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August 18, 1959

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Headlines from August 18, 1959

POWER CUT OFF FOR 500,000 IN MANHATTAN; FAILURE IN HEAT HITS TRAVEL, HOSPITALS;; CABLES BURN OUT Lights and Appliances Slowly Restored -- 6 Breaks Found Power Fails in Large Upper Manhattan Areas as Overtaxed Circuits Burn Out ELECTRIC SERVICE RESTORED SLOWLY Cooling Devices Viewed as Cause of Breakdown -Hospitals, Travel Hit

By Homer Bigart

Power failure halts all st and signal lights on E Side, 74th-110th Sts, and on W Side, 59th-110th Sts; extra ptl keep traffic moving smoothly; some snarls develop at rush hr

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CANDLE SELLERS DO A BRISK TRADE; Blind Lead Sighted Workers From the Dark -- A Day of Warm Beer, Soft Butter Candle Trade Brisk in Blackout; Blind Lead Sighted Out of Dark

By Gay Talese

In many neighborhoods yesday during the power failure Manhattan was a town illuminated by candlelight.

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A Long Evening at Home: No TV or Air Conditioning; EVENING AT HOME: MUGGY AND NO TV

By James Feron

A major part of Manhattan was only a dark and grotesque image of its usual glittering self last night. To many it looked like a wartime dim-out.

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Gen. Grivas Offers To Be Greek Leader; Grivas Offers to Lead Greece; Bitterly Attacks Regime There

By Reuters

Lt Gen Grivas, ex-chief of Greek Cypriote underground, says he will seek power if majority wants him, s during Epirus tour; suggests call to power come from 'popular orgns and working classes,'

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A.F.L.-C.I.O. Ready To Take Back I.L.A. On Two-Year Trial; A.F.L.-C.I.O. SPURS RE-ENTRY OF I.L.A.

By A. H. Raskinspecial To the New York Times

Meany doubts AFL-CIO will soon readmit Teamsters

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1959Tom Prichard, American wrestler and trainer^[†]

Thomas Prichard is an American retired professional wrestler and author better known by the ring name Dr. Tom Prichard. He is the older brother of Bruce Prichard.

Historical Context for August 18, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people^[†]

Headlines from August 18, 1959

CANDLE SELLERS DO A BRISK TRADE; Blind Lead Sighted Workers From the Dark -- A Day of Warm Beer, Soft Butter Candle Trade Brisk in Blackout; Blind Lead Sighted Out of Dark

A Long Evening at Home: No TV or Air Conditioning; EVENING AT HOME: MUGGY AND NO TV

Gen. Grivas Offers To Be Greek Leader; Grivas Offers to Lead Greece; Bitterly Attacks Regime There

A.F.L.-C.I.O. Ready To Take Back I.L.A. On Two-Year Trial; A.F.L.-C.I.O. SPURS RE-ENTRY OF I.L.A.

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