Nine Killed in Brooklyn Pier Tanker Explosion
A tanker exploded at a Brooklyn pier on 35th Street causing at least nine deaths and 400 injuries. Firefighters from 80 companies battled the blaze as vessels were evacuated, and damage extended across multiple piers with shattered windows and airborne smoke.
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Brooklyn Pier
United Press
Brooklyn
New York
New York City
Coast Guard
Manhattan
Kings County
Moran Towing Company
35Th Street
Staten Island
Luckenbach Shipping Line
Levington Man Arrested For Reckless Driving
Ronald Charles Askins of Levington was charged with reckless driving after his Mercury went off the road and into a bar ditch on State Road 18. Hobbs police booked him, and sheriff’s investigators towed the car eight miles south. damage details unclear.
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Ronald Charles Askins
Adams
Levington
Hobbs
Sheriff's Department
Car explosion injures Deputy Ivan Reed
Deputy Sheriff Ivan Reed suffered burns to his face and hands when his car exploded after he fueled with butane gas. The blast blew out front and rear windows as he lit a cigarette, and he spent the night in Lea General Hospital awaiting release.
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Ivan Reed
Reed
Lea General Hospital
Dulles Calls for Rebuilding Atlantic Alliance Unity
Secretary of State Dulles says the United States must rebuild the unity of the Atlantic Alliance. He cites misunderstandings with Britain and France over Middle East events and expects NATO talks to restore traditional Atlantic ties. He and President Eisenhower see Middle East peace as reasonably good but warn of strains from Soviet U N policy and external rule. Dulles notes nations remain divided while he recovers from cancer surgery in Florida and returns to Washington.
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United Press
Dulles
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Britain
France
Middle East
NATO
Eisenhower
Augusta
Georgia
Russia
U.N
Asia
Europe
Key West
Florida
Washington
State Department
Benge Home Destroyed By Gas Explosion
The three bed room Benge residence seven miles north and one mile west of town was destroyed by a gas and paint explosion Saturday evening. Mr Benge suffered burns to his right shoulder and arm while painting with a spray gun using bottled gas for pressure. Investigators suspect a pilot light may have been left burning causing the blast and fire to engulf the home and furnishings.
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Benge
Bengo
Tommy Dorsey Autopsy Details Death By Sleeping Pills
An autopsy report states band leader Tommy Dorsey died after taking sleeping pills to render himself unconscious. Chief toxicologist Abraham Stolman refused to confirm if the amount was lethal, noting the coroner must decide. Dorsey choked while sleeping last Monday. findings were sent to coroner Edgar Krentzman, who previously deemed the death accidental.
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Tommy Dorsey
Abraham Stolman
Connecticut State Health Department
Dorsey
Storman
Edgar Krentzman
Hartford
Krentzman
Clinton Tennessee school board seeks federal aid to enforce integration
A Clinton Tennessee school board held an emergency meeting and issued an ultimatum to Attorney General Herbert Brownell to enforce the court order integrating Clinton's schools. Nine African American students stayed home amid ongoing hostility after last week’s egg and stone throwing and a midweek walkout.
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United Press
Tennessee
Clinton
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Bank Robbery in Warwick Rhode Island
Two masked gunmen entered a Warwick branch bank and demanded money. The robbers, wearing grotesque masks, escaped with about seven thousand dollars. No injuries reported as police launch investigation.
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United Press
Warwick
Rhode Island
Gasoline Shortage Halts Britain and Europe
The S7 dispute triggers a severe gas shortage across Europe. Britain reports the quietest Sunday on the highways since World War II with nine of ten filling stations closed and many motorists stranded. The Daily Express condemns stations for denying Americans, while Queen Juliana rides a bicycle to church amid Sunday driving bans in Holland.
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Britain
London
The
Daily Express
Holland
Juliana
Man Killed Half-Brother by Mistake in Texas Posse Shootout
In Greeley Colorado 32 year old Junior Ward Myers known as Robert J Hunter was killed by his half brother Jim Hunter Waller amid a Texas posse gun battle. The two men fled after a bank robbery and assault to murder across several states. Their criminal ties and recent marriage to Lois Hunter are noted as investigators pursue the case.
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Greeley
Colo
Ward Biyers
Texas
Colorado
Rovert J. Hunter
Myers
Hunter
Lois
Ausband
Weld
Tegiman
Air Force Base
Chey
Wyoming
I Myers
Jim Walleard
Jim Hunter
Cers
Shamrock
Whiteard
Bhangi
Bett
Robert E
Lois Hunter
Arkansas
Tatum Woman Seeks Driver Contact For Injury
Mrs. Mary Davis of Fay's Department Store in Tatum reports a car backed from a parking space on Main Street Sunday night and struck a pedestrian, causing a broken leg. The injured woman, supporting two children, left a description unclear and the driver vanished, now urged to contact to cover medical costs.
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Mary Davis
Fay’s
Tatum
Leader Office
Main Street
Theiver
Farm Agents Attend Meeting in Las Cruces
All Sea County Farm agents and extension workers left Monday for a week at State College for a five day conference. Speakers include outstanding workers with explanations of knotty problems. Attending from Lovington are Jim Gilstrap Bill Lewis Bill Smith Mrs Delores Buswell and Mrs Mary Jo Carlton.
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Las Cruces
Sea County
State College
Lovington
Jim Gilstrap
Bill Lewis
Bill Smith
Delores Buswell
Mary Jo Carlton
Clinton minister beaten defending school integration
Rev Paul Turner, a 33 year old Baptist minister, escorted six Negro students to a Clinton Tennessee school this morning. He was beaten by a mob as police stood by outside the telegraph exchange. Turner was treated and said he will return tomorrow to continue escorting Negro students to school.
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Clinton
Tennessee
Paul Turner
Turner
Vile School
Joey
Clinton x. School
Candle Lighting Christmas Service at First Presbyterian
Candie Light Services Sunday at 7:00 p.m. features Christmas music by the First Presbyterian Church choir under Mrs. Ed Chapman and Bill King. Readings from scripture accompany the program. The Joy Gift for retired ministers or dependents will be collected. Nursery offered for preschool children. Rev. Gordon Garlington announces.
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First Presbyterian Church
Gordon Garlington
Ed Chapman
Bill King
New Lovington C of C Elects Benett Cotton President
At the regular monthly Lovington Chamber of Commerce meeting Benett Cotton was elected president. New officers include Winford Carlile as vice president and Bar ney Waldrop as treasurer. The group noted the presidency had been a difficult post in recent years and that installation will occur after the new year.
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Bewett Cotton
Lovington Chamber of Commerce
Winford Carlile
Barney Waldrop
Cotton
Direc
J. Dotson
Hubert Gill
Barner Waldrop
Jim McLaughlin
Jacques Dailey
Blewett Cotten
W. C. Darden
John Easley
John Waits
Ed Bell
New High School Gym Nears Completion
A shipment of bleach ers signals the new high school gymnasium on Oh Street is nearly finished and should be in use by January first. The facility features three basketball courts, two classrooms, showers and lockers, concession stands, spectator bleacher space, and ticket counters. Lembke Clough and King Inc are the contractors.
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Oh Street
Lembke, Clough and King, Inc
Lovington Man Charged After Early Morning Assault
Harvey Richard Hagan, 26, was arrested Sunday on assault and robbery charges after an incident at the 200 Club north of Lovington. Deputy James Robson said a motorist reported a fight over $5. Clark of Tatum said Hagan beat him and took $5. Bond set at $750 with Monday arraignment.
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Lovington
Sheriff's Department
Harvey Richard Hagan
Arnold Raymond Clark
Tatum
James Robson
Robinson
Jewell McAdoo
Hagan
Clark
Thieves Steal Unmentionables From Local Clothes Lines
Thieves operated Saturday night in the 700 to 800 block of West Taylor, stealing a quantity of ladies undergarments from clothes lines. Several teachers and a woman were affected, with unnamed articles taken and no descriptions provided.
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West Taylor
Crossroads Woman Injured In Auto Crash At Tatum
Mrs. Pearl Teeter of Crossroads was treated by a Lovington physician Sunday for injuries after an auto collision at Tatum. She rode in a 1956 Pontiac that collided with a 1955 Pontiac driven by Dale Gandy of Crossroads around 11 40 a.m.
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Crossroads
Lovington Physican
Tatum
Pearl Teeter
Ynen
Dale Gandy
Hubcap Theft Reported in Lovington
Kenneth Freeman of 202 West Ave Q Lovington reported two hubcaps stolen from his Oldsmobile Sunday. The theft occurred Saturday night while the car was parked at Lea County Electric Co. he told the sheriff's department.
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Kenneth Freeman
West Ave
Lovington
Lea County Electric Co
Sheriff's Department
Britain and France Plan Canal Zone withdrawal
British Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd told Parliament that Anglo French and U N police army leaders will work out withdrawal plans soon. A French official said most troops will leave Egypt by month end. Hammarskjold ordered U N police to take full control of Port Said by mid month.
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Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
U.N
Paris
Egypt
Mas
Lloyd
Israel
Gaza Strip
Loyd
France
Laboris
Eden
Lloyd’s
P “Tain
Jamaica
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
Port Said
Perry family hosts visitors in Girard home
Mrs. George Perry and family return to their Girard home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Perry at 514 West Avenue. The Perry household had hosted Val Perry and her son and his family for weeks as weekend guests of the W. A. Perry family.
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George Perry
M. M. Perry
Girard, T
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