Flames Sear East River. Tanker Sinks as Freighter Crash
A Swedish freighter rammed a gasoline tanker on the East River at 12 25 am causing a massive blaze that scorched the Manhattan Bridge. The tanker Empress Bay sank. two crew members are missing and 37 injured. The Nebraska was damaged but reached port under its own power. Fireboats rescued crew, with several civilians aiding. one photographer died of a heart attack during coverage.
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Empress Bay
Tearifir
New York City
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Brooklyn Bridge
Tom Erickson
Otto Ahrens
Ths
William Finn
New York Journal- American
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The
Petroleum Tanker Corp
Nebraska
Swedish Transatlantic Line
Patroman
Richard Gazzola
Candido Santiago
William J. Gaynor
Gaynor
Lebanon Seeks U.N. Troops Amid Heavy Beirut Firing
Beirut reports heavy firing after Lebanon requested a U.N. emergency force to seal its frontiers with the UAR. Premier Sami Solh and President Chamoun blamed U.A.R. interference for the crisis, while U.N. observers failed to halt infiltrations.
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Lebanon
U.N
Camille Chamoun
Ghandak Ghamik
Basta
Sacb Salam
Ashrafiah
Sami Solh
Nasser
United Arab Republic
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Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Chamoun
SEC Witness Dismissed Amid Goldfine Probe Clashes
Washington reports an explosive House subcommittee hearing as former SEC chairman J Sinclair Armstrong is removed from the witness stand. The inquiry targets SEC handling of Bernard Goldfine cases and possible influence by Sherman Adams.
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Washington
Goldfine
Eisenhower
Allega
Showers For Southern Illinois and Congress Inquiry
A weather forecast for southern Illinois calls for showers and thunderstorms with possible severe activity, followed by cool, partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday. In Washington, a congressional subcommittee scrutinizes potential outside influence on federal agencies, with questions about gifts to judges and a 1954 SEC filing case in East Boston, including a 1956 $3,000 fine.
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Goldfine
Robert W. Lishman
John FE. Moss
Calif
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
John B. Bennett
R-Mich
William T. McCarthy
Boston
McCarthy
SEC
Social Security Extension Opposed by Life Underwriters
The National Association of Life Underwriters urged Congress to reject further extension of the social security program calling it economically unsound. R Edwin Wood argued the plan should remain a floor of protection and warned that benefits increases could weaken the economy. The Council of State Chambers of Commerce backed awaiting the Advisory Council on Social Security Financing’s Jan 1 report before action. Blue Shield opposed federally financed health benefits, while AFL CIO urged broader liberalization across jobless and old age provisions.
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National Assn. of Life
R. Edwin Wood
San Francisco
House ‘Ways and Means
Wood
Congress
Life Underwriters
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Blue Shield
Donald Stubbs
Blue Shield Board
Aflcio
Senate Subpoenas Wortman and Associate in East St Louis
The Senate Rackets Committee subpoenaed Frank Wortman and associate Sam Magin on Tuesday. Special investigators served the papers as they left Wortman’s tavern in East St Louis.
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East St Louis
Frank
Buster) Wortman
Senate
Rivers Bill Compromise Sets Illinois Saline Project At 5.27 Million
A Senate House conference panel adopts a compromise rivers and harbors package for Illinois flood control and navigation projects totaling nearly 35 percent of the nation’s authorizations. The Saline River project is set at 5.272 million with local funding questions and a separate measure by Rep. Kenneth Gray to push for lower local contributions if the omnibus bill is signed.
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House
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Conference Committee
Robert Kerr
D-Okla
Eisenhower
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Green
Mississippi River
Iowa
Missouri
Alton
Calumet-Sag
Illinois-Mississippi Canal
Congress
Kenneth J. Gray
D-Ill
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Southern
Saline River
Herrin Man Fined for Intoxication and Resisting Arrest
William Stergis aged 37 of 1217 North 14th Street Herrin paid a 100 dollar fine and 7.90 dollars costs after charges of intoxication and resisting arrest. Police Magistrate Farl May imposed the fine following Stergis refusal to exit his car on South Park Avenue after officers forced it to stop. Police Chief Roy Cole noted the refusal.
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William Stergis
14Th St
Herrin
Stergis
Farl May
South Park Avenue
Roy Cole
Cornice Collapse Kills Woman In Downtown Detroit
A seventh floor building cornice collapsed in downtown Detroit killing Mrs Myrtle Taggart 79 and injuring two others while a window shopper watched. Authorities investigate the sudden disaster and watch for further details.
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Detroit
Myrtle Taggart
Russians protest U.S. Embassy demonstration in Moscow
About 1,000 Russians gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to protest, amid accusations from Washington that the Russian government staged the demonstration. The event highlighted tensions between the two nations.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Moscow
Russian crowd protests at U S Embassy in Moscow
A crowd of over 1,000 Russians demonstrated at the U S Embassy in Moscow in retaliation for protests at Soviet embassies abroad. About 150 Soviet police controlled the scene as a stone was thrown. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson declined to appear, citing support for peaceful assembly.
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Associated Press
Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
U. N
New York
Thompson
Ambassador Thompson
West Germany
Imre Nagy
Richard Davis
Justice Department road probe dropped in Illinois toll case
The federal government ended its inquiry into possible collusive bidding on Illinois toll roads. Chicago antitrust chief Earl A. Jinkinson said a 60 page report recommending dismissal was sent to Washington and approved. District Attorney Robert Tieken faced a related grand jury inquiry over bribery and farm sale connections.
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Illinois
Earl A. Jinkinson
Antitrust
Department of Justice
Jinkinson
Washington
Antitrust Division
Robert
Tieken
United States
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