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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1959
Page
1
The United States indicted 27 Apalachin convention delegates for conspiring to obstruct probes into the 1957 underworld meeting in Apalachin New York. The 27 face potential five year terms and ten thousand dollar fines if convicted. The indictment, sealed until the morning, reveals a nationwide effort by a federal crime task force.
Buffalo police figure John C. Montana once named man of the year is arrested on a federal indictment with 26 others for conspiring to obstruct justice by concealing the Apalachin meeting. Montana posted 50000 bail and faces charges in New York City. Also named in indictments are Pasquale Turrigiano and Ignatius Cannone in Broome County cases. James V. La Duca from Lewiston is indicted for taking 10833 dollars from a hotel while serving as a union official. The federal action stems from the famed Apalachin gathering and related investigations.
U S Secretary of State Herter will host a social dinner with Britain France and West Germany at Heyter's villa as Big Four talks continue. Officials caution no secret diplomacy is planned though Gromyko may press terms for a summit. The gathering excludes the German delegation and focuses on private talks versus formal sessions.
In St Louis Missouri an 18 year old teen drag racer Robert Clarence Fennewald was convicted of manslaughter for a crash that killed three people and injured others. He received one year in jail and a $1000 fine after witnesses testified he raced at over 100 mph last November 23 in North St Louis forcing his car into the opposing lane.
A public hearing into ethics charges against State Harness Racing Commissioner George P. Monaghan was adjourned to May 28 after opening today. The session heard that full facts would be presented to the public, with Monaghan present and his counsel seeking June 29 delay.
The House lauds former secretary of state John Foster Dulles who remains unchanged in overall condition despite cancer and pneumonia complications. Speaker McCormack of Massachusetts expresses affection and wishes him well, predicting history will remember him as a great secretary.
Claudia Mitchell four died from burns after tumbling into a scalding water vat used to seal chickens in the kitchen of the Mitchells farm home in Lewis New York Essex County. She died at Elizabethtown Community Hospital.
In Mountain View California a VP A contractor and five student nurses from St. Marys Hospital San Francisco were killed in a head on crash between a pickup truck and an auto near the peninsula town. The pickup driven by Warren P Hamilton 423 Los Altos was without lights and in the wrong lane. The nurses named Dolores MacGoudreau Hayward Lois M Wirwa Helen Patricia Wilkinson Shirley Jane Onetti all San Francisco and Nancy Joan Sullivan Roseburg were killed along with all occupants of the auto. Highway Patrol said Hamilton was driving southbound in the northbound lane and the collision occurred instantly killing all.
Oswald D. Heck who served as Assembly speaker since 1937 died at 57. Republican leaders praised his vision integrity and leadership shaping New York governance and social progress. Democratic voices and Acting Gov Wilson mourned the loss describing him as a devoted public servant and a champion of individual dignity.
Schenectady native Umwald D. Heck former speaker of the New York State Assembly died at Ellis Hospital after an acute coronary attack. He was 57 and had led the Assembly from 1937 to 1960, influencing tax policy and Rockefeller era politics. He is survived by his widow Beulah Slocum and two children, Peter and Penny.
A storm line swept through Galveston Texas and along the Mexican border with winds of 87 mph, sinking a fishing vessel and grounding a tanker. Two Galveston fishermen were missing. Damage spread to Carrizo Springs and the Andrew Jackson home. Floods hit Kankakee Illinois with 442 inches of rain totals and evacuations by boat. More thunderstorms threatened the region as far east as Nebraska Iowa and Illinois.
About 37 500 New York State college graduates in June are expected to find higher pay and more opportunities than the Class of 1958. Rensselaer reports 95 percent of grads have jobs with starting salaries up to 500 a month while Union College notes engineers earning 428 to 575 a month. Cornell foresees a very good year with a high demand for engineers and strong bank recruitment, though Columbia cautions that opportunities will favor engineers and business majors. Teachers face steady openings in rural areas with an average starting salary around 4300. 6500 teachers will enter the field. The State Civil Service reports fewer students taking state service tests.
Paul Kelly 11 and Edward 4 were found dead in an unused basement refrigerator. Pauline, 16, discovered them after reporting they were missing at dinner time. The family says the boys disappeared while playing near Lincoln Park.
Air Force retrieved a small nose cone from a Thor-Able rocket six thousand miles down the Atlantic. Recovery occurred four hours after launch near Ascension Island as a Vanguard stage plus Thor-Able combo delivered the cone. This marked the second successful recovery after prior attempts and follows earlier unsuccessful trips.
A bakery truck and a station wagon style school bus collided in The Bronx. The truck driver Frank i burn 47 of Hartsdale was killed. Seven children ages 7 to 15 were injured and taken to Jacobi Hospital along with the bus driver. One child was rushed to surgery.
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a pact among six airlines American Capital Eastern Pan American TWA and United to aid each other financially when strikes disrupt service. The board ordered removal of a provision requiring routed traffic to other pact airlines, finding it nonessential to the plan and not in the public interest.
Montreal Gazette business editor Guy Cun liffe aged 535 and longtime newspaper staffer died in a city hospital today after a 35 year career with the paper and four other newspapermen.
Inside reference list shows sections for Bridge classifieds on page 4 and sports coverage on pages 24 to 25, with Fulton and Phoenix highlighted on page 4. The snippet directs readers to specific pages for classified bridge items and sports reports.
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