Today In History Highlighting Events Across Centuries
June 1 notes mark key moments from 1792 Kentucky’s statehood to 1958 De Gaulle becoming France prime minister. Events span Madison’s 1812 warning, Crete evacuation in WWII, Mexico’s siesta ban, Libyan Benghazi talks, Pope John XXIII’s dying status, and Intrepid passing Suez amid Arab-Israeli tensions.
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Associated Press
Charles de Gaulle
France
Kentucky
Brigham Young
Whittingham
James Madison
Congress
Britain
Crete
Mexico
Arab League Council
Benghazi
Libya
Lebanon
United Arab Republic
John XXIII
U.S
Intrepid
Suez Canal
Eight year old crushed in ice vending machine death
In Evanston Illinois an 8 year old boy Antonio Hand froze to death inside a service station ice cube vending machine. Police said the lock was broken and he crawled in to get ice cubes. the door closed trapping him. Shoes missing, he pounded on the door but screams went unheard due to insulation. The boy had been missing since Thursday night.
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Evanston
Ill
Antonio Hand
Jerome DeGross
DeGross
Antonio
Switch To Gas Costly Switch To Gas Costly
Vast supplies of natural gas in the North Sea 35 miles off Hull prompt a shift from city gas. About 1,250 miles of high pressure pipelines are to be installed by 1970 at a cost of 420 million. Overall conversion cost, including equipment and appliances, is estimated at 1.2 billion dollars.
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Hull
England
North Sea
Gas Tax Timeline from 1 to 4 Cents Per Gallon
The federal gasoline tax began at 1 cent per gallon amid hard times. Collections in 1933 reached about $125 million as the rate varied through the 1930s and 1940s, rising to 2 cents in 1951, 3 in 1956 and 4 in 1959.
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Washington
Coast Guard renames storm warnings for coastal winds
New York reports the Coast Guard has updated its terminology for coastal storm warnings. The system now uses Storm Warning for 48 knots and up and Hurricane Warning for 64 knots and above, replacing the older Whole Gale Warning with a staged scale.
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New York
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Fails Tug Of War With 45-Foot Whale
The Coast Guard attempted a tug of war with a roughly 45 foot whale near Cape Lookout North Carolina. After the line slipped from the whale the boat was pulled toward shore. The crew then rammed the whale’s head with a rescue craft and pushed it into deeper water toward the Atlantic.
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Cape Lookout
N.C
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Cab Drivers Rally City for Police Protection
A hearse carrying Leroy Wright's coffin led a procession of about 500 taxis circling City Hall in New York to demand greater police protection after Wright, 50, was killed during a robbery. Wright, from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant, was buried at Evergreen Cemetery after the funeral, the fourth cab driver slain by robbers in 17 months.
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New York
City Hall
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Leroy Wright
Wright
Evergreen Cemetery
54 Year Old Wins His School Letter
In St Louis 54 year old Kenneth Dieckmann who drives a Roosevelt High School bus was surprised by 45 students with a party and a sweater as the school awarded him a certificate for outstanding service. A teacher said the idea came from the students.
Cougar on the loose in Hollywood captured after standoff
A 140 pound mountain lion roamed Weepah Way without harming residents or triggering calls to authorities. A sheriff deputy and two officers subdued the declawed cougar for 15 minutes and loaded it into a truck. The owner, not identified by police, said the tame pet had escaped hours earlier.
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Hollywood
Weepah Way
Obituaries for Joseph A. Chupka and Cleo Dunham Hackney
Joseph A. Chupka 70 of 2212 Peart Street died May at 5 15 p.m. Middletown Hospital. Recitation and services at Schramm Funeral Home with Rosary Knights of Columbus and High Mass at St Johns Church. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Cleo Dunham Hackney 89 of 27113 McKinley died May 1st at 4 45 p.m. Middletown Hospital. Friends at Riggs Funeral Home Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 p.m. Service Monday at Riggs with Rev Edwin Bobbitt officiating. Interment Woodside Cemetery.
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Chupka
Joseph A
Peart Stopesed
Middletown Hospital
Schramm
We Name Society
Knights of Columbus
St. Johns Church
Woodside
Schramm Funeral Home
Emme
Middletown Ospital
Riges Funeral Home Inc
Clifford Stearns
Roselawn Cemetery
Lewisburg
Ohio
Riggs Funeral Home Inc
Cleo
McKinley
Keen
Edwin Bobbitt
Aterment Woodside
Robert Lee
N. Sutphin
Eaekee
S. Gificiant
Aston Jones
Woodside Cemetery
McCoy-Leffler
To Sin Is To Die In Pauls Warnings And Modern View
A pamphlet promotes the view that sin severs friendship with God and brings eternal loss. It argues Romans wages of sin is death means spiritual separation, not mere mortality, and urges readers to request Pamphlet KC-49 titled To Sin Is To Die.
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Paul
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Warren County
DIAL
Journal Want Ad Dept
Tennessee
Chest OF Drawers
Gresser
Lost
Manchester
North End
Franklin
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Hackney
Shaver Clinic
Central Cause
St. Paul
Knights Off Columbus Religious Information Bureau
South Grand
ST. Louis
Kaylor
Vance Mr. Raymond
Blaine St
Racine
Wisconsin
Union Cemetery
West Chester
McCoy-Leffier Dial
Fugett
William Oliver Fugett
Bobbitt
McLoy-Leffier Funeral Home
William O Fugett
Harold
Bill Fugate
Mary Cawein
Riggs Funeral Home, Inc
Wilson Memorial Home
Florist Flowers
Monroe
Peck's
Main St
Dicke Mulford
Columbia Ave
Diver Garden
First Ave
Call
Moore RD
Cc Sers Eenhouse
Yankee Rd
Armbruster Hardware
E. State
Trenton
Diver Garden Store
Catt
Bowman
Diver’s Garden Store
Todhunter Rd
Ottawa St
Eck
Carolina
Middletown
Paullin
oFain
D & D Ceramic Studio
Howe Rd
Incinnati
Buller Co
LeSourdsville Am
Miami Valle
Cisune
Omes P.O
Dept. M. Lebanon
McKnight
Middletown Hospital Welfare Auxiliary
Bentol
Dayton
JO Ann
Reader & Advisor
E. 2Nd
Roy L. Kiser
Waynesville
Beauty & Barber
Lady Fair Beauty Salon
Duff's Beauty Salon
Broad
Apot
William Sanitation
Elsmere
Central Ave
LaFayette
Madison_ Hills Lawn Service
Jay Farmer
Dia
Carpenter
Viking
Florshop
Trenton John's
Cemert
Frank Quiett
McDaniel General Construction
S. Main St
M. O
Home Improvement Center
MID Town Guild
McCloud
Scheirich & AN OF
Valley Formica
Valley Kitchens
Mason Call
Mason
Alsco
Burbank St
Taylor
Lapnrenet
Shur-Fit Dist., Inc
E. 4Th St. Franklin
Orbie Patrick
Charles Spence
Big John
Gene Agee
Marvin Halsey
C.E. Taulbee Plumbing Co
Kleenmaster
H. E. Nunamaker & Son
Mahaffey
Boys Ave
Barrett
R. Tubbs
Crescent Bivd
Jacone Glass
Shaker
Roger’s
North Ave
Jeff Maenoreeseseee
Decker Rd
GOLD
Maple Park
Franklin Springboro de Cortiale
Taulbee
Elk Creek
Frank Oldfield
Beliemont
Rickard Acres
Kiddie College Bay
International Company
Sams
McGee's Pharmacy
Hamilton - Middletown - Cincinnati
Gary
Sam
Cincinnati
National Company
Drug Department
Central Awe
Streifthau’s
School OF
McKnight Dr
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