Inquiry Opens Into Indiana Mine Deaths At Viking
The Viking coal mine near Terre Haute, Indiana suffered a deadly explosion believed to be a heavy flash fire. Coroner R. E. Hudson led the body recovery as officials say 52 dependents are left. Miners report victims carried life insurance totaling 16 000 to 20 000 dollars under a checkoff plan. Charles Ferguson of the United Mine Workers pledged emergency aid and safety reforms. The Viking, opened in 1948, employed about 200, with 44 workers underground when the blast occurred. The Indiana Board of Mines had inspected the mine Feb 8, rating five points fair and five good, including dust and fire control, while ventilation was listed as good. A veteran miner warned the danger remains if operations continue above old shafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Hudson
Rosedale
Charles Ferguson
Washington
United Mine Workers Safety Director
UMW
Chester B. Gummere
Jack Gummere
Viking
Terre Haute
Wabash River
Wabash
Fighting Erupts In Port City
Fighting broke out in a port city as a large Congolese force arrived by boat and moved into town. Sudanese troops retreated to Kitona, now a U N base on the coast. Indonesian troops were flown in to restore order while Canadian and Congolese officers worked to settle the incident without force.
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Kitona
U.N
Hammarskjold
Albert Kiembe
Trailer Fire Extinguished Near Blairsville
Blairsville firefighters responded to a trailer fire on Route 22 near Blairsville at 3:15 a.m. The blaze damaged the trailer interior about 100 dollars and burned part of a 2500 dollar banana consignment bound for a Blairsville firm. The fire began from a rear heater igniting a rubber hose, aided by bottled gas. The truck and trailer were owned by General Delivery Inc of Fairmont West Virginia, origin Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Scott’s Motel
General Delivery, Inc
Fairmont
W. Va
Baltimore
Eisenhowers and Nixons Meet in California
PALM SPRINGS California AP The Eisenhowers plan a get-together with the Nixons today at a country club near Palm Springs where the former president and his wife are vacationing and the Nixons have recently returned to California to make it their home.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Here
California
West German Mark Revaluation Shakes Global Markets
West Germany revalued the mark, drawing criticism abroad for an undervalued currency and causing confusion in banks as some refused foreign exchanges. The rate shift shifted purchasing power for U S servicemen and foreign workers, while tourists benefited from cheaper imports and travel.
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West Germany
Deutsche Bank
Dresden
U. S
Germany
Frankfurt
Bert
United States
New York
Riot in Folsom Prison Injures Ten In Mess Hall
Ten inmates were injured at Folsom Prison when a race riot erupted in the mess hall. Guards fired warning shots as trays and plates flew, with injuries split between six Negroes and four whites. Warden Heinze cited tension over Muslim sect leadership as a trigger and noted ongoing security concerns and transfers to Soledad.
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John Wheeler
Folsom
Calif
Folsom Prison
Robert Heinze
Sacramento
Heinze
Soledad
Six to Ten Inch Snow In Rockies
Snow 6 to 10 inches covered the Rocky Mountain states after a storm brought the season’s first substantial moisture. Eight inches fell on Cheyenne and Central City, with heavier falls along the Continental Divide. One death occurred when a car crashed near Eagle, Colorado, on icy roads as temperatures stayed in the 20s.
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Rockies
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain States
Texas Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Plains
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Colorado
Eagle
Blazing gun battle ends chief’s life in North Carolina
Police Chief C Ed Newton 43, a 27 year veteran and leader of Southern Pines police, was killed during an attempt to arrest Willie Gray 48. Gray wounded Newton with a shotgun blast in the home and was then shot as officers returned fire in a deadly confrontation.
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Southern Pines
N.C
C. Ed Newton
Husky Newton
Willie
Eagle Eye) Gray
Negro Newton
Beng
Bnot
Legger
Newton
Grays House
Gray
Asault
Daugh
Wilson
Bridges
Newtoy
Lone
Man Wanted In Killing Of Two Sisters In Nacogdoches
Authorities seek a Houston man in the fatal beating and robbery of two sisters in Nacogdoches. The victims are Mrs. C. B. Hagans 63 and Mrs. M. Gibson 68. Robbery motive cited. items missing include a television, a new car, and about $400. Autopsy: skulls crushed by blunt instrument.
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Nacogroches
Tex
Atate
Houston
C. B. Hagans
Nacogdoches
M. 4
Gibson
Pleads Guilty Gets Life Term In Oklahoma Case
Howard Lowery 23 of Bethany Ohio pleaded guilty to murder and received life imprisonment for killing Dan W. Sims 40 of Worthington near Yukon last summer. District Judge WF Fogetus sentenced Lowery Friday after the plea in a Bethany, Oklahoma, court.
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BL Reso
Okla
Cap Om Dist
WF. Fogetus
Howard Lowery
Bethany
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lowery
Dan W. Sims
Worthington
Yukon
Fliers Question RB47 Crewmen in Arctic Mission
Oak Ridge reports reveal missing RB47 crewmen from Visalia Sacramento and Sardis while Maj Palm and the others are linked to the incident. McKone and Olmstead endured six hours on rafts in icy seas before rescue by a Soviet trawler. They denied Soviet statements and described censorship and limited medical care during captivity.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Poaa 8
Visalia
Calif
Phillips
Sacramento
Goforth
Sardis
Oklo
Air Force
RBA
Tugone Posa
Dean Phillips
Oscar L. Goforth
Olmstead
McKone
Willard G. Palm
Arctic
U. S
Tohn F. Kennedy
Jens
Tackeray
Blue Cross Senior Citizen Plan Okayed for Western PA
The Pennsylvania State Insurance Department approves a senior citizen hospital care plan from the Hospital Service Association of Western Pennsylvania Blue Cross. The plan offers $6 monthly access to hospital care for residents 68 and older in western Pennsylvania, with phased daily coverage limits and a four year maximum per period, as stated by Insurance Commissioner Francis R. Smith and association president William H. Forel.
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Harrisburg
State Insurance Department
Hospital Service Association of Western Pennsylvania
Blue Cross
Francis R. Smith
Pittsburgh
Smith
Tdan
William H. Forel
Association
Pennsylvania
Ford
Young Mora Dies In Pa Road Crash
A car crashed into a utility pole in Enola Pennsylvania killing Biabara Ash 26 of Summerdale and critically injuring Barbara A. Stuckey 22. Ronald Stuckey husband of the driver was treated for shock. State police chief Mary O Garman said the car skidded 97 feet and turned in the air after the driver braked on a dead end street.
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Harrisburgam
Enola
Biabara Ash
Summerdale
Cumberland
Hart
Barbara A. Stuckey
Surnmerdale
Harrisburg
Obituaries and Deaths in Indiana County 1961
Obituaries note deaths of Philip Levitz 48 of Ernest and William R Teeple of RD Home with survivors including siblings and spouses. Multiple services and funeral details listed for March 1961, with burials in St Bernard Cemetery Indiana and Oakland Cemetery, and numerous local churches and funeral homes. Other notices include Amanda Lucas Lowry former Indiana teacher, Enrica Corrine Mixonville, and Jennie Rupert Hart with service details and survivor lists.
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Philip Levitz
Ernest
Anthony
Mary Zak
Rayahek Levitz
Everoth
Minn
Assumption Roman Catholic Church
Ladusboro
Leo
Homer City
John
Steve
Molly) Rash
Hallow Funeral Home
Assumption Church
George Amend
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Indiana
William R. Teeple
R. D. Home
Indiana Hospital
Clearfield County
Nora K. Bush Teeple
R.D., Home
Edgar
Donald H. Teeple
R. BD. Home
C. O
Gladys) Gunther
New Kensington
R.D
New Kenington
Donald
Bowser
Plumville
David E. Bickett
Oakland Cemetery
Lewis Eddings
Clymer
Brookville
William and
Muriel McDowell Eddings
Lewis
4Th Armored Infantry Btn
Erma
Stern Eddings
William Eddings
Maria Stodart
Destroit
Mich
John Oakes
Claymont
Del
Theo 'Dore Oakes
Johnstown
Carole Cramer
Coraopolis
Frank Oakes
Richmond
Carroll Oakes
Rio Hondo
Tex
Bessie Coder
Shippensburg
Olive Ridgeway
San Benito
Texas
Bence Funeral Home
Serevices
James Cummings NY
Enrica Corraine
Mixonville
North Tonawanda
N.Y
Austria
Ascension Roman Catholic Church of
St. Ann's Society
Niagara Falls
Mia
Frank
Rena) Goraj
Marlene Corraine
Louis
Bence
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Dixonsville
William R. Coleman
Calvary Cemetery
Punssulawney
Liz Taylor Suffering Pneumonia Delays Cleopatra Shoot
Actress Elizabeth Taylor remains seriously ill with pneumonia and a severe staphylococcal infection. Production delays at 20th Century Fox tied to illness and a governance dispute with London brokers. Miss Taylor, 30, is under care with physician Lord Evans visiting the hotel suite where her children Michael Wilding Jr, Christopher Wilding, and Liza Todd are staying.
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Nosis
Dr .Goldman
Miss Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Michael Wilding, Jr
Christopher Wilding
Liz Todd
Ohio Plant Blast Injures 14 at Burnham Boiler Plant
An explosion during a bottoming out operation at Burnham Boiler Corp in Zanesville injured 14 and caused over a half million dollars in damage. Basil Greenlaw, Burnham vice president, and several plant engineers were hurt, as a 20 foot smoke stack collapsed and a brick building suffered a long gash.
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Zanesville, Ohio
Burnham Boiler Corp
Burnham
Basil Greenlaw
Lancaster
Irvington
N.Y
Greenlaw
Enpineers
Kennedy wins 4-H award at Bean State University
UNIVERSITY PARK Pa AP The Agricultural Extension Service of Bean State University announced 17 year old James Kennedy Butler B C has won the Pennsylvania H Brown Swiss Award The Brown Swiss Hicoeder s Association will present a gold watch to the Knock High School senior The award is based on 4 H Club activities and records at county district and state shows including production practices and dairy herd records
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University Park
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Eisenhowers
Nixons
Wholesale
Philadelphia
Mess Hall
Arnold Satfield
Satfield
Joe C. Croff Hand
Alameda County
United Nations
State Supreme Court
Fossory
Heinag
North Carolina
Ter
Carrie Campbell
Neston
Earl Stawell
Charles Wilson
Otis Bridges
Jerry Wricht
Gazette
Blue Cross Sr
Young Mora
Mary Louise Fox
Ebenaburg R.D
Margaret Sotack
Michael
Elizabeth Lewis
Charles Fox
Gifford
Edward Fox
Smathport
Mra Margaret Sdtack
Edenaburg
Emma Hertzog
Arcadia
David Fox
Jesse McCracken Jr
Amanda Lucas Lowry
Wayne Avenue
Armstrong Township
Indiana Co
Marty L
Belle Lucas Lowry
White Two
Route 80
United Joint Schooi
Miss Lowry
Bruh Valley
Armagh
Indiiana County
Graystone
Robinson- Lytle’s
Frank A. Lawrence
William Sutherland
Jennie Rupert Hart
Maple Avenue Hospital
DuBois
Daugheter
Reuben
Susanna Davis Rupert
Shelada
Melvin
George
William
Nellie Heizenrater
Lester Rupert
Shelovia
Mornings Iside Centery
Liz
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