Three Killed In Barge Blast At Hahnville
In Hahnville Louisiana three men Ambrose Estay Gary Roberts and Willie Scott were killed when fumes exploded on an empty tank barge as they prepared to steam clean it. Chester Davis was injured. The blast blew debris up to 100 feet and was heard 20 miles away. Divers recovered bodies.
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Hahnville
John S.T. Amant
St. Charles Parish
Ambrose Estay
Paradis
Gary Roberts
Willie Scott
Chester Davis
American Marine Inc
Davis
Christmas Baskets Help 24 Decatur Families
Knights of Columbus St Ann Council 1986 distributed food baskets to 24 families in Decatur. Each basket worth about 25 dollars included hens milk bread flour oranges apples corn meal potatoes. The drive, funded by a Tim McCoy show, drew on Welfare Salvation Army and church contacts with about 13 members helping.
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Decatur
St. Ann’s
Knights of Columbus
Col
Tim McCoy
Joe Halas
Halas
Salvation Army
Wreck injures Hartselle man on Alabama 36 east of town
A 21 year old Hartselle man John Wayne Blankenship was injured Saturday night when his motor bike collided with a car on Alabama 36 east of Hartselle. The driver Nancy Roberts, 25, also of Hartselle, was not injured. Blankenship was treated at Hartselle Hospital.
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Hartselle
Alabama
Here
John Wayne Blankenship
Nancy Roberts
Blankenship
Aluminum workers strike Fruehauf plant in Alabama
About 432 members of the Aluminum Workers of America walked out at Fruehauf Corp on Alabama 20 West at 11 p.m. Friday, according to Plant Manager Donald F. Donner. The plant employs roughly 500 people.
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Aluminum Workers of America
Fruehauf Corp
Alabama
Donald F. Donner
Donner
Miniskirt Blamed in Tragedy at Colombo Train
In Colombo Ceylon a coroner's court attributes the death of a 19 year old girl to a figure hugging miniskirt. While boarding a train her skirt hampered leg movement and she fell heavily, dying from the injuries.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Price Panel Chief Seeks Ruling on Retail Price Hikes
Price Commission Chairman C Jackson Grayson Jr asks IRS to determine if firms without permission raised prices. A list of 148 firms granted permission to raise prices includes Sears Roebuck J C Penney F W Woolworth Kroger A&P and Safeway.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Internal Revenue Service
Justice Department
Grayson
Montgomery Ward
Macy’s
Gimbels
Sears Roebuck & Co
J.C. Penney Co., Inc
F.W. Woolworth Co
Kroger
A&p
Food Fair
Giant Food Inc
Grand Union Co
Safeway Stores Inc
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IRS
Pay Board
Congress
Pay
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S. Decatur, Ala
Fruehauf
Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Nixon
Nuity
the Municipial Utilities
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