Fiery Tank Car Blast Kills and Injures River Camp Victims
A freight train derailment and series of tank car explosions sent fire, smoke, and burning liquid across a river area near Meldrim and Savannah. Rescue teams battled flames, ambulances ferried injured to Memorial Hospital, and watchers described scorched bodies and chaotic scenes as helicopters aided transport.
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Civil Defense
Cing Woods
Bill Wallis
Wallis
Hiney
Bulance
U.S
Meldrim
Savannah
Memorial Hospital
Phillip Carpenter
Pooler
Robert W. Morris
David Parker
Larry Smith
Savannah Morning News
Chatham County
W. E. Harvey
Naval
Air Force
Marine
Tragic Ogeechee River blast and trestle collapse
Eyewitness Morris recounts the deadly Ogeechee River disaster with flames, wreckage, and a bridge collapse. He and 20 rescuers arrived as helicopters and ambulances began ferrying the dead and injured, noting at least 15 fatalities and a mile of river engulfed in fire.
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Parker
Robert W. Morris
Meldrim
Ogeechee River
Atlanta Constitution
Morris
Britain Shapes New Big Four Talks On Berlin Deadlock
London reports Britain plans a fresh approach to the Geneva Big Four to break the Berlin deadlock ahead of a summit. Selwyn Lloyd will consult the United States, France, and West Germany on redrafting Western Berlin proposals while Moscow signals cautious optimism for a positive Geneva outcome.
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John Gale
London
Britain
Geneva
Berlin
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Uss.r
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Macmillan
France
West Germany
Funeral services for John Lax ton Rash 8
Funeral services were held for John Lax ton Rash eight at Peacock Baptist Church in Aspermont. A Stonewall County resident for six decades, he was a retired grocer. Burial followed in Aspermont Cemetery.
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John Laxton Rash
Peacock Baptist Church
Aspermont
Rash
Stonewall County
Aspermont Cemedy
Rain and heat sweep across Texas and nation
Showers delivered 1.50 inches near 6 pm with hail 20 miles northeast. Anton and Van Horn reported notable rainfall. others received smaller amounts. Temperatures spiked to 109 at Presidio and 105 at Wink, with 100 at Laredo. Cooler Panhandle forecast. nationwide heat and snow in Colorado and Chicago parks drew crowds.
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Muleshoe
Gilbert Lamb
Anton
Levelland
Earth
Springlake
Littlefield
Presidio
South
Southeast
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
Trail Ridge Road
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rockies
Fraser
Colo
Chicago
Altimore
Search narrows for missing airmen along desert marker trail
A 16 year search traces a marker trail 20 miles north of a wrecked bomber then 24 miles north to old desert tracks. The trail, made of boots and gear, ends near five Italian vehicles. bodies may be those of an American crew once listed as missing. Officials consider a new ground and helicopter search centered on the abandoned cars location about six miles north of the plane.
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Benghasi
Jby
Wheelus Air Force Base
Libya
Ten thousand marchers join ban the bomb demo in London
Ten thousand banner waving marchers filled sunny London streets in a ban the bomb protest called by the British Peace Committee. The crowd marched about two miles from Trafalgar Square singing disarmament songs and dispersed peacefully. Station wagons are leading production gains in Germany this year.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Germany
Cupp Rites Set At Plainview
Claude M. Cupp 67 died in Taylor Hospital Lubbock. Funeral at Parkview Baptist Church Plainview with burial in Parkview Cemetery. Survived by Lula Thelma Warlow wife. five children including Billy R. of Lubbock. siblings in Kansas and Alaska. 13 grandchildren. World War I veteran, farmer, carpenter.
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Plainview
Claude M. Cupp
Taylor Hospital
Lubbock
Parkview Bap
Charles T. Jordan
Dorman Kinard
Pastorarkview Baptist Church
Will c
Me Park
Cupp
Marceline
Oklahoma
Lula Thelma Warlow
Sweetwater
Okla
Earth
The
Baptist A
Joe Mayes
S. F. Brown
Glen Smith
San Franci
Leonard ‘Rise
Anchorage
Alaska
Billy R
Charles W. Armentrout
Manhatan
Kan
Derby Run 0 Derby Officials Prep for All-American Soap Box Derby
Derby officials in Lubbock prepare for the 1959 City Champion title tonight at about 10 p.m. The winner receives the Champion's Trophy and a trip to Akron for the All-American Soap Box Derby with scholarships and prizes totaling $15,000. Prizes include a $100 savings bond, a transistor radio, a silver wrist watch, a car configuration award, a gold watch, a camera, and more. Ramps, scales, water, helmets, and shirts are supplied as crews remodel ramps and finalize track preparations. The event, dubbed the greatest amateur race, is sponsored nationwide by Chevrolet GM and targets boys ages 11 to 15.
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Akron
Ohio
Lubbock
Chevrolet
N. B. McCullough
Tom Cherry
Toledo Scale, Co
Hygiea Water Co
Tex-N-Jeans
Dunlap’s
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corp
Births and family notices from a Methodist Hospital event
Multiple birth and family notices list fathers as geologists and television servicemen, with newborns weighing between under seven and nine pounds at Methodist Hospital. Names include Mr and Mrs Anton Meyers and Mr and Mrs Gerald Meyers, along with other families in West Texas and Auburn areas, noting marriages, births, and receptions.
GOP Laying Plans For Vote Drive In 1960 Efforts
GOP National Chairman Thruston B. Morton outlined a large scale push to recruit two million volunteers by 1960. He criticized 1956 and 1958 turnout declines and urged targeted organizing in marginal districts to win the House and then the presidency.
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Washington
GOP
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
House of Representatives
Florida Governor Speaks in Russia Lenningrad Church
Florida Governor LeRoy Collins preached at a Baptist church in Leningrad a city tied to the 1917 Communist revolution. He traveled with eight other U S state governors who arrived by train from Moscow and began the day visiting two churches including the Russian Orthodox St Nicholas.
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Florida
Russia
Leningrad
Leroy Collins
Collins
Moscow
Seeking Successor To Strauss Named In Speculation
Washington AP President Eisenhower eyes potential successors for Lewis L. Strauss as secretary of commerce among Leo A. Hoegh Sumner G Wuler don Gray and Frederick H Mueller. Strauss may leave soon though a recess appointment could still stand if the Senate does not act before adjournment and its end would auto terminate the appointment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Csent
Lewis L. Strauss
Leo A. Hoegh
Civil Defense
Sumner G.W Tier
Don’ Gray
Frederick H. Mueller
Strausx
Strauss
Congress
Senate
Administration
City Mourns For Victims Of Crash
In Busto Arsizio Italy the city canceled its festival and draped churches in black to mourn eight crash victims of a Trans World Airways four motor liner. Twenty eight victims were American and the rest from Tahiti Greece Egypt France Britain Chile Israel. C M Dunn a TWA engineer from New York will assist in determining the cause of the explosion two miles above on the Athens to Chicago flight.
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Busto Arsizio
Italy
TWA
C. M. Dunn
Trans World Airlines
New York
Athens
Chicago
Bodies in church as Italian inquiry drags on
In a black draped St John church in Busto Arsizio 68 corpses lay in two flowered rows while thousands passed by for burial or identification. Unidentified bodies may stay in church or Milan as efforts continue. Funeral services set for Monday in the church.
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St. John
Busto Arsizio
Milan
New York
Rome
Dunn
Duilio Fanali
Page
Jarr
Texas
Yasanesay
Compromise Committee
Carr
House
Senate
Blaze Strikes Salon In City
Fire struck a Weight Control and Health Salon at 3029 3rd St and damaged nearby business property owned by Mrs. P. E. Roddy at 2110 2nd St. The blaze caused several thousand dollars in damage, with prior similar fire losses totaling at least $15,000. Firemen responded shortly before 10 p.m and extinguished the fire by about 10:10 p.m as thick smoke spread to nearby stores.
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P. E. Roddy
Eisenhower remarks on remedies to inflation and monopoly
President Eisenhower acknowledged recommendations submitted to Congress as the Nixon committee weighs using federal antitrust powers against monopolies in both labor and management. He said remedies should target eliminating risks to public interests rather than extending direct public control over business decisions.
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Eisenhower
Nixon Committee
Congress
Castle Estate Payment Trickles Through History
In 1786 the government took charge of royal accounts and found a small note to pay 75 pounds 10 shillings to castle leaseholders. They paid and, as is customary in Britain, have continued the annual payment since.
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Buckminister Estate
Britain
Ethiopian Emperor Selassie and Nasser Meet in Cairo Talks
The third and final round of talks between Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo ended Saturday night after a two hour session. An official spokesman said the discussions covered political, economic and cultural affairs.
Tiger Attacks Boy in Glasgow Zoo Cage Incident
A Malayan tiger attacked nine year old Samuel Maxwell at a Glasgow zoo on Saturday after the boy climbed the tiger’s cage to reach a bird’s nest. He escaped with a small wrist scratch and a torn jacket.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Samuel Maxwell
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