Kennedy and Truman Reconcile in Talk at Hyannis Port
In Hyannis Port Massachusetts John F Kennedy and Harry S Truman spoke by telephone after a rift over Kennedy campaign strategy. Kennedy plans to visit Truman in Independence Missouri and expects Truman to campaign for the Kennedy Johnson ticket while Ribicoff joins the effort. Truman had criticized the current Congress as a do nothing body but signaled support after the convention.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Fen
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Independence
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Abraham Ribicoff
Conn
Ribicoff
Kennedy Kennedy
White House
Congress
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
McDonald
Dealer Wins Massive Diamond Stockpile Purchase
NEW YORK announces Harry Winston received 30,000 carats worth 1,159,000 after a government sale of stockpiled diamonds from wartime stocks. The auction by U S Customs drew global bidders. about 47,000 carats sold for 1,900,000, exceeding estimates. Winston explains stockpiling ended as Office of Defense Mobilization ends defense stock program.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Harry Winston
International
Winston
U. S
U. S. Customs Office
Office of Defense Mobilization
Window Traps Fleeing Woman in Burning Home
WESTFIELD Mrs. Ernest Tompkins narrowly escaped death as flames engulfed her home yesterday. Trapped in a first floor bedroom window, the sash slammed shut pinning her leg to the sill until husband rescued her. Loss estimated at $6,000 to $7,000.
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Westfield
Ernest Tompkins
Saco Girl To Study In Scandinavia
Miss Marguerite May Clark of Saco leaves New York Friday for nine months in Denmark under the Scandinavian Seminar for Cultural Studies. She will study folkehøjskoler, Danish literature, and theater, researching Hans Christian Andersen and presenting an independent junior year project.
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Scandinavia
Marguerite May ‘Clark
School Street
Saco
Miss Clark
New York
Dinavia
Marguerite May Clark
Herman Clark
Scandinavian Seminar For
Denmark
Folkehjskolkr
Grundtvig
Folkehiskolkr
Clark
Folkehiskolic
Hans Christian Anderson
Division Heads Listed For Chest Campaign
The Biddeford Saco Community Chest announced division heads for the 1960 campaign. Mark Black chairs the special and advance gifts division and has met with campaign leaders to discuss plans. New agency Northeast Hearing and Speech Center Inc of Portland joins the usual member agencies including Biddeford and Saco Public Health Nursing, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and others.
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Biddeford-Saco
Maurice C. E. Roux
Roger Shermen
Arthur J. Peloquin
Har
Saco Public Health Nursing Association
Girl Scouts and
Boy Scouts
Congo Tribes Battle in Kasai Province as UN Stays Hands Off
In Kasai region near Leopoldville the United Nations takes a hands off stance amid tribal warfare between Lulua and Baluba. Hundreds feared killed as Baluba flee toward Katanga. Belgian sources say Congo army is unable to quell the fighting. Dag Hammarskjold warns leaders to avoid actions that derail UN plans and remain free of partisan influence.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
U. N
Kasai
UNC
Security Council
Eeag
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Monda Car
Rane
Carmel
United Nations
Pickets Halt Raytheon Construction in Lewiston
A statewide strike by sheet metal workers halted work on Raytheon's 2 million semiconductor plant in Lewiston Maine. About 80 union workers refused to cross lines set by the Sheet Metal Workers Int Association Local 545. John Dumont said pickets would stay until nine Maine firms in a wage dispute resume negotiations. Construction supervisor Fred Iovine said the plant remains on or slightly ahead of schedule but warned against more shutdown days.
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Lewiston
Raythheon
Sheetmetal Worker International Assn
John Dumont
Raytheon
Maine
Dumont
Fred Iovine
Oil Truck Overturns Spark Fire at Farmhouse in Rumney
A Champlain Co. oil tanker jackknifed on Route 25 in Rumney New Hampshire and burst into flames, setting a farmhouse ablaze. Two people trying to fight the fire were burned one seriously. A second truck driven by Roger Jutras halted to help and also caught fire. Mrs Eva Bixby 45 and her son John 25 escaped but suffered burns. both house and trucks destroyed. Heat damaged the highway.
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Rumney
N.H
Champlain Co
Pine St
Burlington
Leroy Bixby
Eva Bixby
John
Nudists Describe First Traits They Notice About Fellow Campers
In Los Gatos a camp interview reveals nudists notice different features first. Johnson, an Oakland repairman, recalls teeth from a dental past, while Mrs. Rogers admires others suntan. Debernardi scans faces for expression, Coats values friendliness, Churchwell notes grasping names and features, and Smith says people are beautiful all over without lust. Allen Brown of the Chronicle conducted the interview and photos.
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Los Gatos
Calif
Lindsay Johnson
Oakland
Johnson
Dick Rogers
Bob Debernardi
Santa Clara
William Coats
Redwood City
Mrs
Larry Smith
Los Angeles
Allen Brown
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Cratty Protests Fine For Late Filing In Waterville
Democratic candidate Bernard R Cratty paid a 3 penalty for late filing of campaign expenses and protested claiming the tax on seeking public office is unconstitutional. He said deputy secretary Paul A MacDonald warned his name would be barred from the November ballot unless the fine was paid.
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Cratty
Waterville
Bernard R. Cratty
Kennebec County
Paul A. MacDonald
US Rejects Soviet Call For UN Summit Parley On Disarmament
United Nations officials and diplomats report a sharp US rejection of a Soviet proposal for an all U.N. summit on disarmament. US spokesman Henry Cabot Lodge dismissed the bid as specious and frivolous while some envoys hoped a summit might lure Eisenhower and Khrushchev to talks. The Soviet letter urged a heads of government level meeting, arguing only such participation could advance disarmament and criticized the US call for a commission session as masking unwillingness to reach an agreement.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
U.N
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Henry Cabot Lodge
White House
Newport
R.I
Kremlin
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Lodge
United States
Platon D. Morozov
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Disarmament Commission
Padilla Nervo
Moroz
General Assembly
Khrushchev
Paris
Morozov
Brother Raul Seen Likeliest Cuban Successor
Havana reports indicate Raul Castro, 28, defense minister, as likely heir as Fidel Castro, 33, rests due to illness. Government keeps silent on succession while Cabinet under President Corticos may outline transfer. Raul recently returned from visits to the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and United Arab Republic.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Raul
Castro
Raul Trillo
Washington
Cuba
Fidel
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
United Arab Republic
Osvaldo Corticos
Maremont Bids for Saco Lowel Stock Oversubscribed
Mare mont Automotive Products of Chicago announced a bid to buy 90 000 shares of Saco Lowel Shops. Arnold Maremont says his firm holds 287 509 shares or about 52 percent of Saco Lowels stock in a six month earnings report.
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Maremont Automotive Products, Inc
Chicago
Saco-Lowell Shops, Inc
Wall Street Journal
Arnold Maremont
Saco- Lowell
Maremont
Trumpet Stolen At Jazz Festival Returns To Hugh Humphrey Littleton
Britain’s Humphrey Littleton loses his gold plated trumpet at Lord Montagu’s festival site. An airman later returns the horn to police after finding it in the festival car park. The incident followed a riot on the lawn, leading Montagu to cancel further outdoor jazz at his home, with a potential Beaulieu show under tighter control.
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London
Humph
Trump
Britain
Hin
Humphrey Littleton
Lord Montagu
Ens
Lonon
Montagu
Beaulieu
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Jewish
United Jewish Appeal
Advertising Council
Raytheon Construction
Defense Department
U. S.army
Air Force
Department
A. V. Roe Co
Canada
U. S. Air Force
George Churchwell
San Francisco
GOP
Nixon
Leonard Hall
Robert H. Pinch
Inglewood
Lowell
Fea. Corp
R. C. Lamarre
Adams Street
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