Derailed Tank Cars Put Georgia Town On Alert
A chlorine gas spill near a south central Georgia town prompted evacuations and heavy emergency response. Two derailed tank cars holding 16 000 gallons of liquid chlorine were being removed as Army reserves and Air Patrol secured the area. Officials warned of contamination within a mile while civil defense monitored for leaks and urged calm.
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McRae
Georgia
Southern Railway
Atlanta
William Mackle
Main Street
Warner Robins Air Force Base
George Callahan
Olin-Mathison Chemical Co
McIntosh
Ala
Civil Defense
State Health Department
3Rd Army
BE. L. Blume
Bus Crash Kills Sixteen Laborers Near Phoenix
A crude bus carrying Mexican farm workers from Mesa to Tolleson crashed into a tree and exploded near Phoenix. Sixteen workers died and 32 were injured with burns and broken bones. many victims were in serious condition. Driver Nate Manuel Gloria Jr. reportedly fell asleep at the wheel.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Highway Patrol
Nate Manuel Gloria Jr
Mesa
Tolleson
South Georgia Methodists Open Annual Meeting in Macon
South Georgia Methodists convene at Wesleyan College with about 800 delegates to elect reps for the 1960 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference at Lake Junaluska North Carolina and the next General Conference in Denver. Bishop Arthur J. Moore, 70, nears the end of his term as active bishop after 50 years in the pulpit.
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Macon
South Georgia Methodists
Arthur J. Moore
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Moore
South
North Georgia
Denver
Wesleyan College
George L. Zorn
Valdosta
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Conference
Statistici of Christian Service
Statiatl
Twelve Die Violently In Weekend Accidents
Weekend Georgia saw twelve fatalities from accidents and violence including ten highway deaths. Myron Gass, 12, accidentally shot by his brother Benny Joe, and Moses Collins, 43, killed when a car overturned near Milledgeville. Other victims included Helen Pipkins, 8, in Shellman, and Navy Chief Warrant Officer Charles Witcher, 40, in a wreck near Ringgold. Authorities cited incidents across multiple counties and states.
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Associated Press
Georgia
North Carolina
Moses Collins
Milledgeville
C. Moore
Trenton
Myron Dwight Gass
Benny Joe
M. M. Gass
Sand Mountain
Moore
Nathan Hartline
Avans
Tennesee
Hales Bar Dam
Norris Green
Copperhill
McCaysville
Helen E. Pipkins
Shellman
State Patrol
U.S. 41
Jim Burrus
Eastandlee
Toccoa
Ranna Lee
Alpharetta
Navy
Charles W. Witcher
Lesser
Ill
Irene Gold
Wimbledon
England
Miss Gold
Witchers
Grady County Fat Calf and Cattle Show Winners Named
At the 71st Grady County Fat Calf and Cattle Show Sale in Cairo, a 1,005-pound Black Angus steer owned by Darriel Halstead was named Ground Champion. Second went to a Whigham FFA member with a 955-pound Black Angus. Julien Maxwell of Whigham won Grooming and Showmanship. A total of 28 animals were entered. An adult class white faced Hereford owned by Frank Elkins weighed 1,070 pounds and was named champion. Judges included W. S. Rice and R. O. Williams. Sale began at 2 p.m. at Grady Stockyards with Buddy Clark auctioneering.
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Cairo
Grady County
Darriel Halstead
Caird
Future Farmers of America
Whigham Ffa
Angus
Julien Maxwell
Wwateryerrs
Cless
Frank “Elkins
Cairoliwans Club
Eisenhower asks Congress for debt ceiling and bond rate changes
President Eisenhower urged Congress to remove the 3 percent interest ceiling on savings bonds and the 4.5 percent limit on longer- term marketable bonds. He called for raising the permanent debt limit from 283 to 288 billion dollars and the temporary unit to 295 billion, with a 0.34 percent rate increase for Series E and H bonds starting June 1 and improved terms for existing bonds.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury Department
Starkweather Faces Fourth Date With Executioner
Charles Starkweather, 20, awaits a fourth scheduled execution date in Lincoln Nebraska. His father Guy Starkweather seeks a write of habeas corpus to delay again and has asked the U S Supreme Court for review, though officials say the filings are not sufficient. Starkweather admits killings in 1958 including a Bennett schoolboy and a station attendant in 1957.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Guy Starkweather
Lancaster District Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Guy
Nebraska Parole Board
Starkweather
Robert—Jensen
Bennet
Berlin crisis talks tighten Russian West German standoff
Reported Western diplomats say foreign ministers plan a weekend summit to push for a quick, successful conclusion. Khrushchev and East German leaders prepared to meet in Moscow as tensions over Berlin intensify.
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Tradt
Moscow
Khrushchev
Woman Performer Killed by Boy During Shooting Act
In Pittsburgh at the Bicentennial Exposition a 88-year-old trick shooter Mamie Peniman was accidentally shot by a 9-year-old boy who believed a rifle was a prop. The incident occurred as she stood in front of firearms held by her husband and son during a planned stage sequence. Police detained Frank Monaco for questioning. no charges were filed.
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Pittsburgh
Frank
Frank Monaco
New Kensington
Monaco
Jack Kelly Named Head of Georgia Ad Group
Jack Kelly, Advertising Manager of the Times-Enterprise, was elected president of the Georgia Newspaper Advertising Assn at the Summer meeting in Brunswick. Milo McGahee and Robert Lueckel swapped roles, with Lueckel named vice president. Other officers include Charles Dukes treasurer Leonard Hopkins secretary, Bob Turner and Al MacMillan board members. Louis Harris of the Augusta Chronicle gave the keynote at King and Prince Hotel.
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Jack
John D.) Kelly
Times-Enterprise
Georgia Newspaper Advertising Assn
Brunswick
Kelly
Milo McGahee
Advertising Dept
Augusta Chronicle
Robert Lueckel
Savannah News-Press
Association
Charles Dukes
The
Tifton Gazette
Leonard Hopkins
Atlanta
Kelly-Smith
Bob Turner
Columbus
al MacMillan
Gainesville
Hopkins
McGahee
Louis Harris
Harris
Augusta
King and Prince
Advertising’ Association
Emory University
Enterprise
Pastor Dismissed Amid Racial Tensions in Columbus
In Columbus Georgia the Rev. Robert B McNeill pastor of First Presbyterian Church was dismissed by an eight member Southwest Georgia Presbytery judicial commission for reasons tied to ongoing unrest and a controversial magazine article on race harmony The action announced June 2 was read to a stunned congregation and McNeill said he would consider appealing to a higher court%
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Columbus, Ga
Robert B. McNeill
First Presbyterian Church
Southwest Georgia
McNeill
Presbyterian Synod of
First Successful Missile Mail Delivery Reported
The report from Washington announces a first successful mail delivery by a missile. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate a Regulus I type missile launch by the U.S. Navy, marking a milestone in military and postal experiments.
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Pyramids
Sphinx
George Barrett
Independence
D. P. Hays
William H. Hatton
Ray Walsh
Walsh
Ashby
S. Georgia
Grady Sale
FFA
Ike
New Arm Research
Doak Aircraft Co
Wey
Scone
Berlin
Germany
Heymann
Penima
Jack Kelly
Georgia Ad Group
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