Rail Explosion Kills 19 in Georgia River Scene
Rescue teams searched the Ogeechee River for victims of a freak butane gas explosion that killed 17 to 19 people near a 30 foot river trestle as a Seaboard Air Line freight train crossed. Two tank cars burned, one containing 10 000 gallons of cooking fuel.
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Meldrim
Ogeechee River
Seaboard Air Line
Harold M. Smith
Smith
Savannah
Oe Smith
Terryne
Georgia
Local Weather Summary for Bo Sunrise Area
River stage rises to 7.5 ft with 5:26 sunrise and 8:21 sunset. Richest temperature yesterday reached 95 degrees while last night fell to 72. No precipitation reported. Local conditions indicate warm day with dry spell.
Weather outlook for Terre Haute and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy to tonight with scattered thundershowers likely and a cool spell. Indiana notes cooler nights with variable cloudiness and showers mainly in the north, warmer south. Illinois forecast shows similar chances of thundershowers in the north, with cooler evenings and variably high daytime temperatures. Street thermometer readings show 32 at 9 am and 95 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Train Conductor Witnessed Meldrim Train Disaster
Ira L. Hines, 55, conductor on the Seaboard freight train, recounts his full view from the caboose as cars piled up and gas gushed after the Meldrim disaster. He describes warning fireman William Kimble and preparing for impact during the wreck near Weldrim, Georgia.
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Ira L. Hines
Seaboard
Meldrim, Ga
Weldrim
UPD
Kimble
William Kimble
Reid Departs for Israel as New Ambassador
Ogden Reid, former president and editor of the New York Herald Tribune, left New York on Sunday night to assume as the United States ambassador to Israel. He plans to present credentials to President Itzak Ben-Zvi on July 2.
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New York
UPI
Ogden Reid
U. S
Israel
Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Itak Ben-Zvi
Russia's No 3 Man Arrives In New York
First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union Frol Kozlov arrived in New York to preside at a Soviet cultural and scientific exhibition. He walked from the UN district to the exhibit hall with aides while police watched. The TU114 nonstop flight from Moscow set a record 11 hours 6 minutes for 5092 miles.
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New York
Soviet Union
Frol R. Kozlov
Kozlov
Park Avenue
68Th Street
Soviet United Nations
Central Park
60Th Street
Broadway
Russia
Eisenhower
Nixon
Kremlin
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Moscow
Action on $100 000 sewer project set for Tuesday
A special Common Council call at 7 30 p m Tuesday considers ordinances to authorize sale of 100 000 in general obligation bonds for 2 700 feet of sewer lines on Ohio boulevard from Brown avenue to Fruitridge. Bonds priced as 1 000 denominations mature 1961 1980 with bid based 4 percent or less. Plans show a 60 inch sewer on Brown avenue narrowing to 36 inches at Adams street and 15 inches near Fruitridge.
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Common Council
Ohio Boulevard
Brown Avenue
Fruitridge
Joseph Pipp
Adams Street
Fatal Accident Driver Changes Plea to Guilty
In Vigo Circuit Court Mrs Dorothy Berryman Fagg switched to a guilty plea halting defense questioning of prospective jurors in the reckless homicide case. Three regular jurors were excused and three of six from the special venire were excused for various causes as Judge Herbert R Criss presided.
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Dorothy Berryman Fagg
Vigo
Petit Jury
N. George Nasser
Herbert R. Criss
Federal Tax Trial In Second Week
The U S gambling tax evasion trial resumes in Terre Haute with eight alleged gamblers accused of evading about 326 000 in excise taxes. Key witnesses include postal and telecommunications employees and associates of E M Wyatt at the Clover Club on Ninth street and Wabash avenue.
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Dale J. Holder
Indianapolis
U. S
Terre Haute
Don A. Tabbert
Charles Hollars
E. M. Wyatt
Clover Club
Thomas Powers
Harold Kotsch
Wyatt
Ninth Street
Wabash Avenue
Charles L
Buck) Sumner
Joe Jacobs
Leo Shaffer
Jules Horwick
Chicago
Philip Share
Irwin Gordon
Las Vegas
Nev
James Tanner
Detroit
New Hi Fi Printing Debuts In Tribune Ad
The Tribune unveils a new Hi Fi printing process for a five color Eckrich Cold Meat advertisement. The ad, shipped in 36 inch rolls, prints on regular newsprint with color closely resembling slick magazines. Eckrich and the paper planned weeks to showcase the package in color for better recall.
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THE
Tribune
Midwest
Eckrich
Eckrich Company
Repayment by 84-year-old blind beneficiary shocks officials
In Indianapolis on June 29 Pi-State Welfare officials disclosed a remarkable repayment story. An 84-year-old woman who had been blind for 17 years received welfare aid including an eye operation costing under 700 dollars. She returned to the welfare office last week and repaid the department in full.
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Chicago
UPD
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Colorado Rockies
Charlotte
N. C
Richmond
Baltimore
Washington
D. C
Berthoud and
Vail
Colorado Mountains
Ridge Road
Indianapolis
Welfare Department
Otter Creek JP Resigns Amid Fund Shortage Inquiry
Elmer Stone, Otter Creek Township Justice of the Peace, resigns amid a grand jury probe into $2034 in account discrepancies. North Terre Haute JP also on record with shortages and errors totaling $11 479. Prosector Berry plans to convene the grand jury before the term ends next week.
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Elmer Stone
Otter Creek Township
North Terre Haute JP
Catherine M. Fee
Board of County Commissioners
Stone
Indiana State Board of Accounts
Sugar Creek Township
Ernie Lane
Harrison Township
Lee Easton
Easton
Ralph Berry
Lucile E. Moore
Armstrong Discharged After Pneumonia Recovery at Spoleto
SATCHMO RECOVERS FROM PNEUMONIA Trumpeter Louis Armstrong was discharged from Spoleto Hospital in Italy after a severe pneumonia attack. He plans to sightsee in Rome before flying to New York with his wife, following his arrival for the Festival of Two Worlds.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Rome
Armstrong
Alexander Schiff
New York
Hope Is Strong Way to Avoid Strike Is Near
Peaceful settlement of the steel wage dispute brightened with Eisenhower urging bargaining without interruption. Two week truce extends deadline to July 15 as four labor and management teams resume talks with eight conferees.
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New York
UPI
Eisenhower
R. Conrad Cooper
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Minister Dies of Heart Attack Before Installation
Rev. Dr. O. G. Wilson of Marion Indiana, 67, collapsed and died from a heart attack Sunday night, moments before his installation as general superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America. A memorial service was held, with burial planned in Marion Wednesday or Friday.
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Houghton
N. Y
Marion
Ind
Wesleyan Methodist Church of America
O. G. Wilson
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