Fire at Brooklyn Navy Yard Delays Constellation Completion
Fire on the Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard causes $75 million damage and delays completion by about a year. The blaze, started by a leaking jet fuel tank, killed 46 and injured at least 150, with 4,000 civilian workers affected. Rescue efforts included dramatic crane lifts and aerial ladders as firefighters battled poisonous smoke and extreme heat.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Constellation
Brooklyn
United Airlines
TWA
New York
Navy
Fire Department
Edward Cavanagh Jr
Fugitive of Eight Years Returns to Face Pardons Board
John McHargue 36 faces possible return to prison or freedom as he travels from Houston to North Carolina after an eight year escape. He was captured on a speeding charge in Houston and could seek clemency from Gov. Hodges, who has granted clemency sparingly. McHargue previously served six years of a 10 to 12 year highway robbery sentence and fled in 1951 after arriving in Houston.
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John McHargue
North Carolina
McHargue
Central Prison
Clinton Vernon
Luther Hodges
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Hodges
Robert Giles
Giles
Statesville
C. L. Hager
George A. Morrow
New Baby Born After Ambulance Rush Through Liberty Tunnels
An ambulance with police escorts rushed through the Liberty Tunnels in Pittsburgh on Monday night carrying two patrolmen a pregnant mother and her husband Mr and Mrs Fred Rasbach. The result was the birth of a baby boy on the exit.
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Pittsburgh ,Pa
Liberty Tunnels
Fred Rasbach
Pittsburgh
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