Woman Rescued After Burning Plane Crash at Port Columbus
A collision near Port Columbus Airport left two Navy officers dead as an American Airlines Convair with 30 passengers crash landed and burned. Stewardess Martha Gunn helped evacuees down a 25 foot rope while survivor accounts describe a chaotic descent and a rescue by Capt. J. C. Pollard. Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board planned to study the incident.
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Columbus
Ohio
John G. Rankin
American Airlines
Naval Reserve
Rankin
Louisville
Navy
Port Columbus
John R. Hoerath
Westerville
Donald G. Edgar
J. C. Pollard
Nashville
Convair
Martha Jane Gunn
Tenn
Arthur Herrman
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Memphis
Cleveland
Lafayette
Ind
John H.corrier
Jhuge
Pickett-Phone Company Fight Nears Climax
Santa Fe reports the State Corporation Commission considered disqualification of Mountain States Telephone Co official Ingram Pickett amid rate increase proceedings. The case centers on bias claims and whether the commission should suspend the July 7 increase pending further hearing.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
Ingram Pickett
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Mountain States Telephone Co
Mountain States
Pickett
Supreme Court
Commission
SCC
New Mexico
67 Rigs Reported in Lea County by Mughes Tool Co
Mughes Tool Co reports 67 rigs operating in Lea County today. The figure reflects the latest oil field activity in the region.
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Hobbs
Lea County
Mughes Tool Co
Weather summary for reading area with temperatures and forecast
Reading area shows temperatures from yesterday afternoon to today with highs near 92 and lows around 65. Precip totals to date include 0.06 in last 4 hours and 1.37 in year to date with 4.81 year to date normal. Forecast calls for heavy clouds, scattered showers or storms, seasonal warmth and humidity.
Two Men Detained In N M Slaying
Santa Fe police detain Albino Gomez 24 and T M Moore for investigation into the fatal Wednesday night liquor store shooting of Andy Andeusakis 70. FBI to analyze guns. Gomez previously sought for armed robbery. Moore claims never in Santa Fe.
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Santa FE
Andy Andeusakis
A. B. Martinez
Albino Gomez
T. M. Moore
Phoenix
Ariz
Albuequerque
Martinez
Gomez
Albuquerque
Moore
Paul Haver
Andeusakis
FBI
Washington
Shaver
Colorado State Reformatory
Buena Vista
Colo
Lossoem
New Guatemalan Government Outlaws Communist Party
Guatemala's new junta led by Col. Carlos Diaz outlawed the Communist Party and banned liquor sales. Former President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán reportedly fled toward Buenos Aires as rebel radio warned of a general attack if peace terms are not met.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Lan
Communist Party
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala City
Col. Diaz
Towel Parade in Asakusa after Bathhouse Clothes Theft
A crowd along a suburban Tokyo street watched men march home in towels after thieves stole their clothes at the public bath. The incident drew curiosity from passersby as the procession moved down a main street in Asakusa yesterday.
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Tokyo
Asakusa
Four Court Cases Heard In Police Court Saturday
Four cases heard in police court Saturday ended tied two to two with penalties of two for drunkenness and two for vagrancy. Defendants received a combined $10 fine and 120 days in jail.
Guatemala Crisis Ends as Army Ousts Arbenz
Guatemalan army leaders, displacing President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman under pressure from rebels and labor unrest, installed a military junta led by Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz. Arbenz resigned after defections and mass protests as rebels moved toward Guatemala City and promised continued fight with Castillo Armas.
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Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Carlos Enrique Oo
Diaz
Carlos Castillo Armas
Arbenz
Washington
Castillo Armas
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
U.S
Whiting Willauer
Luis Coronado
F Army
Guatemala City
United States
Carlos Sarti
National Superior Council of Defense
Enrique Parinello
Rio Grande Flood Forces Massive Helicopter Rescue
Twenty helicopters from Gary Air Force Base and San Antonio units helped evacuate train passengers as the Rio Grande rose to historic levels in Del Rio and Eagle Pass Texas. Officials warned of widespread flooding with crests expected up to fifty feet, while roads and bridges failed and residents were moved to safety.
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Rio Grande
South Texas
South
Texas
Mexico
United States
Weather Bureau
del Rio
Eagle Fass
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Limited
Langtry
Southwest Texas
Roy Bean
Lily Langtry
Pullman
San Antonio
American Medical Assn
San Francisco
Laredo
State Highway Department
Sonora
Pecos
Eagle Pass
Gary Air Force Base
San Marcos
Fourth Army
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
William Hughes
Del
Little Girl Lost in Sierras Finishes Vacation Return
Kathy Paxton a five year old who survived over 40 hours in the High Sierra without food or shelter is returned to Woods Lake to finish her vacation. She was found on a ledge after guiding by a timber cruiser and Louis Avery.
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Markleeville
Calif
Kathy Paxton
High Sierra
Woods Lake
Alvin van Dell
Kathy
Kit Carson Pass
Highierra
van Dell
Lou
Avery
Twin Cities Girl Stars On TV Heart Operation
Five year old Pamela Schmidt of Minneapolis appeared on television during a nationwide "March of Medicine" segment showing doctors at the University of Minnesota hospital linking her father’s bloodstream to hers to borrow his lungs while repairing her heart.
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Pamela Schmidt
Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota Hospital
Eisenhower and Churchill push plan for collective Asia defense
The leaders affirmed pressing ahead with collective defense plans for Southeast Asia despite ongoing Indochina peace talks. They urged quicker ratification of the European Defense Community by France and stressed full atomic cooperation within U S law, while offering little on an Asia defense alliance timetable.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Southeast Asia
Indochina
West Germany
France
United States
Britain
Geneva
Southeast
Asia
White House
James C. Hagerty
Ottawa
Canada
Eden
Execution Stay Granted in Texas for Walt Whitaker
Gov. Allan Shivers granted a 30 day stay of execution for Walter E. Whitaker Jr. moving his date from Aug 2 to Sept 1. Whitaker, an Air Force cadet, was convicted of the strangulation slaying of Joyce Fern White in Lubbock after her nude body was found buried.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Walter E. Whitaker Jr
Young Whitaker
Whitaker
Air Force
Lubbock
Joyce Fern White
Vernon
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Hartford, Conn
Joyce
Qa Lubbock
Sweden
San Antonio
Clovis
N.M
Safe Cracker Here Makes Bad Mistake
A safe cracking attempt at Mc Donald Motors Inc at 209 N Richardson Ave failed when the burglar used a welding torch instead of a cutting torch. Police found the attempt at 7 11 am with only $2 taken from a coke machine as consolation prize. no other items were stolen.
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McDonald Motors, Inc
N. Richardson Ave
Fire Causes Ceiling Hole at Local Grocery
A fire at the J. H. Sandifor grocery on 2301 N Main St burned a 10 by 15 foot hole in the ceiling. The blaze, likely from a wiring short, involved owner Shorty Hill’s building. Firefighters answered at 8 and returned to the station at 9 01 after laying 450 feet of hose.
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J. H. Sandifor Gro
N. Main St
Shorty Hill
Texas to Meet Raiders Austin Oct 4 1958
The University of Texas grid schedule for 1958 football is complete with a game against Texas Tech set for October 4 in Austin. Details confirm the Texas Tech matchup as part of the season plan.
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TEXAS
Raiders
Austin
Texas Tech
University of Texas
Tech
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Sierras
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Stewart Crandall
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Stead Air Force Base
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Walt Whitaker
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