White pastor hired for Detroit Negro church
Detroit welcomes its first white pastor at a Negro church. Rev. Willard P Macy from New Orleans, formerly a Louisville Baptist pastor, becomes associate pastor at Second Baptist Church as it plans integration. Led by Rev A A Banks Jr, the church intends to be an integrated place of worship in downtown Detroit.
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Detroit, Mich
Detroit
Willard P. Macy
New Orleans
Louisville
Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist
A A. Banks, Jr
Six Children Die In Fire In Thompson Falls
In Thompson Falls Montana six children aged 2 to 12 died in a predawn house fire that destroyed the family home. Their mother and infant twins were injured and hospitalized at Hot Springs. Deputy Sheriff Harry Dodson said the victims were four girls and two boys, children of Lionel and Mrs. Scott. The fire was reported at 2 55 a.m. Volunteer firefighters found little could be done.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
Montana
Harry Dodson
Lionel Scott
Fdna
Mary
Mildred
Barbara
Carl
Aaron
Hot Springs
Scott
Plane Crash Found Near Morgantown In West Virginia
A small airplane was found crashed in Monongalia County near Morgantown by a power line crew. The sole occupant, Donald N. Fennell of Indiana Pennsylvania, died. He had taken off at 6 45 am Wednesday en route to Lake Wales Florida with plans to refuel at Elkins West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Monogalia County
Morgantown
Donald N. Fennell
Indiana
Charles R. Hager
West Virginia
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Fennell
Lake Wales
Fla
Elkins
Rush To Change Age Limit Dies In Union Voting
In Cleveland the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen delegates voted 633 to 465 against fast tracking a by law change. The proposal would retire officers at 65 instead of 70, potentially barring President W. P. Kennedy and other top officers from seeking re election later this month. A Kennedy faction spokesman called the result a clear vote of confidence.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainment
Railroad Union
BRT
W. P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Not Vaccinated Beware Of Polio Increases In Polio Cases
The National Foundation warns rising paralytic polio cases as millions remain unvaccinated. Preliminary U S Public Health Service figures show 5,694 paralytic cases in 1959, up from 3,122 in 1958, with polio victims up 83 percent since 1938.
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New York
The
National Foundation
Foundation
Public Health Service
Soviet rocket expert predicts manned moon shot in 1960s
Lt. Gen. Anatoly Blagonravov said in Copenhagen that a man may reach the moon in the 1960s. Speaking at Kastrup Airport en route to Nice, he cautioned no date has been set for a manned lunar launch. He suggested a possible launch within about a decade.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Kastrup
Nice
France
Anatoly A. Blagonravov
Hee puzzle card hints fortune by name counts
A playful puzzle explains a daily fortune message using a name based key. Readers count letters in their first name, adjust by a rule, then read letters from a grid by the resulting key numbers in row order.
Lord, Protect Us From Our Friends
An anonymous call to Mr and Mrs Melvin Braunstein last Wednesday triggered a harassment wave in Pittsburgh. They have received unwanted flowers medical supplies taxis bread and pizza and ads offering their home and car for sale in three newspapers. A fire truck visited the home though no fire existed and police confiscated aspirin from the scene while investigating the report.
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Pittsburgh
Melvin Braunstein
Braunstein
Government Lets New Jersey Cranberry Growers Seek Emergency Loans
The Agriculture Department designated New Jersey as a area where the Farmers Home Administration may issue emergency loans to cranberry growers through June 30. The measure targets growers who faced losses selling 1959 crops after reports that some berries were contaminated by a chemical weed killer.
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Washington
Riday
Agriculture Department
New Jersey
Farmers Home Administration
Department
Food and Drug Administration
Reactor Over Final Hurdle
The Atomic Energy Commission gave final clearance for North American Aviation to build a single atomic reactor in Piqua Ohio to supply steam for the municipal power plant. Operation will be approved only after further assurances that public safety remains protected.
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Washington
Piqua
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Safe Y
North American Aviation, Inc
Aswan Dam Construction Starts in Egypt
President Gamal Abdel Nasser detonated 10 tons of dynamite to begin work on the Aswan Dam on the Nile River. He said the project will regulate Nile flow and add about two million acres of irrigated land. The USSR lent about 100 million dollars for the first stage, slated to take around four years.
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Aswan
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Naser
Nile River
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Soviet Union
UAR
Fidel Castr o takes over Cuba’s Ambar Motor Corp
The Labor Ministry assigns government overseer to Ambar Motor Corp the island’s largest auto distributor for Cadillac Oldsmobile Chevrolet and Opel amid labor claims and financial strain from import limits. Ambar owners Amadeo Barletta and son Amadeo Jr. are named. the elder reportedly Italian citizen, the son a U S citizen by birth.
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Havana
Fidel Casro
Cuba
Ambar Motor Corp
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Chevrolet
Opel
Amadeo Barletta
Amadeo Jr
U.S
Anderson to oppose Murray in Montana Democratic primary
Rep. Leroy H. Anderson 53 declared his candidacy for the Montana Democratic nomination for U.S. senator while Sen. James H. Murray 83 announced last week his bid for renomination. Murray has served 25 years in the Senate and faces Anderson in the 1960 primary in Helena.
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Helena
Mont
Leroy H. Anderson
U.S. House
James H. Murray
U.S
Montana
Murray
Senate
Anderson
Skeleton found in Plymouth identified as James Dunn
Plymouth AP report states a skeleton found chained to a sewage pipe wall is James Duncan Dunn, a 23 year old Englishman. Police earlier suspected an American link after a pair of US branded shoes were found. Dunn’s parents identified the remains from an inscribed watch after his disappearance in March 1958. The case recalls a prior 1958 London incident where Dunn was freed from chains by firefighters.
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Plymouth
England
James Duncan Dunn
U.S
Dunn
London
Ohio cigarette sales decline after October peak
Ohio cigarette sales fell by 12 854 357 packs in November the State Tax Department said. Five cent excise tax was paid on 1 895 591 420 cigarettes in November, down from 2 152 678 560 in October.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Tax Department
Department
Democrats feud ends as Westervest kept La Bette chair
In Oswego Kansas the La Bette County Commission renewed the chairmanship with Dale Westervest, the remaining Republican member, after a dispute between two Democratic members over who should lead. They remained divided yet re-elected Westervest to chairmanship a second year.
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Oswego, Kan
Labette County Commission
Dale Westervest
Ohio water use high but supply adequate
Ohio uses 12 billion gallons daily for all purposes, leading the nation in industrial water use. A hydraulic engineer from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources told the Cleveland Farmers Club that daily rainfall after evaporation doubles that amount, and he cited adequate future supplies with groundwater declines only in isolated areas.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Farmers Club
Charles L. Hahn
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Water Division
Woman Found Crucified With Barbed Wire Near Udine
Police report a 45 year old mother of eight, Pierina Cassina Cencigh, found naked and crucified to a tree near Masaroli di Torreano. Authorities believe death was from exposure and consider possible vendetta or sadistic motive.
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Udine
Italy
Masaroli di Torreano
Pierina Cassina Cencigh
Ohio Supreme Court grants indefinite stay for Cosby murder case
Joseph L. Cosby of Cleveland, condemned for the Oct. 10, 1958 murder during a Cleveland liquor store robbery, received an indefinite stay of execution from the Ohio Supreme Court Friday. He had been set to die February 15, with the stay linked to pending appeal.
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Columbus
Onio
Joseph L. Cosby
Cleveland
Raymond Mack
Ohio Supreme Court
Cosby
Mack
Election Date Set For Plant Union Vote In Cincinnati
The National Labor Relations Board sets January 15 for a union representation election among production and maintenance workers at the Sponge Rubber Corporation of America's Marietta plant. Voters choose between United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America or Local 13615 of District 50 United Mine Workers or no union.
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Cincinnati
National Labor Relation Board
Mariecta
Sponge Rubber Corporation of America
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America
District 50
United Mine,Workers
Jury Finishes Work in Mentor Sniper Case
A Lake County grand jury returned 41 indictments and five no bills in the Christmas Eve slaying of Charles R. Clark in Mentor. Prosecutor Edward Ostrander said names and charges will be released after defendants are served and records filed.
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Painesville, Ohio
Lake County
Floyd FE. Hargrove
Charles R. Clark
Mentor
Edard P. Ostrander
The Old Ship of Zion at Friendship Baptist Church
The play The Old Ship of Zion will be presented at Friendship Baptist Church located at 1319 Walnut St. on Sunday at 7 39 p m.
Funeral notices for Hatter May McLaughlin Parker
Clara Hatter 18 died Jan 4 in Cincinnati Ohio. Services at Holy Name Church Trenton and interment at Holy Name Cemetery. May E McLaughlin 79 died at Middletown Hospital. Service at Calvary Methodist Church Man and Woodside Cemetery interment. Pearl Parker 47 of Excellon died at Middletown Hospital. Services at Grand Ave Church of God and Woodside Cemetery interment. Arrangements by Joseph R Baker & Sons and McCoy Leffler.
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Hatter
Clara Stoerig
Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Sun
Holy Name Church
Trenton
Vincent Robers
Holy Name Cementery
McLaughlin
May E
Manchester Ave
Middletown Hospital
Calvary Methodist Church
Frank Shuler
Woodside Cemetery
Parker
Pearl
Ben Harrison
Excello
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Grand Ave
Church of God Men
Clifford Hutchinson
Henry Howard
McCoy- Leffler
Dial GA
Memory Lane Tribute Sheds Light on Dear One
Poem recalling a departed loved one dated January 10 1959. Message of longing from family notes rest and remembrance. Funeral homes listed include Jos R Baker Son Funeral Home Schramm McCoy Leffler Riggs Wilson Memorial with local GA phone numbers.
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JOS. R. Baker & Son Funeral Home
Dial
Schramm Funeral Home
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Riggs Funeral Home
Wilson Memorial Home
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Main St
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Rt. 42
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Charles R. Combs
Sheridan
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Springboro
NCR
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Crawford
Central Ave
Bert Rog
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North Oe
Renton
Glenn E. Clemons
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Frank Quiett
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Middletown
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Bob Fisher
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B. H. Cerrington
Henry Spencer
Morgan St
Gallon King Wrecking Co., Inc
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Mort Collins
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