President Eisenhower Urges Graduates to Wage New Crusades
President Eisenhower challenged Mount St. Mary's College graduates to tackle domestic problems such as slum clearance racial issues and juvenile delinquency while joining the global fight against communism. He urged a mass awakening for freedom worldwide and highlighted 120 graduates and a 3200-strong audience. The ceremony included an honorary doctor of laws for the President and diplomas presented as graduates kissed the archbishop’s ring.
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Emmitsburg
Eisenhower
Mount St. Mary's College
United States
America
Western
Maryland College
Gettysburg
Washington
Charles E. Hodges
Nanticoke
Hodges
John L. Sheridan
Francis P. Keough
Baltimore
Jaguar killed after escape from Southbury farm barn
Southbury June 2 AP state police shot an 18 month old 100 pound jaguar after it escaped from a pen in a barn at William Robinsons game farm. Officers and owner agreed the animal was dangerous and fired to stop it.
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Southbury
Connecticut
William Robinson
Power Restored After Fairfield Transformer Strike
Power service returned before 3 p m in the Post road area of Fairfield after lightning struck a transformer at 1 35 p m near Mill Plain road. Post road businesses and the Police station were without service. Auxiliary generators assisted at the town hall and center firehouse.
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Post Road
Fairfield
Mill Plain Road
1959 Denial Bay shark catch and golf odds note
A 2,536 pound man-eater shark was reported near Denial Bay Australia in 1959. The same note mentions hole in one chances in Australia estimated at 8,606 to one.
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Denial Bay
Itralia
Record Deaths in Connecticut Reach New High in 1957
Hartford June 1 AP CT reports 125 workers died in on the job accidents in 1957, 40 more than 1956. Notable fatalities include 15 in a New Haven dress factory fire and 14 in a Connecticut Turnpike incident. Injuries totaled 17,106, down 225 from 1956, with economic losses estimated at 100 million dollars.
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Hartford
Connecticut
State Labor Department
New Haven
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