Trains Collision Kills Two In Colorado Head On
Two trainmen die and at least 18 people are injured in a daylight head on crash near Broomfield Colorado between a passenger train from Billings to Denver and a northbound freight. The wreck may have resulted from a misread freight schedule. Ambulances moved the injured to Colorado General Hospital.
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Broomfield
Colo
Colorado & Southern Railway
Billings
Mont
Denver
F. W. Johnson
FP. J. Loughry
Johnson
Colorado General Hospital
C&s
Giesel
Einer
F. W. Tingle
H. E. Anderson
Race Strife Fails at Van Buren High School
In Van Buren Arkansas eight Negro students returned to the troubled high school amid threats of a white walkout that did not occur. Mild demonstrations were noted as students arrived before classes started. At the nearby junior high four of five Negro students enrolled went to class without incident. Judge Miller refused to order enforcement of the district’s one year integration plan, leaving the situation unresolved.
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van Seuren
Ark
van Buren
John
Miller
Heart Attack Fatal to Judge in Church
Superior Court Judge Clarence B. Runkle aged 63 died after a heart attack Sunday in California Lutheran Hospital. Born in Los Angeles he graduated from USC Law School and practiced law here 34 years. Gov. Goodwin J Knight appointed him to the bench in 1953.
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UPI
Superior Court
Clarence B. Runkle
California Lutheran Hospital
University of Southern California School of Law
Goodwin J.knight
Runkle
Endurance Record Set By Two Dallas Fliers
Two Dallas pilots Jim Heth and Bill Burkhart broke the world endurance record for light planes by flying 1,200 hours 16 minutes 30 seconds in a Cessna 172. They began Aug 2 at 7 p.m. and landed at 7:17 p.m. Aug 4 or later, with a crowd of over 1,000 greeting them. Burkhart, 33, runs an airplane brokerage. Heth, 26, plans aviation charter service.
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Jim Heth
Bill Burkhart
Dallas Airport
Heth
Sandra
Burkhart
Stephen
Dallas U
Dallas
Yuma
Ariz
Woody Jungward
Bob Woodhouse
Llttle
Gordon McLendon
President orders 20 percent cut in lead and zinc imports
Newfort R I President Eisenhower ordered a 20 percent reduction in lead and zinc imports to aid U S producers. In letters to Senate Finance and House Ways and Means chairmen he said the move is better than a tariff increase and more likely to yield lasting solutions for the domestic lead and zinc industry.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means
Fear Many Dead in Earthquakes in Iran
Earthquake reports from Saver and surrounding villages near Kermanshah and Karksar describe wrecked fuel depots and damaged airports. Rescue teams pulled survivors from wreckage as crews refueled aircraft and used a foam mattress for rest. Officials warned of many deaths though exact numbers were not confirmed.
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Tehran
Iran
Karksar
Kermanshah
Aft-sports
Tope
Heth
Burkhart
Find Children Drunk Mother of 15 Hunted for Neglect
Compton police removed ten children ages one to 17 from their home calling it the filthiest they had seen. They seek Virginia Vargas mother of 15 at 1501 Willowbrook Ave on neglect charges. Four older children were found drunk in a room with a month-old malnourished boy and three empty wine bottles on the floor.
10 Minute National Address by Presidential Aide Adams
Washington AP reports Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams planned a 10 minute radio and TV address at 6:35 p.m. EDT amid resignation rumors stemming from disputes with GOP figures. Adams and Hagerty arrived from Newport to the White House where broadcast details and networks were outlined.
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Sherman Adams
Armid
Long Beach
Eisenhower
Newport
Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
James G. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Broadcast House
Wtop Radio-Tv
Columbia Network
CBS
NBC
Mutual Radio Network
ABC
Beach
Naw Hampshire
Controversial British book sparks Princess Margaret tale
Police were called after an alleged kitchen knife throw in a home incident. Officers found only a tomato and several chili peppers in the refrigerator. Two weeks earlier, no older boys were charged in burglaries. A grandmother and two mothers’ children were with the family. the father had left. Children were placed in protective custody.
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Princess Margaret
Peter Town
Beach Combing and Other Page Notes
Item listing multiple page references across sections. Contains credits for Hal Boyle and various topics including Bridge, Comics, Death Notices, Editorials, Financials, Sports, Theaters, Tides, Temperatures, TV Radio, Wilson, Women, and Your World.
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Hal Boyle
Wilson
Nine Die As Dye Plant Blast Hits Rubi Village
An explosion at a Rubi dye factory in Spain killed nine workers and leveled the plant. Emergency crews reported extensive damage and ongoing rescue efforts, with authorities investigating the cause.
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Barcelona
Jet Fighter Reported Crashed in Sierra Nevada
In Sonora California two families saw a parachute after a jet fighter went down in woods near Sierra Nevada town. Deputies and CHP searched by land and air for two hours until darkness. They continue the hunt today. No missing craft reported by Castle Air Force Base or Hamilton Field.
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Sonora
Calif
Sierra Nevada
California Highway Patrol
Castle Air Force Base
Hamilton Field
Boy With Broken Arm Twirls Hoop 18 200 Times in Bid
Ten-year-old Bobby Travers with a broken arm twirled a hula hoop 18 200 times in four hours but did not set a record. Carol Ann Keser of Danville Illinois topped 44 826 spins in a public contest, removing a cast just before it started.
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Boston
Kremlin Rips Eisenhowers Rejection Of Khrushchev Note
Moscow assailed the U S reply to Premier Khrushchev as not listening to reason and warned of strained Soviet American ties. Tass quoted the regime saying Washington ignores popular demand to end saber rattling. Khrushchev urged Formosa forces withdrawn and Peiping recognition. the White House called the note intemperate and abusive. Red China denounced the U S action. The rejection was disclosed in Washington.
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Kremlin
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Far East
Tass
White House
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Formosa
Red China
Peiping
Washington
U N Calls on to Let China in
In UNITED NATIONS New York India and six Asian African nations urged reversing the steering committee vote to defer Red China's seating. The 21 member committee favored deferral for a year, while amendments sought action at the current session. Debate paused as the Assembly tackled a long agenda including disarmament and Cyprus.
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N.Y
India
U.N. General Assembly
Peiping
Afghanistan
Burma
Ceylon
Indonesia
Nepal
United Arab Republic
Assembly
Cyprus
Hungary
Algeria
U.N
China
Grace, Prince Plan Trip to Philadelphia
Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco will depart November 22 to visit her parents in Philadelphia. The Rev. Francis Tucker, their adviser, said they plan to return before Christmas to Monaco, where their two children will stay during the visit.
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Netherlands
UPI
Grace
Prince Rainier of
Monaco
Philadelphia
Francis "Tucker
Tucker
Reds Move Warships to Crisis Area in Formosa Strait
Nationalist naval commander says Communist China is moving larger vessels toward the Formosa Strait where the U S 7th Fleet patrols. He notes no large Reds ships sighted yet and about a third of their naval vessels may have entered the area. Pacific leaders meet in Taipei amid Peiping warnings of possible war with the United States.
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Formosa
Uri
China
Formosa Strait
U.S
Liang Shau Chao
Top WU
Pacific
Peiping
United States
Harry D. Felt
Chen Cheng
Defense Ministry
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Laurence S. Kuter
U. S. Pacific Air Forces
Raland Smoot
U.S. Taiwan Defense Command
Thomas M. Moorman
15Th Air Force
Philippines
Yu ‘Ta-wei
Tiger Wang ‘Shu-ming
Skate's Crew Back Home After Transpolar Voyage
Cmdr James F Calvert leads the USS Skate into Boston Naval Shipyard after a 12,000 mile transpolar voyage cited as a 31 day under-ice record. Wives from New London greet returning sailors as Rear Adm Rickover and Navy Secretary Gates praise the crew's daring exploits strengthening the Navy's reputation.
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Upi
James F. Calvert
Skate
Boston Naval Shipyard
New London
Hyman
G. ‘Rickover
Secretary of the Navy
Rickover
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