Bellport High School Fire Traps Scores Injured
A flash fire in Bellport High School on Long Island trapped scores of students and teachers on the second floor. Forty four students and nine teachers were injured, with several in critical condition, as flames and smoke filled the gym and auditorium area.
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Bellport
N.Y
David Hassell
Bellport High School
Albany
Hassell
John Allers
Richard Harrow
Brookhaven’ Memorial Hospital
Thomas Feeney
Long Island
New York City
Weather outlook cloudiness with scattered showers Sunday
Increasing cloudiness with little temperature change tonight and Sunday. Widely scattered showers or thundershowers possible in extreme southeastern counties Sunday afternoon or evening. Lows tonight in 20s, highs Sunday in 50s, winds west to southwest 15 to 25 mph. Sunrise 7:01 Sunset 6:49.
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Sunrtse
Mio
Akrong
Sp Ladants
Dodge Ciba
Emporia
Not Enough Candidates For Primary
Garden City will not hold a primary for City Commission or Board of Education. Filing ended with no final day filings. The general election is Tuesday, April 2, with Morris Jones and James Sloan contesting the commission seats. Five candidates seek school board terms: Richard Bortz, Lloyd Haag, William Lewis, Nell Lindner, and Toni Snell.
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Garden City
City Commission
Board of Education
Tuesaday
Morris Jones
James Sloan
Richard Bortz
Lloyd Haag
William Lewis
Nell Lindner
Toni Snell
Jones
Sloan
Haag
Secor
Helen Dale
Andy Erhart
Explosions Hit Modderfontein Dynamite Factory
Four blasts ripped through the Modderfontein dynamite plant near Johannesburg. Officials feared 35 to 40 dead, but later reports listed one white worker dead and two Africans likely killed. The area was evacuated and fires and smoke rose above the complex as authorities investigated the cause.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Press Association
Modderfontein
African Explosives and Chemical Industries
Rebels Name Salah Bitar Premier After Syrian Coup
In Damascus the Revolutionary Council named veteran politician Salah Bitar premier of Syria after an army coup supporters of Egypt's Nasser. The new regime claimed full control and declared a national holiday, with reports of scattered resistance and sealed borders. Egypt and Iraq warned others to stay out while U.S. authorities said citizens in Damascus were safe.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Revolutionary Council
Damascus
Salah Bitar
Syria
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Bitar
United Arab Republic
Traq
Iraq
U.S
Nasser
Cair
Gime
Arab Baath Socialist Party
Vatican Seeks Safe Pass for Mindszenty to Rome
Vatican aims to obtain a safe conduct pass from Hungary for Cardinal Mindszenty, the Hungarian primate who vows not to leave his country even if confinement follows. He has sought refuge in the U.S. legation in Budapest since the 1956 revolt, with Hungary warning of reimprisonment if he leaves. The Vatican proposes a permanent post in Rome.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Rome
Garden Sass Trouble with a one rack mind admits limits
Gus Garden says the garden project suffers from a narrow garage and lack of switching facilities. He stresses the need for practical changes to improve access and operations. Local observers note the plan remains tentative amid funding questions.
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Gus Garden
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Fred Stoeckly
Stewart Boone
Bob Jaggard
Charles Peebles
Black Powder
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