Nine Die In Gas Tanker Blast On Route 122
A gasoline tanker exploded on Route 122 in Schuylkill Haven Pennsylvania during early morning traffic killing at least nine people and injuring many others. Eyewitnesses spoke of a ball of fire spreading along the highway as bodies were found along the road.
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Schuylkill Haven
Pennsylvania
State
Melvin Clouser
Frank Toohey
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Reading-Hamburg
Jet crash near Hemet kills three Air Force men
A bomber from March Air Force Base crashed near Riverside causing five small fires on ranchland. Lt. Col. Donald Wynn 38 Maj. John Thomas 41 and Lt. James M. 25, all of Riverside, were killed. Capt. Thomas Carney 36 survived with severe burns. He was treated in Hemet hospital.
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Hemet
Calif
Air Force
Thomas Carney
Donald D. Wynn
John W. Thomas
James M
Riverside
Los Angeles
March Air Force Base
First Negro Graduate at Central High School
Gus Roberts, 17, became the first Black student to graduate from Central High School in Charlotte, N. C., on Monday marking a historic milestone for the city’s education.
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Charlotte, N. Co
Gus Roberts
Central High School
Brothers Drown After Pond Rescue Attempt in Gallia County
Larry Johnson 11 and Langley Johnson 8 drowned in a farm pond near Mercerville after Larry attempted to save his brother. The incident occurred about 2 15 p.m. on Leslie Parsons farm. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Two other youths were present. rescue workers from multiple agencies recovered the bodies around 4 p.m. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Gallipolis
Larry Johnson
Langley
Langley Johnson
Crown City
Leslie Parsons
Mercerville
Victory Road
Donald R. Warehime
Gallia County
Frank Swindler
Robert Halley
James R. Halley
Darrell Johnson
Halley
Rome Johnson
Air Force
Arizona
Denver
Carl Johnson
Alma Williams
F. L. Stevers
Darnell Brothers
Gallipolis State Institute
Gov Earl Long Faces New Psychiatric Diagnosis
Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long, 63, arrived in Galveston and entered a private psychiatric clinic. Doctors stressed no restraint or medication, with specialists needing up to two days for a definite diagnosis while Sen. Russell Long expressed confidence he would return to duties before the term expires.
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Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Russell Long
Dla
John B. Truslow
Truslow
Long
Huey P. Long
John Sealy Hospital
Sen. Long
Mental Patient Kills Daughter in Iowa Town
Ray Hardman 68 escaped from the Iowa Soldiers Home in Marshalltown and killed his daughter Grace 25 with a shotgun in Lacon a Iowa. He wounded neighbor boy Don Neer 12 before being captured by a deputy sheriff after climbing into a car late Monday night.
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Lacona
Iowa
Russ Smith
Des Moines
Ray Hardman
Grace Hardman
Don Neer
Hardman
Marshalltown
One Of Liveliest Delegates Woman May Be 82
Anna Kelton Wiley 82, of Washington D C, is described as the liveliest delegate at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs convention. She credits the federation with aiding the Women’s Army Corps and laws like the Pure Food and Drug Act. Wiley plans to attend all events from a Hollywood banquet to a Lawrence Welk concert, in her 23rd convention.
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Los Angeles
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Anna Kelton Wiley
Washington, D. C
Women's Army Corps
Harvey
W. Wiley
U.S. Bureau of Chemistry
Congress
Oklahoma man captured for double paren t murder
Clark Brillhart, a mentally disturbed man sought in Oklahoma and Texas, was captured by a highway patrolman near El Reno and returned to Hobart. He faces a murder charge in the Sunday night beating deaths of his parents Elmer 46 and Florence 45 and may also face charges for his father's death. Brillhart had been released on convalescent leave from Western State Hospital two days before the killings.
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Hobart
Okla
Clark Brillhart
el Reno
R. E. Frusher
Brillhart
Oklahoma
Texas
Elmer
Florence
Western State Hospital
Fort Supply
Communist Front Man Arrested In Sudan
Sudanese Premier Ibrahim Abbound ordered Brig. Abdel Rehim Shenan placed under close arrest with Brig. Mohieddin Ahmed Abdallah and 16 other officers. A military court in Khartoum would try them on treason charges in Cairo reports.
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Cairo
Ibrahim Abbound
Abdel Rehim Shenan
Khartoum
Shenan
Mohieddin Ahmed Abdallah
Ohio tax deadlock eyed for break with utilities plan
In Columbus a possible compromise on Ohio tax deadlock surfaces. Governors and five Cleveland lawmakers discuss replacing parts of a four mill corporation tax with utility taxes to close a 32 million deficit. DiSalle and Senate Leader King favor the swap. The five blocking senators include Miller Jr, Corrigan, Calabrese, Petrash and Blake.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Basiaidia
Ohio Senate
Senate
Frank W. King
D-Lucas
DiSalle
Maar
King
Maverick Five
Ray T. Miller Jr
John Corrigan
Anthony O. Calabrese
Julius J. Petrash
Cleveland
Arthur Blake
Martins Ferry
Farmer Hurt By Runaway Truck Wheel Near Courthouse
A 58 year old farmer Malcomb Conley of near Creola was seriously injured by a runaway log truck wheel at 10 30 this morning in downtown McArthur as it bounced across the curb and sidewalk and smashed into an antique shop window. Police Sgt George Ferguson investigated the crash and the driver’s name was not available.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Malcomb Conley
Creola
Conley
George Ferguson
Woman Killed in Car Truck Collision in Upper Arlington
A 52 year old woman, Mrs Russell L Carter, died after her car collided with a truck from her husband's office in suburban Upper Arlington. The driver, Walter Cordle 55, from Columbus, was cited for failure to yield to the car on the right.
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Columbus
Upper Arlington
Russell L. Carter
Near Columbus
University Hospital
Walter Cordle
Carter
Belmont County Prosecutor seeks charges in gambling ring case
Belmont County's prosecutor sent a letter to Gov. Michael DiSalle requesting state investigators file charges in Common Pleas Court against alleged gambling operators. The move aims to pursue action in the local court system.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Belmont County
Michael V. di Salle
Common Pleas Court
Big Four summit bogged down by Berlin battle flash
The Big Four talks in Geneva stalled amid a sharp East West clash over West Berlin as an espionage and propaganda arena. Western ministers led by Christian Herter rejected Soviet calls to neutralize Berlin and pressed for limits on East German subversion and RIAS broadcasts.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Lothar Bolz
East Germany
Bolz
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Herter
East Berlin
United States
RIAS
Radio
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Nicaraguan Chief Cane Invasion Faces Quick Suppression
President Luis Somoza vowed annihilation within two days of a two planeload exile force landing near Santo Tomas and Mata galpa. Rebel leaders claimed wider revolt and larger numbers, while Managua disputed counts as clashes with the Nicaraguan National Guard continued.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Costa Rica
Somoza
Enrique Lacayo Farfan
San Jose
U. S
Santo Tomas
Lake Nicaragua
National Guard
Matagalpa
Macmillan Denies Lloyd Post Change After Election
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan orders a personal probe to find the source of reports that Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd would be moved after the next general election. He sent a cable to Lloyd at the Geneva Four Power talks to deny the London Times story and to reaffirm Lloyd’s role. Government officials express perplexity over the leak.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Lfoyd
London Times
Macmillan
Britain
Lloyd
Auto Hits Mom Son Kill at Lorain Intersection
At a Lorain County intersection a truck struck Helen Hall and her 4 year old son Andrew after his sister Debra, 2, ran into traffic. Andrew died of his injuries while Helen Hall was reported in fair condition. Debra narrowly escaped injury.
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Lorain
Ohio
Lorain County
Helen Hall
Andrew
Debra
Ohio 254
Ohio 57
Hall
Couple Bound Over To Grand Jury In Death
Mrs. Mary Margaret Landis 29 of Columbus and Air Force Sgt. Robert L. Bennett 26 of Zanesville bound over to Muskingum Grand Jury on first degree murder charges in the death of Patrick Landis 74. His body found May 18 in a gas filled cottage with a towel tied around his throat.
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Zanesville
Mary Margaret Landis
Columbus
Air Force S
Robert L. Bennett
Muskingum Grand Jury
Landis
Patrick
Here
Boy 13 Drowns In Ohio River at Matamoras
Richard L. Slonaker aged 13 drowned in the Ohio River at Matamoras Monday night. Friends who were swimming with him recovered the body.
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Marietta
Richard L. Slonaker
Ohio River
Matamoras
Belching Hell Fatal Toll at Inland Steel Mine
Iron River Michigan residents recount a deadly underground disaster at the Inland Steel Sherwood iron mine in Mineral Hills. Five men died from sulphurous gas and flames when a wall collapsed trapping them. warnings and a telltale gas odor helped keep fatalities lower. Surviving workers describe peril deep in the mine.
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Iron River
Mich
Michigan
Inland Steel Co
Sherwood Iron
Mineral Hills
Eisenhower Won't Withdraw Strauss Nomination
President Eisenhower told Senate Republican leaders he will not withdraw the nomination of Lewis L. Strauss for secretary of commerce even if Strauss requests it. Senator Dirksen said Eisenhower expects Strauss to be confirmed, despite heavy Democratic opposition. A related controversy involved Arm and G. Erpf withdrawing from consideration to head a government transportation policy study amid concerns over railroad ties.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
New York Railroad
Armand G. Erpf
Erpf
Able Survives Space Dies Under Surgery
A rhesus monkey named Able, carried aboard a Jupiter rocket to 1500 miles up, died during surgery at Ft. Knox Army Medical Research Laboratory. The Army said the death was due to anesthesia complications and not the flight. The electrode recording the monkey’s condition was removed after the operation.
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Washington
Army
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Ft. Knox
Steel Talks Resume In New York Amid Steel Industry Talks
Labor and management resume basic steel contract negotiations in New York with a four week deadline to reach an agreement. Both sides refuse to publicize specific wage demands as talks continue.
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New York
Florida Seeks Ban On The Three Little Pigs Book
Miami segregationist David Hawthorn pushes a bill to ban the tale from schools and libraries in Florida alleging the story promotes racial brainwashing. He cites a copy showing white, black, and mixed pigs and describes a biased outcome. A lawmaker cautioned the bill would not be supported.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Miami
David Hawthorn
Hawthorn
Dade County Property Owners Association
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