Saboteurs blamed as Uruguay rail tragedy kills hundreds
In Montevideo a derailed passenger train at 43 mph crashed into stalled freight cars near a fertilizer plant. The state railroad said saboteurs opened the switch, placing stones to trap the train. About 30 dead and over 100 injured were reported as crews searched through the night. Authorities noted the route ran from Montevideo to Casupá, with investigators pursuing deliberate sabotage.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
AL Teast
Tuan C. Funes
National Railroad
Marti
Dng
Naroy
Casupa
Canelones
Rusk heads to sign nuclear test ban treaty
Secretary of State Dean Rusk departed for Moscow to sign the nuclear test ban treaty and seek clarity on further steps toward peace with Premier Khrushchev. He voiced unfinished business ahead and hoped the ceremony would enable broader East West easing, with Senate ratification by year’s end.
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Dean Rusk
Moscow
Rusk
Andrews Air Force Base
Fox
Khrushchev
Kheushchev
Res
Vhrishchev
Teie
Germany
Senate
Arrests in Chicago Race Fights Lead to 49 Detentions
Radial tensions on Chicago's South Side flare for a fifth night with at least 49 arrests, including 22 juveniles, as a crowd protests the presence of three Negro families in a previously all white area. One officer was slightly injured by a bottle. Edwin Marciniak, executive director of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations, commented.
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Edwin Marciniaky
Chicago Commission On
Fluman Relations
Jackie Robinson Leads Picket at Brooklyn Site
Jackie Robinson the first Negro major league star joins a picket at a Brooklyn construction site. Protestors demand jobs for Negro workers on publicly financed projects as unions and officials address the dispute.
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Jackie Robinson
Newark
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Ric Gn
Englewood Race Protests Spark Arrests in 24 Hours
In Englewood near 370 Street and Morgan the atmosphere cooled from earlier. over 200 people were arrested in a 24 hour period for various forms of racial protest. Many naïve-integrationists faced arrest during a tail down demonstration at 74th Street and Lowe Avenue opposing temporary classrooms seen as preserving segregation. The two protests were not linked to a separate white protest at 57th and Morgan.
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Englewood
Street
Morgan
Burglars Use Two Large Fans to Loot Des Moines Store
Des Moines burglars tore a hole in the storefront by using two large fans to gain entry at Matulef's Fine Food Store. James Matulef reported a loss of several thousand dollars in cash and some cheese.
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Des Moines
Matulef
James Matulef
Civil Rights Bill Move Faces House and Senate Hurdles
President Kennedy's civil rights program advances after three months of hearings. House leaders plan to act after Labor Day with a tax revision bill slated first, while Senate committees push separate public accommodations legislation banning racial discrimination in hotels, theaters, restaurants, and stores. Opposition cites constitutional and property-right concerns amid continued debate on interstate commerce powers.
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Kennedy
Com
Senate
House Judiciary
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Commerce
Wacrett G. Magguson
Magnugon
Judiciary
Emanuel Celler
D. N.Y
House
Commerce ‘Commige
Jis
Robert F
Congress
Canada to ship wheat to China under three year deal
The Trade Ministry announced that Canada will deliver about 300 million dollars worth of wheat to China under a three year agreement starting August 1. The plan mirrors a 1981 accord, with China to purchase 112.1867 million bushels of Canadian wheat.
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Canada
China
Lwo
Tot Suffers Fatal Burns In Bath
Ottumwa. A 19 month old child Peggy Jo Masters died from burns suffered in a bath after authorities said the mother turned on hot water. The child was taken to hospital Friday night wrapped in a blanket. The Masters family reported the girl was in the bath when an accident occurred.
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Ottumwa
Peggy Jo Masters
Mar Yin Masters
Ottinwa
Maglers
25 Spurn Tests Lose Driving Permits in Iowa
Des Moines reports that 25 people in Iowa lost their driving privileges for refusing to take chemical tests after drunken driving arrests. The State Safety Department said licenses are suspended for 120 days in most cases. Attorney General Evan Hultman stated that those asked to take intoxication tests have the right to call a lawyer.
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State Safety Department
Evan Hultman
Dr Ward Dies Central Figure In British Scandal
London reports Dr Stephen Ward died at St Stephen's Hospital after a massive overdose amid the government sex scandal. Ward, 50, faced Old Bailey charges of living off earnings tied to the affair involving Christine Keeler and others. He was in custody and had bail canceled as a prison warden watched over him.
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London
Stephen Ward
St. Stephen's Hospital
Playboy-Osteopath
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Old Bailey
Christine Keeler
Marilyn Mandy Rise-Wavies
Oklahoma forest fire near Lawton under control after two days
About 1,850 troops from Fort Sill fought a wildfire that burned nearly 3000 acres of forest and range land near Lawton while bulldozers and helicopters patrolled through the night. Several ranchers reported missing livestock and wildlife refuge officials said some deer died. the Holy City Easter pageant site was briefly threatened as the fire flared again before dawn.
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Mount Sheridan
Wichita
Pt. Sill
Qne
Ft. Sil
Rimmer Gets Probation After Embezzlement Guilty Plea
Rimmer, 44, Maquoketa county treasurer, pleaded guilty to embezzling 5160 from the county. District Court Judge Arthur Janssen fined him 160 and sentenced him to 100 years in the State Penitentiary, later suspended, placing him on probation after an audit showed a 5443.07 shortage in the treasurer’s auto license account. The audit was sent to the state auditor in Des Moines.
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Wovtier Jackson
Cou
Winefield
Rimmer
Arthur Janssen
Des Moines
Milan Man, 38, Dies in Road Collision Near Clinton
George Kale of Milan Illinois, 38, was killed when his car collided with another vehicle on a gravel road west of Clinton. Evan Hungate, 49, of Mount Vernon, and Lawrence Harris, 51, of Decatur, were hospitalized with multiple injuries. All three worked at Hawkaye Chemical Co plant construction site a mile east of Low Moor. Dust obscured visibility.
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George Kale
Milan
Here
Evan Hungate
Mount Vernon
Lawrence Harris
Decatur
Hungate
Harris
Highway 20
Hawkaye Chemical Co
Low’Moor
U N Commander charges new intrusion by Reds
Maj. Gen. George H. Cloud and U N armistice commission delegates accuse North Korea of deliberate intrusions into UN demilitarized zone near the DMZ center. He cites 4:30 am clashes 500 yards south of the line, reports hand grenades, shell fragments, and killings earlier in July 1953. North Korean delegate Chong Hwang Chang calls charges fabrications.
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George H. Cloud
LA. N
Earher Cloud
U.N
U.S
Cloud
Scané
U N
Ariistice Commission
U. Qermary
Wotea
Chong Hwang Chang
Suspect Held in Probe of Mafia in Palermo
Police disclosed a month-long crackdown on the mafia in Sicily with 2000 persons questioned and 660 held. Suspect Antonio Little Pigs Port calli is named as a hired executioner in a rival Trader killing case.
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Sicily
Antonasia
Jock
Underworld
Arros
Antonio Little Pigs Portcalli
Alls
Two Killed When Train Hits Truck Near Owatonna
A passenger train bound from Minneapolis to Des Moines struck a truck carrying crushed rock near Owatonna Minnesota killing two men Edwin Talberg 32 Bloomington and Kevin Lewandowski 18 Foley. Foreman Charles Holley 50 Blue Earth and two crew members were injured while the train engineer L Wilder Manly Iowa said the train traveled about 56 mph. Passengers were bused to Des Moines and on to Kansas City and points south.
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Lewandowski
Charles L. Holley
Mos
L. Wilder
Manly
Iowa
Here
Skansas City
One Legal Drinking: Iowa Now Has One Spot Per 1714 People
Iowa grants 1 804 licenses since July and remains close to Minnesota Missouri and Nebraska in ratio. Population around 27 750 000 yields about one licensed drinking spot per 1714 residents. Wisconsin tops licenses per capita, while New York leads total licenses nationwide at 23 757.
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Tlinais
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