Mystery WWII Bomber Found in Libyan Desert
A World War II B 29 bomber with nine crew members vanished during a 1943 mission and was found intact in Libya's desert 16 years later. The plane remains, water bottles still filled, but no bodies or records are present. Pentagon identified the aircraft and notified next of kin. relatives had been told the crew were missing in action and later killed.
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Libya
Bengaat
Naples
Italy
Civilization
Pentagon
Buford L. Moore
Portsmouth
Ohio
War Department
Mediterranean
U.S. Air Force
Missing $113,200 baffling Los Angeles armored truck case
FBI and police probe a $113,200 disappearance from an Armored truck after five of 17 stops went unguarded. Deliverymen Weiss and Kitchen passed lie detector tests. investigators scrutinize every stop while bank and insured truck crews await results.
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FBI
Police
Bank of America
Slauson Avenue
Dts
Billy
Vanguard Firing Expected in Space Launch Timeline
In Cape Canaveral Florida, an Apollo Vanguard launch team expects to fire another Vanguard satellite within about two weeks after a first stage static test completed Friday. A second stage static test is planned in a few days, with a pocket launch anticipated in 19 days or two weeks.
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Gape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
Ladies Attack Cheesecake Art At Calif Meet
At a California gathering the General Federation of Women's Clubs condemns exploitation of feminine appeal and rejects cheesecake imagery as mere bodily measurements. Mrs. Walter Magee of Lakewood Ohio voices concerns as delegates debate the issue during their annual meeting.
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Calif
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Walter Magee
Lakewood
Ohio
Rooney and Barbara Thomason Expect Baby in October
Mickey Rooney says he and Barbara Thomason are expecting a baby in October after a quick Mexico divorce and secret marriage. Rooney, 38, spoke by telephone from Las Vegas where he is appearing and confirmed the union with the 22 year old actress.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Mexico
Las Vegas
Rooney
Barbara Thomason
Elaine Mahnken
Santa Monica
Calif
California
Paratrooper Killed During Night Jump at Fort Bragg
An Air Force Army exercise at Fort Bragg ends with the death of Sgt. Franklin N. Defazio 2 from failed regular and reserve parachutes. One other paratrooper briefly tangled in gear but was released and landed safely. The mass jump concluded Operation Dark Cloud Pine Cone I.
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FT. Bragg
Air Force
Franklin N. Defazio
Butler Blasts Eisenhower on Education Funding
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler accused President Eisenhower of ignoring the education funding report’s financial implications. Butler questioned whether Eisenhower’s stance helped explain Dr. James R. Killian Jr. resigning as special science adviser.
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Hartford
Conn
Paul M. Butler
Eisenhower
Butler
James R. Killian, Jr
Pilot Found Dead Near Hendersonville Air Crash
An air search in Hendersonville North Carolina uncovered a wrecked plane and the body of its pilot Army sergeant T Sgt Alfred Boucher of Albany Georgia. The wreckage lay on a wooded mountainside about eight miles south of Hendersonville. Lt Col Earl T Freeman of the Givi Air Patrol announced the discovery.
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Hendersonville
N.C
Earl’t. Freeman
Givi Air ‘Patrol
Sourth
Alfred Boucher
Albany
Mao
Officer shoots Ochlochnee man after resisting arrest
A 25 year old man Robert Willingham of Ochlochnee was shot by Ochlochnee Officer D E Summerlin after reaching for his pocket during an attempted arrest on a disturbing the peace charge. Dallis Law said Willingham would face assault drunkenness and resisting arrest charges pending his release from Archbold Memorial Hospital where his condition was not listed as serious.
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Ochlochnee
Thomas County
Dallis Law
Robert Willingham
Willingham
Summerlin
Miner Killed and Driver Wounded in Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields
A miner, Bobby Jenkins Jr., 25, was killed by a state trooper during an attempt to arrest him after gunfire at nonunion truckers. Chester Blair, 20, was wounded twice and hospitalized in Hazards. The 12 week strike over United Mine Workers demands continues amid sniper fire and dynamiting at nonunion coal operations.
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Habard
Kentucky
Bobby Jenkins Jr
United Mine Workers
Chester Blair
Hazard Hospital
Sassafrass
Kodak Coal Co
Perry County
James Maggard
Kodak
Maggard
Stamper Collins
Collins
Jenkins
Columbus Haddix
UMW
No Progress Made In Steel Negotiations
In New York AP reports month-long steel talks show no ground gained. If no agreement is reached, steelworkers will begin banking furnaces and cutting output on June 26, four days before the contract expires, risking a nationwide shutdown.
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New York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Khrushchev Repeats Threat to Build Missile Bases in Albania
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, back in Moscow, reiterated plans to establish missile bases in Albania if the Balkans are not declared atom free. At Lenin Stadium he questioned why missiles should be fired from afar when Albanian soil could host bases after his 12 day tour of Albania and Hungary.
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Nikita
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Albania
Balkans
Soviet Union
Lenin Stadium
Khrushchev
Hungary
Union demands major wage hike and shorter work week
The union seeks an increase from the current 3.03 hourly rate and a reduction of the standard work week from 40 to 38 hours.
Secret Berlin talks drag as Gromyko seeks hard terms
In Geneva Western ministers Lloyd Herter and Couve de Murville press Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko for a guarantee of free access to West Berlin. They expect a final Khrushchev directed offer and a possible summit, while wary of prolonged negotiations.
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KVL
Usvluvdiy
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Gromyko
West Berlin
Lloyd
Christian A.herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Berlisi
Ekaring
Believa
Adret Gromyko
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Moscow
Khrushchev
A.S
Christian A. Herter
Maurice
Couve de Murville
Kremlin
Gromykost
Herter
Tallahassee Child Critically Injured in Incident
A nine year old in Tallahassee was critically hurt in an accident or event under investigation. Authorities are gathering details and identifying witnesses as the case develops.
D-Day anniversary observed at Omaha Beach in solemn taps
At Omaha Beach France AP report notes taps and memorial ceremonies honoring American soldiers sailors and airmen who died on D-Day 1944. Veterans and families join French officials at the American Cemetery St Laurent as wreaths are laid beside graves of the 29th and 1st Divisions.
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Omaha Beach
France
Omaha
Normandy
St. Laurent
Landing
Lawrence Bekelski
Pennsylvania
Foster—Nickerson
Virginia
Bekelski
Nickerson
St. Division
Ted Acker
Alabama
Leslie Baker
Minnesota
Edward Green
Elizabeth City
N.C
Greéti
U.S
Utah
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Edward Cooney Jr
Philadelphia
Becky Holt
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
Sahara
Los Angeles
Louis Weiss
Bob Kitchen
Rooneys
Ine
Miner
Sassafras
Joe Romeo
Marjorie Sue King
Emory Brown
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Brown
Miss King
McBirnle
Trinity Baptist Church
San Antonio
Andrei Gromykoisfers
United States
Aim
Tallahassee
116Th Infantry
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