Mother and Daughter Escape Fire After Explosion
A kitchen explosion from a frying pan in Nu Mine caused a flash fire killing four children of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Doms aged 4, 7, 13, and 15. Darla, 17, and Vera Doms escaped. The home and nearby houses were damaged. six firefighters suffered serious burns. The surviving daughter Darla and the parents were hospitalized. Police and fire officials could not question the Doms.
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NU Mine
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Vera
Dale Schlemmer
Harold Boyer
Walter Cooper
Dan
Iel Boyer
Deloris
Consecration Tomorrow for Greensburg Bishop Elect Connare
In Greensburg the consecration of Most Rev William G Connare to the episcopal office will draw a large Catholic gathering from western Pennsylvania. Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi will preside as co consecrators and the service will be broadcast on local TV and radio.
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Pennsylvania
William G. Connare
Clarksburg
Indiana
United States
Egidio Vagnozzi
Vagnozzi
John F. Dearden
Detroit
Richard H. Ackerman
C. S. Sp
Covington
John J. Wright
Pittsburrah
Oryeoe
Connare
Blessed Sacrament
James Brady
St. Bernard’s
Latrobe
WTRA
New Kensington
Eight Countians Arrested In String Of Burglaries
Four Indiana County men Raymond Pennington David Walter Lee Harold Pennington and Forrest Burkey are charged with eight burglaries totaling about 2000. Police linked three to a Sunday drunken driving arrest and tied the group to robberies at Howdy's Tavern Lloyd's Snack Bar Jorno Tavern Lampkies Store Russell's Used Car Lot Starlight Restaurant and Lou's Produce Market across Indiana Jefferson and Clearfield Counties. The men remain in Indiana County Jail awaiting hearings in all three counties.
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Indiana County
Raymond Pennington
David Walter Lee
Harold Pennington
Dixonville
Forrest Burkey
Cherry Tree R. C
Indiana
Indiana Co
Jefferson Co
Clearfield Co
Thomas R. Kiral
Philadelphia St
Burkey
Kiral
Howard T. Sanford
Don Smith
Columbo Previte
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Clearfield
Howdy’s
Stafford
Lloyd's Snack Bar
Burnside
Jorno
Camp Glen
Lampkies
Hillsdale
Russell’s
Starlight
Curwensville
Lou’s Produce Market
Prominent Attorney William E. Pierce Dies at 71
Indiana attorney William Elliott Pierce, 71, died at 8 40 am in Indiana Hospital after heart illness. A 1917 Indiana County Bar member, he graduated from Hart Ward Law School and Indiana State College. He practiced before the state supreme and us district courts and served as Indiana County solicitor. A former Lt Col in the Army, he saw World War I service and was wounded and gassed in France.
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Indiana
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Washington
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American Bar Association
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What Causes Squeals For Idols
Washington AP reports Dick Clark faced House payola inquiry questioning why youths squeal over television idols. Clark said squealing stems from natural instinct and quipped most who scream are girls, adding women are hard to explain.
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Washington
Dick Clark
Clark
House
Oren” Harris
D-Arg
ABC President denies Dick Clark payola favoritism
Washington AP report states Leonard H. Goldenson denied Dick Clark received preferential treatment over Alan Freed, the fired disc jockey who refused to sign an affidavit denying payola. Goldenson and Ben Hoberman faced House subcommittee grilling as testimony aimed to close an undercover payments probe with claims the network held a double standard of ethics.
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American Broadcasting Co
Today
Dick Clark
ABC
Leonard H. Goldenson
Goldenson
Alan Freed
Freed
King of
New York
WARC
Ben Hoberman
House
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Va Plug Records
Hoberman
Clark
Missing Boat Safe in Charleston Coast Guard Find
The yacht Killdeer tied up at the Charleston Yacht Club with all five aboard safe and unaware of the search. Five men were rescued earlier from the sister vessel Dutch Treat after it foundered in 30-foot waves during a storm. Skipper C. H McComas Jr. and passengers Mrs. McComas, Henry 10, Thomas Burkes 41, and Manuel Feder 41 were aboard. Homer City Legion party tonite. 21x!
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Charleston
S.C
Coast Guard
Charleston Yacht Club
C. H McComas Jr
Bel Air
Chessman Death Stirs Conflicts Across Nation
Daryl Chessman was executed after 12 years on death row as protests erupted in California and Europe. A federal judge ordered a delay just before the cyanide pellets dropped, and Governor Edmund G Brown faced pickets at his mansion. The case drew sharp commentary from officials including California Attorney General Stanley Mosk.
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San Quentin
Calif
Daryl Chessman
Fas
Chessman
Edmund G. Brown
California
Europe
Stanley Mosk
Indiana County civil defense test hailed as very good
The civil defense drill in Indiana County received praise from Director G W Marbach after the afternoon exercise. Traffic was halted from 2345 to 2 27 pm with aid from ams and regular police. Students and staff at Indiana Joint High School took cover as sirens sounded, and officials reported response as good as could be expected for the simulated attack.
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Indiana County
G. W. Marbach
Civil Defense Am
Marbach
Indiana Joint High School
Pre-Summit Prep and Pirates Win Highlight Page 6
Inside The Gazette notes pre-summit activity with Khrushchev aide and E Pearson on page 6. Drew Ronnie Kline hurled a 4-3 Pirates victory over the Cardinals in St. Louis, with further sports details forthcoming on Mand 15.
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Khrushchev
E Pearson
Washington, D. C
Ronnie Kline
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis
Weather Forecast Promises Warmer Midweek
Forecast calls for fair skies and mild conditions tonight with a low in the mid forties. Wednesday sees mostly sunny skies and a warmup with highs between 72 and 79 degrees.
Fire destroys home as children trapped during blaze
On the second floor garet and Darla slept while Mrs Dams and Paul cooked in the kitchen. An explosion woke Mrs Dams, and smoke filled the house. Darla escaped from a second floor window. Fire officials said others remained trapped as flames grew.
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Garet
Darla
No Man Knows Cause Of Cancer in Tobacco Suit
Pittsburgh AP a surgery professor said there isn’t a man in the world who knows the cause of cancer testifying for Liggett Myers in a cigarette lung cancer case Otto Pritchard a 61 year old Pittsburgh carpenter seeks 1 250 000 damages claiming chronic smoking Chesterfield cigarettes linked to his lung cancer Burford noted many epidermoid lung cancer patients after WWII had never smoked and called attempts to define a single cause fishing in deep waters
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Thomas H. Burford
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
Ligpett & Myers Toobacco Co
Burford
Otto Pritchard
Chessterfield Cigarettes
Pritchard
Ligsgett & Myers
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