Damage Suit Decision Is Reversed By Supreme Court
New Haven Conn a U S Supreme Court reversal has sent a $90 000 damage award to a lower court in Cahill v New Haven Railroad The justices 5 4 said their original order was erroneous and recalled it in the interests of fairness Cahill was injured while flagging traffic behind a stalled train and claimed the railroad caused the accident by failing to warn him The case had previously seen a district court verdict for Cahill then a circuit reversal before the high court decision.
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Boat Capsizing Off Java Sea Claims 73 Lives
Police report an overloaded motor launch capsized in the Java Sea near Tegal during a holiday outing. Seventy three passengers including many women and children drowned. the craft carried 91 people. The skipper and two crewmen were detained for questioning.
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Java Sea
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Tegal
Emigrants Sought For New Country Tour Targets American Couples
Hubert Ponter of the Federation of Odesian Industries plans to recruit 2 000 to 4 000 American couples to settle in the Central African Federation. He will tour college campuses to promote the new country and gather migrants.
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Central African Federation
California Leads in Federal Employment with 238000 Workers
California tops states in government staff with about 238000 federal employees, edging out others as the largest employer in the public sector.
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Methodists Plan Two New Senior Colleges in North Carolina
At a special session in Goldsboro the North Carolina Methodist Conference voted to keep Louisburg Junior College in Louisburg and to establish senior colleges at Fayetteville and Rocky Mount. The conference approved an expanded enrollment for Louisburg and retained accredited status while blocking the move to Rocky Mount for Louisburg.
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Men Face Hearing On Rape Charge In Gastonia
Two South Gastonia married men John Lunsford and Ralph Bauldin, both 22, are charged with raping a 16 year old Gastonia High School girl. A preliminary hearing was set for Friday in City Recorder's Court after a postponement at defense counsel's request. They have been held without bond since arrest yesterday following a complaint by Starlene McKeehan, a beauty contest competitor. The sheriff's office says Miss McKeehan described an incident on a country road where three men stopped a car after mechanical trouble and a father was called to retrieve them.
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Collision Of Freighters To Be Probed
In smooth seas near Monterey two freighters collided early, sinking the Olson with four dead. The Leopard cut the Olson in two off Point Sur at 2 19 a m. The bow section floated four hours as crews recovered bodies and survivors. Coast Guard vessels and helicopters took 25 Olson crew members to Monterey hospitals.
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Marine Leopard
Special Truss Demonstration by Dobbs Co.
Ed F. Hill of the Dobbs Truss Co. will present a truss demonstration from 9 30 A M to 6 P M. The event promotes the unusual reducible RELTLESS STRAPLESS DOBBS TRUSS with a suction cup design that remains compact. The demonstration is free and notes the date.
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