87 Pupils Three Nuns Die In Chicago Parochial School Fire
A fast moving blaze at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago killed 87 pupils and three nuns, with hundreds injured and many children jumping from windows as fire crews fought to evacuate. Investigators pursued arson as a possible cause while recalling heroic acts by staff and bystanders.
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Chicago
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cook County
Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic School
Robert J. Quinn
Quinn
Drew Brown
Brown
Our Lady of
Father Joe Identifies Our Lady of the Angels Victims
Grief swallows Cook County Hospital as priests and staff comfort relatives after the Our Lady of the Angels School fire. Father Joseph Ognibene, a Chicago native and first assignment, rushed to the scene and helped identify slain students, sometimes with uncertainty about names and grades.
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Cook County Hospital
Our Lady of the Angels
Joseph Ognibene
Our Lady
Joe
Father Ognibene
God
Ill Logan Boy To Come Home Ill Logan Boy To Come Home
Kenneth Acker an 11 year old Logan boy with a malignant abdominal tumor will return to Logan for what doctors call his last Christmas. He will arrive at Port Columbus at 3 p.m. with his mother Mrs Charlene Acker and a long journey from San Diego ends with a welcoming party awaiting the boy.
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Logan
Kenneth Acker
Port Columbus
Charlene Acker
Kenneth
Ucker
San Diego
Calif
Ackers
Acker
Roy MacMinnis
Martin
Paul
Weather outlook with varied regional forecasts
Partial to mostly cloudy conditions across multiple regions with tonight and Wednesday fair to partly cloudy in general. Temperatures range from lows near freezing to mid 40s in some areas. highs expected in 38 to 42 degrees for today and Wednesday.
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West Virginia
Sporn Work Is Resumed At Graham Station Unit 5
Work on the main building of Unit 5 at Philip Sporn Plant Graham Station resumed today after a November 3 halt sparked by electricians picketing. About 200 construction workers had been idle while IBEW lines remained at the 132 KV switch yard.
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Point Pleasant
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins Found Dead in Framingham Hotel
Sir Hubert Wilkins aged 70, renowned for polar exploration, was found dead Monday in a Framingham hotel room. Police reported no immediate signs of foul play and investigations continued.
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Framingham
Mass
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Strange Silence Over School As Police Seek Stranger
In Chicago a brooding quiet fell on Our Lady of the Angels School after a fire left char marks on a two story brick building. A stranger who said the school was on fire prompted police to seek him. residents helped evacuate children as sirens wailed and investigators inspected the wreckage.
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Chicago
Our Lady of the Angels School
Barbara
Glowacki
Richard J. Daley
Our Lady of Angels School Fire Third Worst Nationally
Chicago scene recalls Our Lady of Angels tragedy as the third deadliest school fire in a century. Fire finally puts a price tag of 50 000 dollars on the two story brick building amid a city-wide tragedy with 87 students aged nine to fourteen perishing.
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Our Lady of the Angels
Quinn
75-Year-Old Man Dies In Fire Near Danville
George Smith about 75 was killed in a late Monday fire that destroyed his four room frame home near Danville. Neighbor Leroy McLaughlin said he found the blaze and tried to rescue him but was driven back. Coroner J Martin Byers said the body was found in the living room near a coal stove. Cause undetermined. Smith lived alone.
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George Smith
Danville
Leroy McLaughlin
Smith
J. Martin Byers
McLaughlin
Communists Demand U.S. Troop Withdrawal
North Korea and North Viet Nam urged the United States to pull its troops from South Korea, Japan, and the Formosa Strait and to end interference in South Vietnam.
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North Korea
North Viet Nam
United States
South Korea
Japan
Formosa Strait
South Viet Nam
Amish Farmer Stands By Refusal After Prison
Amos J. Mast, 27, an Amish farmer from Homerville Me dina County, spent 11 months in a federal prison for refusing military service. He again declines to report for duty citing religion, before U S Commissioner H A Horn in Cleveland. The case on a grand jury indictment involves hospital duty and may be moved to Indianapolis for trial.
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Amos J. Mast
Mast
U. S
H. A Horn
Hort
Indianapolis
Ind
Homerville
Medina County
LaGrange, Ind
Draft Board
Mill Point
W. Va
Horn
Wente Construction Bids for Standby Plant at Gallipolis
The apparent low bid of 9289 dollars for supplying and installing a standby electric power plant at Gallipolis State Institute was submitted Monday by Wente Construction Co. Inc. of Huntington West Virginia. The state had estimated the cost at 9500 dollars.
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Columbus
Gallipolis State Institute
Wente Construction Co., Inc
Huntington
W. Va
DiSalle Names Connell As No 2 In Ohio Governor’s Office
Gov elect Michael V. DiSalle announces Maurice J. Connell will be assistant to the governor starting January 12. Connell, 43, greying and personable, steps in as No 2 amid a round of receptions while other major appointments for state department directors await. DiSalle says his staff will be smaller than the O’Neill administration’s, with a total annual salary around 58,000.
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Toledo
Maurice J. Connell
DiSalle
Ohio Capitol
Michael V. DiSalle
Connell
Diallo
State Department
William O'Neill
Adverse Effect Seen If Germany Armed
Soviet bloc delegates warned at Geneva talks that arming West Germany would harm arms control progress. Soviet and Polish delegates emphasized their stance during the 10-nation discussions on surprise attack issues. A decision on West German nuclear arms is anticipated at NATO talks in Paris later this month.
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Germany
Geneva
West Germany
NATO
Paris
Plebiscite proposal on West Berlin fate stirs Allied debate
Allied diplomats discuss a plebiscite for West Berlin to accept or reject Khrushchev’s demilitarized free city plan. If rejected, Khrushchev would persist with four power rules. if accepted, Allied troops could be withdrawn. The idea signals shifting Allied thinking on Berlin and Germany policy.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Germany
Backseat Driving Record Spoiled in London Trial
Maurice Martin, a 55 year old grocer, was fined about $2.80 for ignoring a police signal to stop after his wife Fanny, 30 years with a clean backseat driving record, blamed her nagging for causing the miscue. The judge heard that as soon as they started moving she warned them to watch out and slow down.
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London
Fanny Martin
Maurice
Fanny
Firemen Seek Cause Of Blaze At Center
Firemen searched the ruins of three stores in the Kinsman Lee Shopping Center in Shaker Heights to determine the cause of a 300000 dollar fire. Flames broke out Monday night and spread to two adjoining shops, with a fire wall containing the blaze and no other businesses damaged.
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Kinsman-Lee
Shaker Heights
Mir-Lee
Athens Couple Killed in Train Collision at Canaan Crossing
Elmer W. Sutton and wife Elizabeth R. Sutton of 5 Townsend Place died Tuesday when their 49 Chevrolet was struck by an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio freight train at South Canaan Road crossing on the western edge of Athens. The car split in two. Mrs. Sutton died en route to Sheltering Arms Hospital and Mr. Sutton on arrival there. Witnesses say the car crossed the tracks as the train, under Engineer Ballagh and Conductor Gray of Chillicothe, approached. Deputies and State Patrol were called. the crossing offers a clear view in both directions.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Canaan Rd
Elmer W. Sutton
Elizabeth R
Townsend PI
Sutton
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ballagh
Gray
Chillicothe
UN Assembly Enters Home Stretch On Cyprus Debates
The United Nations Assembly nears Dec 12 adjournment as the Cyprus issue faces possible deadlock amid rival resolutions. With atomic radiation, Algeria, and Hungary remaining, the main committee aims to finish Cyprus by midweek. The radiation matter is expected to end quickly. Algeria debate looks heated but one sided.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN Assembly
Cyprus
Algeria
Hungary
Assembly
Water supply dwindles for American families in Cuba
Havana Cuba 54 American families on United Fruit Co plantations in eastern Cuba face only one day of water supply as rebel interference disrupts the pipeline.
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Havana
Cuba
United Fruit Co
Shortest Path to Pen Bad Check Case in Cleveland Six
Six people charged with passing about $30 000 in fraudulent checks across six states chose to waive a preliminary hearing in U S District Court. Perry Emerson Jr 26 and Frederick K Moore 1 led the group with four Cleveland women and one Ravenna resident. FBI says the group cashed individual checks from 90 to 300 dollars and took a 20 percent commission.
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U. S. District Court
Perry Emerson, Jr
U. S
H. A. Horn
Federal Penitentiary
Emerson
Frederick K. Moore
Moore
Joyce A. Price
Saundra Hughes
Almeta Gonzalez
Mary Proctor
Miss Proctor
Ravenna
William A. Murray
FBI
Union Ficht Decision Due
A federal judge in Cleveland is expected to decide today whether three court-appointed monitors for the Teamsters may overrule union officers interpretation of the constitution. Hoffa’s attorney urged delineation of Hoffa’s powers as international president as monitors argue they can only advise. The case questions the eligibility of Local 377 Youngstown leaders to run for top offices in Mahoning Trumbull and Ashtabula counties.
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Teamsters Union
James P. Hoffa
James C. Connell
District Court
Hoffa
Teamsters
Robert C. Knee
Teamsters Local 377
Youngstown
Mahoning
Trumbull
Ashtabula
Panama Extends Waters Bill Aims 12 Mile Sea Claim
A bill introduced in the National Assembly seeks to extend Panama's territorial waters to 12 miles offshore and extend sovereignty to nine mile air space strips over Caribbean and Pacific waters. The measure would create corridors restricting canal access but guarantees innocent passage for foreign ships sailing the canal.
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Panama
National Assembly
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