Gas explosion at Allen High injures many students
Allen Oklahoma high school blast injures 45 pupils and staff with two students and the principal in critical condition. Superintendent J N McKeel admits he caused the explosion while trying to locate a gas leak. fire chief cites $100000 damage and ongoing hospital treatment for remaining students as classes plan to resume.
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Allen, Okla
Allen High School
Freeman Pickle
Joy Rose
Shirley Inman
Ada
Holden
J. N. McKeel
Asume
Hervey Butler
Accumu
McKeel
Dale Plunk
Butler
St Laurent Loses One Commons Seat in By-Elections
Opposition won one House of Commons seat in six by-elections held yesterday, narrowing Liberal control but Liberals retain a 73 vote majority. Four of the seats remained with Liberal candidates, with one saved by Conservatives, and the rest by other parties.
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Ottaway
Louis St. Laurent
House of Commons
Liberal Party
Pee Onpenttes
Toba
CCF
Gene
Friend Testifies Sheppard Considered Divorce in Murder Trial
Nancy Ahern testified that Marilyn Sheppard heard from an osteopath friend that Sam Sheppard might divorce. She described Mrs Sheppard as loving but hinted at doubts about the marriage. Ahern recounted talk of a California watch gift and possible affair as details surfaced in court.
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Cleveland
Marilyn Sheppard
Sheppard
Pards
Nancy Ahern
Sheppards
Ahern
Samuel H. Sheppard
Calif
Susan
Seon
Tribute Is Paid Dr Odum Pioneer Sociologist
CHAPEL HILL N C Today the university town paid tribute to Dr Howard Washington Odum the Souths foremost sociologist who died at 70. Retiring as sociology professor at UNC he had been ill since September Graveside rites are set for 11 a m tomorrow in Chapel Hill cemetery Odum born May 24 1884 near Bethlehem Ga inspired New South reforms through facts on soil climate race relations and education He won the 1953 O Max Gardner award for contributions to human welfare and his work helped awaken a regional renaissance on page eight
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Howard Washington Odum
Georgia
South
Odum
University of North Carolina
Memorial Hospital
Howard Odum
Bethlehem
Henry W. Grady
New South
United States
O. Max Gardner
Philadelphia
Bureau of Municipal
Simple Rites Held for Gov Umstead in Durham and County
State officials led by Governor Hodges attend the simple funeral for Gov William B Umstead. A graveside service at Mount Tabor Methodist Church Cemetery follows services at Trinity Methodist Church in Durham. Attendees include Congress members and Virginia Governor Thomas Senter. The Rev C D Bareliff and other ministers offer prayers as Umstead’s life is commemorated.
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William B. Umstead
Trinity Methodist Church
Durham
A. H
Sandy) Graham
Ed Rankin Jr
Umstead
North Carolina
C. D. Bareliff
Mount Tabor Methodist Church
Umsetead
Mount Tabor
D. A. Clarke
David
Hubbard
Chapel Hill Methodist Church
Jesus
Barecliff
Trinity
Typhoon Ruby Heads Toward China After Philippine Chaos
Typhoon Ruby crossed the South China Sea toward the Chinese mainland after smashing Luzon with 120 mph winds. Five people were confirmed dead in the Philippines and large areas faced extensive damage as communications collapsed and farmland flooded.
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Manila
Ruby
South China Sea
Philippines
Central
San Luzon
Philippine
Luzon
Police Seek Okinawa Convicts
NAHA Okinawa convicts who got drunk on stolen alcohol sparked a riot at Naha Prison. Thirty-one convicts are at large after Sundays breakout. four escapees surrendered and 16 were nabbed. Guards faced damage, inmates roamed the yard, and authorities suspended the warden and eight officials pending investigation.
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Naha
Okinawa
Sane
Saint Mary's
Monda Air
Oe Islands
Russians Grant American GI asylum in Austria
The Soviet information service says Russian authorities in Austria granted political asylum to an American soldier, Clay ton Turner, a former sergeant who deserted after a court martial. Turner, linked to the 124th Armored Ordnance Battalion in Mainz, Germany, crossed into Austria Oct 15 seeking Soviet asylum claiming freedom and condemning a looming U S response with Fascist West Germany.
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Austria
Vienna
Soviet Information Service
U. S S
Clayton Turner
Army
Heidelbere
Water Valley
Miss
Turner
124Th
West Germany
Germany
Soviet Union
Union
Arstad
West Germany Sets Defense Budget for Coming Year
Bonn reports a defense budget of 2.186 billion dollars for the year starting April 1 as Berlin plans a 500000 man buildup under Paris accords. The finance ministry notes the defense item is the maximum spend, while NATO partners prepare a meeting on West Germany’s financial contribution to Western defense.
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Bonn
Germany
Finance Ministry
West Germany
NATO
Power Hearings Resume on Dixon-Yates Contract
The Dixon-Yates power contract faced renewed Senate hearings as Radin testified about its impact. The plan would let private firms build a 107 million dollar plant with TVA power, a move Eisenhower pushed through via Atomic Energy authorities. The committee weighs waiving a required three day layover for the contract to take effect.
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Washington
American Public Power Assn
Dixon-Yates Power
Pon Tor Radin
Lordon
Saul Wales
Ak — Utilte
Senate House
Lones
Ond Energy
TVA
Dixon-Yates
Bac
Teles Hong
Eisenhower
Atomic Ete Lcan
Senate
House Committee
Atomic Energy Law
Congress
Radine
Nations offer India and Russia role in atomic conference
In New York the Western Powers proposed Russia and India gain a voice in organizing a peaceful uses of atomic energy conference. Paul Martin of Canada highlighted a milder note in Andrei Vishinsky’s remarks on Eisenhower’s atoms for peace and called the move part of a US six-country resolution.
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United Nations
N.Y. Nh
Russia
India
General Assembly
Canada
Paul Martin
Martin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Eisenhower
U. S
United States
Vishinsky
United States weighs fighter escorts for patrols near Russia
Secretary Dulles said the issue is under study by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He cited the shoot down of a REM aircraft over Japanese waters and noted quick judgments complicate decisions including Ambassador Bohlen's Moscow party attendance. Washington demanded apologies and reparations as Moscow defended its actions.
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Washington
United States
State Dulles
Dulles
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Charlies E. Bohlen
Moscow
Bohlen
Ees
Paan
Senatens
Rcalif
Bridges
R-Nh
Russia
RBZ
America
U. S
Kremlin
U.S
Hokkaido Island
U.S. Air Force
government cites Korea data in espionage case at NSA
Arlington man Joseph Petersen Jr a former NSA research analyst is charged with mishandling defense secrets tied to 1952 North Korea operations. He allegedly supplied information to a Dutch embassy official in Washington under a World War II style exchange. Petersen is free on $10,000 bond and has pleaded innocent as lawyers seek more detail from prosecutors.
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Alexandria
North Korea
Joseph S. Petersen Jr
Petersen
Arlington
National Security Agency
Organization SA
U.S
Netherlands
Washington
Children Perish In Auto Fire In Charleston Store
In North Charleston a department store fire claimed the lives of two young children, Katherine ages 2 and Daniel 4, who were left by their mother Donna Loughlin. A passerby pulled Daniel’s twin Michael to safety through a rear window. The cause remains undetermined with speculation about matches. The mother was en route from Key West to Washington. Dennis Loughlin is in the Navy.
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Charleston, &C
Charleston
Katherine
Daniel
Donna Loughlin
Drage Michael
Loughlin
Key West
Dennis Loughlin
Navy
Washington
Eisenhower Nominates Harlan for Supreme Court
President Eisenhower moves forward with John Marshall Harlan as a Supreme Court nominee, seen as a smooth confirmation, while Joseph Campbell faces possible opposition for comptroller general under the GAO. Campbell’s fate hinges on reception to the Tennessee Valley Authority power contract.
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Washington
Fisenhower
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Senate
Joseph Campbell
General Accounts In Office
GAO
Congress
White House
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Harlan
Campbell
Dixons Yates
Tennessee Valley
AEC
Warren
Harold Burton
Lindsay Warren
New York
March
Pascel
Regeben
Connecticut
Ermont
Surprise Air Alert Staged Across Six States and DC
The first regionwide yellow alert since World War II tested civil defense readiness in six states and the District of Columbia. Officials tracked enemy aircraft approaching the East Coast while the drill assessed communications and alerting systems. An orange red alert followed then all clear within minutes.
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Westchester
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Eastern Air Defense Command
West Chester
Region 2
Federal Civil Defense Administration
States
District of Columbia
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
All-Clear
Norfolk
Martinsville
J. George
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