Bus Fire Marks Tense Month of Racial Strife in Alabama
Gunfire hit a Montgomery city bus after integration orders took effect. Negro and white riders faced attacks as mobs pressed sit-ins. arrests followed in Birmingham as the Mobile Transit Company enforced segregation. A deadly brush fire raged in California as winds fanned blazes across the state.
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Alabama
California
Montgomery
Ala
Soar
Ansi Id
Transit Company
Inter-Civic
Negro
Battle Alga
Birmingham
Aka
Wounded wife to be questioned in shootings case
Investigators plan to question Mrs Helen after she recovers from critical chest wounds suffered in Friday night home shooting. Her husband Lester 54 daughter Susan 17 and Susan's boyfriend Gordon Pape 18 were killed in the barrage. Medical staff say Mrs Aue 50 is paralyzed from the waist down and may not recover. The defense department cuts draft quota citing January February manpower changes.
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Ition
Sinshot
Henry N. Hooper
Aue
Lester
Susan
Gordon Pape
Ave- Home
Eyten
Washington
Bojice
Costly Paintings Destroyed by Fire in Greenwich Village
New York fire damaged or destroyed paintings valued at a minimum of 200000 dollars at Masterpiece Restorers Inc. in Greenwich Village. About 30 paintings were being worked on by a staff of artists, including 20 from the Kress Foundation of Washington, D C. A spokesman said five paintings were destroyed. a blowtorch used to remove paint from a door on the first floor started the fire, which spread to the upper floors. No injuries.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Masterpiece Restorers, Inc
Kress Foun Dation
Washington,d. C
Noone
Derailment Delays Track Near Springfield. No Injuries Reported
Three cars of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed near Springfield Ohio but Cincinnati office said no injuries. Lane supervisor Robert H Nizer said one of two tracks at South Charleston was blocked but cleared early today after a rod broke on a flatcar carrying a large steel casting causing the derailment and entailing boxcars.
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Springfield
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati
Lane
Robert H. Nizer
South Charleston
Clark County
Niter
First National City Bank Names Four Vice Presidents
The bank, third largest in the country, appoints vice presidents numbered 13, 114, 115, and M16. They oversee the worldwide organization with 70 overseas branches and the affiliate City Bank Farmers Trust Co.
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New. York
City Bank Farmers Trust Co
Cloudy and Cold Forecast With Snow Flurries
Weather forecast shows continued cold and cloudy conditions with light snow flurries across the northeast. Temperature fell to 33 degrees at Municipal airport, rose to 36 by noon downtown, and varied from 31 to 36 as snow belts extend from the Great Lakes through northern Ohio and into Pennsylvania and New York.
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Yeseerdey
Municipal
Zanesville
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
New York ‘State
Powell Claims Purge Targets Negro Democrat Powell
Former congressman Powell says on Mike Wallace's show that Rayburn plans to purge him from office because he is Black. He alleges offices were given to Chelf for backing different nominees and cites party loyalty as a motive amid Democratic caucus tensions. Powell supported Eisenhower on civil rights and remains a Democrat in name.
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Tray Rn
Mike Wallace
Dan Reed
RNY
Rayburn
Chelf Et
Kentucky
Frank
Sammeec Fae Caedai Ta Vv
Rayturn
Democratic
Democratic Party
Dixieland
Eisenhowser
Adlai E. Stevenson
Tanker Plane Crashes Near Anchorage With Eight Aboard
Anchorage reports a four engine KB29 tanker crashed northwest of Willow about 50 miles north of the city during a routine training flight from Elmendorf Air Force Base. Eight crew were aboard. survivors remained unconfirmed as a ground team moved toward Bald Mountain. A loud explosion and fire were seen by nearby residents.
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Alaska
Alaskan Air Command
Willow
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Air Force
Fof Bald Mountain
Jaway
Young Boys Admit Variety of Crimes in Dayton
Police took into custody an 11 year old boy and a 14 year old companion who admitted starting a $2 000 fire in a restaurant stealing a car stealing $206 in cash from two homes and 7 000 in stocks and bonds burning the stocks and bonds Two other 14 year olds found with a suitcase and other stolen property implicated the two boys All four were held for juvenile authorities.
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Dayton
Ohio
Two US Newsmen Reported In Peiping Amid China Travel Ban
Two American journalists Edmund Stevens and Phillip Halin were reportedly in Peiping the capital of Communist China. The State Department banned travel to the Chinese mainland for U.S. citizens but acknowledged no embassy notification of plans. William Worthy of the Baltimore Afro American crossed from Hong Kong earlier defying the ban with a one month visa from Chinese authorities. The department condemned Worthy’s action as against U.S. policy.
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Hong
Kong
China
Edmund Stevens
Phillip
State Department
U.S
Moscow
St Ton
Peiping
Ewsman
Hong Kong
William Worthy
Baltimore
United States
Weather Station Proposed at Cincinnati Lumken Airport
Cincinnati city manager C. A. Harrell proposed creating a weather reporting station at Lumken Airport. He argued the move would improve safety and prevent cancellation of the instrument approach procedure, warning of a drastic reduction in air traffic safety without it.
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Cincinnati
C. A. Harrell
Lumken Airport
Harrell
Lunk 2N
Chesgield
Grim Weekend Ahead as Traffic Deaths Predicted
Safety Council forecasts record highway tolls for Christmas to New Year period. It estimates 490 deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Tuesday midnight, beating the 407 New Year peak, with 420 for a nonholiday period and Christmas figures totaling 706, a new holiday high.
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Safety Council
Chicago
National
U.S
Council
Cemetery Endowment Fund Grows but Ceiling Looms
Zanesville's effort to fund cemetery upkeep via a perpetual endowment has grown by 13,000 over two years for Greenwood and Woodlawn. A city auditor's study shows next year's maintenance cost could reach 36,540, nearly matching the total endowment's 1,133.90 annual yield. Former councilman Dennis Englandian is credited for past cemetery-finance efforts and a 1955 ordinance directing endowment funding from lot sales and crypt openings, with revenue through Oct 31 at 121,897 and 140 respectively.
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Etvenus
U. S
Treasury
Dennis
England
Blast at Newnan plant killing two men hashes city outage
A blast at a Newnan plant killed James Johnson Crook and George Luttrell, both 29, as a small fire was quickly contained by Newnan and volunteer firefighters. Company president William L Bonell estimated $250,000 in losses, insured, and suspected the explosion came from dumping rain-wet scrap aluminum into molten smelting pots, causing a citywide blackout for 35 minutes.
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Newnan
Bonnell
Canadian Rail Walkout Vote Shocks Canada
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen voted to strike, risking disruption to about half of Canada’s rail transportation if action proceeds on schedule next Wednesday. The vote signals potential nationwide transport stoppage affecting lines, crews, and schedules.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Canada
Six Zoo Officials See Baby Gorilla
Six zoo officials gathered in Columbus Ohio to view a newborn gorilla as attention turns to zoo leadership. Gilbert a spokesman for the Brotherhood commented on labor tensions at CPR noting a strike vote occurred after a seven day waiting period under Canadian law. He argued the dispute centers on company plans to assign firemen to other diesel crews as an attempt to split labor and cut costs rather than technology issues.
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Pacific “Railway
Columbus
Ohio
Wby H. E
Gilbert
Brotherhood
Fa Gan
Theiday
CPR
Board of
Zoo leaders to visit infant gorilla at Columbus Zoo
Floyd C. Redick said six zoological leaders will visit the infant daughter of Christina and the Baron at the Columbus Zoo. The baby gorilla, five days old, is kept in an incubator as visitors from the Bronx Cleveland Toledo Oklahoma City Chicago zoos arrive.
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Floyd C. Redick
Zoological
Christina
Baron
Columbus Zoo
Redick
Leonard Goss
Lee Crandle
Bronx Zoo
Julian Frazier
Oklahoma City Zoo
Phil Sheldon
Toledo Zoo
Fletcher Reynolds
Cleveland Zoo
Robert Bean
Chicago Zoo
Treaty approved in Paris returns Saar to West Germany
The French Senate approved the German treaty by 209 to 66 giving the Saar Valley back to West Germany. A veteran National Assembly member ratified the terms as republican support grew. The treaty awaits final signatures from Presidents Coty and Heuss at their homes.
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Saar Mii
West Germany
Thej- Millet
Fand
National Assembly
Rene Tack
Coty
France
Theodor Heuss
Germany
Cape’ May
N. J
Harness Race Driver Dies in Ohio
Andrew Lee Wilson Sr., 58, of McConnelsville, a veteran harness racer, died at Bethesda hospital after a three year heart ailment. Survived by wife and siblings, his body sent to Mikkel funeral home in McConnelsville.
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Andrew’ ‘Lee
Nixon Confer with Hoover on Hungarian relief drive
Vice President Richard Nixon, returning from a seven day Austrian visit, met with Herbert Hoover and planned to confer with agency heads at Camp Kilmer to assess Hungarian refugee needs and U S relief contributions. He anticipated strong congressional support for the relief program with aides Tracy Voorhees and William Rogers accompanying.
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New “York
Richard Nixon
Lew
York
Herbert
Hoover
Nixon
Austria
Camp Kilmer
United States
Congress
Tracy S. Voorhees
William P. Rogers
U.”S
John B. Hollister
Intternational Cooperation Adminis
Tration
Lou W. Henderson
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
Dayton Man Recovers Lost Cash In Conflicting Robbery Claim
Detectives hunted for Leonard D. Baty after he claimed a robbery of $1000 in cash and 1400 in checks. Minutes later he admitted misplacing the money and checks in a different hiding place, correcting the tale.
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Dayton
Ohio
Leonard D. Baty
Baty
Mail Order Bride Wins Court Suit in California
Adelaida De Leon, a mail order bride, obtained a court decision that she may return to Spain at her husband's expense after alleging she was duped by Salvadore Arocha in a proxy marriage. Arocha, a plant nursery worker, allegedly deceived her about his finances and home ownership.
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EL Cajon
Calif
Spain
Adelaida de Leon
Vendemica Arocha
Salvadore Arocha
Arocha
Egypt OKs Peel Peel Egypt OKs Peel
General Raymond A Wheeler announced that clearing operations would begin as part of the harbor salvage at Port Said and El Cairo. Danish and Dutch salvage ships had arrived with more expected to come, forming a fleet to clear the northern end of the canal. The plan, first authoritative word of Egg’s agreement to proceed, sets the scene for 20 to 30 craft to operate.
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Cairo
Raymond A. Wheeler
Ivage
Igithe
Capa
Ate Suez
Wheeler
Egg
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