New Orleans Item Ends After Year of Turbulence
The New Orleans Item ceased publication after a turbulent year, selling its assets to Times-Picayune Publishing Co. for 3.4 million dollars in July and merging with the afternoon Times-Picayune and States. Publisher David Stern cited rising costs, unions, and ad revenue shifts as key factors in the collapse.
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Times-Picayune Publishing Co
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Times-Picayune
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Times- Picayune Publishing Co
52 Million AF Pact Goes to Boeing for KC135A
The Boeing Airplane Co. of Seattle was awarded a $52 million Air Materiel Command contract at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The agreement covers spare parts ground support equipment and data for the four-jet KC135A aerial refueling aircraft.
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108-Year-Old Man Has Six Teeth Pulled in Texas
Quirino Ramirez, a 108-year-old resident of Har gill, Texas, sought relief from persistent toothache by visiting Dr. E. G. Garza in McAllen. After a prior incident, he returned Friday to have six remaining teeth extracted, completing the procedure.
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Food Poisoning Strikes 50 at White Sox Yankee Game
About 50 of 400 attendees at a Comiskey Park game were sickened by suspected food poisoning after dinners served by a private catering firm for Illinois Bell Tele phone Co. employees and spouses. Forty-one hospitalized, others released. health officials and inspectors investigating food samples and sources.
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Burns Own Car Sparks Arson Charge in Georgia
Sanford Smith, 20, told police his car gave him nothing but trouble so he doused it with gasoline and tossed a lighted match on it. He was booked for arson in Danville Georgia.
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Marian Congress Opens at Lourdes in France
Thousands attend the Marian Congress in Lourdes as church leaders from Cardinal Tisserant to Pope Pius XII in Rome join the centenary year events. Masses, processions, and an anticipated torchlight finale mark five days of devotion to Mary and Bernadette Soubirous.
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Car Talks Stretch Into Weekend Amid Auto Labor Talks
Detroit unions and Chrysler Ford wage talks extend into the weekend as UAW presses for better layoff pay pensions and transfer rights while a Ford deadline looms. President Walter Reuther vows to stay with Ford through negotiations and potential strike as GM talks resume Monday.
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Concert Program by Municipal Band in Lincoln Park
Concert program for September 14 at Lincoln Park features the Municipal Band with soloists Robert Ewere and Albert W, guest solitar Mare In Orbit, and selections including Der Freixchnte and The Merchant of Venice paraphrase.
Robbery note targets bank manager Kalota
Valpey, 30, delivered a note to Leo Kalota demanding 12000 in hundreds and threatening a bottle of nitroglycerin and a loaded gun in a briefcase. Kalota alerted his secretary, police arrived, Valpey was held on an attempted robber charge.
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Leo Kalota
Ewcalota
Teamsters Vote On Strike Settlement Amid Wage Parity Push
San Francisco reports Teamsters locals in California and the West move to ratify a long negotiated settlement ending a 24 day long-term trucking strike. The pact covers wage boosts of 10 cents an hour in 1959 and 1960 plus fringe benefits, with separate local pickup and delivery agreements to follow in nine regions. The vote tabulation is set in San Francisco over Monday and Tuesday.
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Bay Area
Einar OQ. Mohn
Teamsters Western Conference
Jand Robert Cutler
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30-Footer Bumps Killer Whale Escapes With Life
Monterey report tells of diver John E. Fletcher who slipped into the jaws of a 30 foot killer whale or white shark near a Monterey coast cavern Friday. He and three companions fled to a boat as warning shouts rose from the beach crowd and saved their lives.
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John E. Fletcher
San Leandro
Hair Expert R O Kelly Schedules Free Exam in Long Beach
Phoenix spreads word of R O Kelly, anti baldness crusader, visiting Lafayette Hotel Long Beach on Sunday September 14 from 10 AM to 7 PM. He promises free scalp examinations with no obligation, touts home treatment, and claims a completed satisfaction guarantee.
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Lafayette Hotel
Kelly
R. O. Kelly
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U. S
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America
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R. C. Kelly
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