Five Die When Private Plane Crashes Near Elmira
Five men killed as single engine airplane from Hagerstown Maryland crashes two miles south of Elmira in bad weather. Four identified: Ellicott Kitchen Pax ton Pa Raymond Rose Blue Ridge Summit Pa Earl Lynch Waynesboro Pa Steven Novak Hershey Pa Carl Wo Hoes Maurnheld Pa. Victims were workers at a defense project and chartered planes to Canada. Bodies taken to Chemung County morgue.
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Chemung County
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Ellicott Kitchen
Paxtons
Raymond Rose
Blueridge Summit
Earl Lynch
Waynesboro
Steven Novak
Hershey
Carl Wo Hoes
Maiurnheld
Biueridge Summit
Canada
Fifty two contestants vie for Miss America 1953 crown
Atlantic City reports 52 entrants from 45 states plus Chicago New York Philadelphia Washington Canada Hawaii and Puerto Rico compete for the Miss America title. The winner earns a 5000 scholarship 4000 cash and an automobile with additional appearance earnings possible. Defending queen Coleen Kay Hutchins highlighted the prior year with substantial earnings. Registration opens tomorrow with three states not represented New Mexico Arizona and Washington.
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Hawaii
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Arizona
Charity to Share Murray Pay Hike
Pittsburgh report states Philip Murray president of the C SO and United Steelworkers accepted a 15000 dollar annual pay raise voted by the steelworkers' executive board with the condition that 10000 dollars go to charity. The stipulation aims to keep his salary within five thousand dollars of the other two top officers. Murray will receive a total 10000 dollars a year but will only accept 30000.
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C.so
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Steelworkers’ Executive Board
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International News Service
James G. Thimmel
David McDonald
Jet Liner No Sale For Rickenbacker
U. S. air magnate Eddie Rickenbacker, owning 27 million dollars for British planes, rode a Comet II jet airliner but stated no sale. Eastern Airlines head said performance meets expectations yet the jet is uneconomical due to limited seating and high cost per mile.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
Presidential Quiz Answers Reveal Pearl Harbor Date
The quiz states the Japanese sneak attack occurred at Pearl Harbor and Manila on December 7, 1941, as peace talks were ongoing in Washington. Congress declared war on Japan the next day. Germany and Italy declared war on the United States on December 11, 1941.
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Congress
Japan
Germany
Italy
Lee
Two of FBI's Most Wanted Are Captured
William Merle Martin 42 and Joseph Franklin Bent 24, both among the nations ten most wanted, were captured. Martin was seized in St Louis during a routine car check for a stolen vehicle linked to the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Willard Carver near Olaine Kansas. Bent was shot and captured by FBI agents in Texas City Texas, facing charges including attempted murder and a post office holdup.
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FBI
William Merle Martin
Joseph Franklin Bent
Martin
Willard Carver
Olaine
Kas
Bent
Texas City
Tex
McCarthy Charges Truman Skips Affairs to Target Wisconsin Primary
Senator McCarthy accuses President Truman of neglecting national matters to campaign in Wisconsin. He cites the Milwaukee Labor Day speech as an attempt to defeat him in the GOP primary and questions actions affecting grain prices before the 1958 elections.
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Saturday Evening Post
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Grauy Maruet
No School Openings Delayed In Cuba Poliomyelitis Outbreak
The Cuban government said public schools planned to reopen Monday will stay closed for another month amid a polio outbreak. Health authorities reported 14 cases so far this year.
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