Dutch airliner crash kills 99 on transatlantic flight
The KLM Super Constellation with 99 aboard vanished in a squall off Ireland and the Atlantic search continued with eight bodies recovered and reports of six more found. Most victims were Americans returning home from abroad. Investigators noted wreckage intact as weather, possible sabotage, and late identifications emerged.
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Associated Press
Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic
KLM
Amsterdam
New York
Aldergrove
Northern Ireland
Ann Finn
Bronx
N. Y
Thomas
Hearing Set On Petition Of Chamber Of Commerce
Judge Lansberry schedules Sept 12 hearing on Somerset Chamber of Commerce petition to allow 28 acre Lake Somerset adjacent land to be used for swimming recreation or potential industrial site. Court action needed as funds were donated for a swimming recreation use.
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Thomas F. Lansberry
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Lake Somerset
County Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Ultimatum at Center of Indianapolis Taxicab Inquiry
Betty Starrett testified before the Senate rackets committee that an ultimatum was delivered to Dave Probstein head of an Indianapolis taxicab company, demanding records by early June 1955 or face consequences. Probstein, now presumed dead, was linked to Alder and the defunct State Cab Co. with ties to Teamsters figures including Allen Dorfman, Al Baron, and Phil Goodwin. The panel noted substan tial Teamsters involvement in Indianapolis business operations and discussed missing funds and altered bookkeeping connected to union money deposited in an Indianapolis bank in 1954.
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Washington
Betty Starrett
Senate Rackets Committee
Dave Probstein
Indianapolis
Probstein
Alder Insurance Agency
Allen Dorfman
Phil Goodwin
Alvin Baron
Chicago
Dorman
Baron Dorman
Teamsters
Baron
Goodman
Miss Starrett
Hoffa
Atmosphere tester claimed by Danish inventor
A Danish inventor Hellweg Friborg says he has built an electronic atmosphere tester that shuts off a car engine at the slightest hint of alcohol. He claims the device also reacts to narcotics and carbon monoxide and cannot be manually overridden once installed.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
APH
Hellweg Friborg
Ekstrabladet
Americans Refuse Surrender in Atomic War Debate
Sen. Richard B. Russell warned the Senate that most Americans would rather die than surrender in an atomic conflict. He and Sen. Knowland moved to halt any surrender study, while White House aides said President Eisenhower rejects surrender notions. Rand Corp. noted a 1951 study on wartime termination strategies, but Saltonstall stressed no official plans exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Pentagon
United States
Defense Department
Russell
William F. Knowland
California
GOP
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Truman
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
Rand Corp
U. S. Air Force
Saltonstall
Export policy eases to Iron Curtain nations while embargo remains on China and Korea
Washington announced wider export allowances for many U S goods to Iron Curtain countries but kept the total embargo on Red China North Korea and North Viet Nam. In Pittsburgh bread prices may rise a penny per loaf with major bakeries signaling the move before month end. The Senate approved legislation creating an independent coal research commission and a three member coordination group for national coal research sending the measure to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
U. S
Red China
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Pittsburgh
Coal Research Commission
Senate
House
Venezuela to Free Political Prisoners This Weekend
Interior Minister Numa Quevedo announced all political prisoners in Venezuela will be freed by the weekend, signaling a major government move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Caracas
Numa Quevedo
House approves last chance farm bill amid protests
The House backed a compromise farm bill to end a session-long deadlock over agriculture policy. Protests claimed it surrendered to Benson’s flexible price supports, while leaders called it the only path to adjournment and to limit planting cuts for cotton and rice next year. Benson praised the bill as constructive and closer to presidential goals.
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Washington
House
Benson
Senate
GOP
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Car Stolen From Hospital Parking Lot
A black 1953 Ford four door sedan bearing PA license 550-761 owned by Merlin L Gnagy of Somerset RD 3 was reported stolen from a hospital parking lot before 10 15 Thursday evening to the borough police.
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Pennsylvania
Merlin L. Gnagy
Somerset
R. D
Russia Swiped Jet Controls from Boeing
Boeing says the TU-104 cockpit gear resembles Boeing B-29 equipment from 15 years earlier. The claim notes a B-29 landing behind Russian lines in World War II and not returned.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Boeing Aircraft
Boeing
Two Men Injured in Pa Turnpike Crash East of Somerset
Two men suffered forehead lacerations after a convertible rear ended a slowing tractor trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike six miles east of the Somerset interchange. Driver John S. Brown 26 Kennel New Jersey and trucker Orval J. Boyce 47 Des Moines Iowa remained shaken. Passengers David E. Brown Hurst Texas and Charles G Swartz Darrien New Jersey were treated at Somerset Community Hospital for facial wounds. Estimated vehicle damage 550 dollars.
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Somerset
John S. Brown
Kennel
N. J
Orval J. Boyce
Des Moines
Iowa
David E. Brown
Hurst, Tex
Charles G. Swartz
Darriepany
Somerset Community Hospital
Widow dies in 125 ft plunge from Westinghouse bridge
In East Pittsburgh suburb a 65 year old widow Lena Miskus leaped from the Westinghouse Memorial bridge. She buried her husband last Monday and was killed Thursday when she plunged 225 feet onto Turtle Creek bank.
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Pittsburgh
Wilkins
Westinghouse Memorial
East Pitts
Burgh
Lena Miskus
Turtle Creek
Jordan Rejects U.N. Safeguards for Independence
Jordanian delegate Abdel Monem Rifai told the UN emergency assembly that Jordan would not permit UN observers or troops on its soil under any conditions as Britain and the United States seek to replace their forces in Jordan and Lebanon with UN contingents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abdel Monem Rifai
Emergency General Assembly
Jordan
U. N
United States
Britain
Assembly
Lebanon
Director of Boys' Camp James Ruefle Drowns in Rockwood Lake
James Ruefle 27 of Mount Royal boulevard suburban Pittsburgh died after drowning at Wilkinsburg Boys' Club camp in Rockwood Rockwood R D 3 Middlecreek township. He was found after an attempt to rescue him when he disappeared underwater during a swim in the camp lake. The death awaits autopsy and is being investigated by county officials.
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Glenshaw
Somerset Community Hospital
James Ruefle
Mount Royal Boulevard
Pittsburgh
Wilkinsburg
Rockwood R. D
Middlecreek Township
Robert H. Halverson
Joseph Kopinsky
Ruefle
Kopinsky
Trexel to Speak at Somerset Rotary Meeting
Howard Trexel supervising principal of Somerset Joint schools will discuss problems facing the jointure at a Rotary Club meeting today at noon. The talk will cover questions in the operation of the school system and its joint functions.
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Howard Trexel
Somerset Joint Schools
Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
Trexel
Jointure
Showdown on Mid East May Be Private
United Nations reports private sub-summit talks may decide Eisenhower peace plan. Top diplomats from involved nations expected to meet informally as the emergency U N general assembly pushes for results. British Secretary Selwyn Lloyd supports Dag Hammarskjold's idea of negotiation urged by Eisenhower's proposals.
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Eisenhower
United Nations
New York
Middle East
Dag Hammarskjold
Assembly
Sir Leslie Munro
Andrew Cordier
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Jordan
Ireland
U. N
Frank Aiken
E. Ronald Walker
N. Y
Mideast
U. N. General Assembly
Four Witnesses Lose Appeal For Freedom
Four witnesses jailed for refusing to answer questions about the upstate Apalachin underworld convention lost a bid for freedom pending their appeal. State Supreme Court Justice Harold A. Stevens denied release after arguments that the commission lacked power to grant immunity for possible federal or out-of-state prosecutions. The witnesses Frank J. Valenti Rosario Mancuso Joseph Riccobono and Paul Castellano were held until they agreed to talk as five more witnesses await hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Upstate Apalachin
State Supreme Court
Harold A. Stevens
Eliot Lumbard
State Investigation Commission
Justice Spector
Morris E. Spector
Frank J. Valenti
Rochester
N. Y
Rosario Russell Mancuso
Utica
Joseph Riccobono
Staten Island
Paul C. Castellano
Brooklyn
Say Commission
Stevens
Commission
Appellate Division
First Department
Pennsylvanians Die in KLM Airliner Crash at Sea
The New York AP report lists Pennsylvanians among the crash victims on the KLM liner that went down at sea on Thursday. Named passengers include Elsie Armstrong Holtwood, Minerva Clements Lebanon, Ruthann Strong, Joy and Rose Groff DruMore, Margaret Groh Johnstown, Florence Herr Lancaster, John Hollinger Manheim, Reuben and Maria Hummer Ephrata, Audrey Kilhelm ar Elizabethtown, Catherine Kreider Quarryville, Phyllis McCalmont Pittsburgh, and Mary Stoner Lititz.
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NEW York
KLM
Elsie Armstrong
Holtwood
Minerva Clements
Lebanon
Eby Espenshade
Elizabethtown
Ruthann Strong
Joy
Rose Groff
Drumore
Margaret Groh
Johnstown
Florence Herr
Lancaster
John Hollinger
Manheim
Reuben Hummer
Maria Hummer
Ephrata
Audrey Kilhelmar
Relatives Await Word on 15 Lancaster Tourists Lost Flight
Stunned relatives waited Thursday for word on 15 Lancaster area residents listed as passengers aboard a KLM airliner downed in the Atlantic. Audrey Kilhefner and John Hollinger were engagement news and Brethren Heritage Tour participants, with the tour cost and sponsor details noted. Eleven Lancaster tourists returned home Wednesday after the travel crisis.
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Lancaster
Lancaster-Lebanon
KLM
Atlantic
Thaddeus Groff
Liberty Square
Joy
Coatesville Hospital
Rose
Quarryville National Bank
Dale Kilhefner
Audrey Gale Kilhefner
Elizabethtown
Audrey
John Hollinger
Manheim
Europe
Elizabethtown College
John
Church of the Brethren
Kassel
Germany
Menno
Akron
Lancaster County
Bonner Released from Jail in Atlanta After Check Cleared
Joseph Conrad Bonner, 24, was released from Somerset County Jail after two deaf mute salesmen reported a bus ticket purchase and stolen stock, but no charges were filed. He had been held on a temporary fraudulent conversion charge until the FBI completed a check and released him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Somerset County
Joseph Conrad Bonner
Bonner
Philadelphia
FBI
Eight New MIG15 Jets for Indonesian Air Force
Jakarta AP reports eight new MIG15 jets handed over to the Indonesian air force on Thursday. The fighters were manufactured in Czechoslovakia and arrive amid ongoing modernization.
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Jakarta
Czechoslovakia
Barnett Speaks on Geophysical Year at Stoystown Lions
Ralph E F Barnett assistant county superintendent of schools spoke at the Stoystown Lions meeting in Friedens fire hall on the international geophysical year. The space age talk covered rockets satellites cosmic rays glaciers and earthquakes while Lions noted the audience was rapt. Two ladies nights were set with a corn roast August 28 and a dinner September 3 at Friedens fire hall followed by Mountain Playhouse. Visitors included Carl Richter former Lion now in New York City attorney Taylor Coffroth Somerset John Barchey Friedens and Robert Miller Hooversville also birthday songs for officials.
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Ralph EF. Barnett
Stoystown Lions
Friedens Fire Hall
Barnett
Lions
Stoystown Group
Shanksville School Grove
Mountain Playhouse
Carl Richter
Lion
New York City
Taylor B. Coffroth
Somerset
John Fox
Shanksville
John Barchey
Friedens
Robert D. Miller
Hooversville
R. D
A. W. Blanset
J. B. Gardner
C. S. Spanegler
W. K. Walker
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U.N
Chamber
State Fish Commission
Hay
Berlin Community Grove
Glade United Church OF Christ
E&r
Church
Berlin
By Dane
Bulletins
Pike
U.S
Milton Besser
Rifai
Nasser Rifai
Nasser
Howard E. Trexel
Mid East
Max Harrelson
Lloyd
Indonesia
Beams
Beams Church Grove
S.H.S
Stoughton’s Park
Jennerstown
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