Mobs Foil Rebel Grab In Caracas
Civilian mobs and loyal troops repelled another coup attempt in Caracas triggering eight hours of street fighting that killed about 20 and wounded 200. The captured rebel leader Lt Col Jose Hely Mendoza was seized while other officers hid in the Mexican Embassy.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Arters
Adm
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Larrazabal
Numa Quevedo
Quevedo
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Jose Hely Mendoza
Juan
Perez
Hexane Gas Explosion Levels PA Plant in Ohio
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. soybean processing plant in Painesville Ohio was destroyed by a hexane gas explosion. Two men were injured and officials estimate losses run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. John Cassell 23 witnessed a ball of flame and escaped through a window.
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Painesville, Ohio
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co
Jant
E. P. Kerven
John Cassell
Roof Blown Open by Blast and Fire
A blast tore through the structure, blowing out two thirds of the corrugated metal roof and setting off a subsequent fire as debris scattered. Fire crews arrived to control flames and prevent spread.
Today's Chuckle Allergy memory turns itch to scratch
An old-timer recalls when an allergy was simply an itch and all you did was scratch it, a quip capturing a bygone, plainspoken simplification of daily life.
Miss America 1959 Crowning Spotlight Ends Pageant Week
Mary Ann Mobley of Brandon Mississippi won Miss America 1959 at Atlantic City New Jersey after a week of competition in Convention Hall. The 21 year old college senior cried on stage after Marilyn Van Derbur crowned her saying she had no idea she would win.
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Atlantic City
Mary Ann Mobley
Brandon
Miss
New York City
America
Marilyn van Derbur
Denver
Colo
Mary Ann
Mississippi
West Point
Victor Letnoff
Charles P. Otstott
David Williams
University of Mississippi
Girl Taken From Auto By Gunman
Fort Collins police and roadblocks cover rugged mountain areas after a gunman abducted Marjorie Schnneider, 18, from Horsetooth Reservoir. Four others in the car identified. suspect described as crew-cut and dangerous.
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Fort Collins
Cole
Marjorie Schnneider
Foring
Wakeeney
Kan
Miss Schneider
Horsetooth Reservoir
Ray Scheerer
Scheerer
Ellsworth E. Farnik
Colorado State University
Estes Park
Colo
James Coleman
Janet
Gunman Targets Vehicle Wrecks Windshield and Lights
Scheerer described rifle fire that shattered the Farnik vehicle windshield and blew out headlights tires and the radiator. Four occupants were unharmed. After the first shot the driver and passenger moved to avoid the assailant who then forced the four to place possessions on the car hood and ordered Miss Schneider to collect valuables.
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Scheerer
Farnik
Mary Ann recalls early life before romance at church
Mary Ann, a Brandon Methodist Church choir singer, notes she wore pigtails until eight and suffered scarlet fever causing hair loss. She mentions four years of braces and says she has dated several nice young men but has never trapped any, though she is working on one whose name she declined to reveal.
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Mary Ann
Brandon Methodist Church
Pageant runners up share scholarships with Miss Iowa
Miss Iowa Joanne Lucille MacDonald 2 of Ames in Chi Omega earns 3000 dollars for second place. Miss Oklahoma Anita Bryant 18 of Tulsa takes 2500 dollars for third. Miss California Sandra Lee Jennings 18 of Riverside collects 2000 dollars for fourth. Miss North Carolina Betty Lane Evans 18 of Greenville wins 1500 dollars for fifth.
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Iowa
Joanne Lucille MacDonald
Ames
Chi Omega
Mary Ann
Joanne
Oklahoma
Anita Bryant
Tulsa
California
Sandra Lee Jennings
Riverside
North Carolina
Betty Lane Evans
Greenville
U S Cruiser Helena Escorts Nationalist Ship Run Through Formosa
In daylight the U S 7th Fleet protected two Chinese Nationalist ammunition ships through the Communist blockade toward Quemoy Island. A submarine alert ensued but proved false as unloading progressed and the Helena, Columbus and six destroyers completed their escort mission with joint amphibious drills nearby.
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Helena
Formosa Strait
Collett
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Columbus
Quemoy Island
Red China
Beakley
Formosa
U.S
Quemoy
7Th Fleet
Que
Scared Man Thinks He Saw a Lion on Ohio Route 3
A Coshocton man, unnamed by police, reports seeing a full grown lion cross Ohio 3 south of Medina Sunday night. Medina patrols searched the area with the sheriff after the sighting. Officers encountered a shaved collie dog at E A Bosler's home on Wooster Pike, Medina, resembling a lion.
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Medina
Ohio
Coshocton
Highway Patrol
Ohio 3
Here
Medina County
Wooster Pike
Lightning Strike Kills Two Children at Lake California
At Big Bear Lake California a sudden storm unleashed a bolt that killed seven year old Lawrence Reinhard and thirteen year old Trudy Lee Reinhard while their sister Diana aged four was badly burned and critically injured. Their father Bob Reinhard former UC lineman and pro football star witnessed the tragedy from a fishing skiff and rushed the children to a hospital.
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Big Bear Lake
Calif
Bob Reinhard
San Bernardino Mountains
Reinhard
University of California
Los Angeles Dons
Los Angeles Rams
Robert C
S Hospital
Lawrence
Trudy Lee
Naked Man Grabs Girl In Early Morning Assault
A 16 year old babysitter in Ravenna says a burly naked man dragged her from a North Freedom Street home at about 2 am in an apparent attempt to attack. She required hospital treatment for cuts and a black eye while the infant remained unharmed. Fireman Bob Rummel fired at the intruder after responding to the struggle.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Freedom Street
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Bob Rummel
Chinese Guns Blow Up Supply Ship Offshore
Communist shore batteries blew up a Nationalist ammunition ship off Quemoy beach as bombardment resumed. The Nationalists claimed heavy fire focused on the beaches and Tan Islets, while U.S. escorts to Quemoy were described as routine by Beakley. Mao Tze-tung signaled openness to Formosa talks with the United States in Warsaw.
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Colletti
Beakley
Arthur F. Spring
Taipei
Quemoy Beach
Red Guns
U.S
Quemoy
Defense Ministry
Tan Islets
Little Quemoy
London
China
Mao Tze-tung
Formosa
United States
Warsaw
Peiping
Jacob Beam
Poland
Wang Ping-nan
White House
Beam
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
New York
7Th Fleet
Peiping Warns U S. Air Clash Over Formosa Straits
Peiping radio aired a serious warning about American military moves in the Far East repeating today. Gen Curtis LeMay praised Nationalist pilots after a dogfight over the Formosa Strait near Taipei with MIG17s. Chinese broadcasts urged mobilization while Moscow warned the U S against nuclear war.
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Peiping
Foreign Ministry
Formosa Strait
Tenghai
Curtis LeMay
U. S. Air Force
Formosa
Taoyuan
Taipei
S. W
Liu
Yu Chung-ti
Peiping Radio
Far East
Shanghai
Talks with Red China Loom as U S Holds Formosa Watch
U S officials in Washington await word on possible early talks with Red China while keeping 7th Fleet on alert around Formosa. Officials weigh chances of Chinese UN seating as military posturing and diplomacy unfold amid arms buildup and Quemoy tensions. Former Secretary Acheson criticizes approach as risking wider conflict.
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Washington
United States
Red China
Formosa Strait
U.S
Jacob Beam
Warsaw
Wang Ping-nan
Korea
Formosa
Chinese Communist Regime Narrows Concessions Over Weekend
Over the weekend the Chinese Communist regime showed guarded moves amid ongoing tensions. Officials signaled limited concessions while terming actions as steps toward stability, inviting cautious international response and domestic scrutiny.
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China
Pleasant late summer weather continues with clear skies
The Miami Valley will see fair conditions as a large Canadian air mass dominates, with a high of 80 today and a low around 40 tonight. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and a high near 81 with a chance of scattered showers later. Middletown reported a Sunday high of 70 and 56 at 6:30 am, with .20 inches of rainfall that morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
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Marjorie
Sewente
By Robert Tuckman
Oniang Kai-shek
Destroer
Wallace M. Beakley
Lightning Bolt
Diana
Red Mainland
By Spencer Moosa
Strait
Pia
National
Weitou
Swatow
Mace
Chinese Communist Party
Red Chinese Supreme State Council
Mao
Communit
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Dulles
Red
Ee Wee Ee
Chou Enlai
Amb ‘Wang
Enlvoy
Dean Acheson
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
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