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October 30 - The driver of a fast train does not notice a stop
signal due to
heavy fog and collides with another train in Schweinsburg-Culten,
East Germany. 22
die and 70 are injured.
Donald Russell steps down as Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent
company of the Southern
Pacific Railroad. The position remains vacant until 1976.