Tropical Storm Arlene Aims at Louisiana Coast
The season's first tropical storm Arlene moved from the Gulf toward the Louisiana coast with 50 mph winds. It was about 150 miles south of New Orleans, moving northwest at 15 mph as squalls strengthened along Louisiana and Mississippi coasts. Warnings extended from Sabine Texas to St. Marks Florida, with tides two to four feet higher than normal and uncertain landfall location.
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New Orleans
Upi
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Arlene
Mississippi
Gulf
Sabine
Tex
St. Marks
Fla
Cameron
Audrey
Boy 10 Recounts Drowning Incident To Priest
A 10 year old boy told Rev. Robert H. Fennessy of Holy Cross Church in Greece New York how he watched his friend Tommy Williams drown in the Genesee River near a pier. He said he shouted but two rowboat men did not hear him and two fishermen on shore did not respond. The victim was the son of Mr and Mrs James R Williams and his body was found near the water.
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Greece
N. Y
Genesee
Frank Peppers
Jold
Robert H. Fennessy
Holy Cross Chargh
Tommy Williams
Lake Ontario
Tommy
Frank
Father Fenness
James R. Williams
Library Dome Sound, Says Constructor, 76
Albany reporter recalls Garfield C. Gamble, 76, who supervised the 1911 construction of the State Library dome. He asserts the dome remains sound and explains the recent plaster fall resulted from non original workmen and lighting fixtures. He warns no collapse danger and trains state workers on repairs.
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Albany Um
Garfield C. Gamble
State Library
Education Department
Gamble
State Public Works Department
Tie
Gramble
Washington
DLC
Memorial Day Observances Honor Nation's War Dead
Nationwide ceremonies mark the 91st Memorial Day with services at Arlington and national cemeteries. Veterans, Daughters groups, and Honolulu events honor 1,128,393 Americans killed in five major wars, with graves at Punchbowl and the Arizona memorial.
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Associated Press
America
Pacific
Hawaii
Alaska
Rindge
N. H
Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of Union
Congress
Arlington National Cemetery
Sumner G. Whittier
Honolulu
U. S. Navy
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Flower
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Dulles Leaves Bulk of Estate to His Widow
John Foster Dulles left the bulk of his estate to his widow Janet Avery Dulles in a will filed in Surrogate's Court. Dulles died May 24 of cancer, leaving more than a quarter of a million dollars in specific bequests while the overall total remains undetermined. The trust benefits go to Janet until her death, then income supports daughter Lillian Dulles Henshaw, with $10,000 outright, and son John Watson Dulles receives $100,000 plus other bequests. Three sisters receive $10,000 each.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Mains
Asso-Elates
Dulles
Avery Dulles
Sullivan and Cromwell
Janet Avery Dules
Lillian Dulles Henshaw
John Watson Dulles
Margaret Edwards
Rye
Eleanor Dulles
McLean
Nataline Seymour
Utica
Hyndman Wins Dramatic 38-Hole Overtime Match
England’s Bill Hyndman defeated Lt. Bob Magee in an 38-hole overtime thriller at Abington to reach the British Amateur final, where he faces Deane Reman after Reman crushed England’s Guy Wols tertholme 5 and 4.
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Sandwich
England
Bill Hyndman
Abington
Bob Magee
Newton
Mass
Deane Reman
Reman
Silver Spring
Guy Wolstertholme
Barbara LN Hospital Condition Serious in Apalachin Figure
John Barbara Sr., host of the Apalachin gangland convention, was admitted to Wilson Memorial Hospital today in serious condition. Doctors did not disclose the reason immediately, though Barbara has a history of heart attacks. His physician Dr Louis R Borelli ordered the commitment as investigators press for testimony before the State Investigation Commission.
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Barbara LN Hospital
Johnson City
Joseph Barbara Sr
Wilson Memorial Hospital
Barbara
Apalachin
Louis R. Borelli
State Supreme Court
State Investigation Commission
Sobb Found Innocent In Motel Slaying Case
An all male jury acquitted Joseph J. Sobb Jr. of first degree murder in the iron pipe death of George Fisher at a North Syracuse motel. Joann Wilson, 22, co defendant, pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter and faces sentencing. Wilson testified about the motel room encounter days before the killing.
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Rochest&r
Syracuse
Joseph J. Sobb Jr
Monroe County
George Fisher
Fisher
Troon Lobbs
Joann Wilson
Mays
June Ty
Warm Humid For Memorial Day Across Regions
Mostly warm and sunny Memorial Day is forecast for the western United States and from the Appalachians to the Atlantic. The Weather Bureau revised outlook warns tropical storm Arlene could bring rains or squalls through the middle of the country. Some thunderstoms may occur in the East and Rockies with showers in the Northwest. warm humid weather to persist in the Midwest and East.
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Washington
United States
Appalachians
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Seaboard
Arlene
Mississippi Valley
Gulf States
Central Plains
mid-Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
East
Rockies
Northwest Mountains
Continental Divide
Northern Plains
Midwest
Judge stays hospital strikers jail for union officials
An appeals judge temporarily stays a 15 day jail sentence for two hospital strike union officials in New York. Leon J. Davis president of Local 1199 Retail Drug Employees Union and George Goodman business agent were sentenced last Monday. actual jailing was postponed by agreement between hospital and union lawyers.
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New York
Leon J. Davis
Tacal
Unnion
George Goodman
Admiral's Son and Five Middies To Join Army
Admiral E T Woolridge's son and five other Navy Academy graduates will leave the academy next week to join the U S Army. They cite no water affinity and prefer Army service, with three others named Paul Keefe Arthur Emerson John Rourke Michael Cronin and James Tritz among the midshipmen making the switch.
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Annapolls
U. S. Army
Marshall H. Woolridge
Bethesda
E. Tyler Woolridge
Paul F. Keefe
Baltimore
Arthur Emerson
Coke
John M. Rourke
Springfield
Michael Joseph Cronin
Red Bank
N. J
James W. Tritz
Humboldt
S. D
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Army
Flying Saucer Eyed by Army
The Army develops a new flying saucer named the Avrocar, part of a ground cushion vehicle family. It rises inches off the ground via downward air blasts, potentially replacing light troops carriers and some tanks. Brig Gen Britton notes secrecy may fuel speculation about flying saucers.
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Washington
Army
F. W W. Britton
Army Research Office
Trooper Fails to Save Choking Infant in New Jersey
A 9 month old, Barrell Carter, son of Airman William Carter of Slempstead, N.Y., began choking in a Turnpike parkng lot. Trooper Ralph Mead attempted revival for 15 minutes but the infant suffocated, due to pneumonia complications, according to an Middlesex County medical examiner.
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East Brunswick
N. J Pi
Barrell Carter
William Carter
Slempstead
N.Y
New Jersey Turnpike
Ralph Mead
Middlesex County
Explosion at Fire Works Plant West of Tokyo Kills Two
An explosion at a fireworks plant 120 miles west of Tokyo killed two people and injured 143 others with 13 in serious condition. Seventeen are missing, police report. Most injured were schoolchildren rushed into a fence by the blast during calisthenics.
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Tokyo
Sky Session Raises Hopes Of Western Big Four Envoys
Western foreign ministers from the Big Four began secret talks on German issues during a sky session on a transatlantic flight from Washington to Geneva. Early reports said no real progress yet, but officials hope a formula may emerge in the next 10 days or two weeks.
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Sky
John M. Hightower
Geneva
Washington
East
West Germany
Palace of Nations
U. S. Air Force
Christian A. Herter
Andrei A. Gromyko
Lloyd
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
Cointrin
Herter
Gromyko
Andrew H. Berding
Space Monkeys to Meet Press in Washington Conference
Able and Baker, famed space monkeys, fly to Washington for a Saturday press conference. They endured 9 minutes of gravity loss and a fiery reentry in a Jupiter missile test near Cape Canaveral. Monkeys weighed seven pounds and one pound respectively, with precise instrument readings guiding space travel insights.
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Cape Canaveral Missile Base
Monkey Able
Monkey Baker
U.S. Army
Washington
Able
Baker
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Antigua
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Dress Critics Push Teacher to Burlesque Turn
Patricia Carruthers, a Minneapolis native and former junior high teacher, quit after school officials complained about her dress. Now performing under the name Patti White at an El Rancho Club in Los Angeles, she says the switch was driven by constant criticism and a desire to act. She models nude acts within legal limits, and she prefers burlesque to teaching for its freedom and lack of public dress scrutiny.
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Hollywood JP
Peeler
Minneapolis
Patrica Ann Carruthers
University of Minnesota
el Rancho
Los Angeles
Patti White
Teading
Abbott Faces Tax Debt After Abbott and Costello Fame
Bud Abbott says he is broke and in debt to the government, selling his Ojai ranch and his share of Abbott and Costello films to satisfy tax arrears. He compares his fate to Joe Louis, noting penalties, interest, and ongoing collection actions after IRS inquiries into past earnings and capital gains.
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Hollywood
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Abbott
Costello
Joe Louis
Joe Lows
Internal Revenue Service
Abbot
Ojai
Califranch
Abbott and Costello Pictures
University International
Reluctant globe trotter sails vows to spend travel fund
A widow from South Africa named Adelaide Young arrived in Southampton to fulfill a 6000 pound grant donated by an old friend, requiring her to travel the world within ten years. She plans five months of tours in England and Scotland, then Europe, with possible Australia and United States trips, while preferring to stay home.
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Southampton
England
Ops
South Africa
Adelaide Young
Francis Melville
Fuerope
Australia
United States
Employment Up in State Sees Seasonal Job Rise
The State Labor Department reports employment at 95,928,000 last month, up 30,000 from March and 37,000 from April 1958. Industrial Commissioner Martin P. Catherwood cites seasonal upturns in construction, trade, financial and service sectors as the cause, with a 33,000 rise Upstate and a 3,000 decline in New York City due to clothing industry cutbacks.
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Albany
State Labor Department
Martin P. Catherwood
New York City
Catherwood
Truck Trailer Fire Delays Thruway Traffic Near Hamburg
A tractor trailer fire caused by a flat tire halted eastbound Thruway traffic for about three miles near Hamburg, Buffalo area. The blaze spread from the tire to the trailer and cargo before three fire companies doused it.
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Hamburg
N.Y
Buffalo
Mamie Eisenhower Hosts Garden Party For Aged and Blind
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower hosted a White House garden party for 514 residents from local homes for the aged and the blind. Guests, many 65 to over 90, were greeted with smiles, handshakes, and a kiss from Mrs. Eisenhower. Some used wheelchairs or crutches, some were blind, yet all enjoyed refreshments and Marine Corps band music under a hot 90 degree day.
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Washington WD
Mamie Eisenhower
White House
Marine Corps
110 Killed in Indonesian Train Derailment
WPI News reports that 110 persons were killed in a derailment of an express train in the Tasikmalaya mountains of western Java. The tragedy occurred as the train traveled through the region, with authorities seeking to determine the causes and scope of the disaster.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
WPI
Tasikmalaya
Java
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