Jamaica train wreck leaves hundreds injured and dead
A Jamaica excursion train carrying 600 Roman Catholics derailed near Kendal 60 miles west of Kingston killing 150 and injuring over 400. The Holy Name Society members and families were aboard. priests unharmed. The engine uncoupled from coaches, precipitating the wreck on a steep grade about a half mile from Kendal near Montego Bay.
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Crash Kills 2 LBSC Students in California Flight
Two Long Beach State College students from Switzerland were killed and a third student was critically injured when a light single-engine plane crashed at San Mateo County Airport near San Carlos. The pilot Emil Dragan 27 from Milwaukee suffered critical head injuries. Passenger Anna Marie Cassanova 25 of San Francisco and Miss Roth Kiefer 26 of San Francisco were injured. The four had rented the Piper Tri PacER for a sight seeing tour.
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Model Plane Flier Killed by High-Voltage Wire
A 19 year old model plane flier was electrocuted when his tethered craft touched a high voltage line near an airport. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Morrisonville hospital. County coroner says the incident involved a power line setup used years ago and involved several men traveling from Hermosa Beach to observe the grounds near the line.
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Holiday Toll Mounts as Labor Day Week End Projections Climb
The Labor Day weekend fatality count rose with Southern California reporting 20 deaths and the state tally at 35, nearing the 56 death all time Labor Day record set in 1966. Police predicted more fatalities during the homeward rush as highway crashes continued to claim lives across cities including Huntington Beach and Gardena.
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Los Angeles Airport Bandit Robs For $8000 During Holiday
Los Angeles police recount a holiday robbery at the International Airport rental office where John Sousek, 27, says the robber used a revolver to force the safe open. Cash and checks were taken. The incident adds to Labor Day period totals with high vehicle and plane crash fatalities reported across several states.
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Youths Slay Girl Member of Own Gang in Los Angeles
AP reports a teenage girl Emilie Guzman aged 18 was killed by a stray shot fired by members of her southside Little Quartars gang as she rode by in a car. Sixteen youths were seized, six booked for murder, others released. gunfire believed to come from a .22 rifle and a shotgun at a beer party, mistaken for rival Florence gang members.
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Prison Warden Teets Succumbs at San Quentin
Harley O. Teets age 30 died suddenly Sunday night after a heart attack at his home on the San Quentin prison reservation. He had been warden since December 26, 1951 after five years as associate warden. Teets previously served as a captain at Folsom Prison from 1944 to 1946.
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Cholera Epidemic Kills 692 in Bihar India
New Delhi reports an ongoing cholera epidemic in Bihar eastern India with 692 deaths in the last two weeks and 391 deaths in the preceding fortnight. The figures come from press reports.
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Francesca De Scaffa At Border As Crackdown Intensifies
Mexican border guards were alerted for former actress Francesca de Scaffa in a bid to stop her entry into the United States. Reports say she slipped from Mexico City last week and may head toward Tijuana or Brownsville as authorities seek to curb a criminal libel conspiracy linked to Confidential magazines. Meanwhile at Times Square, Billy Graham concluded a three month New York crusade drawing a vast crowd as he urged a show of hands to commit to Christ.
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Weather outlook for coast tonight and Tuesday morning
Fog reduces visibility along coastal areas tonight and into Tuesday morning. Tropical high pressure builds for the day Tuesday bringing mostly sunny skies. Temperatures rise to about 82 degrees Tuesday.
Labor Day Salutes From Ike and Labor Leaders
President Eisenhower and Labor Secretary Mitchell praised workers on Labor Day noting record employment and shared prosperity. Senator Ives warned of potential punitive labor legislation amid organized labor concerns, while AFL-CIO chief Meany urged a broad probe of price profit and wage interactions to curb inflation.
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Need One Quickly Anti Missile System Aims Fast Build
Washington reports Gen Earle F Partridge said intercepting an ICBM with another missile is possible and a swift anti missile system must be built. He noted planning is underway while Sen Jackson warned the US and USSR race to perfect ICBMs and IRBMs continues.
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U S Fires 16th Bomb in Nevada Atomic Test
The United States detonated its 16th atomic shot at the Nevada test site, Galileo. A large purple cloud formed as observers eight miles away described the shock wave as among the strongest they felt, with the tower and desert landscape features noted. One hundred soldiers stood in trenches near ground zero for a human reaction test, and over 200 animals were placed in shelters to study blast effects.
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Train Robbers Take $110000 in Sumatra Payroll
Military authorities report a gang halted a Sumatra train near Stabat on Sunday using a decoy crew. About 20 armed robbers boarded, broke payroll chests, and fled into the jungle with roughly $110,000.
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Where to Find It in the Newspaper's Index
An itemized index lists sections and page references for a multi-part series on national preparedness The Great Missile Hawk a Beach Combing column and various pages covering death notices editorials and sports among others are noted with page designations A-8 A-12 B-2 3 8 C-1 2 5 Bed Croveword and Wilvei appear as bylines or column names
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