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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1956
Page
3
Firestruck Meriden apartment kills mother and four children
A flash fire tore through a five story Meriden apartment last night killing a 39 year old mother Mula Morales Ries and three of her children Gladys 17 Isabel 11 Eddie Nelson 4 and Eddie 3. A fourth child died later in hospital. The husband and a 2 year old were overcome by smoke while an uncle injured leaped from a window. A policeman, other occupants saved or assisted as the blaze gutted the rear. The medical examiner cites suffocation as the cause for the five dead. The uncle Albert Morales 20 suffered injuries from a fall and cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
Conn
France
Kriaw
Mula Morales Ries
Gladys
Sibel Ht
Eddie Nelson
Eddig
Hie
Albert Movies
Jess Ans
15 Acres Pasture Experiment Lets 25 Cows Graze
Floyd Davis of Mound Valley Branch Experiment Stations reports a 15 acre temporary pasture that supported 25 cows through a summer with only six inches of rainfall. Cattle grazed March to July, rotated with rye, vetch, brome, and alfalfa, yielding about 000 cow pasture days and costing seed plus one dollar per acre for tillage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Davis
Mound Valley
Stalin
Davidson
Relatives attack owners after Formosa ferry disaster
Relatives of 91 drowned when a ferry sank off Formosa attacked the officers of the vessel’s owners at Makune in the Pescadores Islands. The chaotic scene caused damage to the owners’ offices as investigators began to probe the catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Novhi
Makune
Pescadore Islands
Hungarians and Russian Soldier Cross Austrian Border
Austrian border police fear more refugees may follow as a Hungarian freight passer hands his pistol to police and seeks asylum. Private groups plan Christmas meals and gifts for Hungarians, with Masses and charity help planned across churches and refugee ramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Yanan Catholic
Japan Course Is Friendly to U S
Tokyo reports Japan's new prime minister outlines a path of cordial ties with the United States while seeking greater independence. He notes his cabinet includes three of his own picks amid Labour Democratic party tensions and vows not to be a yes man to any nation, including the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
United Stateak
Tangan Ishibasil
Shabashi
Tztale
Funeral service planned for Lola Williams at local church
Lola Williams, private secretary to former Vice President Charles Curtis, died at her sister's home in Carlsbad New Mexico after suffering a heart attack on December 14. A funeral will be held Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church here with her Columbus, Ohio roots noted in the obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mbu
Presbyterian Church
Miferninon
Lola MM
Williams
Charles Curtis
Miuive
Columbus
Mitts
Carlsbad
N. M
Helpful State Trooper Saves Boy From Disfigurement
A Kansas City boy avoided serious disfigurement after a highway patrol trooper persisted in locating and preserving his torn upper lip from a Sunday car crash on Highway 169 near Gower Missouri. Troopers found the tissue, grafted it at Missouri Methodist Hospital, and doctors called the operation successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Kansas City
Highway 169
Gower
Clyde York Jr
Mildred
Clyde
David
Kansas
City
Miller Asbury
Missouri Methodists Hospital
All 21 on Airliner Dead After Mountain Crash
OSSANA Italy rescue teams reached the Alps wreckage of an Italian airliner missing since Saturday and radioed that all 21 aboard are dead. The victims include Mr and Mrs Harris Gray Jr of Greenwood Mississippi and their two daughters aged 6 and 14 waiting at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossana
Italy
Alps
Harris Gray Jr
Greenwood
Milan to Spend Christmas With Them
An Italian DC3 airliner crashed into a mountain near the village of Malga Bon north of 10,016 foot Mt. Ginor in the Trento area of northern Italy Dolomites Alps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Malga Bon
Mt. Ginor
Trento
Italy
Dolomile Alps
Christina's Kid Is Doing All Right
Columbus zoo reports the first gorilla born in captivity here. Father the Baron weighs 400 pounds and mother Christina 280. The infant, unnamed, weighed 412 pounds at birth and slimmed to 34 pounds. kept in an incubator and fed by bottle, she measures 15 inches long and receives warm oil rubdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Christina
Baron
Zoo
Robert Vesper
Christmas Fireworks Blast Wrecks Naples Area
A major Christmas fireworks explosion rocked Naples sending a ton of sparks into the night. Police and fire units responded as residents reported loud blasts and smoke over the waterfront district. No injuries were immediately confirmed.
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Naples
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