Trenton State Coeds Die In Bus Tank Truck Crash
A bus carrying 40 Trenton State College students and a professor was struck from behind by a gas tank truck on Rainswept Rt 1 near North Brunswick New Jersey. The professor Dr Ernest Sixta died in the crash along with nine students. Eleven others were injured as flames and a tank explosion followed.
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North Brunswick
N. J
Trenton State College
The
University of London
Sixta
Dolores [Incao
Incao
Manville
Middlesex General Hospital
New Brunswick
Polly Turner
Piscataway Township
Trenton State
Roscoe Poe
Brooklyn
N.Y
Henry Reilly
Vincent Regan
Poe
Rutgers University Agriculture College
New York City
Carmen Nini
Trenton
Nini
Van Doren Suspended by NBC as Quiz Climax Nears
In Washington AP report on congressional quiz shows, Charles Van Doren faces possible subpoena as NBC suspends him from duties under a 50 thousand dollar yearly contract while he repeats under oath his claim of no outside help on Twenty-One. Other contestants admit coaching. a 19 year old girl from New York recounts being coached on Tic Tac Dough, winning prematurely and leaving with about 800 dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Charles van Doren
van Doren
House
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
Herbert Stempel
Subcommittee
Steven B. Derounian
R-Ny
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Kirsten Falke
New York
Conservative landslide secures Macmillan third term in Britain
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservatives win a large majority in the House of Commons, gaining more than 20 seats from Labour as returns from 87 percent of districts place the party at 740 seats to Labour's 235 and Liberals 5. The vote signals a strong upturn in stock prices with steel shares leading gains.
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London
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
Labor Party
Macmillan
Britain
Stock Exchange
Labor
United States
Macmillan Reflects On Conservative Victory
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan commented on the Conservative party’s sweeping election win with understated humor saying it had “gone off rather well.”
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London
Harold Macmillan
Editorial Page Highlights Fiscal Tug of War and Asia Policy
The page outlines on going congressional tensions over budget and military funding, plus emerging U.S. Asia policy shifts. It notes the ongoing friction between legislative priorities and executive decisions, urging readers to examine the commentary.
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Congress
U.S
Asia
Federal Aid Cut To Slow State Highway Work
New York State will receive 87.26 million dollars in current federal aid for interstate road construction and 56.175 million for state highways. The cut will not be felt for a year on interstate work, but primary, secondary and arterial programs may see a slight impact this year. The program funds 90 percent from federal sources for interstates and a shared cost for state highways.
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Albany
Hich
New York
U.S. Bureau of Roads
State Public Works Department
Department
Congress
Bureau of Roads
Bureau
Pennsylvania State Line
Binghamton
Alexandria Bay
Orange
Dutchess
Putnam Counties
New York City
Public Works Department
Paralytic Polio Seen Past Peak for Year
Public Health Service officials say the 1939 peak in paralytic polio cases has passed. Last week there were 279 cases, with no Mississippi data, down from 332 in the peak week. Cumulative paralytic cases Jan 1 to Oct 8 totaled 4,013, far above last year and the 1953 period, with total polio cases 6,417 to date.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Mississippi
Rain Clears as Weather Forecast Turns Cooler
Weatherman Andy Keller reports no rain for tonight or tomorrow with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures dip to 45 overnight and rise to 60 by day. Winds shift from 115 to 25 mph tonight and from the north-northwest 15 to 20 mph tomorrow.
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Andy Keller
Late Mrs Asher Leaves Annuity To Husband's Barber
Thoughtful London report says the deceased Mrs Leah Isaacs Asher left an annuity of 145 dollars a year to her husband's barber, as stated by administrators of her will.
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London
UPI
Leah Isaacs Asher
Eisenhower weighs options as steel strike nears 87 days
President Eisenhower met with top advisers at the White House to discuss the protracted steel strike by 500,000 United Steelworkers. Officials questioned the use of the Taft Hartley Act while noting 200,000 nonstriking workers already laid off and wage losses totaling about 790 million dollars since July 15.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
White House
Thenar Tance
CA Heath
Lue Preslaenk
Onetara TE Ppulis
Teal P. Mitchell
United Steelworkers Union
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Wilton P. Persons
David Kendall
Raymond J Saulnier
Mitchell
New York City
Mueller
E.d.t
Rogers
Today's Chuckle: Nonchalance and the owl pose
A humorous quip notes that true calm can resemble an owl’s composed glare even after a foolish act. The line wryly compares poise to a bird’s vigilant stare, suggesting stoic exterior masks missteps.
It Might as Well Be Spring
The East experiences a freak warm spell in September and October causing magnolias and other spring flowers to bloom unusually. At least a dozen reports describe buds and blooms through late October, with experts noting the seasonal anomaly and widespread since the long hot period.
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New York Weather Bureau
Westchester County
Mary Gressler
T. H. Everett
New York Botanical Garden
Everett
Longshoremen End Eight Day Dock Strike In U.S. Ports
The ILA ordered members back to work after a federal court injunction under Taft Hartley halted the eight day layoff. Irving Kaufman issued a 10 day TRO with a hearing for a permanent injunction next week as cargo backlog from Searsport Maine to Brownsville Texas begins to move again.
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New York
VPI
Maine
Texas
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Searsport
Brownsville
Tex
New York Shipping Association
Tokyo population tops 9.1 million for Sept 1
Tokyo’s population reached 9,102,529 as of September 1, an increase of 293,199 from the previous year, according to the Metropolitan Statistics Bureau.
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Tokyo
UPI
Metropolitan Statistics Bureau
Enthusiasts Invited to Submit Money Prize Entries
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Commerce
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