38 Perish in Series of Fires
A string of deadly blazes claimed many lives across several states. Roberta Gonsalves died in Blaishfield Massachusetts after signaling her siblings to safety. Winfield Chappel perished in Staffordville Connecticut in a fire believed caused by a defective space heater. three children and their father died in a Kennebunk cottage blaze in Maine. Rudolph Krimm perished in a Monroeville New Jersey fire. nursing home residents in Brownwood suffered fatal burns. and at the Hotel Adolphus in Dallas a massive fire injured eight amid smoke and water damage.
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Blaishfield
Mass
Roberta Gonsalves
Boston
Staffordville
Conn
Winfield Chappel
Kennepunk
Maine
Robert
William Barr
Nancy
Robert G. Barr
Judy
Patty
Barr
Portland
Monroeville
N. J
Rudolph Krimm
Brownwool
Fiona Irene Perry
Laura June Morris
Worth Abbott
Dallas
Adolphus
Plush Insurance Club
Leo Corrigan
Ax Killing of Matron Confessed
The confession and subsequent lie detector tests led to the release of Rutherford Leon Bennett 39 who had been suspected of murder after the slaying of Mrs Hayden and Mrs King. Chief Anderson quoted Mrs King detailing the alleged assault and cover up in the Hayden estate home.
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Rutherford Leon Bennett
Jast Jan Blasecok
Butler
Hayden
Bennett
Chief Anderson
King
Mrs. Hayden
Red fleet withdrawal from Tachens marks major evac
United States Seventh Fleet completes evacuation of tens of thousands from the Tachens and surrounding areas near Pishan and Yu Shans with a dramatic pyrotechnic display. President Eisenhower sends thanks from Thomasville after liaison from Secretary Humphrey’s residence. The operation involved ships from Okinawa Manila Saigon Formosa and Hong Kong amid reports of destruction and thousands of refugees.
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Pishan
Thomasville
Eisenhower
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Techen Islands
Humphrey
Becker
Ford Waters
Hig Sun Hat
London
Paul
Aken
Flore
Formosa
Chiane
Okinawa
Manila
Saigon
Hong Kong
Liu Lien-Yi
Keelung
Two Train Derailments Injure Sixty In New England
A rescue train rushed to a wreck scene and passengers were moved by bus after twin derailments caused by a rainstorm. The Pine Tree Limited ran about 40 minutes late, and officials noted the storm may have weakened the roadbed 414 miles east of Kennebec siding near Augusta.
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Wallerville
New England
Kennebeck
Augusta
Nixon Off Low Flight to Guatemala
Vice President Nixon flew from Mexico City to Guatemala on the third leg of a month-long Central America goodwill tour. He spoke at a U S embassy press conference praising Mexico as mature and stable and noting Eisenhower’s priority on U S Mexico relations. Observers hailed his Mexico visit as successful.
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Menico City
Bicnard M. Nixon
Mexico City
Guatemala
Central America
Caribbean
Nixon
U. S
Dixon
Mexico
Eisenhower
United States
South East Cold Wave Grips Nation
The article reports a sweeping cold front driving winter conditions across the South and East with heavy rain and snow in the Northeast. Maine centers a major storm as New England suffers rain and snow, while northern plains endure record lows near minus twenty.
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Rio Grande Valley
Maine
New England
Bismarck
California
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