Fatal blast and fire destroy home in Aledo
An 88 year old man died at Merger county hospital after injuries from a Friday explosion and blaze that destroyed his home and damaged a neighboring one on East Ninth street in Aledo. Construction workers rescued a 8 year old boy from the Coffland residence. Fire Chief Homer Perrin estimated total damage at up to 60000 dollars.
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Aledo Man
Aleda
W. Coffland
Merger County Hospital
Coffland
Ers
Aledo Five
Homer Perrin
Ninth Street
Aledo
Lester Calelasure
Colfland
Joy
New Windsor
Ill
Cortland
Reiser Funeral Home
Indian confirms potential Chinese withdrawal in disputed frontier
New Delhi says Indian civilian administrators could take over vacated Chinese areas, but no clear proof of a full retreat. Beijing claims troops are moving back 12 1/4 miles behind the November 7 line, while India cites caution and possible further pullback. Civilian relocation plans remain conditional on evolving conditions.
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New Delhi
India
Peking
Foreign Ministry
Éawals
Ladakh
Peking Defense Ministry
Hovshg
Chienese
Report on State Laws in Care For Children Des Moines
The Governors Committee on Mental Health adopted a final report critiquing prevent registration that allows youths to be placed in state institutions. A 21 page subcommittee report on children's problems was adopted as is. It notes counties may save money by transferring foster children to state institutions, urging counties to widen placement in homes rather than institutions.
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Des Moines
Voumlas
Train Strikes Truck Fatally in Walcott, Iowa
Walcott man Tom Spenky, 60, died Friday when his pickup was struck by a Rock Island freight train at a crossing near Walcott. Officials said the train, traveling about 50 miles an hour, marked Iowa's first traffic fatality in three days.
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Walcotin
Tom Spenky
Walcott
Rock Island
Iowa
Succumbs Former Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming at 78
Former U S Senator Joseph C O Mahoney of Wyoming died today at the U S Naval Hospital Bethesda Maryland aged 78. He retired in 1960. AP photograph caption notes the obituary details.
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Joseph C. O’meahooney
Wyoming
U.S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
O'Mahoney
Anniversary of first atomic chain reaction in Chicago
Thirty two scientists, witnesses to the 1942 birth of the first self sustaining nuclear chain reaction, meet in Chicago to mark the 20th anniversary. Attendees include Enrico Fermi's widow as the commemorative events unfold across Chicago, Washington, New York and beyond.
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Chicago
Enrico Fermi
Washington
New York
Fermi
University of Chicago
Institute of Nuclear Studies
Parole Granted in Iowa Attorney Embezzlement Case
Des Moines attorney Paul W. Walters, 65, pleaded guilty to embezzlement involving client funds. He was sentenced to five years in the Iowa Penitentiary and released to the State Parole Board for parole today after the plea.
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Des Moines
Guily
Paul W. Walters
State Parole Board
Iowa
Jet Planes Returning to Soviet Union From Cuba
Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan left for Moscow to report on Khrushchev's plans as 30 L-28 jet bombers were being packed for shipment back to the Soviet Union. He said talks with Kennedy and Rusk were useful and clearer on issues including Cuba and Berlin.
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Washington
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Moscow
Khrushchev
Sig Taliss
Cuba
Soviet Union
U.S
Mikoyan
al Andress
Air Force
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Berli
Store Looted At Iowa Falls
Police report a break in at Joe's Super Valu in Iowa Falls on Friday night. Entry forced via front door, $450 in cash and 12 cartons of cigarettes stolen. The investigation continues with local authorities seeking tips.
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Iowa
Falls
Ons Falls
Joe's Super Valu
Peculiar Iowa License Day Draws Long Courthouse Lines
Crowds gathered at Muscatine county courthouse to obtain vehicle license numbers on the first floor amid crowding in corridors. Mr and Mrs Wherry waited since Friday afternoon for Nos 1 2 and 3 licenses including a 1928 Whippet while Mrs Raymond Stratton planned for Nos 4 and 5 with about 100 others in line as clerks prepared sales. courthouse closes Saturdays.
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Iowa
Muscatine County
Treasuer
EL My Wherry
Groundview Avenue
Ben Jones
Eighth Street
Wherrys
Cerks
Raymond Stratton
Gilbert
Street
Bom
Ae Hike O
Courthous
Probers Seek Cause of Crash Killing 25
Federal investigators rushed to Idlewild Airport after a four engined DC7B carrying 46 passengers and five crew members crashed in fog near Runway 4 R. Twenty three victims were local residents. Pilot Capt Edward Beentold co-pilot Jules Wagner and engineer Robert Voorhees died. The accident disrupted air service as inquiries focus on instrument landing systems.
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Eastern Airlines
New York
Idlewild
Charlotte
N.C
AP Photofox
Airpac
N. C
Aiport
Conway
Oscar Bakke
Stern
Federal Aviation Agency
Fng
Edward. J. Beentold
Laurel Hollow
Jules Wagner
Cambria Heights
Queens
Robert L. Voorhees
Commack
NEY
Des Moines Salon Claims Liquor Laws Not Enforced
Democratic state senator opposes lifting Iowa ban on liquor sales says liquor laws are flagrantly violated in towns and questions what the commission is doing as it testified at state budget hearings before Governor Harold Hughes.
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Des Moines
Towa
Towa Registative
Gove
Harold Hughes
Hill
Chances Slim For Settling Paper Strike
Cleveland reporters faced a second day without newspapers as Teamsters Local 473 and publishers failed to advance talks.Federal mediator Gilbert J. Seldin had convened negotiations over working conditions and wages, but no further sessions were scheduled.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Gilbert ‘J.’ Seldin
Sedu Reid
Chlorine Gas Leak Fells 103 in Cornwall Ontario
A leaky railcar released chlorine gas, forcing evacuations in Cornwall Ontario. Winds spread fumes over six hours, leaving 9 critically ill and 27 hospitalized. About 200 residents evacuated. 20 doctors treated victims as hospitals overflowed with coughing and vomiting patients.
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Cornwall
Parlic
St. Lawrence Seaway
Massena
N.Y
Hull
Que
Canadian Industries Ltd
Condition of Pontiff Improving
Vatican officials report improved condition of Pope John XXIII with no surgery planned. Dr Gasbarrini remains at the Pope's bedside while studies include Prof Pietro Valdani of Rome. Ill health cited as a stomach disorder likely an ulcer and a non cancerous prostate issue.
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Vatican
John Mxit
Pietro Valdani
Rome
Amonio Gasbarrini
Gasbartini
U.N
Ocean-gnawing Atlantic erodes Daytona Beach shore
A dramatic Daytona Beach scene shows the Atlantic chewing away at miles of shoreline as it topples log and sea walls and swallows oceanfront property along the 4090 block of South Atlantic Avenue, captured in an AP Photofax image.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
South Atlantic Avenue
AP Photofax
East Coast Storms Lash Shoreline Across Region
A powerful Atlantic storm off Charleston sent pounding waves from the Virginia Capes to central Florida for six days. Jacksonville Beach mayor seeks federal aid after beach damage while Brunswick reports 5 inches of rain in four hours and Key West 15 inches in six hours. Thick fog north of the storm blamed for a fatal crash killing 25 aboard an Eastern Airlines flight.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Charleston
S.c
Virginia Capes
Florida
Imayor
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Brunswick
Key West
Eastern Air Lines
Fog and seas set New York area chatters and Florida erosion
A plane near Idlewild Airport disrupted by fog prompts comments from Doyle Urban a Taft Sanitary Center researcher in Columbus Ohio about clearing conditions by Sunday. Rough seas batter the northeastern Florida coast with gale warnings from St Augustine to Savannah as crews battle beach erosion causing about 500000 dollars in Jacksonville area. Bulldozers fill yawning seawall gaps with soil and broken blocks as unseasonably warm temperatures break November 30 records in multiple locations.
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New York
Idlewild
Doyle Urban
Taft Sanitary Center
Columbus
Ohio
Urban
Florida
St. Augustine
Savannah
Jacksonville
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Wiliam L. Lamb
Civil Aeronauches Board
Lamb
Moartvary
Cornwall, Ont
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Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
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