Second generation stars flock to Broadway stage
Children of fame push into spotlight on Broadway with Jane Fonda and James MacArthur in Invitation to a March. Gail Jones and Risa Schwartz debut in Yarmouth and The Tenth Man while Andrew Ray Billy Dee Williams rise in A Taste of Honey and other scions join Little Moon of Albany and more.
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William Glover
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Children of Fame
Broadway
Spotlight
Jane Fonda
Henry
James MacArthur
Helen Hayes
Gail Jones
Lena Horne
New York
Yarmouth
Risa Schwartz
Maurice Schwartz
Andrew Ray
Teds
Billy Dee Williams
Michael Lewis
Helena Carroll
Leland
Henry Fonda
Peter
Actors Equity
Alain Monteux
Boston Symphony
Pierre Monteux
Tony Perkins
Gloria DeHaven
Nancy Walker
Eddie Foy
Jason Robards Jr
Paroled lifer weds former teen sweetheart in Thanksgiving ceremony
Paul N Dwyer 41 a paroled lifer who served 22 years for the 1937 murder of Dr James G Littlefield wed Caroline Pinkos 40 who had dated him as a teenager The ceremony in Maine followed Dwyers parole board approval earlier in the month The Rev James H Burns of Boston officiated his Sunday school teacher in Nebron in 1927 The quiet wedding drew 30 guests including Dwyers mother and Pinkos three daughters from a prior marriage Carroll the co defendant in the Littlefield case died six years after being freed in 1950
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Norway, Maine
Paul N. Dwyer
Caroline Pinkos
Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
Paris
State Parole Board
James H. Burns
Boston
Nebron
Burns
Massachusetts Council of Churches
Jessie Mann
Worcester
Mass
Pinkos
Lorraine Conley
Portland
Pamela
Cheryl
Francis M. Carroll
Maine
Carroll
Littlefield
Creeping Hose Sends 20 Feet Down Gopher Hole
In Kailua Hawaii Rickey Sheets ten attempted to pull a garden hose from a gopher hole. The hose disappeared with 20 feet vanished by morning leaving only a three foot stub above ground. Physicist Iwao Miyake of the University of Hawaii called the incident hydraulic excavation and noted water loosened sand allowing the hose to sink deeper.
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Kailua
Hawaii
Rickey Sheets
Merle Sheets
Rickey
Sheets
Iwao Miyake
University of Hawaii
Giant bowling center expands to 112 lanes in long Edison building
In Edison New Jersey a massive bowling center has grown to 112 lanes housed in a building described as one eighth of a mile long. Mechanics use bicycles to patrol the pin-setting equipment located in the rear of the alleys.
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Edison
N. J
Pan Am Tower rises above Grand Central in New York
Erwin Wolfson leads English American financing to build Pan Am Tower, a 59 story octagon atop a 10 story base. The $100 million project over Grand Central requires complex civil work under 123 rail tracks serving 180,000 daily commuters, with underground foundations and phased railroad track closures through March 15.
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Charles Stafford
Register City
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Erwin
Wolfson
and Diesel Construction Co
Pan Am
Manhattan
Grand Central
Park Avenue
Fic
Ung
Upper England
Midwest
Crossfield bids spaceflight with final X-15 test
Edwards AFB Calif AP Test pilot Scott Crossfield completed his last X-15 flight as engineers plan a future rocket ship ride boosted by an Atlas missile. The seven minute test reached about 60,000 feet and 1,900 mph with the 57,000 pound thrust engine. Crossfield hopes to pilot a space-capable X-15 variant and join the project soon as colleagues prepare for upper atmosphere exploration next year.
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North American, Aviation, Inc
Crossfield
Juvenile Crime Increase Slight in 1959
Washington AP report says juvenile delinquency court cases rose 2 percent in 1959, the smallest yearly rise in a decade, with FBI data showing a 4 percent rise in juvenile arrests. Urban courts declined 2 percent while semi urban and rural courts rose 7 and 15 percent respectively.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
Bureau
FBI
Yule Recording Sent To Red-Held Airman
Connie McKone records Christmas messages in Topeka for Capt. John R. McKone one of two U S Air Force fliers imprisoned by the Soviets. The RB-47 downed crew member and his family exchange songs and greetings as hope for his return remains.
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Topeka
Kan
John R. McKone
Connie McKone
Waynesburg College Caper Triggers Tear Gas Near Riot
Waynesburg Pennsylvania police used tear gas to break up a near riot as students dragged two peers from under the Community Christmas tree in sub freezing weather. About 200 spectators watched as six state police and deputies intervened. Eighteen students were jailed for four hours, fined ten dollars and released after apologizing.
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Waynesburg, Pa
Waynesburg College
Udall, Former Arizona Cage Star, Named Secretary
Stewart Lee Udall, once a noted University of Arizona basketball player, is set to become Secretary of the Interior. A 169-pound guard from St Johns born January 31, 1920, he served in World War II and later led a Tucson law firm with his brother Morris. Udall will be the first Arizonan in a Cabinet post, bringing familiarity with Indian reservations and reclamation projects to the role.
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Tucson
Uriz
Stewart Lee Udall
University of Arizona
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Arizona
Udall
Interior Department
St. Johns
Levi S. Udall
Arizona Supreme Court
Eastern Arizona
Air Force
New York
Madison Square Garden
Stewart
Morris
Boston Latin Band Asked to Play at Kennedy Inauguration
The cadet band from Boston Latin School has been invited to represent Massachusetts in Kennedy's inaugural parade. Boston officials will honor Joseph P. Kennedy's request for the band to participate. Kennedy, father of the president-elect and former U S ambassador to the Court of St James, is a Latin School alumnus. The school dates to 1635, a year before Harvard.
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Boston
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Boston Latin School
U. S
Court of ‘of St. James
Harvard College
Savanna seniors aid tornado victims in Wilburton
Savanna High School seniors redirected funds saved for their annual trip to Wilburton Oklahoma to aid tornado victims. The group organized donations and coordinated relief efforts through local channels, reflecting community spirit amid disaster.
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Savanna, Okla
Savanna High School
Ihit Wilburton
Okla
Funeral notices from Beckley areaObits
Multiple funeral announcements from Rose and Quesenberry and Webb & Neal Funeral Homes list Lilie Belle Bailey John S Lilly Alfred of Lanark Wallace Duxbury with service times and burial sites. Also notices for lost and found items and pet and holiday gift ads feature local addresses and contact numbers.
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Bailey Bailey
Lilie Belle
Laren Avenue
Quesenberry
South Kanawha Street
Rose and Quesenberry Peace
Everett R. Shafer
Lilly
John S
East Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Rev. L. L. Reckart
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry
Southen Street
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Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
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Vance Drive
Kingdom Hall
Hartley Avenue
Cotty Stull
Landisburg
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Duxbury
Wallace
Reservoir Road
Keyser - Bryant Funeral Home
Johnstown Road
J. W. Witherspoon
Hillside Cemetery
Thomaston
Dias Floral CO
City Ave
Poinsettias
Webb’s
Kanawha
Crab Orchard
Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Prince Street
Ad. Beckley Newspapers
Dial
Sander
Montgomery Ward
Edger
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Buckley Photo Service
Church Street
N. Fayette St
Prom
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Wrights
Lovitz Television
MacArthur, W. Va
Abco Electronics Radio & TV
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Jennings Radio & TV
MacArthur
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Lstead
WARDS
Montgomery Ward Beckley
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc. Radio & TV
Prince St
Lilly’s Sanitation
John W. Eye
West
Neville St
Crab Orchard Ph
Stotesbury
Sophia
Alex Fralin
Charles Moody
M. K. Niday
Campbell Music Co
Electrolux
Electrolux Corp
Jim Green
Gene Riffe
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Tommy Reed
E. E. Hartzog
Surveyor
J. C. Spence
Twin Oaks Country Club
Billy Clarke
C & Tree Surgeons
Princeton
Beckley Newspapers
A. L. Morgan
Glen Morgan
Marcia Persinger King
National Guild of Piano
Chi Chi's Grill
Charleston
Shoney
Shoney's
Tohursday
West Main Street
Shoney’ S
Rev. Moore
Apson
Grove Avenue
Wyoming
Logan
P. O
Fairlea
West Virginia
Joy Manufacturing
LaNoise
Mullens
Care
R. L. and
J. H. Stinson
Dan Cox
Meadow Bridge
Earle Bransford
Lewisburg
Fotos & Co
Tony's
Dept. of Agriculture
Mann
Dry Hill
Roao Burgess
Box
Rock Creek
Tony
S&h
Super Ma Market
Skelton
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Beckley Newspapers Corp
F.H.A
Nickie
End Valley Drive
Money
Rious An Maphogany
Best Furniture Company
South Fayette
Chord Crees Magnus
Valley Drive
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St. Ph
Airco Electric
Bendix
New Yorker
H.P
Philco
Remington
Klaus Office
McCreery St
K. M. Walker
Zenith TV
Zenith
Prince St. Ph. CL
Red Outlet
South Kaneehet Street
Jan Campbell Music Co
Halstead
Eration CO. Ph
J. W. Huddle
Clyde Street
Electrol Corp
Pioneer
Jack’s Trading Post
Raleigh Rd
Douglas T. Bryant
Paul E. Craven
Johnstown R. PA
Soho Rose
Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Kanawha Street
Oda
Williams Funeral Home
R. H. Neal
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