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Elmira Advertiser

Location

Elmira, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1959

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Two-Vehicle Crash Kills Dundee Woman Near Bath

A Bath Hammondsport Rd two car crash yesterday afternoon left Mrs. Oliver Knapp of Dundee dead from a broken neck and crushed chest. Her son in law and wife were injured, 17 year old William McCann critically and Mrs Ellen McCann with a arm fracture and facial injuries. Medical and law enforcement officials investigated and traffic controlled at the scene.

Bath Dundee Hammondsport Here Oliver Knapp Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital William McCann Desmond McCann Ellen McCann James Sanford Steuben County McCann Harland Pease Elmer Blakley Theodore Ratner Fagan Ambulance Rt. 54 Oliver Knapp McCann Hammonds Knapp John Peck

Geneva Deadlock Dims Summit Chances, Herter Says

Secretary Herter told President Eisenhower that the Geneva deadlock dims hopes for a satisfactory summit. He warned Khrushchev is forecreating fear to force a parley rather than push for real talks on Germany. Herter plans a TV radio address and brief Senate and House committees on six weeks of Geneva talks.

Washington Christian A. Herter Eisenhower Geneva Herter Nikita Khrushchev Germany White House Berlin NBC CBS Senate Foreign Relations Committee House Foreign Affairs Committee

Vanguard weather satellite likely burned up after launch failure

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP a weather probing sunshine satellite apparently burned up in the earths atmosphere Monday when the Vanguard launch vehicle second stage failed. NASA confirmed the satellite did not reach orbit and a compressed regulator in the second stage allegedly caused a small explosion.

Cape Canaveral Fla Vans Guard Vanguard National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington NASA Minitrak San Diego United States

GOP Move to Block Carlino's Election as Speaker Collapses

SYRACUSE An effort to block Joseph Carlino’s election as Assembly speaker collapsed on Monday as a group of dissenting Republicans shifted toward seeking the majority leader post for an upstate member. A six man committee was named to consult with party leaders while the meeting formed the Upstate Regional Conference of the Assembly. Governor Rockefeller may call a one day special session to elect a speaker.

GOP Carlino Syracuse Joseph Carlino Assembly Upstate House J. Eugene Goddard Monroe County Leo A. Lawrence Herkimer County Robert M. Quigley Ontario County Charles D. Henderson Hornell Henderson Lawrence Goddard Charles A. Cusick Cayuga County Ernest Curto Niagara County Ray S. Ashbery Tompkins County Quigley Kenneth R. Willard Livingston County Rockefeller Harry J. Tifft Horseheads Jerry W. Black Schuyler County Richard C. Lounsberry Tioga Paul R. Taylor Yates

Senate approves wheat bill amid expected veto

The Senate passed a wheat price support bill 44 to 40 and sent it to President Eisenhower for what is anticipated to be a veto. The measure raises support to 90 percent of parity and cuts acreage by 25 percent, abandoning prior Senate language for a House version.

Washington Senate Eisenhower House Allen J. Ellender D-La Senate Agriculture Committee

46 Day Strike Ends at NYC Hospitals

A 46 day strike by 4000 housekeeping employees at seven nonprofit New York hospitals ended with a return to work set for today Local 1199 Retail Clerks Union members sought recognition as bargaining agents for orderlies nurses aides elevator operators kitchen help and maintenance personnel The leaders called the settlement a partial victory citing back door recognition and the right to belong to a union The strike had affected Mount Sinai Beth David Beth Israel Lenox Hill Bronx and Brooklyn Jewish hospitals and Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital which extended the walkout on June 5.

New York Leon Davis Mount Sinai Beth David Beth Israel Lenox Hill Bronx Brooklyn Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital

Bonn Feud Nears Crisis in Merkel CDU Showdown

Bonn Germany AP urgent feud tightens between Chancellor Adenauer and Economics Minister Erhard. Secret letters conference and emergency sessions signal a looming split within the Christian Democratic party. Secretary Rasner cited concern though hopeful as a 271 member parliamentary delegation meets today amid calls for apologies and potential resignations.

Bonn Germany Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Christian Democratic Party Will Rasner Adenauer Erhard Adener

Fourth Star OKd For O Donnell As Pacific Air Chief

Air Force Gen Emmett Rosie O'Donnell won Senate approval Monday to rise from lieutenant general to full general and take command in the Pacific. Sen Margaret Chase Smith abstained from the vote after opposing the promotion. The chamber also approved permanent major general rank for John B Medaris, head of the Army Ballistic Missiles Command.

Washington Senate Air Force Emmett Rosie) O'Donnell Margaret Chase Smith Rmaine O’donnell O'Donnell Pacific

Dorothy Dandridge Weds Hollywood Club Owner

Actress Dorothy Dandridge and Sunset Strip club owner Jack Denison married in a formal half hour ceremony Monday at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Sophia.

Dorothy Dandridge Hollywood Sunset Strip Jack Denison St. Sophia

Inside The Tiser Bridge 12 Sports

Area news and features mix with sports and theater notes as the Tiser covers local events. Deaths and editorial items appear alongside television and women’s markets sections, reflecting a broad early edition.

Comite TMG Cua

Argentine Cabinet Resigns to Avert Military Coup

In Buenos Aires the Argentine Cabinet resigned on Monday night in a bid to appease rebellious military chiefs. President Frondizi faced threats of a coup as war, navy and air force ministers stepped down, with the Central Bank heads also resigning amid a government shakeup.

Buenos Aires Argentina Arturo Frondizi Frondizi Frondizio

Lt Governor Reluctant In Louisiana

Baton Rouge report says Lt. Gov. Luther Frazar declined to assume acting governor duties despite an attorney general ruling. Gov. Earl K. Long seeks release from a state mental hospital ward as Joe Arthur Sims contemplates a petition to secure his client’s discharge from Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville.

Baton Rouge Louisiana Earl K. Long Luther Frazar Atty Jack Gremillion Frazar Joe Arthur Sims Hammond Long Southeast Louisiana Mandeville Sims

Regents Cheating Suspected In Brooklyn Highs

Thirty Brooklyn seniors from LaFayette and Abraham Lincoln High schools were ruled ineligible after the Board of Education found they had obtained key Regents answers in advance. They must take makeup exams August 19 as investigators probe the leak from a private Brooklyn school.

New York Brooklyn Board of Education LaFayette High Abraham Lincoln High Frederick Pertsch Pertsch

Kovacs Dead Ex Leader In Hungary

Bela Kovacs, 55, former leader of Hungary's Smallholders party, is dead. Radio Budapest said he died Sunday at a hospital in Pecs after a period of illness. Kovacs joined the Cabinet of ex-Premier Imre Nagy on October 27, 1956, during the anti-Soviet revolt.

Vienna Austria Bela Kovacs Hungary Smallholders Party Radio Budapest Kovacs Pecs Imre Nagy

Reeves' Mother Plans Probe Into Death

Helen Lescher Bessolo of Galesburg said George Reeves did not kill himself and hired Hollywood attorney Gerry Giesler to probe the case. Reeves, 45, shot himself after hosting guests Lenore Lemmon and Robert Condon. his mother seeks further investigation into his acting career struggles.

Galesburg Ill George Reeves Superman Hollywood Reeves Lenore Lemmon Robert Condon George Helen Lescher Bessolo

Senate approves 1.375 billion housing bill

The Senate passed a 1.375 billion housing bill by a 56 to 31 vote to avert a Eisenhower veto. Norman Mason of Housing Administration criticizes the measure calling it costly with bonuses for the big people. The bill moves to the House amid expected resistance and a Northern Democrat challenge to cuts in the measure.

Washington Senate Eisenhower Norman P. Mason Mason House Congress

Four Given Life Terms in Florida Case

A Florida judge sentenced four white youths to life in prison for raping a Negro coed seven weeks after the crime. The judge urged appeals to God and noted mercy in jury recommendations. One defendant may appeal. others consider their options as readers weigh equal justice.

Tallahassee Fla W. May Walker Florida Gunter Toney Willion Ted) Collinsworth Collinsworth

Hagerty Undergoes Appendix Operation

James C. Hagerty press secretary to President Eisenhower underwent an operation at Walter Reed Army Hospital to remove an acutely inflamed appendix. Surgeons reported his condition as good and indicated a normal recovery, with no emergency noted and uncertainty about his return to duty.

Washington James C. Hagerty Eisenhower Walter Reed Army Hospital White House Hagerty Anne Wheaton Mrs. Wheaton

Rats and recruiters mark odd Taipei and London note

A Taipei woman feeds 40 to 50 rats nightly for six months to deter traps. She rises at 2 AM to coax them with food. In London, TWA plans to hire 50 more British girls for U S internal flights after praising the 22 current staff for charm, looks, and efficiency.

Taipei Kao Lai Chao-chi Kao London TWA U.S Britain

Starkweather Death Penalty Appeal Denied by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court refused to review Charles R. Starkweather's case, prompting Nebraska officials to set a new execution date for the 20 year old killer of 11 people. His girlfriend Caril Fugate remains serving a life sentence as accomplice.

Washington U.S. Supreme Court Charles R. Starkweather Nebraska Supreme Court Starkweather Caril Fugate

Twelve Soldiers Injured By Howitzer Blast At Ft Huachuca

Twelve soldiers were wounded when the barrel of a 105 mm howitzer exploded on the Ft. Huachuca firing range on Monday.

FT. Huachuca Ariz

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