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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1959
Page
1
President Eisenhower will board Queen Elizabeth’s Britannia Friday for a 31 mile Seaway cruise from St Lambert to Beauharnois as Montreal hosts the formal opening. They will tour the seaway with Prime Minister Diefenbaker and later sail aboard the Britannia with a 21 gun salute.
Hong Kong reports Canton's 142 million residents in dread of a possible century crisis as the Peh and Si or rivers swell. Dikes hold midday while flooding expands inland threatening 1 million acres of crops and displacing 200000 people. Casualty tallies vary by source.
Helen Rabin Bartlett 52 newlywed to her third husband is charged with first degree murder in the bathtub drowning of her second husband Alfred Babin in 1936. Police say life insurance policies on her third husband prompted the inquiry and that she admitted killing Babin for an estimated 30 000 to 60 000. Bartlett and Wright Bartlett 69 returned from a long honeymoon trip and he survived hospital observation after being found in the home.
Obituary item appears in the Phoenix 1% Bridge Sports section with brief death notice referencing individuals associated with the Fulton market area. The fragment hints at a memorial posting and local acknowledgment of the deceased within the community.
Fifty two years after buying a 15 cent Louisville and Nashville ticket Dr Austin W Smith of Cookeville Tennessee found the unused pass with no expiration date The L and N Railway confirmed it remained valid On Wednesday Smith rode the Dixie Flier from East Springs Tennessee to Jackherd Tennessee for an eight minute trip
Six contestants fled the dressing room at Cliffside Park as white mice ran loose during the Miss Universe candidate judging. Officials halted the event Wednesday night and resumed after the mice were captured, noting a prank may have caused the disruption.
President Frondizi faces military discontent and massive protests from Communist and Peronist unions. A cabinet reshuffle and Alvaro Alsogaray appointment to lead economic and labor ministries are said to avert danger, though high officers remain unsatisfied and plans to oust him persist.
Queen Elizabeth II spent a 13 hour program in Montreal as part of a six week Canada tour. She is to join President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Diefenbaker Friday to formally open the St Lawrence Seaway and then cruise on Britannia. The vessel scraped the dock at Trois Rivieres but Rear Admiral Peter Dawnays promised a quick touch up.
A heavy rainfall event flooded Erie streets for over an hour with thunder and lightning. Water reached four feet in some residential areas, delaying commuters and flooding basements and buses though no injuries were reported. A separate report notes a $250,000 tire fire at the Chelsea Tire Corp. of America in Massachusetts with two buildings destroyed and unknown cause.
The Senate approved repealing the 10 percent passenger travel tax effective August 1 and the 10 percent communications tax effective July 1 1960 as part of a bill extending current taxes for a year. The move could reduce government revenue by about one billion dollars annually and faces House resistance. A highway funding provision was debated with Eisenhower warning of highway slowdowns if funds vanish.
The heavyweight title bout between champion Floyd Patterson and Sweden's Ingemar Johansson at Yankee Stadium was postponed from tonight to Friday at 9 30 pm EST due to threatening weather and a soaked infield. Promoter Bull Roosens said grounds crew advised 10 hours of sun to firm the field.
Albert Oppenheimer left his wife Hilda a $15 000 life policy when he died in 1924. Mrs Oppenheimer’s estate later received $441 246 from stock investments. In a separate report, Aldora Campbell, 58, of Forestport, died after a hospital admission following a Monday automobile crash in which a 16 year old boy was killed.
Satchmo Louis Armstrong lay gravely ill in a Spoleto hospital with pneumonia and heart problems during the Two World Festival visit. Italian doctors noted fluctuating crises, with a Rome specialist team weighing transfer to a better-equipped facility as they monitor his condition.
Governor Earl K Long, in a taped radio interview from a mental hospital ward, declares his sanity and predicts freedom from the facility after a habeas corpus test. Legal maneuvers continue as Attorney General Gremillion contests Covington court jurisdiction, while Judge Jones stays undecided. Long blames relatives and officials for recent pressures and pleads for prayers as he asserts his physical and mental fitness.
Television actor Roger Smith underwent surgery Wednesday to remove a blood clot following a fall at his home earlier this month. He remains hospitalized for observation and treatment.
New York report says Pi Alex Kajouras and Bessie Kajouras parents of newborn quadruplets face eviction next Wednesday from a five room Brooklyn apartment. Kajouras 30 noted the kids take priority and asked that something work out. Eviction stems from quarrels with the landlord over repairs. The quads three boys and a girl were born Wednesday and reported in fine condition.
Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev plans a West tour in August as part of her husband’s Scandinavian trip. Danish Foreign Ministry sources confirm she is included in the party and will remain out of the limelight, typical for wives of Soviet officials.
Lincoln Neb March 1960 report recounts Charles Starkweather's electric chair death after his 11 kill spree begun in January 1938. Dr. B A Finkel, the prison physician, suffered a heart attack minutes before the execution, leaving alternates to proceed. Starkweather faced witnesses, declined last words, and died at 2,200 volts.
In St Tropez, Brigitte Bardot 24, wed to Jacques Charrier on June 18, faces pregnancy rumors. Producers delay two Bardot films as Charrier denies pregnancy while Bardot remaining silent.
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