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...fire, apparently caused by cigarette embers on a sofa, occurred in Adams C-31, and filled the entry with smoke. Deputy Fire Inspector Henry Kilfoyle estimated damage to the room and furnishings at about...
Three fire engines and a disaster car answered the call of the Adams' night superintendent at 10:55, and a crowd of about 250 watched firemen push the burning sofa out a window...
...Peking radio described as "proceeding in a friendly atmosphere." Later that night, he and tired Dag Hammarskjold dined in private. Talks began next morning in the ornate Hsi Hwa (West Splendor) hall of Peking's Forbidden City. Hammarskjold and Chou, flanked by their advisers, sat on a damask sofa, interspersing their legal arguments with sips of jasmine-scented tea, served in eggshell porcelain cups...
...small town of Sylacauga, Ala., about 40 miles south of Birmingham, was enjoying its noontime peace under a blue sky. In the living room of her one-story frame house, Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Hodges, a pleasant, plump housewife of 32, was napping on a sofa. She was lying on her side, covered with two quilts, one hand resting on her hip. Her mother, Mrs. Ida Franklin, was sewing in the next room. Her husband, Hewlett, a telephone company tree surgeon, was away at work...
...room was unoccupied at the time, and evidently hot ashes on the sofa started the blaze unnoticed. Aside from the sofa itself and a good deal of smoke, there was little damage...