Boiler Blast Kills 21, Injures 100 at NYC Office Building
A boiler in the basement lunchroom of New York Telephone Co. at 213th Street and Broadway exploded at 12 08 PM, killing 21 and injuring 100 as responders rushed to aid victims. Investigators probe safety lapses and possible criminal negligence.
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New York
New York Telephone Co
Manhattan
213Th Street
Broadway
Anthony McCann
Dumont
N.J
City Fire and Building Departments
New York County District Attorney's Office
New York Telephone Company
Violence Fears Surround Ole Miss Houston Football Game
Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and Oxford clergy urged law and order as federal marshals warned of possible clashes around the Ole Miss versus University of Houston football game in Oxford. About 30,000 are expected amid homecoming events. James Meredith is not expected to be on campus.
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Miss
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
University of Houston
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Justice Department
Edwin Guthman
Fall Foliage Festival Kicks Off With Parade in Bennington
The Greater Bennington Association launches a 10 day Fall Foliage Festival from Oct 4 to 14. Tonight at 6:30 a parade down Main Street features three beauty contestants and the Bennington Fire Department. Events include a beauty queen contest at Bennington Catholic High School at 8 p m and a music show by Village and Toy Gunner.
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Bennington
Greater Bennington Association
Main Street
GBA
Schirra Recovers From Six Orbit Space Mission
Walter M. Schirra Jr. landed Sigma 7 in the Pacific near Midway Island after a nine hour, six orbit flight. He walked from the capsule aboard the USS Kearsarge and reported no ill effects after medical checks. President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson greeted him by phone and the mission drew global attention.
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U.S.S. Kearsarge IN Pacific
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Schirra
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Midway Island
Space Agency
Richard Pollard
Houston
Tex
Pollard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
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Kearsarge
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Project Mercury
Florida
Honolulu
Sigma 7
Tronauts
Washington
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Josephine Schirra
Europe
Iron Curtain
Telstar
Moscow
John H. Glenn Jr
Mercury
California
Scott
Carpenter
United States
Daisy Gains Power Heads for Florida
The tropical system Daisy swelled to hurricane force overnight with winds up to 75 mph near the center. Forecasters warned sails and small craft should stay in port as seas surged up to 250 miles from the center and extended 50 miles to the southwest.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Bahamas
San Francisco Giants Celebrate NL Pennant Fitness in Wild Welcome
San Francisco erupted in celebration after the Giants clinched the National League pennant, drawing about 75,000 to the airport and downtown. Police escorted the team as crowds surged, buses were forced to divert, windows were broken, and arrests were reported amid the four hour spectacle and warnings against a parade.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Giants
International
John Orsino
Powell and
Market Streets
Dorset to reopen marble quarry after 40 years
The Green Mountain Marble Co. of West Rutland restarts work at the Pat McCormick Quarry in South Dorset Vermont 30 with up to 22 employees. Excavation expected in spring and a five year supply is projected at the site behind the Rufus Lake home.
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Green Mountain Marble Co
West Rutland
Pat McCormick
Clement J. Perfetti
Georgia Marble Co
Rufus Lake
Vermont 30
South Dorset
Art White
Newfane
Timothy Baker
Dorset
Ralph Stone
Danby
Albert Boynton
Sunderland
U.S. 7
Trade bill push aims to end session by Saturday
Congress moved to send President Kennedy a broad trade act giving new tariff cutting powers and economic alignment with the European Common Market. The Senate and House met early to tackle the measure as part of a late-session push, with Humphrey calling it Congress's crowning achievement.
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House
Senate
Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
White House
Gen Walker Awaits Action by Attorneys
General Edwin A. Walker, held after Oxford riot arrest, remains at the U S Medical Center in Springfield awaiting legal moves. His Oklahoma City and Dallas attorneys visited a federal clerk seeking his release but did not file. They flew to Dallas with no return time, stating Walker is instructed not to cooperate in any examination or treatment.
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Springfield
Edwin A. Walker
Oxford
Miss
U.S. Medical Center
Clyde J. Watts
Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert Morris
Dallas
Tex
Walker
Injunction Halts Gas Plant Operations in Vermont
State officials report Chancery Judge Natt L. Divoll granted a temporary injunction against Vermont Gas Corp Utilgas Corp and North American Utility Construction Corp barring operation of the experimental Stark generator at the Lincoln Street site A hearing is set for Saturday Oct 13 in Bennington County Courthouse Residents along Benmont Avenue River Street and County Street complain of flames fumes odors light and noise from the plant
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Natt L. Divoll
Vermont Gas Corp
Utilgas Corp
North American Utility Construction Corp
Stark
VGC
Lincoln Street
Divoll
Charles J. Adams
Bennington County
Montpelier
James B. Gibney
Virgil Stark
Benmont Avenue
River
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