Fireworks Factory Blast Kills Eleven in Mexico City
A pair of explosions at a fireworks factory in a poor district of Mexico City killed eleven people including four firefighters and injured about 100 others. Rescue teams searched rubble as a second blast leveled a warehouse next to the factory harming pedestrians and shattering airport area windows. Police questioned the owner Antonio Joyas Chavez amid findings of illegal dynamite storage.
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Enrique Arvizu
Mexico City
Antonio Joyas Chavez
Weather outlook for Miami Valley through Friday
The Miami Valley forecast calls for more clouds and cool conditions through Friday. Today should be partly cloudy and slightly warmer with a high near 48. Cloudy and mild weather is expected tonight and Friday with a high around 50 and a low near 32. Middletown’s high yesterday reached 40 at 3 p.m. and the low this morning was 32 at 12:30 a.m.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Strike Stops Gotham Trains
Trains of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad stopped operating at 7 a.m. signaling a strike that affects about 65 000 daily commuters between New York and New Jersey Five unions of nonoperating employees walked out hitting commuters in New York Newark Hoboken and Jersey City New Jersey.
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New York
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
New Jersey
Newark
Hoboken
Jersey City
N. J
Silent Policemen Return To City Duty
Six silent policemen in Whitemarsh are ordered back to duty after James Lawler reversed a strict state interpretation. The figures in blue with age markings had their signs removed, sparking protests in Harrisburg over safety zone visibility and the speed limit reminder.
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Philadelphia
Whitemarsh
James
Lawler
State Capitol
Harrisburg
Ambassador Leaves For Viet Nam Post
Durbrow new American ambassador to South Viet Nam departed from San Francisco last night to assume his post, leaving for the new assignment.
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Viet Nam
San Francisco
Elbridge
Durbrow
South Viet Nam
Iran says troops close in on kidnapper bandits
Iranian government officials report 1 000 troops and police pursuing about 12 nomads who kidnapped Anita Huovar Carroll of Issaquah Washington and killed her husband Kevin Carroll. Paper trail left by Mrs Carroll guides the chase across southeastern Iran toward possible Pakistan escape.
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Iran
U.S
Anita Huovar Carroll
Issaquah
Wash
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
Tangeerkheh
Pakistan
Dadshah
Portland
Ore
Taj Wilson
ICA
Ora B. Wilson
Iranian bandit pursuit tightens near Pak border
Tehran reports Gen Aliaghi Golpiri commands 700 gendarmes 400 soldiers and 100 camel troops moving in three columns toward bandits near the Pakistan border. An ambush near Khash left Carroll and Wilson dead along with two Iranians. Mrs Carroll remains missing.
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Viser
Kerman
Iran
Brewister A. Wilson
Portland
Iore
The
Near East Foundation
International Cooperation Administration
Aliaghi Golpiri
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlei
Tangesorkheh
Golphi
Carrolls
Wilson
Transhahr
Port Chahbar
Gulf of Oman
Khash
Todays Chuckle Southpaw Joke
A light cartoon caption jokes that a southpaw is a fooling father who raises his children below the Mason-Dixon line.
Bergman Brynner Take Academy Awards
Ingrid Bergman wins her second Academy Award for Anastasia. Yul Brynner lines up best picture for The King and I. Dorothy Malone and Anthony Quinn earn supporting actor Oscars for Written on the Wind and Lust for Life. Around the World in 80 Days takes best picture, with Que Sera Sera surprise song win.
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Brynner
Malone
Quinn
Anastasia
Miss Bergman
Paris
Yul Brynner
Dorothy Malone
Anthony Quinn
Gauguin
Harry Truman
Miss Malone
Bill Maloney
Dallas
Sakhalir
Siberia
Anna Magnani
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Vacation’s Over Huck Finn Life Ends For Boys at Edoo Mah
Oklahoma City police found Ora Lee Linville and his brother Jerry in a creekbank cave near Southeast High School where they had spent 64 months skipping school. Neighbors reported seeing them during school hours, and the boys admitted fooling their parents about enrollment.
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Ora Lee Linville
Jerry Don
Oklahoma City
Jerry
Southeast High School
Ora
Ora Lee
Chickasha
Okla
Earl Linville
Linville
Chinese Release Catholic Priest After Six Years
Peiping radio announced the release of Rev. Fulgence Gross, a Roman Catholic missionary from Omaha, Nebraska, after six years of imprisonment and house arrest in Shanghai on spy charges. He was freed a day before his sentence ended. arrested March 29, 1951. Nearby, Rev. Paul A. Mackensen, a Lutheran missionary from Baltimore, was freed earlier in the month after a five year sentence. Both men plan to remain in China if work and conditions permit.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Fulgence Gross
Omaha
Neb
Shanghai
Father Gross
Paul A. Mackensen
Baltimore
China
Reporters Defended By Wilson
Secretary of Defense Wilson rejected a proposal to haul reporters before grand juries to uncover leaks about military information. He also refused censorship measures requiring approved interviews with officials or monitors present, saying laws and Justice Department procedures already handle such matters.
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Washington
Defense Wilson
Pentagon
Defense
Charles Coolidge
Wilson
Justice Department
UN Studies New Offers From Cairo
Dag Hammarskjold returned to New York for talks with diplomats after exploratory discussions in Cairo with Egyptian President Nasser. Cairo aides signaled Nasser’s skepticism of foreign supervision of the Suez Canal and Hammarskjold planned meetings with UN seven nation Middle East Advisory Committee members including Lodge Pearson Engen. UNEF troops remain along the Gaza armistice line as Egypt seeks to keep forces on the border while awaiting formal status arrangements.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Middle East
Nasser
Hammarskjold
Cairo
United Nations
Cmdt
Ali Sabry
Rment
Hammard
Suez Canal
Bry
Egypt
U. S
Cabot Lodge
Lester B. Pearson
Hans Engen
Gaza Strip
Israel
I Told You So Boat Beached At Plattsmouth Shoal
Cecil McKnight, Plattsmouth High School industrial arts instructor, built a full size boat in a basement room. A trial run sent the craft crashing into a foyer wall, leaving the class and Cecil red faced. He urged learning from mistakes before salvaging the project for future work.
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Plattsmouth, Neb
Cecil ‘McKnight
Plattsmouth High School
Cecil
Sesson
McKnight
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