Whiting Fire At Standard Oil Plant Kills Two
A massive blast at the Standard Oil refinery in Whiting Indiana killed two people and injured 44 as a 26 story gasoline cracking tower exploded. About 950 families evacuated while flames spread to storage tanks and surrounding homes. Firefighters and Red Cross contained the fire after hours, with damage estimates ranging widely and the plant described as one of the nation’s largest.
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Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Joe Kordick
Chicago Sun-Times
U.S. Highways 12
Frank Plewniak
Richard
Ronald
Walter Rhea
Agaod
Red Cross
Robert Wilson
Standard
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Dent
National
George Macko
United States
Stassen Talks Privately With Sobolev in Historic Preliminaries
Harold Stassen, Eisenhower's disarmament adviser, held an unprecedented private meeting with Soviet Arkady Sobolev in New York as prep for the disarmament conference. He also met Western allies including Nutting Moch and Martin to plan strategy. Sobolev accepted a lunch invitation for Monday, marking a first in pre conference diplomacy.
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United Nations
N.Y
Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
Russia
Arkady Sobolev
Stassen
Sobolev
Anthony Nutting
Jules Moch
Eisenhower Orders Washington Talk on Ending Hiring Bias
President Eisenhower outlined plans for a Washington conference to end discrimination in plants with government contracts. Arrangements for the Oct. 25 session were finalized after a meeting with Secretary of Labor and key cabinet officials. Mitchell said progress is steady but more work remains to root out racial and religious bias in federally engaged plants.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
London Talks Aim to End Cyprus Dispute
British Greece and Turkey foreign ministers meet in London to seek settlement over Cyprus. Harold Macmillan leads Britain's delegation with Stephanos Stephanopoulos for Greece and Fatin Rustu Zorlu for Turkey. No time limit set as talks begin amid ongoing tensions.
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London
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
East
Mediterranean
Harold MacMillan
Stephanos Stephanopoulous
Fatin Rustu Zorlu
MacMillan
Stepheos
Zorlu
Rus
Syria
Mideast
Air Force Clears Young Reservist In Red-Suspect Case
Air Force Secretary Quarles dropped ouster proceedings against 22 year old airman 3 C Branzovich of Farrell Pennsylvania after reviewing the case and said his continued reserve membership serves national security. Branzovich had faced a hearing over alleged connections to his father a former communist figure.
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Wagton
Alice Today
Red
Air Force
Quarles
Airman
3.C
Stephen Branzovich
Farrell
Senate
Eisenhower
Branzovich
Air
New York Auy
Edith Hurricane Dims but Threat Persists Off Atlantic Coast
Edith the fifth tropical storm of the year shows 100 mph winds and slow movement northward toward a northeast turn. Forecaster Gordon Dunn cautions the mid Atlantic coast likely stays clear, while New England faces little risk. He notes a trough may push the storm east of Bermuda, keeping the coast safe for now. A separate low near the Mississippi River brings squalls, heavy rain, and higher tides inland after moving ashore.
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Miami
Fla
Edith
Atlantic
Gordon Dunn
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Middle Atlantic
New York
Dunn
New England
North Atlantic
Bermuda
Air Force
Navy
Mississippi River
Gulf
North Carolina
Diane
Refined oil blaze drives Whiting families from homes
The Standard Oil refinery explosion in Whiting Indiana forced about 959 families from their homes. Survivors described walls tearing apart and flying debris while families sought shelter at the community center. Evacuees faced loss of belongings and fear as they improvised temporary housing and protection.
Randolph Victim 18 Slain By Accidental Shooting
Elizabeth Hunt Ezell an 18 year old Randolph County mother of three died after a rifle fired by her toddler son. The inquest ruled accidental homicide with the father Shirley Ezell Jr. and local authorities detailing the on scene sequence near High Point Hillsville. The funeral is set for Thomasville Unity Chapel Methodist Church with burial in Floral Garden Park.
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Janet
Stephen
Colon Embler
Thomasville
Ina Walden
High Point
Carl
Raeford Hunt
Lewis Hunt
Clifford Hunt
Canada
Minnie Hunt
Unity Chapel Methodist Church
D. G. Bridger
Floral Garden Park
Harold C. Davis
Grief-Stricken Father Details Wife's Fatal Gun Death
Shirley Ezell Jr says he warned about guns after his 24 year old wife was killed by a rifle discharge in their home. He recounted borrowing a .22 from his sister and letting his son fire it on the porch before the tragedy. Police took statements as the family rushed to High Point hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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Leon Burnett
Shirley Ezell Jr
Evelyn Bowers
Regson
Ezell
Arval
High Point
Pass
Peace plan for Israelis Arabs in danger of collapse
Washington reports the Eisenhower plan to guarantee new Israeli Arab borders faces opposition from Arabs and doubts in Congress. Senator George questions feasibility, warns others may offer only token aid while the burden falls on the United States. Dulles outlines international support, displacement aid, and water projects amid rising Middle East tensions. Officials note Russia's alleged arming of Arab states.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Great Britain
United States
U. S
Congress
Sen. George
Georgia
Senate Relations Committee
George
Vienna
Dulles
Palestine
New York
mid-East
Middle East
State Department
Russia
Egypt
Coton
An American Doctor Reports No Anesthetics for Soviet Childbirth
Maj. Paul Schafer of Walter Reed says Soviet mothers mostly birth without anesthetics and often manage on an assembly line with minimal doctor guidance. He notes four lessons on natural delivery, hand pressure techniques, and a 35th week cessation of work.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Paul Schafer
Walter Reed Hospital
Russia
Schafer
B. B. Petrovsky
Moscow Surgical Hospital
Petrovsky
Washington
Silas B. Hays
U.S. Army
Chafer
Leningrad
Sochi
Black Sea
French Close To Terms On Sultan's Exit
France and Moroccan nationalist leaders narrowed differences over a timetable to remove Sultan Mohamad Ben Moulay Arafa and end exile of ex-Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef who lives in Madagascar after a 1953 ouster. Istqlal and PDI leaders meet with Pierre July as Edgar Faure signs a possible Cabinet settlement.
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Aix Les Bains
France
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Istiqlal
Independence
Democratic Independence
PDI
Istlal
Abderrahim Bouhabib
Splendide Royale
Bouhabib
Geneva
Balatres
Istiq
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Dennis
Hunter
Inland Steel Co
Indiana Harbor
Anna Haluska
Frank
Sonera Puplava
Randolph
Tranic
Randolph County
Elizabeth Hunt Ezell
Thornton R. Cheek
Asheboro
Hillsville
Ronda V. Weston
Shirley Stephen Ezell
Harold Davis
Marvin Hunt
Kearns Street
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Route 1
Anvil Brand, Inc
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Lynchburg
Southern Railway
Rockfish River
Damascus
Sultan
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