Mexico Blast Toll Feared After Train Collision
Mexican authorities and Red Cross teams continued searching for remains after Friday night explosion from two dynamite laden trucks racing a train. At least 20 bodies identified, 14 missing presumed dead, about 100 injured. Survivor Rodolfo Astorga reported the trucks racing the train, a blinding flash, and debris raining over 500 yards, with a second blast striking as the second truck hit the train.
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Gomez Palacio
Mexico
Red Cross
Rodolfo Astorga
Torreon
Astorga
No Trap Laid For Kidnaper
San Francisco police say there is no trap for the kidnapper of baby Robert Marcus as a week of fruitless searches continues. Reports describe a buxom blond woman matching the description seen near Mt. Zion Hospital with a baby but she fled. Dr. Sanford Marcus, 34, may bring Hanna Marcus home today after she recovers from grief and hunger.
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San Francisco
Robert Marcus
Mt. Zion Hospital
Marcus
Mt. Zion
Sanford Marcus
Hanna
Area English Teachers To Confer At Cameron
Area English instructors from Comanche Caddo Cotton Greer Harmon Jackson Kiowa Tillman Jefferson and Stephens counties gather for a one day conference at Cameron college on October 1. More than 75 teachers are expected with Mrs Jessie Hines chairing the planning committee. The event sponsored by the Oklahoma Council of English Teachers features a panel on defining responsibilities in composition with moderators and consultants from Cameron Altus Lawton and other districts.
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Cameron College
Jessie Hines
Cameron
Oklahoma Council of English Teachers
Aggie
Floyd Bailey
Altus Junior High School
Bennie Stehr
Effie Wickman
Lawton Junior High
Jack Jones
Douglass High School
Marie Moran
Hollister
Grace Mosley
Cooperton
Comanche
Caddo
Cotton
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Kiowa
Tillman
Jefferson
Stephens
Hines
Oklahoma English Council
Oklahoma City
Cameron English
Travis Anthony
W. J. Becker
T. Verle Jones
Russell W. Peterson
Teachers of America Club
Violin Instructor Beaten In Capital
Oklahoma City police seek clues in the beating of 50 year old violin instructor Anna Grossman at her apartment. She was treated at Mercy Hospital for severe blows to the head and face after a dark khaki clad man broke in while she slept and struck her with a bottle. Police checked fingerprints on the broken bottle.
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Oklahoma City
Anna Grossman
Mercy Hospital
Straw for Livestock Feeding Prompted for Early Field Removal
The notice urges farmers to remove straw for livestock feeding from the field promptly after combining to ensure availability and maintain feed supplies.
Seabees Chief Dies After Stroke
Rear Adm. John Richard Perry aged 56, organizer of the Seabees in World War II and head of the Bureau of Yards and Docks since 1953, died at his home after a heart attack. Funeral at Ft Myer chapel with burial at Annapolis follows. Survived by widow Janice Stembler of Miami.
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Washington
John Richard Perry
Seabees
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Ft. Myer
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Waco
Tex
Perry
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Janice Stembler
Miami
Fla
Capital Woman Robbed of $5,000
Ellen Nadine Durham, wife of Joe Durham, told Oklahoma City police a pistol wielding man and an accomplice robbed her of cash and jewelry totaling about $5,000 after she stopped at a traffic light. She had just collected receipts from taprooms and domino parlors her husband operates.
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Oklahoma City
Ellen Nadine Durham
Joe Durham
Durham
Shark-Bitten Crash Survivors Found By Ship
Two shark bitten survivors of a mid-Pacific plane crash were found after 44 hours at sea and are aboard the freighter Steel Advocate en route to Honolulu. Three crew members died including Warren Gin and navigators Richard Olsen and Dominick Ventresca. Chief Pilot Tony Machado and co-pilot Robert Hightower survived with injuries.
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Honolulu
Here
Steel Advocate
Tony Machado
Hollywood
Calif
Robert C. Hightower
Vallejo
Warren F. Gin
Los Angeles
Richard C. Olsen
van Nuys
Dominick Ventresca
Sepulveda
Naval Air Training Due Graduates Reopened to Grads
Naval aviation officer candidate training reopened to college graduates says local recruiter Bob Crandall. Applicants undergo 18 months of training with commissions after four months pre flight training in Pensacola. Graduates must serve four years on active duty and may be assigned to aircraft carriers or bases worldwide. For more details contact the Naval recruiting office in the post office building.
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Naval Aviation
Bob Crandall
Pensacola
Fla
Crandall
Naval Recruiting Office
Capital Grocer Robbed By Phone
Oklahoma City police pursued a new crime type after a grocery store was robbed by telephone. Russell Raper, 32, manager of the Food Mart at 2400 South Central, handed over $164 in register receipts placed in a sack at a corner outside after a caller instructed him. He attempted to call police but the line was dead. staff and two customers did not see the thief take the sack.
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Oklahoma City
Russell Raper
Raper
South Central
Balkan Policy Talks Eyed Closely In UN
UN delegates watched policy speeches by Yugoslavia and Greece for signs of shifts in foreign policy. Yugoslav foreign secretary Koca Popovic addressed General Assembly debates amid Moscow Yugoslavia normalization talk. Stephanopoulos faced a cooled Cyprus agenda vote and tension within NATO Balkan lines three nations Greece Turkey and Yugoslavia linger over Cyprus and regional unrest.
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United Nations
N.Y
Balkan
Koca Popovic
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Belgrade
Moscow
West Germany
V. M. Molotov
General Assembly
Japan
Panovic
Stephan Stephanopoulos
Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
NATO
Three Jet Pilots Missing At Sea
Langley Air Force Base search teams pursue three pilots from Langley based F84F Thunderstreaks after their planes disappeared during routine training. One possible crash site south of Atlantic City. two other pilots believed in Chesapeake Bay area. Two life rafts found near Plum Tree Island and Mobjack Bay offer the only clues. Names: Lt Peter F Dolan, Lt Harold E Waddell, Lt Roland S Walls. A wing mate, Lt James R Henley, was killed when his aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff at Hampton.
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Langley, Air Force Base
Air Force
Atlantic City
Chesapeake Bay
Plum Tree Island
Chesapeake
Mobjack Bay
Deltaville
Peter F. Dolan
Maxwell, Neb
Harold E. Waddell
Taft
Cali
Roland S. Walls
Wilmington
Del
Hampton
James R. Henley
Piper
Kan
Regents appointee, fair wins, and relics move through time
Ten years ago Governor Kerr named Ne Shepler to the Board of Regents while Bill Fife earned grand championship barrow honors at Comanche county junior fair. Lewis A. Smith left the Navy. Twenty years ago WPA absorbed the Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board as county resident J. G. Markle won first prize for grape exhibits at the Oklahoma City State Fair. Fort Knox relics moved to Fort Sill Museum, and Adolph Feitz home was ransacked near the First Methodist Church amid protests over state school lands appraisal. Hugh Goff was robbed in front of the church.
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Robert Kerr
Shepler
On Board of Regents
Bill Fife
Comanche County
Lewis A. Smith
Navy
WPA
Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board
J. G. Markle
Adolph Feitz
Hugh Goff
First Methodist
Ex King Named Premier of Cambodia for Three Months
The French Press Agency reports ex King Norodom Sihanouk has been named Cambodia premier for a three month term and had previously stated he would not take the post. The Phnom Penh dispatch does not provide a reason for the change.
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Parism
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Army to spend about $4 million on life insurance program
The Army plans to allocate around 4 million dollars in fiscal year 1955 for the new Federal Employee Group Life Insurance program.
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Army
CYSTEX Ad Promises Quick Relief for Bladder Irritation
An advertisement touts CYSTEX as fast comforting help for getting up at night frequent urination burning or itching. It cites a billion tablets used over 25 years as proof of safety and success and urges asking a druggist for the product under a money back guarantee. It promises feeling better by tomorrow.
Green pickle color trick for canners
A home canner suggests adding one teaspoon of green vegetable coloring to each gallon of vinegar to preserve the classic green hue of cucumbers in pickles. The tip emphasizes consistent coloring during the canning process.
Science shrinks piles without surgery ads new healing substance
Science heralds a healing substance that shrinks piles and relieves pain without surgery. Doctors report reduction of piles and patients claim relief from itching. The compound Bio-Dyne, already used for damaged tissue, is now offered as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form with a druggist back guarantee. Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
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