Coupling Suspect in Derailment Darkened by Slowed Lights
Seaboard Air Line’s Silver Meteor derailed near Savannah injuring at least 52 of 40 passengers as 16 of 19 cars left the track over 1,900 feet. Superintendent Hester blamed a possible front joint break and noted tight couplings prevented overturns while embankment and wreckage delayed recovery. witnesses reported passengers emerging unharmed but shaken as crews cleared the line.
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S.C
Seaboard
Savannah
J. H. Kester
Carolina
Hester
Louise Jacquet
York City
Slain Teacher Found Trunk of Car After Highway Find
In Kalamazoo Michigan an unknown assailant shot and killed 30 year old Gary Smock a Plymouth schoolteacher. His body was placed in the car trunk and found on a highway near Kalama zoo. Police suspect robbery as motive though his wife says he carried little money. Wallet contents were scattered but no cash found. He was dressed in a suit with shoes missing and no sign of a struggle.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Ulp
Gary Smock
Plymouth
Kalama- 260
Smock
Thelma
Lutz
Chinese Squatters End Hunger Strike Over Land Eviction
About 120 farmers in Kaohsiung Formosa ended a 36 hour hunger strike protesting orders by the forestry bureau to vacate 310 acres they tilled for six years without permission. Police said no violence occurred as demonstrators and officials agreed to a reasonable settlement.
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Taipe
Kaohsiung
Formosa
Forestry Bureau
Storms lash Naples and Neapolitan coast
Severe rain and windstorms hit Naples Italy early Sunday causing widespread crop and building damage and power outages. Suburban homes were flooded and firefighting units worked to rescue residents from rising waters.
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Naples
Nafles
Italy
Neapolitan
Transit Measure Faces Slim 5050 House Vote
Rep. Olver Bolton on NBC says the transit subsidy bill has only a 50 50 chance to pass the House. He cites Speaker McCormick needing 40 to 45 Republican votes and predicts a June vote on the Senate passed measure authorizing 500 million over three years for grants covering up to two thirds of project costs.
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Washington
UFC
Olver Bolton
Robin Sunday
Houes of Representatives
Bolton
National Chamber of Commerce
House
John McCormick
D-Mass
First French Ambassador Presents Credentials in Peking
Envoy in Peking Lucien Page, Japan’s first French ambassador to Communist China, presented credentials to President Jus Shaochi in Peking. Radio Peking reported on the Sunday ceremony.
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Tokyo
Lucien Page
China
Jus Shaochi
Peking
Warm May Records Set in Southeast England
May brought unusually warm weather to southeast England with temperatures in the 70s, marking the warmest May since 1848 according to the London Walter Center. Sunday noon readings matched Saturday’s highs in a rare steady spell.
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London
England
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