Kalamazoo Turns Downtown Roadway Into Permanent Park Mall
Crews begin carving an autoless pedestrian mall along Kalamazoo's Burdick street to create a two block park like concrete and grass space with reflector pools toilets trees and a revolving stage. Opening set for August as part of a long range plan to modernize Kalamazoo's central business district.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Kalamazoo
Associated Press
Hayden Bradford
U. S
Burdick Street
Central Business District
West Reportedly Willing to Pare Berlin Forces
A high Allied official said Russia may be ready to guarantee Western rights in West Berlin. Britain France and the United States could reduce their 10,000 man Berlin garrison if a broader agreement protects those rights. The talks aim to avert a collapse of the East West foreign ministers conference and move toward a summit.
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Geneva
UPP
Russia
West Berlin
Eisenhower
Berlin
Britain
France
United States
Infant Hangs Self in Fall Through Crib
Randall E. Clark seven and one half month old son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Clark of 1409 Fourth Avenue died in a freak accident at their home about 8 o clock Thursday morning. Police report the baby rolled between a mattress and the bed and his body fell through while his head became caught between the mattress and the bed. The infant was taken to Union Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Continued on Page 3 Column 3.
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Randall E. Clark
Floyd Clark
Fourth Avenue
Union Hospital
Robert Fortune
Nick Sereno
Weather Forecast For Terre Haute And Vicinity
Mostly fair tonight and Friday with continuing warmth. Lows in the low 60s tonight. Highs in the upper 80s Friday. Saturday will be partly cloudy, warm and humid. In Indiana expect sunny afternoons, fair and warmer nights with highs in the 80s. Illinois sees mostly fair conditions with a slight chance of isolated thunder showers northwest late Friday. Temperatures show 64 at 9 a.m. and 79 at 2 p.m.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Wllinois
No Delay in Gambling Case Heads Toward Trial
Defense and government spokesmen say a June 22 trial in the Terre Haute federal court will proceed as planned in the Justice Department campaign against syndicated gambling. Eight defendants face $325000 in wagering tax evasion tied to $3500000 in bets during a 10 week period in downtown Terre Haute in 1957. More than 200 witnesses have been summoned to testify.
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Justice Department
Terre Haute Federal Court
Palmer K. Ward
Indianapolis
Don R.au
Ff Binata
Tappert
Ward
Tabbert
Uncle Sam
Terre Haute
Federal Grand Jury Room
Khrushchev Arrives for Hungary Talks in Budapest
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Budapest for talks with Hungarian leaders before returning to Moscow. He came with Defense Minister Marshal Malinovsky and was greeted by party chief Janos Kadar and Premier Ferenc Muennich after a week in Albania.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nikita Khrushchev
Albania
Moscow
Khrushchev
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Communist Party
Janos Kadar
Ferenc Muennich
Strike Stops Work On 3 School Jobs In Indiana
In South Bend Mishawaka Elkhart and Stevensville workers halted construction on three Indiana schools and a South Bend library due to a wage dispute. The Iron Workers union seeks 25 cents per hour more than the current 3.55 dollar rate and a 50 cent raise for foremen, affecting about 300 members with half of the union unaffected by the stoppage.
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South End
Ind
Iron Workers Union
South Bend
Mishawaka
Elkhart
Stevensvilll
Mich
Witness Beaten in Boxing Probe Seeks Safety
Los Angeles June 4 One key witness in a California boxing probe was severely beaten by unknown assailants as he returned from a neighborhood drug store in Northridge. Jackie Leonard fight promoter at Follywood Legion Stadium suffered a severe head wound. police say a gallon jug with chlorine was used. Leonard testified at a California Athletic Commission hearing that Frank Carbo and Blinky Palermo threatened him over a manager's share of Don Jordan.
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Jackie Leonard
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Los Angeles
Jeanne
Leonard
California Athletic Commission
Frankie Carbo
California
Follywood Legion Stadium
Northridge
Frank Carbo
New York
Frank
Blinky) Palermo
Carbo
Don Jordan
Four Mice Missing On Space Journey
Four black mice were launched aboard Discoverer III in a U S Air Force mission to orbit Earth for 26 hours and return alive. Signals from the satellite were received for 13 minutes then lost. The 78 foot rocket is believed to have burned up on re entry with planes ready for a Pacific catch only a one in 700 chance of success.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Earth
Pacific
Cape Canaveral
Nicaragua Moves To Block Unknown Ships As War Fears Grow
President Luis Somoza's government ordered air force attacks on unidentified ships near the coast amid reports of Cuban-supplied schooners heading toward Nicaragua. Reports say rebels fled inland after clashes in Olama with 12 invaders and three loyal soldiers killed. Rebel radio claims guerrilla operations in central Nicaragua near Maymuy and Santo Tomas.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Cuba
Batabano
Costa Rica
Olama
Maymuy
Santo Tomas
Curfew Ordered as Ecuador Turmoil Intensifies in Guayaquil
In Guayaquil clashes between tanks troops and an anti-government mob kill seven more, raising five days of violence to at least 19 dead. A state of emergency and dusk to dawn curfew are imposed with censorship of media and orders to broadcast only official news.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Portoviejo
Galo Quevedo
Aob
Senate hears two pinball racketeers refuse to answer
Two alleged kingpins of multimillion dollar pinball gambling rackets refused to tell the Senate Rackets Committee if they paid Lake County law enforcement. Steven Sohacki and George Welbourn invoked the Fifth Amendment after identifying themselves. They declined to acknowledge their lawyer and sat silent as records of Holovachka’s finances were shown.
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Washington
Senate
Lake County
Indiana
Steven Sohacki
George Welbourn
Metro
Holovachka
Capital Police Seek 20000 Dollars in Diamonds
Indianapolis detectives and the FBI search for 20000 dollars worth of unset diamonds stolen from jeweler Charles F. Bardach's home during the holiday weekend. The theft came to light Monday when salesman George Klepien, 33, Dallas, Texas, who was overseeing the gems, asked for them after staying at Bardach's residence.
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Indianapolis
FBI
Charles F. Bardach
Sheriff's
George Klepien
Dallas
Tex
Bardach
Klepien
Hail Storm Cripples Selden Area Roads Kept Isolated
An 18 inch hail storm hit Selden Kansas isolating the town of 360 residents for hours. Highway crews and National Guard aided to reopen one way traffic as roofs collapsed and basements flooded with no injuries reported.
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Selden
Kan
Kansas
National Guard
Darrell Hubbard
323Rd Ordnance Co
Kansas National Guard
Weather Bureau
Prairie Dog Creek
North Fork
Solomon
Big Bow Creeks
Texas Panhandle
Pecos
Tex
Carolinas
Columbia, S. C
Hill City
Lubbock
Nation
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Karshner Succeeds Hahn on Terre Haute School Board
Terre Haute City School Board in a special session heard a proposal to raise teachers pay for 1959 60. The estimated increase would total 300000 and the board proposed a plan costing about half that amount. Kenneth Karshner was named to fill the vacancy caused by Ray H Hahn resignation.
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Terre Haute City
Kenneth Karshner
Sealtest Foods, Inc
Ray H. Hahn
Mrs McCoy Testifies In Own Defense In Woolworth Loot Case
Mrs. Margaret Annabelle McCoy 32 of 3120 Plum Street testifies in Vigo Circuit Court that she secreted most of the loot from the January 18 Woolworth burglary to protect her son. She admits police cautioned her minor sons were suspected of burglary and parking-meter thefts as her 11 year old son Max and his companion Hubert Shipley Jr testified to carrying loot in three hauls.
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Margaret Annabelle McCoy
Plum Street
Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Max
Hubert Lee
Butchie” Shipley, Jr
Young Shipley
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Kalamazoo Gazette
Michigan
West
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rhe
R. Thomas Moody
S. 9Th St
Kansas Town
United Press International
K. Karshner
Hahn
Karshner
Citizens Advisory Building Committee
Mrs. McCoy
Movi
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