Lady Jurist Named Mother Of Year
NEW YORK AP Jennie Loit man Barron of Brookline Massachusetts judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts and grandmother of seven was named today the American Mother of 1959. Announcement was made by Mrs. Daniel A Poling president of the American Mothers Committee Inc before a group of mothers selected from each state at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Judge Barron is the mother of three daughters and has been active in community state and national organizations while balancing law with family duties. Born in Boston she earned degrees from Boston University and married Samuel Barron Jr in 1918. Their daughters include Erma now Mrs Phillip Wernick Deborah Blazer Joy and others among the family involved in public life. Selection rests on six qualifications including successful motherhood religious activity and Golden Rule example.
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Midcontinent Faces Widespread Tornado and Rain Storms
A broad storm belt spawned more than a dozen tornadoes and severe thunderstorms from South Dakota to Texas. Kansas reported multiple twisters and funnel clouds with damage to farms and homes but few injuries. Tornadoes were seen near Wichita and across Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Minnesota with heavy rains causing flooding.
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Kent State Study Shack With Radar Beam Windows Valued at $1000 Each
The Associated Press reports a Kent State University project in Ohio uses a weather study shack with multiple windows valued at $1,000 each for radar beam research. The item highlights the high value placed on the experimental facility.
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Little Need For New Taxes Seen
Raleigh AP State lawmakers welcome revised revenue estimates that boost 1959 61 expected state tax collections by 16 million dollars. Gov Hodges noted April income tax gains and lawmakers voiced optimism that tax increases may not be needed.
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Hearings Into Strike Planned In Henderson Textile Row
The Senate Rackets Committee voted to start hearings within three or four weeks into violence surrounding a textile workers strike in Henderson North Carolina. Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr noted a broad inquiry covering the strike, its causes, and the violence.
U S Plans Space Test With Live Ape on Rocket
Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris said the United States will launch a live animal, likely a monkey, into space within 60 days aboard a Jupiter missile as part of the effort to place a man in space. The nose cone would be recovered after the descent. Medaris also dismissed a True Magazine claim about the Lunik probe.
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Army Ordnance Missile Command
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Trué Magazine
Freight Car Loads Average 976 Tons Per Mile Daily
The article states the average freight car on railway lines carries 976 tons per mile each day, indicating vast daily transport capacity and the scale of rail freight operations.
Weather Outlook Shows Showers and Cooler Temps
Showers and cooler temperatures are forecast tonight across the area between the Rockies and Appalachians. The Gulf region and eastern Ohio Tennessee valleys may escape the showers while northern and central Rockies stay cool with continued shower activity in the central Appalachians and mid Atlantic states.
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Regional Forecast: Warm, sunny days with mild nights
North Carolina shows fair to partly cloudy skies and warm lows in the 50s with highs near 75 in the northeast and 80 to 87 in the southwest. South Carolina clears to mostly sunny this afternoon with lows 56 to 64 and pleasant afternoon temperatures. Georgia remains mostly fair and hot with a chance of scattered thundershowers in the extreme east, then partly cloudy and hot Wednesday with highs 86 to 94 and lows in the 60s.
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Soviet Seaman Recovers in Alaska Mercy Mission
Evgenij Ivanovich Gneushev a 23 year old seaman from Vladivostok who was unconscious after an international air sea mercy transfer is now able to speak in Russian and English according to Elmendorf Air Force Base Hospital bulletin. He regained speech after being injured in a fall into a hold of a Soviet refrigerator ship and was moved to Anchorage by U S Coast Guard cutter and amphibian on April 9.
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Slayer Dies In Electric Chair In Pennsylvania
Cleveland Thompson, 36, was executed by electric chair at Rockview State Penitentiary in Bellefonte for the 1949 slaying of Pittsburgh bartender Wallace Russell. He received the death sentence after two trials and multiple clemency attempts.
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