Greenville Tornado Causemillions in Damage and Loss
A tornado struck Greenville on Saturday evening killing two residents and injuring about 25. Between 90 and 100 homes were damaged and losses exceed 750000 dollars, with power and communications disrupted. Volunteers and veterans groups aided recovery as rail and road services were affected.
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Greenville
Mary Ward
Esta McFarland
Phillip Horn
Bellwood
Ill
Mount Olive
Pennsylvania Railroad
Word
Tragedy in Dillonvale Fire Claims Gall Family
Six members of John Gall's family die in a Dillonvale Ohio fire after parents reportedly refused to throw their four children from a second floor porch. The blaze started on the first floor of Johnny's Inn where the family lived above. Two neighbors said they saw the father on the porch calling for help.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Dillonvale
John Gall
Gall
Gail
Anna
Patricia
Barbara
Joann
John Jr
Frank
Andrew Rose
Mall
Oil Flows in 750 Mile Arabian Pipeline
The Arabian American Oil Co pipeline began operation delivering oil from Saudi fields to Sidon's Mediterranean tanks. The $200.5 million system cuts a 3000 mile tanker voyage via the Persian Gulf and Suez.
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Sidon
Lebanon
Arabian American Oil Co
Mediterranean
Persian Gulf
Suez Canal
Union Judge Sentences Two in Anna Burglary Case
George Hurley son of Mrs. Marie Hurley of Anna received one year in Menard state prison for burglary and larceny at Wright Produce Co and The Tropics. Earl Sheldon of Harrisburg got a similar sentence for burglarizing the White Star Tavern near Jonesboro and seizing an iron safe containing 740 dollars. Donnie Bryant and Bobbie Hegier released to a probation officer for two years. The safe was found unopened by officers after being traced to the trio.
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George Hurley
Marie Hurley
Anna
Menard State
Earl Sheldon
Harrisburg
Union County
C. Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Hurley
Wright Produce Co
Tropics
Sheldon
White Star
Jonesboro
Donnie Bryant
Bobbie Hegier
Nine Illinois Road Fatalities Reported Over Weekend
Weekend traffic toll in Illinois includes nine deaths across multiple towns. Centralia saw James Pollard 41 killed in a train car collision. In Xenia two-car crash killed Rev. Donald Ball 43 and Russell Whaling 30 with several injured. Mt. Olive man Phillip Horn 69 died when tornado wind hurled his car. Darlene Hornsby 3 died after a mobile collision. Chicago area Herman Legatzke 54 killed in two car crash. Lawrence Mellum 29 fatally injured by another vehicle. driver Jesse Headley 37 faces DUI and reckless driving charges.
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Illinois
Centralia
James Pollard
Pollard
Illinois Central
Xenia
Donald Ball
Salem
Russell Whaling
Madison
Ill
Ball
Whaling
James E. Doak
Richard Bock
East St. Louis
Clay County
Flora
Xenia Area
Chicago
Herman Legatzke
Mokena
Palos Park
Lawrence Mellum
Jesse Headley
Headley
Tragic Evanston Crash Kills a Chicago Couple
In Evanston an early morning collision killed Sun Walter Herold 22 a Northwestern freshman and his date Pearl Thinnes 21. The other driver was Ralph E. Lind 35 and two others Wayne Anderson 21 and Virginia Hagg 19 were injured.
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Chicago
Evanston
Walter Herold
Northwestern University
Miss Pearl Thinnes
Herold
Ralph E. Lind
Wayne Anderson
Virginia Hagg
Ambassador Kirk Returns Home From Moscow Vacation
U. S. ambassador to Russia Alan G. Kirk left Moscow by air today for a vacation in the United States. He is accompanied by his wife and plans to stop in Germany en route home.
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Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Cation
United States
Kirk
Germany
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