Local business ads and notices amid community listings
A mixed compilation from a local newspaper page includes ads for Turben's Auto Service and Cathers photo processing, a WOTM bake sale in front of Woolworth's for Sidewalk Bazaar Daze, and several disjointed notices listing names and addresses. It also mentions discharges, a shoe store promotion, and a bowling league meeting set for August 19 with various stray fragments throughout.
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Turben's
Chevrolet
WOTM
Woolworth's
Ruby claims Oswald killing was his own idea
New York AP report states Jack Ruby testified to the Warren Commission that killing Lee Harvey Oswald was strictly his own act. Dorothy Kilgallen’s Journal-American article quotes Ruby June 7 saying no one else influenced or urged him. The Times-Herald and New York Times cited similar excerpts amid anticipation of the commission’s mid September release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Ruby
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Journal-American Calnist
Dorothy Kilgallen
Ruby
Warren
Dallas Times-Herald
Journal-American
U.S
Earl Warren
Oswald
Strike Fails at Youngstown Vindicator
In Youngstown Ohio members of the American Newspaper Guild picketed the Vindicator plant, about 100 protestors gathering outside. The union says outside delivery staff are paid and treated worse, and drivers would not work if a skeleton staff produced the paper. Other unions planned to honor the picket lines. The strike began Tuesday night over outside circulation terms after a bargaining session adjourned without a deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Unio
American Newspaper Guild
Youngstown Vindicator
Peace Returns After Illinois Race Violence
Dixmoor and Harvey suburbs near Chicago calmed after a night with limited violence and no major incidents. About 50 people were injured, 70 arrested, and substantial property damage occurred during days of unrest. A clubhouse fire at Dixie Hi golf course prompted arson suspicions.
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Dixmoor
Harvey
Chicago
Trouble Center
Edward Mulder
Helen Krol
Dixie Hi Golf Course
Bernard Baruch at 94 Years Old Says Focus on Tomorrow
Bernard Baruch, age 94, celebrated with a news conference in New York. He vowed to continue thoughtful work, noting complex future challenges and optimism for democracy's improvement worldwide. He joked about minding his own business and recalled past fame from giving advice from a bench in Central Park.
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New York
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Central Park
Washington, D.C
South Carolina
Explosion at Tampa chemical plant triggers citywide fumes
A 55 gallon drum of underwater weed killer exploded at a Tampa chemical plant, releasing acrolein fumes that filled a densely populated Negro neighborhood. Hundreds were displaced and more than 100 sought emergency care for eye and nose irritation, cramps, and nausea. several responders were hospitalized for observation.
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Tampa
Fla
Vernon Barchard
The
Tampa Tribune
L. J. Buchanan
Lionel Hernandez
Herbert Friedman
Southern Mill Creek Chemical Co
Explorer Dies As Canoe Capsizes On Snake River
James A. Dunn, 47, of Pittsburgh, identified as president of the Explorers club, is believed drowned after a canoe with Gene Schachter capsized during rapids 94 miles east of Alpine Junction Wyoming. Schachter survived. Searchers worked until dark and planned to resume in the morning amid a treacherous stretch of water known for fatalities.
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River Afton
Wyo
James A. Dunn
Pittsburgh
Snake River
Explorers Club of Pittsburgh
Dunn
Gene Schachter
Schachter
Alpine Junction
Wyoming
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. A. Pier
East Main Street
Helen Hoyt
South Second Avenue
James
Charles
Allen Barton
Spring Creek
Lucille Davis
West Frederick Street
Donald Kent
Donald Ray Kent
Center Street
Donald Allen
Spartansburg
George Kuzma
Lorn Ann
Meadville
Lloyd Brown
Richard Hegner
Mayville
Elizabeth Howard
Columbus Avenue
Albert
Pless
Ohio Street
Ivan Legters
Derrick Scott
North Clymer
Albert Kinney
East Pleasant Street
James Raden
Smith Street
Carl Henton
North
John Hornick
VFW
Ogw
Union
Zalzneck’s
Gore
Reaton
Corry Memorial Hospital
Corry
Ohio Paper
Robert
Illinois
Toi
Woolworths
Beacon
Wilson
U. S
Wieners
Oscar Mayer
Tbs
Keen Drink MIX
Maxwell House
Shurfine Bartlett Pears
PET
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