Explosion at Nike base kills ten in New Jersey blast
Investigators probe a Nike base near Middletown New Jersey after eight Ajax missiles exploded in a fireball killing ten people including six soldiers and four civilians. Two servicemen survived. the incident prompts Army inspectors to determine cause.
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Middletown
N. J
Nike
Here
Joseph W. McKenzie
Pramingham
Mass
Pfc
Joseph Abott
Grindstone
Duff
Daniel Murdoch
Army
Chief of Ordinance
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Long Island
Chamber Meeting Seeks New Area Industry
Winchester merchants distributors and citizens are invited to a Chamber meeting at the George Washington Hotel Monday at 11 a.m. Four out-of-town manufacturers are considering locating in the city and county according to organizers.
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Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Accord
Fishermans Plate Ad Correction and Bark Advertisements
Page 2 column item notes corrections to yesterday’s Star ad pricing for Ladies Poplin Crepe Uniforms at $2.00 each. Also lists contact for chestnut and black oak bark contracts and a wrist watch gift promotion from Hodghson and Brown Mohawk 2-3231 with brands Hamilton Bulova Elgin Gruen.
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Penney’s
Winchester
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Hamilton, Bulova
ELGIN
GRUEN
Hodgson & Brown Mohawk
App le crop outlook 1958 in Appalachian Belt
Apple circles project an average to slightly above average 1958 crop for the Virginia West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania belt. Virginia remains the largest producer with last year’s 8.1 million bushels and an expected average near 9.1 million this year. Frost absence and good foliage support quality, but pollination during blooming in the southern belt and variable northern development keep prospects uncertain.
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Appalachian
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Shenandoah
Poisonous lead tank fire at Han cock refinery kills two
A massive blaze at the Han cock Oil Co refinery in Signal Hill Long Beach California damaged the 10 acre plant and threatened an 860000 gallon tetraethyl lead tank. Two workers died and four hundred patients were evacuated as tanks exploded and water pressure failed.
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Long Beach
Calif
Signal Hill
Hancock Oil Co
Long Beach General Hospital
Long Beach Air Force Base
James W. Edwards
Woodward Langford
Eisenhower Says Billion in Arms Sent Abroad in Last Half of 1957
President Eisenhower reported to Congress that nearly one billion dollars of weapons and military equipment were shipped to allied nations in the final six months of 1957, bringing total military aid since 1950 to 17 billion. distribution favored the Far East, with 45 percent, Europe 30 percent, and the rest elsewhere.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Far East
Algeria forms revolutionary government under Massu and Salan
A civilian military junta in Algiers established a Committee of Public Safety for Algeria and the Sahara to govern until de Gaulle arrives. The body, led by Brig. Gen. Jacques Massu and Cherif Sidcara, vows to keep Algeria aligned with France and claims authority over local ministries while Salan remains the nominal supreme commander. Erwartungen include continued Paris interference denial.
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Algeria
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Cochairmen
Jacques Massu
Pflims
Cherif Sidcara
Felix Gail
Pflimlin
Salan
Committee of Public Safety
Sahara
Jacques Soustelle
Soustelle
Henri Lorillot
Pierre Pflimlin
Delegation Seeks Shawnee School Board Replacement
A delegation of over 30 Shawnee District residents urged Frederick County School Trustee Electoral Board to replace T Newton Cather whose ten year term has expired Cather said he is available for re appointment After a half hour closed session Henry Brumback presented 367 signatures supporting Charles A Campbell Jr Robert Hockman and Oren Snapp as Shawnee candidates for the district.
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Frederick County School Trustee Electoral Board
T. Newton Cather
Frederick County
Cather
Henry Brumback
Charles A. Campbell, Jr
Robert Hockman
Oren Snapp
Shawnee
Height of Fashion offers student fashion show
Miss Mary Boxley’s sewing class staged a fashion show at Handley yesterday with more than 100 pupils modeling their own sack dresses. The event drew many parents and featured a Star Photo.
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Handley
Mary Boxley
Selves
Star
Bankers Ban Sack Dresses At New Jersey Meeting
Atlantic City bankers urged restrictions on sack dresses for female employees at the 55th annual New Jersey Bankers Association meeting. Millard C. Faught, a New York management consultant, joked that maternity bags could hide deposits, even a wheelbarrow, in sack dresses.
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Atlantic City
New York
Millard C. Faught
New Jersey
Fire kills twelve children at Anaham Indian hospital
A blaze at the Missionary Sisters of Christ the King hospital on the Anaham reserve in Cariboo country British Columbia killed twelve children and injured several others. Rescue efforts were hampered by the lack of firefighting equipment as two explosions sparked the fire around 5 30 pm. Sister Mary of the Cross suffered severe burns while attempting to rescue the children and was among those flown to Williams Lake for treatment.
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Williams Lake
B. C
Anaham Indian Reserve
British Columbia
Here
Sister Mary of the Cross
Missionary Sisters of Christ the King
Anaham Reserve
Canada
Vancouver
Six Dollar Uninsured Motorist Endorsement Set by SCC
The State Corporation Commission ruled virginia motorists must pay a six dollar uninsured motorist endorsement on automobile liability insurance, effective after July 1. The mandate, part of a 1958 General Assembly package, protects insured motorists from injuries and property damage caused by uninsured drivers.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Virginia
General Assembly
Riots Shock Panama City as National Guard Quells unrest
Panamas capital sees eight killed including three students and 61 wounded as National Guard chiefs face a general strike by rebellious students. Rioters clash with police, traffic shuts down, and shops close while Canal Zone authorities keep spillover from the unrest limited.
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Panama
National Guard
Panama City
Ernesto de la Guardia Jr
National University
Panama Canal Zone
Canal Zone
Colon
Caribbean
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