Asphalt Tanks Explode Threaten Edgington Refinery Fire
Firemen from ten companies battled a two alarm blaze at the Edgington Oil Refineries complex in Long Beach, as ten crude tanks erupted in flames. The inferno, fed by boiling crude, threatened the 6,000 barrel per day refinery and nearby Edgington properties. An 1,800 barrel lance failed during routine operation, causing the tank collapse and spreading fear of further damage. No fatalities reported. one crew member, Louis Sandoval, described the sudden rupture. The fire took about three hours to control with the damaged unit spared.
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Bill Hunter
Edgington
Hancock Oil ‘O
Edgington O
Alpine gang attack wounds diamonds. teen dies
Across the Nation reports a gang clash in which Alpine members attacked Diamond youths by mistake. Manuel Castro, 16, died from a gunshot wound. two other 16 year olds, Joseph Nevarez and Jacinta G Zamora, were critically injured. Police detained about a dozen youths for questioning.
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Alpine Gang
Alpines
Manuel Castro
Joseph Nevarez
Jacinta G. Zamora
General Hospital
Alpine Fang
Eisenhower Goes on Campaign Tour Linked to Nixon Rally
President Eisenhower accelerates campaign activity for the Nixon Lodge rally in Philadelphia with a nationwide television broadcast. He plans a border briefing with Lopez Mateos after a Laughlin AFB departure, then an address to Rice University students in Houston.
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Palm Springs
Eisenhower
Philadelphia
White House
New York
Laughlin Air Force Base
del Rio
Tex
Christian A. Herter
Ciudad Acuna
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Houston
Rice University
Soldiers Run Riot in Congo
In Leopoldville soldiers occupied the African quarter after a suburban clash killed 10 civilians and wounded many. Col Mobutu fled on an interior trip as UN appeared hands-off and troops terrorized the population forcing passengers from buses and attacking men and women near the central police station.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Coquilhatville
United Nations
Orange Man Killed in Hammond Three-Car Crash
Arnold H. Clausen, 43, of Orange California died in Hammond hospital Sunday night from injuries after a three car collision on U S 41 about 13 miles south of Hammond.
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Hammond, Ind
Arnold H. Clausen
Orange
Calif
Hammond Hospital
U.S. 4
Hammond
Bomb hits New York ferry near Statue of Liberty
A bomb exploded on a Staten Island ferryboat near the Statue of Liberty injuring none of about 400 aboard. The fourth explosion linked to the so called holiday bomber in three weeks, previous blasts wounded around 40. All aboard were questioned and some taken to a station house.
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New York
UPI
Staten Island
Nixon Kennedy Set forth TV Debate
Nixon and Kennedy exchanged telegrams agreeing Sunday night on a national TV debate. Kennedy opposed limiting it to Cuba, calling it a gag on the press while stressing other domestic and foreign issues. Nixon urged a Cuba focused fifth debate and questioned Kennedy’s Cuba stance, proposing Johnson and Judge join to discuss the vice presidency. Kennedy replied from Milwaukee that a broader Cuba discussion is needed, noting distortions in Nixon’s record.
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Washington
UPJ
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Nixon
Cuba
Castro
Soviet Union
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Republican Party
U.S
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry Cabot Judge
Milwaukee
Editorial Endorsements Highlight Upcoming Elections
The newspaper outlines continued editorial endorsements for local and state races including Hosmer Kenrick Porter Sumner Thomas Hanna and Murdy. It announces daily editorials from leading national papers offering perspectives on presidential candidates with some endorsing Republicans and others Democrats.
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Craig Hosmer
Congress
Joseph M. Kenrick
Carley Porter
Bruce Sumner
Vincent Thomas
Richard Hanna
State Assembly
John Murdy
State Senate
Orange County
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