Woman Killed Four Injured In Trailer Court Blast
A double explosion and fire at a trailer court near Harrisburg York State Airport killed Joyce L. Cook, 27, and injured four others including Harry Gorton, 37, a Red Land School District principal. Betty Lockheart, 23, suffered burns. John Ruck, 27, and Phyllis Gorton, 2, treated for injuries. Firefighters faced uncertainty over which structure triggered the blasts.
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Harrisburg- York State
Joyce L. Cook
Harrisburg Hospital
Harry Gorton
Betty Lockheart
Gorton
Red Land
John Ruck
Phyllis Gorton
Ex King Peter Objects to Perth TV Ad Use
Perth Australia AP reports former King Peter of Yugoslavia complains that a local firm used his photograph in a television set advertisement. The ad claimed royal entertainment fit for a king and the former monarch says the image was used without authorization and insults his dignity.
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Perth
Australia
Peter
Yugoslavia
Royal Entertainment
Barbecue's Southern Roots Strengthen Virginia Legacy
Barbecue originated in the southern United States and was already popular in Virginia before 1700, reflecting early adoption and regional culinary traditions that shaped American barbecue culture.
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South
Virginia
Long in family: Marietta weekly Monitor marks 66 years
In Marietta Oklahoma the weekly Monitor newspaper reaches 66 years of publication, kept in the same family since its founding. The milestone underscores a long running family business and local press heritage in the community.
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Marietta, Okla
Monitor
Miami University Center in Middletown earns education citation
The Miami University Center in Middletown received an Actions in Education citation from Better Homes and Gardens in cooperation with the National Education Association and the National School Boards Association. The Middletown entry, submitted by Mrs. Joseph Shepperd for the local American Association of University Women, highlighted the center to expand extension courses, ease college enrollments in nearby schools, and offer local citizens a chance at college training. By fall 1959 the center operated with full Middletown School Board support, enrolling about 400 people and later recording 433 registrations for 22 courses in the 1959-60 second semester. A second Actions in Education program will open next month and run through June 1, 1961 to encourage new projects and complete existing ones.
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Middletown
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Better Homes & Gardens
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National School Boards Association
Better Homes& Gardens
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American Association of University Women
Herman H. Lawrence
Middletown School Board
Miami to Welcome Columbus Day Visitor From Spain
Miami prepares for Cristobal Colon a modern descendant of Columbus to arrive October 8 for Columbus Day events. The 36 year old is styled admiral of the ocean sea grand admiral of Castile captain general of the fleet and governor general of the Indies mirroring the famed explorer. He will spend about 16 hours in the city before continuing on from Spain by air.
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Miami
Fla
Cristobal Colon
Christopher Columbus
Colon
Castile
Indies
Spain
Florida
Duke of
Lady Bird Song Oddest One Yet In Kentucky Campaign
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson arrives in Kentucky as the Democratic vice presidential nominee’s wife. A sample campaign song avoids politics or party, focusing on Lady Bird with lines about dreams and radiance, including I keep my eyes on the skies with dreams about Lady Bird.
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Lady Bird
Louisville
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kentucky
Racket Figure's Appeal Case Reaches Ohio Court
Ohio Supreme Court called for oral arguments in the appeal of Mike Farah a Warren rackets figure from an assault and battery conviction last year The Common Pleas Court jury convicted after a fight with Jean P Blair then Trumbull County Republican chairman Farah was sentenced to four months in jail and fined two hundred dollars His appeal to the Supreme Court stayed the sentence pending the outcome Blair denied there was a loan and tied the incident to a political matter
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Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Mike Farah
Warren
Common Pleas Court
Farah
Jean P. Blair
Trumbull County
Supreme Court
Blair
Surprise gold haul found aboard Ruth Everett in Calcutta
Calcutta customs found 200 more bars of contraband gold aboard the American ship Ruth Everett after levying a 560000 fine for contraband. The discovery adds 893,944 dollars in gold value to the seizure as the vessel docked in Calcutta last month.
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Calcutta
India
Ruth Everett
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