Taal Volcano Eruption Triggers Massive Casualties on Island
Island residents flee as lava showers blacken shores of Agoncillo and nearby towns. Red Cross reports 184 dead with evacuees pouring into boats and camps. official toll and exact figures remain uncertain amid ash, mud, and collapsing homes. Survivors describe fiery debris raining from the sky and widespread destruction around Lake Taal.
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Mario Roxas
Tagayutay
Philippines
Red Cross
Bon Ry UR
Taal
Agoncillo
Lake Taal
Dake
Camic
Terical
Manila
Agoneillo
Juan
Enderedj
Lung cancer may be detected before symptoms
A Park Ridge study funded by a 22,650 grant from 1928 aims to detect lung cancer early by examining sputum under a microscope. Dr. Valaitis and Dr. Jonas Valsitié say the simple test could become routine, with 6,000 residents contributing sputum samples over three mornings at Lutheran General Hospital.
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Joe Dill
Valaitis
Park Ridge, I. (Ap
Ajon
G. Papanicolaou
Parkline
American Cancer Society
Saya
Valai
Jonas Valsitié
Park Ridge
Lutheran General Hospt
Frank Pell
Lutheran General Hospital Service League
Gerald Conte
Jonas Valaitis
Lutheran General
Local Deaths and Obituaries in Boonsboro and Hagerstown
Six day old Paul Franklin Pottorff Sr. dies in Baltimore hospital. Rest Haven Funeral Chapel arranged services at Rest Haven Cemetery with Rev. Billy Webber. Mary J. Shafer of Hagerstown dies. services at St James Boonsboro. entombment Boonsboro Mausoleum. East Funeral Home Boonsboro handles arrangements with rosary recitation Thursday evening.
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Paul Franklin Pottorff
Paul F. Pottorff
Paulette (Wolfensberger) Pottorff Jr
Jahms Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Paul Wolfensberger
Hagerstown
Paul Pottertf Sr
Wichita
Kan
Hest Haven
Billy Webber
Rest Haven Funeral
Bits Mary J. Shafer
Oakis Ave
Washington County
Boonsboro
Clarence, E
Mary Lakin Shafer
Miss Shafer
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Sodality'of the? Blessed Virgin
Western Maryland State Hospital
Conococheague
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Robert S. Passarelli
T. James Catholic
East
Boons
Deaths in Berkeley Springs Area Nellie Yost
Mrs Nellie M Yost of 313 Martinsburg Road Berkeley Springs West Virginia died unexpectedly Monday morning Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm from Hunter Funeral Home with Rev Dr James A Swann. burial in Greenway Cemetery Survivors include sons Paul V of Fairmont Kenneth Berkeley Springs daughters Mrs Jerry Hettentouser of Hagerstown and Mrs Sam Butts Berkeley Springs brothers Carl Widmyer of Great Cacapon and Pr C B Widmyer of Pasadena California Eight grandchildren listed
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Nellie MM. Yost
Yost
Martinsburg Road
First Eub Church
Morgan County
Bert and
Lena Ruppenthal Widmyer
Paul V
Fairmont
Kenneth
Jerry Hettentouser
Hagerstown
Sam Butts
Carl Widmyer
Great Cacapon
Pr. C
Dr King to preach in Paris and address meeting
Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr will preach at the American Church in Paris and speak at the Mutuality Auditorium on the Left Bank. On Oct 25 he will meet with French and foreign Protestant ministers in Paris.
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vAninari
Martin Luther King Jr
Paris
French Protestant Federation
King
Mutuality
Rusk to Meet Gromyko in Formal Dinner Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk plans a dinner with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the Waldorf Astoria to explore potential proposals for a US Soviet accord. Prospects for a breakthrough look slim as Red China looms, denouncing America and accusing Moscow of betraying communism in Vietnam and collaborating with the U.S. foe in the India Pakistan clash.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
China
Rusk
Waldorf Astoria
Washington
Moscow
Peking
America
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
U. S
India-Pakistan
Democrats Scale Back Minimum Wage Bill Debate
Washington AP report shows House Democrats discuss trimming a proposed wage hike from 1.75 to 1.25 dollars an hour. Labor leaders and Education and Labor Committee members cite coverage and funding as hurdles, with administration support waning and no clear path this session.
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John Beckler
Washington
House
Senate
Formation and Labor Committee
John l
Jon
Rising Market Trading Active in Early NY Session
NEW YORK AP improvement in steels and ferrous details featured a rising stock market early today. Trading was active as major steelmakers edged up modestly. Jones & Laughlin, U S Steel, Bethlehem and Republic fractionally gained. Copper group strengthened on higher com modify futures for metal. Kennecott rose about a point and a half. Anaconda, International Nickel, Homestake and American Smelting rose fractionally. SCM Corp jumped 1% to 51 1/2 after opening 15 000 shares while Radio Corp held at 47 1/2 on 28 000 shares. United Aircraft rose 2 while other aerospace issues shifted. Montgomery Ward gained 1.
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New York
Jones & Laughlin
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Kennecott
Inaconda
International Nickel
SCM Corp
Radio Corp
United Aircraft
Montgomery |Ward Rose
Castro Says Cubans With Relatives In U S Can Leave Island
Fidel Castro announced that any Cuban with relatives in the United States may depart the island beginning Oct 10. He pledged to establish refugee ports and said those who wish to leave could do so without risk, criticizing imperialists for blocking exit since the 1962 missile crisis.
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House of Correction
Isaac M
Flores
Cuba
Havana
Fidel Castro
Benjamin F. Thomas
Gime
Ernesto Guevara
Tore
Castro
Revolutionary Plaza
United
Thomas
James Strine
Interior Ministry
Guevara
Afalco
Hdlic
Sis
United States
Communist Party
Camarioca
Tangas
John H. Wagner
10 E. Frank
Soviet Red Star Attacks U S Army 25th Division
The Red Star accuses the U S Army 25th Infantry Division of atrocities in Korea and the Pacific, calling its troops obedient mercenaries and recounting alleged civilian killings. The piece, translated for Pentagon briefings, frames the division within a broader anti American narrative.
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Washington
U.S
Red Star
Hawaii
Europe
Siberia
Pentagon
2Th
Red Stag
el Pacific Theater
Korea
Japan
Thailand
Divisin
Wrecker Blind Teaches Balance On High Ropes
Ray Walker, a blind professional building wrecker in Columbus, climbs rooftops and beams, and once walked along a 175 foot smokestack. He has demolished over 2,000 buildings in 18 years. Walker uses a cane on site and has been blind 41 years.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ray Walker
Walker
Zachary Scott Faces Malignant Brain Tumor in Austin
Zachary Scott, noted actor, is gravely ill with a malignant brain tumor at his mother's Austin home. Doctors began radiation treatment. no surgery planned. Scott, a Texas native and University of Texas alumnus, has a wife Ruth Ford and two daughters.
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Austin
Tex
Zachary Scott
Ruth Ford
Scott
New York City
University of Texas
Zachary Scott Sr
Elaine Anderson
Fort Worth
Elley Scott
William Crawford
Brooklyn Heights
Fair Visitors Rebel Against Sausage Machine
Visitors at a buckwheat festival in Kingwood West Virginia protested a sausage machine brought to serve thousands. To accommodate demand, 16 workers were assigned to produce sausage by hand, reflecting preference for traditional hand-made products.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Showers for Brides Hit by South Platte Flood Losses
In Stapleton Col. AP reports linen and kitchen showers were provided for brides up to 25 or 30 years married. The aid reached households in the Columbine Country Club area whose homes were damaged by the South Platte River floodwaters.
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Sttleton
Col
Columbine Country Club
South Platter
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