Power Blackouts Hit New York City and Rockaway
About 21 000 New Yorkers faced two new blackouts on Friday and today. The Rockaway Peninsula Queens blackout affected 20 000 residents on a three mile stretch from 10 43 p m to 1 01 a m. Manhattan’s first mass outage lasted 12 hours and hit half a million people. The second Manhattan blackout lasted an hour near Central Park West affecting about 1 000 residents. Officials blamed the Manhattan failure on an underground cable and the Queens event on water seeping into a major fuse.
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New York
Manhattan
Rockaway Peninsula
Queens
Atlantic Ocean
Central Park West
Rivet Gun Incident Leaves Teen Girl Near Death
A 16 year old girl on Madison Road is near death after a rivet fired from a rivet gun pierced her forehead through the floor from an apartment above. The shooter Robert W. Trimble and a 17 year old companion, both visiting Trimble's sister, are detained as police investigate. The rivet, used to fasten steel to concrete, penetrated the girl's brain.
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Cincinnati
Madison Rd
Nella
Vine St
Robert W. Trimble
Avon Pl
Shirley Mitchell
Hamilton
Trimble
Booze Ring Breaks Up at West Virginia Prison
State police shattered a whisky smuggling ring run from a Moundsville penitentiary over more than three years. A 37 year old mother of eight coordinated deliveries with her 19 year old son as the final bearer. No formal charges yet filed.
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Moundsville
W. van
State Penitentiary
Robert Bonar
Vivian Crow
Bonar
Hawaii Becomes 50th State and New Flag Debuts
President Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood and Alaska last year and proclaims the 50 star flag design. He notes the new flag will officially fly next July 4 with nine staggered rows of stars in the blue field and 13 stripes.
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Eisenhower
Hawaii
Union
Washington
United States of America
Alaska
Hawaii's Hiram Fong Heads to Senate Swearing In
Honolulu reports Senator Hiram L. Fong the first Asian American U S senator left for Washington Friday night to be sworn in Monday. Hawaii's other senator Oren Long and Representative Daniel Inouye are already in the capital.
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Honolulu
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
U. S
Washington
Oren E. Long
Daniel Inouye
Capital
Hawaii Becomes 50th State Quietly Celebrated
Hawaii is proclaimed the 50th state and residents react with calm as first day commemorative stamps go on sale at the post office and Waikiki. Governor William F Quinn is sworn in at Jelani Palace with family only while Veterans of Foreign Wars place a wreath at Punchbowl Cemetery and teachers toast with song.
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Punchbowl Crater
Honolulu
Law Allows Removal Of Lincoln Bust From LA Courthouse
In the Los Angeles County courthouse corridor a 300 pound bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln by Dr. Emil Seletz was removed after the Los Angeles Bar Association complained that his dual role as brain surgeon and sculptor could bias juries. Attorneys cited concerns over perceived influence and questions about whether Seletz's professional identity affected judicial impartiality. Officials moved the bust to Seletz's home amid disputes over the statue's placement and potential conflicts of interest.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Abraham Lincoln
Lin
Coln
Emil Seletz
Beverly Hills
The
Bar Association
Associaton
Beecham, 81, Secretly Marries 27-Year-Old Shirley Hudson
Sir Thomas Beecham and his secretary Shirley Hudson eloped on August 10 in Zurich. The Royal Philharmonic conductor, famed for sharp temper and strong self view, wed quietly, his third wife, while his associates were unaware.
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Thomas Beecham
London
Handel
Shirley Hudson
Thomas
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas
Switzerland
Daily Telegraph
Sir Thomas Beecham
S. Hudson
Zurich
Sir Thomas Beech
African Women March On Town in Colenso Protest
A mob of about 50 African women marched through Colenso in Natal Province protesting white rule. They dispersed after police threatened to fire, windows were smashed at the municipal hall, and the town was 27 miles north of Escourt where Africans fought police Thursday night leaving three wounded.
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Colenso
South Africa
Natal
Escourt
UAW Witchhunt Charges Spark Senate Probe Clash
AP reports UAW leaders call the probe a political witchhunt aimed at harming two Republican senators Karl Mundt and Carl Curtis as the committee faces unsubstantiated accusations. Witness Jesse Motsinger testifies he was fired for exposing alleged international union corruption.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
Jack Conway
UAW
Walter Reuther
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Karl FE. Mundt
South Dakota
Carl T
Conway
Senate Committee
Richard T. Gosser
UAW International
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Jesse F. Motsinger
Detroit
LAW
Metsinger
Reuther
Gosser
Motsinger
Rauh
Man Admits Killing Wife in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a truck driver, Ralph Monroe, 39, confessed to killing his estranged wife Ida Mae Monroe, 48, with a head shot after earlier wounding her with four shots. Police found her at her brother Dorace Miller's residence and say Monroe kicked in the door, fired four times, then returned and shot her again.
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Cincinnati
Ida Mae Monroe
Dorace Miller
Ralph Monroe
Miller
Monroe
Clevelanders killed in Tennessee? (Cannot determine from text)
Three Cleveland, Ohio residents died when their car left U S 29 70 near Lexington North Carolina on Friday. Victims identified as Wallace Gassett 36 driver Janie Rice 48 and Edna Rice. Two teenage girls Madeline and Jessie Rice were hospitalized.
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Lexington
N. C
Cleveland
Ohio
Here
U.S
Wallace Gassett
Janie Rice
Edna Rice
Madeline
Jessie Rice
Stevenson Sees Khrushchev Visit as Global Feat
Adlai E. Stevenson returned from Europe and praised the Eisenhower Khrushchev exchange as a great achievement for the Soviet leader. At a press conference in Idlewild he denied any presidential candidacy in 1960 and urged Americans to greet Khrushchev politely while noting anxiety about secret diplomacy in Europe. He said Khrushchev has much to learn about American peace loving people who seek to live and let live.
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New York
Aslai E. Stevenson
Europe
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Stevenson
Iclewild
Mir
Khrushchev
America
McDonald Attacks Steel Wage Plan in Pay Cut Claim
Union President David J. McDonald says the latest cost of living index shows steel industry wage freezes amount to a real pay cut for workers. He notes no wage gains during the year while inflation climbs, arguing the talks stall despite rumors of a settlement after 39 days.
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New York
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Pittsburgh
Labor report cited in settlement talks for Mitchell strike
Government fact finding report on the strike issued by Secretary James P. Mitchell drew mixed reactions. Both sides claimed the findings favored their position, while Mitchell warned that determined bargaining could bring a settlement soon.
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Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Arrested man confessing wife murder from forty four years ago
Nick Kasanovich 77 admits to killing his wife in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania forty four years ago while using the alias Pete Novich after being arrested in Fresno California. The note captions AP Wirephoto accompanies the brief.
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Nick Kasanovich
Fresno
Calif
Pittsburgh
Pete Novich
Deaf Starling Menace in Mount Vernon Ends in Starlings Stay
Otto Standke, 71, Kansas native known as The Bird Man, tours Mount Vernon with flippers and a chime to scare away a starling infestation that has plagued the area for a decade. He vows his method will drive the birds from two neighborhoods and earn him 4000 dollars if effective, though the birds remain nearby after two nights of attempts.
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Otto Standke
Great Bend
Kans
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Standke
Mount Vernon, N.Y
Get
Kansan
Red Guards Fire On Turks Near Soviet Border
Turkish reports say Soviet border guards machine gunned a group of Turks cutting grass near Posof village in Kars province, killing one and seriously injuring one or two others. Official Turkish comment was not immediately available.
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Ankara
Turkey
Posof
Kars
Kookie Byrnes Draws 18000 Fans at Midway Airport
Ed Kookie Byrnes arrived in Chicago to a record crowd of 18000 screaming girls at Midway Airport. Police called it the largest celebrity greeting ever seen at the airport as fans showered him with combs and cheered while he waved and blew kisses.
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Chicago
Kookie
Antsville
Ed “Kookie” Byrnes
Bobby
Midway Airport
77 Sunset Strip
Realantville
Kookie Defends Jive Talk Amid Fans
Edward J. Byrnes told reporters he enjoys using jive talk to connect with youth as a private language that helps tenagers communicate beyond adults. A bystander was hit by a raw egg during the moment.
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Kookie
Edward J. Byrnes
Lady Churchill Faces Minor Eye Operation
Lady Churchill to enter hospital Monday for a minor eye operation due to a paralyzed eyelid. She returned from the French Riviera on Thursday while her husband Sir Winston remains on holiday there.
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London
Churchill
French Riviera
Sir Winston
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