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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
9
Coroner McCarron opened an inquest into an elevated train crash that killed a motorman and injured 500, urging the removal of 240 wooden coaches from service and threatening a restraining order if the transit authority refuses. Witnesses testified a pilot narrowly avoided Prugelstbee before a plane crash killed several.
CLARKSBURG W Va E Wayne Corrin of Clarksburg was elected president of the Gas Co subsidiary firm in Marietta Friday. Corrin succeeds E H Tollefson of Clarksburg in both offices. The firms are subsidiaries of the consolidated Natural Gas Co. Earthquake reported Manila 0 A light quake shook the U S naval installation at Olongapo in Subic Bay west of Manila Friday night. No damage was reported. Robber Takes 1350 Ay Cleveland An armed robber in a trench coat held up a state liquor store here Friday night and escaped into a fog with 1350 in a paper sack. Harry Filler cashier at the liquor store said the man handed him a pencilled note which read We don’t want to hurt nobody.
In a brief gunpoint robbery at a store, a man described as Filler handed a paper shopping bag to the robber after the figure flashed a pistol from a trench coat. The thief collected cash from two registers before fleeing as tension rose.
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A member of Hungary's trade mission in Communist East Berlin escaped to Allied-occupied West Berlin with his family, refugee officials said Saturday.
A pier fire in New York started when acetylene torch sparks ignited burlap and foam rubber stored on the dock. The blaze spread to nearby alcohol and lacquer, touching off detonating solvent rags and causing extensive damage as repairs continued on the roof.
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