Le Mans Disaster Kills 71 in Crowd
The Le Mans crash involved Levegh’s Mercedes and two other cars. Spectators were engulfed in flames and smoke as the car exploded near the grandstand, killing 71 and injuring many others. Witnesses described a scene of chaos and shocked crowds seeking missing relatives.
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Levegh
Daniel Pouget
Agence France Presse Core
Diaz Roncero
Pierre Levegh
Leverh
Mercedes
Grandstand
Mike Hawthorn
Jaguar
Austin-Healey
Eisenhower outlines peaceful atomic aid program
President Eisenhower pushes for peaceful use of atomic energy and proposes regional voluntary pools and nuclear training for allied nations. He notes U S plans include a world first atomic powered merchant ship and international cooperation while stating Russia shows no willingness to share its stockpile.
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United States
U.S
United Nations
Russia
Eisenhower
Turkey
Lebanon
Israel
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
Denmark
Colombia
Brazil
Elmer Wilson Dies at 93 in Fayette County
Elmer Wilson 93 died yesterday at Long Branch Fayette County at his granddaughter Mrs Raymond Kelly home. A retired millwright born January 30 1862 in Brookville Pennsylvania he is survived by three sons Cecil Charles Floyd and two daughters Mrs Sam White and Mrs H G Fulk. Service 2 PM tomorrow at Mrs Kelly s home with Rev Tom Shumate of Pax and burial at Lively Cemetery Long Branch. Body taken to residence 3 PM today by Tyree mortuary of Mt Hope.
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Elmer Wilson
Long Branch
Fayette County
Raymond Kelly
Millwright
Brookville
Cecil
Charles
Mataka
Floyd
Chicago
Sam White
Matoaka
H. G. Fulk
Charleston
W. 5. Wison
Patton, Pa
John Wilson
St. Petersburg
Ida Britton
Kane
Hattie Smith
Erie
Kelly
Tom Shumate
Pax
Lively
Tyree
Huntington
Kanawha County
Virgie Swartz
Pratt
B. C. Hooper Mortuary
Montgomery
A@twartz
Frews
Ross
Mt. Zion B
Ward
Crews
Smith
Evelyn Crews
Andnié Hamilton
Bessemer
Ala
Annie Curry
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Lillie Barrow
Detroit
Mich
Mary Davis
Coalwood
Monroe, Sarnest
Roosevelt Brooks
Alabama
Ward Cemetery
Washington and
Coleman Mortuary
Bent+gomery
Baptist
Nis
Sutchinson
Mee
Eotma Sue
Mnight
Alan Emma Frances
Renick
Greenbrier
Wallace and Wasilace
Lewisburg
Lambert
Wille Gertrude — Bervicea
Durbin Methodist Church
Donald Spurlock
Arbovale
Durbin
Pocahontas County
Qreenbrier County
Hia
Lizzie Boggs Lewis
Stella Pittrenberger
Charmee
Bra
Glenna Boney
Baltimore
Witma Tharp
Adio
Helen Lewis
Here
Ould
Kenna
Asie
Gleon Lewis
Reick
Clyde Lewis
Delphy Lewis
Pennsylvania
Foantle Lewis
Maryland
Wallace
Wallace Mortuary
Chesapeake mourns Suzie Jackson dies at 60
Suzie Jackson 60 lifelong Chesapeake resident was found dead at her home from natural causes after midnight. The Peoples Church member and wife of the late Rev Wiley Jackson will be buried in Spring Hill Cemetery. Service 2 p m tomorrow at the Peoples Church with Rev Jack Mc Carter officiating. Body at mortuary Marmet to church.
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Suzie Jackson
Chesapeake
Goslar
Germany
The
Peoples
Five Hundred Police
Wiley Jack-l
Spring
HIN
Stahlheim
Lee Hill
Dem
Peoples Church
Jack Mc
Carter
Spring Hill
Johnson
Marmet
Alfred Kesselring
Stahlheim Press
Dent
Ardman
Marlo Earley
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Joachim Cain
Mt. Olivet
Robert Wilcox Dies on Train
Robert Wilcox a 44 year old actor and husband of Diana Barrymore died today aboard a train. A coroner's physician said heart attack likely caused death. The actor appeared in 26 movies and on stage with Diana Barrymore in Pajama Tops. She fainted upon hearing the news of his death. The couple had been married 44 years. Wilcox had a prior divorce from Florence Rice.
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Rochester
N. Y
Robert Wilcox
Diana Barrymore
Wilcox
New York
Miss Barrymore
John Barrymore
Michael Strange
Florence Rice
Grantland Rice
Harlem narcotics arrests uncover dope cutting plant
Three men described as active narcotics pushers in Yorkville and Lower Harlem were arrested after police found a heroin cache worth thousands in a cutting plant. Chris Cioffi 36 faced $15,000 bail for possession with intent to sell. Nick Espositi 33 held without bail. Maurice Geller 33 held on a lesser charge with $500 bail. The trio were taken into custody in Cioffi's apartment where one packet of pure heroin and 14 packets of cut dope were found pasted to dressers.
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New York
INS
Yorkville
Lower Harlem
Manhattan
Vernon C. Riddick Lon
Chris Cioffi
Nick Espositi
Maurice Geller
Nickolas F. Delagi
Cioffi
Northern half to face rain and storms Sunday
Forecast calls for rain drizzle and showers in the northern half of the nation on Sunday with thunder storms and overcast conditions expected across the day. The greatest precipitation centers on New England, the Great Lakes region, and the Ohio Valley.
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Far West
Gulf States
New England
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Weather Reports and Hollywood Star Hampden Dies
The weather section covers Sunday forecasts across states with mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers. Fame notes report Walter Hampden, veteran actor, died in Hollywood at 75 after a stroke, details his long stage career and residence in Ridgefield.
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Sandsy
Washington
Weather Bureau
Petr
Hollywood
Allon Nta
Atlanta
Walter Hampden
Boston
Inday
Chicago
The
Cedars of Lebanon
Cincinnati
Ohio
Denver
Pennsylvania
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Louisville
Tennebbee
Memphis
Miami
Kentucky
Mion&j. Paul
Coal
New Orleans
Pitadele i
Multiple fatal crashes hit Kanawha County area
One victim dies at Charleston General Hospital after three crashes near midnight. Johnny Steele and Carroll Coffman are among the dead, with several others injured. A second crash near Slip Hill kills Coffman. Rostorfer’s family unharmed but the power pole and transformer cause a regional outage. Services planned for Steele and Coffman as authorities tally traffic deaths this year.
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Charleston General Hospital
Johnny William Steele
Diamond
Carroll Berkley Coffman
Fore Hollow
Sissonville Rd
St. Albans
South Charleston
North Charleston
Clayton R. Fowler
Denise
Washington St. W
Lev Clashes With Senators Over Bribe Allegations in Hearings
Senate investigators declared Harry Lev failed to refute graft charges as he testified on bribery within military procurement. Lev, a Chicago contractor, claimed he could not recall how $213,924.08 in cash passed through his hands in 1952 53, while Mundt and MacClellan sparred over his honesty and memory.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Harry Lev
Lev
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. MacClellan
D-Ark
Subcommittee
Carmine Belline
Ley
Mundt
Leo
Mine Car Kills Keystone Man
Rus sell Brooks 38 a Keystone resident was killed when a mine car crushed him in the Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates operation at Keystone early today authorities said Brooks was a resident of Keystone and his death is under investigation
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Keystone
Russell Brooks
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Obituary notices from a West Virginia area paper
The Gazette obituary page lists multiple notices for Maggie Lee Bryant of Crab Orchard. Caroline Chalmers of Pratt. Lovie Jolline Collins of Burnsville. Ross Frews Crews of Ward. Ruth Edgell of Walton. Cora Belcher Flint of Charleston. Marlo Earley Ardman of Pratt. Me. Eotma Sue Hutchinson of Prudence. Alan Emma Frances Knight of Renick. Wille Gertrude Lambert of Durbin. Lamard L Lewis of Renick. Melvin Dennis Ames of Charleston area. Sandra Elaine Smith of Dry Branch. Eta Catherine Wendell of Payetteville. and other relatives and funeral details. Burials listed include Sunset Memorial Park Beckley and nearby cemeteries. services conducted by local churches. and morgue arrangements noted.
Funeral Monday for Mrs. Lula V. Love in Fayetteville
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula V. Love, widow of former Fayette County prosecutor George Love, will be held Monday at 3 p.m. in the Fayetteville Methodist Church with burial at Huse Cemetery. She was active in Fayette Women's and Garden Clubs and the church. Surviving: son Frank Love of Fayetteville, foster-daughter Nell Gladwell, brothers C. C. Armstrong of Fayetteville and S. T. Armstrong of Dothan, and a grandson and foster-granddaughter. The body lies at Dodd-Payne mortuary until hours before the service.
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Fayetteville
Lula V. Love
Fayette County
C. R. Bright
C. G. Farr
Boone Youth Injured by Bus in Madison Area
A 15 year old Boone County youth Ray mond Kinder son of Snowden Kinder of Greenview was seriously injured when struck by a bus while riding a bicycle near his home in Madison. Attendants at Madison General Hospital said injuries undetermined late last night and state police were investigating the incident. In Detroit a second story car window was shattered when an auto haulaway truck crashed into Mrs Lip tack’s home, the driver blaming brake failure.
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Mercedes
Austin Healey
Lance Macklin
Karl Kling
Austin-Healey
Macklin
Levegh
James Arthur Farren
West Fifth Ave
Belle
Johnnie Steele
Jimmy Turner
Diamond
Farren
Steele
Charleston General Hospital
Turner
Fowler
Madison
Boone County
Madison General Hospital
Raymond Kinder
Snowden Kinder
Greenview
Detroit
Funeral notices list multiple individuals with services at various churches
A list of funeral notices from a West Virginia area item includes Ella McCleughten-0 at Central Baptist Church East Beckley and several others such as Buart Allen Hamrick and Bath A Sarless. Services take place in churches, chapels or cemeteries with bodies at the church an hour before service.
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Ioxde
Ella McCleughten
Brichton
Rales
County
Central Baptist Church
East Beckley
A. Abraham
Moan
Greenwood Memorial Park
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Cyrano
Hallowed Players Club
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U.S. 21
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Ernest L. Jenkins
Central Ave
Coffman
Jenkins
U. 8S
Charlban
Wayne K. Rostorfer
Westerville
Rostorfer
Frances
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Jrumbar
Kanawha
Diamond Methodist Church
Homer Cummings
J. W. Romine
Fidler
Witchver Creek
Bill Steele
Willard
Harry Snod- Brass
Gay Bowen
Rene Turner
John Steele
Barbara Ruth
Franklin Clay
Katherine Lynn
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Sheldon K
Robert D
Bernard Li
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Wolf Pen
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Hillsboro
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Irene Nease
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Ruth Mace
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Cunningham Mortuary
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D-Wash
Gazette
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Maggie Lee
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Orchard
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Mra
Howard Reed
C. B. Buckland
Calloway Heights
Quesenberry and Webb Mortuary
Beckley
Mark Wolfe
Sunset Memorial Park
Heckley
Jolline
Lovie
Collins
Butnaville
RPD
Braxton County
First Methodist
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Scott Keller
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Carl Gray
White Pine Cemetery
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Jackson County
Mr. Edgell
Tyler Mountain
Cora Belcher
Cunningham Mortuary Chapel
Hobson D. Fisher
Spring HM Cemetery
Flint
Bixth Ave
Morouel
Wncas
Mornary
Mith
Sandra Elaine
Samuel Smith
Dry Branch
Millan Hospital
Opal Hager
Sanford Smith
Dunbar
Mt Snodgrass
South Charles
Mir
Wendell
Eta Catherine
Vian
Okla
Smithers
Mt. Brith
Ark
Thelma Jane Flemings
Summersville
C. Robert D
USAP
Wichita Fall
Tex
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Gauley
Edna Walker
Bmithera
Violet Walker
Oak Hill
Benford Jenkins
Gauley Bridge
Mrs. Love
Boone
Hamrick
Buart Allen
Webster Springs
Point Webster Springs
Church
Sarless
Bath
Roane County
Walton Union Church
Orland Reynolds
Delmar Simmons
Braddy
Jarpold
John O
Fairle
Pairplain Bub
Rane Kin Roach
Pairplain
Haynes
Charlie Lawrence
Union
Broyles More Tars Chapel
W. H. Hairston
Elmwood Cemetery
Ackson
Misbel Dean
Roane
Mount Welcome Geion Church
Ray
Jones
Q. Young
Hillboard Cemetery
Litton
Earl W
Washington Ave
Wilson Morlitary Chapel
Frank Donaldson
Butler
Wwenulty
Graydon
Oak Hil
John &, Winters
Hightown ‘Memorial Park
Oat Hill
Meadows
Berlis Mey
Richwo
Richwood
Fred Oxendale
Herbert M. Penpington
Richwood Cemeery
Oliver
Edward
Barlow-Hansall Mortuary
Joe B. Overmeyer
Burnet Memorial Park
Payne
Francis Marlon
C. A. Hulman
Rosticke
Feloling
Fiabe Cantralt
Bawth Chiatieston Sirat
Prewpaeterian Snupen
Watte
Graceland Aremorial Park
Maco
O. J. Morrison Dept. Store
Capitol Street
South
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
W. VA
Park
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