Airliner Explodes and Crashes in Texas Killing 34
A Braniff Airways 75 passenger airliner en route from Houston to New York exploded and crashed onto the R. E. White farm near Buffalo, Texas, killing 34. The late model Electra carried 28 passengers and a crew of six, departed late, and left no distress signal before routine position reports.Witnesses described a bright sky, a falling star-like glow, then a deafening explosion as wreckage spread over a square mile.
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Waco
Tex
New York
Texas
Braniff Airways
Dallas
Washington
Houston International
Braniff
Houston
Bruce Chambers
Federal Aviation Agency
Fort Worth
Chambers
Weather Bureau
R. E. White
E. H. Pickens
Buffalo
Hurricane Gracie Bats Across Carolinas
The Enterprise reports staff coverage as Hurricane Gracie batters South Carolina and moves into North Carolina. Forrest Cates Frank Warren Pete Jones and John Mooney filed coast beach damages western state Shelby High Point area reports.
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Enterprise News
Gracie
South Carolina
North Carolina
Forrest Cates
Frank Warren
Pete Jones
Shelby
John Mooney
High Point
Enterprise
Revolutionary Oak Falls Before Winds
Greensboro AP reports the historic Revolutionary Oak, weakened by a June 1955 dynamite blast, broke three to four feet up the trunk amid rising winds from Hurricane Gracie. The tree, 30 feet in girth and 450 to 500 years old, stood near Guilford College and the Guilford Courthouse grave site.
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Greensboro
Gracie
D. Aldean Pitts
New Garden Friends Meeting
United States
Guilford College
Eleanor Roosevelt
New Garden
Woman's Day At Drum Junior High School
Drum Junior High School in Peekskill New York designates all student leadership roles to girls with the student body president vice president secretary treasurer and others cited as evidence of girls superior leadership qualities according to Principal Joe Donly.
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Peekskill
N.Y
Drum Junior High School
Joe Donly
Eisenhower Sets Oct 8 Target For Steel Strike Settlement
President Eisenhower sets an October 8 deadline for progress toward a voluntary settlement in the 78 day steel strike. Talks resume with executives led by U S Steel chairman Roger M Blough and union leaders headed by David J McDonald to resume bargaining after meetings. He hopes an agreement can begin before his return to Washington next week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Roger M. Blough
U. S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Palm Ne Calif
Typhoon Vera Seen as Worst Disaster in History
Typhoon Vera wrecked central Japan with 160 mile per hour winds causing 9,419 injuries and 1,776 missing. Damage estimated at 261 million dollars with crops ruined and widespread destruction from breached sea walls and floods. Nagoya suffered severe wreckage as officials warned of disease and food shortages and appealed for medical aid.
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Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Nagoya
Gracie Still Roiling East After Coastal Destruction
Gracie the hurricane now a tropical storm advances north across western North Carolina and western Virginia with heavy rains and potential flash floods. Death toll stands at 12 with millions in damage as warnings spread to Pennsylvania and Maryland. Red Cross aids 3,000 in Beaufort area as evacuations continue and coastal residents heed warnings.
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Charleston
S.C
Gracie
North Carolina
Virginia
Virginias
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Appalachians
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Civil Defense
Columbia
Red Cross
Beaufort
D.C
Savannah
Myrtle Beach
Miami Beach
Fla
Jack Rutherford
Statesboro
Alex Sheffield
Carolinas
Edward Neehan
Warren
Ohio
John Alvin Dennis
Sumter
Anna Maude Waters Radford
Greer
Juanita White Berry
Spartanburg
Soviet and Chinese leaders push for peace amid Cold War talks
Khrushchev urged ending the Cold War during meetings with Mao in Peiping and hailed U.S.-Soviet talks as a path to world peace. He described cooperation with China and cited a need to ease tensions while noting U.S. offers on trade remain limited.
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Tokyo
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Tzetung
Peiping
Eisenhower
Asia
Mao
Khrushchev
Red
Tibet
India
Washington
China
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Chiang Kaishek
More
Hannah Still 900 Miles From Land
The Weather Bureau reports Hurricane Hannah at 11 a.m. with center at 27.2 N 65.2 W, about 900 miles east of Palm Beach. It moves west-northwest at 12 mph, near 100 mph winds, with hurricane force extend 80 miles northward and 25 miles southward. Next advisory at 5 p.m.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Hannah
Palm Beach
Miama Weather Bureau
Ghostly Gracie blackout leaves Charleston in darkness
Charleston endures a near total power failure after hurricane Gracie. three quarters of the city lacks electricity. Debris cluttered streets, traffic signals out, hotels rely on lanterns, food lines vanish as restaurants stay dark. Few spots with power highlight the gloom. Roadways, hotels, and essential services struggle without water and elevators.
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Charleston
S.C
Gracie
Seven Die In School Bus Wreck
A bus carrying Mt. Vernon junior high students and teachers collided head on with a tank truck near Cooper Texas. Seven people died including five students and two teachers. Twenty three others were injured, including 22 children. The bus driver Jack Henry and his son Billy Max Henry perished. Witnesses recalled the bus signaling a turn then swerving. The truck driver, J. M. Warrington, was injured.
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J. M. Warrington
Grand Saline
Tex
Warrington
Paris
Pryor
Jack Henry
Mt. Vernon Junior High School
Billy Max
Melba Meeks
Kenneth Hightower
Rex Weatherford
Zach Taylor
Audrey Sue Turner
Frankie Nations
Jimmy White
H. F. Holdern
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West N.C
Folly Beach
Charlotte
National Guard
H. Adams Jr
South Carolina National Guard
Soviet Union
U.S
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Moscow
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