Dozens Injured Three Firemen Killed In Nine-Alarm Blaze in NY
A nine alarm fire ripped through old Manhattan lofts at Broadway and Grant streets trapping three firemen who died in the basement as flames consumed a textile district building. The blaze drew 350 firefighters, two survivors were pulled from the basement, crowds lined the streets, and a wall collapse buried cars. The tragedy prompted somber remarks from Fire Commissioner Cavanagh and Mayor Wagner.
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Cops Beat by Brooklyn Club Kill One Wound Three
In Brooklyn a Caravan Social Club assault left one man dead and three officers wounded. Patrolmen Barry Levine and Thomas Yacovone were attacked during a routine check. shots were exchanged with club members, killing Francis Fiori, 22, and injuring Joseph Catanzaro, Andrew Olivio, and Joseph Acardi, all 22, taken to Coney Island Hospital.
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Settlement Reached To End Los Angeles Transit Strike
A tentative 27 month contract ending an 18 month bargaining dispute was announced after an eight hour session. The agreement, awaiting union ratification, would restore bus and trolley service by midnight Sunday and ends a walkout that disrupted Los Angeles and intercounty travel for four days. About 400000 commuters faced delays as officials said terms would be public only after union members vote.
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Pickets greet Santa at Providence department store
Twenty five pickets identified as Brown University students joined several hundred others in greeting Santa Claus at a Providence department store on Friday. They said they opposed bringing Santa to town before Thanksgiving, arguing the holiday season should start later.
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Tommy Gibbons Dies at 69 Former Heavyweight Contender
ST PAUL Minn GP Thom as J Gibbons 69 onetime contender for the heavyweight boxing championship and for mer Ramsey County sheriff died in his sleep at his home He fought Jack Dempsey on July 4 1923 in Shelby Mont losing but finishing on his feet Gibbons a popular life insurance agent for a decade later served 24 years as St Paul sheriff He declined a 100000 offer for a comeback to protect his health citing his brother Mike and Harry Greb as reasons
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Cuba Builds Massive Red Arms Arsenal for Caribbean Revolt
U S officials say Cuba under Fidel Castro has imported 38000 tons of Soviet bloc arms including tanks and 8 MiG fighters. Shipments included 6000 tons of ammunition and 46 million rounds. Castro's force totals cited at 200000 with 40000 in regular army. Soviet and Red China aid described as aimed at fueling Caribbean tensions. President Eisenhower has deployed warships to the Caribbean. Neighboring nations report Nicaraguan opposition activity linked to Castro.
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Kennedy Tackles Pentagon Streamlining Effort
President elect John F Kennedy leads a study on streamlining the Defense Department for the nuclear era. Senator Stuart Symington charts reorganizations and will propose recommendations for Congress after January 20. Meantime Kennedy weighs defense spending and reviews Caribbean tensions with CIA chief Dulles. He plans a Washington return for talks with Meany on unemployment before Thanksgiving with family news pending.
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Ghana Mission Won't Leave Congo Despite Expulsion Move
Ghana's charged envoy Nathaniel Welbeck said he will not quit the Congo, denying any formal expulsion and asserting diplomatic ties to Lumumba's government through Premier Patrice Lumumba. UN assurances and Rikhye backed protection for Welbeck as Mobutu pressures the mission.
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Fair Weather For Most of U S
The Associated Press reports generally sunny skies and mild temperatures across the nation with readings in the 30s to 60s in Florida and the middle Atlantic through the Gulf and Southwest. Readings in the 20s arrive from Lake Superior to Wisconsin and Iowa. Some showers expected in the Pacific Northwest and upper Great Lakes with snow flurries in the northern Rockies.
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Hands Of Kremlin Seen Muting Castro Blast Against U. S.
Republican trouble shooters probe eight states for recounts and voting irregularities as Kennedy heads to a secure win. Morton and hall Finch Scribner link Nixon campaign strategy to potential late changes, while Castro maintains measured rhetoric amid Soviet hints and diplomatic shifts.
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Four Die in Mt Fuji Avalanche During Snow Event
Police said an avalanche on Mt. Fuji swallowed about 30 student climbers. Rescue parties reported four dead eleven seriously injured six sighted injured and a number missing.
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Regents Restore Social Studies Title In New York Schools
The New York State Board of Regents Friday decided to resume using the term social studies after a century under citizenship education. The subjects include history geography economics and government, as the board argued the title citizenship education overshadowed other civic disciplines. In a separate note, three year old Charles Luce was found drowned in Geddes Brook after wandering from his Fairmount home. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Robert S. Luce.
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Former Miss America Marries Industrialist in Beverly Hills
Former Miss America Marty Guford aged 35 and Milton J. Stevens aged 46, an industrialist, were married Friday night in Beverly Hills California. The ceremony united a former pageant winner with a business figure in a private event attended by select friends.
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Fulton 5 Market a Churches radio TV bridge sports
A compact page from Fulton Chronicle highlights local notes across categories including radio television bridge sports and churches. It previews upcoming programs market events and community updates with brief items and timelines.
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Hollywood Bids Goodby To Movie King Clark Gable
Hollywood's elite gathered in Glendale to honor Clark Gable at a simple funeral. About 200 mourners filled the Church of the Recessional as Gable’s casket lay among floral sprays, with 300 spectators outside. An American flag marked the casket and airmen saluted, honoring his World War II service. The Episcopal service omitted a eulogy, followed by a short, quiet ceremony per Gable’s wishes. Entombment may occur next week at Forest Lawn in a crypt near Carole Lombard, with a place set for his widow Kay Williams Gable. Gable died Wednesday night at 59 from a coronary thrombosis ten days earlier.
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It Rains Phony Twenty Dollar Bills in New York
New York police say counterfeit money showered the upper West Side on a Friday night as Miles Leslie and William Stewart faced federal charges. Detectives recovered portions of the fake stash, with thousands still missing, while Leslie reportedly discarded 350 dollars in bogus notes from a 20th floor apartment.
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Tax Agents In Gambling Raids Across 34 Cities
Federal agents raided more than 100 gambling joints in 34 cities at 3:15 p.m. EST on Friday, resulting in over 100 arrests, at least 65 000 dollars in seizures and eight cars. Parlay sheets and tax stamps were seized from sites aiding illegal gambling and unfiled gaming taxes.
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Bulls Believed To Have Killed 79 Year Old Farmhand
State Police report two bulls attacked and killed Edgar Biood, 79, in a pasture. Biood's body was found Friday about a mile northeast of Beady Spafford, Onondaga County. He had left Bennett to search for a bull that escaped. The missing bull and Biood's body were found on a neighboring farm near the neighbor's grazing bull.
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