Kansas killings linked to Walker family slayings
Authorities tie suspects Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith to the Clutter murder case in Kansas and probe possible links to the Walker family deaths in Osprey Florida. FBI and Kansas Bureau of Investigation pursue fingerprints and cross state lines while sheriff Boyer weighs linking the cases and potential Kansas trip.
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A Bureau of Investigation
BBI
Miami Area
Osprey Area
Walker
Kansas
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Lansing
Kaw
Louisiana
FBI
Herbert Clutter
Bonnie
Kenyon
Nancy
Holcomb
Kan
Garden City
Clutter
Hickock
Boyer
Mack Smiley
Clutter killers linked to Walker case via Sarasota tip
Mrs. Charles Hecker of Datura Street spotted a Watertown Times report on November 17 detailing the Clutter murder and alerted Sarasota detectives. Her tip spurred Lt. Arthur Johnson to inform Kansas authorities and trigger a multi‑agency probe tracing the killers’ route from Garden City to Miami to Louisiana and Las Vegas, connecting them to the Walker murder in Osprey Florida.
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Walker
Steffens
Charles Hecker
Datura St
Watertown
N.Y
Sarasota News
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Sanford
Clutter
Florida
Alaska
Kansas City
Osprey
Ross Boyer
Boyer
Louisiana
Las Vegas
Skeleton found near Mobile eyed as possible Gettis Lee case
A skeleton found near Mobile Bay is checked as a possible match to Gettis Lee, the missing political leader and Manatee County businessman. Differences in wristwatch, clothing, and bullet hole location raise doubts though the FBI continues to review the evidence. Sheriff Wilkins of Baldwin County and Sheriff Turner of Manatee County await concrete findings before any further action.
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Mobile
Ala
Gettis Lee
Manatee County
Merrill
Parrish
Taylor Wilkins
Baldwin County
Sarasota News
U.S. 31
U.S. 90
Mobile Bay
Lee
Wilkins
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Herman Turner
Incendiary attacks hit Cuban sugar cane fields again
Rebels claim new fire bomb raids on cane fields in the Sagua la Grande region. Reports say planes from the United States dropped incendiaries causing fires near a sugar mill. Cuban militiamen, soldiers, and workers responded to the attacks.
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Havana
Revolucion
United States
Cienfuegos
Sagua la Grande
Fidel Castro
Public property official battles birds at city hall
Philadelphia Vice Adm. Raymond J. Mauerman retires from wartime nets and turns to starling control at city hall. He uses blank shotgun blasts from the eighth floor to drive the birds from a sixth floor ledge. the tactic spooks residents and technicians but does not remove the nuisance as the birds return after the noise ends.
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Philadelphia
Raymond J. Mauerman
USN
Mauerman
City Hall
Penn Square
Municipal
Freezing Weather Hits Florida Statewide
The Associated Press reports a cold front brings freezing temperatures across Florida. Northwest areas may reach 22 while the north holds 28 to 32 and the south upper 40s. Keys see 55 to 60. Expect more cold weather Wednesday as showers occur along the front.
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Florida
Keys
Weather Bureau
Peninsula
Pensacola
Daytona Beach
Fort Myers
Blizzard Swirls East Snowstorm Hits Northeast and New England
A large snowstorm moved from the Texas Oklahoma Panhandle to the Northeast bringing heavy snowfall. Strong north winds pushed cold Canadian air south, with subzero readings in the Rockies and 4 to 8 inches, locally 10, along the Maine coast. Eastern New York saw heavy snow. southern New England faced sleet and freezing rain. A coastal storm near Cape Cod dumped 2 to 6 inches across Massachusetts into southern Vermont New Hampshire and southwestern Maine.
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Texas-Oklahoma
Panhandle
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Boston
New Hampshire
Maine
New York
New England
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Vermont
Plane Figures Linked to Multiple Airline Crashes
Miami authorities pursue a link between Julian A. Frank, a suspect in the January airliner bombing, and Dr. Robert Spears of Dallas in a November crash that killed 76 aboard two National Airlines planes. Civil Aeronautics Board examiner Charles Collar noted an acquaintanceship between Frank and Spears, prompting further investigation into possible connections.
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Miami
Julian A. Frank
National Airlines
Charles 8. Collar
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frank
Robert Spears
Dallas
Tex
Collar
Los Angeles
Asst
Julian Blodgett
Donald A. Loomis
New York
Spears
Gulf of Mexico
Bolivia
N.C
Loomis
Japanese Leader Heads to White House for Historic Treaty
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi arrives in Washington to sign a landmark treaty granting Japan equal partner status in U.S. relations and inviting President Eisenhower to visit Japan. The trip marks the 100th anniversary of Japan's first diplomatic envoys to the United States, with no stated plans for Eisenhower to travel east this year.
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Washington
Nobusuke Kishi
White House
Eisenhower
Japan
U.S
Far East
South America
Soviet Union
Kishi
Executive Mansion
James Buchanan
America
Capital Airlines Viscount crash list of aboard passengers and crew
UPI reports Capital Airlines released the roster of passengers and crew aboard the Viscount that crashed Monday night near Holdcroft Virginia. Names include Capt James Fornasero first officer Philip Cullom Jr stewardesses Diane O'Donnell Brigitte Jordt and many passengers with affiliations to Norfolk Portsmouth Virginia Beach and military and civilian roles. Skahill Carroll and Thompson tied to the U S Command Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean with London headquarters.
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Washington
James B. Fornasero
Muskegon
Mich
Philip Henry Cullom Jr
Olympia Fields
Diane Margaret O'Donnell
Searsport
Maine
Brigitte Frieda Helene Jordt
Schleswig
Germany
Barbie Gilbert
New York City
H. R. Draper
Fairfax
Philip Holtswig
Portsmouth
Paul Baker
Norfolk
J. A. Steingold
A. Rueff
Louisville
C. Truhn
J. B. Reilly
Baltimore
Agnes Hughto
Port Angeles
Wash
Ada Hunter
Gabrielle Ladd Morss
Virginia Lee Jones
Gail Smith
J. H. Draker
Kansas City
H. Boyce
Debra Ann Robinson
Joseph H. Meleski
Arlington
Duane Steinle
West Hartford
Conn
M. R. McKenzie
Richard Lartz
Mukwonago
Wis
Seaman James L. Girard
Mt. Clement
H. Woodis
St. Paul
Minn
Hubert L. Johnson
Lynnhaven
J. T. Braithwaite
Helicopter Squadron One
Key West
Fla
M. C. Best
David H. Hancock
Grenville
N.C
J. Skahill
R. M. Carroll
W. C. Thompson
Skahill
Senate probes air crashes and bomber precautions urged
Senate Aviation subcommittee hearings focus on bomber risks after two airliner bombings killed 72. Clar ence Sayen of the pilots union may urge new precautions while CAB prepares evidence about a Gulf of Mexico crash that killed 42. Los Angeles DA probes possible bomb plot involving Dr Robert Spears. Monroney leads inquiry.
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Washington
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Clarence Sayen
Air Line Pilots Assn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Gulf of Mexico
Los Angeles
Robert Spears
Dallas
Mike Monroney
Okla
CAB
Monroney
Sayen
E. R. Quesada
Federal Aviation Agency
Jet stowaway flies to U S from Tokyo mystery deepens
SAN FRANCISCO AP The first transpacific jet stowaway arrived and identified as Hide masa Nagayasu 24 of Tokyo who left nine hours forty five minutes earlier on a Pan American World Airways clipper. He speaks no English. Pan American could not explain how he boarded. Fourteen people wanted to see my ticket, complained William Le Ven of New York but apparently no one asked for his.
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San Francisco
Hidemasa Nagayasu
Tokyo
Pan American World Airways
Pan American
William le Ven
New York
Only One In Million Fit For Space Flight
Brig. Gen. Don R. Flickinger told the American Astronautical Society that the Project Mercury program requires one man in a million. He said the candidate must pass stern physical mental and emotional tests and fit a narrow age range of 25 to 35.
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Mercury
Don R. Flickinger
Air Force
American Astronautical Society
Homes Priced From $10,790 At Bayshore Gardens
Open nine in the morning until dark Bayshore Gardens on US 41 invites buyers to view homes priced from 10 790. The advertisement notes available units and the location on US 41.
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Bayshore Gardens
US 41
Capital Airlines Viscount Crashes Near Holdcroft Killing Fifty
A Capital Airlines four engine Viscount bound for Norfolk from Chicago crashed in heavy fog near Holdcroft Virginia. Fifty people died including two infants. Rescue crews faced heat before accessing the wreckage and identifying victims using a seat plan. Ambulances transported bodies to Richmond for formal identification by a medical examiner.
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Holdcroft
Capital Airlines
Here
Capital
Richmond
Capital Flight
Chicago
Norfolk
Washington
Robert H. Tench
Chickahominy River
Tench
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