Double Disaster Strikes Bowie Track in Two Crises
A Baltimore area tragedy struck Bowie yesterday as a Philadelphia bound special derailed near the racetrack killing six and injuring about 150. A separate fire gutted the track’s annex building causing more than $250000 in losses and canceling the final race of the day.
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Kennedy Mum on Red Plan Congo Debate Open Ended
United Nations Security Council members, in behind the scenes talks, weighed the Soviet challenge to back Soviet Congo proposals. The council’s Congo discussion was in recess until Tuesday with no U S position from the Kennedy administration yet, aides said a late next week answer was possible.
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U. N. Security Council
Soviet Union
United States
Congo
Toss-Up Hole Choice Causes Coal Flood in Chicago
A Chicago coal delivery team chose the round hole they believed led to a sewer. instead it diverted coal into the alley and water flooded the Boyce Building. The incident halted a basement printing press and prompted the coal company's vice president Charles Holland to note a 50 50 chance they could have chosen correctly.
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Boyce
Coal Company
Charles Holland
Chilean capital shaken by two earthquakes early morning
Santiago Chile AP reports two earthquakes struck the capital in the early hours. The first quake occurred at 6 25 am with light intensity, followed by a second moderate quake. No casualties or damage were reported.
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Santiago
Chile
Chuckler at a party jokes about being eurotic
A party moment features a witty line about being eurotic. The remark frames self deprecation with a pun linking European flair to normalcy, prompting light amusement among attendees.
Kennedy Credited With Gold Price Slide In London
London gold prices slid to the lowest since October as US reserve worries fade. Dealers cited Kennedy’s stance against devaluation and NYSE backing cooling the winter gold rush. The London market fixed at 35.28 ounces, with official US price at 35.00.
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Rusk to Hold First News Conference Monday
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will hold his first news conference Monday at 11 a.m. central time, the State Department announced Thursday. The event will be conducted in Washington and open to reporters.
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Dean Rusk
State Department
U S Preps New Type Satellite
Washington AP reports NASA will launch a 74 pound Explorer satellite next week from Cape Canaveral. It will broadcast six radio frequencies to study ionospheric interference and will involve New Zealand and Canada in a cooperative international project.
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Volcano eruption leaves 200 homeless in Chile
SANTIAGO AP reports Calbuco volcano erupted forcing more than 20 families from their homes as lava slid down the mountain. The eruption comes amid a cluster of volcanoes linked to last May earthquakes. No confirmed human fatalities, though livestock were trapped in lava flows.
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Chile
Calbuco
Castro Purge Dismisses 120 Cuban Judges in Second Sweep
Fidel Castro ordered the firing of 120 judges across Cuba as a second phase of a court purge aimed at aligning justice with revolutionary aims. The action, signed with top officials, targeted counterrevolutionary activity and alleged immoral conduct, with many ousted judges already seeking asylum abroad. The December purge had reduced the supreme court to 15 from 31, and today’s move brought the panel to about 17 with Evelio Morales Castillo among those removed.
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Evacuation Plan Works as 100 Patients Flee Safe
In LaCrosse Wisconsin Lutheran Hospital evacuated about 100 patients within ten minutes after a fire destroyed an old five story wing. Nurses doctors and attendants moved bedridden patients to other wings with no injuries reported and officials credited practiced disaster plans for the smooth operation.
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Emotions Mixed On Santa Maria Liner In Recife
Passengers stranded aboard the Santa Maria for 12 days faced fear, tension, and mixed moments of laughter and love in a Recife port landing. First and second class faced little more than jitters, while third class reported water and food shortages. American travelers reflected on fear, romance blossomed between a Dutchman and a Spanish woman, and a Dutch policeman plotted a mutiny. The ship’s calm belied the rebels on deck as the crowd waited for the word manana to end the ordeal.
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Santa Maria
John Dietz
Gainesville
Delbert Smith
Johnstown
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No Heirs Rich Coeckateel Leaves $15 000
Dayton Ohio AP reports Phillips the cockateel, guardian to the trust for Oakwood pets, died January of an abdominal tumor leaving no heirs to a $15,000 estate now benefiting Miami Valley Hospital. The bird, described as spoiled and indignant, had resided at the Museum of Natural History since 1959 and is currently stored in the museum freezer.
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John A. MacMillan
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Dayton Rubber Co
Galvac Forces Surrenders as Marines Take Santa Maria
Recife Brazil AP reports Brazilian marines in command of the Santa Maria force rebel chieftain Henrique Galvac to abandon the liner. Nearly all crew went ashore and Galvac's band was disarmed aboard the ship, ending his revolutionary gesture.
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Galvac
Auto-Bus Crash Kills Milford Man In Cincy
In Cincinnati AP report John E Young 37 of Milford was killed when his car lost control on Columbia Parkway and crashed into a bus. Bus driver Burnell Richardson 28 and the other two passengers suffered minor injuries.
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Cincy
Cincinnati
John E. Young
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Burnell Richardson
Weather Continues Onslaught as Storm Slices East
A fierce midwinter storm blankets the Midwest with up to a foot of snow and drifts as high as four feet in Spencer. The system spreads to the Northeast with sleet and freezing rain, closing schools and disrupting business from Kentucky to Michigan. At least two deaths linked to shoveling snow are reported while traffic congestion worsens in heavy gusts.
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Cold spell to linger with light snow this week
Weather outlook calls for at least five days of continued cold with average temperatures about 24 degrees below normal. Precipitation total 1 to 4 inches with light snow expected Sunday and again Tuesday. Tonight's low near 8 degrees and Saturday will be cloudy and frigid. Middletown reports three inches of snow overnight.
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