Miners Trapped As Flooded Mine Floods From River Breach
In Pittston Pennsylvania twelve miners remained trapped after the Susquehanna River breached a tunnel under the river bed flooding the Knox Coal Co mine. Rescue teams fought rising water with holes filled and debris piled to stem the flow. Forty four miners underground reached safety as ice clogged river drained into the tunnel. losses threaten the already weak anthracite coal industry.
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Pittston
UPI
Susquehanna
Robert Groves
Knox Coal Co
Groves
Cuban Major To Die Before Firing Squad
In Havana the first war crimes trial under Castro’s regime ends with Maj. Jesue Sosa Blanco convicted on five counts of murder robbery looting and damage. A three man tribunal sentences him to death by firing squad as crowds jeer and foreign reporters depart. The defense plans an appeal to a five member Superior Court under the new revolutionary code. The deaths tie to at least 25 victims.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Jesue Sosa Blanco
Castro
Sosa Blanco
Sports Palace
Aristides Dacosta
Siegelin Ordered To Investigate Tax Exempt Pleas
Baton Rouge AP reports Executive Director Curt Siegelin must investigate complaints about industrial tax exemptions before they reach the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry. The board adopted a new policy after granting Magnolia Petroleum a tax break that prompted AFL-CIO leader Victor Bussie to threaten a court challenge. The Lake Charles Contractors group charged Magnolia used out of state labor for a Cameron Parish gas plant, casting doubt on the 2.5 million dollar exemption. Magnolia attorney Harry C. Smith contends the hires complied with law.
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Cameron Parish
C&i Board
Louisiana
Bussie
Cameron Plant
Magnolia
Harry C. Smith
Embezzlement Suspect Jailed in Kansas Bank Case
Jeff Williams 59 a former cashier at Kas State Bank surrendered to the Holton sheriff after a shortage of 157000 was found at the bank whose president was his brother Orion Williams. He pleaded innocent to embezzling at least 10000 and was held on 15000 bond. Williams declined to speak further on advice of his Topeka attorneys.
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Holton
Kan
UPI
Jeff Williams
Minnesota
Kansas
Williams
Oxt
Orion
Jeff
Fred Carman
Elwaine F. Pomeroy
Topeka
Northfield
PBX Operators Win Community Cash Awards in Monroe
Monroe West Monro ePBX operators top cash contest winners announced by a local radio station. Esther Bolton, chairman, said the group sponsors an out of town child at the cerebral palsy school here, noting the money will really come money.
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PBX
Monroe - West Monroe
Esther Bolton
Operators Group
W A Breedlove of Men Highlighted for Seven Weeks
The article notes W A Breedlove of Men will be featured over the next seven weeks with continuation promised on page 24.
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W. A. Breedlove
Lawyers Urged To Apply Rules On Resources
The eighth Louisiana conference of Local Bar Associations opened with a three day program at the Frances Hotel. Ashton J. Mouton outlined a three phase conservation program emphasizing prevention of waste economic appreciation and protection of rights on common resources.
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Louisiana
Bar Associations
House of Delegates
Louisiana Bar Association
Frances Hotel
Ashton J. Mouton
Lafayette
Mouton
Robert Eik
Symington says Soviets four times ahead in ICBMs
Senator Symington charged the Eisenhower administration is widening the ICBM gap, claiming Moscow will have four times as many intercontinental missiles in 1961 as planned. Defense Secretary McElroy disputed Soviet superiority noting no evidence of ICBMs ready for combat and downplaying 1960s counts.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Soviet Russia
Eisenhower
Tru Symington
Air Force
Truman
Symington
Senate
U.S
Defense McElroy
McElroy
Russia
Nixon
Earth
Full House Stadium Trial Dramatic Show
In Havana Fidel Castro’s revolutionary tribunal holds a public war crimes hearing at Sports Palace. Jesus Sosa Blanco, a Batista army major, faces accusers as thousands jeer and wave. The scene mixes spectacle with justice in a charged political theater.
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Revolutionary Tribunal
Fidel Castro
Fire destroys Mississippi State men's dorm
A fire likely from defective wiring swept through the four section Mississippi State University men s dormitory in Starkville early today, destroying the 78 year old building. About 1 000 students lived there and officials expect a roll call before confirming all escaped.
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State College, Miss
Mississippi State University
Malcolm Gray
Price-Cost Study Group Named
President Eisenhower created a government committee to study all federal activities affecting prices and costs. He said the move aims to prevent infl ation from government operations. A separate civic leader and official panel to survey economic growth was also planned.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Train derailment in Missouri Pacific wreck causes million-dollar damage
A freight derailment in a Missouri Pacific run sparked a heavy fire at 11 15 p m injuring no one but prompting estimates of $250 000 to over $1 million in damage. The 18th car derailed igniting chemicals propane and pulpwood reloads in 82 cars.
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Missouri Pacific
D. T. Barksdale
Louisiana
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Barksdale
Montreal
United States
Simplicity To Mark Interment
Hollywood remembers Cecil B. De Mille with simple rites at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. The 77 year old pioneer died Wednesday and will be buried today without a eulogy or organ music. The event draws a large crowd and TV coverage. A doctor said De Mille would be alive if he had heeded medical advice after a trip to New Orleans.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. de Mille
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
New Orleans
de Mille
Paddle labeled Board of Education in Oklahoma paddling case
In Mangum Oklahoma the office of the superintendent shows a paddle marked Board of Education applied psychology grip here firmly in case of frustration It has not been used for a year.
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Mangum
Okla
Allen Aaron
Board of Education, Applied Psychology
Rights Agency To Probe Louisiana Voting Complaints
The U S Civil Rights Commission plans to investigate alleged voting rights denials in Louisiana. Staff Director Gordon M Tiffany told reporters he will notify Louisiana officials and interview registrars, noting more than 500 complaints across the South with 100 sworn affidavits.
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Rights Agency
Louisiana
Commission
Gordon M. Tiffany
Jack Gremillion
Tiffany
Gremillion
Associated Press
Handwriting Clue Emerges In New Baby Kidnapping Case
Police rely on a woman's handwriting from a note alleged by a 23 day old baby’s abduction on the West Side. The note gave a fake name and Bronx address, with an unlisted phone number. FBI joined the search around Manhattan apartment area as investigators canvas hospitals and medical offices.
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New York
West Side
Bronx
FBI
Manhattan
John Tavarez
Father Broad
Cold Wave Forecast Brightens With Clear Skies
The forecast calls for clear skies and a bright melt as temperatures rise from the teens. Federal Aviation Selman Field logged a high of 34 and a low of 21 for Monroe area. mid morning reached 30. Weekend outlook shows lows 30 to 34 and highs 54 to 58 with sunny to partly cloudy skies.
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Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Monroe
Chillicothe Floods Break Sandbag Barrier In Ohio
The Scioto River breached a sandbag wall in Chillicothe as 1913 flood levels were surpassed by heavy rain. Officials warned of rising water toward a 35 to 39 foot crest with many roads closed and at least 13 deaths confirmed and several missing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chillicothe
Scioto
Chillicothe Gazette
Scioto River
Weather Bureau
Highway Department
Wreck on Missouri Pacific Rail Line Near Monroe Blocks Highway
A 33 car pile up on the Missouri Pacific line five miles south of Monroe blocked Highway 165 as fire and explosions hampered wreckers. No injuries were reported and the rest of the 139 car train was removed by bulldozers. Engineers and deputies acted to halt the blaze after a fire was spotted in a car, but the train jumped the track and burned as it began to slow.
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West Point
Jim Pruitt
Starkville
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
C. L. Thomas
Alexandria
R. E. Hayden
Ouachita Pas Tish
Ice Chunks Trigger Fresh Havoc Across Northeastern Flood Zones
Heavy ice floes swept downstream causing major flood risks across the northeast as the Ohio River crest moved downstream. The disaster left 91 dead and millions in losses with towns from Illinois to New Jersey counting damage.
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Wisconsin
Ohio
Iowa
Indiana
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Michigan
Kansas
Kentucky
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New Mexico
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