Five Given Jail Terms in Road Conspiracy
Pennsylvania Turnpike officials claim to be on solid financial ground after a scandal surrounding the 471 mile toll road. Five men, including two former turnpike commissioners and a top employee, were sentenced to terms from 10 months to five years for involvement in a conspiracy tied to the Manu Mine project. All are free pending appeals.
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Bob Holton
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike
George M. Leader
Turnpike
State Superior Court
Commission
Joseph J. Lawler
Reading
Charles W. Stickler Jr
Manu-Mine Research and Development Co
Stickler
Thomas J. Evans
Turnpike Commission
Mann Mine
Pennsylvania
Scranton
TV host Arlene Francis’s cold poolside show mishap
Arlene Francis films at the Beverly Hilton pool in foggy weather. A guest mistakenly dives on cue, the director scolds the belly flop, and the guest reveals she is only watching, not part of the show. Irv Kupcinet notes a pessimistic Chicago bookseller building air-dungeons.
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Arlene Francis
Beverly Hilton
California
Terra Firma
Arlene
Chicago
Irv Kupcinet
State cites $6 million paid on mining cemetery contract
The 1955 awarded contract for cemetery work, instead of old mines, was canceled in late 1956. The state asserts more than six million dollars had been paid for the project by that time.
Court Hearing Delays Higher Phone Rates Review
The Montana Supreme Court weighs whether to block the MST&T rate hike while the PSC and district court dispute show cause orders. MST&T seeks 15 to 53 percent business and 25 to 58 percent residential increases, potentially $127 000 extra monthly, risking over three million dollars annually in added charges if approved. Multistate proceedings involve Judge Victor Fall and PSC affidavits of disqualification, with Justices questioning where the case should proceed.
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Sion
Hansen
Dist
Victor H. Fall
Mst&t
PSC
Wesley Castles
A. H. Angstman
Hugh Adair
Anstman
Adair
Father ordered to raise boy’s allowance after theft charge
In Sheffield England Juvenile Court Judge D J O'Neill orders the father of a boy charged with stealing 500 pounds from the father’s savings to increase the son’s allowance from sixpence to a higher weekly amount.
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Sheffield
England
UPI
D. J. O'Neill
Mosquitoes Breed in Water Standing Four or Five Days
The article notes that mosquitoes can breed in any water that remains standing for four to five days, emphasizing the time window for stagnant pools to become breeding grounds.
Dulles Sees Mixed Signals From Soviet Posture
Secretary Dulles notes Russia seeks a peace with one side but warns the Soviet Union evades Western arms talks by calling for pacifism and test bans that do not reduce armaments. He cites cautious hope in Russia’s moves toward scientific policing talks and a proposal to neutralize Antarctica for research.
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Dulles
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
U. S
Antarctic
Two Fairly Strong Quakes Recorded
Two fairly strong earthquakes were recorded within 10 hours on the UC seismograph. A 45 minute quake centered likely in Colombia was logged at 12:24 p.m. A second heavy quake, probably along the Costa Rica Panama border, appeared at 2:18 a.m. Other sensors corroborated the events. Dr. Richter noted the shocks would be serious if in populated areas.
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Berkeley, Calif
University of California
Central America
Don Tocher
California
Colombia
Costa Rica
Panama
Fordham University
New York
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Government Observatory
Mexico City
Charles Richter
Cal Tech
D Day 14th Anniversary Observed On Normandy Beaches
Norman Runnion reports from Omaha Beach in France as locals and embassy attaches honor the Allied invasion of Europe. Survivors and memorials mark the 14th anniversary with ceremonies on Omaha and Utah beaches and notes of future observances on Juno Gold Sword. President Eisenhower recalls signing the invasion order and notes D Day anniversary at breakfast.
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Omaha Beach
France
UPI
Normandy
Europe
Germany
Atlantic Wall
U.S
Colville
Omaha
Utah
Waterloo
Gettsburg
Caen
Beaux
St. Lois
Eisenhower
U. S
Colbille
Ohaha Beach
Sainte - Merc - Leglise
Washington
Coffman named parade marshal for Mackinac Bridge dedication
George V. Coffman, newly chosen parade marshal for Mackinac Straits Bridge dedication festival June 26 28, is Mackinaw City pharmacist owner of the town’s only drug store taxidermist funeral director and a member of the village council.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
George V. Coffman
Mackinac Straits Bridge
Fear of Inflation Persists Amid Industrial Recession
AP dispatch reports rising inflation fears despite a broad industrial downturn. Wage hikes in steel and aluminum loom, with price boosts needed to match costs. auto wage talks stall yet likely to yield increases. Government spending deficits projected around 11 billion dollars next year could fuel inflation.
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New York
Europe
England
Soviet Union
Auto Union
Treasury
Chrysler Closes Plymouth Plant Walkout Ends Detroit Assembly
Chrysler Corp shut down Plymouth body and assembly operations in Detroit after 100 UAW trim workers walked out. About 2,700 employees were sent home as union stewards who refused to work prompted the walkout during the no contract period. The UAW had not issued an immediate comment.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Plymouth
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Chrysler
Patrick Murphy Dies in Kalispell
Patrick Murphy born and raised in Butte died Friday in Kalispell after illness. He ranched in Swan Lake district for 45 years. Survivors include brother Dan Murphy of Kalispell and nephews Steve Sullivan of Butte and John Sullivan of Bremerton Washington. Body to be sent to Butte. Daly-Shea Mortuary handles arrangements.
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Patrick Murphy
Butte
Kalispell
Murphy
Swan Lake District
Dan Murphy
Steve Sullivan
John J. Sullivan
Bremerton
Wash
Daly-Shea Mortuary
Macmillan in Washington Links Trade Pact Plans
British Prime Minister Macmillan travels from Washington to Ottawa and Greencastle to address DePauw graduates. He is under pressure to strengthen trade with the Soviet bloc and to seek looser trade restrictions while continuing talks with Eisenhower, Diefenbaker, and at Johns Hopkins.
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Washington
Macmillan
Free World
Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Montreal
Greencastle
Ind
DePauw University
Eisenhower
National Press Club
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Man who killed bedridden wife given suspended term
Giovanni Sardo 74 stabbed his bedridden wife Antonia 72 to death in their Port Washington home on February 2. He then tried to kill himself. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a five to ten year sentence suspended by Nassau County Judge Paul J. Widlitz. The note adds a line about merchant fleets in postwar years.
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Mineola
N. Y
Giovanni Sardo
Port Washington
Long Island
Antonia Sardo
Nassau County
Paul J. Widlitz
Negro professor jailed after attempting to enroll at Ole Miss
Jackson AP—Negro professor Clennon King, 37, a former Alcorn A&M College faculty member, was jailed during a summer session enrollment attempt at the University of Mississippi. Transported by troopers, he was held at the State Highway Patrol HQ then promised medical and psychiatric review. Governor Coleman said legal rights would be preserved.
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Jackson, Miss
Clennon King
University of Mississippi
Alcorn A&m
Miss
Associated Press
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
King
Chancery
J. B. Howell
Oxford
Whitfield
State Hospital
University At
Public Hearing on 1959 Beet Crop Acreage Denied
Agriculture Dept to hold public hearing in Denver on June 16 to receive views and recommendations for establishing farm acreage allotments for the 1959 sugar beet crop.
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Washington
Agriculture Dept
Denver
Search Launched For Navy Jet Over Oregon
A Navy jet fighter is believed to have crashed south of Eugene Oregon amid squally weather. Cmdr. G W Staehelse, pilot from McChord AFB Washington, flew at 15 000 feet last, jet flamout at 33 000 feet. An air and ground search is underway.
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Eugene
Ore
UPI
Here
McChord Air Force Base
Wash
Cmdr
G. W. Staehelse
McChord
Moffett Naval Air Station
California
Unknown origin radish travels from Old World to America
Two planes left McChord at 7 26 a m piloted by Lt C D Olson landed safely at Moffett The radish is of unknown origin but came to America from the Old World Its widest use is in the Orient
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C. D. Olson
Moffett
McChord
America
Orient
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