Southern Railways Train Derails in Virginia Disaster
A Southern Crescent train derailed on a curve in mountainous south central Virginia near Shipman. Five people were killed and at least 60 injured. Eight passenger cars and two engines piled into a ravine at 5 40 am. Rescue workers freed a trapped cook as the injured were treated at Charlottesville and Lynchburg hospitals.
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Virginia
William Thompson Jr
Set. W.H. Craft
Virginia State Police
Sawyer
Martha Jefferson Hospital
Charlottesville
Lynchburg General Hospital
This Girl and This Boy Are Good Friends on Team
A brief feature notes a girl and a boy who are close friends and teammates in basketball, highlighting their on court chemistry and shared passion for the game.
Pro Football Scores Summary Week Action
Bengals thump Falcons 37 to 7 while Jets topple Colts 24 16. Packers edged by Rams 20 17. Giants beat Dolphins 16 0. Vikings win 28 27 over Eagles as Chiefs fall 14 10. Bills 10 Saints 24. 49ers 13 over St Louis 21 14. Detroit defeats Dallas 17 14. Patriots 10 over Pittsburgh 13. Houston 3 over Seattle 47 24.
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Rain and storms with cooling trend into Tuesday
Periods of rain and a possible thundershower today give way to clearing, with cooler temperatures by Tuesday. Highs will reach the low 50s to low 60s east of the mountains and near 60s elsewhere, then fall into the 30s in the mountains.
Anti Shah Protests Roil Tehran Amid Rioting and Deaths
Sporadic gunfire echoed through Tehran as soldiers killed at least five protesters and wounded twenty during Moharram services. A general strike called from Paris failed to gain traction while bazaars closed and newspapers suspended operations amid anti shah protests led by religious and leftist groups.
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Tehran
Iran
Moharram
Mohammad Reza Palahvi
Imam Hossein
Mohammed
Debates on Raising Legal Drinking Age to Twenty-One
Daily Telegraph reports a panel of Virginians and West Virginians voicing views on whether raising the drinking and cigarette smoking age to 21 would curb teen use. Mrs Dotson and Mrs Dunn favor 21. Mrs Farmer and Fred Fisher oppose. Garland George also favors higher drinking age.
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Daily Telegraph
Sam Dotson
Hurley
Bluefield
Larry Dunn
Dotson
Anthony Ray Farmer
Grundy
Fred M. Fisher Bluefield
Mrs. Farmer
AN & W
Garland George
Princeton
Tornado Devastates Bossier City Louisiana
National Guardsmen patrolled northwest Louisiana as a tornado ripped through Bossier City and nearby Heflin and El Dorado Arkansas, killing at least five people in two states and injuring about 250. The twister destroyed a ten block area including motels, a school and dozens of homes, with looting reported at the Bossier Center.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Marvin Anding
Shreveport
Heflin
el Dorado
Ark
Betty Miller
Swan Lake Subdivision
Meadowview
Big Bossier Center
Anding
Louisiana National Guard
Barksdale Air Force Base
Charles Lindsey
Area National Guard
Ken Booth
Hilda
Betsy
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