Greeley Mourns Two Dozen Dead In Bus Train Crash
Greeley Colorado mourns a wave of tragedy after a school bus collides with a Union Pacific City of Denver train. Twenty children died and thirteen were injured with four in comas. Local families mourn multiple losses across the Auburn school district.
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Greeley
Colo
UPI
Weld County Hospital
Greeley, Colo
Colorado
Denare
Delta Elementary
Big Sandy River
Prestonburg
Union Pacific
Denver
Brantner
Heimbuck
Raxton
Craven
Auburn
Duke City Blaze Burns Four in Albuquerque
A dawn fire and gas explosion in a Albuquerque residence injured four people, with a fifth escaping harm. Louis Minch 51 his wife Lucia and Concha Lopez 82 suffered severe burns while Mike Minch 16 had minor burns and Concepcion Minch 19 was uninjured. The blaze started after a small fire lit a natural gas pocket, the gas was shut off and a match later ignited, blowing out a wall and collapsing the roof.
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Albuquerque
UPI
Louis Minch
Lucia
Concha Lopez
Minch
Mike Minch
Concepcion Minch
Southern Union Gas Co
Harold St. John
Southern Union
St. John
Drilling Resumes At Gnome Site Near Carlsbad
Drilling at Project Gnome near Carlsbad resumes after prior halt when a five kiloton nuclear blast shifted casings at 600 feet. Crews drill two holes simultaneously after a 690 foot pre explosion effort. The blast produced measurable ground motion and isotope samples were recovered for analysis.
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Gnome
Carlsbad
APS
Project Gnome
Gary H. Higgins
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Higgins
Laboratory
AEC
Livermore
Calif
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Ground Zero
Uppsala
Sweden
U.S
Department of Defense
Tatum Rancher's Stock Tops In Hereford Show
Ed Holt of Tatum dominated the Ninth Annual One-Step Hereford show in Low Holt with three of the top four animals including grand champion cow and bull and reserve cow. W A Anderson of Lovington also won with the reserve champion bull. Forty three bulls and five cows were entered. the five females averaged 370 dollars, Holt's champion sold for 1100 dollars. The champion cow sold for 750 dollars to J P Mitchell of Kermit, Texas.
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Ed Holt
Tatum
Hereford Association
Holt
W. A
Bill) Anderson
Lovington
J. P. Mitchell
Kermit
Texas
Ramon Perez
Vaughn
Harry Winston
Synder
Walter S. Britten
College Station
F. L. Earnest
W. A. Anderson
Leon Langford
Hereford Ranch
Elmer Langford
Olen and Cleo Ainsworth
Chester Hobbs
F. L
C. E. Bley
Hardin Joyce
Sherm Howard
Stage Terror for Kennedy Visit in Caracas
Venezuelan authorities brace for President Kennedy visit as 30 000 security forces guard Caracas. Communist youth firebomb Daily Journal and three American stores. one raider shot in abdomen. Minor damage reported. arrests made and vigilance remains high.
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James R. Whelan
United Press International
Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Kennedy
Daily Journal
Sears Roebuck
General Electric
U. S
New Mexico counties get fall out shelter survey contract
The Corps of Engineers awarded the first of six contracts for a fall out shelter survey in New Mexico. Scanlon Erwin & Associates of Santa Fe won the bid for a preliminary study covering eight southwestern counties and nearby military installations.
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Albuquerque
API
New Mexico
Corps of Engineers
Scanlon- Erwin & Associates of
Santa Fe
Mopup In Tax Raids Across 22 U S Cities
Federal agents and U S marshals raided 150 gambling venues in 22 cities including New York Detroit Baltimore Pittsburgh San Francisco Los Angeles Houston Macon Nashville Indianapolis and Cincinnati seizing 37 000 in cash seven cars and charging 128 gamblers with evading federal gambling taxes. If convicted they face up to a year in prison and a 10000 fine.
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Treasury
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
Detroit
New York
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Houston
Macon
Nashville
Tenn
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Lovington Nativity Scene Set For Monday Evening
Plans are complete for the third annual Lovington Christmas Nativity Scene on Monday at 7 p.m. on the west lawn of the Lea County Courthouse. The event features a six scene musical re enactment from the Annunciation to the Nativity with choir and band performances directed by Rev Bob Lindley J D Fry and Bill Chandler on the courthouse balcony and angels added for depth.
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Lovington
Jess Benson
Joe Meador
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Lindley
Benson
Lea County
Church of the Nazarene
Lovington High School
J. D. Fry
Cappela
Bill Chandler
Eichmann Condemned to Die By Hanging in Israel
Three Israeli judges find Adolf Eichmann guilty on all counts and condemn him to death by hanging for masterminding the Nazi genocide. He may appeal within 10 days to the Supreme Court. mercy petitions lie with the president and a special Knesset law is required to carry out the sentence.
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United Press International
Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Moshe Landau
Supreme Court
Dieter Wechtenbruch
Kneset
Yitzhak Raveh
Landau
UN and Katangese clash widens in Elisabethville fight
UN troops with armored cars battled Katangese forces in central Elisabethville as heavy overnight fire rocked the city. Katanga president Tshombe accused a “terror barrage” harming civilians and blamed UN forces for a mortars attack. A British woman died from a mortar shell and European casualties rose to 11 dead, 46 wounded.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
UPI
United Nations
Biteday
Moise Tshombe
Brussels
Tshombe
Margaret Dyer
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Duke City Blaze Hurts
Hereford
JFK
Lovington Merchants
Washington
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Tion
Herald Angels
Mary and
Joseph
Bethlehem
Shepherds and Angels
Three
E. H. Byers
J. R. Morgan
Sen
Norbert Hougardy
Cyrille Adoula
Edmund Gullion
Leopoldville
Tshormbe
U. N
Elisabethville Museum
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