Sister Ship Sets Flight Record and Crash Kills 15
A KC135 jet tanker crashed after takeoff at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts during a trans Atlantic speed run killing 15 aboard including six newsmen and Brig Gen Donald W Saunders. Rescue teams reported 14 bodies found at dawn with one trapped in wreckage. others in the flight were to cover the attempt to cross the Atlantic in both directions. The fourth plane on the mission was on the runway when the crash occurred and the mission was halted.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Atlantic
Donald W. Saunders
Athens
N. Y
London
Daniel J. Coughlin
Boston
Associated Press
Norman Montellier
New York City
United Press International
Glenn A. Williams
Bethesda
U.S. News and World Report
National Aeronau Asia
William Enwart
Brize Norton Air Base
England
Oxfordshire
New York
Massachusetts
Freight Tax Cut By Half Billion
The House passed a compromise tax bill repealing half a billion dollars annually in surcharges on freight transportation costs. Travelers will still pay the 10 percent federal tax on rail, so airline ticket taxes remain unchanged.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Ike Aid Slashed by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee cut 872 million dollars from Eisenhower's foreign aid request for fiscal 1959, reducing new money to 3,193,092,500 and total obligational authority to 4,142,000,000. Rep. Otto Passman criticized waste while defending the cut as adequate.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
House
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Passman
Defense
Invisible Wall Bans Mosquitoes From Back Yard
University of Illinois entomologist Prof. William R. Horsfall reports an invisible wall that repels mosquitoes. He mixes ten parts vermiculite with one part DDT and dusts shrubs and lawn at about one pound per small yard. In three seasons of testing he and guests could dine outdoors without mosquitoes while neighbors without the wall endured the pests.
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Urbana
University of Illinois
William R. Horsfall
Horsfall
Cuban Rebels Seize 10 U. S. Engineers in Plot
Washington reports 10 U. S. engineers seized by Cuban rebel band as John Fox testifies about funds from Bernard Goldfine and a house purchase for Sherman Adams. Adams denies ownership and White House calls Fox testimony false. Fox claims loans from Joseph P. Kennedy and Goldfine to support his Boston Post.
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U. S
Washington
John Fox
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Adams
Eisenhower
House
Rep
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Fox
Goldfine
Boston
John Kennedy
D-Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
United Nations
Joseph P. O’hara
Minnesota
O'Hara
White House St
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Boston Post
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Post
Explorer III to Fall Today Over Huntsville
Explorer III is due to expire today as the Army notes it performed above expectations. Late today the 1 pound 80 inch tube will descend into Earth atmosphere and dis integrate. It will burn in intense heat from friction since it was not designed to withstand such punishment.
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Huntsville
Ala
Foes Test Defenses as Moslem Holiday Opens in Lebanon
Beirut and Tripoli saw ongoing night battles between government forces and rebels with a brief holiday calm at dawn. Rebel leaders warned of a possible offensive while pledging no advance warning, and U N Secretary General Hammarskjold suggested a small UN observation force may suffice.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Saeb Salam
Republic
Abraham
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Rashid Karami
Maan Karami
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
The
Security Council
Alaska Statehood Bill Faces Early Senate Votes
Sen. Mansfield says there is a reasonable chance for one or two preliminary votes on the Alaska statehood bill before the Senate adjourns. The votes would test points of order on the bill’s constitutionality raised by Sen. Eastland, who plans to withdraw a third point.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Mansfield
Eastland
Retaliation Claim Tied to U S Aid in Cuban Kidnappings
State Department said 10 American engineers were abducted by Cuban rebels in Oriente province, led by Raoul Castro, allegedly in retaliation for U S support to the Cuban army. Freeport Sulphur named 11 missing workers, including two Canadians, as diplomats sought release and safety.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
Oriente
Department
Raoul Castro
Fidel Cas
Castro
U. S
Freeport Sulphur Co
United States
Guantanamo
Texaco
Santiago
Earl E. T. Smith
Foreign Office
Park Wollam
Moa
New York
Freeport Sulphur
Langbourn M. Williams
John Foster Dulles
Moa Bay
Oriente Province
Weather Summary For Southern Illinois Tonight And Saturday
Fair conditions with warmth ahead. Low around 60 tonight, high in the 80s Saturday. Saturday night low in the lower 60s. Yesterday’s low 53, high 78. Today’s 7 am reading 66, 6 pm 73. Sunrise 4 31, sunset 7 35.
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Southern
Illinois
Valuation Boost Shifts School Cost Burden to Local Districts
The School Problems Commission reports Illinois property assessments rose to 31.27 billion dollars in 1957 from 28.6 billion in 1956, forcing local districts to bear most future school cost increases. Dr. Orville Alexander cites a 190 million dollar local share of a 200 million dollar next two-year rise, warns current state aid formulas underfund local schools.
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Chicago
Illinois
School Problim Commission
Thurso
Orville Alexander
Carbondale
Commission
Alexander
Southern Illinois University
Crease
Dr. Alexander
Legisla
Ture
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