East River Inferno After Collision Sinks Empress Bay
A Swedish tanker and the freighter Empress Bay collided in the East River at 12:25 a.m., sparking a blazing inferno that sank the Empress Bay and injured 37. The Nebraska survived to port, while several crew members were rescued amid heroic efforts by fireboats and onlookers. Three missing and one photographer dead were reported in the chaos.
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New York
East River
Ames
Sethe Manhattan Bridge
Empress Bay
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Long Island
Lower Manhattan
William Finn
New York Journal- American
James Watson
The
Petroleum Tanker Corp
Nebraska
Witness Dismissed in Adams Goldfine SEC Probe Row
Washington investigation into the Goldfine Adams affair escalated as former SEC chief Ola Armstrong, now Navy assistant secretary, was dismissed from the witness chair by House subcommittee chair Oren Harris. Harris pressed Armstrong to step aside before questions resume as lawmakers seek SEC influence amid allegations of political pressure.
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Washington
Goldfine-Adams
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mugu
Lhd Wallidod
Olaf Armstrong
SEC
Navy
Oren Harris
D - Ark
House
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Congress
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Goldfine
Armstrong
Harris
Harrris
Bangs
J. Sinclair Armstrong
Rep
D-Ark
Five Year Trade Bill Faces Senate Push
Secretary of State Dulles told senators the administration will not compromise on a five year extension of the reciprocal trade agreements program. Support grows for a three year limit among Republicans while Democrats are split, and a House vote already approved five years.
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Washington
Dulles
Senate
William F. Knowland
California
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
House
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Congress
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Hollings Named S.C. Governor
Ernest F. Hollings, a Charleston lawyer and longtime politician, won South Carolina's Democratic runoff for governor by about 190,000 votes over Russell, 52-year-old former University of South Carolina president. Hollings leads with 190,163 to 145,263 and will succeed Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr. on a platform to attract new business.
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Columbia, S. C
Ernest F. Hollings
Charleston
South Carolina
Russell
Hollings
U. S
William C. Johnston
Anderson
George Bell Timmerman Jr
Russell-Hollings
Very Expensive Lunch Grill for Tax Evasion in Pittsburgh
Nicholas J. Nigro former hotel manager pleaded guilty in U S District Court to evading 3026 in cabaret taxes. He claimed tax complexity and lunch with Internal Revenue agents led to disclosure of his books. Judge Joseph P Willson sentenced six months in jail and a 5000 dollar fine with possible additional six months for nonpayment.
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Pittsburgh
Nicholas J. Nigro
U.S
Nigro
Russians Demonstrate Outside U S Moscow Embassy
A crowd of more than 1 000 Russians gathered at the U S Embassy in Moscow in a planned protest linked to Hungarian refugee demonstrations in New York. Police numbered about 150, with one stone thrown through a window.
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U.S
Moscow
U.N
New York
Imre Nagy
Copenhagen
Bonn
Richard Davis
Methodists Accept Raleigh Office Site
The North Carolina Methodist Conference approved locating its headquarters in Raleigh on land at the Methodist Orphanage property with self liquidating plans funded by rented office space. Grace Methodist Church of Wilmington was chosen as the 1959 conference site. Rocky Mount and Fayetteville colleges face sustainment changes to fund two new colleges.
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Wilmington
Conference Board of Education
Greensboro
High Point
North Carolina Wesleyan
Methodist College
Fayetteville
Western North Carolina Conference
Conference Commission On Christian Higher Education
United College Appeal
Louisburg College
Duke Divinity School
High Point College
Greensboro College
North Carolina Wesleyan College
Contingency Fund
Pickets Block Plant Traffic At Chrysler Missile Plant
Defiant pickets block traffic for a third day at Chrysler missile plant in Detroit. A eight mile car line formed as UAW members protested control of Local 1245. One picket sprinkled tacks, others abused officers. Sheriff Ensign requested help as deputies cordoned entrances.
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Detroit
Mich
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
Redstone
Harley Ensign
UAW
Walter Reuther
Heavy Firing Intensifies as Beirut Rebels Clash
Gunfire and explosions erupt across Beirut as government asks U.N. to seal frontiers with Syria. Premier Chamoun and rebel leaders including Kamal Jumblatt signal ongoing conflict amid U.N. on the spot survey and charges of U.A.R. aid to rebels.
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Beirut
U.N
Frontier
Camille Chamoun
Ghandak Ghamik
Basta
Saeb Salam
Dag Hammarskjold
Soth
U.A.R
U.N. Security Council
Syria
United Nations
Kamal Jumblatt
Wolfson Denies Any Wrongdoing In AMC Case
New York AP Louis E Wolfson denies manipulation or fraud in relation to American Motors Corp stock. He says he has returned from hospital and has had no personal participation in recent trades. A federal judge ordered a temporary restraint and the SEC seeks further show cause on enjoining ongoing alleged practices.
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New York
Louis E. Wolfson
American Motors Corp
Wolfson
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jacksonville
Fla
SEC
American Motors
Bryan
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N. Y
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Liz
Cneae
Provocateurs
Methodists
Raleigh
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