Explosion traps eight miners in Pocahontas mine
Eight Pocahontas Fuel Co miners remained trapped after a gas explosion near the Virginia West Virginia border. Rescue teams fought fallen rock and gas while 14 men were brought out early today shaken but uninjured. The mine employed about 800 workers with 250 on shift when the blast occurred Friday evening.
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Soviet offer to aid Asia and Africa with strings lightly seen
Cairo report says the Soviet Union proposed wide economic aid to Asian and African nations through loans and experts while urging nationalization of Western-run businesses to fund development. The offer, unveiled at the African Asian People's Conference, included no required policy changes but suggested exploiting Western profits, citing Egypt's Suez Canal nationalization as precedent.
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Indonesia may accept red arms amid U.S. arms debate
UPI reports Indonesia may accept Soviet or other Communist arms if the United States does not supply weapons to modernize its newly independent armed forces. State Department officials note a six month informal request, while Indonesia faces possible regional backlash and echoes Egypt’s 1955 appeal. The Jakarta theater blast raises concern over security and arms access.
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Baby Killer Miller Gets Life In Murder Case
John Lawrence Miller, 16, labeled the most dangerous youth before a Long Beach judge, received a life sentence for the first degree murder of 22 month old Laura Wetzel after escaping reform school. He vowed revenge on arresting officers and warned he would not spend time in Chino State Prison.
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Dutch Subjects Evacuated From Medan Sail To Singapore
A group of 128 evacuated Dutch subjects left Medan in North Sumatra for Singapore on the steamship Anshu. The Indonesian government also stopped all shipments of tin ore to Holland on Friday.
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Passing of Claude Lewis Remains in Long Beach Civic Leader Memory
Claude Lewis, known as C C to many, was a key Long Beach civic figure from 1912 to the mid 1940s. He led local efforts and was widely regarded as the outstanding citizen of those years, leaving a lasting impact on the community.
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Scott Still Expecting Acquittal
Scott, 61, convicted of murdering his wife, maintains she is alive and urged her to return. He hints a new trial based on his wife's alleged prior psychiatry and mental state, while his attorneys pursue the case ahead of a Jan. 14 hearing. Also reported: gunmen kill a bar owner and guitarist, wound a pianist, seize a student and her Army friend, then flee toward South Carolina.
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Judge Denies Union Plot Bribe In 1952 Teamsters Case
Chattanooga broadcast reports Judge Raulston Schoolfield denying any bribe to quash a Teamsters conspiracy indictment from 1952. He ridiculed the charges, cited FBI warrants naming fugitives Henry Clay Overton and Way Carpenter for unlawful flight, and criticized officials and media outlets in a lengthy address. The judge denied knowledge of campaign fund payments and acknowledged a false report on his gubernatorial campaign expenditures.
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Scranton
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Galloway
Dallas School Integration Stay Delays Despite Court Ruling
The New Orleans Federal Appeals Court stayed Dallas school integration, ruling the district need not integrate by Jan. 1. The Dallas order had aimed to mix white and Negro students this term, sparking fears of violence and comparisons to Little Rock.
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President cited for a wet maraner in a quip filled bulletin
The teletype bursts with a humorous wire about a dog named Heidi and a claimed weather forecaster remark. The exchange riffs on a "wet maraner" tag and a Sputnik limousine joke, reflecting playful newsroom chatter rather than a serious event.
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Tribute to Will Morrissey Highlighted in Page B Feature
Leonard Lyons recalls Will Morrissey the cuff producer who claimed he never paid anyone. AMERICAN business may receive a boost from stepped up defense spending as officials indicate emphasis on defense grows, per Friday reports on Page A-3.
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Eisenhower relaxes at Gettysburg farm for holidays
President Eisenhower and his family traveled to his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania farm for a year end break. He planned to work on the State of the Union message over the weekend as Congress nears its Jan. 7 start. The trip included grandchildren Mary Jean, David, and Susan, plus Heidi the dog, with limited press access.
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