Brutal killing of Olga Duncan leads to discovery of body
Police piece together a plot in Ventura California that allegedly involved an itinerant laborer and Lans Moya in the slaying of Olga Duncan. The bruised body was found in a shallow grave beside a road as investigators tie motive to jealousy and a supposed hire plan by her mother in law Elizabeth Duncan.
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Olga Duncan
Ventura
Calif
Augustine
Elizabeth Duncan
Lans Moya
Moya
John Ross
Baldonado
Holiday air travel blocked by strikes across major carriers
The Associated Press reports a holiday travel crunch as strikes ground American Airlines and Eastern Air Lines. Tens of thousands seek alternatives while railroads and buses handle overflow. Mail reshipped to other carriers as pilots walkout halts American operations and Eastern mechanics withhold results awaiting a settlement.
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American Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
American
Eastern
Air Lines
Goldfine Sentenced To Jail For Contempt Of Court
Federal Judge Charles E. Wyzanski Jr. jailed New England industrialist Bernard Goldfine for three months and his secretary Mildred Paperman for ten days for contempt of court over failing to turn over company records in a tax probe. Sentences start January 7. both released on recognizance of $1000.
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Boston
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
New England
Bernard Goldfine
Mildred Paperman
Wyzanski
Goldfine
Court of Appeals
Miss Paperman
Bitter Cold Grips Northeast as Winter Arrives
Frigid conditions spread across the Northeast with subzero readings in New England and upstate New York. Official tallies show 31 below in Wanakena New York and 20 below in St. Marys Pennsylvania, while Maine and Vermont report deep freezes and widespread 0 to 15 below in northern regions.
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New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Bloomingdale
Adirondacks
Wanakena
N.Y
Lebanon
N.H
Newport
Montpelier
Presque Isle
Maine
St. Marys
Philipsburg
Nouth
Rome
Midwest
New York State
House Battles Over Rules and Seat Ensure Early Session Clash
Washington AP reports two opening day fights could reshape the new House and threaten the Republican Southern Democrat coalition. One centers on House rules to counter the Rules Committee power, the other on seating Write-In candidate Alford amid a probe into his election. The Elections Committee urged delaying Alford’s seat pending fuller probe, reflecting civil rights tensions and regional political divides.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Alford
Orval Faubus
House
Hays
Yugoslavia Receives New U S Economic Aid Package
Belgrade AP United States and Yugoslavia signed a 95 million dollar aid agreement for 1958 59 including 69 million in long term development loans and 14 million in gifts 900 000 tons of wheat and other goods will be shipped from agricultural surpluses. The aid supports Tito independence from Moscow and complements existing military assistance totaling about 700 million dollars since 1950.
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Belgrade
United States
Yugoslavia
U.S
U S
Karl Rankin
Bogdan Crnobrnja
Tito
Moscow
Washington
Soviet Union
Piedmont F27 lands safely after gear trouble at Winston
A Piedmont Airlines F27 jet diverted to Smith Reynolds Airport Winston-Salem after a nose wheel problem. Pilot Captain John L Wilkes used emergency procedures to force the wheel down. Four crew members, including co-pilot Whatley and flight attendant Comebel, guided the plane to a safe landing. No passengers were aboard the flight from Wilmington.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Piedmont Airlines
Smith Reynolds
Piedmont
Wilmington
John L. Wilkes
Winston- Salem
Wilkes
Milbee
Urry Whatley
JackiComebel
Bob de Kay
Represent and Airplane Corp
Hagerstown
New Bern
Kinston
Raleigh
Greensboro
High Point
Production Expanded Atlas Contacts Continued Today
Washington AP reports earth observers prepared for more two way radio contacts with the Atlas missile satellite now in its fourth day circling the globe.
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Washington
Globe
De Gaulle Wins Third Victory in French Presidency
Premier Charles de Gaulle is elected president of the Fifth Republic by a large majority of the grand electors. He will take office January 8 for a seven year term with strengthened powers, succeeding Rene Coty.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
National Assembly
Rene Coty
de Gaulle
Grand Electes
Park Desegregation in New Orleans City Park Case
The 1,427 acre New Orleans City Park board bowed to a Supreme Court mandate after eight years of litigation. The decision aligns park operations with desegregation rulings and ends a lengthy dispute over access and facilities.
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New Orleans
U.S. Supreme Court
Drinkmanship in Business Lunches Goes Global
A column notes the spread of lunch cocktails in business culture from Madison Avenue to Main Street. It cites Yale researchers on social networks shaping drinking, quotes a Michigan official on lunch drink norms, and reports Toronto restaurateurs noting office girls imitating bosses with 75 cent cocktails.
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Howard Whitman
Doughheavy
Madison Avenue
Main Street
Alger
New York
Toledo
Mobile
Yale Center of Alcohol Studies
Michigan
George Nimmo
Michigan State Board of Alcoholism
Toronto
Canada
Canadian Temperance Federation
Soviets unveil vast 1959 budget for science welfare and growth
MOSCOW AP The Soviet government announced a large 1959 spending program totaling about 484.3 billion rubles, nearly 121 billion dollars, for science education health social insurance and agriculture. Finance Minister Aresny Zverev outlined gains over 1958 including higher investment in agriculture and education while defense spending slightly declined as Moscow pledges a peace policy.
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Aresny Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Parliament
Soviet Union
Zcerev
Zverev
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