French Dam Collapse Claims Hundreds in Frantic Rescue
A massive failure at the Malpasset Dam released a deadly torrent into the Regran River Valley near Frejus France killing at least 184 with 160 missing. The 185 foot dam unleashed five days of rain boosted floodwaters that swept homes trains and lines of bodies through the 4 mile wide valley near Cannes shocking the region.
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Frejus
France
Regran
French River
Millianne
Tame AF Sermtan
Cannes
Julius Caesar
B.C
Payola Edict Ordered US Radio and TV Stations to Report
The FCC ordered all 9,236 broadcasting stations to report any payola practices in the past year. Sworn statements are due by January 4 covering operations since November 1, 1958. The measure seeks to uncover sneaky paid plugs and reveal internal controls on payments to staff and associates.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Standard Radio
FMC
The
Communications Commission
United States
Mickey Cohen Faces Rookie Death Charge in Restaurant Killing
Ex mobster Mickey Cohen, 46, was booked on suspicion of murder after discrepancies in his statements about the Rondelli's killing of underworld figure Jack Whalen in Sherman Oaks. Police cite a torn note from a loan seeker and a crowded scene with two dozen present at the Ventura Boulevard restaurant.
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Mickey Cohen
Sherman Oaks
Exmobster
Jack Whalen
Jack O'Hara
Bookie
Whalen
Rondelli
Ventura Bind
Cohen
Dan Crew
J. C. Newell
Southland
Phillip Packer
Rondelli's
William H
Margarethe Bertelson Crowned Pasadena Queen of Roses
Margarethe Bertelson, 18, chosen by Pasadena City College coeds as 1960 Queen of the Tournament of Roses, will bow tonight at the Participants Dinner and appear publicly tomorrow at the Queen’s Breakfast. She is a PCC sociology major born in Minneapolis with Danish English Scottish Welsh heritage, active in choirs, church, and hospital volunteering. Her mother, Mrs Frances Bertelson, is widow for nearly a decade and works for Shepard & Morgan in San Marino.
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Queen Margarethe
Royal Court of
Pasadena City College
Margarethe Bertelson
Margretta
University Club
Huntington-Sheraton Hotel
Margarethe
Pasadena
Gleeson L. Payne
S. Grand Oaks Ave
Fes
Payne
Frances R. Bertelson
Her
Minneapolis
Minn
A Capella
PCC
Oneonta Congregational Church
South Pasadena
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Queen Mother
Shepard & Morgan, Builders
San Marino
Richard Softys
Chaplin Welcomes Seventh Child Daughter in Lausanne
Oona O'Neill Chaplin gave birth to a girl at Montchoisi Clinic in Lausanne today. She is Charlie Chaplin's wife and the couple's seventh child. Chaplin rushed from his hillside villa, about 15 miles away, by taxi to the clinic arriving in time for the eight pound one half ounce newborn.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
UPI
Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Montchooisi
Chaplin
Syracuse UCLA Battle Looms for Unbeaten Title Run
Syracuse, a 13 point favorite to win the national college title, arrives in Southland for Saturday’s showdown with UCLA at the Memorial Coliseum. Also features a Vatican sketch by Frank Bartholomew and Eisenhower world tour stops.
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Syracuse
Southland
UCLA
Memorial Coliseum
Vatican
Eisenhower
Frank Bartholomew
United Press International
Enrollment Record Sets U.S. College Totals
Enrollment in the nations colleges and universities reached a record 3 402 297 for the 1959 60 academic year start. The rise of 143 741 or 44 percent from 1958 marked the eighth straight year of growth with 2 173 797 men and 1 228 500 women enrolled.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
Autos Collide in Fog Injuring 28 in Garden State Park Way
Sayreville New Jersey police report more than 25 cars were involved in a chain of accidents on a foggy Garden State Parkway. Twenty eight people were injured with two in critical condition.
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Sayreville
N. J
Ipi
Garden State Parkway
Brazilian Airline Plane Hijacked Reported
A four engine Brazilian Airline passenger plane was hijacked today according to a military spokesman. Passengers and crew were dumped at an emergency landing field hundreds of miles off course as the incident unfolds.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Benson to undergo gall bladder removal at Walter Reed
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T Benson will have gall bladder surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after entering the hospital last night. A spokesman said the operation is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Benson
Wington
UPI
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T Benson
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower Heads Peace Mission Talks With Advisers
President Eisenhower met with his top military and diplomatic advisers at 9 a.m. to discuss a forthcoming peace mission along the perimeter of Russia before his departure tonight. The National Security Council convened for the briefing with Secretary of State and other officials.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
National Security Council
Eisenhower to address nation before Europe Asia trip
President Eisenhower will televise and radio broadcast a pretrip speech from Andrews Air Force Base. The address outlines his plans for a 22 370 mile journey to 11 nations and urges Americans to unite on economic policy to preserve peace through strength. He departs tonight for Rome amid a steel strike impasse.
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Eisenhower
Europe
Asia
KABC
KFI
KMPC
KNX
KLAC
Christian A. Herter
Free World
Andrews Air Force Base
Rome
Pasadena
Break in Steel Strike Talks Signals Possible Union Move
Steelworkers President David J. McDonald pledged to reveal a new union move toward settling the steel dispute after President Eisenhower's nationwide radio and TV address. Industry negotiator R. Conrad Cooper said the latest offer may not be final and left open the possibility of a new industry proposal before a government poll in mid January if no agreement is reached.
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Washington
ITI —Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Eisenhower
Pat
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
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