Five Die In Head On Erie Train Collision Near Sterlington
In Rockland County near Sterlington, five people died and at least 25 were injured when two Erie Railroad trains crashed after a missed signal. Victims include Robert Youchman and Pauline Cronon. engineers Sam Nardo and Charles G. Mitchell. fireman Martin J. Walsh.
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Sterlington
N.Y
Erie Railroad
Monroe
Hoboken
N.J
Robert Youchman
Warwick
Pauline Cronon
Tuxedo
Sam Nardo
Charles G. Mitchell
Martin J. Walsh
Parties Disagree On Report Clearing Adams
The House subcommittee report found no evidence Sherman Adams intended to influence a $40,382 Raglaine Worsteds settlement, but members split along party lines in interpreting the findings. Republican Hess and Bates defended Adams while Democrat Hardy urged readers to judge from transcript.
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Washington
House
Sherman Adams
House Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee
Adams
Raglaine Worsteds, Inc
Manchester
N. H
Hardy
Subcommittee
William E. Hess
Ohio
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Congress
Hess
Sherm
Baglaine
Pentagon
White House
William H. Bates
R-Mass
Bates
Gromyko Demands U S Leave Lebanon at U N Session
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko prepared to press for U N General Assembly action calling for the withdrawal of U S and British troops from Lebanon and Jordan. Asian neutralists sought ways to shift Western troops while U S and U K promised troop withdrawal once U N protection is in place.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N. General Assembly
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Gromyko
Moscow
U.N
United States
Britain
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Mahmoud Fawzi
Cairo
Nasser
Fawzi
U.N. Panel Warns Radiation Harm If Tests Continue
A 15 nation U.N. scientific committee says even small increases in world radioactivity from nuclear tests threaten future health. The 228 page report notes genetic and cancer risks and warns that rising environmental radiation could harm large populations before links are proven. The panel supports no immediate test ban but calls for limits on testing outside its remit. Nations cited include Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Czechoslovakia UAR France India Japan Mexico Sweden Soviet Union Britain and the United States.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
United Nations
Scientific Committee
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
United States
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Czechoslovakia
United Arab Republic
France
India
Japan
Mexico
Sweden
Soviet Union
Britain
Moraine National Park Idea Draws Enthusiastic Support
National park official Leo Diederich described the Moraine National Park proposal for Wisconsin as intriguing and study-worthy. He noted a feasibility trip September 15 to 25, with possible partial inclusion of sections into a national park and rest explained through state parks and forests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leo J. Diederich
Wisconsin
Diederich
National Park Service
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
William Proxmire
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
John Doerr
Ben H. Thompson
Dan J. Tobin
Philadelphia
The
Park Service
Voigt
Rickover Declines To Worry Over White House Snub
Boston AP Rear Adm Hy man G Rickover famed as Father of the Atomic Submarine says he is too busy to worry about snubs after not being invited to a White House Nautilus under north pole ceremony. He noted his travel from Portsmouth to Washington after Swordfish trials off Maine and New Hampshire. He warned a Polaris era submarine could deter any attack, saying a ship that can hide under ice exists.
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Boston
Hyman G. Rickover
Rickover
White House
North Pole
Washington
Portsmouth
N. H
Maine
New Hampshire
Water Skier Dies Of Heart Attack In Kenosha
Jacob Wam bolt, 29, water skied on Lake Michigan in Kenosha when he suffered a fatal heart attack. He came ashore complaining of cramps, collapsed stepping ashore, and a physician and firefighters tried to revive him for an hour.
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Kenosha
Jacob Wambolt
Lake Michigan
Hungry patrons ignore cafe blaze as firemen fight ceiling fire
In Cincinnati the B and G Cafe suffered a ceiling fire when a light shorted. A dozen firefighters sprayed water and removed the faulty fixture while customers kept eating, unmoved and unfazed by the blaze.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
B and G
Eau Claire Youth Fifth Drowning Victim of 58
A 16 year old Eau Claire youth, Patrick Seitz, died Sunday in unguarded waters off French Island in the Black River. He was among six teens visiting Alvin Bugbee’s home when the drowning occurred. Police recovered the body. coroner ruled death at 6 10 p.m. This marked the fifth 1958 drowning in the La Crosse County area and the fourth within four weeks as Wisconsin toll rose over a perilous weekend.
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Eau Claire
la Crosse County
Patrick Seitz
Francis Seitz
French Island
Black River
Onalaska
Alvin Bugbee
Richard Baker
Donald Schoenfeld
Matt McGarty
Khrushchev Sends New Note To Macmillan
Khrushchev delivered a new note to British officials in Moscow replying to Prime Minister Macmillan on the Middle East and East-West talks. British authorities said the note contained no new proposals for settlement or for a summit, and reiterated Khrushchev would not commit to a U.N. Security Council summit after his Peiping talks.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
Middle East
U.N. Security Council
Khrushchev
Peiping
Congress Prodded To Finance Shelters
Washington AP reports Congress and the Eisenhower administration are urged to begin a multibillion dollar shelter program to defend Americans from nuclear attack. A House Government Operations subcommittee warns the policy cannot guarantee nationwide protection and labels inaction dangerous.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower Administration
House
Subcommittee
Eight Traffic Deaths Over Weekend Report
Wisconsin reports eight traffic deaths over the weekend raising the 1958 toll to 448. A car in Pepin County near Durand killed three Arkan saw youths Marvin Richards 20 Thomas Hartung 20 Irene Longsdorf 18 and critically injured Carol Harmon 18. In Forest County two-car crash near Armstrong Creek killed Mrs Ray Harrison and Mrs Rose Vannes. Jack Jardine 16 died from injuries in Waukesha crash. Karen Falkenberg 18 died from injuries after a July one-car crash in Wood County.
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Pepin County
Forest County
Wisconsin
Durand
Arkansaw
Wis
R. J. Bryan
Marvin Richards
Thomas Hartung
Irene Longsdorf
Carol Harmon
Kennedy urges 8 percent Social Security rise in Senate hearing
Sen John F Kennedy called for increasing old age benefits by 8 percent instead of 7 percent in the House bill citing living-cost rises. He urged higher lump sum death payments and a provision to aid dependent children with unemployed fathers while urging federal grants for states to aid needy. Secretary Flemming opposed boosting state public assistance funding, warning of a veto if kept.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
Kennedy
Farm bill faces renewed push as session winds down
Congress eyes adjournment this weekend with key bills still awaiting Senate votes. The Social Security boost, foreign aid, and education measures await action while farm legislation remains contentious amid farm-state pressure to aid cotton and rice farmers and extend surplus disposal programs.
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House
Senate
Rayburn
Sunrise Burglars Loot Tiffanys for 163300
In Manhattan dawn hours thieves broke display windows at Tiffanys on 5th Avenue using sledge hammers and stole jewelry valued at 163300. The raid coincided with the arrival of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. a nearby patrolman was reassigned to protect him. Two sapphire and diamond brooches were left behind.
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New York
Manhattan
Tiffany’s
Andrei A
Gromyko
5Th Avenue
New York City
Andrei Gromyko
U. N
Unifax
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Robert Lil
Good Samaritan Hospital
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Tuxedo Hospital
Robert Higgins
Port Jervis
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Edmond LE Breton
Porter Hardy
D-Va
Bernard Goldfine
Sen
Styles Bridges
Rep
Chester E. Merrow
Irving M. Ives
Raglaine
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Arkady A. Sobolev
Ike
National Academy of Sciences
AEC
Moraine National Park
By Richard P. Powers
Raymond T. Zillmer
Reuss
L. P. Voigt
Wisconsin Conservation Department
G. F. Hanson
Clifford Lord
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Bureau of Community Development
University of Wisconsin Extension Service
Donald Twachtman
Friendship Beach
Alfred Wasson
Whitewater
Robert Schramm
West Allis
Marinette County
Twin Bridge Park
Victor Mitchell
New Lisbon
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Tony Palcic
Milwaukee
Potter’s Lake
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Dtex
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