Explosions Hit Sylvania Atomic Research Lab in Queens
A double blast at Sylvania Electric's Bayside research center in Queens injures nine. Officials say the incident is not nuclear, with about a quarter of a million dollars in damage. Investigators from the Atomic Energy Commission and plant staff assess the scene.
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New York
Sylvania Electric Products Inc
Sylvania
Bayside
Queens
New York City
Midtown
Walter E. Kingston
Atomic Research Division
Kingston
Atomic Energy Commission
Sparkman attends caravan training in Buckhannon
Billy Carl Sparkman of Hartselle joins 160 college youths and 40 adult counselors at the Methodist Youth Caravan Training Center in Buckhannon West Virginia for six weeks of volunteer service in local Methodist churches. The group forms Caravan teams to lead Christian activities this summer.
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Billy Carl Sparkman
Hartselle
Methodist
Buckhannon
W. Va
Reds Seal Off Polish Border Amid Poznan Revolt
Berlin reports the Red Polish army sealed the East German border to stop rebel workers fleeing a police roundup in Poznan after a three day revolt. West German travelers say tanks patrol the Oder River frontier as eyewitness counts via Vienna indicate heavy casualties in Poznan.
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Berlin
Poznan
Oder River
Vienna
Seven In Family Crushed By Tree
A 70 foot elm toppled in a violent storm near Sutton Ontario killing seven members of a picnicking family. The car, driven by Ainsley Joseph Glazier with his wife and four children, was crushed beneath the wreckage. Ten workers spent hours cutting the tree and dragging it away.
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Sutton
Ont
Ainsley Joseph Glazier
Donald
Pain
Fred’ Jones
Roy
Toronto
Vacant Madison House Blows Up
In Madison Alabama an explosion tore through a vacant four room house owned by A B Whitworth. A C Wingard, Whitworth’s employee, had painted the home and planned to move in but delayed. Wingard reported the water heater was blown to bits in the blast.
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Madison
Ala
A. C. Wingard
A. B. Whitworth
Wingard
Whitworth
Athenian Hit by Lightning At Courtland Race
Athenian manager John Marlin Jr. survived a lightning strike at a Courtland racetrack. The bolt hit the Sheriff Franklin Smith car antenna and jumped to a Coca Cola truck where Marlin stood. He was unconscious, then revived and sent to Decatur General Hospital for observation. No other injuries were reported.
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John Marlin, Jr
Athens Lions Club
Courtland Air Base
John Marlin Jr
Athens Electric and Water Depts
Decatur General Hospital
Marlin
George Farrish
Moulton
Athenian
White Way Milk Employes Strike in Decatur
A majority of White Way Pure Milk Co. workers at 1609 6th Ave SE Decatur walked out early this morning. About 23 striking from a 30 man force, with 18 of 30 plant employees represented by local 612 Teamsters Union. Picket lines formed outside as E W Barnett prepared to begin negotiations for a new contract tomorrow.
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White Way Pure Milk Co
6Th Ave
Decatur
E. W. Barnett
Teamster’s Union
Birmingham
Em- Barnett
Tennessee River Bridge Readings and Forecast Report
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning stood at 20.36 feet, down 0.60 feet in 24 hours, with sea level at 554.66 feet. High yesterday was 91 and low 70, today 9:15 a.m. 72 and 11:05 a.m. 86. Ten inches of rainfall recorded in the 24 hour period ending 8:30 a.m. today. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm conditions today tonight and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers. Wednesday outlook shows little change with highs near 93 to 94 and lows around 69 to 70.
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Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Athens Merchant Becomes Candidate for Alderman
Gordon Copeland qualified today for alderman in Athens city election becoming the nineteenth candidate. He runs a tile business at Peete's Corner. Today is the last day to file qualification papers.
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Athens
Gordon Copeland
Copeland
Peete’s Corner
Mediators Move To Revive Talks On Steel Front
Pittsburgh dispatch reports mediators pressed to restart stalemated nationwide contract talks. The United Steelworkers strike involves about 650,000 members and negotiations with the basic steel industry showed signs of possible revival.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Union
Basic Steel Industry
Ingalls Shipbuilding Placed in Standstill by Steel Strike
Reid Byers, manager of the Ingalls Shipbuilding plant, says the firm faces the same dire pressures but intensified by a nationwide steelworkers strike. The 200 man operation has been shut since May 28 due to steel shortages from United States Steel's TCI Birmingham plant, itself advanced in output by a local management union dispute. Repair work continues on barges and towboats, but no major steel use is occurring at the plant.
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Reid Byers
Ingall
United States Steel
TCI
Birmingham
Byers
Bargaining Impasse Persists as Mediation Sought
The text notes renewed willingness to return to the bargaining table while neither side has acted yet. Government intervention to break the stalemate is hinted at, with mediators mentioned on page 2.
Birmingham Area Sees 1100 Idle As Nationwide Steel Strike Spreads
About 1100 Birmingham area workers joined a nationwide strike by the United Steelworkers of America. The stoppage hit U S Steel's Tennessee Coal and Iron division, with 5,000 miners idle, plus 20,000 TCI employees affected by a prior railway union strike. Additional idled workers included 600 at American Bridge and 500 at Republic Steel. Nearby Gadsden reported about 5,000 Republic Steel plant workers idled.
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Birmingham
United Steelworkers of America
U.S. Steel
Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
TCI
American Bridge
Republic Steel Corp
Gadsden
Republic Steel
Grand Canyon airliner collision ends in tragedy
Helicopter crews searched the Grand Canyon eastern neck for victims after two airliners the Trans World Airlines Super Constellation and United Air Lines DC7 collided in flight above Arizona. 128 bodies were recovered with no survivors reported. Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board and other agencies began work at the wreck sites on jagged buttes, hampered by wind and shifting currents.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Arizona
Trans World
Airlines Super Constellation
United Air Lines DC
R. P. Parshall
Washington
Civil Aeronautica Board
Bureau of Safety Investigation
Civil Aeronautics Authority
TWA
Los Angeles
Constellation
DC7
James Womack
We Are Going Words From Brink Of Eternity
The Associated Press reports two United and TWA airliners crashed in the Grand Canyon, killing 128. Among the dead were Kansas City area residents including a family of four, a man returning for his wife’s delivery, and a TWA stewardess. The incident shattered plans for reunions as families awaited news.
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Associated Press
Grand Canyon
Arizona
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines Flight
Phelan
California
TWA
Miller
Wisconsin
Midwest
Beth Davis
Richfield Springs
N.Y
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
Truck Goes Through Bridge Injuring Lawrence Woman
A 20 year old Lawrence County woman, Mabel Lee Aldridge of Moulton, was injured when her 1951 International truck fell through a wooden bridge on Mt Moriah Road, 2.5 miles east of Hatton. She was hospitalized with head and back injuries and shock. condition listed as fairly good. Patrolmen Roy Thomas and Wilburn Craft investigated.
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Hatton
Lawrence County
Here
Mt. Monigh
Mabel Lee Aldridge
Box 16
Moulton
Lawrence County Hospital
Mt. Moriah
Highway Patrol
Miss Aldridge
Roy Thomas
Wilburn Craft
Stalin Backers Say Public Support Kept Him Safe
The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party issued a long resolution arguing Stalin's strong popular backing shielded him from revolt after World War II. It blames perceived capitalist encirclement for delaying denouncement and says crimes were revealed only after his death.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Menemen
Soviet Communist Party
Stalin
Central Committee
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Kremlin
Europe
United States
Riot at Indiana Reformatory Wounds Eight Prisoners
Guards fired shotguns to stop a riot at Pendleton Indiana Reformatory. Eight prisoners and two guards were wounded, most struck in the legs by pellets, and the mess hall was damaged. None of the injuries was serious.
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Pendleton
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Mediation Talks Set in Pittsburgh With Steel Industry
Government mediators plan separate sessions Thursday in Pittsburgh with labor negotiators from the steel industry and the Steelworkers union. Finnegan Mills and Moore will attend the meetings to advance bargaining efforts amid the strike.
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Pittsburgh
Steel
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Clyde Mills
Rob Moore
Rain And Winds Buffet Town Creek
High winds and heavy rain toppled several trees and caused a power outage of about ninety minutes in Town Creek. Corn was beaten down, three antennas blown, and a porch damaged by a fallen tree. A power pole failure caused the outage, with only minor countywide impact outside Lindsay Hall area.
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Town Creek
Ollie Lee
Joe Wheeler Electric Co-op
Moulton
Lindsay Hall
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