Collision And Fire Kill 12 In Brandon Household Tragedy
In Brandon Minnesota a father Mark Kelly and his five children died in a early morning fire that engulfed their two story home. Kelly died after returning to rescue his children while his wife escaped and neighbors kept her from reentering. Police Chief Charles Rossum said the victims likely suffocated and all bodies were recovered. The blaze began around 2 30 am and left the interior of the house burned out. Brandon, a town of about 400, lies roughly 160 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
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Brandon
Minn
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Kelly
Jim
Dennis
Pat
Mary Lee
Peggy
Charles Rossum
Minneapolis
Six Tenn men die in head on crash near Kenton Ohio
Six Tennessee men were killed early today in a head on collision with a gasoline tank truck on U S 68 about two miles north of Kenton Ohio. Victims identified tentatively as Floyd Clark 22 Herbert Goings 41 Richard Kelly 28 Horace Boyd 24 Robert D Lee 31 and John B Gibson 32. Tanker driver Albert Fohl 24 of Tiffin Ohio was injured and taken to a preliminary hospital.
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Ohio
Tennessee
U.S. 68
Here
Highway Patrol
Oa Tenn
Floyd Clark
Herbert Goings
Richard Kelly
Horace Boyd
Robert D. Lee
John B. Gibson
Albert Fohl
Tiffin
Distraught Mother Returns Home After Baby Kidnapping
Mrs Frances Chionchio 26 returned to her Brooklyn home from St Peter s Hospital with her newborn missing. Hospital staff planned discharge but her uncle Dr John Mollica urged her departure to escape the hospital atmosphere. Police pursue a heavyset bleached blonde suspect believed to have kidnapped the infant.
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New York
Frances Chionchio
Chionchio
Brooklyn
St. Peter's Hospital
John Mollica
T Ao
Mollica
Gerardette
Frank
Port of New York Authority
Workman Rescued From Pit After 12 Hour Ordeal
In Bakersfield California a workman named Leslie O Stafford was trapped for more than twelve hours at the bottom of a cesspool pit. A crane freed a metal casing pinning his foot after he fought to escape using a chisel a power saw and a jack. He was rushed to a hospital in good condition and had a doctor lowered into the shaft for sedatives while spectators cheered.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Colon
Leslie O. Stafford
Stafford
la Hospital
Dirksen Named GOP Senate Leader as Congress Opens
The 86th Congress convened amid tensions over party leadership and civil rights rules. Everett Dirksen edged out John Sherman Cooper 20-14 to lead the Senate Republicans, while Lyndon Johnson continued as Democratic leader. Kuchel won as whip over Karl Mundt in a 20-14 vote.
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Washington
Senate
House
West Coast Satellite on Pad at Vandenberg
A 1300 pound Discoverer satellite sits on the pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base awaiting launch. The program aims for a Pole to Pole orbit with dozens of satellites this year, some carrying instruments and occasional test animals. Initial flights use a Thor launcher with a Bell Hustler upper stage, later to switch to Atlas missiles.
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Los Angeles
West Coast
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Air Force
Navy
Thor
Mikoyan Reaches Cleveland on Coast-to-Coast Tour
Anastas Mikoyan arrives in Cleveland for a 13 day coast to coast swing with a reception by Cyrus Eaton and his wife. Police rope off several hundred picketers while Mikoyan speaks with reporters and tours the airport, plane cockpit, and crew. He will proceed to Detroit and the West Coast before a January 19 White House meeting with President Eisenhower.
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Ohio
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Kremlin
Mikoyan
Capital Airlines
Cyrus Eaton
Eaton
Mikhail Menshikov
New York
Washington
Rita Sylvester
West Warwick
R. I
George Donnahoo
Falls Church
Airlines
Bill Patchen
Arlington
Artem Mikoyan
Detroit
West Coast
Eisenhower
Warming Trend Lifts Carolina Temperatures Across Region
A warming trend spread across the Carolinas lifting sub freezing readings by 10 to 15 degrees from Monday. Forecasters expect lows in North Carolina from 30 to 38 with tomorrow's highs in the 40s and readings from Greensboro to Wilmington showing notable increases. One death was attributed to the cold as sunshine and light winds aided the thaw.
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Associated Press
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North Carolina
Greensboro
Asheville
Raleigh
Charlotte
Wilmington
South Carolina
Columbia
Greenville
Spartanburg
Myrtle Beach
Charleston
IGY Weather Triggers Could Be Found In Sun and Dust
IGY scientists report possible weather triggers from solar flares cosmic rays and meteoric dust that could affect storms droughts and rainfall. Findings suggest better forecasts and even future weather control while noting Antarctica holds vast ice reserves whose melt could raise seas dramatically.
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International Geophysical Year
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National Aeronautical and Space Agency
Walter Orr Roberts
Boulder
Colo
Great Electrical
Alaska
Texas
Dakotas
U.S
Australia
E. G. Bowen
IGY
New Constitution Reached In Cuba
In Havana the provisional Cuban government refined an interim constitution to replace the 1940 charter until elections. President Manuel Urrutia dismissed provincial governors and local officials as a new cabinet prepared decrees abolishing political parties and barring most Batista era candidates from upcoming elections.
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University of Havana
Urrutia
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Carlos Prio Socarras
Prio
Miami
Fidel Castro
Ba‘tista
Treasury
United States
Europe
Dirksen elected Senate floor leader over Cooper 20–14
Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois won the Senate GOP floor leadership 20–14, defeating Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky as 34 Republicans voted. The result split the party between liberal and conservative factions, with Dirksen backed by conservatives and Karl Mundt’s ally Kuchel advancing the liberal cause.
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Senate
Republicans
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Congress
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Dirksen
George Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Ruchel
Bridges
Senate Gop
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Conference of All Republicans
Milton Young
North Dakota
Kuchel
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Debre Likely Next French Premier After De Gaulle
Paris AP reports Michel Debre appears certain to be named prime minister as Charles de Gaulle assumes the presidency of the Fifth Republic on Thursday. Debre, 46, currently justice minister, is expected to lead a 20‑member cabinet with key Gaullist appointees and Finance Minister Pinay possibly moving to a state affairs post. Maurice Couve de Murville likely remains foreign minister.
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Paris
Michle Debre
Charles le Gaulle
Fifth Republic
de Gaulle
Debre
Rene Coty
National Assembly
Gaullist
Union For A New Republic
Antoine Pinay
Maurice Couve de Murville
Creedmoor Fire Controls Damage in Business District
Creedmoor North Carolina firefighters contained a blaze that destroyed four frame buildings in the business district. Mayor I E Harris says damage to structures and contents totaled about 50000. The first alarm rang around 11 p m. The Guin Shoe Shop and New Home Furniture Store were among the losses with residents safely evacuated.
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Creedmoor
N.C
I. E. Harris
Guin Shoe
New Home Furniture
Whirley-Whirler Spins From Hula Hoop Hit to Toy Sensation
John Hyatt with Lou Wesheimer and Israel Treiman introduce the Whirley-Whirler in St. Louis premier. The spinning plastic plate toy sold 250 units at launch and then 500000 in two months across four plants, changing the kids play scene with a simple, balanced twirl.
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ST. Louis, Mo
John Hyatt
Hyatt
Lou Wesheimer
Israel Treiman
St. Louis
Whirley
John
Lou
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