Four Montana Weekend Traffic Deaths Raise May Toll
Four persons died and eighteen were injured in five weekend crashes across Montana. The toll this month rose to 57 for 1959, with May likely the deadliest month to date. Victims include Barry Bartholomew 19 of Ballantine Jerry Jensen 19 near Circle Jan Schaaf 20 of Billings and Mary Anne Croft 3 of Monarch.
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Montana
Barry Miles Bartholomew
Ballantine
Yellowstone County
Jerry Jensen
Circle Area
Circle
Jan Schaaf
Billings
Mary Anne Croft
Monarch
Great Falls
Bartholomew
Yellowstone
Six die in Indiana highway crash near Shelbyville
On U.S. 421 five miles southeast of Shelbyville a collision killed six people returning from church services. Victims include Mabel Stewart 46 Pearl Nance 50 Stephanie Jones 4 all of Indianapolis Mrs Dallas Johnson 55 Louisville Ky and Robert Zinser 18 St Paul Ind. A 4-year-old Korean orphan girl adopted in October survived. One child injured and state police reported no charges filed.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Reading
U.S. 421
Mabel Stewart
Pearl Nance
Stephanie Jones
Indianapolis
Dallas Johnson
Louisville
Robert Zinser
St. Paul
Barbara Payne
W. S. Major Hospital
Seoul
Korea
James Jones
Mark S. Payne
Stewart
Roger Wullenweber
Adams
Zinser
Wullenweber Auto
Wullenweber
Demmons Turns 105 and Considers Presidential Bid
Waterbury aged 105 Leonard Demmons, grandson of a slave who also lived to 105, muses on running for president as Eisenhower's term nears end. His birthday celebration spans three days with three cakes and 105 candles. Relatives and visitors, including a guitarist barber, mark the milestone.
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Waterbury
Conn
Leonard Demmons
Demmons
Eisenhower
Commons
Tornadoes Rip Across Texas Iowa Cause Heavy Damage
A wild storm of tornadoes swept central states from Texas to Wisconsin, leveling farm buildings and damaging homes and businesses. In Iowa a twister hit Fansler injuring an elderly man while cattle and turkeys died. Austin Texas saw a major strike with 250000 dollars in damage. Civil defense workers and police aided wrecked areas as storms continued.
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Texas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Plains
Fansler
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Wichita
Kansas City
Kan
Preble
Ashwaybenom
Green Bay
Wis
Austin
Tex
GOP Has No Hope of Taking Senate
Republicans abandon any practical path to retaking the Senate in 1960 focusing on a few states. Goldwater notes Illinois Michigan Wyoming as promising gains while holding seats, with Hawaii open to two GOP picks.
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Gop
Senate
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Senatorial Campaign Committee
Goldwater
Illinois
Michigan
Wyoming
Hawaii
Alaska
William G. Stratton
Paul H. Douglas
G. Mennen Williams
Pat McNamara
End of Juvenile Name Secrecy Goal of Hoover
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover urged sterner treatment of youth offenders and full public disclosure of identities. He told the House Appropriations Committee that secrecy allows plunder to fade into prank and murder into misdemeanor. He criticized social workers and juvenile authorities opposing disclosure.
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Washington
Congress
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
G-man
Hoover
Two Streamliners Collide in California Crash
SAN LUIS OBISPO Calif AP Two Southern Pacific streamliners collided near here injuring four and derailing eight units. The northbound train struck the southbound at a steep Santa Lucian grade 235 aboard. Bonnie Daniel a 64 year old porter was freed from a crumpled Pullman compartment.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Southern Pacific
Here
Santa Lucian Mountains
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Bonnie Daniel
Daniel
Edmund Edelman
James Sherman
la Canada
Florence Kelley
Bay City
Mich
Dog House Becomes Temporary Bank
Muskegon man reports a lost wallet containing 438 dollars, later found chewed in the family puppy’s doghouse. He had told the sheriff, then located the wallet and money.
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Dog House
Muskegon, Mich
Oregon Plane Crash Kills Six Near Reedsport
A light plane struck power lines over the Umpqua River and crashed near Reedsport Oregon, killing six aboard. The pilot William P. Rogers 34 of Longview Washington and five others including Mrs. Ted Nimmo Mrs. Ollie Bong Patricia Olson and an infant were identified. Bodies recovered Sunday included Rogers and Mrs Nimmo and Mrs Bong the others believed carried downstream. The two engined craft was en route from Longview to Fort Bragg via North Bend.
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Reedsport
Ore
Umpqua River
Oregon
William P. Rogers
Longview
Wash
Ted Nimmo
Ollie Bong
Fort Bragg
Calif
Patricia Olson
Umpqua
Curtis Baker
Melvin McKinney
Rogers
Billy Graham Draws 150 000 in Sydney
Billy Graham drew 150 000 people for the final Sydney crusade with 80 000 at the Sydney Show Ground and 70 000 at the Sydney Cricket Ground despite rain. He spoke first at the cricket ground then addressed the showground, and 5 683 people made decisions for Christ.
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Billy Graham
Sydney
Australia
Sydney Showground
Sydney Cricket Ground
Graham
Cricket Ground
Showground
Christ
Maybe No Record But Good Average
Mrs. Eileen Cross of Covina California gave birth to a 6 pound 12 ounce daughter at Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital on Mother's Day marking her second consecutive birth. Her older daughter Cheryl was born last Mother's Day and she said she did not plan it this way.
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Glendale
Calif
UPI
Eileen Cross
Covina
Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital
Cheryl
Gerald Cross
Bouncing Baby Boys in Separate Accidents
Tony Moncrief eight weeks old of Coldwater Mississippi is in traction in a Memphis hospital after his right leg was broken when his five year old brother dropped him. Charles Elwell two is in Leonard Hospital Troy New York recovering from minor cuts and bruises after falling three stories onto a concrete stoop.
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Tony Moncrief
Coldwater
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Elwell
Leonard Hospital
Troy
N.Y
Delegates Jam Geneva for 5 Conferences
Geneva drains with perfect weather as five major gatherings draw diplomats, health officials, trade negotiators, and media. About 940 press and broadcast personnel cover events from the WHO assembly to tariff talks and a nuclear talks suspension meeting, amid packed hotels and busy streets.
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Geneva
Fred Bates
Tribune de Geneve
Assembly of the
World Health Organization
Japan
Voltaire
Republic
Murder suspect breaks jail to see mom for Mother’s Day
Desperate Billy Glenn Newhouse escaped the St. Francois County jail and returned on his own with his mother and two aunts after saying he missed his mother. He faces trial for the murder of his uncle as three other men who fled remain at large. The escape followed a three state crime spree involving murder kidnapping and rape.
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Farmington
Billy Glenn Newhouse
St. Francois County
Mom
Newhouse
Clay H. Mullins
Badman
Virginia Newhouse
Evelyn Greco
Iva Gibson
St. Louis
Montana Weather Scattered Showers Across State This Week
East region sees considerable cloudiness Monday and Tuesday with scattered mountain showers and little temperature change. Highs 50 to 60 Monday, 55 to 65 Tuesday. lows 30 to 40 Monday night. West portion stays mostly cloudy with showers or thunder showers east and southwest, cool with highs 45 to 60 and Monday night lows 24 to 40.
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Montana
East Germany Sit-In Demand Spurs Four-Power Talks
In Geneva the Soviet Union demanded East Germany be a full participant at the Big Four foreign ministers conference. Western powers rejected the move, creating uncertainty about the opening session set for Monday. Spokesmen said the issue could affect recognition of the East German regime and the talks' substance.
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Tom Ochiltree
Geneva
Soviet Union
East Germany
Moscow
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Andrei A. Gromyko
German Democratic Republic
Nazis May Have Had Access To U.S. Secrets
A State Department volume on Europe on the eve of U.S. entry into World War II hints Nazi access to secret messages. It cites Weygand losing his post in 1941 after Nazi reads of dispatches from U.S. diplomat Murphy, though sourcing on how the information leaked is not specified.
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Washington
Nazi Germany
U.S. State Department
State Department
U.S
Europe
United States
Spain
Franco
Hitler
Mussolini
Jordan Premier Says Country Will Stay Pact Free
Hazza Majali, named premier by King Hussein, pledges Jordan will avoid military pacts with East or West and remains aligned with Arab League commitments. He rejects foreign entanglements while seeking balanced ties with friendly nations amid UAR criticism and regional agitation.
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Amman
Jordan
Hazza Majali
United Arab Republic
Hussein
Samir Rifai
U.A.R
Majali
Baghdad
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Iraq
Austrian Leader Keeps Power as Communists Are Ousted
Vienna AP report shows Julius Raab's Conservative Austrian People's Party wins 79 seats to 78 for the Socialists in a 165 seat Parliament, with the Communist bloc eliminated. Conservatives retain chancellorship and most ministries, promising a tighter coalition with the Socialists. Negotiations to form a two party government begin in about a week.
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Vienna
Austria
Julius Raab
Austrian People’s Party
Sunday
Freedom Party
Raab
POW Captured After 14 Years In Chicago
Cincinnati AP report identifies former Nazi officer Lt. Kurt Rossmeisl, 52, as the escaped Camp Butner prisoner who lived quietly in Chicago for 14 years. He triggered an FBI alarm in the federal building and, after surrendering, was turned over to immigration authorities awaiting a hearing.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
FBI
Kurt Rossmeisl
Rossmeisl
Camp Butner
N. C
Federal
Rossmeis
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Africa Korps
Tunis
Notable London Angler Net Surprising Find at Pier
Dick Edwards, 58, an engineer, fished on the pier at Southend London's Coney Island and hooked a 10 shilling note worth about $1.40. He did not catch anything else all day.
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London
Dick Edwards
Southend
Coney Island
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