Ten Killed When Bus Is Hit By Freight Train
A loaded grammar school bus was struck by a 100 car freight train at a downtown crossing in Spring City Tennessee killing ten children and injuring about 30 and the bus driver. The driver Raymond Moore said his view was blocked by parked cars and he prayed to make it across. Both the driver and the train engineer were charged with manslaughter with hearings set for Aug. 30.
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Spring City
Tenn
Raymond Moore
Back Valley
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Moore
Dayton
Paul Gilles
Southern Railway
Cecil Strader
Strader
Neely Chosen as GOP Candidate for Cleveland Mayor
After two months of searching the Republican party endorsed Kermit K. Neely a 37 year old city councilman for Cleveland mayor The county policy committee recommended support and ward leaders are to follow The independent Democrat Mayor Celebrezze seeks re election while Democratic candidate is State Senator Joseph W Bartunek
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Cleveland
Kermit K. Neely
Neely
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Frank J. Lausche
Democratic Organization
Joseph W. Bartunek
Devastating Northeast Flood Toll Across Six States
Reporting on the vast flood devastation from Hurricane Diane, the Northeast states of Pennsylvania Connecticut New Jersey New York Rhode Island Massachusetts faced massive damage and unemployment. authorities estimate enormous costs while Red Cross mobilizes 260 specialists 635 nurses and 200 doctors for relief as Virginia receives no federal disaster aid.
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Eisenhower
Denver
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Virginia
Abraham A. Ribicoff
PLC
Ribicoff
Woonsocket
R.L
Worcester
Mass
Putnam
Conn
Winsted
Main Street
Waterbury
Civil Defense
Red Cross
No Insurance On Much Flood Loss
New York reports that the great majority of damage from one of the worst Northwest floods this week end was not insured. Insurance premiums on water damage are prohibitive for many industrial and residential property owners, leaving many losses uninsured.
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New York
Shortest U S Red China talks in Geneva
U S ambassador U Alexis Johnson and Communist China envoy Wang Pingnan met for 27 minutes in Geneva marking the fourth week of repatriation talks. Both sides accuse the other of stalling and no agreement is in sight. The next session is set for Thursday.
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Geneva
United States
China
U. Alexis Johnson
U.S
Prague
Wang Pingnan
Red China
Warsaw
Eisenhower pledges all-out aid to flood states
President Eisenhower flew to Hartford and met six Northeastern governors to assess flood damage from hurricanes. He urged immediate giving to Red Cross and promised a long range flood control program with insurance and job support, saying federal, state, and local governments will do everything possible.
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Hartford
Conn
Eisenhowe
Congress
Roland Harriman
The
Red Cross
Bradley Airfield
Eisenhower
Weird ceremony frees American flyer in Korean neutral zone
In the Korean neutral zone a freed U S Air Force lieutenant and the body of Army Captain Charles W Brown were handed over after a downed unarmed trainer was shot by Red gunners. The exchange featured a last minute question and answer with a Communist officer.
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Kumhwa
Korea
Guy H. Bumpas
Jackson
Miss
Charles W. Brown
West
Louisville
Bumpas
United Nations Command
Air Force
Harold A. Dye
Atlanta
Brown
North Korea
Red
Red China
Peiping
Demilitarized Zone
Harlan C. Parks
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Big Plane Crashes into Homes near Charleston Air Base
A C119 Flying Boxcar crashed and exploded in the Liberty Park area near Charleston AFB. Nine people died including airmen and civilians. Four civilians were found in the wreckage and three houses were hit. Survivors and civilians hospitalized. investigation launched by Maj. Gen. Chester E. McCarthy.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston Air Force Base
Minure
Liberty Park
Air Force
Robert L. MacNeal
Windberg
Francis L. McShane
North Charleston
S.C
James John Maher
Wilkes-Barre
Keith Halls
Smoot
Wyo
John W. Glahn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert B. McGovern
Lubbock
Tex
William Rich
Asheville
N.C
Thomas P. Korshalla
East Plymouth
James C. Miller
Houston
Lawrence G. Bradley
Buena Park
Califany
Bobby H. Bruce
Xter
Tenn
Chester E. McCarthy
18Th Air Force
Donaldson Afb
Greenville
Fire Hits Son's Grill and Pix Hamburger Shop
A grease fire blamed on vented grease at Son's Grill and Pix Hamburger Shop caused heavy interior damage at 1904 06 Central Ave. Damage estimated at 322000 with 15000 for furnishings. No serious injuries. two elderly residents on the second floor were evacuated with help from bystanders and a nurse interpreter.
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Son’s Grill
Central Ave
Journal
Weith
Pix Hamburger
Harry Chandler
Son's Saig
Jane Broughton
Columbia Ave
Miss Broughton
Clark McKnight
Mabel Wyatt
Airmen Reach Round Trip Halfway Mark Across Atlantic
Two British airmen attempted a one day round trip from London to New York in a Canberra jet bomber. They landed at Floyd Bennett Field after 7 hours 31 minutes from takeoff, with a planned 14 hour total including the return leg. Pilot John Hackett and Navigator Peter M. Penny planned a swift return to London.
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New York
Atlantic
Floyd Bennett Field
London
John Hackett
Peter M. Penny
Royal Air Force
Northern Ireland
Gander
Newfoundland
French Hit Rebel Camps In Morocco
French armored columns and fighter planes attacked Berber rebel camps in the Atlas foothills east of Oued Zem. Reinforcements from Rabat and Keknes joined the campaign described as a punitive expedition with no mass executions. Casualty figures were uncertain but feared to reach into the thousands in Morocco, with hundreds more in Algeria.
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Casablanca
Rabat
Keknes
Kasba Talda
Oued Zem
Algeria
Morocco
Atlas Mountains
Woman Gives Baby Away To Stranger In Bar
Cleveland police report a 24 month old girl was allegedly given to a stranger in a bar by Wanda Jo Patty a Knoxville woman. Patty later fainted from malnutrition and shock and claimed the child was kidnapped. the infant Patricia Ann Patty is in City Hospital under observation while another couple reports a similar case at the same time.
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Cleveland
Wanda Jo Patty
Knoxville
Mario Vasquez
Patricia Ann Patty
City Hospital
Cooler Air Delivers 24 Degree Midwest Drop
A cold front moving southward across the Great Lakes cools the Midwest by up to 24 degrees from Sunday. Forecasts call for fair, less humid weather today and tonight with 60s low temperatures. Wednesday should be fair and warmer. Yesterday’s unofficial high reached 86 at 5:30 pm and the morning low was 68 at 6:30 am.
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Great Lakes
Midwest
Indian ambassador asked to leave Houston dining room
In Houston a restaurant supervisor ordered India’s ambassador Gaganvihari Mehta and his secretary to relocate from the public dining area, citing a mistaken belief they were Negroes. Witnesses say six people heard the supervisor say the law required moving them, with a private room offered instead. The incident occurred during a layover en route to Mexico City.
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Houston
Tex
India
United States
Mary Alley
Horizon House
Houston Post
Mexico City
Washington
Steal Em Ad Backfires as Cars and Tires Vanish
Dallas auto dealer Walter Wilson advertised low prices with the line to come steal our cars. Yesterday thieves took it literally and stole the spare tires and wheels from five 1955 models, leaving the dealership counting losses.
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Dallas
Tex
Walter Wilson
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