Adlai Offers Name For Presidential Nomination
Adlai E Stevenson says he has no objection to having his name placed in nomination at the Democratic presidential convention. He argues he is not a candidate but would not object if his name is before the delegates. The piece notes Doyle’s unnamed backer and Sen Johnson’s Senate floor defense, with Butler denying bias amid Truman’s looming conference and possible remarks at the convention.
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Associated Press
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Washington
Los Angeles
James E. Doyle
Sen
Lynon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Paul Butler
Jonn . Kennedy
Masachusetts
Butler
Kennedy
New York Post
Truman
Truman Seeks Release Of Dem Chairman
Truman demands removal of Democratic national chair as quarrel erupts over alleged convention rigging. Paul S. Butler denies wrongdoing and resists resignation amid reports of a preconvention meeting. Butler calls accusations nasty and false while addressing claims tied to Kennedy influence. A second item notes mine disaster negligence ruling in Johannesburg.
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Los Angeles
Harry S. Truman
Paul S. Butler
Butler
Truman
National Committee
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Johannesburg
South Africa
Coalbrook
P. J. van Heerden
Judge Rebukes Ruling On Loss Of Companionship Claim
In Philadelphia Justice Musmanno criticizes a Supreme Court decision that bans suits for loss of a husband’s companionship after negligence. He urges legislative action and defends the old rule granting damages for there being a spouse’s serious injury or death. The piece also notes reinstatement of four Philadelphia teachers fired for refusing to testify before congressional investigations into Communism.
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Philadelphia
Michael Musmanno
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
High Court
Musmanno
Michael Bagen
Ats
Philadel
Phia Common Pleas Court
Toby Neuberg
Josef Bobowicz
Morris Filegelman
Neuberg
Israel
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court
Eugen Sals
Charles Alvin Jones
Philadelphia Board of Education
Angelina Intille
Sadie T. Atkinson
Goldie E. Watson
Thomas Deacon
Contractor Sues School Group For 364 976 In Pennsylvania
A Bloomshoro contractor filed suit in Dauphin County Court against the State School Building Authority seeking 364 976 in additional payments for Perry and Clinton County school projects. The claim breaks down 148 599 for Greenwood Joint High School Millerstown and 216 377 for Bald Eagle Nittany Area Joint High School near Lock Haven due to plan errors not his fault. Original contract prices were 820 271 and 903 175 respectively.
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Harrisburg
Bloomshoro
Perry
Clinton
Gultz
Dauphin County
Boyd H
Kline
Greenwood
Millerstown
Bald Eagle
Nittany Area
Lock Haven
William S. Livengood Jr
Perry County
Clinton County
Union Seeks 9 Percent Pay Rise at Westinghouse
AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers presented Westinghouse Electric Corp with demands including a 9 percent wage increase, supplementary unemployment benefits, profit sharing from automation, job security, and improved pensions. Negotiations were set for an early start with James P. Carey outlining the plan after meetings with Westinghouse negotiators.
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Pittsburgh
IAP
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
James P. Carey
He Ution
Westinghouse
TUE
Carey
Postconvention Congress to test presidential nominees
The post convention session in August will place presidential and possibly vice presidential nominees under political scrutiny. Senate roles include Vice President Nixon presiding and Lyndon Johnson shaping the agenda with Kennedy and Symington as Democratic contenders. In the House, Speaker Rayburn leads Johnson’s campaign while Hallick and Ford are positioned for the vice presidency.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Corry Jamestown Union Accepts Offer After Close Vote
The CJ Union narrowly approves a four term deal by eight votes, accepting a company offer negotiated by a management union team. The pact covers a two year contract with pay raises of 45 cents this year and 4.3 cents next year, while rereading the old contract terms that expired today at noon.
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Corry Jamestown Union
Cambridge Springs youth fined for three reckless driving charges
Fines and costs totaling 360 were levied against Jerry Howell for three reckless driving charges. Two from June 1 and one from last Thursday, tied to an eastbound run on West Pleasant Street and a turn onto First Avenue. Police traced the car to a Corry man, but witnesses said he was not the driver. Howell, held for a hearing, could not pay the total and was released after his brother Andrew Howell arrived to settle.
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Cambridge Springs
Jerry Howell
Andrew Howell
Corry
Howell
George Gordon
Gordon
Young Howell
Harley Drake
Corry Area High School
Liberty Street
Eisenhower Vetoes 7 Percent Federal Pay Raise
Washington AP reports President Eisenhower vetoed a 7 percent pay raise for about one million federal employees. Congress prepared quick action with a Senate vote to override, House and Senate had passed the bill, but the veto faces a high hurdle. Eisenhower called the measure indefensible and unfair, while signaling openness to a modest pay increase. Political pressure and election-year dynamics shape likely outcome.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Conenes
Fins! Isiderstip
Senate
House
Windower
GOP
Lnio
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
July Fourth Holiday Traffic Deaths Estimated at 370
The National Safety Council warned that during the Independence Day weekend up to 370 traffic deaths could occur in an 78 hour period from 6 p m today to midnight Monday July 4. This compares to 348 deaths in a recent nonholiday period. Fireworks toll has dropped as states ban them.
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Pease TS
National Safety Council
Associated Press
End of an Era on New York’s Swing Street 52nd
The State Liquor Authority targets Sand Street fight clubs as it dismantles venues ending an era on 52nd Street once famed for burlesque and nightclubs. Padlocked doors, vanished venues, and fading legends like Door, Club 18, and Toots Shor reflect the shift from postwar entertainment to redevelopment.
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New York
Long Ao
Sand Street
State Liquor Authority
SLA
Thirty-Second Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Pat Harrington
52Nd Street
Manhattan
Louis Prima
Harrington
Jack White
Jackie Gleason
Leon
Eddie
Eddie Davis
Toots Shor
Shor
Milt Gabler
Decca Records
32Nd Street
Seizure Of Refineries Expected At Any Moment
In Havana the Cuban government moves to take over foreign refineries after Shell Esso and Texaco halt shipments of Soviet crude. Officials say seizures by the Petroleum Institute may come within days. The Texaco Santiago plant was already reining Soviet oil after refusing to accept the crude. Shell Esso and Texaco face owed sums while Cuba relies on Venezuela for imports.
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Texaco
Havana
Esso
Shell Ol
Cuba
Shell
British-Dutch Shell Company
London
Fidel Castro
Castro
Esso Standard of
New Jersey
Cuban Petroleum Institute
Santiago
Venezuela
Hillstrom retires as CJ president at annual meeting
David A. Hillstrom, chairman and president of Corry Jamestown Corp., retires as CJ president after 40 years. Directors reelect officers and raise labor confidence amid 1958 and current sector pressure. Trade loss cited as CJ pricing above rivals led to a million and a half dollar Chase Manhattan order loss. One youth dies as semi truck swerves to avoid an auto, hitting Albert M. Maley near Rochester.
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David A. Hillstum
Corry Jamestown Corp
Jamestown
Chase Manhattan Bank
Charles Anderson
Corry
Agnes Benander
Arlington
Mass
Edna F.bracken
Long Beach
Cal
C. A. Hillstrom
D. Armour Hillstrom
David A. Hillstrom
H. H. Keppel
H. Marlin Keppel
Charles Willams
Arthur Treat
Union City
Manger
Charles Williams
L. Richard Fuller
Roy A Edgren
Edna Bracken
Calif
Turning Auto Involved In Crash Near Union City
State Police report a two-vehicle collision on Route 97 two miles west of Union City. James Thomas, 54, of Centerville and Mrs Helen Proper, 54, of Union City were involved. Thomas tried turning right while Proper attempted a right side pass, causing about 800 dollars damage to Proper’s car and 75 dollars damage to Thomas’s truck.
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James Thomas
Centerville
Helen Proper
Union City
Thomas
Bus Crash Injures Driver and Passenger in Kinney Turnpike
A Greyhound bus rear ended a moving truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Breeze Wood interchange. Driver William Gallagher of Gettysburg and a Philadelphia passenger Florence Devlin were hospitalized with possible fractures. The truck driver Curkin Nett of Dover was uninjured. The incident involved about 40 passengers aboard the bus.
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Belford
Greyhound
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Breezewood
William Gallagher
Gettysburg
Bedford Memorial Hospital
Florence Devlin
Philadelphia
Curkin Nett
Dover
Charges denied over West Berlin conscription claims
London The Foreign Office denied Soviet charges that West Germany is recruiting West Berliners for military service in breach of four power occupation pacts. The Russian accusations were delivered to Britain France and the United States in protest yesterday.
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London
Foreign Office
West Germany
Western Customs Youths Change Moscow Looks
William L. Ryan revisits Moscow seven years after his last visit as Associated Press notes changes and lingering fears. Youths show less fear, dress better, imitate Western fashions, and seek outside ideas. Weekend crowds enjoy summer nights and river boat outings, many from middle to upper income families. Continued on Page Four.
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William L. Ryan
Soviet Union
Lavrenty Bella
Stalin
Moscow
Ryan
Sidewalk Bazaar Daze Planning Opens for 1960 Event
The Promotion Committee of the Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce has begun plans for the annual Sidewalk Bazaar Daze. August 19 and 20 are set for the event with weekly Tuesday meetings until showtime. A central registration booth may be established downtown to ease prize drawing signups.
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Chamber of Commerce
L. A. Long
North Center
Washington Streets
Paying Overdue Cable Bill Settles Tap Case
Gerald Sweet of Snyder Cire admitted tapping Corry TV Cable Co infrastructure after being cut off for non payment. He agreed to pay the overdue bill and court costs as settlement, with a $6000 maximum penalty cited by state law. The case was handled by Alderman Cobbett following district attorney review in Erie.
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Gerald Sweet
Snyder Cire
Corry TV Cable Co
Sweet
Asa Sweet
Cobbett
Erie
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Rochester
Albert M. Maley
Joseph A. Shively
Muley
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