Packing Plant Blast Toll Rises to Fifteen in Terre Haute
Rescue crews recovered two more bodies from the Home Packing Co plant ruins pushing the death toll to 15. Victims identified as James Buttrey 18 and Wallie Hughes 25, both Terre Haute, were among about 55 injured. Investigators assess possible gas explosion as cause. over 200 workers were inside at blast time.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Omer Viclim Peleven
St. Anthony's Hospital
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Wallie Hughes
Home Packing Co
Gerald Fagg
West Terre Haute
Donald Melcho
Yenry Akers
Norman Fesler
Third Storm Slams Britain's Grim Outlook
The third brutal winter storm sweeps Britain with snow and sleet after crossing from Europe. Hendon reports over two inches in an hour. roads close nationwide. death toll rises to at least 855 across auto, rail, air, and exposure incidents. London near 27 degrees as snowVerbally grim forecast contrasts with mounting casualties.
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Plane crash kills three in private home in Chicago
A twin engine Cessna 310 crashed into Dr James V Mennelins home in Chicago late Wednesday, killing three passengers from the Skokie executive family. Investigators at O Hare aim to determine the crash cause as six others, including the pilot and maid, were hospitalized in critical condition.
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Juana Hidalgo Rublas
San Salvador
el Salvador
Northwest Hospital
Cab driver unwittingly ferries bank robber
In Louisville a man rode a cab to a branch bank and robbed it of 2150. He fled in the cab and paid a 10 cent tip to driver Katrina Wright. She recalls him asking to wait while he paid insurance and returning with a paper sack before alighting near a farther point. The driver kept the fare and change.
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Alman
Katrina Wright
Miss Wricht
Takeoffs and landings at Winnebago County Airport rise
A yearend report by Sam Davis, head of the FAA tower team, shows 21 928 operations at Winnebago County Airport from May 13 to December 31. Monthly totals peak in August with 3 614 moves, casual and military air traffic dominate, and seasonal trends reflect more summer activity and fewer winter flights.
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Federal Aviation Agency
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Two Hollywood Stars Powell and Carson Die Within Hours
Hollywood mourns as Dick Powell and Jack Carson die of cancer within six hours of each other. Powell, 58, died with wife June Allyson at his side. Carson, 52, passed away after a liver malignancy. Both funerals set for Friday, with Allyson among the family at the bedside. Powell rose from crooner to film noir private eye roles, later hosting a TV series. Carson, once a Warner Bros. contractee, had appeared as a guest on The Dick Powell Show.
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Wilmette
Winais Central Railroad
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Soviet Group Seeks Asylum Turned Back at Embassy
Thirty two Russian peasants including women and children pressed into the U S Embassy in Moscow seeking protection from religious persecution. Embassy officials turned them over to Soviet authorities and they were taken away by bus after two hours. Some mourned as others argued with Foreign Ministry officials about potential imprisonment and loss of children if forced to leave.
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Foreign Ministry
Bulldozer Uncovers Car Hidden by Snow Near Westmill
A bulldozer clearing a road near Westmill England scooped up a small car concealed under a snow bank and dumped it over a hedge.
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England
UPI
U.N. Captures Jadotville in Katanga Drive
U.N. forces seized Jadotville, a key mining town between Elisabethville and Kolwezi, after crossing the Lufira River with Indian, Irish, and Ethiopian troops. The capture clears a path toward Kolwezi, the Katanga base for air force and Tshombe’s government, amid concerns of sabotage and electricity outages across Elisabethville.
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Elisabethville
Lufira
Katanga
Tshombe
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United Nations
Grim Battle Evidence Lingers In Viet Nam Fight
In the Mekong Delta after a 20 hour clash Viet Nam and American forces removed dead and wounded. The battle left over 100 government casualties and five American helicopters damaged with one showing a wallet of a slain 21 year old gunner. Viet Cong entrenched near Ap Bac attacked with automatic weapons as Gen. Harkins said government troops appeared to be encircling the guerrillas.
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U.S
Ap Bac
Paul D. Harkins
Viet Nam
Saigon
France to pursue own nuclear force despite Polaris offer
President Charles de Gaulle told President Kennedy in a Washington message that France will continue developing an independent nuclear force. Information Minister Alain Peyrefitte said France has no intention of rejecting the Polaris offer but will not abandon its own program, announced after a cabinet meeting.
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Charles de Gaulles
Washington
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de Gaulle
Gas Blast Levels House in San Francisco Tragedy
A gas explosion leveled a two story house in San Francisco injuring five others and critically burning two firefighters Lt Clarence McGrath and Anthony Marelich. Fire Chief William Murray reported the blast caused the pilot light to ignite gas lines and pipes.
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Wednesday Light Battalion
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Clarence McGrath
Anthony Marelich
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