Ten Women Die in Baltimore Fire Stampede
A fatal hall fire during a five hour community event in Arundel Park near Baltimore left ten women dead and many injured. Firemen arrived within minutes as flames consumed tarpaper covered wood and collapsed doors trapped attendees. Survivors described escaping through small windows and doors while responders pulled victims from a charred ruin.
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Barthelme
Broker
Veronica Sparrow
Brooklyn Park
Conrad Griffin
Charles Doggen
Red Cross
Fort Meade
Glen Burnie
Patapsco
Arundel Park
Doegen
Roy Helm
George Stump
Eden Arrives in Washington for Talks With Ike
Prime Minister Eden arrives for discussions with President Eisenhower and U.S. leaders. He and Foreign Secretary Lloyd discuss the Middle East, German unification, and hydrogen bomb policy while stressing close Anglo American cooperation. Dulles welcomes him. Eden meets with officials and prepares to address Congress and broadcast appeals.
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New York
Eden
Lloyd
Washington
Dulles
London
Blair House
Abou
Israel
U.S
United States
Formosa
Knight Asked to Form State Planning Office
In Richmond Virginia a pregnant Richmond housewife is expected to birth quadruplets and possibly quintuplets this spring. A physician said X rays show four distinct fetal skeletons with a chance of a fifth. The news item connects a planning office proposal urged by planners in California and Gov. Knight to include a state planning office agenda.
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Richmond
Broun
Richard Shaiz
Alconvention
Fresno
Virginia
California
The
American Institute of Planners
Goodwin J. Knight
Hohn Testimony Shifts in Legg Perjury Trial
In the Legg perjury case, witness Hohn described varying stories about large and small bills from a $5,000 sum. He testified he kept part of the money in a floor box, later unsure if it matched the original funds, and he admitted sending his wife to cash checks for smaller notes.
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Hohn
Ball
Hwe
Lege
Boy to Get New Try at 100000 on NBC Show
Fourteen year old George L Wright will have another chance at the $100000 jackpot on the NBC quiz show Big Surprise next Saturday night after misidentifying the author of Betty Coed. The producer said the song actually dated to 1930 and George will answer another question about 1920s songs. if he fails he still receives $23000 of his winnings to date.
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New York
George L. Wright
George
Stepart
Betty Coed
Rudy Vallee
Paul Fogarty
Steve Carlin
Cerlin
Bus for Expectants in Peiping Reserved Seats
Tokyo dispatch notes Peiping authorities announced buses in the capital reserve seats for expectant mothers as a special provision to aid pregnant riders.
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Tokyo
Radio
Peiping
High Court Rules Pay for Job-Caused Time
The Supreme Court rules workers who must change clothes and bathe for job safety must be paid for that time. It holds that activities integral and indispensable to production deserve compensation before or after regular hours, and that the 1947 portal-to-portal act does not bar such pay. Chief Justice Warren delivers the unanimous decision affecting 21 to 30 workers across cases including King Packing Co. and Nashville plant disputes.
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Supreme Court
Warren
Justice Department
Tennessee
U. S. Circuit Court
San Francisco
King Packing Co
Natpa
Idaho
Camber and Bettery Manufacturing Co
Nashville
Tenn
Law
Sion
Angeles
Cincinnati
Mos
University of Southern California
School of Law
Sage of Baltimore H L Mencken Dies
The aged writer Mencken was found by his Negro valet in the early hours on Sunday at Rancho Brown. Though an agnostic to the end, he spoke of no grudge against the pious and recently acknowledged churches as good forces in communities.
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Homburg
Dulles
Lisyd
Eden
Foster
Hisenhower
Ing
Brown
Mencken
Probe of Junketing Solons Expenses Fails
Burleson says he is about to give up on getting a detailed account of how much money traveling House members spent abroad last summer. About 200 Congress members traveled with funds from Congress and the State Department, but few committees filed expense reports for international activities.
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Washington
Burleson
D-Tex
House Administration Committee
House
Congress
State Department
2 Newsman
Chou Calls for War to Liberate Formosa
In Tokyo, Red Chinese Premier Chou En-lai urged all Chinese to prepare for liberation of Formosa by war if needed, and warned Nationalists to surrender or face momentary doom. Peiping radio broadcast the belligerent statement, promising leniency to Nationalists and Formosans who surrender without questioning past crimes.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
Formosa
Peiping
Chow
Gruenther to address World Affairs Council in LA
General Gruenther, supreme Allied commander Europe, will speak on Europe’s defense at a World Affairs Council luncheon Monday at the Biltmore Bowl. Walter Coombe, council executive director, said Gruenther arrives from Paris for the major address.
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Los Angeles
Alfred M. Gruenther
Allied Powers Europe
Europe
World Affairs Council
Biltmore Bowl
Walter P. Coombe
Gruenther
Paris
Eien
NATO
Woman Hurt in Compton Auto Crash Injures Expectant Mother
Frances Smith 22 and her husband Charles 23 were badly hurt when their car was struck by a 20 ton gravel truck on Atlantic Ave near Rose St in Compton. Frances suffered a fractured pelvis and internal injuries. Charles sustained a broken leg. Both received emergency care. Frances transferred to Long Beach Community Hospital. Police say a suspected felony drunk driving incident followed. Stanley Richards 23 of Butte Bank operated the truck.
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Compton
Frances Smith
Charles
Highway Patrol
Jhe Smith
Stanley Richards
Butebank
Atlantic Ave
Rose St. Richards
California
William Winkleman
Charles Hissner
Smith
Long Beach
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