Propane Truck Blast Kills 11 in Pennsylvania
A propane gas tanker exploded on Route 61 near Schuylkill Haven killing 11 and injuring at least 15 as flames sprayed up the highway. The truck rammed by a tractor trailer, the tank held 7000 gallons, driver Joe Wharton was hospitalized.
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Schuylkill Haven
Pennsylvania
Melvin Clouser
Frank Toohey
Pottsville Re
Klinger
Sungas Products Company of Pennsylvania, Inc
Joe Wharton
Peckville
Scranton
Three Little Pigs in Florida Book Ban Debate
Florida segregationist avid Hawthorn seeks removal of The Three Little Pigs from state shelves claiming the tale promotes integration. He argues the illustrated white, black, and mulatto pigs portray racial superiority and plots the wolf to destroy white and mulatto pigs while the black pig survives.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Miami
Avid Hawthorn
Hawthorn
Crab Orchard Lake at Spillway Two Inches Above
Water level at Crab Orchard Lake rises to two inches above the spillway as Little Grassy Lake sits at the spillway, indicating high runoff and potential overflow risk.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Crash Kills 3 Jet Fliers Near Hemet Calif
Three Air Force airmen died when a bomber crashed on a Hemet ranch, scattering flaming fuel and wreckage. A burned survivor wandered to a motorist and said he could not explain the crash. The jet started five fires as investigators noted the survivor was thrown clear.
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Hemet
Calif
Air Force
Los Angeles
Weather outlook with mild temperatures for Southern Illinois
Fair and cool tonight with pleasant conditions on Wednesday. Lows tonight in the upper 50s, highs Wednesday around 80. Wednesday night lows near 60. Yesterday’s high 81, low 63. today’s low 61 and high 69 by 11 am.
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Southern
Illinois
Olin Wins 500000 Rocket Propellant Contract for Nike Zeus
The Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp receives a 500000 dollar contract with Army Ordnance to develop a new solid propellant for the Nike Zeus anti missile. Development will occur at Ordill plant under D J C Copps and Eugene Miller. Testing on a 1000000 pound thrust stand will occur between Herrin and Marion as part of a broader Nike family program.
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Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ordill
Army Research and Development Project
Zeus
Nike
Olin
Copps
Eugene Miller
Herrin
Miller
Marion
United States
President backs Strauss nomination amid Senate showdown
President Eisenhower told Republican leaders he will not withdraw Lewis L. Strauss as commerce secretary nominee. Senate Republicans and Dirksen expect confirmation despite Democratic opposition as a New York financier Armand Enrof withdraws from a transportation study role amid concerns over railroad ties.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Senate
Frerett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
New York
Armand G. Enrof
Senate Democrats
Erpf
Democrats Fail To Cut State Spending In House Debates
In Springfield on July 2, House Democrats failed to win any reductions in state appropriation bills during an economy drive led by O. T. Banton. Republicans Horsley and Parkhurst secured several cuts totaling 146 000 dollars while several Democratic amendments were rejected.
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O. T. Banton
Southern Illinois
Springfield
Jung
G. William Horsley
John Parkhurst
Peoria
House
Paul Powell
Clyde L. Choate
Anna
Lloyd Harris
Granite City
Choate
Illinois
Leo Pfeffer
Seymour Democrat
Paul Simon
Troy
Robert W. McCarthy
Lincoln
Simon
Elward
Horsley
Department of Mines and Minerals
Department of Personnel
Department of Pub
Lic Health
Special Education Division
Office of State Superintendent of Schools
Clark
George T. Wilkins
Clabaugh
Joseph Lohman
Horseley
East German Hurls Charge of Espionage
Geneva June 2 AP A Communist East German spokesman called West Berlin a powderkeg that could ignite a world atomic conflagration at the Big Four conference. East German Foreign Minister Lothar Bolz said dozens of subversive espionage groups operate in West Berlin against the Soviet bloc. West German Ambassador Wilhelm Grewe at Geneva urged an end to mudslinging and to focus on narrowing Berlin and German differences. London June 2 AP Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the House of Commons he hopes to work with Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd for a very long time after Labor questioned who might replace him. There were no inspired statements, Macmillan said.
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Geneva
West Berlin
Lothar Bolz
Wilhelm Grewe
West Germany
Palace of Nations
Grewe
Washington
Berlin
Macmillan
Lloyd
London
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
Selwyn Lloyd
U S Leaders Weigh Debt Rise and Bond Changes
A White House meeting discussed raising the national debt limit and expanding the 4 percent cap on government bonds. Officials say no decisions were made and a recommendation on higher savings bond rates may follow. Congress leaders attended. taxes were not on the agenda.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Death of Space Flight Monkey Able After Removal Surgery
One of the two monkeys aboard a Jupiter rocket mission dies during surgery at Fort Knox Army Medical Research Laboratory. Able experiences rapid heart action during anesthesia and dies. the Army states flight did not cause death. Baker remains alive at Pensacola with electrodes still under skin awaiting autopsy.
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Washington
Able
Army
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Ft. Knox
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Baker
School of Aviation Medicine
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station
Navy
Monkey Able
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Olin Math
Ieson
Army Ordnance
Publican
Vince Ney
Earl Klinger
Burgess H. B. Shhoener
Orwigsburg
Philadelphia
Shoner
State Office
Charles W. Clabaugh
Rchampaign
School Problems Commission
Ray Graham
U.S
Administration
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Congressional
New York Times
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Everett M. Dirksen
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
John J. Williams
J. Williams
Richard M. Simpson
Ways and Means Committee
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