Pasternak Nobel Author Boris Pasternak Dies in Moscow
Boris Pasternak, 60 year old Nobel Prize winner and author of Doctor Zhivago, died in his sleep at his villa in Peredelkino near Moscow after a long illness. He had suffered heart trouble, lung cancer and a stomach bleed since May and had been in a coma for days as Soviet criticism mounted after his Nobel award in 1958.
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Scaffold Deaths Spark Speedway Inquiry in Indianapolis
An angry group of officials launched an investigation into a homemade scaffold collapse at the start of a 500 mile race in Indianapolis. Two men Fred H. Linder and William Craig died, two were injured, and coroner Roy By Storms blamed Speedway management for years of unsafe makeshift stands. Attorney General Edwin K. Steers said probes will check possible safety measures for the privately owned track. Spectators paid $1 and $10 for scaffold seats mounted on a truck bed, with no formal inspection beyond a safety glance.
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Albert W. Bloemker
Pasternak Interview: Nobel Prize Saved His Life, He Remained Claimant
Geneva AP reports Boris Pasternak told Gustav Svensson in 1950 that the Nobel Prize had saved his life during the Zhivago storm and that he never renounced the prize. He asked the Swedish Academy to note he still claimed the award and could not attend Sweden to receive it.
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Stockholm
Swedish Academy
Start Industry Appeal Tonich
Nearly a hundred civic-minded residents are set for tonight’s kickoff dinner at the VFW hall to launch a $125,000 Industrial fund appeal with Erle Jones of the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce as featured speaker. Campaign teams will meet at the Municipal Building to plan canvassing. The session ends with a Q and A as orientation for workers, outlining need and goals of the campaign. Edward W. Kellogg, 77, Camden inventor with 107 radio patents, dies Sunday.
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Pennsylvania Department of Commerce
Hartisburg
Pennsylvania
Two Brothers Found After Disappearance Search
James Gent ten and his brother Robert eight were missing since Saturday and hunted by police in Pitysbury. They were found walking on a road with no injuries after saying they left home to find a rabbit for their mother’s birthday, found a quarter, bought marshmallows, and slept in a parked car and later an abandoned junkyard.
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Robert
Arborcreek Training School
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Uje
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Brie Gounty
Charles Bugbee
Harborcreek Institution
U2 Incident Insight Aims From Dulles Senate Hearing
Allen Dulles, head of the CIA, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to give an inside account of the U2 incident. He seeks control over what can be publicly released, while Fulbright presses for reasons behind the risky May 1 U2 flight over the USSR and its impact on the summit.
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Four Year Old Driver Killed In Ranch Jeep Crash
A four year old boy, Stewert Camet, died when a ranch jeep flipped on sandy North Central Nebraska hills. Sheriff George Welker said the child, alone at the wheel, drove off after a rabbit. the vehicle toppled, pinning him. His brother Rene David, 8, watched then fled. The sheriff noted such practice among ranchers to let children drive un attended. This tragedy may serve as a lesson.
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Cherry County
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Sandhills
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Melting Pot Of Races Today's Turbulent Africa
This is the first of three pieces by SA journalist Saul Pett from Johannesburg describing South Africa as a siege atmosphere. It portrays mutual distrust between Afrikaners, English whites, and nonwhite groups, a tense society with emigration, collapsing property values, and armored cars ready for action as emergency measures tighten.
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Memorial Day Traffic Toll Reaches New Peak
The Memorial Day three day weekend count of traffic deaths rose toward a record 871 set in 1958. Four women died in a Banston Wyoming crash involving a Greyhound bus and a semi trailer, with at least 20 others injured. The National Council urged extreme care on homeward drives as final tallies trickled in.
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SEATO Chiefs Meet With Ike In Washington
Eisenhower hosts SEATO ministers and top officials in Washington as the two hour White House luncheon spotlights Southeast Asia tensions. Nixon greets Australian and New Zealand leaders and foreign ministers while Herter chairs the four day council meeting.
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State Counts 27 Holiday Deaths
Twenty seven persons were killed in accidents in Pennsylvania over the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend, the highest toll in the state this year and among the highest in the nation. Twenty one died in traffic crashes, four in a two car collision near Potts town and three in a single car collision near Pittsburgh. Two men died in boating accidents, a youngster drowned, and three others were killed in other incidents, bringing the total to twenty seven. The prior holiday weekend high was 25, 20 of them in traffic. The holiday weekend high was 23 in New Year. The traffic deaths rose quickly Friday night and early Saturday as thousands hit the highways.
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Pittsburgh
Eight Hurt In District Memorial Day Crashes
State Police report Memorial Day weekend crashes across the district. Six people were sent to Corry Memorial Hospital after a cemetery collision on Route 89 near Beaverdam Cemetery. Other incidents included a Centerville driver left the road and was admitted for observation after a sleep-impairment crash, a Titusville rest area collision with $800 damage, a Bear Lake youth losing control north of Lottsville, and a two-vehicle south of Union City crash with $275 damage.
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Bele
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Bear Lake
Lottsville
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King
Walter Rankin
Harvey Walters
Erie
Galvin Handley
Union City
Handley
Walters
First Graders To Register At Wright School
Elementary Supervisor Ann Bavess announced that first graders will register at Wright School tomorrow for children who will be six on or before February 1 1961. Parents with birth certificates and one civil birth certificate should accompany their children to the Wright School gym from 2 30 to 3 90 p m.
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Towanda Crash Kills Bloomsburg Man. Wife Injured
Myron Driesbach of Bloomsburg was killed Saturday when the car driven by his wife plunged into a rock cliff on a North Towanda highway. His wife was injured in the crash.
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Arrests Follow Death by Own Action Of Menderes Aide
In Ankara the revolutionary government began sweeping arrests to suppress political activity after Namik Gedik, former interior minister and police director, committed suicide. Gedik was a foe of Menderes and a top adviser blamed for harsh police tactics. Provisional Cabinet banned party activities to prevent clashes as attempts to revive the Democratic party were feared. Gedik reportedly leaped from a window at the army War College after eluding guards, with officials saying he suffered a nervous breakdown. Meanwhile normalcy returned slowly as authorities moved to quell unrest.
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