Fishermen Die Missing After Gulf Storm Off Escuminac
At least 34 fishermen were dead or missing after a violent storm lashed the strait between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Eight salmon boats were driven down, with two survivors kept alive by an air bubble in a capsized cabin. Local crews blamed weather warnings, while the Halifax Weather Bureau reported gale alerts issued Friday night.
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Escuminac
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Hilaire Gauvin
Germain Chaisson
Gauvin
Charlies Gauvin
Weather Bureau
Halifax’ Weather Bureau
Tragedy at a Barn When Wife Hears Shot
A fatal shooting occurred at a barn where Mrs. who heard the shot, as eight law officers were nearby. Kline died within seconds. survivors include his wife and seven children, with names and locations listed among Dunlap Anita Greeley Colo Oma and at home.
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Rad
Kiine
Clayee Helstand
Dunlap
Delbert
Anita
Daryl
Greeley
Colo
Duane
Omaha
Allen
Ronald
Larry
Appointment of Glenwood State Hospital head announced
Dr Deter A er of Mass a new head of Glenwood State Hospital to take effect September 9 He will lead the 1000 bed facility at Veterans Hospital ton and will receive room and board for himself and his wife The salary is 10209 higher than the previous head Dr J O Cromwell state mental health director notes ongoing vacancy until successor is named
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Ore Des Moines
Deter A.er
Mass
Glenwood
de. Peffer
Veterans Hospital
Ton
Petér
Nore Ton
Alfred Bessertion
Pedier
Sassec
J. O. Cromwell
Violent
Fights For Life for Last Civil War Veteran Walter Williams
Walter Washington Williams, a 116 year old Civil War veteran, lies in an oxygen tent in Houston after a pneumonia relapse two weeks after initial recovery. He had been the nation’s last surviving Civil War veteran following John Sailing’s death in March.
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Walter Washington Williams
Houston
Tex
Willams
John Sailing
Kingsport
Tenn
Eight Defendants Begin Largest Tax Trial in U S History
In Terre Haute Indiana eight men enter U S District Court for the nation s biggest criminal tax trial facing up to a year in prison and fines up to 41000 each for evading a 10 percent excise tax on 3283 18 in football and World Series bets handled from a downtown headquarters. Judge Dale J Holder outlines trial procedure as jurors are questioned while motions on evidence suppression and witness presence are argued. Defendants include Leo Shaffer Jules Horwick Cheries Sumner Edgar Wyatt Joey Jacobs Philip Share Irwin Gordon and James Tamer.
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Terre Haute
Ind
U.S
Leo Shaffer
Chicago
Federal Building
Dale J. Holder
Holder
Treasury
Jules Horwick
Cheries
Buck) Sumner
Marion County
Indianapolis
Edgar M. Wyatt
Joey Jacobs
Philip Share
Irwin Gordon
Las Vegas
Nev
James Tamer
Detroit
Plane crash near Cloudcroft kills pilot and family
A light private plane crashed into a pine hillside near a ranger station in Cloudcroft New Mexico killing pilot Herman O Jackson 41 of Sunnyvale California and a woman a boy and a girl. Forest Service employee Archie P Lewis tried to free the men but flames trapped them. he sustained burns.
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Cloudcroft
N.M
Sunnyvale
Calif
Herman O. Jackson
Archie P. Lewis
Forest Service
Lewis
Sacramento Mountains
New Mexico
New Chairman Named for 135th Army Ordnance Reunion
Howard Pritchard of Boone has been named chairman of the reunion committee for the 135th Army Ordnance Company from Iowa North and South Dakota Michigan Missouri and Illinois. The group ended its annual reunion here Saturday.
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Waterloo
Howard Pritchard
Boone
135Th Army Ordnance Company
Iowa
North and
South Dakota
Michigan
Missouri
Illinois
Mrs Priebe Crowned Mrs America In Des Moines
Des Moines housewife Margaret Priebe, 36, was crowned Mrs America, amid a year long reign that will see her travel nationwide while her husband and parents care for their four children. Priebe spoke of a cooperative marriage and prepared to make appearances in New York and other cities as the title holder.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Des Moines
Iowa
America
Margaret Priebe
L. Clarke Priebe
Priebes
Priebe
Helen Giesse
Cleveland
Ohio
Giesse
Margaret
Gregory
Douglas
Karen Jane
Des Mouines Union Park Methodist Church
Mrs. Priebe
Margaret Priabe
Johnny Qoleen
Unrest in Red China At Peak, Robertson Tells Congress
Walter S. Robertson, retiring assistant secretary of state for the Far East, told Congress that unrest in Peiping is at an all time peak and that the regime could not be overthrown unless its army rebels. He warned it is not visionary to hope unrest might sway the army. Senate Foreign Relations Committee released censored testimony from closed sessions.
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Washington
Red China
Walter S. Robertson
Congress
Robertson
Far East
Peiping
Amy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eight Injured In Two Auto Accidents
Two crashes on U S 6 near Elm and near Wiota injured eight people. LeRoy Fuglsang 16 and Janet Roki 16 were treated at Atlantic Memorial hospital after a Westbound three car line collision on Seventh and Elm streets. In a second incident Dean Lank 19 and Harold Nelson 61 were treated after Lank’s car struck Nelson’s while turning off the highway.
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LeRoy Fuglsang
Rt. 3
Janet Roki
Brayton
Fuglsang
Billy Baugh
Bridgewater
Seventh and
Elm Streets
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Fugsang
Nels Fuglsang
Miss Reid
Baugh
Elm
Dean
Broeslee
Nelson
Miss Nelson
Reha
Hagerty Undergoes Appendectomy At Walter Reed
White House press secretary James C Hagerty is to have his appendix removed in an operation at Walter Reed Army Hospital Officials said there is no cause for alarm and no emergency indicated He left the White House around 9 am for a preoperative checkup revealing the need for surgery
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Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Anne Wheaton
Scientists discuss controls on high altitude nuclear tests
Geneva talks bring together US Britain and Soviet scientists to explore methods to regulate and limit high altitude nuclear weapons tests during a technical discussion in Switzerland.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Storms Rake Iowa With Damage and Fatal Lightning Hit
Violent storms across Iowa cause roof collapse at Walcott elevator killing four cattle on a nearby farm, plus a fatal lightning strike near Newton. Transmission lines fail in Cedar Rapids Marion Mount Vernon and Anamosa as heavy rain and hail hit Shannon City Council Bluffs and other towns. Weather shifts bring cooler temps into the week.
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Associated Press
Walcott
Newton
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Mount Vernon
Anasmosa
Shannon City
Council Bluffs
Lowa
Farmers Cooperative Elevator
Davenport
Walter Frick
His &Orn
Elmer Brock
Clifford Pink
Anamosa
Union County
Burlington
Perry
Dubuque
Sioux City
Mason City
Qtumwa
Avalanche sweep kills Scout on Mt Hood crevasse
Five climbers, roped together, were swept into a 30 foot crevasse above the 11,245 foot level on Mt Hood. David Draper, 16, Explorer Scout from Vancouver Washington, died eight hours after the accident in a Portland hospital. Four other climbers were bruised but not seriously hurt.
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Timberline Lodge
Ore
Mt. Hood
David Draper
Vancouver
Wash
Portland
Sunshine Returns as Miami Ends Record Rain Stretch
Miami awoke to bright sun after near record rainfall with 19.67 inches in 21 days. Forecasters warned of possible showers but said the pattern is returning to normal as streets and lawns recovered from flooding and potholes appeared in western areas.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Weather Bureau
Florida
Tallahassee
Everglades
Rock Island main line back to normal after wreckage clearance
Service restored on the Rock Island main line about 8 o'clock last night after repair crews worked over 23 hours to remove derailment wreckage from a freight train that blocked the line in a 65 foot cut. Twenty cars and four engines derailed, with no injuries.
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Rock Island Main Line
Lestrat
Atlantic
Osage Attorney Named Chair of Dubuque Catholic Men Group
Joseph B. Casey an Osage attorney and Iowa State Bar Association ethics and conduct committee chair was named chairman of the newly organized Religious Activities group of the Dubuque Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men.
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Weads Religious Unit
OSAGE
Joseph B. Casey
Dubuque
Secretary Will Address Nation Tonight
Secretary of State Herter discussed easing East West tensions with President Eisenhower and others ahead of possible talks. He noted no summit plans were discussed and emphasized U S support for West Berlin against renewed Communist threats amid Geneva tensions.
Shipwrecked vessel found in South China Sea
ABrunel Gell Petro Seria briteh protectorate crew of northwest Bernese perished when their vessel crashed Sunday in the South China Sea. Wreckage located near the surface but details remain unclear.
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Ingapore
South China Sea
Brunel Gell Petro Seria
Brunel
Nortwest
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