Explosion Kills Three at Clemson Textile Plant
A gas fired dryer unit exploded at the J. P. Stevens Co. textile plant in Clemson South Carolina killing three men and injuring twelve. Electrician George Mathis was among the dead and the blast damaged the printing and finishing department. The plant employs about 2200 workers producing synthetic rug fibers.
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Clemson, S.C
UPI
Big J. P. Stevens Co
Utica - Mohawk - Clemson
Raymond Williams
George Mathis
Edward W. Whitman
Samuel Cobb
Senaca
Anderson
Seneca Hospital
Helen Keller Cremation Set Today
Helen Keller's body will be cremated in Bridgeport today after a mild heart attack. Public funeral services are planned in Washington's National Cathedral on Wednesday where Sen. Lister Hill will read the eulogy. Keller died at 87 peacefully.
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Miss Keller
Ferris Chick
Sen
Lister Hill
D-Ala
SUSSCRIPION RATES IN TUCSON
Local media subscription rates listed for Tucson area readers. Prices show 43 cents weekly, 45 cents weekly for delivery within Tucson, and 19.5 dollars monthly. Advance payment options include 42.75 per month or 37 dollars outside Arizona. Text notes second class postage paid at Tucson with address 28 Worth Stone Ave Tucson Arizona.
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Tucson
Arizona
Canada
Tucson Youth Among Holiday Traffic Victims
A 16 year old Tucson resident, Larry James Cochran of 3244 N Chapel Ave, died in a Memorial Day weekend crash west of Benson when the car crashed through a guard rail and overturned. The weekend toll included four fatalities from other states and two other Arizonans were injured.
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Larry James Cochran
N. Chapel Ave
Cochran
Benson
Gary E. McCoy
Douglas J. Brady
Tucson
Jose Manuel Silva
Millicent
Southern Pacific
Phoenix
James Prince
Garden Grove
Calif
Prince
Mike McGlothlin
Yuma
Indians Protest Press Coverage at National Press Building
About 40 Indians from 15 tribes demonstrated in the National Press Building lobby protesting media treatment of their affairs. They accused reporting of sensationalism and comic caricatures and urged truth and justice while chanting We want justice and threatening a warpath.
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Washington
UPI
National Press Building
Hank Adams
Montana
North Dakota
America
Placcard
WSCS Elects Leaders in California Arizona Conference
Mrs. Millard Bobbitt of El Monte is elected President of the WSCS for the 43,000-member Southern California Arizona Conference. Miss Mary Fiddick of Pasadena becomes chairman of the Wesleyan Service Guild auxiliary.
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Millard Bobbitt
el Monte
Calif
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Mary Fiddick
Pasadena
Wesleyan Service Guild
WSCS
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