U S Envoy and Son Die in Thai Car Crash
U S ambassador John E Peurifoy and his youngest son Daniel Byrd Peurifoy died in a highway crash near Hua Hin Thailand. Another son John Clinton Peurifoy was severely injured while Mrs Peurifoy and the bodies were flown to Bangkok.
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Bangkok
Thailand
John E. Pearfox
State Department
Daniel Byrd Peurifoy
John Clinton Peurifoy
Huahin
Huabin
Betty Jane Cox
Oklahoma
Greece
Guatemala
Southeast Asia
Peurifoy
Daniel
John Clinton
Bang
Miliary Academy
West Point
United States
Washington
William K. Donovan
Andover Explosion Toll Rises As Search For Victims Continues
Crews search the wreckage in Andover for more victims after an explosion centered at the Gateway Restaurant. As of today 19 victims were identified with the death toll rising beyond 21. officials say many remains may still be buried. Lists of identified and missing include Russell Kirkhan 36 of Tocram Pa and his son John 13 and daughter Margie 8.
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Airview
Andover
Andover. Oh
Gateway
Russell A. Kirkhan
Tocram
John R
Margie
Kirkhars
Margaret
Wiliam Cutlip
Williamsfield
Arlene
Darlene
Frank Fellows
Cleveland
Barbara
Richard
Donald Koces
Fellows Fam Northveld
Tom Brown
Thomas Kennell
Pittsburgh
George A. Schroeder
Shirley
George Jr
Cecil Poindexter
Massillon
Ohio
Belen Jones
Barbara Offut
New Lyme
Explosions Hit Saigon Villa of Viet Nam Gen Vy
A string of blasts tore through Saigon today including one near the villa of Gen Neuyen Van Vy former inspector general of the army now in central Viet Nam. No casualties were reported immediately.
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Saigon
Indochina
South Vietam
Neuyen van Vy
Viet Nam
Bomb found in seat at the Roxy Theater
New York police experts dismantled a powerful home made bomb hidden in a cushion at the Roxy Theater where more than 2 000 people watched a movie. The device and a bone handled knife matched a pattern linked to 25 blasts in theaters and other crowded places over 15 years.
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New York
Roxy Theater
Airmen Reunited With Families After Long Prison Turn
Eleven American airmen released from Red China and held by Communist forces touched down at Travis Base aboard two transports. They came from Hawaii and ten states including Alabama and Oregon, greeted by about 10 000 Air Force personnel, and prepared for final homeward flights. Daniel C. Schmidt's story noted a wife during wartime.
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S Air Force Base
Red China
Hawaii
Gen. MacArthur
Bataan
Hong Kong
Burt
Travis
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
California
North Korea
China
Brisons
Alabama
Oregon
Daniel C. Schmidt
Una
Cimino Says He Replaced Car After Court Order
Frank Cimino reported to Magistrate H Dick Cohen that he had disposed of his 1941 model automobile as ordered because it was a road menace and he had since purchased a 1940 model to replace it.
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Passaic. NJ
Frank Cimino
H. Dick Cohen
Cimino
Cohen
Wright Faces Legion Opposition Over Air Force Academy Design
Wisconsin architect Frank Lloyd Wright denounces the American Legion for opposing his role as designer of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He says the Legion smeared his antiwar record and recalls withdrawing from the 1954 competition on ethical and aesthetic grounds.
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Wright
Legion
Academy
Frank Liord Wright
Wisconsin
American Legion
Air Force Academy
National
Indianapolis
Architectural Forum
Air Academy
Colorado Springs
Cole, Wright
America
Air Force
Traffic light outage ends with two-car crash on Courthouse Square
Edinburg police had reported no accidents during a three month outage for construction on Courthouse Square. After new lights were installed, two cars collided within the hour, marking the first crash since the outage began.
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Edinburg
Tex
Courthouse Square
Agreement Ends 42 Day Copper Strike
Kennecott Copper Corp and eight unions ended a 42 day strike that halted a third of U S copper output. mining and milling resume after union ratification. the settlement includes wage hikes and a pension boost, with pensions up to 151 a month for singles and 206 25 for married workers.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corp
America
South Africa
S. Lyte Johnson
Junions
Kennecotts
Thousands Flee As Connie Rakes NC Coast
Hurricane Connie battered the North Carolina coast causing thousands to abandon homes to escape flood waters. The storm neared Morehead City with 100 mph winds, moving slowly north toward Washington and the Norfolk area while New England braced for the big blow.
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Cape Hatteras
N.C
North Carolina
Washington, N.C
Seaboard
New England
New York City
Morehead Cty
Washington
Morehead City
New Bern
Connie
North Carola
Bermuda
Miami
Pamlico
Washington, D. C
Iorth
Wilmington
Here
Norfolk
US Weather Bureau
Quarles to push guided missiles and atomic arms
Donald A. Quarles, 61, named Air Force secretary designate, promises intensified development of guided missiles and atomic arms. He succeeds Harold E Talbott as defense leadership reshuffles. Talbott ends government service amid a Senate inquiry and receives the Medal of Freedom at a Bolling ceremony.
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Donald A. Quarles
L Air Force
Harold Talbott
Washington
Air Force
Eisenhower
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Pentagon
Quarles
Harold E Talbott
Dayton
Ohio
Senate
Talbott
Wilson
Bolling Air Force Base
State Will Open Bridge Bids on Sept Eighth
Bids for a new Oregon Street bridge will be opened in Madison on September 8 at 10:30 am. The city, county and state will share costs equally, with total project estimates around 1.14 million dollars. Contractor to finish within 400 days. two council resolutions needed to approve plans and city construction obligations.
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Oregon Street
Madison
State Highways Commission
Ernest R. Siewert
Commission
L. W. Empes
Green Bar
State
Oshkosh
Common Council
Northern Japan Hit by Strong Pacific Quake
A rolling earthquake originating in the Pacific Ocean shook northern Japan along a 200 mile front. The Meteorological Observatory said it was felt from Tokyo to Fukushima with a rather strong shock near Mito, 100 miles northwest of Tokyo. No injuries were reported.
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Tokyo
Pacific’ Ocean
Japan
Central Meteorological Observatory
Mito
Fukushima
American GI Kills Korean in Off Island Shooting
An American soldier killed one Korean and wounded two off Wolmi Island near Pusan while authorities say the Koreans were attempting to steal milk. Korean police call them peaceful fishermen shot as the soldier fired wildly. Two thousand demonstrators in Seoul demanded withdrawal of Polish and Czech truce inspectors, with no violence reported.
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Seoul
Korea
Wolmi
Pusan
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Travis Base
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Afrmeen
Carolina
Edelweiler
Germany
Europe
Frank Little
Central City
Neb
Flight Little
1Sth Infantry
Army
Black Forest
Jth
Rhiner- Main
Frankfurt
Echter
Dingen
Stuttgart
Uast
U. S
Panmunjom
United Nations Command
Republic of Korea
O‘rea
Moscow
Peiping
Pyng
Syneman Rhee
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