Nameless WWII Korea World War II dead honored at sea aboard Canberra
Three unidentified American dead from World War II and Korea, plus one from World War I, were to be honored aboard the cruiser Canberra off Cape Henry. Navy hospitalman first class William Richard Charette selected which WWII Unknown would rest in Arlington.
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Korea
Arlington National Cemetery
Canberra
Virginia
Cape Henry
Boston
Brandy
Virginia Capes
Cape
Guantanamo
Cuba
Pacific
Kore
Hawaii
United States Naval Base
Blandy
Europe
North Africa
William Richard Charette
Navy
Arlington
Charette
Priest among 6 drown in Gulf rescue near Rockport
A Gulf of Mexico incident near Rockport Texas left six drownings after a 9 year old girl Janice Bailey fell into an eight foot hole. Father Leonard Michael Barry a 40 year old Air Force chaplain dove in to help and perished along with five others. Victims include the girl’s mother Mary Bailey and four Rockport Aransas Pass residents. The rescue attempt followed a crowding on a beach described as safe despite the hazard. The event occurred yesterday afternoon near Foster Air Force Base.
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Syracuse
Gulf of Mexico
Rockport
Tex
Leonard Michael Barry
Foster Air Force Base
Charleston Air Force Base
S. C
Janice Bailey
Corpus Christi
Barry
Mary Bailey
David Curbey
Aransas Pass
Margarita Torres
Susanna
Aurelia Tomas
Severi
De Gaulle Offers Talks With Pflimlin Amid Crisis
Paris sources say Gen Charles de Gaulle offered to meet Premier Pierre Pflimlin for secret talks on France’s worsening crisis. Pflimlin had not decided. de Gaulle was to travel to Paris from Colombey-les-deux-Eglises.
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Gen. de Gaulle
Pflimlin
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Pflimlin
France
de Gaulle
Colombey-les-deux-Eglises
Paris Defense Ministry
Mediterranean
Algiers
Budget To Increase In 1959 For City Costs
City Finance Commissioner H Beaman Tremble projects a tax rise of about 3.40 to 3.50 per $1000 assessed value for 1959 as Mayor Henninger reports fixed city costs will grow by 1 775 000. Tremble notes the levy rise implies higher rates and that the budget aims to offset increased expenses with surpluses.
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H. Beaman Tremble
Henninger
Tremble
Board of Education
Public Works Department
Sprague backs Hall in bid for New York governor
Nassau County GOP leader J Russell Sprague says he would ask the county committee to endorse Leon A. W. Hall for governor. Hall aims to announce by June 1 and has urged Dewey’s support. Western counties bolster Mahoney and Rockefeller camps remain quiet as contests for the GOP nomination unfold.
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GOP
Hall
Nassau County
Sprague
Senate
Walter J. Mahoney
Cattaraugus County
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Schroon Lake
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Harriman
Editorial Page Preview Highlights Debated Topics
The page surveys efforts to reach troublesome youths, weighs the chance of Dewey returning to politics, analyzes why businessmen avoid government service, and recounts France’s ongoing agony with background context.
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Dewey
France
Hall Accused of Pressuring FCC Over Springfield Channel Case
G. W. Bunn Jr. testified before a House subcommittee that Leonard W. Hall pressured the FCC to favor WMAY-TV in the Springfield channel 2 bid. He said Sangamon Valley stockholders learned Hall entered the matter after a Chicago conference with Senator Everett Dirksen in 1955 56, and that Dirksen discussed the issue with Hall.
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Springfield
Banker Today
Republican National
Leonard W. Hall
Federal Communications Commission
G. W. Bunn Jr
Springfield Marine Bank
House
Hall
FCC
Bunn
Sangamon Valley Co
Sangamon
Everett M. Dirksen
Chicago
Dirksen
WMAY
Sangamon Group
Sen. Dirksen
Eteminer
UAW Big Three in Final Negotiations Week
UAW and Ford Chrysler GM face contract expirations within seven days as Ford holds 250 executives for contingency planning. GM contracts end Thursday night and Chrysler Sunday. potential plant shutdowns loom though no action is seen. Reuther warns a management lockout would harm long term bargaining while the union demands wage boosts benefits and cost of living adjustments.
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Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
John S. Bugas
Bugas
UAW
Walter P Reuther
Reuther
Chuckle on senses and two more for success
A humorous column notes the average man has five senses Touch taste sight smell and hearing The successful man has two more worse and common reflecting a tongue in cheek view of ambition and perception.
Trumans Sail for Mediterranean Cruise Aboard Independence
Former President Harry Truman and his wife depart New York aboard the liner Independence for a roughly month long Mediterranean cruise amid regional unrest. Ports include Algeciras Naples Genoa and Cannes with Truman quipping I'm just taking a ride. They dined last night with Governor Averell Harriman before departure.
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New York
Harry Truman
Mediterranean
Truman
Algeciras
Spain
Naples
Genoa
Cannes
Trumans
Averell Harriman
Italy Elects Parliament in Record Turnout
Italy's third postwar parliament began counting over 30 million ballots after a day and a half of voting. Turnout exceeded 90 percent of 32,505,417 registered voters with turnout around 7 percent yesterday. Final results due tomorrow. 596 Deputies and 246 Senators contested. Police guarded polling stations with few incidents in a campaign featuring Christian Democrats, Communists, and Fascists.
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Rome
Italy
Interior Ministry
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Christian Democrats
Reds
Brace-Mueller-Huntley Gives 25000 to Hospital Drive
Brace-Mueller-Huntley Inc based in here with branches in Buffalo and Rochester announced a 25000 donation to the Community Hospital Fund. Maxwell Brace Sr president said the gift is the largest the firm has made to civic enterprise and underscores urgent needs for beds and nurses. The fund has 5510359 subscribed toward a 6000000 goal, with oversubscription sought to ensure sufficient building program funds.
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Brace-Mueller-Huntley, Inc
Community Hospital Fund
Maxwell Brace, Sr
Ae Civic Enterprise
Brace
Buffalo
Rochester
Cardinal Stritch Near Death in Rome
The 70 year old Archbishop of Chicago Samuel Cardinal Stritch sank closer to death in Rome. A medical bulletin reported his condition grave as he could not take nourishment and could only swallow sips of water. He remained conscious and able to raise his hands but could not speak. Msgr. James Hardiman said he had a very restless night.
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Rome
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Msgr
James Hardiman
Inventor Rolls Out Smell Vision TV in England
William Rose of Plymouth unveiled a so called smell vision device described as a smelly telly. The system releases perfumes from a TV set via an electrical impulse from the transmitter.
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Plymouth
England
William Rose
Rose
Britain's loveliest girls parade in pinikinis on beaches
Britain's summer fashion caps a new bikini style called pinikinis. The outfits feature detachable pinafore fronts and are expected to draw attention as beachwear trends develop this season.
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London
Britain
City Councilman Earl Brown Nominated to Oppose Powell
In New York Earl Brown was chosen by the Democratic organization as the candidate to oppose Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. for the party's congressional nomination. The selection was announced at Tammany Hall by district leaders of the New York County Democratic Committee. Brown and Powell are both African American.
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New York
Earl Brown
Democratic Organization
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Tammany Hall
Raccoons Found Sleeping in Woman's Bed After Home Raid
Illinois woman Nancy Perry searched her Greenup home for culprits who stole cereal chewed sofa and nibbled her Bible. She discovered four raccoons sleeping side by side in her bed ending the humorous mystery.
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Greenup
UPI
Nancy Perry
Doctor Hopeful For Stepinac
In Belgrade Yugoslavia Dr Tihomir Bogicevic said Aloysius Cardinal Stepinac 68 is gravely ill with a thrombosis in his right leg pneumonia and polycythemia vera. The physician added not all hope is lost and he hopes to save the life of the Roman Catholic primate of Yugoslavia and Archbishop of Zagreb.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Aloysius Cardinal
Stepinac
Tihomir Bogicevic
Zagreb
Warmer Air Brings Rain to Syracuse Tomorrow
The Hancock Field Bureau reports warmer air and a fair but cool night in Syracuse with an overnight low near 40. Occasional showers and increasing cloud cover are expected as a high of 75 degrees tomorrow.
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Syracuse
Hancock Field Bureau
Fog forces planes to Boston for landing shift
Twenty seven trans Atlantic aircraft scheduled for Idlewild landed in Boston yesterday due to heavy fog in New York. More than 1,000 passengers disembarked in Boston, yielding customs officials their busiest day in many years.
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Boston
Idlewild
New York
Flood toll rises from Cankiri disaster near Ankara
Thirty one people were killed in floods that devastated the Cankiri district near Ankara last week. The floods also destroyed 350 houses in the area.
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Istanbul
Turkey
UPT
Cankiri
Ankara
Man's Body Found On Railroad Tracks
The mangled body of a 32 year old man tentatively identified as Hadley A. Gay of 135 Coolidge Ave was found on D L W Railroad tracks near Rock Cut road by a stone quarry this morning. Morgue officials say he had been dead 10 to 12 hours indicating he was struck by a train during the night. Sheriff's deputies investigate.
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Hadley A. Gay
Coolidge Ave
Rock Cut Road
Stone Quarry
Sheriff's Deputies
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