Train Derails In North Dakota Injuring Dozens
A Northern Pacific Mainstreeter derailed near Buffalo North Dakota injuring 37 people, with 7 pullman passengers and 16 crew aboard. No fatalities reported though several taken to hospitals up to 75 miles away as 300 feet of track and telegraph poles were torn up. The wreck, blamed on a broken rail, halted the railway line while rescue services from Valley City Fargo and Jamestown assisted.
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Buffalo
N.D
Northern Pacific
Portland
Ore
Chicago
North Dakota
Valley City
Fargo
Jamestown
Angele
Bismarck
Caracas robbery targets noblewoman jewelry and cash
Countess Nadia Bazzichelli of Sardinia residing in Caracas reported a robbery at her home. Jewelry and cash totaling $150,000 were stolen while she attended races and her servant was away.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Nadia Bazzichelli
Sardinia
Labor allies push Kennedy health aid plan with outsiders
The AFL-CIO and allied groups form a large lobby to promote Kennedy's Social Security health aid plan for the aged. Meany says financing through Social Security would let retirees afford health costs, while plans divert up to $1 billion in union funds to expand middle-income home mortgage programs and spur construction.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Organized Labor
Kennedy
Afl-Cio
American Medical Association
American Bar Association
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
US Treasury
George Meany
Meany
The
Medical Association
Aflcio
AFL Cio Executive Council
Union Treasury
Pennsylvania Fair Housing Bill Clears House
The Fair Housing Bill to end discrimination in housing and public places passes the Pennsylvania House 121-76 after a three hour debate. It exempts single or two family owner-occupied dwellings and some organizations while barring discrimination in sale or rental of housing and in public venues. The bill awaits signature as it heads to the governor.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
House
Pittsburgh
Senate
Philadelphia
Arrisburg
Fair Housing
General Assembly
Abraham Lincoln
Otis B. J.morse
Edward A. Schuster Jr
Willard Agnew
GOP
Aspinwall ‘T
Allegheny County
Four SAC Crewmen Die in B47 Crash
HORSE CAVE Kentucky AP says a four crew fatal crash occurred when a B47 bomber from the Strategic Air Command failed during mid air refueling. The plane dropped from 15 000 feet and wreckage strewn across a farm and highway near Columbus Ohio. Only the navigator survived after bailing out at 7000 feet. the KC97 tanker refueling plane remained unaware of trouble until the crash.
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Horse Cave
Air Force
Colum
Bus
Ohio
Lockbourne Air
Earth
Force
Strategic Air
William E. Gillespie
Edward P. Smller
George R. McKenney
Arthur T. Bagby
Columbus
Herman L. Crawford
Pickerington
Ft. Knox
Crawford
Hubert England
Miloc Aurav
Fidel Castro to announce end of Escambray cleanup in days
Unofficial report from Cienfuegos says Fidel Castro will address a television audience to declare that clean up operations against rebels in the Escambray Mountains are near completion within five or six days. The Ministry of Armed Forces denied knowledge of the report and details vary about insurgent leaders and past trials.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Escambray
Tienfuegos
Cuba
Ministry of Armed Forces
Cienfuegos
Joaquin Membrive
Membrive
Tebel
Sinesio Walsh
Santa Clara
Tourists in Miami Airport vent frustration over canceled flights
Disgruntled travelers at Miami International Airport vent about vacation disruptions. Mrs. Ackerman from Dover New Jersey carries infant Kenneth while lamenting inability to return home after three week stay. Hotel costs soar as they seek lodging amid canceled flights and peak winter prices.
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Miami
Fla
Miami International
Charles Ackerman
Dover
N. J
Ken
Fire Damages Bedroom in Chester Home
Fire damaged a second floor bedroom at Blanche Mann residence 8 Stoval Place on Tuesday evening. Fire Chief H Lewis Harper said a faulty electrical wire on a lamp near the bed started the blaze and smoke and water also affected nearby rooms.
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Chester
Blanche Mann
Stoval Place
H. Lewis Harper
Morocco King Guarantees Jewish Freedom of Movement
Authorized sources report King Mohammed V assured Moroccan Jews they will have complete freedom of movement. Since 1959 Jews faced passport restrictions and limits on emigration abroad, including to Israel, as Morocco joined the Arab League.
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Rabat
Morocco
Mohammed V
Arab League
Israel
Electric Firm 25 Cents Richer
Tampa Electric Co. gains 25 cents after a man admits fare hopping on old trolley cars nearly 50 years ago. He sent 25 cents with a note saying the Lord knows him and he will leave his name unknown.
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Tampa, Fla
Tampa Electric Co
Beaten in Racial Row Across Several Cities
The report details multiple sit-ins and clashes as Negro and white youths confronted segregation in Tennessee Alabama South Carolina and Virginia. Arrests occur in Nashville Lynchburg Sumter Columbia and Chattanooga amid ongoing protests for desegregation. The article notes court actions probation and police responses as demonstrators press for access to venues and fair voting.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Andrew Doyle
Leroy Wright
Frederick Leonard
Lynchburg
Columbia
Benedict College For
Tallahassee
Fla
Opelika
Ala
Macon County
Wheeler Dyson
Sumter
S.C
Chattanooga
Morris College
Atlanta
Ginger Rogers Engaged to Film Director William Marshall
Actress Ginger Rogers is engaged to director William Marshall. Her mother Lela Rogers announced the engagement noting there are no immediate marriage plans. The couple have dated for months. Rogers is 49 and Marshall 43.
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Ollywood
Ginger Rogers
William Marshall
Lela Rogers
Miss Rogers
Marshall
Freedoms Foundation honors 825 Pennsylvanians and groups
The Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge named over 825 awardees from Pennsylvania for work promoting understanding of the American way of life in 1960. Recipients include schools, churches, businesses, and individuals earning George Washington Honor Medals and cash prizes at ceremonies honoring George Washington’s birthday.
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Valley Forge
Freedoms Foundation
George Washington
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pennsylvania
Ashland
Immaculate Heart High School
Fountain Springs
Rwyn — Tredyffrin
Easttown ‘Jr. High School
Bryn Mawr
Rex. S.clements
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
David Taylor
Fort Washington
Montgomery Publishing Co
Freedom Project
Gwynedd Valley
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King St
Folcroft
United Air Lines
United
Philadelphia International
National Airlines
Tommy Patton
Weat
Harry Drew
MINN
L. Pegeie
Cross
Northern Pacific Railroad
SAC
Fidel
Amal Oates
England
Michael
Black Belt
Ginger
Get Freedom
Lewisburg
Bucknell University
Mechanicsville
Leroy W. Yarborough
Hlonor
America
Morton
George W. Wilson
Mount Carmel
Boy Scouts
Narberth
Owen M. Weatherly
Norristown
Plymouth Township
Quakertown
Quakerton Community Sr
St. Davids
Eastern Baptist College
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Catholic High School
Grit
Grit Publishing Company
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