Four Men Die In Big Blast At Kennecott Mine
Four men in a blasting crew were killed when a dynamite loaded truck exploded at Kennecott Copper Corp in Santa Rita New Mexico. A fifth man was critically injured. Causes under investigation as the pit operation continued. The victims were Joe Portillo Enrique Pedraga Ches Yey Chappell and Andreas Gonzales. Magdeleno Chavez survived but injured.
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Santa Rita
N. M
Kennecott Copper Corp
United States
China Mines Division
Kennecott Corp
Joe Portillo
Enrique Pedraga
Ches Yey Chappell
Andreas Gonzales
Magdeleno Chavez
Scots Honored For Aiding Jet Rescue In Atlantic Gale
U S Air Force plans a red carpet welcome for Skipness residents Miss Mary Cook and Mr John MacGougan and his wife for guiding 29 Sabre jet fighters to Prestwick during a fierce November gale. Maj Gen Griswold will fly them to London for a Terrific Time as a reward.
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London
U.S. Air Force
Atlantic
Mary Cook
John MacGougan
Skipness
Argyllshire
Francis H. Griswold
U.S. 3Rd Air Force
Britain
Miss Cook
Prestwick
American Air Control
MacGougan
Air Force
Honest Employee To Be Rewarded In Kenosha Store Change
Miss Lorraine Hanson to be rewarded Thursday for 21 years of honest work in a Kenosha grocery store. Owner Mrs Max Silverberg will retire and transfer ownership to Hanson with no strings attached.
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Kenosha
Wis
Lorraine Hanson
Max Silverberg
Hanson
Maid of Cotton Begins European Tour From London
Beverly Park of El Paso Texas, a 20 year old known as the Maid of Cotton, arrived in London today from New York to start a European tour. She brings 22 gowns and 10 hats plus coats and underwear all cotton.
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London
Beverly Park
el Paso
Tex
Maid of Cotton
New York
Cloudy and Cold Spell With Light Rain Possible
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and notably colder conditions today and Thursday with occasional light rain or drizzle. Highs around 58, tonight’s low near 33, and tomorrow’s high again near 58.
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Tontent
Thurssae
H Bomb Claims Raise World City Destruction Question
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss told reporters at the White House that a hydrogen bomb large enough to wipe out any city can be made. He cited March tests as successful and said the weapon could threaten any metropolitan area, while denying that the test blast went out of control.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Eisenhower
Far Pacific
AEC
Pacific
New York
Ike
United Press Telephoto
Permian Basin Braces for Record Cold Weather
Cold front brings near freezing temperatures to the Permian Basin with 35 degrees forecast and possible light rain. Forecasters warn of a wide hard freeze across West Texas by Thursday and frost reaching the Fort Worth Dallas area. small craft cautioned along the coast from Brownsville to Lake Charles.
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Permian Basin
Odessa
Texas
Plains
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Dallas
Brownsville
Lake Charles
Aleft
French Hold Dien Bien Phu Despite Fierce Attacks
In Indo China the French defenders at Dien Bien Phu halted a major Viet Minh assault after a brutal first day. Both sides claimed the battle as decisive as ground changed hands multiple times and heavy casualties were reported.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Dien
Bien Phu
Culprit Executed After Red Signal Flipped Switch
In Muskogee Oklahoma the man who flipped a red semaphore signal that halted the Texas special of the MKT Railroad was executed. A railroad official said a red ant entered a switch box causing a spark that flipped the switch and died in the process.
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Muskogee
Okla
Texas
MKT
Policeman Strains Shoulder Marking Tire for Overtime Parking
Denver report says Police officer Jake Engelman aged 39 was in bed Wednesday with an ailing shoulder after straining it while bending to mark a tire for overtime parking.
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Denver
Jake Engelman
Eisenhower to Sign 999 Million Excise Tax Cut Bill
President Eisenhower announced at a news conference he will sign the 999 million dollar excise tax cut bill later today. He said the reduction should stimulate business and the economy, though it will deepen the budget deficit by about a billion dollars next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Actress Corinne Calvet Found Unconscious After Overdose
WEST LOS ANGELES Calif. French actress Corinne Calvet was found in a bathroom at 2 30 a m after taking sleeping pills. She was pumped out at Santa Monica Hospital and sent home after treatment. Her secretary Betty Woods said she found Calvet on the floor and unable to be awakened. Calvet had been under emotional strain for two months following personal and professional difficulties and a recent divorce from John Bromfield.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Corinne Calvet
T. B. Ley
E. R. St. John
Santa Monica Hospital
Betty Woods
Miss Woods
Miss, Calvet
Miss Calvet
Dolores Guest
Francis J. Abdo
John Bromfield
John Stone
Miss Calver
County pays overparking fines after council decision
County employees will pay their overparking fines around the courthouse after a Tuesday City Council vote. Judge Paul McCollum urged council action, noting no record of an unwritten pact to exempt county staff and urging strict enforcement with occasional leniency for extenuating circumstances.
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Paul McCollum
Corporation Court
C. A. Johnson
McCollum
Commissioners Court
Fred Gage
Dick Pepin
JD. O. Boone
Commissioners ‘Court
Gener
Babe Griffith
Ed Costello
City Hall
Counlcilman
Tax Bill Clears House and Moves to Senate Hearings
A $30 million tax package passed the House and heads to the Senate for section by section hearings starting Friday. The Senate also quickly approved a law outlawing subversion in Texas. The House considers an $11 million emergency construction package funded by a projected $12 million surplus, with revenue gains from a trading stamps provision boosting the treasury by about $4 to $5 million annually.
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Austin
Senate
House
Senate State Affairs Committee
Rudolph Weinert
Seguin
State Affairs Committee
Texas
Southwestern Medical School
Dallas
University of Texas Dental
Houston
School For the Deaf
Eastham
Allan Shivers
Four Children Plunge From Trestle Rescued Near Houston
Four youngsters aged six and under explored a railroad trestle Tuesday when a fast Missouri Pacific freight neared. Three reached safety. a three year old, Robert Harper, fell 40 feet into Bayone water but was pulled out by Lt John Eckenburt. He suffered only bruises and scratches. The other children Don Harper Patsy Gonzales and a five year old uninjured. The Harper boy is the son of Lt and Mrs Douglas Harper of Ellington Air Force Base.
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Houston
Sims ‘Bay
Robert Harper
Air Force
John Eckenburt
Robert
Don Harper
Patsy Gonzales
Missouri Pacific Freight
Harper Boy
Douglas Harper
Elligton Air Force Base
Police search for man type Lady Godiva sighting
Cambridge officers patrolled streets after reports of a nude man riding in a two stone sedan resembling Lady Godiva. Residents described a man riding around in the vehicle prompting the police to monitor local areas.
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Cambridge
Mass
Godiva
Sign Change Scheduled on Houston Construction Signs
Mayor Roy Hofheinz announced that his name and city councilmen will be erased from signs at Houston projects. The signs will instead show that citizens are paying for the work.
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Houston
Tex
Roy Hofheinz
Fire at Cheektowaga school kills 11 in blast
An elementary annex at Cleveland Hill in Cheektowaga near Buffalo was torn by a boiler explosion. At least 11 children died and many were injured as flames swept through the one story eight classroom building.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Cleveland Hill
Cheektowaga
Eisenhower urges united action to defend Indochina
President Eisenhower said the United States must be ready for any attack in Indochina and Southeast Asia and that Dulles' call for united action implies allied response. He rejected general troop deployment and favored strengthening local allies to handle regional crises individually.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Free World
America
U. S
Stevenson Back Working On Talk In North Carolina
Adlai Stevenson resumed work on a major political address after brief hospitalization in Duke Hospital Durham for kidney ailment. He plans to speak in Charlotte Friday following his return from the hospital with sister and brother in law after a stone was found in his kidney.
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Southern
Pines
N. C
Adlai Stevenson
Charlotte
Duke Hospital
Durham
Ero
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