Four Die In Fiery Indianapolis Tanker Crash
A tanker truck explosion and crash on 38th Street in Indianapolis killed four people and sparked a mass evacuation. Flames spread through storm sewers for five miles as residents fled and eight schools were evacuated. Refugee centers opened at the Indiana State Fairgrounds while firemen assessed the danger.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Orval Hulley
St. Andrew the Apostle School
38Th Street
White River
Long Paralyzed Woman Dies in Welch Hospital
Mrs. Ruby Hazel Duncan of Gary McDowell County died late Sunday at Welch Emergency Hospital where she spent 15 years paralyzed from a 1951 automobile wreck that killed her husband James Duncan. Surviving siblings include two sisters and five brothers. services pending at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
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McDowell County
Welch Emergency Hospital
Ruby Hazel Duncan
Gary
James Duncan
Duncan
Mary Ellen Bray
Cincinnati
Ohio
Irene Demny
Dublin
M. W. Kelly
Noxon, Mont
James E. Kelly
Baltimore
S. B. Kelly
Princeton
Walter Kelly
Rudy Kelly
Pageton
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Bombers Hit North Vietnames Buildup Near DMZ
U S bomber raids early Tuesday targeted North Vietnamese troop concentrations in the southern half of the demilitarized zone. The Guam based aircraft joined three strikes Monday and two on Sunday aimed at supply bases as Hanoi massed for a new southern push.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Stratoforts
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
North
U.S. Air Force
Quang Tri Province
Peoria Site Chosen For Speck Trial
Chicago crimes story notes Richard F. Speck to be tried in Peoria Illinois after defense sought change due to Chicago officials statements. Judge Paschen announces Peoria as trial location. Speck remanded from Cook County Jail. eight student nurses killed in Chicago July 14 are referenced along with fingerprint and identification details.
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Chicago
Peoria
Ill
Richard F. Speck
Herbert C. Paschen
Circuit Court
Cook County
J. E. Richards
10Th Judicial Circuit
Speck
Criminal Courts
Jack Johnson
C. W. Wilson
Space Treaty Wins Unanimous U N Approval
United Nations General Assembly approves by consensus a milestone outer space treaty binding all nations including China to outlaw nuclear weapons in orbit and curb military use of the moon and celestial bodies. The move signals improving U S Soviet ties amid Vietnam War.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
U.S
China
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
U Thant
Assembly
Arthur J. Goldberg
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
United Nations
George Ignatieff
U.N
France
Security Council
Vietnam
Peking
League of Nations
South Africa
South-West Africa
Extended Forecast Temperatures Dip Below Normal
Temperatures through Saturday will average 2 to 4 degrees below normal highs of 45 and 43 and below normal lows of 28 and 22 across the south and north regions.
Kerby Seeks Fire Program Upgrades in Bluefield
Bluefield city manager W Shale Kerby says the fire department and citywide fire prevention program can be vastly improved under better administration. He points to rating bureau classifications and plans a city inspection with the West Virginia Rating Bureau and the American Insurance Association, aiming for a 1967 completion.
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Bluefield
W. Shale Kerby
Kerby
Bluefield Firemen
Fire destroys Presbyterian Chapel near Tazewell Virginia
Firemen fought an early morning blaze at a Presbyterian Chapel on Adria Road near Tazewell. Overheated furnace sparked the fire, sweeping the frame building for about three hours before two volunteer departments halted it. Water pressure issues forced portable pumps from a nearby stream. only the rear Sunday School rooms escaped damage.
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Tazewell
Edgar Akers
Akers
Adria
Rt. 36
Taze
Richlands
Two Americans Plead Guilty in Ross Court
Craddock Gilmour Jr. and Buel Wortham pled guilty in Leningrad city court to currency violations and faced possible sentences of three to eight years. Gilmour expressed regret for bypassing the State Bank of the U S S R and for troubling Soviet people, while Wortham called his acts foolish. Both men, former Army lieutenants from Utah and Arkansas, were arrested Oct 1 as they attempted to leave for Finland. Gilmour was bailed, Wortham remained detained.
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Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Leningrad
Russia
Soviet Union
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wortham
Feodor Rozhdestvenski
Tass
U.S.S.R
Gilmour
Anna T. Isakova
State Bank
Finland
Four Days Left to Reach Tree Fund Goal in Bluefield
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund has raised $4,928.17, 62 percent of its $6,000 goal, with four days to go before the Tree Party for 1,500 underprivileged youths at Ramsey Auditorium. Donations may be mailed to the Community Christmas Tree Association or Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Box 208, Bluefield, or delivered to 412 Bland St. Local supporters urged immediate contributions to meet the target.
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Bluefield Community
Ramsey Auditorium
Community Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Bland St
Glama Club
Laura
Beth
John Mark Abby
Sarah Forbes
John Royce
General Telephone
Ralph Bailey
J. W. Bailey
Frank Jamison
Frank Klauber
Timmy Kitts
Robert Ellison
Danny and
Jeffrey
Book Compromise Sought Over Passage Violence in JFK Book
New York AP reports lawyers sought a compromise on passages in The Death of a President to spare Mrs. John F. Kennedy. With a court date looming, Harper & Row pursued patching gaps while Cass Canfield defended publication for historical accuracy against Kennedy family concerns.
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NEW York
John F. Kennedy
Harper & Row
Cass Canfield
Canfield
Kennedy
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