Toll Rises As Audrey Destroys Cameron Parish
In Lake Charles area reports the Cameron Parish death toll ranges widely with officials citing 104 dead nationwide and Cameron losses over 87, while Coast Guard and Red Cross crews pull bodies and refugees from flooding. Survivors recount mass devastation and wholesale destruction with entire Cameron homes washed away. A 12 name Red Cross casualty list includes five Camer on residents.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Cameron Parish
Weather Bureau
Washingon
Cameron
Audrey
W. L
Bill) Price
New Orleans
C. B. Carter
Stephen Broussard
Texas
D. P. Vincent
Coast Guard
Blue Bonnet
Red Cross
Ken Dixon
Abel Labianc
Pecan Island
Vincent
Begler
Dulles Calls China Regime Uncivilized and Dangerous
Secretary of State Dulles denounces Communist China as uncivilized and hostile and rejects any shift in U S policy of nonrecognition embargo and isolation. He asserts China’s regime is a passing phase and urges standing firm while hoping the Chinese people will end red despotism.
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San Francisco
Dulles
China
United States
U. S
Europe
Britain
Red China
India
Russia
Bomb Test Misfire Halts Nevada Nuclear Detonation
The Nevada Atomic Test Site aborts the Diablo test as a third misfire in U S history stops the detonation. Marines evacuated from trenches 2 miles from Ground Zero after a mechanical power circuit failure prevents the device from exploding. a disarming party is organized to neutralize the 500 foot tower cradle.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Ground Zero
AEC
Prince Philip Pleases Driver After Windsor Staines Crash
Ronald Sutcliffe an officer of the Royal Customs and Excise Service said a motor crash near Windsor with Prince Philip at the wheel was met with courtesy. The Duke admitted fault and Queen Elizabeth II looked disapproving though smiling in photos. Sutcliffe kept the dent as a royal souvenir and planned to mail his details to the prince.
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Hal Cooper
London
England
Queen Elizabeth II
Ronald Ovalcliffe
Royal Customs and Excise Service
Staines
Windsor Castle
Sutcliffe
Prince Philip
Space sounds study hints at weather clues
Stanford physicist Dr. Robert A. Helliwell described a planned worldwide IGY study of whistling and birdlike sounds up to 30 000 miles altitude detectable by radio. He said the exosphere links solar activity to Earth's atmosphere, potentially impacting weather and radio disruption.
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Robert A. Helliwell
Helliwell
U.S. National Committee
IGY
National Academy of Science
Russia
Earth
United States
Ever notice a bore never seems to have a prior engagement
A light humor item notes that a bore always claims no prior engagement, hinting at the universal timing misfires and social quirks of unwelcome guests.
BusTruck Crash in New Jersey Kills One, Injures Many
A Greyhound bus rear ended a tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike in New Brunswick killing a 63 year old Baltimore man, Arthur Foxwell Tyler, and injuring 13 other passengers and the driver. Marie Price of Baltimore was listed in critical condition.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Greyhound
New Jersey Turnpike
Middlesex Gental Hospital
Arthur Foxwell Tyler
Baltimore
Marie Price
Bernard Moran
Wayne
Philadelphia
New York City
Tyler
Milltown
Middlesex Hospital
S. Peter's Hospital
Thomas Salley
Jersey City
Floods Send Two Women Drowning In Indiana Bus Surge
A flash flood swept a commuter bus into a Zionsville creek drowning two women and trapping several others as central Indiana saw 3 to 5 inch rains. Rescues followed with passengers reaching the bus roof and one driver reporting air space remained. Highways bridges and rail lines were disrupted across the state with warnings of more heavy rain.
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Indianapolis
Zionsville
Ind
Indiana
Whitestown
Rockville
Crawfordsville
Clinton
Vermillion County
Feather Creek
Terre Haute
Muncie
Noblesville
Portland
Lafayette
Anderson
al J. Gass
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Weather Bureau
Weather outlook with heavy rains and clearing weekend
The Miami Valley may see heavy rains tonight with 2 to 4 inches possible. Saturday turns drier with a high near 85 and clouds diminishing. Middletown records show a 87 degree high yesterday and 9.6 inches of rainfall in the previous day.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Steel price increases begin as U S Steel and rivals raise costs
Pittsburgh AP reports a new round of steel price hikes underway, the 11th since 1941. U S Steel leads with a roughly six dollar per ton rise, lifting the composite price to about 146 dollars per ton. Officials say inflation and wage costs drive the move, with broader impacts on autos, construction, and appliances.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Eisenhower
Washington
Clifford F. Hood
U.S. Steel
United Steelworkers
Bicycling 600 Miles In Desert Heat By Scout Group
Lawrence Malkin reports four Boy Scouts and their leader rode 600 hot miles from Los Angeles to Phoenix in 120 degree heat. They crossed 4000 foot passes, fixed nine flats, carried 50 pounds of gear, and drank gallons of water daily. The troops started June 17 and reached Phoenix exhausted but triumphant.
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Lawrence Malkin
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles Merritt
Los Angeles
Merritt
Diego
DatPland
Thomas Wadham
Jim Stralla
Gordon Sanders
Stralla
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