Minnesota Man Wins Burlington Liars Club Title
Lau Powers of Ortonville Minnesota wins the Burlington Liars Club world championship for 1958 after a winter tale built on extreme cold. Hulett, club president, notes the humor in regional exaggerations and mocks Alaska and Texas while honoring other entrants from Marshall Texas and Waynesburg Pennsylvania with light anecdotes and playful boasts.
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Minnesota
Burlington Liars Club
Lau Powers
Ortonville
Power
Q.¢. Hulett
Alaska
Hulett
Texas
Mystery Murder Trial Echoes Ventura Case
A Ventura murder case unfolds with two men Luis Moya and Augustine Baldonado confessing to involvement. Olga, five months pregnant, was killed after Mrs. Duncan allegedly offered 6000 dollars to a killer. Victim found December 26 near Casitas Dam with death from suffocation and possible burial alive. Suspects to be arraigned in Ventura.
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Luis Moya
Augustine Baldonado
Tuscan
Olga
Casitas Dam
Ventura County
Mayaland Haldonado
Ventura
Here
Mupczyk
Los Angeles
Benito
Manitoba
Canada
Showdown Looms in Cuba Civil War
Rebels claim two-thirds of Yamaguey province and Palma, Soriano, seize key highway point. They report 600 government casualties with 286 prisoners taken while promising a provisional republic led by Manuel Urrutia. Ousting Batista aids are alleged to come from Latin American dictatorships and possibly U S intervention via the OAS.
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Yamaguey
Oriente
Lag Villas
Manuel Urrutia
United States
Batista
Continuean Republic
Nicamaguelong
United
Cuba
Organization of American States
Palma
Soriano
Betiyern Hayama
Santiago
State's New First Lady Plans Move to Executive Mansion
The upcoming first lady Mrs. Edmund G. Brown prepares to move to California's Executive Mansion on January 5. The guide for the ceremony is Mrs. Coodwhy Painter, a 98 year old resident whose long life touches historical calendars and Canadian prints. Mrs. Brown's first visit to the mansion since her husband took office in November marks a notable transition for the state’s executive household.
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Sacramento
Callifornia
Edmund G. Brown
Coodwhy J.painter
Toronto
John David
Kelly
Lie Mansion
Brown
Knight
Los Angeles
Nab Painter in Trunk Killing Case
San Francisco police hold Edward Douglas Brindle a 36 year old San Diego house painter who allegedly killed Riverside woman Geneva Strickland and hid her body in the trunk of her car near San Bernardino Brindle’s account claims he hid under a bed, confronted the man with the slain woman and fled to San Francisco where he used an alias Eddy St hotel registration triggering police inquiry.
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Ban Francisco
San Diego
Riverside
San Bernardino
Riverside Police
John O'Haire
Edward Douglas Brindle
Brindle
Geneva Stuckland
Cily Sanitation
O'Haire
Eddy St
Willie Smith
10Th St
37Th St
Walnut Ave
Cevella Ratte
San Anselme Ave
Ratte
Seaside Hospital
Ina Marshall
Clark Ave
Seaside
Eisenhower Proclaims 1959 Lincoln Sesquicentennial Year
President Eisenhower officially proclaims 1959 as Abraham Lincoln Sesquicentennial Year urging Americans to observe the year with activities and ceremonies and rededication to Lincoln's ideals of government.
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Uettysburg
Fa Uth
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Knowland Inches Toward Resigning Amid Alaska Statehood Talk
A Washington source close to Senator Knowland suggested an imminent resignation as a way to open his seat. If Knowland quit, Governor Knight could appoint Engle to gain seniority and block Democratic gains, a move seen alongside possible Alaska statehood and its impact on new Senate appointments.
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Washington
Knowwland
Alondoy
Knowland
Gay
Sen
Knoiwland
Senate
Democrat Enfile
Classified Ad Help Line Message
Classifieds ad writing tip appears in a compact notice urging readers to save time by using ad services. It provides a phone number HPE2 5959 for assistance and suggests daily problem solving through advertisements. The fragment signals a local classifieds prompt.
Romance of Duke of Kent and Peer's Daughter Rumor Flys
A Yorkshire village buzzes over a reported romance between the Duke of Kent and Katherine Worsley, daughter of Sir William Worsley. The pair reportedly met at Hoyngham Hall after the Duke, home from Germany, secretly traveled 250 miles to see her. They spent two days at the Worsley estate before the Duke returned to his regiment. Villagers declare the couple in love, while Katharine’s family remains silent.
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Tovimngifam
Duke
Sandringham
Katherine
Worskey
Kate
Market Chain Cuts Coffee Price
New York UPI reports Food Fair suprimarkets, a chain operating from Maryland in Connecticut, reduced vacuum packed nationally branded coffee by 2 cents per pound. The chain also cut 6 cents from 6 ounce tins of all national brands.
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UPI
Food Fair Suprimarkets
Maryland
Connecticut
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Gencoe Dist CO
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Tor
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Peer
Market Chain
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Carl's Furniture & Canpet
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Pam
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Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
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