Knowland Uses Civil Rights Debate to Seek 1960 Advantage
Senator Knowland A Republican leader frames civil rights as a key issue to boost his 1960 bid. He plans a California speaking tour after Congress adjourns and hints at a future governor race. Aims to appeal to Northern Western and minority voters while risking Southern GOP support.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
California
Congress
Goodwin J. Knight
Ership
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
New Evidence Claimed In Clinton 15 Trial In Tennessee
In Knoxville, Robert L. Dobbs, chief counsel for the Clinton 15 civil rights case, says he has found new information that could sober the trial. The defense plans to call witnesses after the government rests this week as the 15 Tennesseans and John Kasper face contempt charges tied to desegregation orders.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Robert L. Dobbs
John Kasper
New Jersey
Kasper
Pocket Telephone Put Into Use in Allentown Area
A Bell Telephone transistor radio sized device is deployed in the Allentown Bethlehem region. A central switchboard signals a carrier to the device, which then dials a pre arranged number via a special operator. The radio signals within an eight mile range and emits a pleasant whistle.
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Allentown
Allentown- Bethlehem
Bell Telephone Co
Southern Senators Set for Fight in House Bill Battle
Senator Holland of Florida described a ready to fight bloc of Southern lawmakers as they confront an initial House-passed bill. He said northern and Western Senators may win the first clash but the South could push through compromise amendments.
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Miami
Fla
Sen
Holland
D-Fla
Miami Herald
Public Stays Home During CD Exercise
Civil defense guards manned intersections along 16 miles of Ohio route to relocate 15 000 people from Youngstown to Columbiana in a scheduled mock evacuation. Traffic ran about normal as the public appeared not to participate.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Columbiana
Santa Fe Gunfight Kids Win Cap Pistol Showdown
In Santa Fe a four kid gunslingers event ended with Bill Beust 10 winning as Lars Henderson 9 finished second and Janice Nicholson 12 placed third. Eric, the 11 year old, finished last after the contest that matched cap pistols to a stopwatch.
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Santa FE
N. M
Bill Beust
Beust
Lars Henderson
Los Angeles
Lars
Eric
Billy the Kid
Pooner
Janice Nicholson
John J. Chester Dies at Cleveland Clinic
Columbus attorney and former Franklin County prosecutor John J. Chester, 59, died early today at Cleveland Clinic after heart surgery begun July 5. He led the Snook murder trial prosecution in 1929 and ran a Columbus law practice with his son John J. Chester Jr., a state representative.
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John J. Chester
Cleveland
Columbus
Franklin County
Cleveland Clinic
Chester
Howard Snook
John J. Chester Jr
Weather Five Day Forecast With Warm Weekend Ahead
Five day forecast shows above normal temperatures overall with near normal days early in the week. Rain chances are light with isolated thundershowers expected around Thursday. Temperatures will peak on Friday and Saturday while western and southern locales show fair skies and moderate humidity levels tonight and Tuesday.
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West Virginia
Albuquerque
Boston
Cleveland
Denver
C-Care
Detroit
Fort Worth
Helena
Kansas City
Memphis
Miami
St. Paul
Clear
New Orleans
New York
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Rede Oacen
Southerners See Chance to Narrow Civil Rights Bill
Senator Ervin predicts a good chance to reduce the House passed civil rights bill to a voting rights measure. Anderson drafts an amendment to erase Section 3, while Southern senators push to resist compromises as Knowland moves to bring the bill up for action.
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California
Knowland
Senate
Washington
Sen
Ervin
D-Nc
Sen. Anderson
DNM
Anderson
House
Congress
Russell
Douglas
D-Ill
Javits
R-Ny
Potter
R-Mich
Officials Test U S Recovery After Alert
President Eisenhower flew to a secret command post near Washington for the fourth annual nationwide civil defense drill. The exercise tested mock recovery from a single H-bomb strike as Gray Berry and aides observed how a government in hiding would restore order after 15 days.
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Eisenhower
Washington, D. C
Gordon Gray
Office of Defense Mobilization
Lewis W. Berry
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Gray
Berry
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Security
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Piqua A Plant Bill Advances to Senate Committee
Washington reports a proposed 370 million dollar authorization bill includes an atomic energy plant to supply municipal power at Piqua Ohio among six projects. A Senate House Atomic Energy Committee vote on the measure is expected by week’s end.
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Washington
Piqua
Ohio
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Burglary Gang Nabbed in Cleveland Case
Sixteen people, including a 15 year old girl, were rounded up by police Sunday night. They admit to 24 robberies since May 26. Detectives say the gang operated in three person teams.
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Cleveland
Elks Leader Praises Teens At Grand Lodge Meeting
San Francisco reports Fred L. Bohn of Zanesville Ohio Grand Exalted Ruler says todays teenagers are capable and better than his generation at that age. He notes individual actions drive criticism and urges Elks to spend most of seven million dollars yearly on youth welfare to foster better understanding of teenage problems.
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San Francisco
Fred L. Bohn
Zanesville
Ohio
The
Elks
Bohn
Grand Lodge
General Tire and Rubber Co. hits 200 million sales milestone
General Tire and Rubber Co. announced a record sales milestone reaching two hundred million dollars for the first time in company history signaling strong growth for Akron based operations.
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AKRON
General Tire and Rubber Co
Famed Railroader Dies of Cancer in Tennessee
Simeon T. Webb 83 of Jackson Tennessee died in a Memphis hospital after a long battle with cancer. Webb was fireman on the Cannonball Express during Casey Jones era and survived the Vaughn Mississippi wreck 57 years earlier. He left railroading in 1919 after a overturning engine incident and later lived with a daughter in Memphis.
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Memphis
Casey Jones
Simeon T
Sim) Webb
Jackson
Tenn
Vaughn
Miss
Casey
Webb
Dulles Expected to End Ban on U S Newsmen to China
The State Department plans to lift its travel ban on U S newsmen entering Red China. Secretary of State Dulles may announce a new administration policy next weekend after meetings with news and publishing leaders. The issue has troubled Dulles for months as he moves toward a compromise allowing coverage by established outlets.
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Washington
Peiping
U. S
State Department
Dulles
Red China
Cincinnati Teamsters Strike Ends After 37 days
Striking Cincinnati Teamsters vote to accept a contract with 45 major local contractors ending a 37 day strike that halted about 100 million dollars in private and public building work and idled nearly 8000 allied workers. The pact retroactive to June 1 runs to July 8 1959 with wage raises of 13 cents an hour for regular trucks and 18 cents for tandem and tractor trailer units. Fringe benefits and work hours drew opposition in the Sunday meeting.
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Cincinnati
Teamsters
Northern
Kentucky
Plane disrupts TV by knocking down antenna in Fairfield
James B. McKinney reports a low flying twin engine red plane caused his TV picture to jump and blew the antenna over. Police have no idea where the plane came from or went.
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Fairfield
Conn
James B. McKinney
McKinney's
Ohio Soldier Killed In Washington Apartment Fire
Army Captain John F. Harris aged 34 from Troy Ohio died in a fire at his apartment in Lewis Washington on Sunday night. His wife Jacqueline and their three children Judy 14 months Malise 4 and Bridget 9 escaped unharmed.
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Ft, Lewis
Wash
John F. Harris
Troy
Ohio
Jacqueline
Judy
Malise
Bridget
Floating Drum Sought Near New York After Dump
Coast Guard planes and surface craft searched from dawn for a steel container of radioactive sodium waste that did not sink after being dumped into the ocean about 185 miles southeast of New York.
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New York
Coast Guard
House Considers Foreign Aid Bill Amid Debate
In Washington the House moved toward a 3.24 billion dollar foreign aid authorization as debate opened. Chairman Gordon warned the Kremlin shows shifts but keeps the Communist threat intact. Opponents labeled the bill dangerous and unnecessary while amendments were pushed including a Battle Act tied change and a proposal to shield U.S. servicemen from foreign courts.
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Gordon
Foreign Affairs Committee
Polland
Soviet Russia
Rep
Burleson
D-Tex
U.S
Threats To Witness Charged in Senate Hearings
Senator McClellan announces renewed Senate Rackets Investigating Committee hearings into threats against a committee witness. James P. Cross, Bakery Workers Union president, is accused. The panel will probe Cross ties to Martin Philipsborn Sr. and Zion Industries contract talks in Zion Illinois. John A. Barr of Montgomery Ward will testify about relations with Dave Beck.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets
James P. Cross
Bakery Workers Union
Cross
Martin Philipsborn, Sr
Zion Industries
Zion
Ill
Philipsborn
John A. Barr
Montgomery Ward
Barr
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Hearing Today On New Trial For Bundy Case
Convicted murderer Harry Dale Bundy, 40, of Zanesville, seeks a new trial in Canton before Common Pleas Judge John Rossetti. His lawyers expect two new witnesses to dispute testimony that Bundy was with Russell McCoy prior to the Centerline Market holdup in Utown. Mrs Kay Priester of Uniontown, Stark County Deputy Ray Nanamaker, and Akron Police Det. Capt. Carroll Cutright are named to testify at the motion hearing.
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Canton
Harry Dale Bundy
Zanesville
Common Pleas
John Rossetti
Bundy
Russell McCoy
Uniontown
Kay Priester
Ray Nanamaker
Stark County
Thirteen Die in Traffic as Ohio Weekend Toll Climbs
Ohio reports twenty deaths over the weekend with thirteen from traffic accidents. The tally includes six drownings and one fatal steel beam collision.
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Ohio
New Missile Planned by McDonnell in St Louis
The Quail missile project will be developed by McDonnell Aircraft Co of St. Louis. Air Material Command awarded a 4,539,772 dollar contract for research and development announced Sunday.
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ST. Louis
Air Force
McDonnell Aircraft Co
Air Material Command
Man hitches 160 miles to fix flat on Ohio Turnpike
Lima man Jack Maxwell spent about 10 hours and four trips hitchhiking between his car and Vermilion service plaza after both his tires failed. A patrolman contacted a service truck, but no help arrived for hours. He eventually had the tire repaired and planned to complain to the turnpike commission.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Jack Maxwell
Lima
Vermilion Service Plaza
Cleveland
Sandusky
Turnpike
Maxwell
The
Turnpike Commission
French Nieuport Wins Early Plane Race
A World War I French Nieuport fighter outpaced its rival in an early air race. The tiny biplane flew from Dallas to Little Rock on a cross country junket to promote the Ricks Memorial Trophy jet race and the U S Air Force anniversary, thrilling a small group of veterans at Hensley Field.
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Dallas
Little Rock
Ark
U. S. Air Force
Hensley Field
Toads for Coal Jamboree Draws Vast Scout Attendance
Valley Forge Texas hosts a Boy Scout jamboree covering 1500 acres with 55 000 in attendance. Scouts from northern states and foreign guests mingle as 30 000 visitors tour the camp after services and exhibits. Forest fire drills and a popular forest ranger exhibit close the weekend activities.
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Texas
Pennsylvania
Payma Canal Zone
Denmark
Peru
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