Tank Truck Hits Pittsfield Bridge In Sleep Incident
A gasoline tanker driver James B. Donovan, 34, of Titusville, rammed the west end of a bridge near Pittsfield after apparently falling asleep. The truck crossed Route 97 and struck the north side of the steel span, leaving the rig jammed on the structure. Donovan, hospitalized later, was not believed to be seriously hurt. Police estimated damage at 811,000 and traffic was halted as fuel was removed from the scene.
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Pittsfield
Warren
James BE. Donovan
Titusville
Donoven
Trans Penn Wax Corp
Donovan
Parents Fight Integration In Virginia
In Warren County Virginia a private segregationist option backs up 780 Warren High students with contracts for 26 of 42 teachers as the public high school faces a Wednesday reopening under a court order admitting 22 Black students. White parents vote to delay racing integration while a federal judge weighs a possible fall start.
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Richmond
Warren County High
Warren County Education 4“ Foundation
Warren High
U.S. District Court
John Paul
Paul
Simon Sobeloff
U.S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Warren County
Sobeloff
Virginia
Norfolk
Arlington
Alexandria
Erie raid nets Corry resident among 15 arrested
A Erie vice raid on the east side arrested 15 occupants including a Corry woman who gave the name Trene Bon, 34. One man, Carl William son Jr., 32, was hospitalized with head injuries after jumping through a window. Police found beer, wine, and six dice sets. All 15 faced disorderly conduct charges. the men were identified as Negroes. A second item notes Frank M Briggs, a prominent educator, died in Los Angeles from pneumonia at age 88.
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Erie
Corry
Trene Bon
Carl Williamson Jr
Hamot Hospital
Dulles Report Prompts White House Update On Illness
President Eisenhower and the nation await cancer test results for John Foster Dulles after a hernia operation. Dulles remains on leave to undergo radiation therapy as doctors assess possible recurrence. The secretary’s condition followed his return from Europe and a prior inguinal hernia diagnosis.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
John Foster Dulles
Howard M. Snyder
White House
Waller Reed Hospital
London
Paris
Bonn
Europe
Castro Emerges as Cuba Premier Amid Unrest and Reform
Fidel Castro secured Cuba's premiership with wide powers to speed revolutionary aims. The new regime faces unrest, high unemployment, and economic/diplomatic challenges as Batista loyalists seek safe passage abroad. Castro’s rise follows a cabinet shakeup and constitutional changes narrowing the path for a different leader.
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Havana
Idel Castro
Cuba
Cine Jobe
Argentina
Mexico
Chile
Castro
Jose Mira Cardona
Ashland Fire Leaves Eight Injured and One Missing
A devastating apartment fire in Ashland Kentucky trapped residents at a converted theater early today. Eight people were injured and one is still missing as fire officials work to confirm victims. The blaze cut off the only exit a stairway at the front as occupants leaped from windows and a taxi driver who first spotted the fire helped guide survivors. Coroner reports indicate a man believed to have stayed with his partner’s family may have perished. Continuous updates expected.
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Ashland
Ater
Aime
Hirty
Ashlund
FM Nam
Anthony Blackwell
Blackwell
Greento Ave
Delmar Fancin
Pannin
Inclaw
Russell Compton
Mevearold
Jack Kirk
Pia Fattiet
Hage Want
Auto Plunges Into River Six Killed Near Sissonville
Six persons die when a car veers off US 21 north of Sissonville and plunges into the Poca River. Witnesses in a following car saw the crash as the front car with Ohio plates veered into the swollen river. The trapped occupants included two women, three girls, and one boy. the driver identified as Mrs. Tona Kouns of Stickney, Raleigh County, and two of her sons were in the vehicle behind. Police recovered the bodies at daybreak but had not yet identified the victims. Sissonville lies about 14 miles north of Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
US 21
Sissonvillle
Poca River
Tona Kouns
Stickney
Raleigh County
Ohio
Sissonvile
New York Corporation Lawyer Louis Brandeis Wehle Dies
Louis Brandeis Wehle a prominent corporation lawyer and longtime adviser to President Franklin D Roosevelt died yesterday of a heart attack in New York He was 78 and a native of Louisville Kentucky He held a key role in legal circles and served as adviser to the President for many years
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Corporation
New York
Louis Brandeis Wehle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Louisville
Governor Weighs Sales Tax Increase
Harrisburg AP Gov Lawrence weighs raising Pennsylvania’s 3 percent sales tax to 3 or 3+ percent as part of a report by the Tax Advisory Committee. The panel hopes to balance a 1959 61 budget near 400 million dollars with proposals including removing exemptions expanding tax coverage and boosting liquor and cigarette taxes and reviving the personal property tax.
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Harrisburg
Bute
Earle
Pennsylvania
Indiana Battles Wabash Flood Breach Near West Terre Haute
West Terre Haute Indiana battles Wabash River floods as a temporary dike on Sugar Creek holds back rising waters. Crews sandbagged the break and evacuated families, with about 150 homes along a square block affected. Officials warn of further risk amid forecasts of more rain and a major disaster declaration covering 13 flood counties. National guardsmen and prisoners from the state penal system helped build the dike.
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West
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Sugar Creek
Anthoriies
Wabash
President Shower
Sugar Craek
Ued
Bie
Weather Bureau
Trenty
West Terre Haute Faces Flood Threat From Ice Jam and Showers
Upstream ice jam and intense rainfall threaten the Wabash River area near West Terre Haute Indiana. National Guards and local residents worked to fortify a seven foot Sugar Creek dike as flood fears grew about 240 feet river height. Authorities warn of further rainfall and possible bridge damage with evacuations and cleanup underway in Peru and Wabash.
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Jo Weblock
Barenu
Chicaga
India
Ohio Valley
Alraady
Great Lakes
Northwest Pacific Coast
Sugar Creek
Dirmi
Peru
Wabash
Nixon Leads Oregon 100th Birthday Celebration
Vice President Richard Nixon arrived in Oregon to mark the states centennial, speaking in Astoria and Salem and touring Portland amid preparations and a near three million dollar state-funded celebration. He was greeted by Gov Hatfield and local officials as crowds cheered in the rainy arrival.
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Portland
Ore
Richard M. Nixon
Valentine
James Buchanan
Nixon
Astoria
Columbia River
Salem
Nikon
Nic
Mark Hatfield
Sey
Richard Groener
Japanese edition of Dr Zhivago sells 80000 copies
Jii Press reports Boris Pusternak's Dr Zhivago translated into Japanese has sold 80 000 copies with 20 000 more planned for printing. Japanese publishers note translations of successful foreign novels typically sell 20 400 to 80 000 copies.
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Zhivago Kyo
Boris Pusternak
Jii Press
Jobless Pay Surges In Erie County
Corry region officials disclosed that unemployment relief payments surpassed 1.018 million dollars with 36900 claims approved by the Pennsylvania Shire Employment Service. The program marks one of the area’s largest dietary economic indicators as state figures show 12.378 million dollars for Erie County and 443.837 million for the state in the period.
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Willen
Corry Ren
Janis Roseberry
Pennsylvania Shire Employment Service
Joh- Jens
Eia
State Department of Labor
Tndnistry
Erie County
State
Capacity Crowd To Attend C of C Meeting
A capacity crowd has reserved to attend the Chamber of Commerce dinner next Wednesday evening at the City YMCA. Reservations closed yesterday, with nine tally today showing a full turnout. Guest speaker will be G Richard Myrlig, president of the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce.
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Anu Chamber of Commerce
Two Killed Nine Hurt In Montreal Fire
In a late night blaze the first floor apartment building in Montreal burned, two residents killed and at least nine injured. Firemen saved several residents by ladders as neighbors found two children later. a 70 year old woman and a young man died in the flames. The cause of the blaze was not determined.
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Montreal
Freighter Collides With Tanker In Fog Off Cape Henlopen
An inbound freighter and an outbound tanker crashed in fog about 12 miles offshore near Cape Henlopen Delaware. The Somerville, a Norwegian freighter, and the Sea Lunk, Panama-registered, remained under their own power and headed to the Port of Philadelphia for repairs.
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Viiunweurmsn Coc
Cape Henlopen
Del
Philadelphia
Hemerville
Panama
Somerville
Woman Killed As Car Hits Parked Truck on Route 130
Mrs Ruth Garrett 34 of Bristol Pennsylvania was killed when her husband William 40 drove their car into the gear of a truck parked on Route 130 outside the southbound lanes. Mrs Garrett died on arrival at Burlington County Hospital. Herman McDonald 32 of Gastonia North Carolina had parked the trailer truck to cross the highway to a service station. The truck carried rayon bales.
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Bordentown
N. J
Ruth Garrett
Bristol
Route 130
Williatm
Hoffa Called In For Closed Door Jukebox Probe
Senate investigators named James R. Hoffa president of the Teamsters Union for closed door questioning Monday. The hearing spotlighted Teamsters Local 266 accused of gangster influence over New York jukebox business. Kennedy pressed Alex Cohen on self defense and alleged gangster ties as the panel prepared to resume public hearings Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
James RB. Hoffa
Tenmatera Union
Hoffa
Teamsters Local 266
Senate Labor Management Committee
New York
Alex Cohen
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Cohen
United Industrial Unyons
Tarewell
Pittsburgh Engineer’s Body Recovered in Ohio River
The body of 60 year old unemployed Pittsburgh engineer Louis Stahlman was found yesterday in the Ohio River near the New Cumberland area. Hancock County coroner George Waymick ruled the death a death by own action as workers for Dravo Corp recovered the body at the construction site fishing area.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Beyland Dany
Dravo Corp
Louis Stahlman
George Waymick
Hancock County
Moner
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Caxito
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Joseph Ciro
Joseph Palumbo
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Ungar, Inc
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Samuel Ungar
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