Crash in Mexico Kills Three Americans on Tour
Air crash near Mazatlan during a Mexican tour killed Alfredo Gayou from Pasadena and two other Americans from La Jolla. The group, led by M Lichtman & Co and including legal and civic figures, were en route to Mexico City after leaving Syracuse for a Seagram convention. Weather heavy rain and explosions were reported by Guadalajara residents.
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Syracuse
Seagram Family Achievement Association
San Bernardino
Calif
Playa
Mazatlan
Mexico
Litchman
M. Lichtman & Co., Inc
Erie Blvd
New Field Opened to the Ladies
Mrs Ella Petry of St Leonards reports a chick hatched from an egg kept in her bosom for 21 days. Weighing just over an ounce, the chick named Bald Eagle emerged amid witnesses at a neighborhood pub gag. Petry plans to raise it as a household pet.
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ST. Leonards-On-Sea
England
Ella Petry
Papers limited to plant lobbies as strike hits Philadelphia papers
A four day strike by truck drivers of Philadelphia daily papers the Inquirer and Bulletin halted home delivery. Papers were available only in plant lobbies while the Camden Courier Post also faced disruption. A master contract with Local 628 of the Teamsters Union expired May 29 affecting all three papers.
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Philadelphia
Morning Inquirer
Evening Bulletin
Camden
N.J
Courier- Post
Delaware River
Teamsters Union
Bottle of sherry fuels party for Australian Wine Board chairman
In London a party for the chairman of the Australian Wine Board featured a single bottle of sherry shared by 56 guests. The bottle, carried by two men, stood 5 feet 21 inches tall and held the equivalent of 131 normal bottles.
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London
Australian Wine Board
Divorce claims dog food as a meal motive in Cambridge
Donald R. Coxon of Marlboro won a divorce after testifying that his wife Patricia served meat loaf he labeled unfit for a dog. She replied it was fit for dogs because she had made it from dog food for kicks.
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Cambridge, Mass
Donald R. Coxon
Marlboro
Patricia
Slick Walls Imprison Man Inside Well
James Lewis Jr. spent six hours trapped in a 14 foot deep quarry well after a wooden cover collapsed. Slick walls and a slick pump line thwarted his escape until he used clothing to fashion a rope and climb out. He was exposed to cold water, bruised, and treated at Effingham hospital.
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Casey
James Lewis Jr
Lewis
Effingham
Explorer III To Die Soon
Smithsonian officials said Explorer III the Army satellite launched March 26 may disintegrate in the earths atmosphere late this month. The moonlike object now circles every 191 minutes losing about 15 seconds daily as its orbit shortens. When the period reaches 88 minutes the Explorer will disintegrate.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPD
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Army
John Hersey Repeats Wedding With Barbara Day Addams Kaufman
Author John Hersey and Barbara Day Addams Kaufman of New York City and Westport wed in Fairfield Connecticut. The 43 year old Pulitzer Prize winner ties the knot for the second time, his bride for the third, with a Cape Cod honeymoon planned. The ceremony was in Greenfield Hill Congregational Church. He won the 1943 Pulitzer for A Bell for Adano.
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Fairfield, Conn
John Hersey
Barbara Day Addams Kaufman
New York City
Westport
Cape Cod
Mass
Stanley Lyon Houston
Greenfield Hill
Hersey
Adano
Potato Shortage Ends in France Amid Market Reassurance
Paris reports a potato shortage ending as markets stock up with several thousand tons from Spain and Brittany. The delay came after North African growers restrained supply during the political crisis, but recent shipments have restored ample availability.
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Paris
UPI
Spain
Brittany
North Africa
Dynamite Planted Under School Leads to Juvenile Case
Police found 36 sticks of dynamite and 143 blasting caps under a grade school near Westland. Four boys, among six students involved, admitted to stealing the explosives from a coal company powder magazine on April 29 and placing them under the building. They attended classes during Memorial Day weekend while police removed the cache and handed the youths to juvenile authorities.
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Washington, Pa
Westland
Coal Company
Fire tears through Syracuse ornamental building injuring staff
A major blaze swept the two story Syracuse Ornamental Co area on Clinton Street destroying Lorenzo's cafeteria and the dance studio. Firefighters battled for hours as walls and ceilings failed and several injuries were reported among firefighters and patrons. Damages were tallied at tens of thousands with water damage to kitchens and stock losses across multiple businesses.
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Syracuse Ornamental Co
Schwarzer
Franklin J. Schwarzer
Cazerovia
Smith & Sovik
Syracuse
Donald Neureglise
W. Borden Ave
Neuregise
Bronson and Quackenbush
Herkimer
Carola Hannam
Brooklea
Brooks B. Ford
Jefferson St
482 Club
Lorenzo's
Waldorf
S. Clinton Street
Lorenzo
Cappucilli
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Earle
Memorial Hospital
Rice Rapture Service Experts Offer Free 80-Day Trial
Personal representatives of William S. Rice Inc. invite Raleigh residents to the Yates Hotel Syracuse to learn the Rice Method for reducible rupture control. Demonstrations and appliance fittings available with a full 80-day trial and no charge if unsatisfied. Hours 10 12 a.m. 2 5 p.m. and 7 0 evenings.
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Williams
Rice, Inc
Adams
N. Y
Yates Hotel
Syracuse
N.Y
Boy Bitten by Dog While Water Skiing Near Shore
Coeur d Alene Idaho AP report says 10 year old John Secaur was towed by a boat when a dog paddling in the water leaped up and bit his right arm as he skimmed past. Medical staff treated the bite and found it not serious.
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
John Secaur
John
Niagara Mohawk Boosts Rates Across System
Niagara Mohawk announces general electric rate increase affecting 1,937,000 industrial commercial and domestic customers with total annual revenue of 10 452 000. More than 53 percent will go to taxes leaving net rise explained by President Machold as essential to fund service quality and future expansion. Overall domestic bills rise under the plan by less than a cent per day, with average cost per kilowatt hour still below 1940 levels.
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Niagara Mohawk
Machold
581-Pound Cake Baked for Governor's Wife Birthday
A 581-pound cake is baked in Detroit for Nancy Williams, wife of Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams, to be served to about 4,000 guests. The batter includes 500 eggs, 100 pounds of sugar, 75 pounds of butter, and 15 pounds of cream.
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Detroit
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Nancy
Pat Boone Graduates Columbia Magna Cum Laude
Pat Boone receives his Columbia University diploma among 6 203 graduates on Morningside Heights. He wears a black robe and mortarboard yet studied like any Ivy Leaguer, finishing magna cum laude with an A average despite a full time off campus entertainment schedule.
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New York
UPI
Columbia University
Morningside Heights
Columbia
Charles E. Boone
Pat Boone
Boone
Professor Wins GOP Primary in Iowa Governor Race
Des Moines Iowa William G Murray a bespectacled college professor who quit teaching to enter politics won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the Iowa primary He 54 said he was glad to leave the classroom behind and beat the bushes as a politician He will face Democratic Gov Herschel C Loveless 47 in the fall.
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Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
William G. Murray
Iowa
Murray
Herschel C. Loveless
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Mexico City
Levinthal
Milton Macht
Seitz
Tijuana
Aeronaves
Alfredo Gayou
Pasadena
Ruth
Bill Shimada
Townsend Cromwell
la Jolla
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Explorer III
France
Satina Ana FF
Treffr&on Sts
Fastiwood
Auburn
Fulton
Osweee
Utica
Ithaca
Komana Watertown
Clinton Street
Harry J. Coon
Mario Galluzzo
Renna
Crouse-Irving Hospital
Whitlock Memorial
Lorenzo’s
Prof
Bills Surely
Goodness
Mercy
California
Granite
Ed Sullivan
Kodak
Cbs-Tv
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Abc-Tv
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester 4, N. Y
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