July 25 History Highlights: Andrea Doria Collision Recall
Today in history recalls the 1956 Andrea Doria collision with Stockholm 45 miles south of Nantucket. Fifty lives were lost among passengers and crew. Other notes cover a UN observer wound in Jordan Israel clashes, Kennedy’s West Berlin warning, and a 1965 Vietnamese air raid.
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United Nations
Jordan-Israel
Jerusalem
Kennedy
United States
West Berlin
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Viet Nam
Dreamliners, Liberal match in Kansas National tournament
In Wichita the 3-0 Dreamliners meet Liberal in the winners bracket of the Kansas National Baseball Congress tournament. Lansing State Prison and Wichita Collegians, both 3-1, also play in the losers bracket after Lansing beat Wichita Lear Jet 5-4 in 11 innings powered by Isaiah Jackson who drove in the winning run and struck out 10 in 10 innings. Wichita Service Auto beat Kansas City Truckers 3-0.
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Liberal
Kansas National Baseball Congress
Kansas City Truckers
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Lansing
Wichita Collegians
Wichita Lear Jet
Isaiah
Jackson
Collegians
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Wichita Service Auto
Government considers rat control ministry in India
Dr. H. A. B. Parpia director of the government food research institute proposed a ministry for rat and infestation control in Mysore India. He warned that rats in India consume as much food as 400 million people.
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India
H. A. B. Parpia
Government Food Research Institute
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