Venezuelan airliner crashes into Atlantic killing 74
A Venezuelan Linea Aeropostal Venezolana four engine craft plunged into the Atlantic about 32 miles east of Asbury Park New Jersey at 1 32 a m killing 74 people including 18 Americans and two crew. A Coast Guard pilot reported a 60 degree dive and a fiery impact with debris and oil slicks spotted. The airliner had departed Idlewild New York for Caracas at 11 18 p m and reported engine trouble before dumping fuel and crashing. The Lt Robert Craig transported bodies to Bremhaven. Weather calm. no survivors.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Asbury Park
N. J
Coast Guard
Super-Constellation
Idlewild
Cmdr
Frederick J. Hancox
Wantagh
N. Y
Caracas
Venezuela
Luis F. Plata
Norfolk
Robert Craig
Bremhaven
Germany
Linea Aeropostal Venezuelana
Ralph Tucker Story of a Three-Time Mayor
The profile celebrates Ralph Tucker from Terre Haute as a self-made leader who rose from modest beginnings to become the city's only three-time mayor. It depicts him as a doer pursuing broader ambitions, including a gubernatorial bid, and emphasizes American opportunity and democratic ideals.
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Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
America
Tucker
Mayor Tucker
Adacob
Rosa Tucker
Hymera
Ind
Rose Orphans Home
Virginia Waade
Marcia
Shelia
Masonic, Elks, Moose and
Eagles
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Steel Contracts Talks Entering Crucial Stages
New York June 20. Steel wage negotiations move into a critical phase with both sides deadlocked on major issues. A prolonged strike remains a possibility as unions push for a five year no strike pact with major firms including U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel and other companies. Negotiators plan meetings in New York and Detroit as talks with U S Steel ended without progress and a bitter label attached to the offer.
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New York
United
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Inland Steel
Allegheny- Ludlum
Pittsburgh Steel
Crucible Steel
Detroit
Great Lakes Steel
Labor racketeer and aides indicted in bribe case
A New York grand jury indicted labor racketeer Johnny Dio and two aides on conspiring to take a 30000 dollar bribe to influence unions. The case targets Dio’s claim of offering labor peace for a price and names Samuel Goldstein and Max Chester as other indicted defendants.
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New York
John Dioguardi
Johnny Dio
Dio
Harold A. Birns
Kings Electro Plating Company
Brooklyn
Kings Automatic Plating Company
Queens
Samuel Goldstein
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Max Chester
Retail Clerks International Association
Soviets Begin Withdrawal of 33,500 Troops from East Germany
In Brandenburg Germany on June 20 the Soviet Union started pulling back 33,500 troops as part of a broader demobilization of about 1,200,000 Red Army soldiers. The action marks a major scale reduction in Soviet forces stationed in East Germany.
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Brandenburg
Germany
East Germany
Tito Signs Pact With Red Bosses
Moscow reports Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union agreed to cooperate on a basis of equality. Zhukov said they would fight shoulder to shoulder in future war and both sides anticipated closer personal contacts after Tito’s visit.
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Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Georgi Zhukov
Tito
Zhukov
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Russia
China
United Nations
Germany
Formosa
Red
Order of Freedom
Soviet Union
Indiana Supreme Court Grants New Trial for Robert Wallace
The Indiana Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Robert Wallace, son of a former Attica mayor, in the 1952 Terre Haute manslaughter death of Vincent Broyles. Wallace contends police coercion tainted his confession. the court noted possible beating and sleep deprivation and cited inadmissible confessions obtained by threats. Bernard Morgan, charged but never tried, had case dropped for lack of evidence.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Robert Wallace
Attica
Terre Haute
Wallace
Vermillion
Vincent Broyles
High Court
Frederick Landis
Bernard Mogan
Unemployment Claims Rise in Indiana Week
Indiana Employment Security Division reports 45,257 new claims for the week, up about 1,300 from the prior week. Director Stalnaker cites delayed filings by automotive workers and declines in long term claims at 23 offices. The rate nearly doubles 1955 levels.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Employment Security Division
William C. Stalnaker
Stalnaker
Dulles and Pineau Back Atomic Disarmament Plan
Secretary of State Dulles and French Foreign Minister Pineau reached agreement that world security requires an atomic disarmament program with safeguards. They said reunification of Germany and major problems should be addressed alongside arms reductions, and pledged strong aid interest for underdeveloped regions.
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Washington
Dulles
Christian Pineau
Germany
Weather Map Summary Partly Cloudy and Warm Conditions
Weather map notes a partly cloudy day with 70 at noon rising to 76 and morning 9 a.m. readings. Sunrise is 5 23, sunset 8 20. River stage 3 9 feet and rising.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday’s high reached 88 degrees while the low dropped to 68. Precipitation totaled 0.56 inches.
Weather Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana
Partly cloudy and humid with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers through Thursday. Night low around 70. Friday remains warm with more scattered thundershowers. Regional highs reach the low 90s, with cooler upper 80s in the extreme north. Observed temps include 71 at 7 am and 79 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Council Votes Placement of Crossing Lights
City Council approves three ordinances and reads three more in a regular session. A safety group from Laboratory School attends as railroad companies gain permission to install automatic flashing signals at Elm Spruce Tippecanoe Ohio and other crossings. The plan supports a $1,000,000 C E I project to remove city switching while watchmen fear job losses.
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Safety Patrol
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Elm
Spruce
Tippecanoe
Ohio
Poplar
Walnut
Baker Yard
New York
Paul J. Hudson
W H Sanford seeks to withdraw erroneous bid on Otter Creek school
The W H Sanford Corp files a declaratory judgment in Judge Thomas Gallagher's Superior Court naming Otter Creek township as a defendant. It argues that erroneous calculations made the bid ruinous and beyond reasonable bounds and seeks relief from the contract. Ralph Berry says the township will enforce the bond and may cross file to recover on the bond.
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W. H. Sanford Corp
Thomas Gallagher
Superior Court
Otter Creek
Ralph Berry
Berry
Fourth worst airliner disaster ranking list
Washington notes the Venezuelan airliner crash ranks fourth in fatalities with 74 deaths. It cites prior disasters: June 18 1953 US Air Force C124 near Tokyo with 129 deaths, a second C124 crash near Moses Lake Washington on December 20 1952 with 87 deaths, and a Cardiff Wales charter plane crash on March 12 1950 with 80 soccer fans killed.
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United States Air Force
Tokyo
Air Force
Moses Lake
Wash
Cardiff
Wales
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Eastern Air Lines
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John Doman
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
United Airlines
Wyoming
Washington State
American Safety Council
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Seewan
Via
Josefina Sardinas
New Jersey
Atlantic
By Howard Stevens
Indiana Municipal League
League
Craig
Robt. Wallace
Vigo County
John R. Jett
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Vermillion County
Ed Zell
Pineau
Weather Bureau
Lues
Otter Creek School
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