Downpour Disrupts Recovery In Flooded Northeastern Pa
Heavy rain drenched northeastern Pennsylvania further hindering cleanup after floods. The Brodhead Creek swelled, isolating Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg as crews race to resume work and salvage efforts in the disaster zone. Governor George M. Leader awaited additional weather updates as residents braced for renewed flooding potential.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Recov
Brodhead
Train Hits Spring City Bus Killing Many Children
A 100 car freight train struck a school bus near Spring City Tennessee, killing at least 11 children and injuring the rest. Police said 17 may be dead though confirmatory reports varied with hospitals and funeral homes. The driver said visibility was blocked by parked cars as the train approached.
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Tenn
State Highway Patrol
Nashville
Southern Railway
Grammar
Bill Billings
Knoxville Journal
L. B. Stancell
Rockwood Hospital
Billings
Chattanooga
Crossville
Raymond Moore
Moore
Raymond Powers’ Aid le
Bill Barton
Paul Gilles
Denton Smith
50 Families Flee Flood Hit Salem
Salem reports about 50 families evacuated as floodwaters rose in low lying areas. No deaths or injuries reported. damage estimated in tens of thousands. Eisenhower planned an aerial tour to view flood ravaged regions across six states.
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Salem
Harrison County
Bristol
Salem Fire Department
Max Barker
Denver
Eisenhower
Ten Mile Creek
Hartford
Conn
U. S
Columbine III
Rt. 50
Lowry Air Force Base
Bradley Air Field
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Colorado
White House
Red Cross
David
Rocky Mountain
Young'ster
Ft.Belvoir
There'll Be No Merger Moonshiner Pulls
Beckley West Virginia Aug 2 Major Lily of Coal Ridge attempted a business merger yesterday that ended badly. Lilly flagged a truck between Beckley and Bluefield, identifying it as owned by Thomas C Waddell of Jumping Branch Summers County. He claimed to want to join the Moonshiners but was refused by the driver who doubted Lilly.
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Beckley
Lily
Coal Ridge
Lilly
Bluefield
Thomas C. Waddell
Jumping Branch
Summers County
J. F. Edwards
Marland
Moonshiner Arrests and Trial From Beckley Incident
A moonshiner named Lilly exposed 500 pounds of sugar for whisky making and disclosed his trunk contents. A Waddell truck driver posed as a U S Treasury agent and was arrested after a prior moonshine sale case in East Beckley. Lilly was arraigned in federal court and released on a 500 dollar appearance bond.
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Coal Ridge
Lilly
Waddell
Alcohol and Tax Division
U. S Treasury Department
East Beckley
Bluefield
U. 15.S
W. A. Weight
Beckley
Internal Revenue
Sunstroke Case Mooned by Fierce Outburst Over Loren Look
Milan reports Savino Musico, 53, attacked his wife Ambrogia 50, after claiming she does not resemble Sophia Loren. He dragged her from their home and threw furniture outside, then surrendered to police and was hospitalized.
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Sophia Loren
Savino Musico
Ambrogia
Furnitur
Tam
Marland Comments on WV Racing Commission
Governor Marland broke his silence on West Virginia horse racing praising the State Racing Commission for supervising the lucrative business at the three tracks. He avoided full discussion of the commission while noting the newly announced surplus of 1,212,170.52 and other state actions.
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Marland
State Racing Commission
West Virginia
Marland Foes Fired in Logan
Two state liquor store employees in Logan were fired after refusing to pledge loyalty to a Statehouse political group. Earl Justice and Carl White were dismissed as part of a broader reorganization, reportedly ordered by Charles Williams, a recent liquor commission appointee. The firings come amid an ongoing political battle in Logan County linked to Senator Glen Jackson and Governor Marland.
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Statehouse
Okey Justice
Logan County
Earl Justice
Big Creek
Carl White
Lake
Justice
Liquor Control Commission
White
Deskins
Liquor Commission
Charles Williams
Charleston Gazette
Glen Jackson
Tev. Marland
New Cut Tunnel Frees 3 Miners
In Spekholzerheide Netherlands three Dutch miners were rescued after 90 hours trapped in a collapsed shaft 700 feet deep. A German mining firm drilled a 125 foot escape tunnel allowing their return to the surface in good condition.
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Spekholzerheide
Netherlands
Pennsylvania Turnpike Crash Kills Six
A two car wreck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Carlisle killed six people and injured two. Bedford headquarters said five died at the scene and one died en route to the hospital. Victims included a Tore Anderson of Glen Rock New Jersey and Mary Young of Philadelphia. Loraine Walsh of Philadelphia was hospitalized but not listed as critical.
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Carlisle
Bedford
Turnpike
Harrisburg
Tore Anderson
Glen’ Rock
N.J
Carlisle Hospital
Mary Young
Philadelphia
Loraine Walsh
Ike Says U S Holds Atom Lead After Geneva
Admiral Lewis L. Strauss reported to President Eisenhower that the Geneva atom for peace conference showed the United States clearly ahead in peaceful atomic development. He warned the U S lags in training scientists while the Soviet Union stresses this area. Strauss flew to Denver to report, saying the world would benefit from Geneva and that scientists backed the President's program.
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INSI
Lewis L. Strauss
Eisenhower
Geneva
United
Atomic Energy Chief
Strauss
Three Die in Tipple Collapse After Rain in Shenandoah
A coal breaker at Kohinoor collapsed as flooding from heavy rains struck eastern Pennsylvania. Three men were killed John J. O'Boyle Anthony Malick and Peter Ruddy and eleven others were seriously injured with twelve escaping to safety. Damaged rails roads delayed coal delivery.
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Shenandoah
Pennsylvania
Kohinoor
John J. O'Boyle
Anthony Malick
Peter Ruddy
Mahanoy City
Anthony Carey
Lost Creek
John! Kelly Jr
Brownsville
John
Burglary Suspect Nabb ed Courthouse Lounger Arrested
A Burnwell man Vivian Tyler aged about 38 sat on Kanawha County Courthouse steps and was spotted by a deputy who recognized a burglary warrant. Deputy W E K Blackhurst of Cabin Creek moved in and detained Tyler, who claimed he waited for a friend to see Judge Richardson. The case involves a break in at Carl’s Drive-In Pratt near Paint Creek.
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Kanawha
Burnwell
Vivian Tyler
Tyler
Barnwell
Quiely
W. EK. Blackhurst
Cabin Creek
Herbert Richardson
Carl
Pratt
Paint Creek
Blackhurst
Carl Harper
Harper
French Reprisals Hit Arabs in North Africa
In Casablanca and across North Africa French forces lash out after weekend bloodletting that killed about 1000, razing nine rebel villages in Algeria, sweeping Oued Zem, and pursuing suspected rebels. Gen. Raymond Duval dies in a plane crash near Kasbah Tadla as clashes widen.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Algeria
Oued Zem
Inderbor
Raymond Duval
Duval
Kasbah Tadla
al Ajit Ammar
Ait Ammar
Sudanese Nip Troop Revolt Suppressed in Southern Sudan
Airborne government troops attacked Torit on the Nile as mutineers in southern Sudan faced surrender. Reports said 196 surrendered at Oraba, 158 at Yel, and a mutiny in Torit seemed near collapse amid north south rivalry and officer assignments.
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Torit
Mudhut
Nile River
Sudan
Cairo
Oraba
Uganda
Yel
Juba
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