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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
2
Southampton England report says the world’s largest helicopter the Cierva Air Horse crashed during a test flight at Southampton airport killing three crew members. Witnesses say a rotor broke off. the craft plunged, burst into flames and crashed on a farm.
Four East German police fled yesterday to West Berlin amid a wave of at least 42 desertions in the past month described by the allies as a secret Russian trained force seeking asylum. One man fought off a pistol pickup and another reached the American sector for his bride before the pursuit broke up near the Soviet boundary. In Syracuse New York, Lester Lee Crofoot 24 of Hannibal was killed when his car left the road and struck a telephone pole near Hannibal. Deputy sheriffs theorized fatigue or sleep contributed to the crash.
The United States granted Vladimir Houdek, former Czech representative to the United Nations, permission to stay, citing potential danger if returned to communist Czechoslovakia. Houdek resigned from the U N post on May 16 and pledged good behavior to avoid deportation.
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