Explosions Hit Sylvania Atomic Lab in Queens
A double blast damaged Sylvania Electric Products Bayside research center in Queens New York injuring nine workers. Firefighters and police checked for contamination while investigators deem the incident non nuclear with about a quarter million dollars in damage and secret work at the plant.
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New York Research Center
New York
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc
Metallurgy Laboratories
Sylvania
Bayside
Queens
Long Island
New York City
Midtown
Walter E. Kingston
Atomic Research Division
Kingston
Atomic Energy Commission
Clearview
Death Canyon Air Crash Toll Reaches 128 Victims
Helicopters hauled five of the 128 bodies from the Grand Canyon wreckage after two airliners collided in clear skies. The Trans World Airlines Super Constellation and United DC-7 carried 64 and 58 souls respectively. Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board and authority officials surveyed the crash site as rescue teams faced rugged terrain and shifting winds.
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Grand Canyon Village
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Arizona
KR. P. Parshall
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Safety Investigation
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Assa
Philip 8
Prince
Alhambra
Calif
U.S. Studies Air Traffic Control Upgrading System
Washington report shows a Grand Canyon crash linked to a dated air traffic system needing urgent overhaul. A Budget Bureau release says passenger lines face four near collisions daily as Congress assigns Edward P. Curtis to lead a yearlong modernization study.
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Washington
Grand Canyon
Budget Bureau
Weekend Traffic Deaths in Los Angeles Leave Two More Victims
Two weekend road deaths raise Los Angeles County fatalities to 393, with Elena Brown 18 of Fillmore dying at Northridge Hospital after an Lerado and Zelzah crash and Gerald Nicklas 43 of East Los Angeles killed when his car left Palos Verdes Drive near Crest Drive.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Los Angeles County
Elena Brown
Glen Oaks
Fillmore
Northridge Hospital
Lerado
Zelzah Avenues
Gerald Nicklas
S. Eastman
Palos Verdes Dr
Crest Dr
Navy favors buttons over zippers in sailors pants
Navy officials report a majority of sailors prefer traditional 13 button pants to zipper models. The planned switch to zippered pants will be halted due to this preference.
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Washington
Navy
Baseball Today American League and National League slate
The schedule lists the lone American League game with Washington vs Sulivan and Wheeler pitching. In the National League New York at Brooklyn features Worthington against Koufax, while Milwaukee visits Cincinnati with Spahn facing Klippold.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Poholski Landrith
New York
Brooklyn
Worthington
Koufax
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Spahn
Klippateim
EisenhowerSigns Huge Defense Bill And TVA Aid
President Eisenhower signed a $34.66 billion defense bill and an $863.1 million TVA and public works package. Doctors say he is recovering well from the June operation. Major General Heaton, the operating surgeon, extended his stay and plans limited golf before resuming duties at Walter Reed.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
White House
James (. Hagerty
Hagerty
Leonard D. Heaton
Heaton
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Lucky Boy Viewers Watch TV Tests in Columbus
CBS television in Columbus Mississippi interrupted test patterns to air a news segment. Jimmy Howard, an 11 year old in the Columbus area, lost ten dollars needed to attend 4 H Club events this summer. Two viewers called in and donated fifteen dollars to Jimmy.
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Columbus
Miss
Cbs-Tv
Jimmy Howard
Jimmy
Senator Confirms Kelly Nomination for Alaska Federal Bench
The Senate confirmed Raymond J. Kelly of Michigan to be a federal judge in Juneau Alaska.
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Washington
Senate Today
Raymond J. Kelly
Michigan
Juneau
Atlaska
No Radar on Planes in Grand Canyon Tragedy
Trans World and United Air Lines spokesmen confirmed neither aircraft carried radar. They noted newer models do have weather radar of the C-band type allowing crews to detect major weather disturbances within about 150 miles.
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Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Trans World
United Air Lines
Radar scope limits plane collision detection in crash report
A spokesman notes the radar scope is only nine inches in diameter and mainly shows large cloud banks. The crash involved two regular first class flights. Airlines say they plan to increase radar use aboard planes.
Giant Elm Crashes Down Killing Seven in California Family
A 70 foot high elm toppled in a storm crushed a car carrying Ainsley Glazier his wife and five relatives near Sutton California. Seven family members died in the wreck while ten men worked two hours to cut the tree apart and remove them.
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Sutton
Calif
Ainsley Joseph Glazier
Allen
Donald
Ten Imen
Eight Die In Violent Summer Storms At Canyon
Grand Canyon reports describe a grim recovery after violent weekend storms. A helicopter crew and survivors recount the scene at the TWA and United wreckage as eight fatalities are attributed to the weather. Three Wisconsin men drown on Lake Winnebago, and two farm hands die near St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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Canada
Plains
TWA
Air Force
United Air Lines
Chuar Butte
R. H. Bender
Park Service
United
Wisconsin
Lake Winnebago
Lake Delta
Rome
N.Y
St. Cloud
Minn
Midwest
New England
Gulf Coast
Upper Great Lakes
Missippi Valley
Central Plains
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago
Woman's Beaten Body Found in Wilshire District
In Los Angeles the beaten body of a woman about 55 was found in an alley behind 923 South Kenmore by Lewis H. Murray who saw the scene from his window at 7 15 am. He described it as looking like a bundle of rags.
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Los Angeles
S. Kenmore
Wilshire District
Lewis H. Murray
National Academy of Nursing proposed to train armed forces nurses
Senator Irving M. Ives announces a bill to create a National Academy of Nursing. It would enroll 560 women students, appointed by Congress and the president, for a three year program to train nurses for duty with the armed forces.
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Eisenhower
Edward P. Curtis
Carl A. (Tovey) Spaatz
Washington
Irving M. Ives
R-N.y
National Academy of Nursing
Congress
Polio Vaccine Output Rises In National Release
Health Secretary Marion B. Folsom reported the period of acute polio vaccine shortage is over in many areas as production climbs. The Republic Health Service said 17,172,396 shots were released in June, with 6,192,891 released on Friday, bringing total releases to 79,058,460.
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Washington
Marion B. Folsom
Folsom
Republic Health Service
Gas Tossed on Hot Stove Kills Five
A can of gasoline thought to be water was thrown on a hot stove during a fire in Gonzales. The resulting flash killed five people including Mrs. John Gevera and her two young sons, Martin and Alberto, and Mr. and Mrs. John Ramos’ son David, as the house burned. Deputy Ray Bright Jr reported the incident and says the blaze followed the gasoline release.
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Gonzales
CPA
John Gevera
Martin Gevera
David Ramos
John Ramos
Alberto
Ray Bright Jr
Gevera
Plane Missing With Father and Two Teens Near Big Bear
Authorities search for a private plane carrying Stephen Genette 41 Hawthorne and his children Donald 15 and Patricia 16 after takeoff from Hawthorne Airport en route to Big Bear Lake. Sixteen Civil Air Patrol planes scoured the San Bernardino Mountains, with wreckage spotted near Sugar Loaf Mountain believed to be an old crash.
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Big Bear Lake
San Bernardino Mountains
Hawthorne
Stephen P. Genette
Donald
Patricia
Civil Air Patro
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Needlessly Boosted Defense Costs Alleged by Subcommittee
The Senate Preparedness Subcommittee charged that armed forces inflated defense costs by labeling items as surplus, selling them cheap, then repurchasing the same items at higher prices.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Arbiters to Act in Steel Strike
Government mediators will hold separate talks in Pittsburgh on Thursday with steel industry bargaining reps and the Steelworkers Union in a bid to resolve the ongoing steel strike. The move follows renewed efforts to bridge differences and avert further disruption in the industry.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Steel Industry
Striking Steelworkers Union
Man in San Francisco jumps to death from hotel roof
Police report William Wai Lum Chun, 34, leaped from a fifth floor YMCA Hotel room and then again from the 13 story roof after leaving notes about illness. His death was ruled a suicide.
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San Francisco
William Wai Lum Chun
Chun
YMCA
CRASH TRAFFIC REPORTS PROMPT PAGE REFERENCE
Brief, legible note indicating crashes and traffic events referenced on Page 5. No details provided beyond column references.
Grieving Southlanders Lose Loved Ones in Grand Canyon Crash
Los Angeles residents faced a double tragedy as a TWA airliner crashed near the Grand Canyon. Mrs Maxine Payne mourned the loss of her husband and two children while friends offered support. Another family lost a wife and son en route to Kentucky, and a Granada Hills pair perished with their infant, all amid the broader community sorrow.
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Los Angeles
Pelham
Richard
Richard Michael
Monica Jeanne
Norwalk
Iowa
Jeffrey
Wallins Creek
Crider
Laxton
Cape Girardeau
Sun Valley
Theda de Longe
Robert de Longe
TWA
Kansas City
de Longe
Michael
Tommy
Stephen
South Pacific
Jesse James Captured After Red Light Run in Dallas
Jesse James, 34, who fled officers while being questioned about burglaries, was captured after running a red light in Dallas. He is not related to the historical train robber Jesse James.
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Dallas
Tex
Jesse James
James
Himalayan Landslides Kill Seventeen in Almora Region
Seventeen people died in Himalayan landslides triggered by heavy rains. The fatalities were reported from Almora, a mountain resort about 120 miles northeast of New Delhi, India.
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New Delhi
India
Almora
Former Jordan Premier Huda Dies by Hanging
Attorney General Salah Tougan announces that former Prime Minister Tewfik Abdul Huda died by suicide, hanging himself, in Amman Jordan.
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Amman
Jordan
Salah Tougan
Tewfik Abdul Huda
Marilyn Remarries in Jewish Faith
Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe wed again in a Jewish ceremony at a family home in Katonah New York witnessed by about 25 guests including Miller's family. Best man Kermit Miller and bridesmaid Hedda Rosen attended, with plans for a possible England honeymoon and no update on HA C contempt actions.
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New York
Miller
Marilyn
England
House un-American Activities Committee
Weather outlook hints at sun by Tuesday afternoon
cloudy tonight and early Tuesday with a sunny afternoon after July 1. maximum 77 degrees. likely light winds. details on page A sports TV and radio.
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