Fumes Sicken Oklahoma High School Singers at State Festival
About 500 students from 109 Oklahoma schools were hospitalized or treated for carbon monoxide poisoning during the eighth annual Thanksgiving Songfest at Oklahoma State University. Air intake fans drew fumes from idling buses into Gallagher Hall, with the Hal lelujah Chorus halted mid performance and many students sent to hospitals, dormitories, or home for the night.
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Okla
First
Sta Sena
Oklahoma
Peete
Oklaho State University
Gallagher Hall
Weldon Barnes
OSU
David Pursley
Lawton High School
Oklahoma College
Highway Patrol
Tulsa
Humphrey to announce plans for presidential bid in January
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey said he will reveal in early January whether he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination. He described his actions as unofficial campaigning while he takes a formal look at the race.
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Humphrey
Philadelphia
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Plane Crash at Midway Kills Seven. Tail Section Lands in Street
A Trans World Airlines Constellation cargo plane exploded in a fiery crash at Chicago Midway Airport. Seven people died including all three crew members as homes and a ranch-style house were demolished. Ann Gerhas described the sudden destruction and the plane’s impact on her home as dawn broke at 5 34 a.m. CST.
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Ann Gerhas
Trans World Airlines Constellation
Midway Airport
Gerhas
Trans World Airlines
Constellation
New York
Philadelphia
No Relief For Flooded Out Families
Seattle dispatch reports western Washington rivers receded slowly at night while rain and mountain snowmelt worsened flooding. Thousands of acres of farmland inundated and millions in damage expected as hundreds evacuated by helicopter, boats, and amphibious craft from Green River and Snohomish River valleys. Pearl Westerlund, 59, resisted leaving but eventual rescue prompted relocation. Snoqualmie Pass suffered a 300-foot slide closing the main east west route. one-way traffic to resume Monday. four-lane reopening unlikely until spring.
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Washington
Teir Valley
Green River Valley
Here
Snohomish River
Pearl Westerlund
Kent
Civil Defense Autreau
Snoqualmie Pass
State Highway Department
On Pass
ChicagoCrash Kills Seven and Raleigh Plane Severs Houses
Army plane crash in Umstead State Park near Raleigh-Durham Airport injures pilot Captain Morris J. Brady. Paratroopers Lt. Col. Harry N. Rising, 1st Lt. Paul H. Ray, and 1st Lt. Carl P. Ritz survive. Ray parachutes first, lands on power lines. other crew members jump as motor trouble ends in the crash. In Chicago, a TWA Constellation returning to Midway crashes into a home district near 634d St and Cicero Ave, killing all three crew and at least four residents. fires destroy multiple dwellings.
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Umstead State Park
Raleigh-Durham
Army
Morris J. Brady
Rex Hospital
Harry N. Rising
Paul H. Ray
Carl P. Ritz
Ray
3Rd Missile Command
Ft. Bragg
503Rd Airborne Infantry
82Nd Airborne Division
Newark
N.J
Moosup
Ritz
TWA
New York
Chicago
Cicero Ave
More Oil Firms Drop Fair Trade
RALEIGH AP In price fixing actions under North Carolina fair trade law Phillips Petroleum Co drops fair trading following Esso Standard Oil. Gulf Oil district manager F C Rogers says branded gasolines are removed from the fair trade law and 2200 branded dealers will be notified. O Haver says prices at Phillips restored to 31.9 cents for regular and premium.
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Raleigh
M. W. O’haver
Phillips Petroleum Co
Esso Standard Oil Co
Gulf Oil Co
F. C. Rogers
Charlotte
North Carolina
The Terrible Touhy Walks Free After 25 Years in Prison
Roger Touhy, once a Chicago gangster known as The Terrible, walks out of Stateville Prison after 25 years for a kidnaping he says was a hoax. Warden Rag en and Parole Supervisor Austin announce release plans with Touhy to live with his sister in Chicago and be under about three years of parole supervision.
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Joseph Ragen
T. Edward Austin
Austin
Ethel Alesia
Chicago
State Parole and Pardon Board
John
Jake the Barber
Illinois Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Stateville
William G. Stratton
U.S. District Court
John P. Barnes
the Terrible
al Capone
Felons at Large Role In Escape Forced On Woman
Jefferson North Carolina AP report details a prison escape in which five dangerous felons seized a truck carrying prisoners and guards. A civilian mother described her involuntary aid as shots were fired and guards exchanged fire during the Cranberry Creek escape.
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Edd Sheets
Ashe County
Western steel firms face U S antitrust suit over rebars
In San Francisco the government accuses the Western Reinforcing Steel Fabricators Assn of Oakland and 18 defendants, including Bethlehem and U S Steel, of conspiring to fix bids and control about 75 percent of the rebars market across seven Western states Arizona California Idaho Nevada Oregon Utah and Washington. The suit seeks dissolution of the Oakland association and a finding of conspiracy against the firms and fabricators.
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Western Steel Processors
U.S
Oakland Trade Association
Arizona
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Atty
William P. Rogers
Western Reinforcing Steel Fabricators Assn
Oakland
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
British Fear Talks Far Away
London observers say the East West summit talks with Soviet premier Khrushchev are slipping farther from reach. Paris and Bonn sources still expect a meeting before June, with speculation a 1961 date could emerge if a new American president is elected.
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Bonn
Nikita Khrushchev
China
Soviet Union
West
White House
Khrushchev
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