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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1959
Page
2
Warmer weather with widely scattered thunder showers and storms are forecast today for Gulf states northward and eastward through the Atlantic states. Cooler air will move through the Great Lakes and northern Mississippi Valley.
The Nitro community mourns as Miss Estep and Ellis are identified as recent deaths. Miss Estep, a Nitro High School graduate, is survived by three brothers and two sisters, with services and burial details listed at local mortuaries. Ellis, a Golden Gloves boxer and East Nitro Baptist Church member, is survived by parents and four sisters. his service is scheduled at East Nitro Baptist Church with military rites.
An eight person explorations team completed a three week desert search this month missing bodies. They traced a marker trail starting 20 miles north of a wreck and 24 more miles north to a desert crossing. The trail markers were boots parachutes and flight gear weighed with stones. Italian vehicles indicated crew members bailed out from a bomber during the war near Benghazi.
A destitute family from Seth Boone County lived in a Charleston car for a month with two small children. They sought help at the Charleston police station Sunday. Police placed them with Soul's Harbor Mission, where they ate and slept for the first time since arriving. The father continues job hunting today.
The Nixon committee contemplates using federal anti trust powers against monopolies in labor and management, and possible wage bargaining changes. Eisenhower urged Congress to reassess the three immediate recommendations while Wallis calls the report no bomb shell. Primary results show Fasi and Inouye winning Hawaii races with strong party showings. tax reform and regulatory changes are among committee study areas.
Dorothy Shaver 61 longtime head of Lord and Taylor died after a stroke at Columbia Memorial Hospital near her summer home. The Arkansas native rose from fashion designer to president of the Fifth Avenue department store, living with sister Elsie Shaver in New York City. She was widely known as Americas No 1 career woman and helped shape the stores direction since arriving in the 1920s.
In time she was elected president of Lord and Taylor by an all male board of directors.
Delta Airlines Convair with 33 aboard circled for hours over Little Rock before a foam-lined landing at the Air Force Base. No injuries reported as the right landing gear reportedly showed a fault, yet functioned on touchdown. Pilot Jack Sergeant noted the warning device. foam was laid to curb fire risk. Regular Atlanta to Kansas City flight.
The article reports Eisenhower criticizing Congress for delaying the national road program, citing a $4.2 billion package and state-by-state figures. It notes delays in apportionments, prohibiting immediate highway starts as deficits loom in the highway trust fund. It also mentions a Brussels royal marriage news brief.
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