Blame Laid In Crisis Of Subway Fire
Transit Authority Chair Charles L. Patterson blamed inspectors and a contractor L I Waldman Co for a rubbish fire in the Lexington Avenue line that trapped thousands underground and injured hundreds. Fire officials called the pile poor housekeeping as flames touched signal cables and smoke filled tunnels. Emergency crews rushed 148 to hospitals and over 2 000 remained underground for two hours before being led to the surface.
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NEW York
UPI
Transit Authority
Charles L. Patterson
Patterson
City Hall
L. I. Waldman & Co., Inc
Cavanagh
Lexington Avenue Line
39Th Street
Grand Central Station
Statio Gns
Kennedy Kin To Woo Vote Of Floridians
In Orlando on Sunday Florida delegates to the Democratic National Convention will meet with Kennedy forces led by Grant Stockdale. Senator Kennedy plans a personal Florida visit on June 24 as other candidates announce presence or representation at the session. Florida’s 29 convention votes are pledged to Smathers as favorite son but may be released after early ballots.
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Miami
John Kennedy
Orlando
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Florida
George Smathers
FHP seeks to penalize drag buffs in Florida
Miami AP reports Florida Highway Patrol asks authority to arrest people at drag races. Lt. W A Stevens seeks a county ordinance banning assembly for drag racing after midnight in Dade County. Judge Turner forwarded the request to Walter Weiss to assess legality with city attorneys. Stevens calls unlawful racing “getting out of hand.”
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Miami
Florida Highway Patrol
Patrol
W. A. Stevens
Tallahassee
Jack Turner
Stevens
Dade County
Turner
Walter Weiss
Metro Commission
Bandits Loot Glen Burnie Bank Then Take Car
In Glen Burnie Maryland bandits who robbed the local bank of 1340 dollars also stole a car from the Sanitary Commission lot. Nearby the commission office held about 30000 dollars from license sales.
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Glenburnie, Md
Glen Burnie
Sanitary Commission
Commission
Place Names From Punkeydoodles To Bull-Bull On World Map
A study by Mario Pei and Eloise Lambert explores humorous and erroneous place names such as Punkeydoodles Corner Ont and Widowville Ohio, noting repeated names across languages and nations. It cites Torpenhow Hill fourfold meaning hill in four tongues and examples like Great Snoring England and Tiflis now Tbilisi.
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N.Y
Punkeydoodles Corner
Ont
Igo
Calif
Ohio
Rio de Janeiro
Nome
Alaska
Mario Pei
Columbia University
Pei
Eloise Lambert
England
New York
Armenia
Honduras
Britain
Torpenhow Hill
Upper
Nether
Middle Wallop
Great Snoring
Bomarc Shed Fire At McGuire Site Sparks Limited Panic
A Bomarc missile shed at McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey caught fire and produced minor radioactive traces after thoriated magnesium burned. Officials stated there was no nuclear explosion and no public health danger as evacuations were briefly planned but then stood down.
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William E. Tangney
Mcguire Air Force Base
N.J
UPI
New York
Orson Welles
Grovers Mills
Air Force
Pine Barrens
McGuire
Trenton
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Atlantic City
John A. Looser
46Th Air Defense Missile Squadron
Civil Defense
New York City
Robert E. Condon
Harbour Heights Social Notes and Fishing Roundup
Harbour Heights residents share fishing trips with Mary Bob III out of Stuart yielding 15 large mackerel and other catches. Royal Rotary Club convention in Miami draws world visitors. varied dinners, club meetings, and hospitality mark the week. Social events include Harbour Civic Association ham dinner with named volunteers. visits between local families span Treasure Trove Motel Casey Key and Port Charlotte.
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Sol
Dave Reichenberg
Jim Phelps
Harbour Height
Mary Bob III
Stuart
Atlantic
Ray Griffith
Palm Tree Avenue
Miami
Rotary Club
F. Murrie Tench
Francis Tench Jr
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Tenches
Casey Key
Harbour Civic Assn
Country Club
Sam Lucas
Leo Kidd
al Rassman
Joe Gruber
Frank Urban
George Colby
Ralph Williams
Fred Durrenberger
William Delaney
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
John Fish
Harold Feverbend
Bob Marshall
Bona Allen
Port Charlotte
Leslie DeLadier
Harbour Heights Country Club
Earl Elson
Elson
Lettie Brown
Morros Predict Suslov to Replace Khrushchev as Premier
In Philadelphia AP report Boris Morros a Russian born film producer and ex counterspy for the FBI predicts Mikhail Suslov will replace Nikita Khrushchev as Soviet premier. Morros says Suslov is the only one who can justify the overthrow by Stalinists.
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Philadelphia
Boris Morros
FBI
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Suslov
Presidium
Suslov
Khrushchev
Morros
Kennedy And Johnson Aides Strive To Shrink Stevenson Run
Washington AP Kennedy and Johnson aides work to trim Adlai E. Stevenson from the Democratic nomination race. Symington delegates and Truman weigh in while Stevenson backers expect a possible deadlock to push him forward. Endorsements from Kennedys advisers surface as Kennedy gains key support.
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Jack Bell Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Adlai E. Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Fire Water Burns from Faucets in Hector Minn
Under ground gas, likely methane, causes blue flames to shoot from water taps in Hector Minnesota. City officials seek engineers to resolve the fire water problem while noting water quality remains unaffected.
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Hector, Minn
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