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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1959
Page
12
Iran's Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi marries Farah Diba in a brief ceremony in the Hall of Mirrors at the marble palace. The union makes Farah queen consort as the Shah seeks an heir amid previous failed marriages.
Senate Democratic Whip Mike Mansfield warned that labor legislation could become Congress’s main issue next month if the steel strike resumes. He said a renewed walkout after the stay-at-work injunction ends could push federal aid to schools and a higher minimum wage onto the early agenda.
Eisenhower’s 11 hour Spain visit featured talks with Franco and a drive into Madrid. Officials described the trip as a peace mission and a push for Western unity amid workload on NATO and US French alliance tensions.
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A Lorain County resident turns 100 on December 29. He worked various jobs around the amden arse wall and later retired. His only son Ged died in 195? He leaves six grandchildren, including George Campbell of Wakeman, and three former wives. Open house Sunday in Kipton church basement with nieces of Hewitt assisting. a noon meal will include a cake for Hewitt and guests at the County Home.
A Greyhound double decker collided with a cattle truck near Tucson. Nine people were killed and about 55 injured as cattle roamed the wreckage. Passengers from Los Angeles to New Orleans contributed to the chaos as responders pulled victims from the bus and windows were smashed to aid rescue.
A Greyhound bus carrying Christmas travelers skidded on a snow slicked highway near Springfield Ohio and tipped over. Daisy Mee Harris, 15, of Cleveland, died in the crash as 32 others were injured. The bus was en route from New York to St. Louis when it lost control while attempting to pass another vehicle.
Walter Washinston Williams aged 117 died in Houston after surviving pneumonia and old age. He served as a forage master in Hood’s Texas brigade and was later made an honorary colonel by Gov. Allan Shivers. Williams lived in Houston with his daughter and left a large family with roots tracing back to Mississippi.
Gov Michael DiSalle commutes Edgar J. Burton’s 31 year old first degree murder sentence to second degree, enabling his immediate release from Ohio Penitentiary for the slaying of Deputy Henry Bending after a drinking spree. Amick says Bending may have been killed by a bullet from a fellow officer.
Evelyn Lee Leen, five, boarded a long bus from Miami to New York with a woman guardian. Authorities found her in a shelter after her father Jenz Leen, 47, was located in the Bronx. Leen rushed to the shelter when notified. The mother, Ann Mare, was later arrested on charges tied to the case.
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