FBI Enters Probe Of Elkton Rocket Fuel Plant Fire
The FBI joined the Elkton Maryland investigation into a flash fire at Thiokol Chemical Corp plant that killed four people and injured four. The blaze started in a mixing vat and quickly destroyed a 100 by 40 foot building, sending rockets into the air as fires raged. Victims were named as Charles L. Devault Marvin E. Kincaid Jerome J. Kahl and Frank K. Knight. The plant supplies solid propellant for Army and Air Force missiles and employs safeguards to prevent fires.
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Elkton
FBI
Thiokol Chemical Corp
H. G. Jones
Charles L. Devault
Marvin E. Kincaid
North East
Jerome J. Kahl
Riverside Beach
Frank K. Knight
Escapees from Communist China to Hong Kong Reported
Republic of China sources say most permitted escapees to Hong Kong are elderly or physically handicapped or regarded as useless labor, reflecting a pattern in the exodus.
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Communist China
Hongkong
Republic of China
Racial Outlook Hopeful If South Gets Breather for Persuasion
Four southern speakers led a panel urging time for the South to adopt the rule of law and peaceful persuasion toward integration. Hays said a 15 to 20 year breather may be needed, with Congress and the Supreme Court providing space for change. Kilpatrick favored gradual, separate public schools, warning that real change requires deep social upheaval.
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Sharon Conn
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
South
Hays
Congress
Supreme Court
James 4. Kilpatrick
Richmond
Coleman Harwell
Nashville Tennessean
George M. Reynolds
Little Rock , Ark
Winrock Enterprises
Edi
Santa Fe New Mexican
Kilpatrick
Album features hymns in Wesley anniversary observance
Atlanta Protestant Radio and Television Center has burned a record album of Charles Wesley hymns to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth. Death Valley, California, once a desert, is now a 140 mile long tourist resort with pools and borax mines.
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Atlanta
Protestant Radio and Television Center
Charles Wesley
Wesley
Death Valley
California
Saboteurs Shatter Calm in Swiss Ajoie Region
Saboteurs damaged power lines telephones and water pipes in northern Switzerland's Ajoie as protests arise against a plan to turn part of the area into a tank training ground. Police have arrested two men while mayors urge calm as local opposition is strongest outside the two villages directly affected.
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Ajoie
Switzerland
Porrentruy
Hitchcock on directing fast TV shoots and studio tricks
Alfred Hitchcock discusses the demanding pace of hour and half hour TV shows. He notes filming a hour program in five days leaves little rest and describes using real buses on the studio lot to avoid location shoots.
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Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's TV Success Proves That Crime Pays
Alfred Hitchcock dominates both television and film with two TV series and suspense films for NBC. He notes heavy work including a Vertigo day with James Stewart and Kim Novak and a live lion scene at Republic. He jokes about office party lions and the demanding pace of success.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Hollywoop
NBC
James Stewart
Kim Novak
Republic
Stores Install Closed Circuit TV To Curb Theft
Major department stores install closed circuit television to deter pickpockets and protect against shoplifters, signaling a push for enhanced shopper safety and crime prevention.
Only 3 Sundays Until Christmas
A light humorous item notes there are about 32 238 000 automatic dishwashers in U S homes today and references the countdown to Christmas with three Sundays left.
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U. S
Adventists Grow Fastest in South America and Africa
The Seventh day Adventist Church reports its fastest growth is in regions once deemed unlikely, notably South America and Africa, signaling a strong expansion in new areas.
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Seventhday Adventist Church
South America
Africa
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