Lincoln remembered in joint session on 150th anniversary tribute
Carl Sandburg, historian, praised Abraham Lincoln as hard as rock and soft as fog during a congressional memorial marking Lincoln’s birth. Fredric March read Gettysburg Address. Army band played. justice leaders and Cabinet members attended. Sandburg recalled the 1865 death events as bells sobbed and cities wept.
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Fredric March
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Train Derailment Near Baltimore Wounds 30
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train traveling from Washington to New York derailed about ten miles east of Baltimore at speed. Thirty-two taken to hospitals, thirty remaining with minor injuries. Rail spread disputed. switch damaged. tracks blocked. Passengers aided, carriages scattered, wreckage stretched a mile. Train left wreck area at 10:06 a.m.
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New York
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Wilmington
Del
Julia Nizisiek
Middle River
Atlantic Coast Line
T L. Winsey
Essex
Editorial Page Highlights in Today's Features Styles
The page previews current feature styles for dogs and invites readers to explore the editorial section. It also includes an assessment of Mr Lincoln on Gill and notes the 13901st anniversary of his birth.
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Gill
1800 TWU Walkout Hits PanAm Terminal in Miami
About 1,800 Transport Workers Union members walked off their Pan American World Airways shift at the Miami terminal in a local dispute. TWU vice president William Grogan said the action is not tied to a systemwide strike threat announced Wednesday over pay and working conditions.
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UPI
Transport Workers Union
Pan American World Airways
William Grogan
International
YWIU
Istrike
GOP Leaders Doubt Big Cut Possible in Rocky Tax Plan
Albany hearing on the $2.041 billion state budget drew a large budget critique crowd from Syracuse despite poor travel. Thomas Mahar of the Onondaga County Taxpayers Association urged lawmakers to avoid haste in approving Rockefeller’s $277 million tax rise, warning that tax power could become destructive.
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New York
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Assembly Ways and Means
Thomas F. Mahar
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Onondaga County Taxpayers Association
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Onondaga County
Thomas Mahar
George Waugh
Poverty-stricken Thruway Sets Money Records in 1958
The New York State Thruway Authority reported 1958 income of 34,908,051.46 dollars, a 12.37 percent rise from 1957, setting new records for total income tolls and passenger and commercial vehicle revenue. A deficit of 1 million was projected for 1958 in a preliminary report, with a full report due by March 21 to Gov. Rockefeller and the Legislature.
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New York State Thruway Authority
Holden Evans Jr
Tthe Thruway
John H. Hughes
Syracuse
Rockefeller
Ike nominates Jimmy Stewart for brigadier general again
President Eisenhower nominated screen star Jimmy Stewart for a second time for promotion to brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve. A similar nomination failed previously, blocked by Sen. Margaret Chase Smith who cited inadequate reserve training. Stewart, 50, served five years on active duty in World War II, rising from private to colonel.
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Jimmy Stewart
Eisenhower
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Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
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Air Force
Lincolns Birthday Joy For Ramsey Family
Mr and Mrs A C Lincoln Jr express happiness as Lincoln’s birthday brings joy to the Ramsey New Jersey household The story notes the birthday and the president’s legacy with focused local sentiment
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A. C. Lincoln Jr
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United States
Short Rifle Now Used In Mysterious Case
Irene Boone, 23, was found alive in woods near Lincoln’s home Wednesday night. Officials say she survived after exposure and was taken to a Louisville hospital where a broken leg from a weapon incident was treated.
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Lincoln Kin Shun Limelight On Lincoln Birthday
In Manchester Vermont and nearby Dorset, relatives of Abraham Lincoln mark his birthday with quiet plans. Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith and Isham Lincoln Isham live in Virginia and Vermont respectively, while Mary Beckwith tends the Manchester farm.
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Apalachin jury fines Lombardozzi in jukebox racket case
A New York detective testified that at the Apalachin gathering a racketeer was spared a death sentence and fined ten thousand dollars for jukebox business activities. Carmine Lombardozzi of Brooklyn was implicated as a powerful figure in New York and Brooklyn coin machines and tied to racket control via union connections. The hearing linked Apalachin to efforts by mob figures and corrupt labor leaders to dominate the coin machine trade.
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Butnstead
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Hhead
Majestic Operating I Co
New York
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Ness
Kennedy
Today's Chuckle on Giving the Country Back
A lighthearted quip mocks the notion of returning the land to Native peoples while noting their longstanding suffering in a humorous context.
Bookie Shakedown Charged to 3 Cops
Three Brooklyn police officers including Deputy Inspector Dominick Massella were arrested in a scheme to shake down bookmakers. Plainclothes officers Joseph Weiner and Normal Connelly faced charges, with one count involving illegal wiretapping. Also detained were gambler Johnny Bananas and aide Frank Crisafi as the probe linked payoffs to police activity.
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Dominick Masella
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Queens
Normal Connelly
Ozone Park
Johnny Bananas
Frank Crisafi
Now Rain Is on Tap
The weatherman predicts a warming trend tonight with lows around 27. Tomorrow should be warmer with a high near 45 and possible rain. Temperatures rose from near zero readings, while a low of one above was recorded at 4 am and 3.8 inches of new snow fell overnight.
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Budget battle eyed to trim Rockefeller plan
Republican leaders in Albany expect to prune Governor Rockefeller's 2.001 billion dollar budget and his 277 million dollar tax increase but say no big cuts are possible. They review testimony from an eight hour hearing as they weigh savings and revenue projections while wary of political fallout in 1960. A push for off track betting is rejected by many GOP members.
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New York City
Eddleman Named Europe Commander Replacement in Europe
Paris AP Lt Gen Clyde D Eddleman was named commander of U S Army forces in Europe to replace Gen Henry I Hodes who retires March 31 British Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst will take over as commander of Allied air forces in central Europe in May succeeding Sir George Mills
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Europe
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George Mills
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