Vital Bearing on Election As Congress Opens Abbreviated Session
The Senate convenes in an abbreviated post convention session that could affect the 1960 presidential race. Kennedy urged Eisenhower to push an emergency defense package this week, with options for new spending or unfreezing funds. Controversial bills like foreign aid, minimum wage, and healthcare loom as leaders eye Labor Day adjournment, with mid-September likely.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Central
Africa
Cuba
Sheriff's Wife Held After Ambush Wounding County Sheriff
Mrs. Jean Hoop ex-wife of Coshocton County sheriff is jailed without charge after allegedly firing on the sheriff in an apparent ambush, wounding him, police report.
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Coshocton
Jean Hoop
Coshocton County
Cuban Trade Attache Ignacio Bustillo Garcia Resigns
A Cuban Embassy spokesman in Bonn says Ignacio Bustillo Garcia the trade attache in Bonn has resigned from Cuba's foreign service.
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Bonn
Germany
Cuba
Ignacio Bustillo Garcia
Dallas Voters Reject School Integration in Special Election
Dallas residents vote 4-1 against school integration in a special election conceded to have no legal effect.
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Dallas
Tex
Soviet ships deliver mysterious cargoes to Havana since June
Washington based U S News World Report reports Soviet vessels began delivering mysterious cargoes to Havana starting June 28. The notice highlights ongoing shipments and notes no official explanations have been given by authorities.
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Washington
U. S. News & World Report
Havana
Governor DiSalle Accepts Resignation of Rep Elizabeth Smith
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle said he received the resignation of Rep. Elizabeth Smith a Democrat from Summit as a member of the Ohio House.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Elizabeth Smith
D-Summit
Ohio House
Massillon’s Mahlon M Martin Jr Elected AVA Vice President
Mahlon H Martin Jr of Massillon has been elected first vice president of the National Audio Visual Association. The organization promotes standards in film and broadcasting with members across the industry.
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Chicago
Mahlon H. Martin Jr
Massillon
National Audio-Visual Association
Kneel-In Campaign Expands to Atlanta Churches
In Atlanta 25 Negro college students led a coordinated kneel in at six white Protestant churches including First Baptist Druid Hills First Presbyterian St Mark Methodist Grace Methodist and the Cathedral of St. Philip. Some attended services from foyers others were admitted after talks with clergy no major incidents reported. Rev Martin Luther King Jr said warm clergy and layman reception suggests many Southerners may welcome church reform on race.
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First Baptist
Druid Hills
Fidel Castro seizes vast American property in Cuba
Cuban militiamen seize control of major American assets including Cuban Electric Co and the 300 million dollar NY subsidiary of American and Foreign Power Co, in retaliation for US economic measures. Also targets include Standard Oil and Texaco refineries and 36 sugar mills. banks and Guantanamo base spared for now.
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Congress
Cuban Electric Co
American and Foreign Power Co
New York
Island
Dollar Equity
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Texaco
Sinclair Oil Co
Cuba
Mac Bay Mining Co
Nicaro Nickel Processing Corporation
Guantanamo
United States
Castro
US Blasts Cuba as Castro Regime Tightens Grip
The United States accuses Cuba of steering toward a Communist dictatorship as Castro allies with the Soviet Union and seizes most American property in Cuba. The dispute shadows an upcoming 21 nation OAS ministers meeting in Costa Rica. Raul Castro signs a pledge of Soviet support as Cuban policy hardens.
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Soviet Union
Raul Rao
Cuba
Washington
United States
Council of the Organization of American States
San Jose
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
OAS
OAS Council
U.S
State Department
Inter-American Peace Committee
Raul Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
UN Revolves Congo Crisis Katan ga Seeks UN Troop Entry
The United Nations considers rival resolutions from Ceylon and Tunisia to deploy UN troops into Katanga while Hammarskjold urges full Belgian troop withdrawal. The council adjourned to noon to hear Lumumba government delegation as Katanga’s premier Tshombe resists.
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N. Y
Security Council
Congo
Katanga
Ceylon
Tunisia
Dag Hammarskjold
Moise Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
Soviet Union
Lumumba
Antoine Gizenga
Council
Jackson Resident Slain Near Vinton
Gallia County reports a Jackson man 35 year old Kentuckian, Hatfield, shot to death near Vinton on Brush Ridge. Tommy Harris 42 of Vinton Route 2 arrested. Harris admits shooting claiming self defense after Hatfield reached toward a pocket. Prosecution plans first degree murder charge. Hassell Tackett 32 of Melvin Ky. held as witness. Autopsy scheduled. investigation continues.
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Gallipolis
Marion Hatfield
Jackson
Floyd County
Brush Ridge
Vinton
Gallia County
Oscar Baird
Hatfield
Frank Hatfield
Jackson County
Tommy Harris
Baird
Harris
Warren F. Sheets
Sheriff's Department
Hassell Tackett
Melvin
Sheriff's Office
Coal Valley Rd
Donald R. Warehime
Warehime
Robert P. Carson
Holzer
Fugitives Make Good Escape in Belpre Heat
Belpre police report two auto thieves from Athens County fled blockades and vanished after jumping from a stolen truck. They may be the same pair who stole a car near Coolville. Investigators tie the suspects to a Vincent store break attempt and a Coolville cabin stay. A missing pair of side cutters linked to the Owens home cut of telephone wires.
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Belpre
Athens County
Befpre
Charles Cochran
Athens
Fred Owens
Coolville
Vincent
Washington County
Carl Welling
George Arnold
Nelsonville
Owens
Arnold
Ohio five day forecast with cooler spell ahead
Ohio forecast shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with highs near 82 to 86 across the region and lows around 62 to 63. Cooler tonight and Tuesday, small temperature change expected Wednesday through Saturday, with about a half inch of precipitation in scattered thundershowers near the Ohio River tonight.
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Ohio
Ohio River
Eisenhower vows to fund military readiness if needed
President Eisenhower told Congress the United States military power is second to none and will be kept that way. He said if extra funds are required to step up readiness he will promptly request them, citing Soviet threats, Cuba, and unrest in Central Africa as justification.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Red China accused by jurists on Tibet atrocities
The International Commission of Jurists, a private NGO drawn from non Communist nations, released a 340 page report accusing Red China of a decade of atrocities in Tibet.
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Geneva
International Commission of Jurists
Tibet
Powers Family Heads to Moscow Spy Trial in Final Talks
The parents of U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers leave Richmond Virginia and travel to Washington for last discussions with officials before heading to Moscow for the spy trial.
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Richmond
Francis Gary Powers
Washington
Moscow
Seventeen Fishermen Missing After Typhoon Trix Near Okinawa
Sixteen Ryukyuan fishermen are missing after Typhoon Trix swept between Okinawa and Miyako Islands, sideswiped Formosa and headed toward the China coast.
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Naha
Okinawa
Miyako Islands
Formosa
China
International Law Assn Opens 49th Congress in Hamburg
The Hamburg congress of the International Law Association opened to discuss a wide range of international problems. Delegates from various nations gathered to examine legal standards and cross border issues. The conference aims to advance legal cooperation and address global disputes.
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Hamburg
Germany
The
International Law Assn
Soldier Killed in Mason County Highway Crash
Sp4 William Blain Hill nineteen Mason County's seventh highway fatality of 1960. He was driving a 1950 Ford on Route 62 near the Katydid Club when the crash occurred around 2 a.m. Hill, home on leave from Fort Jackson, is survived by his parents seven sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body at Crow funeral home.
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Point Pleasant
William Blain
Dickie) Hill
Mason County
Ernest Hill
Charleston
W. Va
Elizabeth Hill
Gallipolis
Ohio
Hill
Katydid Club
Oliver Eschenaur
Cliff Yost
West Virginia State Police
Bill Woods
Mason County Sheriff's Office
Rancei Jividen
Point Pleasant City
United States Army Infantry Training Center
Fort Jackson
S. C
Korea
Sally Wears
Pliny
Jo Ann Putney
Virginia Wright
Henderson
Mary Byus
Shirley Capehart
Nancy Hill
New Haven
Bunny Hill
John
Ernest Jr
Crow Funeral Home
Indians Tigers Swap Coaches After Manager Trade
Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, who swapped managers last week, plan another exchange. Luke Appling will move to Cleveland, and Detroit receives Joyner White from the Indians.
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Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Luke Appling
Tigers
Cleveland
Joyner
Jo Jo) White
Indians
Fishy Fires Hit Two Findlay Lumber Yards
Two lumber yards on opposite sides of Findlay were destroyed by fire within two hours. Fire Chief Homer Johnson opened an arson probe. Police posted guards at the remaining three yards amid suspicions of foul play.
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Findlay
Homer Johnson
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