Man Tosses Money Away in Public Stunt
In Hamtramck Michigan 47 year old Chrysler worker Stephen Krysiak walked ten blocks tossing $100 bills to passersby and shredding others. Police stopped him after he distributed or destroyed about $13 000 from an initial $20 000 while clutching roughly $5 700 and torn bills. his mother says he has been treated for a nervous disorder.
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Hamtramck
Mich
Detroit
Stephen Krysiak
Krysiak
Chrysler
Don't Give Baby Away
In Luton England Leo Moore and his wife plan to give their unborn child to an American couple for adoption despite his mother Ellen Moore’s tearful appeal. Ellen traveled from Manchester urging them to reconsider as the wife departs for the United States and the baby is due mid April with Wilbur and Billie Prescott of North Charleston South Carolina set to adopt.
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Luton
England
Leo Moore
Ellen Moore
Yvonne
United States
Wilbur
Billie Prescott
Adoption plans spark criticism from neighbors and coworkers
In Charleston the Prescott couple at the Navy shipyard defend the Moores decision to adopt. They say the critics are unjustified and that the Moores are acting unselfishly while arguing they can afford to raise a child.
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Moore
Moores
Charleston
Prescotts
Navy
Mrs. Prescott
Eight Die as Train Collides With Station Wagon
Berlin Connecticut reports eight killed when a passenger train hits a station wagon carrying seven children and a woman. The car is hurled into a five foot lake beside Norton Lane grade crossing. Initial counts had three dead, five missing. later confirmed eight all occupants of the automobile.
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Berlin
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Springfield
Mass
New York
Accident at Silver Lake border pulls divers for submerged car
At 8 33 a.m. near the Meriden Berlin border a submerged station wagon prompted state police to call in skin divers to recover the bodies while all train passengers were unharmed and the dead were not yet identified.
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Silver Lake
Meriden-Berlin
NBC Censors Paar Again After Return to Show
NBC cut a 10 word Walter Winchell reference from Jack Paar's return show after a previous censorship over a joke deemed in bad taste. Paar criticized Winchell and Hearst papers during a vitriolic attack on the press, insisting his virility is known only by his wife.
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New York
Jack Paar
NBC
Paar
Walter Winchell
Hearst
Orient
Mr. Winchell
Geyer’s Restaurant Reopens After Integration Stand
In Xenia Ohio Geyer’s Restaurant reopens to all patrons after three days of closure to protest serving Negro college students. About 100 students gathered by Sunday, including 15 white students, with 15 bearing placards on Monday as the dispute continued.
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Xenia, Ohio
Geyer's
Restaurant to Open Today After Picket Breakthrough
George D. Geyer, restaurant owner, reversed a decision Monday night and announced the eatery will reopen today to the public. A representative of the National Food Service Assn., Robert W. Williams, arrived from Columbus and met with picketing student leaders to arrange the reopening.
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George D. Geyer
National ‘Food Service Assn
Geyer
Columbus
Robert W. Williams
Ohio Civil Rights Commission probes Xenia demonstration
An investigator from the Ohio Civil Rights Commission traveled to Xenia to gather first hand information about a student protest. No formal complaint had been filed under the recently enacted anti discrimination law. Demonstrators mostly from Wilberforce University and Central State College vowed to persist until Geyer allowed black diners at the restaurant.
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Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Xenia
Wilberforce University
Central State College
Wilberforce
Ohio
Geyer
Paar and Winchell spar over press critics and morality
The exchange centers on Jack Paar and Mahlon Winchell with Paar accusing censor and moralists of lecherous minds. Winchell replies denying personal anger and noting insults about senility and lechery. He suggests contributors and press agents influence column writing.
Welcome Home Jack Paar Draws Hundreds at NBC
Hundreds of Paar fans gathered at NBC to greet back their TV host. Some wore Welcome Back Jack buttons and held placards as Paar, moved, called his walkout a tantrum and childish yet vowed to raise more hell on TV than almost anyone else.
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Paar
NBC
Anti-U S Feeling Rises in Cuba After La Coubre Blasts
In Havana anti-American sentiment peaks after Secretary Herter condemns Castro. Officials fear a summons for U S Charge d Affaires Braddock. La Coubre blast death toll reaches 52 with many unidentified. sugar mills protest the US sugar quota policy as black beret militias rally for arms.
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Cuba
la Coubre
Havana
Johnson offers Senate pauses for civil rights votes
Lyndon B. Johnson proposed to end 24 hour Senate sessions if Southerners back a set of civil rights votes. New Hampshire began the 1960 residential primary with large voter lines in several cities despite an early snowfall, which did not deter turnout.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Woman's kept baby found in locker at bus station
Police investigate after Louise Gibson, 39, of Mansfield, kept her dead infant in a bureau drawer for weeks before placing the body in a bus station locker in Newark. She was taken into custody in Mansfield and questioned upon return.
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Newark
Ohio
Louise Margaret Gibson
Mansfield
Baby Found Dead in Locker After Police Find Letter Name
Lake Shore Bus Co reported a strange odor from a locker and police found a dead baby wrapped in a blanket inside. A letter bearing the name Louise Margaret Gibson was found. Hospital records showed a baby born to Louise Gibson on January 7. Investigators traced the case to the woman and she was arrested at a Mansfield hotel.
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Lake Shore Bus Co
Louise Margaret Gibson
Louise Gibson
Mansfield
Woman under investigation after newborn death in bus station locker
Police say the woman told of awakening February 12 to find her baby dead. She hid the infant in a bureau drawer for two weeks, then wrapped the body and placed it in a locker at a bus station while hoping to fund burial in Mansfield.
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Mansfield
Today's Chuckle Mother
A humorous caption features a mother telling her child to say ah so the doctor can examine him, illustrating a light moment about pediatric visits and parental reassurance. The line highlights a common family moment with playful undertone.
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Junior
U S Chides Castro Over Provocative Cuban Charges
Secretary of State Antisuan A. Herter denounced Fidel Castro as making baseless and misleading accusations after Castro blamed U S officials for a March 4 explosion in Havana harbor. The protest was delivered to the Cuban charge d affaires Enrique Patterson as tensions rose between Washington and Havana.
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Castro
U.S
la Coubre
Havana
Herter
Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Antisuan A. Herter
Enrique Patterson
Cuban Protest Turns Sharp After Short State Department Meeting
The Cuban leader left Herter's office in anger after a 20 minute session and vowed to report Herter's remarks to Castro with no comment. Herter concluded by challenging Havana's good faith on improving relations as Cuban TV commentators mocked the statements on air.
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Miami
State Department
Chapman
Castro
Herter
Havana
United States
Cuban Photographer Released After Friction Over Freighter Blast
Cuban police freed Donald Chapman, a 26 year old American photographer who had boarded the French freighter that exploded. He had been questioned for days before release on Monday, though he was later removed from the scene.
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Neb
Miami
Cuban
Donald Chapman
Chapman
Nine days below freezing as cold spell continues
The region remains stuck in a deep freeze with nine consecutive days of subfreezing temperatures. Forecasters warn more cold weather through Wednesday with partly cloudy skies today and tonight and a high near 25. Wednesday brings clouds, lighter wind, and a chance of light snow with a high around 30. Middletown reports an 0 degree low at 7 30 am and a 23 degree high yesterday at 3 pm.
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Middletown
Wimp Receives Life Sentence After Court Nuptials
Ervin Wimp Joseph 45 with a 30 year police record was given life in matrimonial harness at Pensacola city court. He claimed to have turned from drinking and married Mildred O Neill in a ceremony attended by police. He called the sentence the best he ever got.
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Pensacola
Fla
Ervin
Wimp) Joseph
Wimp
Mildred O'Neill
U S Navy Rescues Four Russian Soldiers Adrift at Sea
Four Russian soldiers adrift for 49 days in a small landing craft were rescued by the U S Navy carrier Kearsarge about 11 p m EST Sunday, roughly 1 000 miles west-northwest of Midway Island. They were weak and emaciated after the long voyage in a 500 foot landing craft akin to the LCM.
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Washington
Pacific
Defense Department
Kearsarge
Midway Island
Four masked youths assault Black man with KKK graffiti in Houston
Felton Turner, 27, said four masked white youths abducted him at 10 15 p m near his home and beat him with chains after scratching KKK marks on his chest and abdomen. He freed ropes, contacted a nightwatchman, and was treated and released at Jefferson Davis Hospital. The incident follows recent sit in protests by Texas Southern University students.
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Houston
Tex
Felton Turner
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Turner
Breckenridge Porter
Texas Southern University
allsNegro University
Texas
Turner describes attack by youths with chains and hanging incident
Turner said he was gagged and beaten to the floor with chains. They dragged him to a wooded area where he was tied and hung from a tree by the heels, then beaten with chains and rope and his jacket was cut off.
Sit-ins Near University Linked to Turner Beating Incident
Turner, not a university student, was beaten on the opposite town side while sit-ins occurred in nearby stores. He has a three month old son. A hospital doctor reported Turner suffered a single bad cut.
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Turner
Says Man Is Psycho
IRONTON Ohio AP Billy Joe Schaffer 25 is on trial for first degree murder accused of strangling Mrs Emma Remy 75 at her Ironton home Feb 21 1958 then setting fire to the house. Defense psychiatrist Dr Julius Hoffman testified Schaffer is a psychopath describing emotional instability and perverse conduct. Schaffer who is an ex convict pleads innocent by reason of insanity.
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Ironton, Ohio
Billy Joe Schaffer
Webster's
Schaffer
Emma Remy
Ironton
Editor Open To An Offer Inmate Letter Provokes Reply
A reader accuses The Pointer News editor Quay Kilburn of taking payola in a letter from Utah State Prison. Kilburn responds succinctly asking for the reader’s best offer, signaling a cynical exchange over ethics and payments.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Pointer News
Utah State Prison
Quay Kilburn
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