Cardboard Box Wasn't Empty
In Middletown New York a large cardboard box blocked a driveway. Mr and Mrs Joseph Strakowski moved it aside with a push. Inside the box were Eugene Draper six Dwight Draper four and Carl Baumgardner ten. The Draper boys suffered severe cuts and bruises while Baumgardner was unhurt.
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Middletown
N.Y
Joseph Strakowski
Strakowski
Eugene Draper
Dwight
Carl Baumgardner
Draper
Young Baumgardner
Dulles Faces U2 Incident Questions At Hearing
Senate Foreign Relations Committee questions Allen W. Dulles on the U2 spy plane affair. Dulles reads a long statement without copies as lawmakers seek why the U.S. risked flying the aircraft over the USSR before the May summit. President Eisenhower backs full inquiry cooperation.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eeeny
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D. Ark
Dulles
Russia
Eisenhower
Fulbright
Ussr
Nation's Worst Takes 6 Lives
A six fatal crash near Cambridge Ohio on Memorial Day weekend involved a tractor trailer and a car on U S 40. Six airmen from Clinton County Air Force Base, aged 17 to 21, were killed after the car, driven on the wrong side of the two lane highway, collided head on with the truck. The truck driver survived with injuries. who was driving the car may never be known.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Clinton Air Force Base
Wilmington
Clinton County
Ohio) Air Force Base
Highway Patrol
James E. Altenburg
N.J
James L. ChewKanes
Atlantic City
S.J
Stanley T. Cheslock
West Hazleton
Clark
Clifford Townsend
Vandalia
Fairview
Chewkanes
Altenburg
Memorial Day Death Toll Creeps Higher
Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths rise as a Greyhound bus collision near Evanston Wyoming leaves four women dead and over 20 injured. Coroner Gilbert Bills recounts a body being pulled from wreckage while drivers stalled in the night. The national tally aims to approach 371 traffic fatalities from 1958.
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Evanston
Wyo
Greyhound
Gilbert Bills
U. S
Wyoming
Warm start to June with sunny, mild conditions
The forecast predicts fair and cool today and tonight with a high near 90 and low around 56. Wednesday is expected to be sunny and dry with a high about 83. Middletown reported a high of 79 yesterday at 6:30 p.m. and a 57-degree low at 5:30 a.m.
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Middletown
Ships Buzzed as Soviets Charge U.S. Navy Overflight
Moscow reports the United States buzzed Soviet ships claiming a U.S. Navy hydroplane flew over a Soviet icebreaker in the Bering Sea at about 300 feet. The charge follows briefings aired in Vodny Transport.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Vodny Transport
Bering Sea
Vanderbilt Shook Up by Mass Resignations
In Nashville, Vanderbilt University faced a racial crisis as the divinity school dean and nine faculty members resigned amid protests over denying readmission for Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. The 14 divinity students quit, three graduates returned diplomas, and some faculty indicated they would stay through the next academic year.
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Nashville, Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Divinity School
James M. Lawson Jr
Harvie Branscomb
Lawson
Nelson
Geneva
Switzerland
Commission On Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches
Richard F. Dickinson
Glendora
Calif
G. Richard Dulin
Dallas, Tex
Wilson Boots
Ellenwood City
Supreme Court awards offshore lands to Gulf states and Texas
The Supreme Court ruled federal government owns submerged lands beyond three miles off Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama coasts while Texas gains up to three leagues about 10.35 land miles and Florida secures a three marine league belt under the Gulf. Maj. John S D Eisenhower receives temporary promotion to lieutenant colonel on a list that includes 35 majors. the president's son serves on the White House staff.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
John S. D. Eisenhower
White House
A businessman's lament about audits tomorrow
A lighthearted line notes a businessman embracing eat, drink, and be merry as a tongue in cheek remark that tomorrow the books will be audited. It captures a wary humor about financial oversight.
Why Ohio's highway toll tops nation in Memorial Day
Ohio faced a record Memorial Day weekend with at least 27 traffic deaths, two drownings, one boating fatality, and seven other accidents. James W. Shocknessy, chairman of the Ohio Turnpike Commission, noted no fatalities on the turnpike during the 78 hours, while tolls elsewhere rose above pre-holiday estimates and last year’s 22 fatalities.
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Ohio
James W. Shocknessy
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Memorial Day Crashes Kill Six Airmen Near Cambridge
A Memorial Day collision near Cambridge killed six airmen when their car collided head on with a tractor trailer. Ohio saw one other fatal crash during the weekend start Friday evening, a father and his 10 year old daughter killed in Ashland County when a parked car was struck from behind by a truck. In total car truck crashes caused 11 deaths across the state.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Ashland County
Eisenhower to Leave June 12 for Far Eastern Tour
President Eisenhower will depart June 12 on a Far Eastern journey visiting Japan Korea the Philippines Formosa and Okinawa. He will meet allied leaders and assess regional security during the trip.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Formosa
Okinawa
Firefighting Efforts Halt Quebec Forest Blaze Near Gagnon
In Gagnon Quebec a forest fire aided by dying winds and light rain forced air evacuations of about 500 people including women and hospital cases. Some 4 of evacuees were moved to Montreal and 90 to Sept Iles as officials warned winds could shift. About 1,000 firefighters stopped the blaze within 100 feet of the town and authorities expect conditions to ease with showers and westerly winds.
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Gagnon
Quebec
Montreal
Que
Lwenly
Oorstwen
Cial
Sept-Iles
St. Lawrence
U.S. Steel Corp
Storm veers misses Manila threat fades
Manila faced weekend floods after a tropical storm veered out to the Pacific. The disaster left 169 dead, 90 missing, and about 5,000 homeless in Manila and nearby suburbs.
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Manila
Pacific
British Climber's Body Found By Reds On Everest
Tokyo AP reports Chinese mountaineers may have found the body of a British climber missing since June 6, 1924, after searching the north face of Everest. The remains could be those of G. L. Malloy or A. C. Irvine, well known British mountaineers.
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Tokyo
Mt. Everest
G. L. Malloy
A.C. Irvine
Seoul students press resignation of acting president
About 1000 students in downtown Seoul demand Acting President Huh Chung resign over allowing ex president Syngman Rhee to leave the country. They march from Tangook University to the National Assembly chanting against the provisional government and call for dissolution of the Assembly.
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Seoul
South Korea
Huh Chung
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Hawaii
Taegu
Huh
Tangook Buddhist University
National Assembly
Honolulu
Korea
anti-Rhee Democratic Party
United States
Dark Cloud Brunswick twister hits Medina area
In Medina Brunswick a small tornado touched down causing a garage to be flattened and trees to fall. Large hailstones damaged roofs while shingles were ripped from houses. An observer described a funnel that dipped to earth in two spots. No injuries were reported.
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Medina
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Brunswick
Cleveland Hopkins
Jack A. Wernage
Bruno Nehring
Nehring
Vernage
Harry
Werwage
Spring arrival at Illinois campus sparked youth revelry
At the University of Illinois students celebrated spring with water fights and dormitory pranks. About 4,000 undergrads participated, dunking peers and turning on hydrants while clashing with police. Women threw firecrackers and underwear from dorm windows. no arrests were reported.
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Champaign
IIL
University of Illinois
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Maurice McCrackin
Cincinnati
Fairborn
Dayton
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