Fire Hits Springfield Diamond Match Plant
A fire and explosions at the Diamond match factory in Springfield Massachusetts shut down the large drying room just before midnight. The 200 by 100 foot room had windows and fire doors blown out and flames raged briefly until controlled by firefighters and automatic sprinklers. Five outside workers were injured and sent to hospital. all but two released after treatment. George M.
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Diamond Match Factory
George M
Holy Cross Professor Dies at 61 in Worcester
The Rev. J. Gerard Mears, 61, who founded Holy Cross College fine arts department and taught there over 25 years, died yesterday at the college infirmary. He was ordained a Jesuit in 1930.
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Worcester
Mass
J. Gerard Mears
Holy Cross College
Westen
Foreman Reed and Lucille Cloutier Linked in Plant Fire
Reed aged 54, a night shift foreman, and Miss Lucille Cloutier aged 21, are named in connection with a factory fire. Firefighters faced sulphur and phosphorus fumes as the blaze occurred after the night crew left. The plant is a branch of Diamond-Gardner Corp.
Pair Asks Court To Stay Execution In 1959 Slaying
Two Rhode Island murder convicts, 36 year old Fred J. Martineau of Pawtucket and 33 year old Russell Nelson of Providence, seek a stay of their impending Nashua NH execution while appealing to the U S Supreme Court. Gagnon, a 41 year old Lincoln plastics maker, was found shot in his car in a Nashua lot.
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Nashua
N.H
Rhode Island
New Hampshire Superior Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Fred J. Martineau
Pawtucket
Russell Nelson
Providence
Maurice A. Gagnon
Lincoln
Gagnon
Punishment More Effective Than Reward In Learning
Medical Science reports tests on 60 children show that a punishment based scheme outperformed reward and combined schemes in distinguishing colored squares. A WAVES recruit's heart murmurs may be linked to nervousness and rapid blood flow in women. Fiji island Indian men with higher living standards had higher blood pressures, linking wealth to hypertension.
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Medical Science
Los Angeles
American Medical Association
Chicago
AMA
Fiji Islands
Saura
Fiji
Tively
Pacific Islands
Journal of the American Medical Association
Greek Alphabet Typewriter Stolen From Mary's Grill
Columbus police report a Greek alphabet typewriter was stolen from Mary's Grill. Owner James J. Chakeres described the theft and noted the missing device was the Greek style machine.
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Columbus, Ohio
Mary’s Grill
Grill
James J. Chakeres
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