Dishwashers Confesses to Starved Rock Slayings
Chester Weger of La Salle Illinois confessed to killing three Chicago area women at Starved Rock State Park on March 14. He admitted beating and tying the victims and claimed robbery as motive. The women were Lillian Oelling Mildred Lindquist and Frances Murphy, all mothers active in Riverside Illinois church.
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Ottawa
Sheriff's Office
Chester Weger
la Salle
Ill
Chicago Area
Starved Rock State Park
Ray Euser
Weger
Chicago
Lillian Oelling
Mildred Lindquis
Frances Murphy
Butsey Sid Weger
Riverside
Mil
Presbyterian Church
Illinois River
Rioting Grows In New Orleans As Integration Tensions Rise
In New Orleans protests by white youths against school integration sparked daytime clashes and nighttime rock throwing by Negro residents. Police and fire units responded to more than a dozen incidents, with 20 complaints logged. Two deaths or serious injuries reported, and a federal judge upheld the school integration order while lawmakers faced calls to intervene.
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New Orleans
St. Charles Avenue
U.S
J. Shelly Wright
Summit Talks of World Communists Extend In Kremlin
Allied diplomats report the Kremlin talks among world Communist leaders have dragged on for ten days. Western observers speculate about patching ideological rifts between the Soviet Union and Red China while affirming possible declarations of policy unity. Khrushchev and Liu Shao chi are central figures. Mao Tze-tung and Palmiro Togliatti are not in attendance.
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London
Kremlin
Cpa
Peiping
Soviet Union
Red China
Khrushchev
Liu Shaochi
China
Mao Tze-tung
Italy
Palmiro Togiliatti
Mobutu Stages Power Parade In Leopoldville
In Leopoldville a massive pro Western regime show marked Col Joseph Mobutu’s grip as 2,000 troops and 30,000 civilians filled Boulevard Albert. Mobutu saluted in full dress with a ceremonial sword while UN and Western diplomats watched, with Lumumba backers and local officials among the guests.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Josep Mobutu
Albert
Leopoldville
Thysville
United Nations Force
Mooutu
Patrice Lumumba
Cleophas Kamitatu
Kamiteau
Mobutu
Lumumba
Gable Dies At 59 Hollywood King Of Screen Heir To Throne
Clark Gable, 59, longtime crown of Hollywood cinema, died of a heart ailment at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital after a November onset. He had just completed scenes with Marilyn Monroe for The Misfits and leaves a legacy of 90 films, including Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind and the Oscar winning It Happened One Night. Born February 1, 1901 in Cadiz Ohio, Gable rose from factory worker and stage bits to a career defined by rugged roles and star power, serving in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
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Hollywood (Ap
Clark Gable
King
Hollywood Actors
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Kay
Fred V. Cerini
Gable
San Francisco
Manhattan
Rhett Butler
Claudette Colbert
Columbia Pictures
Cadiz
Ohio
Akron
Northwest
Army Air Forces
Miami Beach
England
Clark Gable's five wives summarized in sequence
The actor Clark Gable married five times. His first wife was Josephine Dillon, older dramatic coach. The second was Maria Langham, Houston socialite. The third was Carole Lombard, Hollywood star who died in a World War II air crash returning from a bond tour. The fourth was Lady Sylvia Ashley, former wife of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. In 1955 he wed Kay Williams Spreckels, a 37 year old divorcee with two preexisting children by sugar heir Spreckels.
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Gable
Josephine Dillon
Maria Langham
Houston
Carole Lombard
Hollywood
Sylvia Ashley
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Kay Williams Spreckels
Spreckels
Fire Sweeps 10 Jefferson Businesses Early Morning
Ten Jefferson Ohio businesses were damaged in an early morning fire that destroyed a remodeled grocery building and spread to a jewelry store, loan company, three taverns, a paint shop, and a real estate office. No casualties were reported and losses are estimated in the hundreds of thousands. A night watchman reported flames around 6 a.m. and authorities have not yet determined the cause.
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Jeffrson
Ohio
W. W. Bellows
Fire Threat Reaches County Jail but Brick Wall Holds
Fire engulfed near the county jail but a brick wall prevented damage to the structure. Inmates, numbering 33, were not evacuated as flames reached the exterior. The blaze disrupted part of the city’s telephone circuits and four of the town’s five main power lines, leaving nearly 2,000 residents temporarily without services.
Chuckle Science Opens Windowless Train Car With A/C
A humorous note says the resourceful Chuckle Science team could not open a day coach window so they air conditioned the train instead. The quirky workaround highlights inventive problem solving in a lighthearted tone.
Hagerty Suk to Lead ABC News and Public Affairs
New York AP reports White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty refused to confirm reports he will become vice president in charge of ABC News and Public Affairs. John Daly resigned the post on Wednesday and ABC promptly accepted his resignation.
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New York
White House
James C. Hagerty
American Broadcasting Company
John Daly
ABC
Hagerty to Replace Daly at ABC Termed Possible
ABC would not comment on reports Hagerty would take over Daly's duties after his Eisnhower era term ends. Daly resigns effective in one month. Hagerty spoke from Eisenhower vacation HQ in Augusta Georgia saying an announcement would come when plans are ready. Daly has led ABC for seven years and will continue moderating Whats My Line.
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ABC
Hagerty
Daly
Eisenhower
Augusta
Daly quits ABC over policy clash with Geldertson
Daly announced his resignation from ABC citing a fundamental policy difference with ABC President Leonard Geldertson. Industry sources estimate Daly's total broadcasting income at about $250,000 yearly, with his ABC vice presidency paying around $50,000 annually.
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Daly
ABC
Leonard Geldertson
Pleasant weather extends with mild Friday outlook
Pleasant weather continues as a high dulls in from the south. Tonight will be cloudy with a low in the upper 30s. Friday remains partly cloudy and mild with a forecast high of 58. Yesterday's official high reached 4 degrees at noon and the overnight low was 24.
Missing Bride Case Has Happy Ending
The missing bride case ends as a Boston label helps locate the owner of a wedding gown found on a National Airlines plane. The anonymous bride explains she canceled her wedding amid family crises, but is now engaged again and set for Christmas, having recovered her gown.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
Boston
Crawford Hollidge, Ltd
Washington
Eisenhower orders major overseas dependents return
President Eisenhower announced a seven point program to save about a billion dollars annually by bringing home 284,000 wives and children of U S servicemen stationed abroad starting January. The plan reduces overseas dependents at 15,000 a month, shifting costs to home facilities while preserving troop levels and aiming to balance the dollar with a stronger gold reserve.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Defense Department
U.S
Augusta
United States
U. S
President Eisenhower Confers With Advisers At Augusta
President Eisenhower orders U S Navy warships and air units to aid Guatemala and Nicaragua against any Communist directed attack if needed while meeting with the National Security Council at Augusta Georgia. The talks focus on cutting overseas spending and bolstering gold and dollar resources with a broader foreign policy review including Algeria and Cuba. Secretaries Herter Gates and CIA chief Dulles join the Kansas City group for the morning session.
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Eisenhower
U.S. Navy
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Augusta
National Security Council
Algeria
Christian A. Herter
Defense
Thomas S. Gates
Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Administration
Washington
Eisenhowler
Dayton Executive Faces Hatchet Attack on Golf Pro
Dayton 38 year old executive Victor Swenson charged with assault with intent to kill after allegedly striking Jack White, 30, golf pro, five times with a hatchet in the Miami Valley Golf Club lot. White at Good Samaritan Hospital in satisfactory condition with a fractured skull. incident tied to domestic dispute with Swenson’s wife. Swenson held on $500 bond. arraignment set for Friday. off duty officer Al Zennie arrested Swenson after pursuing them.
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Dayton
Ohio
Myeret
Victor Swenson
Swenson
Solar Aircraft Co
Jack White
Miami Valley Golf Club
White
Madden Park
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sheriff's Deputies
Mary Ann
Miami Valley Club
Sheriff's
al Zennie
Zennie
Eisenhower orders federal foreign operations cost cuts
The President commanded all federal agencies with foreign operations to study economizing by returning dependents and trimming personnel where possible. Plans, plus those of the military, are due by December 15 for Eisenhower to review. The Defense Department listed Germany, Japan, France, and Britain as housing the most dependents, highlighting the scale of relocation.
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State Department
Eisenhower
U.S
Defense Department
Germany
Japan
France
Britain
No Wonder Nixon Lost in Farmington NM Vote
New Mexico Republicans, down to second on the ballot, urged voters to back the bottom party. In Shiprock, west of Farmington, 187 straight party votes went to the Prohibitionists, the party listed last after Republicans.
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Farmington
N. M
New Mexico
Shiprock
Nixon Wins California in Absentee Ballot Count
AP reports Nixon secured California's 32 electoral votes via absentee ballots eight days after polls closed, leading Kennedy 3,219,211 to 3,206,051 as remaining ballots in San Diego and Orange counties were mostly Republican. Kennedy offered no immediate comment while Nixon stayed at Florida headquarters.
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San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
California
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Kennedy
San Diego
Orange
Nixon’s Home State Victory Keeps Bid Alive
The passage notes Nixon’s strong standing at home after a narrow victory. It mentions his two terms in the House, one in the Senate, and two vice presidencies. Political observers foresee a possible 1962 run against Gov. Edmund G Brown, who cautions that Nixon would be a formidable foe if that prediction holds.
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Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate
Edmund G Brown
Brown
Airplane Collision Suits Filed In New Mexico
Sis-Tech Exploration Co. files a $1,881 damage suit in District Court Albuquerque alleging an Aercoupe owned by Bill Shelton and piloted by Lloyd Bible collided with a Bonanza parked at Las Vegas New Mexico Airport on November 2, 1959. The case centers on the incident at the Las Vegas airport and names Shelton as owner and Bible as handler.
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Albuquerque
Sis-Tech Exploration Co
Bill Shelton
Aercoupe
Lloyd Bible
Sis-Teca
Las Vegas
N. M
Legislatureouches Wright case amid impeachment talk in Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge lawmakers push a resolution urging congressmen to use any means including impeachment to remove Wright. Senate considers a House plan to halt state funds to the Orleans School Board as it seeks payroll funding amid board ouster and federal reinstatement. A two white school boycott continues with few students and marshals escorting a black pupil at William Frantz. City school attendance lags with 27,716 of 38,017 pupils present.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Wright
State Senate
Orleans
James F. Redmond
Jimmie H. Davis
McDonagh No. 19
U.S
William Frantz School
Frantz
Riots at City Hall Prompt Mayor's Civil Message
Newsmen quoted a black mother about her child’s reaction to attending a white school. Her child recalled a white peer offering candy. A few dozen youths entered City Hall during demonstrations but were denied access to Mayor Morrison's office as he urged residents to remain civilized.
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City Hall
deLesseps Morrison
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