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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1959
Page
2
Fifteen-year-old Robert Colesland cried as he faced a judge after being accused of stabbing another boy to death in an incident linked to a dispute over rock and roll records. He was charged with first degree murder and the hearing was postponed to allow legal counsel.
Hollywood actress Penny Singleton known as Blondie resists a request for resignation from the American Guild of Variety Artists executive board. She says she will let AGVA members decide who is right, opposing administrator Jackie Bright. Dispute arose at a Washington convention over investing 350000 of guild funds in a home for aged guild members at South Fallsburg, New York.
Dr Wernher von Braun outlined a Saturn booster rocket planned by the United States with 14 million pounds of thrust. He said it aims to put a manned rocket on the moon, surpassing Soviet efforts, while warning against complacency as both nations pursue space milestones. The remarks were made to about 10,000 Rotary International members in New York.
New York reports indicate 59 year old former Federal Trade Commission official died after plunging from a ninth floor hotel parapet near Manhattan’s 43rd Street. A Washington DC associate said he had attended an agency hearing before his death. Officers found no notes on his person. He had arrived Monday to conduct hearings in a Veterans Administration facility exchange. The fall occurred around 6 30 a m. His body was found in pajama trousers. The incident remains under investigation.
Aga Khan IV donates fifty thousand dollars to Harvard to create a ten year scholarship program for Ismaili Muslim students from Pakistan and the Middle East region. Harvard plans to add forty eight thousand to reach a total around one hundred thousand dollars. The gift supports study of Middle Eastern and Asian affairs and aims to expand access for regional students.
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