Johnson Seen as Influencing 60 Nominee
Washington AP reports Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas emerges as a key influencer in selecting the 1960 Democratic presidential nominee. A $190 dinner in Washington drew 2,479 attendees and raised about $185,000 as Johnson and Speaker Sam Rayburn delivered main addresses. Johnson plans no run but likely commands a substantial delegate bloc at the Los Angeles convention, backed by Southern states and broad national support.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Los Angeles
Revenue-Raising Measures Urged for Large Minnesota Communities
A legislative commission recommended that counties and cities over 20 000 population be allowed to enact new local revenue-raising measures with a referendum not sooner than two years after local approval. The report urged shared in cigarette and liquor taxes, wheelage taxes, a hotel tax, inheritance tax receipts, and reclassified lakeshore property assessments, all needing legislative approval.
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ST. Paul
Commission On
D. D. Wozniak
House Tax Committee
Minnesota
HELP FARMERS Urge Credit Revision
Eighteen Democratic senators urged revision of federal farm credit programs to keep farmers on the land. They proposed reactivating low mood aged debt adjustment, a variable payment plan, and a family farm development program in the nation’s 500 poorest rural counties. Humphrey criticized Eisenhower pilot programs as token efforts and called for broader action.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Makarios Returns to Cyprus After Three-Year Exile
Arch bishop Makarios arrives to a jubilant reception by over 150 000 Greek Cypriots in Nicosia. He urges cooperation with the Turkish minority and warns against bitterness as Cyprus moves toward independence following London talks.
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London
Grows Marijuana in His Window Box Case Headed Today
Fitchburg Massachusetts James R Snopley Jr 37 faces a district court appearance on a charge of cultivating and growing marijuana in a window box of his apartment Police report quotes Snopley that he tried smoking the plant but his throat felt sore as a result
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Fitchburg, Mass
James R. Snopley Jr
Warren Wade
Snopley
Era
Discoverer I May Be In Orbit Says Air Force
The Air Force reports sporadic signals from Discoverer I suggesting an orbit around the Earth perhaps every 98 minutes. Tracking stations including Edwards Calif Anette Alaska and Vandenberg have detected signals while secrecy draws criticism from scientists led by Dr J Allen Hynek who urges advance disclosure to tracking agencies.
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Inglewood
Calif
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Edwards Air Force Base
Anette
Alaska
Vandenberg
J. Allen Hynek
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge, Mass
Liz Attends Ceremony for Late Husband Michael Todd
Elizabeth Taylor attends a modest headstone ceremony at Waldheim Cemetery for her husband showman Michael Todd. Rabbi Lipis leads a 20 minute service with 11 attendees as police remain on alert. Todd died in a private plane crash in New Mexico.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Todd
Miss Taylor
Philip L. Lipis
Todd
Waldheim
Forest Park
New Mexico
Now They Have Plenty of Spares in Case of a Flat
A House subcommittee reports waste in American military aid overseas. It cites a country using U S facilities to build private planes, an installation with a 185 year stock of one ammunition item, and a foreign motor pool receiving enough U S tires to equip 44 tires per truck in a single year.
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Washington
House
Thomas E. Morgan
D. Pa
U. S
U.S
Frisky March Lamb Drops Snow on City
A playful March lamb delivered about two inches of snow over Austin causing slippery roads and a power outage on the city’s northwest edge when a primary line failed at Plymouth Avenue substation. Service returned by 9 a.m. Temperatures near 40 F by day, dipping to the 20s at night with above average warmth expected this week in Minnesota.
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Austin
Plymouth Avenue
Minnesota
Soviets Push Summit on Berlin as West Talks Linger
Moscow urged either heads of state or foreign ministers meet next month in Vienna or Geneva to settle Germany issues within two to three months. The note, delivered before a Khrushchev and Macmillan meeting, calls for wide participation including Poland Czechoslovakia and both German states. It warns Western use of force over Berlin could trigger war and says occupation duties may pass to East Germany on May 27 if no agreement.
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Harold Macmillan
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Khrushchev
West Berlin
East Germany
Rites Today for 2 Crash Victims
More than 300 Austin High students received excused absences to attend the funerals of Jerry Petersen and Bruce Hall who died in the auto-truck collision near Alden Friday. Steve Nygaard dies from injuries. rites set for Wednesday. Rev Swenson to lead both services at St Olaf Lutheran Church with interment in Oakwood and Memorial Gardens.
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Austin High School
Jerry Petersen
Bruce Hall
Alden
Steve Nygaard
Swenson
Arthur L. Swenson
Jerry
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Oakwood
Bruce
Memorial Gardens
Mothers' tears as two boys kidnapped in Los Angeles case
In Venice, Mrs Wayne Murray elated as 7 year old Wayne Jr is rescued from a former mental patient by officers. In the same city Ruth Flores collapses in a hysterical state as her infant son remains missing after the weekend abduction.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Flores
Bishop
Calif
Wayne Murray
William Harris Elwell
Elwell
Venice
Freight Train Derailment Triggers Explosions in Kentucky
About 125 people evacuated in Danville Geneva area after a freight train from the Atomic Energy Commission derailed. Explosions and fires burned across 28 cars as officials feared further blasts due to unknown cargo. An AEC spokesman said the chemicals were highly inflammable but not radioactive. Two railroad workers hospitalized from fumes and five firefighters treated for exhaustion.
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Danville
Atomic Energy Commission
Geneva
Kentucky
AEC
Oak Ridge
Red Proposal to Get Serious Consideration
The Soviet Union's proposed summit after a foreign ministers meeting draws serious attention from the United States and Western allies. White House officials withheld comment awaiting translation, while officials foresee a possible year end summit to avert or delay a war threat over Berlin.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
White House
Russia
James C. Hagerty
U.S.S.R
Berlin
Weather Report from Reef Fire Station
The Herald Weather Site records at 8 30 am show general weather as snow. High in previous four hours was 35 degrees and low in the last 24 hours was 12 degrees.
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Reef of Fire Station
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