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Explosion entombs 59 men; 3 rescued; little hope for others
Holds up five liners in N Y harbor
Plane crashes near Touros, Brazil, with T Larre-Borges unhurt and L Challe bruised; story of flight; map
J Barnes testifies before Sen lobby com on agr cooperatives; Sen Blaine questions him on his opposition to loan policies of Fed Farm Bd
Attends Wash confs on coming London parley
1929Gino Cimoli, American baseball player (died 2011)[†]
Gino Nicholas Cimoli was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Los Angeles Angels from 1956 through 1965. He was an MLB All-Star in 1957, and a member of the 1960 World Series champions. He was the first major league baseball player to take an at bat in a West Coast game.
1929Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (died 2013)[†]
Józef Glemp was a Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Warsaw from 1981 to 2006, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. He assumed the title of Primate of Poland following Stefan Wyszyński's death.