Bus Train Collision Kills Ten Children in East Tennessee
A collision between a bus and a train in an east Tennessee community killed ten children aged 4 to 12 during the second week of school. Dozens were injured and transported to hospitals as authorities described the chaotic aftermath and frantic rescue. Fire and police reported mangled scenes, shattered glass, and迅 wreckage as families searched for loved ones in the hours following the crash.
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Spring City
Tenn
Walter Boles
Gene Crisp
Crisp
Robert
Andl Francis
Retired Officers President to Speak at Allen Center
Lt Gen Willard S Paul US Army retired national president of the Retired Officers Assn speaks at 7 30 p m in the officers club of Allen Center US Naval Station Terminal Island all retired officers and wives invited RSVP through Lt Cmdr Ray W Townsend or Capt Louis Verbrugge Townsend notes Dong Beach area has the nation's highest concentration of retired officers
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Townsend
Capt
Louis
Verbrugge
U.S.N
Averill Ave
San Pe
Dong ,Beach
Girl 15 Missing After Church Choir Practice
Houston police seek 15 year old June Sirmon who disappeared after choir practice at First Baptist Church Houston Heights. She had been living with her father Mack Sirmon for a year. mother Vera Sirmon of Mobile Alabama had written seeking information.
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Houston
Tex
First Baptist Church of
Houston Heights
June Sirmon
Vera Sirmon
Mobile
Ala
June
Mack Sirmon
Money for Food Lost on Street
Mrs. Julie M. Lemons reported four $20 bills dropped from her purse while walking from 218 Locust Ave to Locust and Broadway. She retraced her steps but could not find the money. Lemons, mother of seven, said the funds were to buy food.
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Julie M. Lemons
Locust Ave
Locust and
Broadway
Lemons
Louise
Sshe
Argentine Rail Crash Kills and Injures Dozens Near Buenos Aires
A fast electric express train carrying students and commuters collided with a second train at a foggy Buenos Aires suburban station. Early reports list 15 to 18 dead and 45 to 55 injured as responders work at Ciudadela station, about 10 miles west of downtown.
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Buenos Aires
Ciudadela
Buenos
Living Costs Rise for Second Month in 1950s US
The government reports July consumer prices rose for the second straight month led by food and services. The 1 percent rise boosted the index to 114.7 of the 1947-49 average, signaling higher costs in housing, medical care, and personal services. It could trigger a penny hourly wage raise for about 650,000 autoworkers under current contracts.
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Washington
General Motors
Ford Motor Companies
Toy pistol robber told to scram at Ashland bank
In Ashland Kentucky a would be holdup man faced teller Gay Price at the Second National Bank of Ashland with a toy pistol. Price ordered him to scram and he departed through a site door eluding police. Police Sgt Clarence James identified the weapon as a toy and noted the demand for twenty dollar bills was refused.
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Ashland
UPI
Gay Price
Clarence James
Price
Second National Bank of Ashland
James
Nine Passenger Cars Derailed in California
Investigators blamed a soft spot under newly laid track for nine cars of Western Pacific’s California Zephyr derailing near Hayward California as it pulled from the station late Monday. Most passengers were shaken but uninjured. two crew members sustained minor injuries. In Detroit a mother Lila Carter 44 and her daughter Mattie Brown 17 pleaded guilty to second degree murder for beating Erick Carter 4 with a rubber hose broomstick and belt after he was unruly. Sentencing set for September 7.
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California
Hayward
Calif
Western Pacific
Hayward Station
Monay
Detroit
Lila’ Carter
Mattie Brown
Carter
Erick
Recorder's Court
Dusige
Gerald W. Groat
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