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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1955
Page
9
Union leaders in London suspended a nationwide railroad strike call fearing impact on the economy. Union Secretary Big Jim Campbell warned a new strike would be issued if wage talks do not meet satisfaction.
A B47 jet bomber from McConnell AFB Kansas crashed near Braman Oklahoma during a routine training mission. Capt Wayne E Andrews from Yellow Springs Ohio was the plane commander, 1st Lt Joseph C Cook from Sunland California the copilot, and Capt William C Berry from Dayton Ohio the observer. Witnesses described a high altitude barrel roll followed by a steep dive and explosion creating a 12 foot deep pasture crater.
The U S Air Force maintains year round hurricane observation in Miami and, with the Weather Bureau, intensifies activity during storm season to protect life and property.
Lt. Gen. H. R. Harmon outlined plans for a West Point of the Air to train officers alongside the other service academies. The academy will open in temporary quarters at Lowry AFB next July with a freshman class only this year and move to Colorado Springs in 1957, adding varsity athletics in 1958.
Patrolman Edward P. Connolly was shot in the chest while pursuing a five man gang attempting to rob the Astor Theatre of 1000 dollars. He wounded John W. McCarthy during the chase and helped detain four others. a fifth member was arrested later in a South End hotel. Connolly remained in critical condition six hours after the shooting.
A 2000 note in 1850 by John M. Bixby led to a seven million dollar estate later. About 25 heirs including descendants of Pocahontas Edgar Allan Poe and nobles worldwide share in 1.471 million dollars. Surrogate Judge William T. Collins oversees the long heir search begun after Count Robert Conrad Mankowski died in 1947.
Montreal authorities issued five hundred summonses to stores that remained open on the Epiphany holy day violating a city closing law. The law's legality is being appealed in the Supreme Court.
The Air Force announced a B47 bomber set jet distance and endurance records by staying aloft 47 hours 35 minutes and covering 21 000 miles. The six-jet flight shuttled between England and North Africa and landed at Fairford RAF Base near London with an average speed near 445 miles per hour.
The text notes a prior endurance feat by a B47 jet lasting 24 hours and one minute in a flight conducted last summer.
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