Explosion Toll Grows as Rescue Crews Search Andover Wreckage
Rescue workers pressed through ash and twisted beams in Andover after a blast and fire damaged the Gateway Restaurant. Officials fear the death toll may rise beyond 21 with two to three more bodies likely in debris. Contained victims include Russell Kirkhan and family, William Cutlip, and other identified mourners from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andover
Ohio
Tony
Gateway
Russell A. Kirkhan
Ingram
John R
Margie
Kirkhan
Margaret
William Cutlip
Williamsfield
Arlene
Darlene
Frank Fellows
Cleveland
Barbara
Richard
Donald Koces
Fellows
Evelyn Marie Labus
North Ridgeville
Forrest Biesterveld
Tom Brown
Thomas Kennell
Pittsburgh
George A. Schroeder
Shirley
George, Jr
Cecil Poindexter
Massillon
Helen Jones
Barbara Offut
New Lyme
Vernon School Head Urges Cooperation Among All Teachers
Vernon superintendent Dr. John W. McFarland urged cooperation among all teachers and lunch personnel during a weeklong school lunch workshop at Texas Tech. Snyder participants included Mrs. Ivy Lloyd, Mrs. Frances Sole, Mrs. Mabel Massingill, Mrs. Joyce Smith, Mrs. T Beidleman, Mrs. T A Boren, Mrs. Merle Williams, Mrs. Eva Hutchins, Mrs. Pearl Blanchard, Nona Cumbie, Ora Ussery, and Mrs. Lila Dodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. McFarland
Vernon
Texas Tech
Snyder
Ivy Lloyd
Frances Sole
North Elementary
Mabel Massingill
Joyce Smith
Central Primary
T. Beidleman
T. A. Boren
West Elementary
Merle Williams
Eva Hutchins
Pearl Blanchard
Nona Cumbie
Ora Ussery
East Elementary
Lila Dodson
Bill Renames Trinity Dam in Denton County Texas
President Eisenhower signed a bill changing the Garza Little Elm Dam name to Lewisville Dam in the Trinity River watershed near Lewisville Texas. He also approved a measure authorizing Grapevine to receive 8 10th of an acre on the Grapevine Reservoir for sewage disposal in the Trinity watershed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Trinity River
Denton County
Tex
Lewisville
Dallas
Grapevine
Trinity
Senator Cites U S Tax Role In Defense Expansion
Senator O Mahoney criticizes postwar tax incentives that fueled industrial expansion. Director Flemming suspends 38 industries from special benefits, review to decide on mobilization capacity, affecting electric power and aluminum. Pending applications total about 9.3 billion dollars.
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Washington
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Eisenhower
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Flemming
Consolidated Edison Co
New York
Aluminum Co. of America
Pittsburgh
O'Mahoney
Korea
ODM
Armed Services
Atomic Energy Commission
Temperatures Swing From 96 To 72 Degrees In Snyder
Cooling winds kept Snyder's afternoon temperature at 96 degrees with a nighttime low of 72. By morning at 7:30 the temperature was 75 degrees, five degrees cooler than the previous day time reading.
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Snyder
Stevenson to Get First Crack at Presidential Nomination
Adlai E Stevenson and Gov Averell Harriman appear to have formed an informal plan to give Stevenson the first chance at the 1956 Democratic nomination. If Stevenson looks unlikely to win, he may shift support quickly to Harriman. Strong regional blocs and early Illinois support boost Stevenson's bid, with New York's 94 delegates seen as pivotal to clinching the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Illinois
Eisenhower
Harriman
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
South
Allan Shivers
Texas
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Shivers
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Clement
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
John F. Simms
New Mexico
Adlai
Weather Doctor Joseph Cline dies after long illness
Dr. Joseph L. Cline, famed for predicting the 1900 Galveston flood and hurricane, died after a three month illness in Dallas. He founded the Dallas Weather Station in 1913 and directed it until 1940, earning fame for high accuracy and round‑the‑clock service. He retired with a record well above 90 percent accuracy. He was born September 20, 1870 in Monroe County Tennessee.
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Dallas
Joseph L. Cline
Galveston
Cline
Isaac M. Cline
Joseph Cline
Joe Cline
Dr. Cline
Monroe
Gulf Colorado Railroad
Galveston Weather Bureau
Plane crash near Groembach claims 66 U S servicemen
In Groembach Germany two JW S transport planes collided during an air movement exercise. Eight charred bodies recovered and 66 servicemen killed including Lt Col Frank Little. Witnesses said one craft clipped the tail of the other before plunging into Black Forest. Investigation underway.
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Groembach
Germany
JW. S
Stuttgart
U. S
10Th
499Th Engineer Battalion
Echterdingden
Black Forest
Frank Little
Central City
Neb
Weather West Texas Moderate Rain Likely North Highs Near Normal
West Texas weather forecast shows temperatures slightly above normal in the north and near normal in the south with only minor changes. Precipitation is moderate to locally heavy with scattered thunderstorms.
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Texas
Connie Roars North Along Carolina Coast
Hurricane Connie pounds the North Carolina coast with 75 mph winds and high tides. The storm neared Morehead City at 9 am then 60 miles west of Cape Hatteras two hours later. Red Cross reports over 14 000 people evacuated to 79 shelters as towns brace for further northward impact.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
Connie
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Morehead City
N.C
Cape Hatteras
Carolina Capes
Pamlico Sound
Cherry Point
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Delaware
Provincetown
Mass
Diane
Miami
Gordon Dunn
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
Red Cross
Carolina
Hazel
Wrightsville
Kure
Wilmington
N. C
Capes and Sounds
Norfolk
New York
Over Million Children Receive Second Polio Shot
Nationwide survey by The Associated Press shows over a million U S children have received a second Salk polio vaccine shot with the South leading. Among 6.5 million inoculated, 247 polio cases and nine deaths are reported, as many states delay or pause the second dose amid vaccine concerns.
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Washington
Associated Press
South
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
West Virginia
California
National Foundation For
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
Kansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Rhee Demands U.S. To Halt Arms As Riots Widen
In Seoul a Korean was fatally shot and several wounded as riots rise over President Rhee’s demand that pro Communist truce supporters leave Korea by midnight. USUN and UN officials clash over who fired on Koreans near Wolmi Island and Inchon harbor.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
U. S
L. L. Lemnitzer
United Nations
MNSC
South Korea
8Th Army
Inchon Harbor
U. S. Army
Wolmi Island
NNSC
U.S
Wolmi
UNSC
National Defense Youth Corps
Parks
United Nations Command
U.S. Army
Inchon
Jung Kook Rok
U.N
U.N. Command
ROK
B. D. Johnson
Army Port Command
Kim Chung Hung
Kim
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Trinity Dam
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Mary Snively
Audry Garcia Plant
Col
John Arnold, Jr
Silver Springs
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Talbott
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Donald Quarles
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Quarles
Defense
Charles Wilson
Earth Satellite Project
By George Boultwood
Carolina Coast
New Bren
National Guard
Kinston
National Civil Air Patrol
New Bern
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