Why Did William Rodriguez Die From Rat Poison in Debt Pact
William Rodriguez aged 23, Puerto Rican migrant in Chicago, died after ingesting rat poison amid heavy debt and garnishments. The case links credit pressure from Sears Roebuck and local stores to rising financial strain. Relatives, neighbors, and agencies describe wage garnishments, debt of about $700, and suspicious bedspread and television creditings. An inquest and mayoral committee actions aim to curb easy credit practices harming newcomers.
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Chicago
William Rodriguez
William
Puerto Rico
United States
Nilda
S. Spaulding Ave
West Side
Sears Roebuck & Co
Cohen
Luis Acevedo
Wilfredo Velez
The
Knights of St. John
Dictator Trujillo Faces Instability Amid Repression
In Port au Prince AP reports Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo tightens grip on the Dominican Republic as jailed dissidents face long sentences amid church protests. Economic woes, drought, and military costs strain his regime while exiles press foreign scrutiny and Dominican observers fear a shift toward democracy or a Castro-like revolution.
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Haiti
Rafael Trujillo
Caribbean
Cuba
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Con
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Dominican Central Bank
Organization of American States
Havana
Caracas
San Juan
New York
Fidel Castro
Colder Air Moves In With Rain Snow Showers Possible
The weatherman forecasts a cold front bringing cloudy mild conditions today with a chance of rain. A high near 41 is expected followed by windy, colder tonight with light snow flurries and a low around 22. Thursday remains cloudy and cold with a high near 35. Middletown reported 36 for yesterday’s high and a 4 degree low this morning. half an inch of snow fell yesterday morning.
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Middletown
Footsteps Warning on Fathers and Loafers
A humorous note urges would be heirs to avoid loafers when following a parent’s path. The quip suggests practical style choices matter in living up to a family legacy.
Woman Flaunts Spelling Test In Court
In Pittsburgh North Braddock, Josephine Plocik 3 appeared in court on malicious mischief charges for allegedly smearing paint inside her home before moving out. She defended her spelling aloud saying doesn t, and the judge found her guilty, ordering payment of court costs.
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Pittsburgh
North Braddock
Josephine Plocik
Withdrawal Puts Bank In Uproar
Esther Breslau, 57, caused a Brooklynn Lincoln Savings Bank scare when a withdrawal slip she presented carried a note claiming a bomb. Bank staff triggered alarms, police and FBI questioned her for hours. no bomb found and she said she only intended to withdraw $50 for her husband.
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New York (Ap
Esther Breslau
Lincoln Savings Bank
Brooklyn
Elizabeth's Baby Due Any Minute
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth II, age 33, in hospital at Buckingham Palace awaiting delivery of her third child. Doctors say she is healthy with no complications and preparations place the father Prince Philip nearby in the Belgian suite converted to a maternity ward with her obstetrician, Joan H Peel, on call.
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London
Leopold I of
Belgium
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Prince Philip
Joan H. Peel
Eliza beth Not Expected to Leave Palace Today
Philip has one engagement to open an architecture exhibition in Portland Place, while Elizabeth stays in the palace. The note implies she did not plan to depart as anticipated.
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Elizabeth
Philip
Toopen
Portland Place
Asian Flu Hits Teens
Public Health Service researcher Dr. Alexander D. Langmuir said the 1957 58 Asian flu hit teenagers hardest, with higher incidence in high school ages and young adults. Pre school cases were relatively low and older adults saw a steep drop after the peak.
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Bethesda, Md
Public Health Service
Alexander D. Langmuir
Atlanta
Soviet Union
Langmuir
Negroes and whites clash at lunch counter sit-in
In Portsmouth a sit-down demonstration by Negro students at a segregated lunch counter turned bloody, with a white youth hospitalized for a likely razor wound. Three Negro students were arrested for disorderly conduct as the confrontation spilled from Rose's Department Store to a suburban parking lot.
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Portsmouth, Va
Portsmouth
Tne ViGiTm Guys
Rose's Department Store
King urges jail bonds in South to break racial barriers
A clash near a shopping center led to three Afro American youths being arrested after faces faced patrons of both races. A detective was cut when a youth drew a claw hammer. Meanwhile Rev. Martin Luther King Jr spoke at a Durham rally urging Blacks to be willing to fill jails to end segregation.
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Martin Luther King
Durham
N.C
South
Atlanta
Farmer Knight Donates Estate To Relatives And Charities
Gallatin Missouri AP 90 year old bachelor farmer John William Knight says he hates the government and plans to leave about 60 000 to 12 nieces and nephews four churches and the Salvation Army He has already given 15000 and aims to give 45000 more after selling 300 acres of farmland to avoid taxes and bypass lawyers and wills.
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Gallatin, Mo
John William Knight
Knight
Salvation Army
Missouri
Knight’s Longstanding Grudge Against Taxes Emerges From Youth
Knight recalls growing up in a log house on a ridge west of town. He bought his first farm, the Blake place, by driving $200 of cattle and hogs as the first payment. He notes paying $45 in taxes on land still mortgaged and says the government has caused his lifelong antipathy toward taxes.
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Knight
Blake Place
Supreme Court rejects bid to stay Chessman execution
The Supreme Court denied a last minute appeal to delay the execution of Daryl Chessman, the condemned sex criminal, at California's San Quentin Prison. President Eisenhower said there has been no major variance with Vice President Nixon on national policies, and he will address the nation Sunday on defense and his forthcoming South American tour.
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William
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Daryl Chessman
California
San Quentin
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
House Rules Committee Clears Civil Rights Bill Stalemate
The House Rules Committee informally agreed to clear a stalled civil rights bill for House consideration. The move signals progress after prolonged deadlock among committees and party factions.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Kennedy Sees Bender’s Teamsters Role as Expensive
Robert F. Kennedy criticizes former Ohio Senator George H. Bender’s post as anti rackets chairman of the Teamsters union as costly. Bender defends the stance, saying the union followed his recommendations and Taft was his longtime ally. Bender, a Republican, left Hoffa’s cleanup post last month and seeks a GOP delegate-at-large spot.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Ohio
George H. Bender
The
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Bender
Senate
Kennedy
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa Payments to George Bender Revealed in Kennedy Note
Kennedy reports Hoffa paid George Bender 585,636.07 from Aug 18, 1958 to May 4, 1959. Bender kept his senator title and says he gave most Teamster money to charity. He admits no action against Hoffa Ohio aides Bill Presser and Babe Triscaro.
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Hoffa
Bender
George Bender
Teamsters
Ohio
Bill Presser
Babe Triscaro
Cleveland Teamsters
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