Ships Collide Burn In New York Harbor Disaster
A Swedish freighter struck an oil tanker in the East River shortly after midnight causing a raging fire that reached the Manhattan Bridge. The tanker sank. three persons were missing and 37 injured while 11 escaped unharmed. Many jumped into the water as flames engulfed the scene and gasolin e spread along the shores. Coast Guard closed the river and a danger warning urged no smoking. A journalist covering the event collapsed and died of a heart attack.
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New York
East River
Manhattan Bridge
Coast Guard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York Journal-American
William Finn
Dlongaide
Pete
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Petroeum Tanker Corp
Tragic Bradford fire kills three children
A Bradford area home fire killed 11 year old Allen Bromley, 6 year old Wayne, and 3 year old Christine Touro. Their parents and siblings escaped as flames from an oil heater exploded. Carol and Gary Bromley, ages 3 and 14, survived with relatives. Christine Touro was visiting from Salamanca, New York.
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Bradford
Allen Bromley
Wayne
Christie Touro
Ward
Bromley
Bromleys
Carol
Gary
Robert W. Iver
McKean County
Bradford Hospital
Christine
Harold Touro
Salamanca
N. Y
Dulles Holds Line on Five Year Trade Extension
U S Secretary of State Dulles told senators the administration will not compromise on extending the reciprocal trade agreements program for five years. He argued against proposals to cut the life of it to three years as Republicans debate the issue. The House backed a five year extension. opponents warn of further harm to industries from imports.
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Wasminglon
Dulles
Senate
William F. Knowsland
California
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
House
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Cnse
Congress
Woman killed by falling cornice on Woodward Avenue
An 18-foot cornice section broke from a seventh-story Woodward Avenue building in downtown Detroit, raining masonry on shoppers. One woman, Myrtle Taggart, 19, was killed while two others were injured as crowds dispersed before rush hour. Rusted support rods were blamed for the collapse.
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Eee
Woodward—avenue
Myrtle Taggart
Corry schools report 25 percent failure rate last year
Superintendent L M Doligias announced that one in four Corry public school students failed to pass. Of 111 who did not meet standards, nearly a quarter were in first grade. System total 2492 students. Breakdown lists held backs by grade with high school allowing subject repeats for credits. Milltown NJ reports 25 percent eighth grade failure amid parental blame and active youth programs.
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Corry
L. M. Doligias
Supt
Douglas
Milltown
N. J
Edward S. Rickards
Board of Education
Parent-Teacher Association
Rickards
Beatrice Aller
Three Corry youths plead guilty in gas theft case
In Ene County court Judge Burton Laub placed Edward Estes 17 and Fred Jewell 18 of Wes Pleasant Street on two years probation for stealing gasoline from Zalaneck cement plant in North Corry. They must pay all costs and rehabilitate for 50 gallons while not associating during probation. Gerald Ayers 17 of R. D.4 is held and set for Juvenile Court tomorrow.
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Burton Laub
Edward Estes
Fred Jewell
Wes Pleasant Street
Gerald Ayers
R. D.4
Reuther Moves To Quell Chrysler Strike
DETROIT The UAW leader moved to place Local 1246 under administration to end a wildcat walkout by about 450 members at the Chrysler missile plant north of Detroit. The plant builds the Redstone and Jupiter missiles and has seen 8,500 workers pass without a contract since June 1. Also reported, 16 year old Harry Tunnecliffe died after a motorcycle crash near South Fork, Pennsylvania.
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Detrovw
Water P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
UAW
International Executive Board
Detroit
Chrysler Missile Division
Redstone
Jupiter
General Motors
Ford
Edinboro Pair Held In Series Of Area Crimes
Erie State Police disclosed Eugene and Russell Warren of Edinboro are jailed in Erie County on charges tied to a March 15 armed robbery at a local market with $168 stolen. The brothers, plus Paul Johnson, are alleged to have burglaries in Los Angeles and Ohio regions, linking to California heists and a 1857 Jones Grocery robbery near Edinboro.
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Durowit
Erie
Los Angeles
Erie County
Eugene
Russell Warren
Edinboro
California
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Eugene Waren
Warren
Jones Grocery
West
Soviets Riot At U S Embassy In New York
Large crowd of about 1 000 Russians demonstrated against Western powers in front of the U S Embassy in New York after Hungarian refugee protests. Police from 25 to 150 men contained the crowd as protesters shouted anti West slogans and the embassy prepared for possible danger. The incident followed reports of executions in Hungary and echoed similar embassy attacks in Copenhagen and Bonn.
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U. S
New York
Provocateurs
Titana
Moscow
Tmre Nagy
Copenhagen
Bonn
Richard Davis
Car Crash Injures Area Woman Near Wattsburg
Mrs Hazel Humes a 55 year old resident of union City remains in fair condition at Stem Memorial Hospital after her 1958 car ran off Route 8 two miles from Wattsburg, struck a guardrail and embankment, then caught fire. Troopers estimate damage at about $2500. She suffered body lacerations and a fractured breastbone. Police plan to question her when able and continue the investigation.
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Union City
Stem Memorial Hospital
Hazel Humes
Wattsburg
Humes
Probe Goldfine's Favors To Judges
Washington Republicans and Democrats on a House subcommittee probe gifts Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine may have given to federal judges in a widening inquiry. Lawmakers noted a report he paid a hotel bill for Judge William T. McCarthy of Boston, while McCarthy had previously disqualified himself after Goldfine's involvement in a case against East Boston Co. Ltd. McCarthy had once been Goldfine’s attorney, and the panel weighs if favorable treatment influenced regulatory reporting by Goldfine’s holding company.
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Washington
House
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Robert W. Lishman
Goldfine
Sherman Adams
John E. Moss
Calif
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
John B. Bennett
R-Mich
Willam T. McCarthy
Moss
Rep. Morgan
Moulder
D-Mo
McCarthy
East Boston Co
SEC
Lebanon appeals for UN troops to guard border
Beirut reports Lebanon asks UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to deploy an emergency force to seal off the frontier with Syria. President Camille Chamoun accuses UAR-inspired rebels of shelling border areas in the presence of UN observers. Rebels led by Kamal Jumblatt deny UN involvement, insisting the uprising is internal. Continued on page six.
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Beirut
Wcuaucoemier
Sami Solh
Dag Hammarskjold
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Middle East
Soth
UN Ober Versione
DAR
UN Security Council
Fronsfer
Syria
United Nations
Kamal Jumblatt
Three Union City Men Seek Postmaster Spot
Three Union City men named as potential postmasters are Wesley Allen a peace officer David Holtman a Union City merchant and Charles McGee the present assistant postmaster. The changes hinge on the retirement of postmaster W. H. Miller who is in ill health and unavailable for comment. County GOP Chairman Pied Lamberton attended but withheld details.
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Union City
Repubican
Wesley Allen
David Holtman
Charles McGee
W. Miller
GOP
Pied Lamberton
Three Youths Nab Purse Snatcher in Pittsburgh
In downtown Pittsburgh early today Curtis A Smith Jr 36 attempted to snatch two purses from Mrs Janice Clayton 48 of New Jersey and Mrs Martha Hazen 48 of Florida while they waited for a bus. Three youths Fred Store Ronald Peokich and Francis Shine nephew of a police lieutenant jumped from a car and captured Smith. Smith jailed for further investigation.
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Fletsburgh
Pittsburgh
Janice Clayton
Toma Run
N.J
Martha Hazen
Salerno
Fla. Pulle Y
Curtis A. Smith Jr
Smith
Clayton
Fred Btore
Ronald Peokich
Francis Shine
Severe Storm Ravages Area Across the Region
A severe summer storm struck the area around 5 30 pm bringing wind rain and hail with close to half an hour of intense lightning. Bolts damaged transformers blew fuses and caused telephone outages in Columbus Bear Lake Columbius and Wattsburg. A house near Wallsburg was destroyed by fire after a bolt struck a roof. Damages ranged from 3000 to 4000 dollars with no injuries reported. The Weather Bureau forecast clouds and showers and cooler temperatures for the day.
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Hell
Columbus
Bear Lake
Columbius
Wattsburg
Pennsylvania Electric Compan
Une Ures
Howe
Wallsburg
Highton
Raymond Kimmey
Unum City | i
Corry
Cadets Visit Japan Arrive at Tachikawa Air Base
Sixty cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy arrived at Tachikawa Air Base Japan for a four day visit representing the academy in the Pacific region.
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Japan
Fuchu
U.S. Air Force Academy
Tachikawa Air Base
Omatour of the
Pacific
Hypnosis Used During Teenagers Open Heart Surgery
In Beverly Hills a 14 year old girl under hypnosis woke during heart surgery to follow doctor instructions. She later slept again, recovered well, and left hospital twenty days after. Dr Milton Marmer described the anesthesia and hypnotic technique before the American Medical Association.
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San Francisco
Beverly Hills
American Medical Associsition
Milton Marmer
Woodden
Bomb Threat Delays Western Air Lines Flight
Twenty nine passengers including singer Keely Smith were unloaded after a caller reported a bomb aboard a Western Air Lines plane. FBI search found no device and the aircraft was cleared to depart for Las Vegas after a two hour delay.
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Los Angeles
Keely Smith
FBI
Western Air Lines
Las Vegas
NAACP Plea Reaches Court in Little Rock Case
The U S Court of Appeals in St Louis received a motion to stay the district court order delaying racial integration at Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas for 21 years. If Lemley’s order stands, the 1963-64 Central High enrollees may not return next fall.
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St, Louis
U. S
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Harry J. Lemley
Little Reel
United States
Robert Tucker
Archibald K. Gardner
Huron
Insurance Payouts After 28 000 to 1 Odds
Henry Sabert Gunn, a retired salesman, survived odds of 28 000 to 1 and collected 43 000 in death claims on two life insurance policies yesterday. The insurer must set rates assuming Junie will die at some age, whether he does or not, as per old notes on policies and ages.
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Henry Sabert Gunn
Ufe Insurance
Junie
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Macha
George Y. Allen
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White House
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Allen
Eisenhower
NAACP
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