Seaboard Butane Blast Kills Seventeen Near Meldrim
Disaster teams search the Ogeechee River for more victims after a freak butane gas explosion on a Seaboard Air Line freight train near Meldrim Georgia. Seventeen dead tied to the blast and 13 hospital patients remain treated as investigators note two explosions and a 10,000 gallon tank car. Witnesses describe a riverfront inferno as cars toppled and flames swept across the water.
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Meldrim
Ogeechee River
Seaboard Air Line
Savannah
Ogeechee
East
Georgia
David Parker
Montgomery
Ala
George Hodges Jr
Near Meldrim
90 Year Old Galesville Man Dies Saturday
Gottlieb Schlichenmaier died at his Galesville home Saturday at age 90. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Robert Light officiating. Burial will be in Pine Cliff Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 7–9 p.m. at Smith Mortuary and after 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church. He was born September 26, 1868 in Germany and came to the United States at 23 after serving in the German army. Survived by wife Gertrude two sons Eugene Madison and Robert Navy Key West Fla a daughter Irene and four grandchildren.
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Pine Cliff
Smith Mortuary
Galesville
Mr. Schlichenmaier
Germany
United States
la Crosse County
Gertrude
Eugene
Madigan
Robert
Key West
Fla
Irene
Mindoro Couple Killed In 3 Car Crash On Highway 16
A retired county farmer Arby Pfaff and his wife Edyth Pfaff died after a three car crash on Highway 16 near West Salem at 10 46 p m Sunday. Robert Stings Ruth Stings Barbara Stingl and George Capper were injured in the other vehicles with varying injuries. The Pfaff car total losses. inquest planned. Wisconsin traffic deaths rise this year.
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Mindoro
Highway 16
West Salem
Arby Pfaff
Edyth Pfaff
St. Francis Hospital
Robert Stings
22Nd St
Lutheran Hospital
Ruth Stings
Barbara Stingl
George O. Capper
N. Leonard St
Fred H. Weingarten
W. Hamilton
Capper
Weingarten
Onalaska
Wisconsin
Oliver C. Rye
Menominee
Polk County
Illinois
Tony Novosartov
French View
New Lisbon
Juneau County
Gordon Abel
Big Bend
Waukesha County
Muskego
Albert C. Brandt
Wonewoc
U.S. Highway
Augusta
Thomas S. Stenseth
Eau Claire
La Crosse Girl Wins West Wisconsin Title
Miss Joan Mary Engh of La Crosse, 18, is named the 1959 Miss West Wisconsin after a 12-contestant pageant at Memorial Park during Sparta Daily Days. Runnerup Judy Sanford and third Constance Hansen, both 18, also place among an 18‑year‑old field with strong community support and cash awards from Pepsi-Cola.
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Sparta
Wis
Joan Mary Engh
la Crosse
The
la Crosse Jaycees
Barbara Jean Larvick
Black River Falls Chamber of Commerce
Karen Ann Bever
Wilton School
Ann Louise Larson
Viola Men's Club
Barbara Lewison
Vernon County Dairy Promotion Committee
Virginia Irene Stevens
Sparta Jaycees
Shirley Swanson
West Wisconsin
Ora Thomas
Willie N. Thomas
Camp McCoy
Joe Rohrer
WLCX
Robert G. Peterson
Onalaska
Donald Lawson
Sparta Jaycettes
Don Harris
Tomah
Tomah Advancement Assn
Allen Roberts
Don Goodman
Joe Larson
George Kutcher
Glen Blackburn
Dairy Days
Milt Ranum
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Rood
Francis Bolin
Pepsi-Cola Co
Joan Mary Engle
West Salem
Swanson
Engh
Judy Sanford
la Farge
Constance Jean Hansen
Viroqua
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Democrats Claim Big Hawaii Primary Margin Signals Sweep
In Honolulu Democrats hailed a heavy primary turnout as a sign of success in the upcoming state elections. They foresee three of their nominees to Congress and a Democratic governor and Legislature, while Republicans note many GOP candidates ran unopposed. Statehood won wide support with a 17 to 1 margin.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Congress
GOP
Aloha
Senate
House of Representatives
Incendiary fires at AMC plant raise alarm
Milwaukee AP reports two fires at the American Motors plant described as incendiary in origin. Minor damage occurred as workers extinguished the first blaze at 6:15 PM in the north end. a second fire at the south end involved 40 cartons of insulation smoldering. A false alarm followed while police questioned workers after a prior incident of firecrackers and flaming oil.
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Milwaukee
American Motors
Soviet Deputy In U S To Open Russ Exhibit
FIRST DEPUTY PREMIER OF THE SOVIET UNION FROL KOZLOV WALKS FROM DIPLOMATIC HQ TO THE COLISEUM EXHIBIT IN NEW YORK. HE ARRIVED RETURNING FROM MOSCOW ON A RECORD FLIGHT OF 11 HOURS 6 MINUTES AND WILL MEET PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AND SECRETARY HERTER BEFORE VISITING SAN FRANCISCO DETROIT AND PITTSBURGH.
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U.S
New York
Soviet Union
Frol R. Kozlov
Kozlov
Park Avenue
68Th Street
Kremlin
Washington
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Moscow
Manhattan
Robert F. Wagner
United States
San Francisco
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Lost 13 Hours Ends With Found Alive Child In Michigan Woods
Three year old Carol VanHalla from Niagara Wisconsin was found alive after 13 hours lost in Upper Michigan forests near Norway Lake. Searchers with state troopers and volunteers, aided by bloodhounds and a helicopter, traced a trail east of the lake then recovered the girl about a mile northwest of the lake and transported her to Dickinson County Memorial Hospital for a checkup.
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Iron Mountains Mich
Upper Michigan Wilds
Carol VanHulla
Niagara
Wis
Norway Lake
Dickinson County
Harry R. Julian
Wisconsin
Dickinson County Memorial Hospital
Iron Mountain
Ronald Nelson
Nelson
U.S. Air Force Base
Kinross
Mich
Civil Air Patrol
Woodlands
Carol
Joseph VanHalla
Norway Lake Park
Marinette County
Kenny Scott
Polaris Missile Flight Tests At Cape Canaveral
Navy reports a 28-foot Polaris solid fuel missile launched from Cape Canaveral at 10 42 a m on the tenth test flight. Preliminary data show major objectives met with stage separation and structural integrity confirmed while the first stage burned out and tumbled into the Atlantic.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape
Navy
Atlantic
Milwaukeean Heads Wisconsin Eagles
Ray Markey of Milwaukee was elected president Sunday of the Wisconsin Fraternal Order of Eagles. Harry Meixensperger of Fond du Lac was named state vice president and Harold Wassnik of Manitowoc chaplain. The 1960 convention will be held in Merrill. Mrs. Meixensperger was named president of the auxiliary, with Mrs. Ruth Bragner of Green Bay as vice president and Mrs. Frances Secore of Beloit as chaplain.
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Kenosha
Ray Markey
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Fraternal Order of Eagles
Harry Meixensperger
Fond du Lac
New State
Harold Wassnik
Manitowoc
Eagles
Merrill
Meixensperger
Ruth Bragner
Green Bay
Frances Secore
Beloit
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Recreation Area
By Perry Mullen
Associated Press
Red Cross
Memorial Hos
Pital
L. M. Nichols
West Savannah
Gottlieb Schlichenmaier
Presbyterian Church
Robert Light
la Grosse
Eepa
Trict
Asst
John Flynn
Michael J. Watunga
Camp Bradfield
Zrner
Ceremonies Jack
Frank F. Fasi
Oren E. Long
Fasi
Territorial
William H. Heen
Territorial Senate
Heen
Hiram L. Fong
Long
Wilfred C. Tsukiyama
Daniel K. Inouye
Inouye
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Charles H. Silva
Amc
Tot
Polaris
Milwaukeean
Wisconsin Eagles
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