Smog Alert!

Posted on October 23, 2009 by lmharnisch
Oct. 23, 1959, Quintuplets

Funeral services for quintuplets born a few days earlier.

Oct. 23, 1959, Mirror Cover

Oct. 23, 1959: A pall of smog covers the city as county supervisors plan to send a representative to talk to Detroit auto executives about emission controls.

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2 Responses to Smog Alert!

  1. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    October 23, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    Do you have more information about why the babies died? And how did Charles Van Doren change his story? Did he finally admit he was lying?

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  2. Unknown's avatar zabadu says:
    October 25, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    The babies were two months premature. Technology did not exist to keep them alive then.

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