Jayne Mansfield Killed In New Orleans Car Crash
Actress Jayne Mansfield 34 dies when her car rear ends a mosquito fogging truck on U S 90 near the Rigolets New Orleans. Lawyer Samuel Brody and driver Ronnie Harrison also die. Mansfield's three children injured. two Chihuahua dogs die.
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New Orleans
Jayne Mansfield
Rigolets
Lake Pontchartrain
Gulf of Mexico
Hollywood
Samuel S. Brody
George Carmichael
Miss Mansfield
Biloxi
Miss
Richard Rambo
Pensacola
Fla
Rambo
Charity Hospital
Mickey
Gus Stevens
Brody
Matt Cimber
Cimber
Antonio
Bryn Mawr
Phillipsburg
N.J
Vera Jayne Palmer
Texas
Highland Park High School
Dallas
University of Texas
University of California At
Los Angeles
Florida
Jane Russell
Miss Russell
Warner Bros
20Th Century-Fix
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Monroe
Jayne
Marilyn
Monroe
Athens
Paul Mansfield
Mickey Hargitay
Mae West
Miss West
Hargitay
Market Holds Mixed Gains Ahead of July Fourth
Stocks moved in a narrow range with gains outnumbering losses as traders trimmed positions ahead of the holiday week. The Dow 60 fell 0.2 to 324.4 with mixed results among blue chips led by Pan American and Eastern Air Lines. Boeing General Dynamics Rohr United Aircraft posted fractional gains while Du Pont and International Nickel fell about a point.
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New York
Dow Jones
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Boeing
General Dynamics
Rohr Corp
United Aircraft
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady at Chicago Market
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices steady with wholesale buys unchanged. Grades AA 93 score at 66, A 92 at 66, B 90 at 64, C 89 at 59. Eggs show 75 percent or better grade A whites at 24 and 24 for mixed, with mediums 19 to 12 and standards 23.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Commodity Prices Report
Chicago cash grain bids show Wheat No 2 hard 1.58 and No 2 red 1.514 while Corn No 2 yellow 1.35 and Oats No 2 heavy white 7642. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.86 and Soybean oil 9 40. Market shorthand notes price quotations across grains for trading day.
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Chicago
AMAX selects Newark site leaders for new sheet mill
Jack Dean named plant manager of the forthcoming AMAX sheet mill facility in Newark New Jersey. Dean, joining AMAX in 1955, will remain project manager of the Riverside California mill until production starts. AMAX Aluminum Mill Products officials from Riverside include Denver Wyat, Charles Machado, and Roy Cunliffe, with public relations rep Burt Dermer and engineering director Paul Hobey present.
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Newark
N. J
Jack Dean
Hunter Engineering Co
AMAX
Riverside
Calif
Amax Aluminum Mill
Riveride
Denver Wyat
MCHS Board Approves Ecological Area Plan
MCHS students view nature in depth and the board backs a local ecological area. Recommendations call for biology supervision, posted hunting and trapping, a small project budget, adding tree species, a six foot cyclone fence, and a cleared fire-break.
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Biology Department
McHs Board
Two Drivers Cited in Morris City Traffic Stops
Police ticket Verla M. Moore 52 of Elmwood for speeding 60 in a 45 zone on Division Street. Ricky L. Shannon 17 of 1273 Park Boulevard cited for disregarding a stop sign at School and Union Streets. Both left licenses as bond and set to appear July 13 in magistrate court.
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Morris City
Glenn Johnson
Division St
Verla M. Moore
Elmwood
Moore
School
Union Sts
Ricky L. Shannon
Park Blvd
Shannon
Former Local Youth on USS Liberty Survivor Recounts Attack
A local youth interviewed a survivor of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty aboard the USS America on June 11. The survivor offers counterpoint to a Pentagon account published earlier, recounting memories of the incident.
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USS Liberty
Bob Horton
Liberty
Pentagon
Pentagon account sketches quick Is raeli attack on Liberty deaths
The Navy court of inquiry found 25 killed instantly from the torpedo blast and 34 total dead after the 1967 incident. A survivor recalls a Marine hero attempting rescues amid flooded compartments as some crewmen faced drowning. Kenneth Ecker of Illinois recounts the Marine’s courage during evacuation efforts.
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Washington
Pentagon
Liberty
Navy Court of Inquiry
America
Kenneth Ecker
Watseka, Ill
Seaman Ecker Home From Leave After War Losses
Seaman Ecker, son of Mr and Mrs S Norbert Ecker of Morris now living in Watseka, returned on a 30 day leave with his helmet bearing two large holes. He reveals his unit aboard the Liberty faced heavy damage during an attack in which 34 perished and nine bodies were recovered in two days. The article notes Ecker, a corporal, arrived on the ship a week before its Mediterranean voyage, and the ship’s captain Cmdr William L McGonagle was wounded but continued to command.
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Seamen Ecker
S. Norbert Ecker
Morris
Ecker
Carp’s
E. Jackson St
E. Ash St
Watseka
Hawaii
Rom Waiseka High School
Liberty
Rota
Spain
Mediterranean
Pentagon
Edward E. Rehmeyer
Edward E. Rehmeyer Jr
Railroad
The
William L. McGonagle
McGonagle
Rodgers Salute Marks Richard Rodgers 65th Birthday
A two hour NBC Today salute kicked off Rodgers birthday celebrations with tributes from top show business figures. Mitch Miller led ASCAP alumni in singing Happy Birthday at a luncheon honoring the composer.
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New York
Richard Rodgers
NBC
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Mitch Miller
Rodgers
Educator Dies in Quakertown Pa Lehigh Leader
Dr. Rocco J. Tresolini aged 47, chairman of Le high University Department of Government, died Tuesday. A noted authority on American government and constitutional law, he lectured extensively.
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Quakertown
Rocco J. Tresolini
Department of Government
Lehigh University
Tesolini
Kennedy Visit Surprises Ireland with Kennedy Family
Mrs John F Kennedy visited Dunganstown Ireland with her children Caroline and John Jr on a surprise trip. The arrival drew crowd interest and press coverage as the family engaged with locals and toured the area.
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Dunganstown
Ireland
John F. Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Kennedy Family Secret Visit At Ancestral Farm
The Kennedy party kept the trip secret and spent 90 minutes at the old Kennedy farm. Each child received a two month old kitten from Mary Ryan. Mrs. Kennedy was presented with a 12 pound trout.
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Kennedy Ancestral
Kennedy Farm
Mary Ryan
Delta Queen First Uplifted Up Cumberland River
The 285 foot paddlewheel steamer Delta Queen completed its first trip up the Cumberland River after new locks at Barkley and Cheatham dams allowed passage. The vessel, typically operating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, is 40 years old.
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Nashville, Tenn
Barkley
Cheatham
Cumberland River
Ohio
Mississippi
Doctor Almost Runs Over Duck Not Stork at Birth Scene
A physician rushing to deliver a family's 12th child in Lebanon Kentucky nearly struck a duck in the yard. The new father joked that the animal was not a duck but the stork with worn legs, adding a humorous note to the birth.
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Lebanon
Trespass Charges Dropped for Three Area Men
Charges against Richard A. George Phillip C. Collins and Alfonso Lopez were dropped after three court continuances. Magistrate Chester Winsor ordered each man to pay 20 dollars in court costs and to refrain from trespassing or riding motorcycles in Gebhard Woods State Park.
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Richard A. George
Fremont Ave
Phillip C. Collins
Rte
Alfonso Lopez
E. Jackson St
Gordon
McIntosh
Gebhard Woods State Park
Chester P. Winsor
Winsor
93 year old Vernon motorist dies in collision on Illinois 51
A 93 year old driver, Clinton C. Livesay of Vernon, was fatally injured when his car was hit by a truck on Illinois 51 in Vernon. The truck driver, Richard L. Seldman, 18, of Beekmeyer, escaped injury. Livesay died at St. Mary's hospital in Centalia.
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Vern, Ill
Clinton C. Livesay
Vernon
Illinois 51
Richard L. Seldman
Beckemeyer
Livesay
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Fairbury Woman Dies From Weekend Crash Injuries
Mrs Edna Milne 68 died Wednesday night from injuries after a Saturday auto collision on U S 66 at the south edge of Chenoa In the crash six others from Fairbury were injured and remained in Fairbury Hospital Mrs Milne was riding with four other Fairbury women
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Fairbury, Ill
Edna Milne
U.S. 66
Chenoa
Fairbury Hospital
Farm Accident Kills 70-Year-Old Near Big Rock Ill
Steven Vanerka, 70, died Wednesday on his Kane County farm near Big Rock when a hay rack tipped while he was plugging in an electric drill, trapping him between the rack and a combine.
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Big Rock, Ill
Steven Vanerka
Big Rock
Kane County
Vanerka
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