Chicago Blast Injures 36. No Deaths Reported
A major explosion and fire in a Southwest Side Chicago factory district destroyed the Griffith Laboratory building and adjacent Carr Consolidated Biscuit Co structures. At least 36 injured, eight hospitalized with one critical. no deaths. Cause undetermined as 70 fire units fought the blaze. several witnesses saw people leap from windows.
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Massachusetts Publisher Dies at 94 in Worcester
George F. Booth, 94, publisher of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and president of WYAG, died yesterday at his Base Rocks Gloucaster summer home. A longtime AP director from 1941 to 1946, he helped found the AP and valued independence over politics. Born in Hartford, he started as a schoolboy, moved to Worcester, bought the Evening Gazette, then merged titles in 1928 and acquired WTAG.
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George F. Booth
Worcester Telegram and Gazelle
Worcester
WYAG
Base Rocks
Wille Sfill
Hartford
Swidey Telegram
WTAG
Children’s Teeth Stolen In Dallas Home Break-In
An eight year old girl reported someone entered her Dallas home yesterday and stole her false teeth, which she had left in a cup, while she slept, police said.
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Housewife Reconciles With Husband After Union Row
In Chicago a local housewife Mrs. Esther Quigley and Nicholet Prete president of Local 1214 CIO United Auto Workers face disorderly conduct charges after a front yard disturbance at Harrison Short Steel. The strike dispute over an unexpired contract ends as Judge Hastens dismisses all charges.
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Esther Quigley
Woman's Court
Nicholet Prete
CIO United Auto Workers
Prete
Harrison Short Steel
Andrew
Missouri industrial boom hits new high in 1955
Across Missouri the 1955 building surge continues with large-scale projects. St Joseph reports 33.8 million in permits for six months, a 972 thousand dollar year-to-year rise. major developments include a 96 apartment project and a 1.25 million housing complex. Jefferson City sees 92.8 million in eight months. Central Missouri expands with Moberly’s planned 50 residences, Gateway Stores’ supermarket, and university power plant expansions. Fulton, Columbia, and West Plains unveil hundreds of thousands in hospital, school, and factory work. The trend spans Fulton to Union and Columbia to Carthage, signaling a statewide construction wave amid rising employment and commercial growth.
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Long Bell Lumber Co
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von Hoffman Press
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Fulton Building
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Broke
Joan E
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Callaway Caunty Electric Com
Muxleo
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Bagly
Kraft Woods Cory
Carthage
Springfield
St Louisan Suffers Injuries in Highway Accident
A 48 year old St Louis man, Defrance, suffered injuries after his car left Route 40, overturned seven miles west of Boonville. The driver was arrested for reckless driving. A separate crash near Boonville involved Lone Earl Willinyng, 40, with no serious damage reported. A Tokyo political note discusses Japan’s future military advisory group.
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Banville
Doc Tod
Fire Grips Jefferson City Apartment House
A fire heavily damaged an Al ig rison apartment house in Jefferson City. Firefighters battled flames from a basement unit after alarms sounded during the night. Strong heat and smoke spread through knotty pine walls, with flames reigniting several times before crews stayed until about 3 30 a.m. Local residents Miss Adam and Miss Etter were among those notified as fire crews connected to the blaze.
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Post-Tribune
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Martin
Sre
Hremen
Adam
Scone
Etter
Flamas
Alremen
Slayings Linked to Narcotics Ring Probed in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas narcotics investigators focus on violent gangland killings amid missing and slain gangsters tied to international trafficking. Officials say three mob figures Leroy Eyalestan Cecil Green and Edel Evans faced conflicts over dope prostitution and gambling, with Eyaleston’s body recovered from a well and Green killed in an ambush. Police hope solving these cases will reveal the crime network behind the violence.
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Trrragt County
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Cecil Green
Edel Evans
Gomeone
Businga
Eggleston
Here
Dell Vang
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Wright
Prison Guards to Wear Uniforms By October
Col Carter forecasts all guards at the penitentiary will be in uniform by October. Warden Eidvon issued an order Sept 1 banning clubs and night sticks on duty with weapons stored in the armory. A new Pre-Release Unit for about 100 inmates is planned, with segregation and rehabilitation work before release. A Joliet visit Sept 7 aims to improve cleanup and dress-out procedures at Jefferson City Prison.
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State Capitol
Direntoy Carter
Capitol
Bullauig
Body of Chemist Found in Kentucky
FBI identifies the body found in Mammoth Cave National Park as Lewis A. Finn, a 72 year old Chicago chemist missing since July 20 after leaving Palm Beach to visit a brother in Yuma Aziz. Two Milwaukee witnesses are held for questioning. Cause of death not established.
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FBI
Mammoth Cave National Park
Chicago
Thomas J. Gearty
Milwaukee
Lewis A. Finn
Palm Beach
Fla
Yuma
Aziz
Gearty
Two youths held over disposal of Chicago chemist’s body
Leonard LaFond aged 20 and Arne Severson 18 were linked to locating the body near Kyle Laona and Migs Severson and disposing of the remains of 72-year-old Lewis 4. Finn. J LaFond and Miss Severson are jailed on charges of transporting a stolen automobile across state lines.
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Ana Sa
Arne Severson
Kyle la ¥Ona
Migs Severson
Michener Divorced Amid Indignities Claim
Philadelphia report states novelist James A. Michener, 47, has been granted a divorce from former wife Vange A. Nord on grounds of indignities to the person. This marks Michener's second divorce after winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for Tales of the South Pacific.
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James A. Michener
Vange A. Nord
Michener
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