Fire kills 21 at Arkansas Negro Boys school dormitory
Twenty one boys died when fire swept through a dormitory at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School near Wrightsville Arkansas. Governor Faubus said doors were locked and a caretaker absent as investigators probe cause and safety lapses.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School
Here
Bill Strebing
Kecty
Arkansas State Pace
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Nolan Fortner
Robert Raymon
Arkansas
Wrightsville
Little Rock
Gaines
Orval Faubus
Arkansas Negro Industrial School
Gov. Faubus
Revenue official ends 8:30 coffee break practice
Vaughn Rice of the Georgia Revenue Department announced that the practice of clocking in at 8:30 a.m. and going straight to a coffee shop for a break will no longer be condoned.
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Atlanta
UPI
Vaughn Rice
Georgian Revenue Department
Weather Outlook for Northeastern Ohio
Increasing cloudiness and a little warmer today with snow starting by evening. Highs around 40 to 44, transitioning to rain and windy tonight with a near 40 degree high. Windy rain ends and colder Friday with decreasing wind and precipitation.
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Ohio
Fire sweeps Gary Hotel in Hazleton claims three lives
The 75 year old Gary Hotel in Hazleton Pennsylvania burned in the business district leaving three dead and two missing while twenty were injured. Firefighters rescued guests trapped on upper floors as flames swept through the six story brick building. Eight injured were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and ten treated for smoke exposure.
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Hazelton, Pa
UPI
Gary
Howard Deitch
Mary Mooney
Edna
Stigelbauer
Mary Mc Jsive
Alarney
Mary Kabi
Loughran
Hazleton State Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Khrushchev
Berlin
Tminis
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Hazleton
United States
State Hospital
George Rader
West Ard
St. Elmira
N.Y
John Goodman
Victory Blvd
Staten Island
New York
Bodies Linked to Missing Family Found Near Sawdust Pit
Police confirm two bodies found in an abandoned sawdust pit are Carroll V. Jackson and one of his daughters, ending a seven week search for the missing Mineral, Virginia family. The man and a young girl lay face down with hands bound, near the Jackson car found January 12.
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Fredericksburg
UPI
Carroll V. Jackson
Mineral
Jackson
Mildred
Susan Anne
Janet Carroll
Virginia
James Beach
Beach
FBI
Mrs. Jackson
Here
Liquor price hikes loom in Ohio stores
State liquor stores plan a 10 percent price increase beginning April as part of Governor DiSalle’s revenue drive. Liquor Department Director Richard C. Crouch may implement a flat 10 percent rise, with board approval, affecting whisky and other spirits across outlets.
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Geoffrey Mann
Columbus
UPI
Michael V. DiSallees
Bert
Earth
Liquor Department
Board of Liquor Control
Richard C. Crouch
Four Watershed Projects Approved by Senate Committee
The Senate Agriculture Committee approves Ohio’s Wabash Watershed project and three similar programs in Nebraska, Kansas, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. The $1,260,911 Wabash project, administered under the Soil Conservation Service, already has funds appropriated.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ohio
Nebraska - Kansas
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Soil Conservation Service
Congress
Pioneer IV Sets Course for Permanent Solar Orbit
UPI reports America's Pioneer IV space unit passed 37,000 miles from the moon and now heads to a permanent solar orbit. Government scientists say the 20 inch instrument package will revolve around the sun every 87 days for a period comparable to the universe’s life, with the craft already in solar orbit and set to finalize its path on March 17.
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Moon
Earth
Stewart
Washington
UPI
Amerea
Commissioners approve 1959 appropriations for general fund
The board approves 1959 appropriations totaling 1,860,500 dollars for the general fund. A levy reduction saves finances for the day and signals fiscal relief. The report notes related items on page two of the seat section.
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General Fund
Soviet protest over boarding of Russian trawler Novorossisk
Moscow reports a formal protest to the United States after the U S Navy detained and boarded the Russian fishing trawler Novorossisk off Newfoundland. Tass says the note was handed to the U S Embassy. the Soviets deny damage to cables and urge measures to prevent repeats.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
United States
Newfoundland
Tass
U.S
United States Navy
Novorossisk
Man Killed By Auto On Rt 20 in Monroeville
Monroeville records its first traffic fatality in over three years as Carole Zipfel 52 dies at Fisher-Titus Memory Hospital Norwalk after being struck while crossing Rt 20 near Chapel Street. The driver Victor Sherley 16 of Route 39 Norwalk was behind the wheel.
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Monroeville
Carole F. “Crow
Ziptel
Chapel 4
Fisher-Titus Memory Hospital
Norwalk
Zipfel
Mirchatte
Baby Eric Returns Safe After Kidnaping Ordeal
Nine week old Eric Flores, reportedly kidnapped by Mrs Betty Jean Yocom, was found unharmed in Norco near Ontario California. Authorities say Yocom admitted abducting the infant to claim him as her own child amid a troubling backstory of miscarriages and past marriages.
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Robert Ackerman
Ontario
Calif
UPI
Erie
Scherrigiee
Bey
Zipfel
Chicago
Ruth Flores
Eric
Betty Jean Yocom
Norco
Yocom
Samuel Leroy Mix
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Leipzig
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Russia
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Homer J. Stewart
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Amherst
St. Joseph School
Wellington
Leeelen Eee
National Osteopathic Association
BPA
Eddense
Lorain
Contract Bridge
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Abby
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