Bus Driver Chooses Embankment Over Collision in Ark
Perry Arkansas AP The school bus carrying 35 basketball players veered off the highway into a 16 foot embankment to avoid a freight train. None of the injured students or coach Coy Glover Jr. were seriously hurt. Driver Charlie Upton was shaken but unhurt as ambulances moved the injured to Morristown hospital. The train was a local freight running between Little Rock and Booneville.
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Perry, Ark
Mira
Charlie Upton
Upton
Lloyd Rankin
Guy, Ark
Oime
Perryville
Coy Glover Jr
Morriston
Ark
Rock Island Lines
Little Rock
Booneville
Two Bodies Found In Spring Canyon Mine Disaster
In Spring Canyon, Utah, an underground tremor trapped four miners 5,000 feet inside the Spring Canyon Coal Co. mine. Two bodies, Cecilia Garcia is among those identified, have been recovered while Keith Anderson Dean Nielsen remain missing. The mine manager and safety engineer deem rescue unlikely as workers labored to remove equipment in an overtime shift.
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Spring Canyon Coal Co
Keith Anderson
Dean Nielsen
Spring Canyon
Salt Lake City
Willigan Dasela
Alee William
Aftotaal Canyon
Cecilia
Garcia
C. E. Pauley
Clair Nowren
Plant bulletin board humor notice about unexcused absences
A lighthearted plant bulletin board notice urges workers not to miss days of work, claiming the government cannot afford loss of payroll deductions. It emphasizes affordability for the organization while highlighting the impact on the state.
Record Heat Hits Los Angeles Airport in January
Los Angeles International Airport logged an all time January high of 87 degrees yesterday, surpassing the 1951 January record of 34 degrees. Downtown, temperatures reflected the heat as officials warned residents to take precautions.
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Los Angeles
International
Soviet Ships Reach Midway for Refuge After Storm
Two Soviet grain steamers Gen Panfilov and Odessa, bound for Vladivostok from Vancouver, head toward Midway after Navy oiler Ashtabula aided, with permission granted for refuge and repairs. A Bering Strait cutter aided the Wanderer, a Siberian freighter, as storms depleted supplies and water.
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Midway Island
Panfilov
Odessa
Vladivostok
Vancouver
B.C
Navy
Ashtabula
Midway
Wanderer
Gang of Nordic fantasy youths planned bank heist in New York
Police broke up a 10 member youth gang led by 21 year old George Leggett who touted Nordic supremacy and planned a $40,000 bank robbery to fund a Nazi like camp. Several teens were arrested on burglary and weapons charges after two youths divulged the plot.
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New York
George Leggett
Adolph Hitler
Leggett
George von Licher
Germany
Bronx
Jay Page
William Schutz
Brian Casey
Queens
George Zack
Brian Colgan
Joseph T. Wagner
Anton de Jong
Charles Spearing
Navy Spurs Plane Hunt Near Guam After WB50 Vanishes
Searchers pursue a missing WB50 weather reconnaissance plane with ten airmen aboard after Typhoon Ophelia. Flares and radio signals were reported by the Firedrake, Moore, and a rescue squadron plane. A Honolulu observer noted water flashes, possibly mirror signals, from 200 miles west of Guam.
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Ophelia
Here
U. S
Firedrake
Moore
Honolulu
Navy
MATS
Wendell K. Howard
Klan Rally Sparks Tense Robeson County Clash Fears
In Robeson County North Carolina the Ku Klux Klan plans a rally near Maxton despite earlier cross burnings aimed at an Indian woman dating a white man and an Indian family moving into a white neighborhood. Lumbee Indian leaders urge calm while Mayor Oxendine warns no trouble unless provoked.
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N.C
Ku ‘Klux Klan
Robeson County
St. Pauls
East Lumberton
Oxendine
Maxton
South Carolina
Klan
Marine sergeant who went AWOL across the nation
James J. House a sergeant and former DI of the Year is wanted by the Marines FBI and his wife after an AWOL cross country spree from San Diego to Texarkana. He faces a $2500 bond in Galesburg Illinois on charges tied to a base theft while claiming he will not return to the Marine Corps.
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Corps’ SF
James J. House
Marines
FBI
Knoxony
Texarkana
Ark
San Diego
Las Vegas
Nev
House
iMarine Corps
Jones
Student Nurse Pushed From Mercy Hospital Rooftop
Hamilton police say 20 year old Sylvesta Andy died after an elevator confrontation with hospital orderly Shirney Campbell. Prosecutor plans second degree murder charge. Campbell admits he pushed an object off the roof and believes it may have been the girl.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Sylvesta Andy
W. Greene St
Piqua
Shirney Edward Campbell
Dixie Hwy
Robert L. Marrs
Butler County
Campbell
Andy
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Ike's Shakeup Ideas Sought by Congress Leader
Rep. Cormack of Massachusetts, House majority leader, says President Eisenhower must outline a plan for reorganizing both chambers before Congress acts. He notes constitutional duties include armed forces command and signals a delay until the President provides guidance. Demands push for a drastic military reorganization to end interservice rivalry.
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Washington
Rep
MecCormack
D-Mass
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Conee
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
McCormack
Government Operands ‘Committee
Farm price cuts seen by Benson
Secretary of Agriculture Benson said Congress has a good chance to authorize reduced farm price support minimums as proposed by Eisenhower. He faced tough questions at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, with Ellender and Thye predicting Congress will not go below 75 percent of parity for basic crops including cotton, wheat, corn, rice, and peanuts. Benson suggested a large part of the program might pass, while returning for more questioning next week.
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Benson
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellen‘der
D-La
Sen. Thye
Rminn
Ellender
Ellepher
Thye
Benson-Eisenhower
Debt limit rise eyed for temporary emergency measure
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to raise the national debt ceiling from 275 to 280 billion dollars, with support moving toward quick passage next Tuesday. Treasury Secretary Anderson warned cash balances have been distressingly low, forecasting near 250 million dollars in early February and urging flexibility for daily bills and refinancing.
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House
Ways and Means
Anderson
Treasury
Cuban police arrest four in Havana arms cache plot
Cuban authorities say four men were arrested and an arsenal was found to target top government and military leaders. Four former police lieutenants and one ex-policeman aided storage, while three plotters remain at large. A Mari ano raid uncovered machine public safety items magazines with nearly 3000 bullets. The case ties to claims of extremist violence blamed on Communists and ex-president Piñeiro Socarras now in Miami. Rebels attacked Veguilas after a raid on Manzanillo area.
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Vasquez Castanova
Mariano
Santiago Rey Pernas
Carlos’ Piio Socarras
Miami
Manzanillo
Oriente Prom
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