Conservatives push Summerfield for GOP national chair
Conservatives urge Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield to seek the GOP chair as the National Committee plans a July 1960 convention in Chicago to pick a successor to Meade Alcorn. Sen. Thurston Morton faces opposition for full-time duties, with Goldwater and Simpson voicing concerns. Summerfield’s Cabinet role complicates his availability.
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Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
GOP
Meade Alcorn
Chicago
Ray Bliss
Ohio
Summerfield
Thurston B. Morton
Kentucky
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Richard M. Simpson
Pennsylvania
Congress
Morton
Taft
Eisenhower
Ohio House Debates Beer Tax Increase In DiSalle Plan
The Ohio House votes on a second DiSalle tax bill raising the 3.2 beer levy from 1.50 to 2.50 per barrel, part of a near 300 million tax package. The article notes political maneuvering over lump-sum versus line-item appropriations and previewed a push on a state gasoline tax increase.
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HOUSE
Columbus
Ohio House
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Senate
Treasury
House Finance Committee
G. D. Tablack
D-Mahoning
State Director of Finance
James A. Lantz
Fairfield
Charles Spahr
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Government reports point to steady job gains in March
Washington officials released a March employment report showing about 500000 more jobs and unemployment down by 250000 to 400000, keeping total unemployment above four million. February unemployment stood at 4749000 with 62722000 employed, amid a context of record GNP and high purchasing power.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lewis Strauss
Strauss
Commerce
Dalai Lama Continues Into India As Refugee Tour
The Dalai Lama moves from To wang toward Bomdilla in India as Buddhist followers flock to honor the fugitive leader. P N Menon heads northeast to meet him before foreign reporters arrive while Nehru weighs how to handle the Tibet issue with Peiping.
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Dehli
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Towang
India
Bomdilla
P. N. Menon
Foreign Ministry
Nehru
Menon
New Delhi
Peiping
Tot Drowns In Pond At Home
Melissa Mangin, 2, drowned Monday after falling into a pond at her Zanesville home. Her mother Mrs. Glenn E. Mangin retrieved the body from the water.
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Zanesville
Melissa Mangin
Glenn E. Mangin
Hayward Niven Win Top Oscars For Gigi And More
Susan Hayward won best actress on her fifth try for I Was to Live. David Niven earned best actor for Separate Tables. Gigi swept nine nominations including best picture, with Burl Ives and Wendy Hiller winning supporting honors.
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Hollywood
Susan Hayward
David Niven
Niven
Gigi
Coast Guard Cutter Aids Soviet Seaman in Bering Sea
A U S Coast Guard cutter Storis rushed through 10 to 15 foot seas in the Bering Sea to aid a critically injured Soviet seaman aboard the trawler Pischavaya Industria about 100 miles north of the Pribilof Islands. The rescue followed a Soviet Embassy request routed via the State Department and coordinated by Navy and Treasury.
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Kodiak, Alaska
U.S. Coast Guard
Bering Sea
Storis
Akun Bay
Aleutian Island
Pischavaya Industria
Pribilof Islands
Coast Guard
Washington
State Department
Navy
Treasury Department
Arctic Ocean
Kroger Chief Calls FTC Anti-Trust Action Implausible
Joseph B. Hall, Kroger president, calls the FTC charge against Kroger for acquiring more than 40 companies and 1900 stores over 51 years astonishing. He says growth followed legal patterns and criticizes the complaint as unwarranted experimentation and inconsistent with free enterprise. Hall notes the commission knew of Kroger's transactions for years.
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Cincinnati
Joseph B. Hall
Kroger Co
Federal Trade Commission
Kroger Suday
Hall
Kroger
Dulles Shows Improvement in Florida Convalescence
John Foster Dulles enters second week of Florida convalescence and appears improved to observers at Jupiter Island.
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Jupiter Island
Fla
John Foster Dulles
Florida
Eisenhower Heads to Southland Golf Course for Vacation
President Eisenhower flies to a southern golf course today for a vacation. He will relax at the course and take a break from White House duties amid a busy schedule.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Southland
Killing father ends in deadly fire at New Haven home
Kirk Kraus a 47 year old factory worker strangled his four relatives including three children and his sister then set their three story house ablaze. He confronted his wife as she returned from work and admitted I killed the kids before dying of smoke in the flames. Firefighters found multiple victims on every floor with Kraus near the top amid smoke and fire.
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New Haven
Conn
Monday
Kirk Kraus
Kraus
Veterans Hospital
Frances
New Haven Register
Sea Claims Life Of Mother At Silver Beach
Mrs. Florence G. Witt 40 wife of Air Force Capt Kenneth C Witt of Massillon Ohio drowned in the surf at Silver Beach Monday. Her youngest son Pat 2 was missing after the incident. The body was found by her husband and the search for the boy was unsuccessful. The death was ruled accidental.
Weather West Virginia Ohio Showers Thunderstorms Then Cooler
Weather outlook shows increasing cloudiness in West Virginia with showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight, turning cooler by Wednesday. Ohio expects showers and windy mild conditions tonight, clearing Wednesday with cooler highs. City readings note mostly clear spells forAlbany Blamarck Cleveland Indianapolis Los Angeles Milwaukee Portland Richmond Salt Lake City Phoenix Philadelphia Tampa and others.
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Albany
Cniekee
Lidivesss
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Vashew
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Memphis
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Oklahoma City
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Phoenix
Pittabureh
Portland
Ore
Richmond
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Salt Lake City
Tampa
Washington
Suspected New Red Legion Shipped From Suez to Iraq
Reports from Port Said say three Soviet ships carried 855 armed Kurds and military gear through the Suez Canal to Basra Iraq. Observers cite Kurdish origin sailors trained in guerrilla fighting. Cairo papers claim Kessem aims to form a foreign legion to oppose Iraqi nationalists and counter Communist influence in Baghdad.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Iraq
Soviet Union
Abdel Karim Kassem
Persian Gulf
Basra
Port Said
United Arab
Republic
Middle East
Nasser
Kassem
Nikita Khrushchev
U.A.R
Baghdad
Adenauer to Run for West German Presidency
Bulletin from Bonn reports Chancellor Konrad Adenauer consented to seek the presidency of West Germany, signaling his retirement from active politics and ending a long tenure in government.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Turnout Surges in Chicago Three States Elections
Voters flocked to polls in Chicago Oklahoma and Wisconsin with big turnouts. Michigan results lingered as precincts reported slowly. Detroit faced a 60 million dollar school bond vote while Oklahoma eyed repealing prohibition and Chicago eyed Mayor Daley’s bid for a second term with a large Democratic majority anticipated.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Chicago
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Lahoma
Supreme Court
Detroit
Richard J. Daley
Meteor sighting over central California darkens skies
A glowing, soundless bright object with a green tail streaked eastward over central California Monday night. Most reports say it was a meteor that broke up toward the end of its flight. Observers placed it at 8:45 p.m., with timing varying by location and witness.
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San Francisco
Central
California
Cleveland Bus Tragedy Claims Welder Luther Bledsoe
Police report Luther Bledsoe a 41 year old welder died when he walked against the moving Cleveland Transit System bus and was trapped under the rear wheels. The incident occurred Monday in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Luther Bledsoe
Cleveland Transit System
Bledsoe
Mason Board Delays Hiring Of Superintendent
The Messenger reports the Mason board has delayed hiring a new superintendent while revisions are made to the junior high program to include math and science.
Ohio GOP Chairman Faces Busy Schedule Today
Columbus report says Ohio Republican Chairman Ray C Bliss left for Washington for a lunch with the Ohio GOP Congressional delegation a committee meeting to pick a 1960 convention site an executive committee session and Taft Memorial dedication ceremonies in the capital.
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Columbus
Washington
Ohio
Ray C. Bliss
Capital
GOP
Republican National Committee
U S Needs Second Miracle Says Compton Vision for All
Nobel laureate Arthur Compton of Washington University argues that the atomic bomb’s miracle arose from a shared vision. He urges America to regain that vision of a universal social order where each person can reach their fullest potential regardless of birth or status. He recalls telling Gandhi about the American dream and notes its reflection worldwide.
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Cleveland
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
St. Louis
America
Madam Pandit
India
Compton
Photographer Mary Wooten Dies After 50 Years of Work
Mrs. Mary Bayard Wooten, 82, a noted New Bern photographer and pioneer of aerial photography for over five decades, died Monday. She illustrated many books and shaped Southern photography.
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New Bern
N.C
Mary Bayard Wooten
South
FDR’s Granddaughter Debunks Tireless Image
Nina Roosevelt says Mrs. Roosevelt is not tireless at 74 and sometimes naps in company while autographing her book. The granddaughter describes the habit with a playful anecdote, noting a single ankle tap can wake the former first lady. Mrs. Roosevelt and the granddaughter were in London during a Middle East trip context.
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Hal Cooper
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nina Roosevelt
Nina
Grandma
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