Five Children Die In Fire On Chicago West Side
Five children perished in a west side Chicago fire that destroyed a four story store and apartment building. The blaze of undetermined origin drove more than 100 residents from the building, all African American. Firemen found Mary Morris, age 5, and her 11 month old brother Willie in a fourth floor apartment, with two boys and a girl unidentified on the third floor.
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Chicago
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Mary Morris
Willie
Sharks Face Rising Threat From Warmer California Waters
Marine scientists warn warming coastal waters heighten man eating shark danger off California. Two victims in six weeks, with earlier rare attacks in 1952 and 1997. Notes on possible underwater nets, shifting Pacific winds, and unpredictable great whites. Victim Albert Kogler died after May 1 attack at Bakers Beach. Shirley O Neill received a Carnegie Medal for aiding him.
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Rick Talley
San Francisco
UPI
California
Australia
Phillips
Albert Kogler
Bakers Beach
San Francisco Bay
Shirley O'Neill
Kogler
Robert Pamperin
la Jotla
Here
Reeves dies in apparent self inflicted shooting
Hollywood friends and business associates of actor George Reeves known as Superman were stunned by his death by self inflicted shooting at his Benedict Canyon home. He had been seeking new acting work and planned a trip to Australia and was to be married Friday. Police cited unemployment and typecasting as factors. Lenore Lemmon, a New York socialite, was questioned after predicting the death.
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Hollywood
UPI
George
Superman
Reeves
Australia
Archie Nicore
Station
Lenore Lemmon
New York
Stork Club
Local Chronicle Telegram 1959 pricing and publication note
The Chronicle Telegram listing a June 17 1959 edition details publication schedule and pricing. It notes daily except Sundays and local holidays, address at 223 East Ave Fiska Onis, second class mail privileges, and carrier rates by region with annual subscriptions pricing for Lorain adjoining counties Ohio and elsewhere.
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Locsin County Printing & Publishing Co
East Ave
Fiska
Onis
Elyria
Ohio
Lorain
It's Not Aircraft Hovercraft Ruling From Britain
The government told the House of Commons that Britain's experimental SAN-1 hovercraft is not an aircraft. It is described as a vehicle for sea or land transport rather than air travel. Tested near Cowes on the Isle of Wight, it rides on a cushion of air over water and land.
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London
UPI
Britain
House of Commons
Cowes
Isle of Wicht
Ohio Senate awaits fate of age scooter ban and 36 hour week
Ohio lawmakers head into final vote on a bill banning 14 and 15 year olds from driving motor scooters and a separate 36 hour maximum work week for Groshmen, both advancing from the House. Gov DiSalle touts savings as he wins two close battles on economic measures.
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William E. Tangney Columbus
UPI
Senate
House
Michael V. di ‘Salle
Department of Economic and Industrial Development
Georgia Lawmakers Push Back on School Desegregation Order
Atlanta news reports that Georgia legislators oppose a federal court order directing the Atlanta school board to draft an integration plan within a reasonable time. Local officials including Mayor Hartsfield defend the ruling as time for both city and state to save public schools.
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Atlanta
UPS
Georgia
Atlanta School Board
Frank Hoopier
Crooper
Georgia House
Frank Twitty
Richard B. Russell
The
Colored People Association
Herman Talmadge
Ernest Vandiver
William Hartsfield
Hooper
Hartsfield Long
Steel Talks Settle Procedure For Nationwide Steel Talks
Industry and union negotiators agreed on procedural steps to avert a June 30 steel strike. Four-man teams will meet with company and local union reps at 10:30 am Wednesday, then hold 12 separate meetings at 2 pm, with a Friday 10 am resumption of talks. David J. McDonald had urged company by company talks.
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New York
UPI
E.d.t
R. Conrad Cooper
United Steelworkers of America
David J. McDonald
USW
Satellites Suggested for High Altitude Nuclear Test Ban
United States proposes a 12 satellite system to detect high altitude nuclear tests and cover the globe. The plan, to be presented at the Geneva East-West conference, envisions six satellites at 600 mile orbits and six at 40,000 mile orbits. The system would detect detonations but not pinpoint blast locations.
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Washington
UPS
United States
Russsia
Britain
U.S
Geneva
Wolfgang Panofsky
Stanford University
Itor
Russia
Sun
Mars
Ohio House Approves Air Pollution Control Bill
The Ohio House passed a bill by 103 to 4 to empower local health authorities to abate and inspect vehicles polluting air and to promote good manufacturing practices near cities. Gov DiSalle seeks $220,000 to fund a mobile air pollution lab as Senate approval awaits.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Ohio House
Senate
Howard A. Fortunney
D-Ashtabula
Zanesville
Cleveland
Michael V. DiSalle
Ralph Pivork
Man Held Sister Captive Faces Kidnaping Charge
Ex convict Kenneth Adkins abducted his half sister and held deputies at bay for 16 hours with an empty rifle then released Nyra Kennedy 34 before surrendering. Bond set at 7000 dollars. State's Attorney expects rape charge following Adkins' written admission and Kennedy's confirmation of the assault at the Charleston bungalow.
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Paris, Gl
UPI
Kenneth Adkins
Shoimun
Adkins
Poace
Nyra Kennedy
Edgar County
Wayne S. Jones
Jones
Kennedy
Charles ‘Ton
U.S. Population Passes 177 Million Mark
The Commerce Department reports the U.S. population has passed 177 million. A lobby display in the Commerce Department building logged the milestone at 3:11 p.m. eastern Tuesday, noting an increase of about one person every 11 seconds.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
U.S
U S plans strong protest over Sea of Japan attack
The United States seeks to determine the nationality of two communist pilots who fired on a Navy patrol bomber over the Sea of Japan, wounding Aviation Electrician’s Mate 3C Donald Eugene Corder. The State Department denounced the attack as unwarranted and vicious and prepared a strong protest, amid Congress criticism and talk of Red show of force ahead of Geneva talks.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Sea of Japan
Red
Soviet Union
Red China
North Korea
State Department
U.S
Aviation Electrician
Donald Eugene Corder
Ivan L. Corder
Jacksonville
Geneva
Walter S. Robertson
National Press Club
Congress
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Assassination Plot Shocks Buckeye Boys State
At Buckeye Boys State in Athens Ohio a mock assassination attempt on Gov. Gary Richetto was staged with two suspects arrested and held at the penitentiary. The event coincided with a bank closure and a vote defeating a measure to lower the voting age to 18.
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Athens
APH
Gary Richetto
Warren
Buckeye Boys State
Richetto
Penitentiary
Ohio American Legion
Richette
Harold Johnson named manager of local shoe store
Harold Edgar Johnson was appointed manager of the Greensboro shoe store this week replacing Ray Johnson who moved to the Washington store. Harold Edward Johnson had earlier been transferred from Greensboro to Philadelphia.
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Greensboro
N.C
UPI
Harold Edgar Johnson
Ray Johnson
Washington
Harold Edward Johnson
Philadelphia
Senators Blast Petrol Plane Lacking Defense Gear
Senate figures condemn a naval air mission run with a plane missing vital defense equipment. Henry M. Jackson calls it criminal and vows investigation, urging immediate arming and accountability. Styles Bridges backs strong defense, Mahon cites vast spare parts, and F. Sikes demands high level Navy accountability.
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Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Jackson
Ijl
Sen. Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Mahon
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Burke
Robert L. F. Sikes
Fla
Navy
Sikes
Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
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P. R. Smith & CO
Highway Department
Workmen's Compensation Fund
DiSalle
Rotary
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Jimmy Mastronardo
Cincinnati
Roger ‘Cloud
R-Logan
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