Three Gas Explosions Rock Reno
Three explosions rocked Reno at 1 03 pm triggering fires that engulfed the Bankers Trust Co office the Elks Club and the Grayloid department store. Buildings were ruined with searches to begin as fire crews battled flames and evacuations spread across Center Street including the Mapes hotel and gambling areas. Authorities estimated losses above 31 million as crews stabilized the scene.
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Bankers ‘Trust Co
Palice Ras
Theike Club
Grayloid Department
Elks Club
Spt
Paul Hughes
John Paget
Air Defense Filter Center
Patterson
Seine
Witnesnen
Enit Bustesa
Center St
T. R. Bercun
Reno
Mapes
Exsino
Riverside
County Buys 3 Acre Site for Sheriff Station
The county board approved paying 84,948 for a three acre site on the east side of Clark Avenue just south of Candlewood Street to house a sheriff’s station and a health library building. Final county building plans, estimated at 776,780, are being prepared by architects. Supervisor Herbert C. Lege reported on the project.
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Clark Ave
Candlewood St
Lakewood City-County
Clvic
Lakewood
Herbert C. Lege
Gas leak prompts evacuations in Reno after storage failure
Frank Tracy, power company manager, dispatches crews to assess a suspected gas leak beneath Reno in wintry weather. Orville Owen, the service foreman, evacuates residents and shops after confirming no gas presence in a Patterson clothing area. Propane air, heavier than natural gas, can accumulate in low spots and threaten more areas if containment fails.
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Mapes
Frank Tracy
Power Company
Iteno
Virginia St. Reno
Parallera Sierra St
Patterson
Owen
Tracy
Reno
Nate
Ural Gas
Tomers
Boy Scout Week Salute From Eisenhower
President Eisenhower honored the 4,500,000 Scouts in a Boy Scout Week message. He called the movement a tremendous force for wholesome living and said its leaders have guided the 2% million active youths since 1910. He looked ahead to the Valley Forge jamboree in July and urged Scouts to be worthy heirs to heroic forebears.
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Wasilington UI
Eisenhower
Boy Scouts
Scout Movement
Valley Forge
Bridges Testifies in Beating Trial at Valhalla Restaurant
San Rafael trial features Harry Bridges recounting the assault by two men in Sally Stanford's Valhalla restaurant washroom. He says he was pinned, restrained, and dragged toward the center of the room while trying to free himself. Defendants Fred Peppine and Donald Hansen, sailors union locals, deny the charges as the Marin County case proceeds before Judge Thomas F. Keating.
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San Rafaela
Shore
Harry Bridges Apede
San Pedro
Fember
Rae
Marin County
Thomas IF. Keating
Brides
New York
Sally Stanford
Valhalla
Watil
Fred Peppine
Donald C. Hansen
Sailors Union of the Pueble
Tival of Bridges
International Laongshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Bridges
Western Union Sets Record in Earnings
New York Western Union reported record 1956 revenues with net income of 13,771,156 dollars, equals 2.21 dollars per share, up from 13,040,090 dollars or 2.10 per share in 1955. In Cairo, President Nasser convened cabinet after two months to discuss Israel and Eisenhower’s Middle East doctrine.
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Western Union
New York
Western’ Peste Telegraph Co
Dor
Nasser
Cairo
Mount Uph
Israel
Eisenhower
Middle
Uva the bite of Alley at the Huntington Hotel
A fragmented OCR item describes food service at the Huntington Hotel on Ocean Boulevard with mentions of dine in options, regular dinners, and a Barnett and other unclear entities. The text is garbled with stray phrases about rain, phone, and outside dining, lacking a coherent event or date.
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Uva
Huntington Hotel
Aiock
Ocean Blvd
Nno Beach
Neaan
Wook
Uhene
Ayeake
Re Ronel
Ainins
Char
Ae Barnett
Fragmentary court note on defender encounters and cross examination
A damaged report recounts an incident where a man recalls being attacked and denied. A defense attorney, Guy A. Cle, plans cross examination after observations of the assailants Walter and Chie Chief, with Miss Stanford as a central witness.
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Stanford
Walter
Guy A. Cle
Bridges
Painful Piles Relief Drug Shows Quick Benefit
A new treatment developed in clinical tests promises rapid relief for both internal and external piles. Early results indicate instant comfort for patients with long term piles and strong claims of safety and effectiveness from Greve Laboratories.
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Tn Khede
Greve
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Iike
Jersey
Walker
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Pacific Coast
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Long Beach
14Th and Pine
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CD Co
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