Venezuelan Rebels Cross Border Seize San Cristobal Barracks
Rebels crossed into Venezuela at dawn and seized the San Cristobal military barracks while proclaiming martial law in Tacura state. President Betancourt backed by troops and parties urged resistance as loyal forces recaptured towns and crowds rallied nationwide.
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Caracas
Venezuela
San Cristobs
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
San’ Cristobal
Andean
Columbia
San Cristobal
National Yard
Defense Ministry
San Antonio
Colon
la Fria
Tacura
Sam Cristobal
Columbis
Jesus Maria Castro Leon
Federal tax payment bill approved by House
The House approved a bill authorizing federal payments in lieu of local taxes on federally owned industrial properties. It covers buildings like the air force plant in Adrian vacated by Bridgeport Brass Co. Tax totals last year to Lenawee county Madison township Adrian city and local school districts were about 150000. Rep. George Meader announced action on the two year extension of his 1955 measure.
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HOUSE
Feu
House of Representatives
Washington
Air Force
Adrian
Bridgeport Brass Company
Lenawee County
Madison Township
City of
Madison and
George Meader
Brazil to Open New Capital Brasilia Inauguration Night
In Brasilia a glittering ceremony marks its midnight inauguration as Brazil's new capital while Rio de Janeiro remains the nation's capital at the moment. construction crews have prepared the ultramodern city of 300 million dollars after three years of work and expect a population surge as dignitaries from around the world gather for three days of festivities.
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Brazilia
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Guanabara
Brasilia
100 Children Scheduled for Adrian Clinic
Over 100 children are booked for a crippled children field clinic in Adrian set for Thursday and Friday. Organized by the Michigan Crippled Children Commission with Lenawee county health department and county medical society, the First Methodist Church hosts the event. Dr. Gerhard Bauer and Dr. Robert Bailey of Ann Arbor lead the clinic with commission staff nurses health department nurses and volunteers.
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Adrian
Lenawee County Health Department
Michigan Crippled Children Commission
Lenawee Y Health Department
County Medical Society
First Methodist Church
Gerhard 4. Bauer
Robert Bailey
Ann Arbor
Commission
Health Department
State Commission
Electa Wilcox
Harold Mapes
Walter Ashby
John S. Wisely
Bert Maroney
Dorothy Gricewahn
Thief's Joy Behind Night Club Watch Plan
Police in Philadelphia say a thief’s joy lies in spending loot in elite night clubs. They recruited bartenders waiters and staff to spot big spenders and report details to the detective bureau. Tips led to six burglar arrests including Mrs. Lillian M. Reis owner of the Celebrity Room in Fettsville Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Detective Bureau
Fettsville
Lillian M. Reis
Celebrity Room
Lenawee Dairy Princess Contest Seeks 1960 Queen
Twelve girls enter Lenawee County Dairy Princess contest with new age rule up to 25. Judging starts at noon Thursday at Adrian Eagles hall, followed by talks and a banquet with Mrs. Reid as toastmaster. Local clubs and granges sponsor contestants and plan luncheon and banquet details.
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Lenawee County
Michigan Producers Dairy
William Reid
Lynawee Dairy Council
Hursday
Eagles Hall
Adrian
Frank Smith
Sam Beal
Paul Klothorn
Ronald Dillingham
Howard Driges Jr
The
Eagles
Reid
Boyd Rice
Lansing
Rice
Lenewee County
Bing Crosby Auditions Vows Quiet Choir Visit
A well dressed man, later identified as Bing Crosby, asked to join the St. Marys children's choir but was told only choir members may enter the loft. After Mass he met the pastor and joked about auditioning in the future.
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Aiken
Bing Crosby
Washington task force tours Adrian plants
A Washington task force led by Theodore K. Pasma visited Adrian to tour Bridgeport Brass Company and Hoover Ball and Bearing. Bridgeport plans to close operations by April 30, with equipment used for extrusion and forging and room for expansion. Local officials and reps from Congress met to review facilities and report back for potential industrial investors. A banquet in the Bridgeport Brass Company appreciation event was held that evening at Ritchie Ball.
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Washington
Adrian
Bridgeport Brass Company
Hoover Ball & Bearing
Washington Group
Theodore K. Pasma
Office of Area Development
Commerce Department
Harry V. May
Bridgeport
May
Palma
U.S. Jair Force
Mr. May
George Meader
Mr. Palma
William T. Hunt
Detroit
Carl Rosmax
National Society of Industrial Realtors
Leggat
Russell
Roback
Ritchie Ball
Chrysler Plans Second Small Car For Dodge Dealers
Chrysler Corp plans a second compact car for Dodge dealers this fall. President Tex Colbert confirmed reports at the annual meeting, while 300 shareholders remained silent. Dodge GM Patterson had told AP last December that such a car existed and was awaiting the right market time.
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Chrysler
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Dodge
L. L
Tex
Colbert
M. C. Patterson
Associated Press
Iime
ISMALL CRAFT TO USE SEAWAY THIS YEAR OTTAWAY
The St. Lawrence Seaway will be open this year to pleasure craft at least 20 feet long and two tons in weight. Tolls will be $2 per lock. Pleasure craft will be allowed to use only the Iroquois, Snell and Eisenhower locks and will be charged the same rate. The old canal routes are still free for pleasure craft. All pleasure craft must obtain toll tickets in advance from seaway offices in either Canada or the United States.
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Ismall
Seaway
Ottaway
St. Lawrence Seaway
Seaway Authority
Iroquois, Snell and
Eisenhower
Cornwall
Canada
United States
Congressman Cederberg Seeks Re election
Rep Elford A Cederberg Republican of Michigan announced yesterday his candidacy for re election. He indicated his plan to seek another term and continue his service in Congress.
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Washington
Elford A. Cederberg
R-Mich
Tigers Win Opener
The Tigers secured a victorious start to the season in their opener. Local coverage highlights key plays and standout performances as the team kicked off with momentum.
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Tigers
County Valuation Surges to 149 Million, Supervisors Report
The 1960 county assessment rolls show total valuation at 149,822,050 a gain of about eight million from 1959. Adrian and Tecumseh add about three to one million each with Madison township leading townships at 15,415,390. Eight million in growth is spread across Adrian Tecumseh Madison and surrounding units as W Roadvert Frank chairs the committee report.
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Aarian
Taramseh City
Sani Srpaiaay
Hudson
Adrian City
Tecumseh
Madison Township
W. Roadvert Frank
Adrian
Stanley freighter patched after wreck in St Marys River
The Robert C. Stanley of U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh Steamship Division sustained a bottom hole at Videll shoals in the St Marys River. Water was pumped out and the ship stood upright after a 20 to 30 degree list. W. A deck crane ship assisted in offloading ore so the Stanley could proceed to drydock for repairs.
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Sault Ste. Marie W
Great Lakes
Robert C. Stanley
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh Steamship Division
Stanley
Videl
St. Marys
W. C. Richardson
Lenawee aging council to discuss in Adrian area
The Lenawee county council on problems of the aging will host an open discussion led by Dr. Howard C. Emrick at 8 p.m. Monday in the Consumers Power Co building on East Maumee Street. All senior citizens are invited to attend and share views as prep for the White House Conference on Aging in January 1961. James Comrie of Adrian is chairman.
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Lenawee County
Bids Sought for New Michigan Maps
Michigan map contracts opened as highway department seeks 600000 new maps costing about 35000 dollars. Legislation ends publication ban and aims to distribute to tourists by the Fourth of July weekend. Republican lawmakers barred Democratic highway commissioner John C Mackie from the maps.
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Lansing i
State Highway Department
Highway Department
John C. Mackie
State Department calls Castro a dictator in sharp report
Washington reports that the State Department sharply labels Fidel Castro a dictator amid renewed Cuban accusations against U S policy. Press officer Lincoln White dismisses Castro as making baseless remarks and notes Cuba's press is largely government controlled.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
State Department
Castro
United States
U. S
Hitler
Mussolini
Lincoln White
White
N Y C Plans 20 Percent Rate Cuts To Meet Seaway
New York Central will cut rates on iron and steel products chinaware rods passenger cars paper pulpboard and farm implements by about 20 percent within two weeks to counter St Lawrence Seaway competition. Last year the line cut 10 to 25 percent on grain flour bauxite molasses sugar greases and tallow but did not touch industrial goods. In Corpus Christi Texas burglars pried open an office door yesterday but found the place vacant.
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New York Wi
New York Central Railroad
St. Lawrence Seaway
Arthur Baylis
Charges Withdrawn and Pupils Return to Hahira High
In Hahira Georgia teachers and 600 pupils returned to classes after a paddling controversy was resolved. The five member county board met in Valdosta to end mass resignations and granted maternity leave to a teacher. Earl Cornelius received a mild spanking previously, and the board stressed disciplinary methods would continue as needed.
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Hahira
Hahira High School
Louth Georgia
Earl Cornelius
Lowndes
Valdosta
County Board of Education
Elmer Cor
Neling
Meacham
Board County School
Clyde W
A. B
Martin
Earl
Mainples
Princip
Pal
Bheen
Cornelius
Dwight Maples
Big Gulf of Mexico dam idea from three boys
In Los Angeles three seven year olds proposed damming the Gulf of Mexico to drain the basin for farmland. They told President Eisenhower plans drawn on a playground. Scott Tenenbaum Stevie Goldstein and Ted Cohen estimated two million dollars. The Interior Department called it the biggest idea seen in years but noted draining the gulf would be far costlier.
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Los
Nashville Mayor backs desegregation after bombing protest
A mass Negro protest in Nashville followed an explosion that damaged city councilman Alexander Looby’s home. Mayor Bes West voiced support for desegregation of all white eating facilities, saying the law will be enforced, while a Negro minister pressed for stronger action. Looby and his wife escaped injury as the blast shook their home.
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Nashville
West
C. T. Vivian
Vivian
Lexander Looby
Looby
National Association For the Advanement of Colored People
Submarines to Carry 16 Atomic Warheads Each Says Admiral Raborn
Garden City reports Rear Adm William Raborn Jr states the United States will field 45 submarines, each armed with 16 atomic weapons, with two subs ready by autumn. He calls the missile cheap beside other nuclear arms and highly concealable as a major future weapon. In Corpus Christi the 394th Transportation Battalion faces sea gulls during Mustang Island exercises, retreating indoors after gulls snatch meals and tents.
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Garden City
Navy
America
William
Raborn, Jr
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mustang Island
394Th
National Guard
U S Senators urge Eisenhower to reconsider Korea visit
Two senators on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called on President Eisenhower to rethink his planned trip to Korea as a protest against the repressive measures of Syngman Rhee. The statement questions the timing of a state visit amid the crisis.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Korea
Lynzman Rhee
MISS LIBERTY CLEAN UP PLAN UNVEILED FOR WORLD FAIR
Seoul unrest continues with 92 dead and hundreds wounded as Lt Gen Song Yochan enforces martial law in five cities. President Rhee pledges redress and investigation while confirming no blame until martial law ends. New York report notes Statue of Liberty rehabilitation planned for World’s Fair at a cost of 6.58 million dollars with federal match. Michigan State University to receive SBA research grant among 51 totaling two million dollars.
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Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Sen
Humphrey
United States
Song Yochan
Rhee
Hwan
Ythee
U. S
State Herter
Lee Xhi-Foong
Democratic Party
Liberal Party
John J Chang
Democrats
Kurea
Song
New York NW
Grant
Federal Hall
George Washington
Castle Clinton
Battery Park
Fred A. Seaton
Washington WW
Michigan State University
Small Business Administration
Eisenhower Visit to Korea Unchanged This Month
U S officials warn of renewed Communist pressure as South Korea faces internal strife. Secretary Herter demands the Rhee government protect democratic rights and stop political discrimination. Dispatches say the 15th Korean Division may move into Seoul, but UN forces at the armistice line remain not directly endangered.
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Eisenhower
Korea
Russia
Japan
George D. Aiken
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Humphrey
Herter
You
Chan-yang
Rhee
Washington
United States
South Korea
28Th Parallel
38Th Parallel
North
United Nations
Seoul
U. N
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Edward Seeburger
Harold Erhart
Connie Kahle
Britton
Adrian Kiwanis Club
Linda Hassenzahl
Manitou Beach
Hudson Center Grange
Sally Kay Smith
Joyce Hyatt
Blue Ribbon Homemakers
Rollin’ Blue Streaks
Priscilla Ruesink
Lena
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Kay Creger
Clinton
Franklin Maples
Tipton Farm Bureau
North Franklin Hustlers
North Franklin Maidens
Kathy Wegner
Palmyra Grange
Patricia
Michigan
University of Michigan
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