rescue
Buit
Newport woman shot to death in explosion wreckage
Police say a Newport woman, 57, was killed after an explosion rocked her home. Lacy Ferguson, 55, was captured by two detectives before rising, and Edwin Reddick admitted killing his wife after an argument. Ferguson reportedly said he caused the blast and fled to a vacant field. The body was taken to Baltz Mortuary in Corona.
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Lacy
Hen Reddick
Ethels
Fergusons
Shire
Perguson
Bescseciere
Sandstoai
AML
Gifamar
Reddick
Cross P
Parginaan
Ferguson
Muse
Bition
Baltz
Corona I
McPherson
Morgan
Pentagon
Slight Quake Shakes Tokyo Downtown Measures
A minor earthquake rattled central Tokyo, prompting brief alarm and routine safety checks. No injuries were reported, and officials advised residents to stay aware of aftershocks as authorities assess impacts near downtown districts.
McElroy to Meet Ike in Georgia
Augusta Georgia wire service report notes White House plan for defense funding in the 1959 fiscal year. President Eisenhower and Defense Secretary McElroy discussed foreign policy issues by telephone with Secretary Dukes. The article mentions a lack of immediate comment from Pentagon officials and referencesdisclosures on the Kerland project.
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Ike
Georgia
Augusta
White ‘House
Sec
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Sec. -of
John Foster
United
States
Great Britain
Bombers Reach Argentina Flight as U S Demonstrates Power
Washington dispatch says U S bombers flew a 9250 mile round trip toward Argentina over the Amazon River at 1130 am. The high bombers, considered H-bomb carriers, were refueled in flight and did not aim to set distance or speed records. The mission follows Russia’s missile advances and is tied to U S assertions of global reach and power.
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Faree
Argéna
Amazon River
Boeing
Second Wave of Flu Claims Four in Tokyo
Japan reports a second wave of Asian influenza with four deaths in Tokyo as schools record an outbreak. Health authorities say the curative total shows schools affected rising to 750 and the epidemic now claims 34 lives in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
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