Mass fire evacuates 30 nursing home patients in winter
In Wrentham Massachusetts thirty patients eight bedridden were evacuated from Serenity Hill nursing home amid a three story wooden mansion fire. Firefighters from Wrentham Franklin Nor Folk and Foxboro aided with state police assisting local officers. No injuries were reported and a school bus transported evacuees to nearby facilities. The building was declared ruined and future care arrangements will be made by town welfare officials. The cause was not immediately determined.
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Wrentham
Mass
Serenity Hill
Franklin
Norfolk
Foxboro
Trains Crash in Canton Killing Engineer and Sideline Injuries
An overnight rear end collision near Route 128 station west of Boston killed John E. Heffernan a 52 year old Providence Rhode Island resident and left 22 passengers injured Six were admitted to hospital with the rest treated and released The Buddliner two car unit struck the rear of a stalled three car diesel drawn Providence bound train just after red flares were placed at the rear by a crew member
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Canton
Mass
New Haven Railroad
Norwood Hospital
John E. Heffernan
Providence
R.I
Route 128
Boston
South Station
128
Payroll Clerk Takes $3,002 Out to Lunch
James T. Patrick, 22, a payroll clerk at a Berkeley manufacturing firm, vanished after taking $3,002 from his company during a lunch break. Berkeley police were asked to verify his financial history by a Las Vegas gaming club. Las Vegas authorities hold Patrick on the missing funds.
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Berkeley
Calif
James T. Patrick
Patrick
Las Vegas
Nev
Thieves abduct store manager in $20000 safe robbery
Anthony DeFrancesca, 30, of Wilmington, was forced from his home to drive to DeMoulas Chelmsford market and open a $20,000 safe. A 13 state alarm and roadblocks followed as the trio fled with the cash after kidnapping his wife briefly. DeFrancesca was dropped off in Burlington and unharmed.
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Anthony DeFrancesca
Wilmington
Burlington
Massachusetts
DeFrancesca
DeMoulas Supermarkets
Chelmsford
Lowell
Wilmington Plaza
Mrs. DeFrancesca
Edyth DeFrancesca
Congressmen Warn Junk Mail Sparks Fire Hazard
Rep. Sylvio Conte cites a massive pile of junk mail in the tunnel between the House office buildings. He says free mail to constituents lacks specific names and creates a fire danger, urging lawmakers to inspect the area.
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Washington
Sylvio Conte
R-Mass
Conte
House
Congress
Police Seek End to Macon Bus Boycott Violence
Mayor Edgar Wilson of Macon plans a meeting of representatives for both sides to resolve a Negro bus boycott and curb rising violence in central Georgia. Police increase patrols as disturbances, window smashing, and a bus shooting occur amid desegregation protests. In Albany, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is summoned for trial on December disorderly conduct charges.
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Edgar Wilson
Macon
Middle
Georgia
Washington
Albany
Laurie Pritchett
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Recorders Court
Pope May Call New Election of Cardinals
Vatican sources say Pope John XXIII may call a consistory to replenish the College of Cardinals after the death of Aloisius Cardinal Muench. The move could raise membership to a new high before Easter for the Ecumenical Council opening Oct. 11.
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Vatican City
Aloisius Cardinal
Muench
John XXIII
Cardinals
Vatican
Ecumenical Council
Cardinal Muench
Fargo
N.D
Vatican Curia
Rome
Salvador Mundi Hospital
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani
Teodosio Clemente Cardinal de Gouveia
Lourenco Marques
Pope John
Richard James Cardinal Cushing
Boston
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Los Angeles
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer
Chicago
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
St. Louis
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Pius XII
Germany
Poet Frost In Better Condition As He Improves
Robert Frost aged 87 is reported to be improving after a hospitalization for lung congestion that began February 6. Miami hospital officials say his condition is good and he may be discharged soon, with no date set yet. Frost maintains homes in Miami Cambridge and Ripton.
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Miami
Fla
Robert Frost
Frost
Cambridge
Mass
Ripton
West Readies Jet Patrols To Clear Air Corridors
Labor and management at Ben Mont Papers Corp hold an official two comment morning after a strike vote by Local 534 of the Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union. The vote followed rejection of last year’s contract extension. officials expect a joint statement on results.
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Ben Mont Papers Corp
Peter Tufo
Northport
N.Y
John Zyne
Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union
Local 534
The
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America
Afl-Cio
BCA Studies 3rd Polling Site For Elections
The Board of Civil Authority will study adding a third polling place besides the Armory and North Bennington firehouse. Chairman John P. Proud says a new site could boost turnout and improve government. A survey will determine where voters come from and guide hours changes from 9 to 6 to 10 to 7. Members include Ronald V. B. Sinclair Stephen Vince John Morrissey Norton Barber and Dr. Roderick Humphreys.
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Board of Civil Authority
John P. Proud
Elm St
North Bennington
Proud
Ronald V. B. Sinclair
Stephen Vince
John Morrissey
Norton Barber
Roderick Humphreys
Rough Atlantic Postpones Orbit Attempt To Next Week
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. delays his three orbits of the Earth, now postponed to next week due to rough Atlantic seas and ongoing weather problems. NASA will recycle countdown and replace electronic parts and possibly the hydrogen peroxide attitude jets, aiming for a safer launch.
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Rough Atlantic
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
William Douglas
Douglas
Project Mercury
Walter C. Williams
Four Railroads Could Run Rutland Railway
Sen James Oakes urges a cooperative plan where four railroads operate Rutland trackage idled by a strike since Sept 25. He notes New England lines might provide crews and equipment, a concept discussed during the 1960 Rutland strike, and suggests considering it before Interstate Commerce hearings next month. Gov Keyser earlier cited union difficulties in adopting such a proposal last fall.
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Montpelier
James Oakes
Windham
Rutland Railway
Oakes
New England
Rutland
Special Public Service Board
New York Central
Delaware and Hudson
Boston and Maine
Central Vermont
Keyser
Vladimir Sokoloff Dies at 71 Russian Actor of The Classic Europeans
Vladimir Sokoloff died at his West Hollywood home from a stroke at 71. A Russian-born actor and director, he taught at the Moscow Arts Theater from 1914 to 1937 and trained under Stanislavsky. He later expressed reservations about American use of the Method.
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Hollywood
Vladimir Sokoloff
Stanislavsky
West Hollywood
Sokoloff
Moscow Arts Theater
Constantine Sergeevich Alexeev
Berlin air corridors raise risk of Soviet harassment
Western allies prepared to patrol the Berlin air corridors to protect transit for military and passenger flights as Soviet harassment continued. Washington warned Moscow of consequences for any incidents while signaling readiness to defend rights to clear air passage to West Berlin.
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Berlin
U.S
Washington
West Berlin
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Four Power Air Safety Center
Hamburg-Berlin
U.S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
London
Aiken Urges Vermont to Refute Population Forecast
U S Senator George D. Aiken challenged Vermonters to disprove a Kiplinger forecast predicting Vermont would grow less than 10 percent by 1975. He told a Burlington service club the state would likely see only a six percent rise while the nation as a whole would gain about 30 percent.
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Burlington
U.S
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Vermont
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Holbrook
Waltham
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NASA
Bermuda
This Space Center
Cluds
Policsman
GBA
Joseph McDonough
Paul J. Short
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Short
Board of Trade of
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