Fire consumes downtown Illinois City buildings
Fire swept a quarter block in downtown Illinois City injuring one firefighter and causing an estimated 750000 to 1000000 dollars in damage. Firefighters battled the blaze from 2 1/2 hours after it started in a grocery building, spreading to a drugstore and other structures near the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Francis Durkin
Peter Larsen
Eisener-Fisher Grocery Co
W.T. Grant Co
Thompson's
Ilinois
Thriftyeas
Illinois State Capitol
Abnormal Blast Reported at Bikini Atoll
Japan's weather bureau recorded abnormal earthquake shocks and seismograph readings 150 miles north of Tokyo at 3 a m today. Signals from 2 400 miles offshore toward Bikini indicate a blast with strength comparable to a prior event. U S officials had earlier noted possible nuclear activity at Bikini on May 28 and June 13.
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Tokyo
Japan
Weather Bureau
Bikini
United States
Ohio Airman Drowns in Arizona Creek
Dale Flora a 19 year old airman from East Canton Ohio drowned in Clear Creek near Winslow while on a swimming party with friends He was stationed at the Air Force radar installation near Winslow Arizona.
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Winslow, Ariz
Dale Flora
East Canton
Ohio
Clear Creek
Winslow
Air Force
Air Laws Under Review After Grand Canyon Crash
A U S House Commerce subcommittee probes the TWA United crash that killed 128. Rep. Oren Harris calls for overhaul of air regulations and stronger ground systems and mentions closer CAB and CAA liaison. CAB and CAA officials testify on shared responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Civil Aeronautics Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
House Commerce Subcommittee
Twa-United Air Lines
Controlled Airways
CAB
CAA
Harris
Las Vegas
TWA
United
William K. Andrews
Andrews
Los Angeles
Oscar Bakke
James R. Dur‘re
House
Grand Canyon
Plane Dead Are Buried Nine Identified at Flagstaff Service
Sixty seven coffins lay in Flagstaff Cemetery for a mass burial of TWA Constellation crash victims from the Grand Canyon disaster. Partial victim identifications numbered nine. 250 relatives attended as 78 were flown from Kansas City aboard the Constellation.
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Flagstaff, Ariz
Flagstaff
Trans World Airlines
Grand Canyon
Pepe
Flagstaff Pior
John Maag
Los Angeles
TWA
Kansas City
Constellation
Riot at San Jose rock dance injures 13 after beer bottle toss
A beer bottle sparked a riot at a San Jose rock dance early yesterday drawing 2,500 youths. Police halted the disorder after 75 officers intervened. 13 people were treated for injuries and nine were arrested. Manager Charles Silvia estimated $3,000 in damage as Fats Domino’s eight-piece band arrived amid unrest.
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San Jose
Calif
Ray Blackmore
Charles Silvia
Silvia
Fats Domino
Major Greek Island Quake Triggers Tsunami Death Toll Rising
Aegean region rocks with quakes and tidal waves striking Thera Santorini Crete Samos Kalimnos Amorgos and Paros. Thera reports about 30 dead and others missing as dwellings collapse while Kalimnos residents flee inland and Amorgos suffers heavy damage. The quake also triggers a volcanic eruption on Thera and disrupts Athens with widespread destruction across the islands.
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Athens
Greece
Aegean
Thera
Santorini
Los
Crete
Samos
Kalimnos
Dodecanese
Astipalia
Paros
Amorogos
Ixaria
Ilond
Syroe
Isla
Amorgos
Ionian Islands
Bet Answer Rocked Em Rock and Roll Waltz Reference
Polk Neb. Donnette Ostberg aged 4 seemed uninterested in Sunday school singing at the Methodist church. After several starts she lowered her head and elbows, then answered that she enjoyed singing yet preferred The Rock and Roll Waltz which she knew better.
Cypriots kill British Trio in island violence
In Cyprus a trio of Britons were killed as Cypriot extremists pushing union with Greece carried out deadly violence across the island. A senior British customs official and his wife were slain while driving to a picnic, and a British soldier died in a gun battle near Morpheus, west of Nicosia. General Sir Gerald Templer reviewed troops after the attacks.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Gerald Templer
Imperial General Staff
Greece
Morpheus
Gas Strike Hits St. Louis Area With 16000 Customers
Negotiators renewed efforts to settle a nine day strike by Laclede Gas Co. employees as about 16 000 customers remained without gas service. Some 2 200 workers have defied a state seizure order and punitive court action.
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ST. Louis
Laclede Gas Co
Good turn helps Shriner organ move through tunnel
In the Detroit Windsor tunnel a tractor hauling an electric organ was halted by customs as it approached. The driver Hugh C Gibson explained he was delivering the organ for a Shrine convention. The tractor then careened 300 feet, hit a tunnel wall, and Gibson was hospitalized. Traffic paused 20 minutes while the vehicle was removed. Customs advised using the Ambassador Bridge.
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Detroit
Detroit River
Windsor
Hugh C. Gibson
Cincinnati
Gibson
Roy Wakefield
United States
Ambassador Bridge
Man Offers $2000 For Boy's Return
Truck driver Bernard Waterman offered 2000 of his own money to the Westbury New York baby kidnapper for the child's return. He received about 40 calls Sunday with mixed reactions and believes the abductor is likely a woman in need of the ransom. He plans to stay by his phone at Redwood 10538 despite the responses.
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Cincinnati
Bernard Waterman
Peter Weinberger
Waterman
Westbury
N. Y
New York
Redwood
Futile Attempt To Contact Weinberger Kidnapper In Lonely Vigil
Beatrice Weinberger sat in a Queens street car for hours attempting to reach the kidnapper who seized her five week old son Peter. A $5 000 ransom remained with her as police chased three men who placed calls from taverns and telephones, but no contact was made and no firm link to the abduction was established.
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Westbury
N. Y
Weinberger
Beatrice Weinberger
Queens
New York City
Peter
Raymond V. Martin
Cop Shot and Man Captured After Kidnapping in Cleveland
In Cleveland area a 32 year old man Norman Edward Walker was jailed after admitting abduction of a Bedford woman and the killing of Valley View patrolman Gerner Robertson Jr. during a car stop. A nationwide search involved about 175 officers until Walker surrendered near the Cuyahoga River.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Bedford
Valley View
Norman Edward Walker
Ohio Penitentiary
Gerner M
Tiny) Robertson Jr
Independence
Rose Sustarsi
Walter Gabram
Summit County
Robertson
Walker
Seven Hills
Ohio 21
Fitzwater Road
Jack Lingler
Great Balls of Fire Strike Home in Paris Kentucky
In Paris Kentucky eight people were inside a 12 room house when a lightning bolt hit. Neighbors described flames and balls of fire across the windows but no injuries occurred and damage was pegged at about 1500 dollars.
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Paris
Prather
Little Rock Yes- Vv
Bee Stings Kill Man in Ohio Bee Incident
Arthur L. Hamm aged 34 of North Kenova Ohio died in a Huntington West Virginia hospital after being stung countless times by honey bees. Coroner Robert S Barrett said Hamm was attacked while transferring bees from one hive to another.
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Ironton
Ohio
Arthur L. Hamm
North Kenova
Huntington
W. Va
Robert S. Barrett
Hamm
No One Hurt In Flash Flood At 4-H Camp
An Ohio flash flood marooned 115 campers at Camp Ohio in Licking County for four hours. Rain totaled 4.2 inches in two hours. one cabin washed away and six bridges destroyed. Rescue crews evacuated children aged 9 to 16 to higher ground with no injuries reported. Deputies praised disciplined conduct during the perilous ordeal.
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Newark
Ohio
Camp Ohio
Licking County
Kenneth Payne
Perry County
William McElroy
Summer Weather Outlook for Miami Valley
The forecast calls for fair weather through Tuesday evening as a high pressure ridge to the west dominates. Today will be partly cloudy and cooler with a high near 85 and a low around 60, followed by mostly fair and mild conditions on Tuesday with a high near 87. Sunday's unofficial high was 90 and the morning low 65.
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Miami Valley
Mediation Sought in Nationwide Steel Strike
Federal mediators may open exploratory talks to end the nine day old steelworkers strike. The move aims to schedule peace meetings, with private mediation possible. The strike hits 650000 workers, disrupts 50 000 related jobs, and costs the economy about 250 million dollars per week.
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U.S
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
Steel Magazine
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
House Debates Civil Rights Fight As July Adjournment Looms
The House faces a heated civil rights clash as leaders aim to adjourn by July 28. Southern Democrats threaten parliamentary tactics to slow the bill creating a civil rights commission and a Justice Department division, while a Thursday vote targets foreign aid bills and a billion dollars in military construction funding.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Commission On Civil Rights
Justice Department
Mayor's Wife Dies in Columbus Ohio
Mrs Katherine Berry Speasmaker wife of London Ohio mayor E T Speasmaker died after a short illness in Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus Services tentatively set for Tuesday in London Ohio London is in Franklin County Ohio and Mt Carmel Hospital is in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Katherine Berry Speasmaker
E. T. Speasmaker
London
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Pepper Pike Hold up suspects subdued after gun battle
Patrolman Donald Glick 24 was wounded when two holdup men Ringgold and Melton opened fire after being halted in Pepper Pike. Ringgold was shot 12 times and Melton with a shotgun wound. Melton jailed. The taxi robbery began in Cleveland with $22 taken before the suspects fled.
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Cleveland
Pepper Pike
Donald Glick
William Ringgold
Huron Road Hospital
Daniel Melton
Ringgold
Melton
David Boyd
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