13 Die in West Side tavern fire set by ejected patron
In Chicago a tavern patron expelled for knives returned and started a gasoline blaze, killing 13 and wounding 21 as police say laborer Robert Lassiter admitted pouring fuel inside the doorway and lighting it. He faced 13 murder arson counts. bail was denied and a Jan. 6 hearing set.
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Chicago
ARP
West Side
Robert L. Lassiter
Robert Thompson
Lassiter
Lionel J. Bere
Bere
Seeley Club
Madison St
Skid Row
Frank Thielman
Charles Azzerello
Azzerello
Edward Gaston
Gaston
Robert Holderby
Bluefielder Is Fatally Shot In Northside Club Quarrel
Luther Gardner 43 of Lawson Street Bluefield died from a gunshot in a northside club after an argument over a woman with Spurgeon Billips Turner 66 known as Georgia Boy. Turner was jailed for murder after the fatal altercation at The Hole on North Mercer Street.
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Bluefielder
Northside
Norfolk and Western Railway
Luther Gardner
Lawson Street
Bluefield
Spurgeon Billips Turner
Bedford Street
Georgia Boy
Justice of the Peace
Robert Jones
Turner
Mercer Street
Andrew Dotson
Big Luke
Gardner
Bedford St
Nathaniel Dalton
Sam Payne
Jim Bailey
Andy Dodson
Paul Oliver
Mercer
Robert BE
Holroyd
Charles Smith
Garfield
Harriet Booth Gardner
James Gardner
Edward Gardner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mae Reynolds
Sarah Martin
Lugo
Two Saltville Youths Die After Late Night Crash
A Smyth County teenager was killed instantly and a second died ten hours later after a two vehicle crash on State Rt. 107 in Saltville. Bonnie Lamie 16 and Jackie Smith 19 both of Saltville were passengers in a car driven by David Corcoran. Victor McCormick of Chilhowie drove a pickup in the collision. McCormick and Corcoran were injured. State police report four other highway fatalities occurred over the weekend.
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Smyth County
Saltville
Wytheville
Bonnie Lou Lamie
Rt. 2
State Rt. 107
Jackie Roy Smith
Thomas McGee Hospital
David Mansfield Corcoran
Victor B. McCormick
Chilhowie
McCormick
Corcoran
D. E. Garrett
Old Dominion
Damages Awarded to Marshall Islands Radiation Victims
A total of 950000 in damages is to be paid to 86 residents of Rongelap atoll in the Marshall Islands who were exposed to radiation during the US Bikini Atoll atomic test in March 1954.
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Agana
Guam
Rongelap Atoll
Marshall Islands
United States
Bikini
Think Now About Kids Who Depend On The Tree Fund
Bluefield community Christmas Tree contributions fell to 72 dollars on Sunday, bringing the total to 2,471.15 dollars, 41 percent of the 6,000 dollar goal with ten days left before the December 24 Tree party at Ramsey Auditorium for 1,500 underprivileged children. Contributions may be mailed or given at the newspaper offices.
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Bluefield
Ramsey Auditorium
Community Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bland St
Tinder White & Equipment Co
W. A. Holcombe
Sara
Zelma Greenawalt
E. R. Wilson Sr
J. A. Tabor
J. H. Joyce
Four dead in Greyhound bus crash near Pensacola
A Greyhound bus en route to New Orleans left a rain slick highway near Pensacola in pre-dawn darkness killing the driver Carl Duce and three passengers. Nineteen others were injured, four critically, with victims taken to Pensacola area hospitals and two to Mobile General.
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Pensacola
Fla
Greyhound
New Orleans
Here
Carl Edward Duce
Robert Swearingen
Homerville
Blanche Krewett
Lake Worth
Frankie Bennett
New Smyrna Beach
Escambia General Baptist
Sacred Heart
Mobile General Hospital
Mobile
Ala
Duerwood Willis
Escambia County
Union Wants Teamsters Minus Hoffa
At the AFL-CIO convention in San Francisco union leaders discuss readmitting the Teamsters without Hoffa. Meany opposes inviting them while Hoffa faces prison appeals and the Gibbons Mohn power struggle unfolds. indep unions could join to expand federation membership.
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San Francisco
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
Hoffa
Supreme Court
Gibbons- Mohn
House of Labor
George Meany
Meany
Federation
Elmer Brown
International Typographical Union
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
United Mineworkers
New York
John O'Rourke
Gibbons-Mohn
Gibbons
Central States
Mohn
Western States
Teamers
Philadelphia
Detroit
Loose Plug Delays Titan 2 Launch for Gemini 6
A $108 plug loosened from the Titan 2 rocket caused an engine shutdown just before liftoff delaying Gemini 6, astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford, and the launch crew. The team quickly prepared for a new launch attempt later in the week as engineers investigate the fault and safeguard the next attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Stafford
Walter Shirra
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Schirra
Stafford
Agena
Gemini 6 Pilots Praised For Cool Handling
In Houston two Gemini 6 pilots faced a balked chase when the Titan 2 engine shut down due to a sensor glitch. The astronauts kept calm, saving the mission and prompting a new attempt by Wednesday. Gemini 7 set a new endurance record of 190 hours 56 minutes while aiming for 14 days.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Gemini 7
Gemini 5
L. Gordon Coooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Charleston Tot Killed in Wyoming After Road Crossing
Brooks Leon Tuttle Jr., a three year old from Charleston, was fatally injured when struck by a car while crossing Mullens Pineville Road near Mullens Wyoming County. He died at Wyoming General Hospital after severe head and body injuries. The driver was Harold C. Burks of Welch. The boy was visiting relatives with his parents Ruth and Brooks Tuttle and his uncle Etna Shrewsbury.
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Charleston
Brooks Leon Tuttle Jr
Mullens
Wyoming County
Wendell Cook
Pineville Road
Rt. 16
Wyoming General Hospital
Jet Fuel Fire on U S S Independence Injures Eleven
Eleven sailors were burned and four cut when spilled jet fuel on the flight deck ignited aboard the U S S Independence as it neared Norfolk 225 miles southeast. One Phantom fighter dropped a fuel tank and its pilot Cmdr Robert H Gormley ejected. captain was rescued by helicopter and returned to the ship. Flames were subdued within minutes and the ship, part of the 7th Fleet off Vietnam, headed to Oceana Naval Air Station for return.
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U.S.S. Independence
Viet Nam
Norfolk
Oceana Naval Air Station
Robert H. Gormley
Virginia Beach
VF41
J.g. W. H. Copt
Butte
Montana
Gormley
Capt
Gormely
Oceana
John Kennedy
Independence
Norfolk, Va
7Th Fleet
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George Ross
Cook County Hospital
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Willie Daniels
Cocoanut Grove
Boston
Natchez
Miss
Mecca
Los Angeles
Scottsville
Sallie Waverly Bell
Palmyra
Virginia 6
Fluvanna County
Leslie Jenning Jr
Washington
Richard Troy Ward
Club House Rd
Strasburg
Carson Eugene Jordan
Woodstock
U. S. 11
New Canton
Joseph Thomas Staten
Virginia 771
Buckingham County
Florida
Virginia
Union
Chase
Cmdr
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
G. Merritt Preston
Kennedy Space Center
Joe Verlander
The
Marin Co
Gemini
Gloom
U.S
Borman
Mission Control
Charleston Tot
Wyoming
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