Explosion at Cali hospital block in Colombia leaves 50 dead
A massive blast in central Cali injured many and caused extensive property damage. Officials said the explosion struck a building housing army units and a military police battalion, blew out eight blocks, and triggered fires citywide with authorities ordering curfews, road closures, and emergency measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cali
Colombia
Radio
Valle Department
Army
Codazsi
United Press
Alberto Gomez
Gomez
U S Steel Raises Prices Across Steel Market
U S Steel increases its price by 8.50 per ton to average 138.50, citing higher costs and a new three year USW labor deal. Republic Steel follows with general increases while Bethlehem and Jones & Laughlin study the situation. The move affects auto, refrigerator and toaster costs and reflects rising employment costs under the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
United Steelworkers
Republic Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel
U.S
U.S. Steel
USW
Selection of Brink's Jurors Begins in Boston
In Boston 92 prospective jurors appeared as court officials began selecting a jury to try eight men charged in the $1,219,000 Brink's robbery. Eight of the 100 drawn failed to appear, one had died, and about a dozen sought excusal before proceedings. A total of 2,000 jurors were to be called at 100 per day until a jury is seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Editorial View on Vice Presidential Candidates
Today's feature notes Roscoe Drummond urging careful voter scrutiny of vice presidential picks. The page lists sections like Amusements, Financial, Sports, and Editorials, then describes a photograph of the Brink's robbery case with defendants from greater Boston and defense lawyer Paul T. Smith accusing J Edgar Hoover and the FBI of jury fixing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Drummond
Editors urge repeal of Youth Court Act in state
The New York State Society of Newspaper Editors calls for repeal of the Youth Court Act. It denounces the measure as intolerable and an atrocious concept of law that would bypass grand juries and endanger the public's right to know. The act would try youths 16 to 20 in youth courts and allow judges to seal records, with administration by county judges except in New York County.
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Potsdam
New York State Society of Newspaper Editors
Lestialian
Lermied Lee
New York County
Robert Moses
New York Power Authority
Congress
Niagara Falls
House
Niagara
Fred Stein
Binghamton Press
Stein
Atty
Jacob K. Javits
Javits
Borden To Build Center At Syracuse For R D
A $1,000,000 research and development center will be built at Syracuse by Borden Food Products Co. It will employ 45 to 50 staff and house a laboratory and pilot plant across 43,000+ square feet near N Franklin and Plum Streets. Planned completion is March 1957 with Deter Construction Co. as contractor.
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Syracuse
Borden Food Products Co
Borden Co
Willis H. Gurley
Borden
N. Franklin and
Plum Sts
Gurley
New York City
Syracuse University
N. Franklin St
Plum St
Solar St
Deter Construction Company
Hamlet Hit By Tornado in South Dakota Hospital Roof Torn Off
A tornado ripped through Martin South Dakota last night, tearing off the Community Hospital roof and destroying about 40 buildings. The storm damaged stock sale pavilion debris covered streets, but no deaths or serious injuries were reported and patients were evacuated safely.
Loesser separation ends 20 year marriage
Beverly Hills songwriter Frank Loesser and his wife Lynn have separated in an amicable split after 20 years of marriage. Mrs Loesser said they will continue to run their publishing business together despite the separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Frank Loesser
Lynn
Typhoon Wanda Kills 1960 in Red China Destruction Report
Peiping radio reports typhoon Wanda killed 1 960 persons in Red China destroyed 38 000 houses and caused great social damage. The dispatch notes extensive devastation across affected regions and outlines relief needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Red
China
Carriage mix up sparks tires remark in playful exchange
A lighthearted joke unfolds as a wife realizes the borrowed baby carriage isn’t theirs. Her husband calms her with a quip about tires, turning a mistaken stroller into a comic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Flood Swamps Sind Leaving 30000 Homeless In Pakistan
The Indus River rose after heavy rains and flooded West Pakistan. The government declared a state of emergency in the worst affected areas as about 30,000 people were reported homeless in Sind.
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Pakistan
Karachi
INS
Indus
Sind
Westerfeld Named Acting Dean of State University Medical College
Dr. Wilfred W. Westerfeld was named acting dean of the State University College of Medicine in Syracuse effective Sept 1. He will also head the Biochemistry Department during the interim, while a search for a permanent dean proceeds. Westerfeld, a St. Charles Missouri native, earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1938 at St. Louis University and studied at Oxford 1938–39.
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Wilfred W. Westerfeld
State University College of Medicine
Syracuse
State University
William S. Carlson
Albany
Westerfeld
William R. Willard
University of Kentucky Medical School
Lexington
Biochemistry
Carlson
Council For the State University Medical Centers
St. Charles
St. Louis University
St. Louis
Oxford University
Eisenhower Urges Bulganin to Realize Geneva Hopes
President Eisenhower writes to Soviet Premier Bulganin urging Moscow to realize the Geneva summit hopes and to rethink the open skies proposal. He reiterates support for freezing arms production and declines Bulganin’s unilateral force cuts while stressing the need for verified disarmament and restraint. Ambassador Behlen delivers the letter in Moscow ending a series of exchanges.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Bulganin
Geneva
West
Germany
Moscow
Charles Behlen
Zhukov Rejects Eisenhower Aerial Inspection Plan
Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov says Eisenhower aerial arms inspections would foster mutual suspicion and amount to spying. He proposes ground inspections instead and argues large armies remain necessary. comments follow questions from Hanson Baldwin and Times correspondence.
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NEW York
Georgi
M. Zhukov
Eisenhower
Zhukov
New York Times
Hanson W. Baldwin
Baldwin
Soviet Union
U.S. Air Force
Nathan Twining
the Times
United States
Soviet Churches Inadequate for Moscow Says Visitor
The Rev. Myron W. Fowell of Westwood Massachusetts returned from Russia and said Moscow has 34 churches which are not enough as churches were crowded everywhere his group went including on weekdays.
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New York
Myron W. Fowell
Westwood
Mass
Russia
Moscow
Wage Increase in New York State 1955 Labor Settlements
The State Labor Department monthly notes a 73 cent average hourly wage rise won by union workers in New York State in 1955 labor management contracts.
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New York
New York State
State Labor Department
Girl Feared Kidnaped in Newport Beach Search
Hundreds of volunteers and authorities conduct a door to door search for five year old Barbara L Blasier missing from Newport Beach California since Sunday. Her father Gordon Blasier and brother Larry Wayne eight were in Balboa Bay channel when she vanished. Dragging operations continue amid police belief of possible kidnap. No trace found since she played in the sand while her father swam with his son. Blaiser family vacationing here while mother remained in town expecting another child.
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Newport Beach
Calif
Waterloo, Towa
Barbara L. Blasier
Gordon Blasier
Larry Wayne
Balboa Bay
Little Barbara
Blaiser
Towa
Court Sentences GI to 20 Years for Assault and Rape
Pvt. Paul E. Gunn a 71 year old Birmingham Alabama Negro soldier was sentenced by a general court martial to twenty years at hard labor for assault with a dangerous weapon and attempted rape. Gunn pleaded guilty and offered no mitigation. The case stems from an altercation with a 34 year old German prostitute on June 20 at Hanau. The sentence awaits review by higher military authorities.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Paul E. Gunn
Birmingham
Ala
Gunn
Hanau
Nasser Peace Threats Rise Over Suez Canal Control Debate
Cairo sources say Egypt may ask the U N Security Council to intervene before the August 16 London sponsored conference on Suez. Egypt would protest British and French moves deemed threats to peace. Britain, France and the United States back international control in principle, while other nations weigh proposals.
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London
Cairo
Egypt
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Security Council
Britain
France
United States
George Young
British
Foreign Office
Ach
India
Ceylon
Indonesia
Young
Eden
Clear Skies Forecast After Overnight Shower
The weatherman at Hancock Airport reported .06 of an inch of rain fell overnight. Syracuse sits on the storm edge as a slow eastward movement brings likely heavy rain to New England. Tonight will be cloudy with a low near 64, and tomorrow is expected to be mostly fair with a high around 80.
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Hancock Airport
Syracuse
New England
Soviet Japanese ministers meet to speed peace talks
In Moscow Mamoru Shigemitsu and Dmitri Shepilov conferred to accelerate treaty discussions with both sides seeking progress shortly after the wartime alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
INS
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Dmitri Shepilov
Three Area Drivers Face Drunk Counts
Three motorists were sentenced in Traffic Court on driving while intoxicated charges. Frank W. Warner, 39, of Seventh North St Liverpool, received 30 days in the county jail and a 100 dollar fine after pleading guilty to the July 4 DWI charge. Roger H. Quimby, 29, of 119 Congress St, pleaded guilty to DWI and two other charges, getting 30 days in jail and a 100 dollar fine for intoxication and two 20 day terms for related offenses. A Liverpool driver had a similar arraignment with the intoxication charge dismissed for lack of proof, then pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and fined 100 dollars.
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Frank W. Warner
Seventh North St
Liverpool
Roger H. Quimby
Congress St
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Wit National Guard
Mancock Field
Johnston
Brink
Radio-Tv
Felix Forte
Joseph F. McGinnis
Michael Geagan
Thomas F. Richardson
Adolph (Jass) Maife
Henry D. Baker
Vincent J.costa
James I. Faherty
Paul T. Smith
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. ‘Edgar Hoover
Chase Manhattan Bank
Loessers
U.N
Suez
Wilfred Westerfeld
Gladys Robinson
Edward G. Robinson Jr
Robinson Sr
Santa Monica County
Ike
Associated Press
Barbara Blaster
Nasser
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