Driver Averts Major Disaster Near Propane Tanks
A 26 year old truck driver Billy E Jones narrowly prevented a catastrophe when his truck ignited near two propane storage tanks in MAX MEADOWS Virginia Firefighters rescue squads and police evacuated nearby residents The driver suffered burns but shut off a valve and a compressor before flames were quenched within hours The truck sat within 20 feet of an 18000 gallon bulk tank and a 10000 gallon railroad tank car
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Max Meadows
May Hay
Mem
Billy E. Jones
Jones
Housing Hearings Planned by Sparkman on Ike Veto
Democrats push hearings on President Eisenhower's vetoed housing bill. Sen Sparkman chairs banking subcommittee and vows a full hearings process before drafting a new measure. Johnson accuses Ike of inflated costs, cites a 2.2 billion figure as misleading.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Eisenhower
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Madison Avenue
House
Gordon L. McDonough
Calif
William B. Widnall
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Bush
Humphrey Urges Stand on School Ruling and Civil Rights
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey urged President Eisenhower to spell out his position on the 5 year old Supreme Court desegregation ruling and demanded Vice President Nixon take an active role in pushing civil rights legislation. He criticized the administration for prioritizing the budget over moral concerns at the NAACP convention. Gov. Freeman and Senator McCarthy joined the Democratic presidential race bid.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
U.S. Supreme Court
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Maters
Girl Indicted In Hatchet Attack At Warren Wilson College
Patricia Dennis, 22, was indicted by the Buncombe County grand jury on first degree burglary and attack charges for entering Rosa Watterson's room at Warren Wilson College in Asheville on May 20 and striking her head and face with a hatchet. Dennis, from Cleveland Ohio, admitted planning and carrying out the assault.
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Asheville
Patricia Dennis
Buncombe County
Grand Jury
Warren Wilson College
Miss Dennis
Cleveland
Ohio
Rosa Watterson
Greensboro
North Carolina
Wasp Attack Fatal for Virginia Farmer in North Carolina
Isaac Arlis Jones a 37 year old Can Virginia farmer was stung repeatedly on the head and face Tuesday after disturbing a wasp nest while plowing and died on arrival at Mount Airy hospital.
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Mountairy
N.C
Can
Isaac Arlis Jones
Six Newspaper Deliverers Union Members Indicted
Six members of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union were indicted on conspiracy and extortion charges for threats of work stoppages to extract 110600 from 19 distribution firms between 1955 and 1957. The group faces prior federal antitrust and racketeering charges tied to metropolitan newspaper and magazine distribution. The six include Irving Bitz Sam Feldman Harry Waltzer William Walsh Angelo Lospinuso and Michael Spozato.
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NEW York
Independent Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Ccitiens
Union
Irving Bitz
Great Neck
N.Y
Hogan
Bronx County News Co
Bi-County News Co
Garden City
Ens
Sam Feldman
Yonkers
Harry Waltzer
Brooklyn
William Walsh
Hazlet
N. J
Angelo Lospinuso
Richmond Hill
Queens
Michael Spozato
Pacific News Co.,Inc
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