New Blasts Reopen Mine After Sealing Tragedy
Jamison Coal No. 9 mine, sealed after 15 miners died and a 16th died at the surface, was blasted open by three new explosions. Rescue teams faced deadly gas as workers walled entrances. the mine was sealed to cut air flow and fire. A school near the mine was closed over safety fears. many children lost or missing parents. Officials warned reopening could take days or months as air quality and fire conditions are assessed.
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Farmington
W. Va
Jamison
No. 9
James Fork
Ming
Offeigls
Bas
Federal Mine Bureau
State
Frank B. King
Ite
Integration deadlines debated by four states Supreme Court briefings
Attorneys for Negro parents in four states urged the Supreme Court to require desegregation by September 1955. Arkansas urged sending the issue to Congress, South Carolina to state legislatures, and Virginia questioned feasibility in parts of the state. Virginia argued court decrees and orders can�t force desegregation in opposed areas. The court set oral arguments for December 6, with briefs from Delaware and Kansas included.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme [Court
Arkansas
Congress
South Carolina
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond
Delaware
Kansas
Tom Gentry
Board of Trustees
Clarendon County
Matt
Morse
Indore
Senate
Ser
U. 8
News and World
Adiai
Stevenson
Gorel
Yon
Ex-Polish Official Escapes to West in Sealed Train Car
Jan Abramowicz, 26, a former Polish communist official, says he fled to the West hidden in a sealed railroad car used by a French theater troupe. He traveled from Warsaw on Oct 21, endured three days without food or water, and, after a halt at the Polish-Czech border, was eventually detained in Stuttgart before reaching a West German refuges camp. He hopes to join his sister in Chicago, who married an American soldier after the war.
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Munich
Germany
Polis
Vis
Jan Abramowicz
Radio Free Europe
Warsaw
Jers
Abramowicz
Stuttgart
West Germany
Chicago
Grudge Motive Ruled Out in Wealthy Grocer Killing
Los Angeles police ruled out a grudge as the motive in the slaying of wealthy grocer David L. Nagin and reported the killer fled after a confrontation with Nagin and his wife Maurine. Investigators sought a hospital tip on a wounded man seen nearby, while details on the attacker remained unclear as they reviewed scenes in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
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Los Angeles
David L. Nagin
Nagin
Wagin
West
Angeles
Tad
Maurine
San Bernardino
Cleveland National Forests
Cin
William V. Mendenhall
Racing cars crash in Venezuela crowd tragedy kills nine
A Venezuelan road race near Caracas ends in disaster as a Alfa Romeo and a Austin Healey collide at high speed along a highway 45 miles west. Nine people are killed and five seriously injured as cars plunge into a dense crowd. Authorities launch an inquiry into the crash and the sponsors.
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Caracas
Venezuela
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Mexico
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