Demolition crews hunt for rockets after F86 accident at Sel base
22 rockets fired accidentally from a grounded F86 Sabre at Sel air base yesterday injured three airmen and forced evacuations. A Griffiss AFB squadron was flown in to locate missing missiles and disarm fires. One rocket casing hit a home window. the engine section shattered a crib. Officials blamed an apparent electrical malfunction with the firing device and off switches.
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Selfridge Air Force Base
Air Force Board of
Harrison Township
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
N.Y
Tony Arpaio
Shirley DePew
Selfridge
Tornadoes Pelt Mid-Continent States In Severe Storms
Severe storms swept the central United States with tornadoes hitting southern Nebraska near three communities and Rushmore Minnesota. No injuries were reported though homes and farms suffered damage in several towns. A violent thunderstorm with 92 mph winds struck Sioux City Iowa, while dust and heavy rainfall affected vast areas from Texas to the Dakota region.
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Nebraska
Rushmore
Minnesota
Kansas
Iowa
Lyons
Cassady
Kan
Juniata
Doniphan
Arlington
Sioux City
Plains
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Marine Sergeant William Schweitzer Found Dead in Combahee River
Officials investigate the death of Tech Sergeant William B. Schweitzer 30 of Beaufort at Parris Island Marine Base. He was found shot in the Combahee River by Beaufort Sheriff’s Office searchers and the Parris Island Provost Marshal’s office.
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Beaufort
8. C
INS
Parris Island
Combahee River
William B. Schweitzer
Truck driver killed on U S 301 and two more crashes
Public hearing slated tonight to rezoning area below Bee Ridge Road. Readers directed to page 9 for details. Newspaper notes and community events shown in Women's Pages highlight local women in school and club activities.
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U.S. 301
Bee Ridge Road
Dag Hammarskjold warns UN on Arab peace efforts
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold cautions the Security Council against imposing a settlement on Israel and Arab neighbors. He urges Middle East initiated peace, notes likely delay, and says the UN should support efforts begun by the regional states. He returned to New York after securing reaffirmations from Israel and Egypt with with others.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Israel
Middle East
Hammarskjold
New York
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
I-Nation Security Council
U.N
London
Palestine
Eisenhower to Meet Latin American Leaders in Panama
President Eisenhower accepted an invitation to meet with heads of Latin American states in Panama on June 25 and 26. The two day conference, to be hosted by Panama's President Ricardo Arias Espinosa, marks the 130th anniversary of the First Congress of Panama. He will depart Washington June 24 and return June 26 or 27, in a Caribbean homecoming tied to his canal zone service.
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Washington
INL
Eisenhower
Panama
Ricardo M. Arias Espinosa
Panama City
U.S
Canal Zone
U.S. Studies Arms Report on Weapon Deliveries
A government study reports that about 80 percent of the weapons have already been delivered. The findings outline progress in arming programs and suggest remaining deliveries are underway.
Two Murder Convicts Executed at Utah Prison
At dawn at Utah State Prison two men, Braasch 30 Reinbeck Iowa and Sullivan 25 Kansas City Missouri, were strapped in execution chairs and shot by volunteer firing squads. Morphine quieted them after hooded targets were placed. Deputy Wells read the warrants and they declined to speak.
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Point OF
Utah
Bix van
Braasch
Reinbeck
Iowa
Sullivan
Kansas City
Utah State Prison
Salt Lake City
Charles Wells
Iron County
Wells
Eisenhower Begins New Heart Study at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower, now 168 pounds, is at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for an annual checkup and a heart study. A White House report on the results will be released tomorrow afternoon after he leaves the hospital, following last September’s heart attack and dietary weight management.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed Army
White House
Ver Hospital
West Point
French-Legion Kills 22 Rebels in Western Algeria Riot
In a running battle western Algeria sees French Foreign Legion troops strike a rebel unit burning farms. About 22 rebels die with reinforcements flooding Oran district as Ramadan ends. Officials arm French farmers amid rising violence and fear uprisings. Rebels reportedly suffer heavy losses since last weekend.
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Algiers
Algeria
French Foreign Legionnaires
Oran
Cherokee H-Test Slated Tomorrow
The bulky Cherokee shot H-bomb test is set for Sunday aboard USS Mt. McKinley near Eniwetok. Weather will decide. newsmen and civilian defense leaders will observe the air drop shot originally planned for last Monday.
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MT. Mckinley
Eniwetoka
United States
Civi
U.S
Regular Weather Outlook and Local Forecast Notes
Regularity Is Rewarded comments on routine weather. Sarasota area shows partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers today tonight and Saturday, highs near 84 to 88, lows 68 to 72. East Gulf forecast calls for moderate winds and mostly fair weather with scattered showers in Florida coast readings show 81 degrees, barometer 30, and a max/min of 69 to 81.
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Sarasota
Florida
Eceadie
East Gulf
Trial Lawyer Ready to Defend Marine Sergeant at McKeon Case
New York attorney Col. Zola Berman of 42 Broadway prepares to defend Sgt. McKeon at a Court Martial set for May 14 at Parris Island. Berman, a WWI Air Force veteran, will work without pay and seeks a delay to prepare. joined by Thomas P. Costello, brother in law of the accused.
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New York
McKeon
Col
Zola Berman
Broadway
New York City
Berman
New York State
Parris Island
Sgt. McKeon
Thomas P. Costello
Tan Supreme Court
James B. McNally
Ike era farm bill eyed at $1.98 billion appropriation
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $1,983,512,568 farm program bill for the coming fiscal year. It is the largest agricultural appropriation to date, up $1.1 billion from 1956, with major additions for price supports and farm services while trimming several research and disease laboratory projects. The measure reduces the Eisenhower request modestly and shifts funding emphasis across agencies and programs.
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Washington
INS
America
House Appropriations Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Research Center
Beltsville
Fort Smith
Ark
Sioux Falls
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Farm Bill Veto Override Hopes Cited By Senators
Senators Young and Elsender say a revised farm bill with a soil bank program can become law even if President Eisenhower vetoes it. Senator Aiken criticizes the Agriculture Committee bill as unacceptable.
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Washington
Young
R-Nd
Elsender
Dla
Eisenhower
Sen. Aiken
R-Vu
Senate Agriculture Committee
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By James L. Kilgallen
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