De Gaulle Wins More Powers in France Presidential Victory
Gen Charles de Gaulle swept the French election to a seven year term as president. He carried 81,754 electoral college votes with 775 percent of metropolitan France and 97.04 percent in overseas states. Marrane and Chatelet trailed, official totals show. De Gaulle to take office around January 3.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Louis-Napoleon
Napoleon III
George Marrane
Red Belt
Ivry
Albert Chatelet
Sorbonne University
French Community of Nations
Marrane
Chatelet
French Polynesia
Ridgeville Crash Claims 74YearOld Woman in Avon Area
A car accident on the east side of the road killed 74 year old Mrs. Diederich of Avon Ridgeville. Vaughn, driver of a 1957 car, swerved to avoid a turning vehicle from a driveway. Judy Cobb suffered a fracture of her right ankle and is listed in satisfactory condition. Funeral arrangements set for Reichlin Funeral Home and St. Peter's Church with burial in St. Peter's Cemetery. Survivors include husband two sons eight daughters 44 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren, plus siblings and a sister with ties to Avon North Ridgeville and Elyria. Funeral home visitation noted.
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Judy Cobb
James Cobb
Vaughn
Edward Hale
Diederich
Henry A. Zabosin
Westlake
Avon
Avon-Ridgeville
Reichlin
St. Peter's Church
Joseph Biringer
St. Peter's Cemetery
Leonard
Bernard
North Ridgeville
Raymond
Verena Myers
Genevieve Smith
Alberta Ternes
Alberta Wysocki
Bernadine Jalowiec
Ann Ackerman
North Ridgevile
Alma Mahl
Lois Kern
Elyria
Francis
Joseph Gerhart
Herman
Urban Gerhart
Vermont
Lenora Schmitz
Cleveland
Delphina Linden
Reich Im Fineral
Budget Cut Proposed by MOSCOW MUPD Finance Minister
MOSCOW Finance Minister Arseny Zverev asked the Supreme Soviet to approve a 1959 budget that would cut Russian defense spending for the fourth consecutive year. The proposal signals continued tightening measures amid postwar reconstruction and defense downsizing pressure.
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Moscow Mupd
Arseny Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Percament Te
Fumes Kill 4 In New Home
Four family members died from gas asphyxiation in a Wichita home. Police identified the victims as Donald L Hathaway, his wife, and their three children Brenda 21 Vernon 24 and a younger son. The incident followed a budget report referencing a visible military program and a heater not connected to the flue.
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Zverego
Bilion
Wichita. Kan
UPI
James Sunday
Donald L Hathaway
Brenda
Vernon D
U.S
Luther Flowers
Sunsense
Visiday
Flowers
Keys Receives State Road Safety Post Appointment
Elyria Mayor Keys accepts a cabinet role in highway safety while Mike DiSalle supports the move. He backs public education on road dangers as Keys continues to push railroad crossing safety and community outreach. Keys has long served in city government, with strong ties to Lorain County Democratic activism and local elections.
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Stewart
Citys
Democratic Central
Lorain County
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Keys
Mike DiSalle
Mayor's Court
DiSalle
C. William O’neill
Pverack
Elyria
Archie West
A. P. J. O'Donnell
Barnestsville
Ohio University
Cleveland College
Fenn College
Baldwin-Wallace College
Rochester Junior College
George R Allen
Air Force
Cascade Colony No. 3
Tom
Grant
Six Children Die In Fire At Wisconsin Home
KAUKAUNA Wisconsin authorities scoured the ruins of a two story frame house to determine the cause after a blaze killed six children while their parents were at church. The Weyenberg couple returned from Roman Catholic mass to find five bodies in a first floor bathroom and the sixth outside the door as neighbors recalled the tragedy compounded by the loss of infant twins last summer. Kids killed were Lynn seven Douglas six Margaret five John three Barbara two and Michael L.
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Kaukauna
Wis
UPI
Floyd Weyenberg
Steel Union Plans Drive In Offices
Pittsburgh unions plan a 1960s style campaign to organize all white collar workers in the steel industry. USW vice president Hague says this year will reap benefits of prior groundwork while Office and Technical Employes chief Paston promises bragging rights after the drive. About 50,000 white collar workers are already USW members.
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Pittsburgh
UPD
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Howard R. Hague
Hague
Boy Believed Dead In River Near Dayton
In Dayton Ohio Earl Edward Patterson, seven, fell into the icy Great Miami River Saturday evening while trying to help a stranded dog. Dragging operations ended Sunday with no body recovered. Rita Shoup, twelve, helped two other youths escape by reaching for their legs as she climbed the slippery bank.
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Dayton
UPD
Earl Edward Patterson
Great
Miami River
Here
Rita Shoup
Wabee
Demolition Crews Try Ice Break at River for Paterson Body
Wright Patterson Air Force Base demolition teams blasted ice on the river Sunday in a bid to reach the body of Paterson. Local authorities coordinated the search, with rescue units standing by as the operation continued.
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Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Patterson
Apathy Toward Reds Grows Hoover Says 1958
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said public apathy toward Communist subversion grew in 1958. He warned that such indifference encouraged dupes and sympathizers of the Communist Party to attack the nation s law enforcement agencies during the past year.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Play's Closing Not As Serious As Star Feared
London reports Kay Kendall sobbed that The Bright One closing after 12 days cost her and Rex Harrison all their savings but Harrison clarified his $11,000 half-interest had been farmed out to backers and no one suffered a real disaster.
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London
UPI
Kay Kendall
Pnde
Comedienne
Rex
Harrison
Doctor's Order Ignored Hope To Tour Bases
Bob Hope in a grueling Christmas tour of U S bases overseas ignored a doctor's order to take it easy. He was briefly hospitalized at Moron Field after arriving in Spain with dizziness from high blood pressure and exhaustion but returned to perform a scheduled show for troops. The 12day, 10show itinerary spanned the Azores, Morocco, Spain, Italy, Germany, and England.
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Torrejon
Spain
UPI
Bob
Azores
Morocco
Italy
Germany
Teeland
New U S Cardinals Return From Rome
Two American cardinals John Cardinal O’Hara and Richard Cardinal Cushing returned home from Rome after their elevation to the College of Cardinals by Pope John XXII. Crowds in Philadelphia and Boston welcomed them as they spoke warmly of the new pope amid earlier plane troubles en route from New York to Philadelphia and a precautionary three-engine flight on arrival.
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America
Rome
Sacred College of Cardinals
John Cardinal O’hara
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Philadelphia
Boston
College of Cardinals
John Sxii
O’hara
Cushing
Cardinal Cushing
Pope John
New York
Cardinal
Cardinal O'Hara
Philadelphia International
Two Celebrities Welcome Sons at Santa Monica Hospital
Mrs Crosby and Mrs Hargitay each gave birth to a son at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica. Dr A C Mertus attended both deliveries, with Mickey Hargitay present for Mansfield’s baby. Hoover’s year end report to Rogers notes Communist Party efforts and a rise in crime in 1938.
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Santa Monica
Calif
A.C. Mertus
Dennis Crosby
Jayne Mansfield
FBI
Ias
William P. Rogers
Hargitay
Miklos
Miss Mansfield
Mosphere
Hoover
Communist Party
U.S.A
Jayne Dupes
Marie
Pat Sheehan
Vegas
Den
Crosby
Rogers
Hoovers
Dennis Michael Crosby Jr
Crme
Fishermen Rescued After 29 Hours Adrift at Sea
A US cargo ship rescued 24 Japanese fishermen from a crowded raft that drifted for 29 hours near Yokosuka Japan and transferred them to a sister fishing boat. The rescue was announced today by UPI.
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Yokosuka
Japan
UPI
Week End Accidents Fatal To 25 In Ohio
United Press International reports a deadly weekend across Ohio with 25 fatalities from multiple crashes and other incidents. Names include Anthony J. Shaar 58 Cleveland. Sarah Ann Swartz 23 Monroeville. Joseph Remesnick ?, Ronald Knier 20 New York. Gary Swick 26 Camp Warren. Peter K. Riley 21 Warren. John Bushong 17 Vermilion. Louis Hansen 51 Ravenna. and others tied to tractor trailer collisions and drownings.
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United Press International
Virginia
Kent
Ohio
Cleveland
Anthony J. Shaar
Car- Monroeville
Sarah Ann Swartz
Sara
Ann
James
United Press
International
Joseph Remesnick
John Bushong
Ravenna
Louis Hansen
Onyx Falls
Industry Production Slightly Below 1957
Washington UPI reports that despite a recession the United States industrial production in 1958 is expected to fall only slightly below 1957’s record. The Commerce Department estimates total goods and services output at 437 billion dollars by year end, down from 440 billion in 1957.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
U.S
Winter Arrives As Mild Temperatures Spread Across the Nation
Relatively mild conditions greeted the first day of winter with interior readings in the 30s and 40s from Kansas to Texas while the East saw frigid, below zero temperatures. Forecasters expect the warmth to move across the Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, though northern New England and New York endure continued subzero readings. Separately, reports note several fatal crashes and a fatal fire in multiple towns, including Ohio and New York, amid ongoing economic concerns and price discussions in Congress.
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Louisiana
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Gul States
New England
New York State
Pennsylvania
Caril Fugate Starts Term In Prison
Caril Fugate began serving her life sentence after a judge confirmed the jury verdict. Her move comes as inflation measures by the Reserve Board face criticism and the public eye turns to the Starkweather case in Lincoln.
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Caril Fugate
Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Caril
Ann Fugate
Reserve Board
Companion of Wanton Slayer Board
Charles Starkweather
Harry Spencer
Spencer
Bobby-Soxer
Belle Glade
Fla
Starkweather
Highway Patrol
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Jensen
Wyoming
Ae Ane
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William Schwab
Mary Lou Chester
Payton
Lathar P. Campbell
Lorain
Lottie Bailey
New Lexington
William Sevage
Florida
Rempel
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Dele Evans
Western Auto
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