Explosives Unloaded Earlier 11 Perish As Ships Crash In Thick Fog
In thick fog off Long Beach California the destroyer Collett and the Ammen collided. Eleven Navy sailors aboard the Ammen died, at least 20 were injured, six hospitalized. The Ammen had just unloaded explosives and was en route to mothball berth. The Collett sustained bow damage and aided survivors as rescue boats and a helicopter moved wounded to shore and a hospital ship.
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Long Beach
Calif
Patrick Medeiros
Collett
Medeiros
Ammon
Boneyard
Honolulu
Ammen
San Diego
Seal Beach
Cmdr
Ford
St. Petersburg
Fla
Cmdr. Zayen Mukhalian
Aneanrage
Okinawa
Makhallan
Lsting
Harbor Department
Newport Beach
Sobbing Carole Dragged To Jail In Second Murder Trial
Carole Tregoff, 23, was dragged back to the county jail in handcuffs after refusing to come to court for the second trial of her and Dr. R Bernard Finch on charges of murdering Finch's wife. Bail for both remained denied as jurors and alternates were being selected.
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Los Angeles
Suerill
Carole Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Carole
Superior Court
LeRoy Dawson
Marcus Crahan
South Pasadena
Gabrielle Johnson
Miss ‘Tregoff
Finch
State Police Probe Area Crash Near Titusville
State Police continue investigation of a Route 89 two mile north of Titusville crash at 6 30 PM. Robert Guntrum of Ellwood City Pa was southbound when his car sideswiped another vehicle driven by Gale Ruth of Oil City. Ruth could not be reached for a statement. Damage to Guntrum’s car estimated at $200 with no injuries reported.
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Corry
Titusvillé
Robert Guntrum
Ellwood City
Gale Ruth
Oil City
Guntrum
Ruth
Grain Elevator Burns Traps Men. Rescue Ends Horror
In Brownfield Texas a grain elevator explosion left three dead and one missing. A gravely injured man, clinging to a window bed, was rescued after two hours by a helicopter lowering a cradle. Fire officials blamed grain dust explosions for the disaster.
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Brownfield
Tex
Ames
Misse
Paul Aller
At & Hospital
Royce Lawhorn
Henry Nix
C. L
Fire Hits Erie Farm Damages Estimated at 55000
An early morning lightning strike touched two silo attached to the barn on the Charles H. Hinkler farm nine miles south of Erie. The blaze destroyed the barn, equipment, grain and hay totaling about 55000 dollars. Fourteen dairy cows were saved by firefighters. Chief Arthur Fuller of Kuh Hose Co. estimated the loss and noted partial insurance coverage.
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SRIE
Here
Charles H. Hinkler
Ernest
Arthur Fuller
Kuh Hose Co
Rockefeller Invasion Of Chicago Aims At GOP Nominati
Rockefeller strategists launch a bid to push the New York governor onto the GOP presidential stage at the convention as Nixon builds an impregnable delegate wall. Reported efforts include a potential first ballot stampede aiming for near 300 Rockefeller votes, while Nixon allies insist 1,100 of 1,331 delegates are publicly committed to Nixon.
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Chicago
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Los Angeles
Stevenson
Nixon
Leonard W. Hall
U S To Return Soviet Propaganda Fire Ike
A fragmentary report describes a car skidding across lanes after a near collision involving the Wiggers and a vehicle blamed on Soviet propaganda. The scene is captured in a Sawyer photo with unclear surrounding details.
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U.S
Ike
President OKs Retaliation For Verbal Blasts By Khrushchev
United States plans to hit back hard at Soviet propaganda through the United Nations and other channels. Secretary Herter condemned Moscow’s anti American campaign while stating the backfire may extend beyond the U N. State Department rejected Moscow’s demand to withdraw 200 armed Americans from the Congo as a desperate move to obstruct U N efforts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Kremlin
United States
White House
Newport
Christian A. Herster
United Nations
U.S
Yale
State Department
Congo
Lincoln White
Moscow
U.N
Local Motorist Hospitalized In Auto Crash
A Corry motorist Raymond Wiggers, 48, is in satisfactory condition at Corry Memorial Hospital with chest contusions facial and body lacerations and possible fractured ribs after a Route 6 collision four miles west of Corry. Debra Devine age 6 and her mother Austin Devine 33 also injured and admitted. Debra later transferred to Hamet Hospital Erie. Police say Devine passed a truck then skidded broadside into Wiggers vehicle during a heavy rain storm. about $2,000 damage to Devine car and $300 to Wiggers car. shots pending in investigation.
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Corry
Ij Corry Memorial Hospital
Raymond Wiggets
R. D
Erie
Wiggers
Devine
Two jets crash at Shaw AFB killing four
Two RF101 jets crash shortly after predawn takeoff at Shaw AFB on a night refueling mission. Four people die including an elderly farm couple in a farmhouse and the two pilots Lt. Roger N. Siegel and Capt. Clarence A. Toeppke. The cause is unknown.
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Shaw Air Force Base
J. E. Davis Sr
Roger N. Siegel
Brooklyn
Clarence A. Toeppke
Franklin Park
Shaw Afb
Jeff
PIO
Davis’ Yard
Belgian Troops Withdraw as UN Take Lead in Congo
Congo cabinet appeals to the Soviet Union for a speedy international inquiry as Belgian forces begin withdrawal from Leopoldville. U N officials push to end evacuations by Saturday while Dag Hammarskjold plans a Congo visit to assess the blue helmet mission. About 3,500 U N troops and 630 Swedes join the force as the Soviet Union demands US pull back a guard detachment.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Congo
Soviet Union
Leopoldville
the Congo
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Tunisia
Speisien
Pierre Vigny
Ralph J. Bunche
Sweden
Italy
Canada
Burma
Carl von Horn
Middleast
Palestine
United States
State Department
Three Car Crash Damages 460 Dollars
A three car collision on South Center street near the post office injured two people slightly and caused estimated damages of 460 dollars. Adam J. Piccirillo 42 was in the lead car, Lewis Higby 41 in the second, and Miss Mary K. Rubay 17 driving the third, whose brakes reportedly failed in rain.
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South Center Street
Adam J. Piccirillo
Brook Street
Piccirillo
Lewis Higby
Spartansburg
Mary K. Rubay
South Center ‘Street
Weund
Higby
S. Palice
Miss Rubay
Corry Memorial Hospital
Picerrillo
Escape from Crawford Jail Two Prisoners At Large
Crawford County detectives and Meadville police continued their search yesterday for two prisoners who escaped from the county prison farm near Meadville. Charles Prewatt of Titusville and Forrest Cote of Connellsville walked off the farm Monday afternoon while picking berries. Prewatt was serving a term for larceny of a motor vehicle. Cote had been convicted on a charge of non support of his family.
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Meavyvnlee
Crawford County
Meadville
Charles Prewatt
Titusville
Forrest Cote
Connenutville
Prewatt
Cote
Christmas Tree Growers Balk At Warren County Acreage Taxes
Twelve Christmas tree growers from Sugar Grove Pine Grove Freehold and Brokenstraw appeal Warren County assessed land values set at 300 dollars per acre contending trees should not be real estate. Judge Alexander C Fuck presides with attorneys John Stewart and Roger Brown.
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Warren County
Wray — Aeoyetvang
Warren County Board of Assessment
Sugar Grove
Pine Grove
Freehold
Brokenstraw
J. M. Cleminshaw
Wyew
Alexander C
Fuck Ip
John Stewart
Warrn
Roger Brown
Corry
Eisenhower reports 1.1 billion dollar budget surplus
President Eisenhower announced a budget surplus of 1.1 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, more than five times the prior forecast. He cited fiscal discipline and economic strength while noting gains came chiefly from personal income tax receipts amid a steel strike impact on corporate profits. The move is touted ahead of the GOP National Convention as evidence of administrative success.
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Wwewrurt
RBI
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Congress
Washington
Mine Fire Kills 33 In West Germany Disaster
Rescue workers report 33 iron miners killed by flames and smoke in West Germany's worst mine disaster in five years. Twenty four other miners were rescued or unaccounted after the fire broke out, with about 150 workers escaping earlier when the blaze began.
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Blalzgitter
Germany
West Germany
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Erie Farm
Nelson Rockefeller
Publican Platform Committee
Sawyer
Route 6
Austin Devine
Turtle Creek
Debra
Raymond Wiggers
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Khrushchev
Herter
Crawford
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