Warning light at fatal Georgia crossing failed
At Aragon Georgia investigators report a school bus collision with a Southern Railway work train killed seven children. Residents had pressed for a warning light at the crossing, and witnesses described the bus driver’s uncertainty as the train backed into the bus. Authorities say no flagman was present and blame rests with the crossing layout pending NTSB investigation.
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Aragon, Ga
UPI
Southern Railway
Georgia State Patrol
Police weighing higher velocity hollow point bullets in US
A private Massachusetts study center reports a national trend toward high velocity hollow point bullets with greater wounding potential. Six of 18 cities use hollow points. concerns over constitutionality and stopping power are noted as tests simulate tissue damage.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Research Center
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Center
Mass killing in New Britain bakery shocks city police probe
New Britain police pursue a mass murder investigation after six people were found shot to death at a Donna Lee Bakery. Sheriff and state task force officials search for a white 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix linked to the crime, while officers seek a black male, a white male, and a light skinned female. The chief warns against handgun purchases amid rising gun sales and stresses fact based police work.
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New Britain, Conn
UPI
Thomas Ormsby
Ormsby
James Shay
Paget Weatherly
University of Connecticut
Shay
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Connecticut
United Press International
Jody Balch
East Windsor
New Britain Herald
William Donahue
West Hartford
Donahue
New Britain
Donna Lee
Mrs Rockefeller Leaves Hospital After Breast Surgery
NEW YORK (UPI) Mrs Mary Rockefeller wife of Vice President designate Nelson Rockefeller is discharged from Memorial Sloan Kettering after a radical limited mastectomy for breast cancer. Doctors report no lymph node spread and a 90 percent chance of cancer-free survival for ten years.
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New York
UPI
Margaretta ‘Happy’ Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Institute
Rockefeller
Mrs. Rockefeller
Violinist David Oistrakh Dies in Amsterdam Hotel
Violinist conductor David Oistrakh, 65, died of a heart attack in an Amsterdam hotel while in Holland to conduct a series of concerts with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Born Odessa 1908, he rose to Soviet and international fame, winning major prizes and shaping a storied career. His wife accompanied him in Amsterdam.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Oistrakh
Holland
The
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Odessa
Serge Prokofiev
Moscow Conservatory
Leningrad
Eugene Ysaye
Brussels
Boston students recalled from Charlotte desegregation trip
Four Hyde Park High School students and a faculty adviser were recalled from a three day Charlotte study trip after a Boston School Committee vote. Chair John Kerrigan criticized Boston coverage of Charlotte violence and said the recall was a symbolic gesture to urge media attention to the issue.
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UPI
Boston
John J. Kerrigan
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Olympic High School
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Charlotte News
Dana Gonsal
Linda Lawrence
Barbara Steer
Bob Messina
Sam Messinga
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