Million-Dollar Wreck Kills Railroader In Wisconsin Crash
A Soo Line westbound freight collided with a standing twin unit diesel at a northern Wisconsin village station early today. Pred LeGault, 61, of Gladstone, was killed. four others were injured. Damage exceeded $1,000,000 as 26 loaded cars and five empties derailed. cause cited as orders confusion and a signal bypass.
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Soo Line
Mineapolis
Wisconsin
Ray Peterson
Pred LeGault
Gladstone
Peterson
Nick Ehinquist
Ton Poh
Green Bay Press-Gazette
LeGault
Police fire on rioters in Kimberley slaying five
In Kimberley a police clash with rioters in a South African housing suburb left five dead and 16 wounded. The violence, part of ongoing protests against apartheid under Prime Minister Majan, raised fears of more casualties as order remained unsettled. Earlier in October, Port Elizabeth saw 14 killed in similar disturbances.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Kimberley
Daniel Majan
Port Elizabeth
Kien Killed Pushing Car at Compton
Kenneth Warehime 23 of Bell Gardens was killed at 3 25 a m when struck from behind while pushing a stalled car north on Atlantic Avenue south of Olive Street in Compton. Burrier 26 of Bell Gardens drove the inbound car and said no lights were on the stalled vehicle.
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Compton
Kenneth R. Warehime
Florence Ave
Bell Gardens
Atlantic Ave
Olive St
California Highway Patrol
Warchime
Pajang and Surgeons Hospital
Ake
Frank 5. Runyon
J. J. Wood
James C. Burrier
Ia St. Bell Gardens
Warehime
Burrier
Long Beach
60Th St
Fordham Seismograph Notes Three Earthquakes
Fordham University seismograph records report three earthquakes detected Friday. One event occurred about 4:01 p.m. miles from chatka, Siberia, with a 2276 mile reading. A second quake was logged near the Gullf of Mexico at 5:17 a.m. about 7500 miles away, direction not given.
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New York
Fordham University
Em Chatka
Siberia
Mexico
San Francisco Hit by Modest Earthquake Near Berkeley
The San Francisco Bay area felt a minor quake around 22:32 a.m. It struck about 22 miles from Berkeley and lasted 45 seconds. No damage reported and seismographs did not record a magnitude. Residents in the Marina district felt shaking and rattling dishes in their homes.
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San Francisco Bay Area
University of California Seismographic Station
Berkeley
Uni- Wing
Marina
Bay
May Pick Millikin to Sit With Truman
AUGUSTA Ga AP Gen Dwight Eisenhower's press secretary said Sen Eugene Millikin of Colorado will come to Augusta tonight. He is described as a financial expert and may serve as Eisenhower's representative in budget talks. Hagerty declined to discuss other possible visitors or Washington talks, noting Eisenhower has no authority until inauguration day.
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Augusta
Dwight Eisenhower
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Washington
Millikin
Cial
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Truman
Grenade Accident Kills Fort Dix Officer In Charge
At Fort Dix New Jersey an Army lieutenant was killed Friday night when he stepped on a grenade while guiding soldiers out of a dark area near a brush fire rescue. Three enlisted men were injured as several grenades exploded during passage through a rifle grenade range. 1st Lt Leo J Rogers 30 Nashua New Hampshire died aiding his men. a World War II and Korea veteran.
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N Cue
Leo J. Rogers
Nashua
N. H
U S May Bar Singer Jo Baker Return
Washington reports the Justice Department may bar singer Josephine Baker from entering the United States if she seeks to retire after a South American tour. Baker, born in St. Louis, renounced American citizenship after marrying a Frenchman and now lives in France. The department has not released specific complaints but cites anti American speeches and racial discrimination lectures during her current tour.
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Washington
Josephine Baker
United States
South America
Justice, Department
Miss Baker
St. Louis
France
Justice Department
Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Silent Ion Test Reported at Eniwetok Causes Confusion
AP reports an eyewitness claim that the United States conducted a hydrogen bomb test at Eniwetok, while AEC officials refuse to confirm or deny, noting tests at the Pacific proving ground are kept secret during operations. The Los Angeles Examiner cites a letter from an unidentified eyewitness aboard a ship describing a brilliant light and a cannon-like blast.
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Washington
United States
Eniwetok
Atomic Energy. Commission Today
AEC
Pacific Proving Ground
Los Angeles Examiner
Eniwork
Examiner
Chris Clausen
Los Angeles
Wariner
NO CHAMPAGNE Red Fete Draws Fewer Guests
The Russian embassy hosted a two hour party Friday night marking the 35th anniversary of the October revolution with guests including Paul Robeson and Vincent Hallinan. Officials from satellite nations and Western countries attended while observers noted attendance was down from last year and champagne was hard to find. Ambassador Georgi Zarubin and his wife welcomed guests at the stairs as security kept a watchful eye on the door where a tense man stood apart.
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Maureen Gothlin
Washington
United States
Russia
Paal Robeson
Vincent Halliway
Progressive Party
Baal Rocka
Georgi Zarubin
Where to Find It list of sections and page labels
The note lists newspaper sections with their page designations including Churches on A6 and A7, Classified Ads on 6-2 to 7, Comics on B8, Crosswords on B27, Financial on A4, Obituaries on AS, Radio and TV on A2, Schools on A4, Shipping on A3, Sports on A8 and A, Theaters on A10, and tides and temperatures on A J.
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Boyle
Truman Plans to Quit Politics and Lead as Elder Statesman
Truman signals retirement from active politics while remaining a consultative voice for the Democratic Party. Friends say Adlai Stevenson would become the party’s titular leader as Truman steps back, with Mitchell as national chairman and aides in Springfield to retool the party for opposition status.
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Truman
Herbert Hoover
Adlai Stevenson
Springfield
Stevenson
National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Wilson Wyatt
Wachineton
McCracken Declared Sane and Facing Execution
M Cracken, 34, condemned for the sexual slaying of Patricia Hull, was declared sane by Marin County Superior Court and returned to San Quentin. The ruling ends a stay and sets no new date within nine days. doctors testified he was scared but not insane, though one expert dissented.
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San Quentin
Henry F. McCracken
Patricia Jean Hull
Buena Park
San Quentin Prison
Marin County
N. Charles Brusatori
McCracken
Hartley O. Teets
Los Angeles
James Monroe
M. BD. Wilcutts
David G. Smith
Weets
Samuel Marcus
Superior Court of
First Snow Hits Big Bear and Mt Ontario Area
Southern California reports the season's first snow at Big Bear and Mt Ontario Telegraph Peak with light amounts not expected to last. Long Beach forecasters predict slightly warmer low sixties on Sunday as season rainfall totals reach .07 inch, compared with .37 last year.
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California
Big Bear
San Bernardino Mountains
Mt. Ontario
Telegraph Peak
Ontario
U. S. Weather Bureau
Long Beach
Intruder rapes and assaults blind women in Oklahoma
Police search for a heavyset man who forced entry into the apartment of two totally blind women, Yvonne Wigley and Geraldine Armstrong, and savagely beat them as they prepared for bed. Neighbors reported screams. both victims fled and did not return.
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Oklahoma
CIFY
Yvonne Wigley
Geraldine Armstrong
Miss Wigley
Geraldine
Milwaukee cleaning shop slayings shock city
Police report a man entered a Milwaukee cleaning shop to complain about a suit and tied and opened fire killing three people. The victims are shop proprietor Bernard Peteran 60 his wife Fane Pie? and an employee Ervin Lucick 55. The suspect Clarice Walls 32 moved to Milwaukee from Utah and said he sought satisfaction before the shooting.
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Charles Nowakowski
Clarice Walls
Milwaukee
Nowakowski
Walls
Bernard Peteran
Wrfe
Fane
Ervin Lucick
Wail
T Hem
Utah
Sid Walls
Bank Ransacked Here Total Loss One Revolver
Burglary at Bank of America on American Ave saw entry via workmen’s entrance through scaffolding and a broken plate glass front. Desks and storerooms were searched but only a .38 revolver was reported missing amid remodeling.
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Bank of America
American Ave
Fishing Vessel Explodes Near Santa Cruz Island
The Aurora exploded and burned to the water line at Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, sinking after injuring one man. A Navy crash boat with a doctor arrived, and Chester Hix was rushed to Port Hueneme. The other crewman was Otto Wendke. The boat had been bound from San Francisco to San Diego.
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San Francisco
Aurora
Prisoner's Harbor
Santa Cruz Island
Coast Guard
Chester Hix
Port Hueneme
Otto Wendke
San Diego
Soviet Army Rated at 215 Divisions
The Twentieth Century magazine reports the Soviet armed forces included 215 divisions and 20 000 planes in operation. It details 110 infantry and cavalry divisions, 5 armored divisions and 40 artillery antiaircraft divisions across eastern Europe and Asia.
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London
the Twentiethenetury
Europe
Asis
Weather Update Partly Cloudy Then Clearing
Partly cloudy conditions will decrease through the night into Sunday. Temperatures edge higher Sunday afternoon with a warmer feel and light winds.
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