Bomb explosion blamed in United DC-6B crash near Longmont
Denver dispatch reports CAB officials say evidence from wreckage spread over three square miles near Longmont Colorado points to a bomb type blast in a United Air Lines DC-6B cargo hold No 4. The crash last week killed 44. Officials differ on certainty as FBI tests proceed.
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Denver
U.p
United Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
James N. Peyton
Washington
Longmont
Colo
Peyton
No. 4
CAB
Jack Parshall
Kansas City
Parshall
American Aviation Daily
United Press
Eston
Blonde Leader Ties To Bank Robbery Trail In Chicago
FBI and Chicago police chase a man and woman duo after a Citizens Bank robbery in Hebron Indiana netting 3000 dollars. The cashier Robert McGinley and his wife Ruth were held. They rode an Illinois Central train into Chicago, with the man seeking taxi service in Matteson. The couple fled into Illinois, likely hiding in Chicago, as state police from Indiana and Illinois join the hunt.
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Chicago
FBI
Citizens Bank
Hebron
Ind
Illinois
Robert McGinley
Ruth
McGinley
Frankfort
Ill
Matteson
Illinois Central
I. O
Indiana
Harvey Machine Co. wins Terre Haute depot contract
Harvey Machine Co of Torrance California received a 1 316 000 contract to operate the Terre Haute Ordnance Depot under Air Material Command next January. The California aluminum division will run the depot as a machine tool storage shed with Army technical jurisdiction until Jan 1. Major Irvine Harlan heads the depot for the Air Force and Attorney Thomas J Dewer represented Harvey.
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Terre Haute
Air Material Command
Harvey Machine Co
Torrance
Calif
AMC
California
Harvey
Air Force
Army
Irvine Harlan
Thomas J. Dewer
Harvey Company
Two Year Old Finds Parents Fatally Poisoned in Home
In Oneonta New York on November 8 a two year old girl sobbed mommie as she patted her mother's body, while her father lay in another room. Autopsy indicated coal gas poisoning from a coal furnace. Coroner noted the child was likely in her bedroom with doors closed during the incident.
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Oneonta
N. Y
Mommie
Walter S. Packer
Mary
Janet
Frail Child Reaches 107 as Birthday Nears
In Howards Heath England Mrs Fliza Luckett who as a child was too frail for school will be 107 on Wednesday Friends asked her birthday wish and she replied a glass of whiskey She lived through many hardships and still retains a sharp wit as she nears her century milestone.
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Howards Heath
England
Fliza Luckett
Indiana Cold Snap May Extend Five Days
Cold weather persists across Indiana with subfreezing lows in the morning. Cities show readings from 25 to 30 degrees, with a 48 degree high forecast for Evansville. Week forecast calls for 4 to 8 degrees below normal, light precipitation possible Friday or Saturday, then a brief warm up midweek followed by colder conditions.
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Indiana
Evansville
Indianapolis
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
President Eisenhower to speak briefly on Denver return
President Eisenhower plans brief public statements Friday morning in Denver and again on arrival in Washington after seven weeks of recovery from his heart attack. He will address newsmen at Lowry Air Force Base before boarding the plane and again in Washington before visiting Gettysburg. Medical advisers say a late January or February medical report will guide any decision on another term.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Lowry Air Force Base
Gettysburg
American Bar Association
Philadelphia
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Howard McC. Snyder
Russia Rejects Free Elections For Germany
Geneva reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov rejected Western plans for German unification through free elections. He dismissed the Eden plan and the Dulles Macmillan Pinay proposal as subordinate, arguing unified Germany would join NATO and the Western European Union and militarize all of Germany. He urged creation of a new approach to European security.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
West Germany
Moscow
Molotov
Germany
NAISO
Western European Union
Russia
Lake Central Employes Fight Merger Plan
A Civil Aeronautics Board hearing opened on North Central Airlines plan to acquire Lake Central. North Central, based in Minneapolis, serves 43 cities across six states, while Lake Central, Indianapolis, serves 31 cities in six states. The Losing group of Lake Central employees opposes the deal, claiming the option contract on 96 percent of Lake Central stock held by the Weesner family breaches and is void. The case hinges on contract validity and potential absorption into North Central.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
North Central Airlines
Lake Central Airlines
North Central
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Lake Central
Indianapolis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Roscie P. Weesner
CAB
Weesners
Fatal Auto Crash Claims Archie Pagels in Michigan City
Archie Pagels, 59, of Michigan City, was fatally injured when his car left a country road and struck a tree near Michigan City. The accident occurred late Monday, authorities said.
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Michigan City
Ind
Archie Pagels
Here
Shively councilman questions wife on vote
Louisville report says councilman B A Muenninghoff, unopposed for re election, discussed the election with his wife and asked if she would vote for him. She replied with surprise that she did not yet know. He noted she did not commit to voting for him.
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Louisville
Shively
B. A. Muenninghoff
Muenninghoff
Coroner rules suicide in Edgewood Grove man found dead
Palmer Z. Holmes 34 of 236 Adams Boulevard Edgewood Grove was found dead in his dining room with a bullet wound to the right temple from a .22 rifle. Coroner D. M. Ferguson Sr said Holmes had been dead over a week and took his own life. Neighbors saw him about ten days earlier and he had used taxi transport since his driver's license was suspended after pleading guilty to DUI. Authorities said a sheriff’s deputy and a locksmith reported the body after alarm. The record shows prior arrests for speeding intoxication resisting arrest and a 1955 DUI case with a six month farm term suspended and gun permit surrender.
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Palmer Z. Holmes
Adams Boulevard
Edgewood Grove
D. M. Ferguson
Holmes
Ferguson
Fred D. O’rear
Merchants National Bank
Ed Tetzel
O’rear
Tetzel
Sheriff's Deputies
Circuit
Herbert R. Criss
Criss
Lively Contests In Large Ind Cities In Indiana
Indiana voters in 104 cities and 400 towns chose municipal officials as weather dampened turnout. Key races include Indianapolis where James C. Birr challenges Phillip L. Bayt, Gary where Gov. Craig sent state policemen after past disorder, and South Bend with John A. Scott facing Edward Babe Voorde. Democrats eye gains in Gary, Terre Haute, and Kokomo, while canvassing begins tonight with heavy expected turnout and a decisive unofficial return promised Tuesday night.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
G.O.P
James C. Birr
Phillip L. Bayt
Bayt
al Feeney
Birr
Gary
Craig
Peter Mandich
Emery Badanish
South Bend
John A. Scott
Edward ‘Babe’ Voorde
New Castle
Paul F. McCormack
C.I.0
C.1.0
United Auto Workers
Perfect Circle Corp
McCormack
Sid Baker
Terre Haute
Kokomo
Edward S. Everett
Joseph Pipp
Tucker
Everett
Pipp
Robert X. Kelly
William Butts
Frank J. Doyle
Doyle
Donald J. Peters
Butts
John S. Lamb
Myron Busby
Oren J. Myrtle
Ernest C. Nicoson
Charles E. Galloway
Charles Harrington
Nicoson
Ralph Tucker
Boy 14 Confesses Murder In San Francisco Bay Area
In Oakland a 14-year-old, David Ross Drew, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for strangling 7-year-old Robert Frank Jr. with a hatchet after claiming horror comics inspired him. The judge placed the youth under the California Youth Authority until age 25, noting the act lacked premeditation.
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Oakland
Calif
David Ross Drew
California Youth Authority
Robert Frank Jr
Montclair Hills
Chris B. Fox
Heavy brush fire threatens homes near Point Mugu
A wind driven brush and timber fire near Point Mugu in Ventura County spread to about 1,000 acres and endangered 200 homes including those of Alan Ladd and Eve Arden. More than 200 firefighters from Ventura Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties battled the blaze while Ladd joined crews to help contain it in foothills behind Hidden Valley.
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Ventura
Calif
Point Mugu
Hollywood
Alan Ladd
Eve Arden
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Hidden Valley
Venta Park
Ladd
Write-in mayor candidate treads sharp in campaign flyer
Springfield area notes a write-in mayor candidate from New Carlisle, Roderick Payne, releasing blunt campaign literature. The flyer boasts long marriage, minimal lodge ties, hobbies like cards and bingo, and a stance against taxes and politicians.
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Springfield
Ohio
Roderick Payne
New Carlisle
Storm clouds gather in Middle East as Moscow tests world role
Russia judged to gamble in the Arab East by exploiting Western fears and portraying the United States as a colonial power. Moscow seeks to deter full war by pushing blocs apart and securing a foothold across Asia and Africa through pressure and propaganda.
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Middle East
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Asia
Africa
Pakistan
French North Africa
Moscow Radio
Inter
NATO
Indonesia
Downtown stores to stay open on Veterans Day
Merchants' Division of the Chamber of Commerce announced after a Tuesday meeting that downtown stores will remain open Friday with regular hours 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Banks will also be open. All schools observe the holiday. city and parochial schools dismiss at noon, county schools close all day. City Hall offices except the police department will be closed. Courthouse sheriff and clerk offices stay open. County office decisions pending.
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Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Crash kills 16 children in South Korea plane crash
A South Korean fighter plane piloted by a training officer crashed into a crowded elementary school near Taegu. Sixteen children were killed and 12 injured as the F51 Mustang went down at Kyang-Ju. the pilot also died.
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Seoul
Taegu
Kyang-Ju
Weather Brief Foretells Warmer Conditions
The forecast notes fair skies with warmer temperatures. Morning and afternoon readings show a rise. sunrise at the 4 14, sunset at 4 41, river stage listed as 94 feet and falling.
Local Conditions Report For Yesterday And Last Night
The bulletin notes yesterday's high of 42 degrees and last night's low of Ti. The area recorded no precipitation.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity Cleared and Colder Night
Forecast shows clearing and colder conditions tonight for Terre Raute and vicinity. Wednesday mostly fair and warmer with highs around 45. Indiana region partly cloudy north with fair south, slightly cooler tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer with lows near 14 to 4 and highs 34 to 40. Sunset 5:34 p.m. CDT, sunrise Wednesday 7:22 a.m. CDT. Temperature readings near 39 at 2 p.m.
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Terre Raute
Indiana
C.D.T
C&t
S. m
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