Big Dig Planned to Extinguish 10-Year-Old Mine Fire
Carbondale Pennsylvania launches a multifaceted project to stamp out a mine fire that began in August 1946. Federal and state authorities will spend over 2 million dollars to excavate 120 acres, potentially ten years, relocate 220 families, and tear down 357 homes. A city plan aims to contain the blaze and prevent spread toward downtown while inspections monitor gas levels in west side homes.
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Carbondale
Pennsylvania
Zhukov and Chou Visit New Delhi
Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai arrived in New Delhi hours apart as Indian Prime Minister Nehru greeted the visitors at the airport. Chou, heading homeward from Moscow, met Nehru in a third visit in as many months amid travels through Budapest and Afghanistan. The jet liner crossed the Himalayas from Moscow and Tashkent. Defe Minister K N Katju led the welcoming party.
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New ‘Delhi
Chou En-lai
Defense
Georgi Zhukov
New Delhi
Nehru
Zhukov
Himalayas
Moscow
Tashkent
Defeie
K. N. Katju
Demos Assert Knight Vacillates on Water Policy
A chaotic political scene unfolds as Assemblyman William A. Munnell leads a Democrats push over water policy, alleging mismanagement and costly leases. Zhukov’s reception in India looms with a Soviet goodwill mission tied to Republic Day events while India braces for higher political stakes.
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William ‘A.munnell
D-Montebello
Senate
Pe Atime
Tively
Oroville Dam
Soviet Russia
Knight
Lucene
Air Crash in Nicaragua Kills 18 Officials Say
The crash of a two engine Nicaraguan airliner on Mt Conception near Managua left sixteen presumed dead, all believed Nicaraguan. The report notes broader disputes over water and infrastructure funding in California politics and Eisenhower’s pause on foreign travel.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Mt. Conception
Famed New York Lawyer May Take Mad Bomber Case
Prominent attorney Harry Stellman and Murray may represent the man known as the Mad Bomber, George Metesky, as police and officials review defenses and rewards. Metesky, undergoing psychiatric tests at Bellevue, faces potential trial or committal. Sisters Anna and Mae Metesky authorized Stellman to hire Murray for defense. Police say a Con Edison employee found documents leading to the arrest, with the $26,000 reward pending.
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New ‘York
George Scott
Consolidated Fair Bachelor
Momber
New York
Son
Consolidated Edison
James Be Tr
Ei Pee
Metesky
Bellevue
Hospita
Benew
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Eben J
Avstaff
Nedy
Imekes
Stellman
Anna
Mae
Murray
Bellevue Hospital
Stephen P. Kennedy
Consolidated Edison Co
United Nations
Matesky
United States
Kennedy
Security Council
Kashmir
Australia
Colombia
Cuba
Britain
Gretosky
Waterbury
Menon
India
Alconn
Kash- Waterbury
Mir
Met Council
Electric
Paki
Allis
G. Kelly
Pakistan
Yndia
Israelis Describe Syrian Military Buildup
The Jerusalem Post reports Syria will soon field several MIG 29 style jets and two Soviet equipped armored divisions commanded by Russians. It says 250 to 300 Soviet instructors will train Syrians on new weapons as Russian tanks armored cars guns arrive. The report also mentions torpedo boats from the Black Sea and a small submarine.
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Jhrudalom Ue
Jerusalem Post
Syria
Black Sea
Gas Blast Kills Two At PG&E Warehouse Mezzanine
A four alarm fire at a Pacific Gas & Electric warehouse killed two men, Francisco Trombley, 58, of Oakland, and Cedric Helmuth, 62, of Concord. Trombley, a polio survivor, had recently earned a promotion and worked in a meter shop above the office where the blast occurred, leaving a wife Grace and four children.
Antique chair sale sparks Florist's $50,000 windfall
Inglewood a Florist buyer says a folding Egyptian chair purchased for $16 at a 1955 San Francisco auction could be worth $250,000 to $500,000. Milton Henry, 52, insured it for 25000, claiming expert Cecil Hibnar dates it to 15 BC and notes its nail-less, mother-of-pearl inlay.
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Inglewood
San Francisco
Milton L
Henry
Cecil B. Hibnar
Hollyswood
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Conneticut
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New’ Haven County
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Izi Fe
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