Train Plunges From Open Bay Bridge Killing Dozens
A commuter train plunged 50 feet into Newark Bay near Bayonne New Jersey after an open drawbridge gave way. At least 25 bodies were recovered and 26 survivors treated at Bayonne Hospital as divers retrieved victims from submerged cars.
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Newark Bay
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Coast Guard
Jersey Central Railroad
New York Fire Department
Bayonne Hospital
Lion Bobcat Football Tickets On Sale In Vernon
Tickets for the Vernon Lion versus Childress Bobcat football game are on sale at the School Administration Office. Reserved seats cost 1.25 dollars, student tickets 0.25 dollars. Gate prices rise to 0.50 dollars. Supt J W Hamilton confirms details.
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Vernon Lion- Childress Bobcat
Vernon
J. W. Hamilton
Supplies Parachuted Onto Little Quemoy
Nationalist Chinese cargo planes dropped supplies onto Little Quemoy amid Communist anti aircraft fire. It was the second airdrop in 24 hours as bombardment continued to keep troops from collecting the aid. A blackout remained in effect on the besieged islands and U S officials denied evacuation plans for dependents.
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Formosa
UPI
Little Quemoy Island
Big Quemoy
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Quemoys
William Miller
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
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Pescadores Islands
Quemoy
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Trio Arrested For Bank Robbery Across Cities
FBI tied Calvert Tex bank robbery to three suspects with $17 260 30 recovered. William Dewey Chrisman 31 Dallas and Atlanta and Charlotte Lee Harrison 24 Atlanta face federal arraignments in Denver and Atlanta. Alta Mae Bodlukas alias Jackie Davis 31 drove getaway car. آثار
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Chrisman
FBI
Leonard Blaylock
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Atlanta
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Davis
Peoples
Calvert
Chrismon
Houston
District Court Opens With Guilty Plea and Custody Action
The district court opened with a guilty plea in a non jury criminal case and a custody case concluding the morning session. A divorce trial was tentatively set for the afternoon. Neil Howard received a four year probated sentence for third offense swindling by worthless checks and Joe McCraw was granted custody of his three minor children.
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Neil Howard
Joe McCraw
Rain Sweeps Childress Area With Varied Totals
Light showers drizzled through the night into the morning across the Childress vicinity. Measurements ranged from .32 to .90 inches with station gauges at .32 to .40 inches and higher totals reported near Kirkland, Carey, Buckley Ranch, and High Point. Authorities said rains were generally good and not damaging, with lighter rain elsewhere in a 30 mile radius.
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CAA
Air Field
W. P. Close
Kirkland
Union Flat
A. V. Mote
Bill Moore
Carey
Buckley Ranch
O. T. Rothwell
Floyd Biddy
High Point
Burlington
Memphis
Reds U S Open Talks On Formosa
In Warsaw Poland the United States and Red Chinese ambassadors began vital Formosa crisis talks seeking a face saving cease fire. This 74th Sino American meeting marks no clear progress after a stalemate in Geneva last December with Wang Ping nan fixed in impassive stance and Beam new to the talks.
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Poland
UPI
United States
Formosa
Formosa Strait
U. S
Jacob Beam
Wang Ping-nan
Mysliwski Palace
Lazienki Park
Nimer: No Positive Identification of Killer Named
Dr. Melvin A. Nimer and his wife were stabbed to death in their New York home. Their 8 year old son, Melvin Dean, has repeatedly told police he killed them with a bread knife while they slept. The child is under psychiatric evaluation at Bellevue Medical Center as investigators seek the killer’s identity.
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New York
UPI
Melvin A. Nimer
John M. Braisted
Richmond County
Nimer
Lou Jean
Melvin Dean
Bellevue Medical Center
Witness to Testify in Cuero Land Scandal Trial
A key witness from the state auditor's office is expected to testify in the trial of C. O. Hagan of McAllen. The case involves a conspiracy to defraud the state of 146 816 dollars linked to veterans land deals. Arthur Scharlack previously identified land board records in Dewitt County proceedings.
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Veterans Land Board
Scharlack
Land Board
Hagan
McAllen
Cletus P. Einster
Henry Robinson
Dewitt County
Rattlesnakes Warn Nearby School Walkers on Avenue C
Children walking to school near 400 and 500 blocks Avenue C Southeast were warned to watch for rattlesnakes. A five foot diamondback rattler was killed there this morning.
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Arkansas high schools shut to block integration
In Little Rock, Arkansas, high schools were closed by Gov. Faubus to prevent integration as he warned of cold fury over the crisis. Florida began cautious integration with a Negro admitted to the University of Florida Law School, while Virginia schools faced closures under integration orders. Faubus warned state troopers and 150 U.S. marshals had intensified tensions, and the NAACP declined to attempt entry at Central High.
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United Press International
Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Florida
University of Florida Law School
Virginia
Faubus
Little Rock City
U. S
George H. Starke
Orlando
University of Florida
Atty
William P. Ayers
Eisenhower
Newport
R. I
NAACP
Central High
Baptist Enrolls In Negro School Demonstration
Rev. E. A. Munroe, a 42 year old White Baptist preacher, walked into Texas Southern University with followers to register as a protest against integration. Police warned him to limit demonstration to the sidewalk as he spoke to students amid hoots and laughter.
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UPI
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Supreme Court
NAACP
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Lindale Missionary Baptist Church
Munroe
University
Rhode Island GOP considers Adams ouster talk
Rhode Island candidates met President Eisenhower at the Naval base in Newport and discussed whether replacing Sherman Adams would help the ticket. Francis G. Dwyer admitted he lacked the nerve to propose Adams’ ouster, while others doubted the issue would influence the race and focused on local concerns. The president touted inflation-control gains and cited cost of living comparisons between his administration and Truman’s. He also met Johnny Gallagher, the 1958 Sister Kenny poster boy.
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Francis G. Dwyer
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Martineau
White House
Johnny Gallagher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sister Kenny Foundation
Not Injured When Auto Over Turns
Gerald Havens son of Mr and Mrs Paul Havens was not injured when a car he was driving between Childress and Paducah overturned once about 1130 Saturday night a highway patrolman said this morning.
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Gerlad Havens
Paul Havens
Childress
Paducah
Panhandle Temperatures Drop Amid Rio Grande Flood Threat
A cool front lowers Panhandle temperatures by about 10 degrees as the Rio Grande floods stretch from Presidio to El Paso. The river crested at El Paso the prior day, racing downstream to threaten a 200 mile irrigation corridor. Showers spread along the coast and West Texas, with a five day forecast calling for cooler statewide conditions and scattered rainfall totals across multiple Texas locations.
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West Texas
Rio Grande
Presidio
el Paso
Presdio
Pecos
Texas
West
Pecos River
Seymour
Galveston
San Angelo
Childress
Abilene
College Station
Midland
Beaumont and Houston
Amarillo
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Ford deal hoped to avert nationwide auto strike
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers edge toward preventing a strike as officials expect to present a contract offer when talks resume. VW bugas and UAW president reuther express cautious optimism that the proposal could delay the Wednesday strike and allow time to reconcile remaining differences.
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UPI
Ford Motor Co
Ford
John S. Bugas
United Auto Workers Union
Bugas
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Bug
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Attempt To Assassinate French Leader
Algerian rebels attempted a Chicago style attack in central Paris targeting Information Minister Jacques Soustelle. A passerby died later, five others were wounded, and Soustelle and his chauffeur were injured though he was not hit. Police killed or captured the attackers after a brief gun battle in a busy intersection.
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Paris
UPI
Jacques Soustelle
Soustelle
Gerda May Develop Into Hurricane
Tropical storm Gerda weakened to a line of squalls with 45 mph gusts after crossing southwestern Haiti. Forecasters warned it could regain tropical storm strength in warm Caribbean waters between Haiti and Cuba. Hurricane hunter planes found no circular storm movement and located Gerda about 580 miles south-southeast of Miami.
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UPI
Gerda
Haiti
Caribbean
Cuba
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