Pirates Take Game One of World Series 6-4
In Pittsburgh, the Pirates ignite with a three run first inning and a Bill Mazeroski homer in the fourth, defeating the New York Yankees 6-4 to open the World Series. Mazeroski and Groat drive early scoring while Mantle and Maris provide early Yankee spark.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bill Mazeroski
New York Yankees
New York
Tony Kubek
Hector, Lopez
Roger Maris
Mickey Mantie
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Clete Boyer
Bobby Richardson
Art Ditmar
Pittsburg
Bill Virdon
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Mantle
Virdon
Pirates
Ditmar
Groat
Berra
Skinner
Richardson
Stuart
Maris
Clement
Starlings May Have Caused Crash in Which 61 Died
Boston AP General Elwood R. Quesada said starling flocks on the runway may have caused the Eastern Airlines four engine crash killing 61. 100 to 200 birds found on the runway. Investigators found no structural failure and 11 survived. The plane plunged into shallow water near Winthrop after takeoff from Logan 5 45 p.m. bound for several cities.
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Boston
Elwood R. Quesada
Federal Aviation Administrator
Eastern Airlines
Winthrop
Quesada
New England
C. W. Fitts
Martin J. Calloway
Logan
Horro
Air Force
Air Force Office of Special Investigation
Civil Aeronautics Board
Steven B. Derounian
R-N
Vance Hartke
Federal Aviation Agency
E.R. Quesada
Logan International Airport
Philadelphia
Charlotte
N.C
Greenville
S.C
Atlanta
Marine Corps
Parris Island
Cmdr
Everett Usnr
Winthrop Yacht Club
Donald Regan
USNR
Letter Week invites sightseeing in hometown history
The Down Crier notes October 28 as Letter Writing Week with a poster urging Letters are Links to Friendship. It highlights Stonewall Jackson's headquarters at 415 N Braddock St open daily by Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc. Visitors learn of 1861 62 winter headquarters and plans to restore elegant gilt paper walls. Also reports a 41 degree low, 67 high, and forecast warmer sunny conditions.
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Stonewall Jackson
N. Braddock St
Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc
Jackson
Jackson Shrine
Kennedy Attacks GOP Economy in Indiana Speech
Senator Kennedy blasted Republican economics during a speech in Indiana, aided by a Nixon ally, arguing federal budgets lost 2 billion in revenue and 1 million jobs were wiped out. He tied these losses to GOP policies and contrasted them with his Democratic program agenda.
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Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Indianapolis
Knnedy
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Nixon Buoyed By Tremendous N J Reception
Vice President Richard M. Nixon campaigned in New York City stressing that victory depends on GOP and independent support plus 20 percent of Democrats. Rockefeller praised Nixon and Lodge at a breakfast with 2,000 party workers as Nixon urged strong leadership amid global tensions.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
New York City
New Jersey
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dick Nixon
Cabot Lodge
America
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
National Guard
West Orange
N.J
Bucly
GOP
Chemical Plant Blast Kills 11 in Kingsport Tennessee
A devastating blast at the Tennessee Eastman chemical plant in Kingsport killed 11 and wounded about 60. Officials probed the acid division of the analine processing section where dyes are made as shattering glass toppled downtown and a guard reported his truck being lifted by the blast. The plant is a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, employing around 8,500 workers in the area.
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Kingsport
Analine
Johnson City
Earl Whetsel
Eastman
Eastman Kodak Corp
Harrison Will Support Demo Ticket
Rep Burr Harrison of Virginia said he would back the Democratic presidential ticket for one more year at any rate. He noted JFK or Nixon are capable and that he hopes their platforms align more with Southern views. His statement leaves three Virginia Democrats uncommitted.
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Richmond
Burr P. Harrison
Virginia
Winchester
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Harrison
Nixon
Kennedy
Congress
William M. Tuck
Howard W. Smith
Watkins M. Abbitt
Kennedy proposes Youth Peace Corps to aid nations
Sen John F Kennedy said if elected he would study forming a Youth Peace Corps of trained young Americans to help new nations. He argued such service could count as national service and possibly reduce normal military obligations. He urged 18 year olds to register and vote in the upcoming elections.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Kennedy
Menzies Censures K as Hypocrite in School Loan Debate
Frederick County School Board urges Board of Supervisors to accept a $350000 loan from the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System for a 15 room Leslie D. Kline Elementary School on a 6 acre tract west of James Wood High School. Bids opened Sept 19. English Construction Co. led at $313900.
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Frederick County School Board
Board of Supervisors
Leslie D. Kline
James Wood High School
Kline
Frederick County Schools
State Treasury Board
Virginia Supplemental Retirement System
Clyde Logan
Huyett Light
Elizabeth L. Sheetz
English Construction Co
AltaVista
New Satellite Courier 1B Ushers Space Age Telex
America's Courier 1B satellite and Thor-Able Star rocket launch creates a space age communications system. The 500 pound craft orbits 575 to 750 miles, relaying a White House message to the U.N. and carrying 300 pounds of gear including five tape recorders. Plans call for a network of operational satellites within years.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
America
U.S
Eisenhower
United Nations
Washington
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
New York
U.N
Wilbur M. Brucker
Brucker
United States
Associate Press
United Press International
Benedict R. Jacobellis
Courier
Courier 1B
Defense Department
Denny’s
Rees’s Lawyers To Receive Witness List Ahead Of Trial
U S District Judge Thomsen orders the government to provide a tentative witness list at least 33 days before the Melvin Davis Rees Jr kidnapping murder trial and a final list 18 days before trial. The case, involving a Hyattsville born former Maryland student, suggests trial may not occur until December. The judge also will decide on expert witnesses and evidence previously denied.
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Baltimore
Restel C. Thomsen
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Thomsen
U. S. District Court
Rees
University of Maryland
Hyattsville
Mildred Ann Jackson
Susan
Apple Grove
William J. Evans
William J. O'Donnell
U. S
Leon H. A. Pierson
Thomson
Australia blasts Khrushchev in UN call to new nations
Australian Prime Minister Gordon Menzies denounces Khrushchev as hypocritical in a United Nations General Assembly speech. He says new African and Asian nations must not be pawns in an international game while urging Eisenhower and Soviet leaders toward a face to face meeting. He accuses the Soviet Union of hypocrisy on colonialism and warns against Soviet influence over independent states.
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United Nations
N. Y
Australia
Khrushchev
U. N. General Assembly
Gordon Menzies
Eisenhower
Nehru
India
U. S
Britain
Macmillan
Geneva
Imeen
Sahjee
Menzies
Soviet Union
Goldfine Ordered To Institution For Examination
Bernard Goldfine a 70 year old industrialist charged with federal tax evasion was ordered committed to a mental institution for competence examination. Judge George C. Sweeney will name the institution and psychiatrist and send the results to the district court by next Tuesday. The judge denied outpatient exam and access to Goldfine’s personal physician.
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Boston
Bernard Goldfine
U. S
George C. Sweeney
U.S. District Court
Sweeney
Goldfine
Holiday Inn
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S. Braddock
Golden Light Circle
Bethel Lutheran Church
Albin
Nickie’s Beauty Shop
Patterson Ave
Amherst Diner
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