Erie Schools Anticipate Enrollment Rise for 1959 60
Erie schools plan Aug 20 enrollment with first day Aug 31 as superintendent Krieger expects a 10 percent rise to about 220 students at the high school. Elementary book rental will be charged and lists provided. new high school courses include Spanish Latin English literature and journalism. facilities upgrades span both buildings with new equipment and staff.
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Erie
Robert H. Krieger
Krieger
Anti Castro Conspirators Hold Out as Raids Continue
Reports from Havana say a small group of anti Castro conspirators remain at large in Las Villas while government raiders round up suspects across Cuba. Maj Raul Castro cites about 3000 seized as police hunt ring leaders. Kuchilan links Dominican Republic dictator Trujillo to funding and arms.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Armed Forces
Mario Kuchilan
Castro
Kuchilan
Las Villas
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference
Santiago
Chile
Organization of American States
Luis Buch
Washington
Drew Pearson
Congress Plans Sessions Into September
Washington AP reports Congress will stay through September to push labor housing civil rights highways and pollution control laws. Senate leaders differ on timing with Johnson aiming for mid September adjournment and Dirksen hoping for a September 5 homecoming. Mansfield had previously guessed September 1.
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Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Democrats Split Over County Chair Butting Heads in Shawnee
In Topeka AP reports Shawnee County Democrats clash with chair Dan Cain after Cain attacked state party leaders Frank Theis and Georgia Neese Gray. Cain labeled the officials political pimps in a public dispute within the party.
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Ing” Theis
Kansas
George Docking
Clarence Malone
State Revenue Department
Robert W. Domme
Topeka
Shawnee County
Dan Cain
Cain
Frank Theis
Georgia Neese Gray
Jackson Officials Push Firing of Sheriff Patrol Chief
Kansas City AP report: Sheriff Arvid Owsley says Jackson county leaders want Col. B Marvin Casteel removed from command of the sheriff's patrol. He notes a 1956 firing request and cites secret meetings while denying attendance. He links topic to opening the county and cites ongoing concerns about organized crime.
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Kansas City
Arvid Owsley
Jackson County
Col. B. Marvin Casteel
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Owsley
Casteel
Apalachin
Joseph Barbara
N. Y
Federal and State Kansas Crop Estimates
Kansas crop officials estimate total wheat production at 207 580 000 bushels for the year. Sumner County leads with 7 514 000 bushels, followed by Reno 5 187 000 Sedgwick 4 940 000 McPherson 4 776 000 Thomas 4 531 000 Harper 4 324 000 and Stanton 4 002 000. Stanton and Cheyenne averaged 29 bushels per acre among major counties.
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Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Kansas
Sumner County
Sumner
Reno
Sedgwick
McPherson
Thomas
Harper
Stanton
Sherman
Finney
Hamilton
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Greeley
Dickinson
Scott
Kingman
Wichita
Mitchell
Marion
Saline
Caribbean Area Tension Talks By Republics
In Santiago Chile foreign ministers from 21 American republics begin discussions on Caribbean tensions. A push for human rights enforcement gains momentum with proposals for an Inter American Commission of Human Rights and a possible inter American treaty. Cuban missile issues and defense ranges figure in the debate as ministers weigh intervention norms against hemispheric non interference traditions.
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Santiago
Chile
Caribbean
Jorge Alessandri
U.S
Christian A. Herter
el Salvador
Alfredo Ortiz Mancia
Inter- American Commission of Human Rights
Council of the Organization of American States
Inter-American Council of Jurists
Carlos Tovar
Ecuador
Jurists
Uruguay
Venezuela
Cuba
Court of Human Rights
Atlantic
Short-Range Test For Super Bomarc-B
Cape Canaveral reports the Air Force launched the new 47 foot Bomarc-B antiaircraft missile on a short-range test flight. It marks only the third test of the system in development and could advance surface to air capabilities.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Great Britain's first cigarette factory begins in 1856
The note reports that Britain opened its first cigarette factory in 1856, marking an early development in the tobacco industry. This concise historical fact highlights industrial origins and the mid 19th century shift toward manufactured cigarettes.
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Great Britain
Good Time Charlie Bladder Relief Ad Claims Doan's Pills
Unclear ad text urges relief from bladder irritation caused by unwise eating or drinking. It promotes Doan's Pills claiming three actions: soothing irritation, fast pain relief for backache and muscles, and mild diuretic kidney action. The copy touts decades of use and a new economy size.
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Doan
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