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Clanging away came New York's fire department, which ordered the electric power shut down on the 5:07's track (but not on the three adjoining tracks). As the fire fighters hosed the blaze, a southbound New Haven train roared up and before the engineer could stop for the flickering red flare, sliced the hoses, which whiplashed crazily around and injured eight firemen. Into the confusion raced fire department officials to begin a lengthy investigation. And all the while, from Grand Central Station and from stations to the north of the accident, came more trains...
...After ascertaining that his wife and three servants were safe ("A miracle," beamed New York's First Lady), the Governor ducked back into his bedroom to retrieve six Picasso drawings, a Van Gogh sketch and a portrait of his father. But surveying his gutted first floor after the blaze had been extinguished half an hour later. Rockefeller found only the charred remains of a distinguished art collection, estimated the loss at $350,000. All told. 70 pictures and sculptures were damaged or destroyed, including a number of Rocky-owned works by Braque. Matisse, Klee and Picasso, and seven paintings...
Professors, teaching fellows, and lab assistants battled the blaze with a total of ten fire extinguishers until firemen arrived...
...fire broke out in Adams A-21 at 10:55 p.m. last night, causing extensive damage before two hook-and-ladders, two pumpers, and a rescue truck finally brought the blaze under control...
...bellicose Chinese at last month's Communist summit conference. In a speech published in the theoretical magazine Kommunist, Khrushchev explained the nuances to loyal Moscow party organizers. The Communist revolution, said Khrushchev, is not in favor of big wars or "local wars" of the Suez type that might blaze up and get out of control; but Communism will encourage and support "without reservation" all "national liberation wars" that might hurt "capitalist imperialism." In other words, the Russians would go on subsidizing subversion and stoking up revolution wherever it suited them. "National liberation wars" that Communism backs as "sacred," said...