Big Three Auto Output Off Sharply in 58
Detroit AP reports major 1958 auto production fell sharply from 4,614,215 units to 766,735 for the previous year across General Motors Ford and Chrysler. GM and Ford closed 1958 with mid month declines and December output well below 1959 levels. GM Chevrolet and Cadillac divisions set scheduling records for 1959. Chrysler faced production constraints and lower totals.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Ward
Chevrolet
Cadillac
Rome
Teens Hurt in Home Made Explosives Incidents
A 16 year old, Ken A Brewer of 3051 Cedar Ave, suffered severe burns to his palm and fingers from homemade chemicals. He is the third local youth injured by chemical experiments in a week. A 16 year old from Lomita, William Long, lost most of his left hand from an explosion at home involving gunpowder and potassium nitrate. A 17 year old, Dayel Schumann, was severely hurt in a separate incident.
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Ken A. Brewer
Cedar Ave
Young Brewer
Seaside
William Long
Lomita
Dayel, Schumann
Castro clashes with Cantillo as Cuba revolt unfolds
Castro denounced Gen Cantillo over a failed handover of Cuba’s government from Batista. He claimed Cantillo betrayed good faith after Batista and army chiefs fled before dawn New Year’s Day. Castro expected Santiago as provisional capital and Havana arrivals disrupted his plans.
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Nationwide deep freeze grips United States
A second deep freeZe sweeps the country from the Continental Divide to the Great Lakes with Arctic air. Temperatures plunge as low as 16 degrees below zero in upstate New York and 15 below in Minot. Windy, snowy conditions create blizzard-like travel hazards from Nebraska to Texas and the Pacific Northwest.
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Jewa
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Pacific Northwest
Hell
Ningham
Wash
Foulweather Bluff
Puget Sound
Coed Massey Given Probation in Hire-to-Kill Plot
Barbara Massey pleaded guilty to solicitation of a felony in a Greensboro plot to hire someone to kill Mrs. Francis Smith. A judge suspended a 12 month sentence and placed the 22-year-old on strict probation after defense argued mental and emotional instability. Witness Richard Ruth testified Massey offered $500 to arrange a fatal accident. a psychiatrist described her as in a “mental falling-apart” state.
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Barbara Massey
Wake Forest College
Mas‘ey
Smith
Ormer Greensboro
Atty
Welch Jorian
Howard Armekle
Ruth
Miss Massey
Nevins Sworn To State Board Of Equalization Seat
Richard Nevins aged 37 was sworn in as a member of the State Board of Equalization for the Fourth District in Los Angeles. A Democratic Party veteran, Nevins was a delegate to the 1958 Democratic National Convention and a former state president of the California Federation of Young Democrats.
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Equalizing Board
Los Angeles
UPI
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State Board of Equalization
California Federation of Young Wdenocrats
Tip PAYS OFF Diamond Mine Discovery
Rio de Janeiro reports that Traul Sa proposed diamond mining in South Africa sixteen years ago. He plans to travel this month to inspect a mine reportedly worth 20 million dollars that he inherited unexpectedly from his friend.
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PE Janeiro
Brazil
Traul Sa
South Africa
Raul Sa
Frien
Alaska prepares to begin state government with Egan and Wade oath
Juneau reports Alaska's first governor William A. Egan and secretary of state Hugh J. Wade will be sworn in in a brief ceremony at the capitol after President Eisenhower signs the proclamation creating the 49th state. Territorial acting governor Waino Hendrickson remains in Washington for the White House signing.
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Alaska
Eisenhower
William A. Egan
Hugh J. Wade
White House
Washington
Waino FE. Hendrickson
Egan
Wade
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