Fear 18 Lost As Blimp Crashes In Ocean Off New Jersey
A Navy blimp on a search mission crashed into the Atlantic off Lakehurst New Jersey. One airman was killed and 17 feared lost. three crewmen survived and were rescued by fishing boats. The Doris May III reached the scene minutes after impact. The cause remains unknown with theories of a helium line rupture. The missing include the blimp crew and a missing sloop Vat 69 from a Bermuda race.
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Lakehurst
New Jersey
Atlantic
Navy
Frank Mikuletzky
Barnegat Light
Newport
Bermuda
Conrad Ends Record Flight in 60 Hours Flight
Conrad, a Winona, Minnesota flyer, shattered the closed circuit light plane record by flying 6,920 miles from Minneapolis to Chicago and Des Moines, exceeding Jire Kane’s 3,083 mile mark. He landed at Wold Chamberlain airport after 60 hours and 10 minutes with fuel to spare and praised his wife who tended his knee.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Max Conrad
Conrad
Winona, Minn
Lght
Jire Kane
Here
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Wold Chamberlain
Kane
Draft Rockefeller movement gains national reach
San Francisco attorney William Brinton announces a nationwide Draft Rockefeller campaign to nominate New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller at the Republican National Convention. The effort, operating in 21 states with half-page ads, claims strong donor support and insists Rockefeller associates have not funded or opposed the drive.
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San
Brinton
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Associates
Kennedy Fails To Snag California Votes On First Ballot
Los Angeles AP reports Kennedy backers failed to win California’s 81 first ballot votes as Gov. Edmund G. Brown reportedly holds out amid pressure. A top Kennedy strategist says Brown likely will withhold his delegation, while Lt. Gov. Anderson shifts to Stevenson signaling possible early release of California delegates from a favorite son pledge.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
California
Edmund G. Brown
Kennedy
Brown
Statls
William A. Munnell
California State Central Committee
Munnel
Glenn M. Anderson
Adlai
B. Stevenson
Anderson
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John B. Connally
Johnson Citizens Committee
Flare Explodes Killing Youth in Lansdale Cave Dive
In Allentown, Albert W. Schmidt aged 18 from Lansdale was killed when a homemade magnesium flare exploded while he and Paul A. Eshbach, 17 also of Lansdale, explored an underwater cave. Both wore diving gear. Eshbach escaped uninjured after they resurfaced from a water filled quarry pit about 40 feet below the surface.
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Allentown
Albert W. Schmidt
Lansdale
Schmidt
Paul A. Eshbach
Eshbach
Rioting in Rome Injures About 200 as Police Clash
In Rome, about 200 people were injured during violent clashes when police dispersed a protest by World War II partisans and supporters opposing plans by the Italian Social Movement to hold a national congress. Police banned rallies in Rome Province as more protests were planned.
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Rome
Italy
Chamber of Labor
Civitavecchia
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Talks On New City Industry Lease Continue At Aero
The Derry Aves Industrial Development Corp and Aero Supply engage with a nationally known manufacturing firm over leasing the DPC building. Draft lease terms are being amended, with final approval resting with Aero chair Henry Margolis. An out of state firm eyes a location, CAIDG seeks a quick agreement, and a major automaker has placed a large order prompting early production plans.
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Segmenns
Derry Aves
Driver Charged After City Collision In Spartansburg
At 6 40 p m yesterday Harry Graves 52 of Spartansburg RD 3 was southbound on Northwest street failing to leave space for a northbound auto driven by Reuben J Fox 61 of Silver Creek NY. The cars sideswiped at Northwest and West Church street causing 350 damage to Fox car and 125 damage to Graves vehicle. A citation was filed with Alderman George Gordon.
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Poncase
Spartansburg
Harry Graves
Northwest
Reuben J. Fox
Silver Creek
N.Y
West Church Street
George Gordon
Keystone Delegates Depart Pa LA For Democratic Convention
Harrisburg AP Pennsyl vania delegates depart Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for Los Angeles with 81 pledged votes and a potential first ballot split. Gov Lawrence leads a top group including McCloskey Dilworth and Green Jr as 162 delegates and alternates head west amid pacings and caucus plans. Kennedy Johnson and Symington are the announced contenders with Lawrence neutral on first ballot. The Pennsylvania delegation aims for a decisive sampling Monday in Los Angeles.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
International
David Lawrence
Matthew H. McCloskey
Richardgon Dilworth
U. S
William Green Jr
Pittsburgh
Lawrentes
Kennedy
Johnson
Symington
Steveson
Castro denounces U S sugar cut sparks Havana rally
Fidel Castro vents fury over Eisenhower sugar quota cuts harming Cuba and calls Latin nations to unite in a mass rally at Havana's presidential palace. He vows to seize American property in the national interest and accuses the United States of complicity with Batista while escalating rhetoric against U S policy.
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Havana
U.S
Fidel Castro
Castro
Eisenhower
Eaning
United States
Metallurgical Workers Congress
Cuba
New Measures Against Cuba Weighed After Ike's Decision
The United States weighs further moves against Cuba after President Eisenhower slashed the Cuban sugar quota by 700000 tons, raising an 85 million dollar subsidy loss. Ezra Taft Benson is ordered to source sugar elsewhere as supplies shrink and prices stay stable. Castro calls U.S. hostility deliberate and Cuba remains unreliable as a major food supplier.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Eisenhower
U.S
Ezra Taft Benson
Brazil
Philippines
Fidel Castro
Thief Steals $50.40 From Gould Street Apartment
Sneak thief ransacked a Gould street apartment late last evening and made off with 50.40 in cash from a billfold left in a carrying bag behind a window curtain. Mrs Barbara Sanfilippo and her mother in law reported the burglary to 1274 Gould street at 11 25 p m after returning from a visit in the same building.
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Gould Street
Barbara Sanfilippo
Bessie Sanfilippo
Brooklyn
Juanita Delio
Sanfilippo
Harmony Bus Line Seeks Permission to Quit Service
Harmony Bus Line requests permission from the State Public Utility Commission to go out of business. President William McCahill Jr. cites declining ridership and rising costs as the company operates daily for about 8,000 riders between Pittsburgh and towns including New Kensington Tarentum Kittanning Butler Ellwood City New Castle Mercer Meadville Clarion Oil City and Erie. The firm has been idle since June 2 due to a Machinists Union Lodge 1060 strike seeking a 20 cent per hour wage boost.
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Ee Oreye Terre Mee
Harmony Short Line Motor Transportation Co
State Public Utility Commission
PUC
William
David McCahill Jr
Harmony
Pittsburgh
New Kensington
Tarentum
Kittanning
Butler
Ellwood City
New Castle
Mercer
Meadville
Clarion
Oil City
Erie
Machinists Union Lodge
Eisenhower Heads to Newport for Golf Vacation
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower depart Andrews Air Force Base for Newport Rhode Island for a month long stay at Fort Adams near the Summer White House and Newport Country Club while Cuba friction with Fidel Castro looms over sugar imports and reciprocal property seizures. The trip includes a July 26 speech at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Newport
Cuba
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Naval Air Station
Quonset
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
U.S
Chicago
Driver Pays Fine After Area Smashup
A Cleveland area driver Marion Cooper, 72, paid a $10 fine and costs for failing to yield at a stop sign two miles south of Spartansburg, causing a collision with Lloyd Hopkins of Spartansburg. Cooper and his wife were treated and released from Corty Memorial Hospital for lacerations and contusions. Hopkins was uninjured. Vehicle damages were $300 for Cooper and $350 for Hopkins.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Spartansburg
Marion Cooper
Lloyd Hopkins
Copper
Constance
Corty Memorial Hospital
Hopkins
Cooper
Bank Robber Caught Five Minutes After Theft
A bank robbery suspect confessed after police recovered $780 taken from the First National Bank of Passile County. Walter W. Logan, 43, of Broad Top, Pa., admitted the theft after a car matching the lookout description was stopped two miles from the bank. Logan was found with the money and the weapon used.
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Waown
N. J
Aken
First National Bank
Passile County
Walter W. Logan
Broad Top. Po
Logan
Toy Pista
Area Auto Injuries Down Arrests Up
Corry state police substation reports for June show injuries down by one fifth to four while total accidents rose by two. Traffic arrests reached 178, nearly double June 1959's 92. $5,830 damage occurred across 17 accidents. The unit logged 16,425 miles on 173 patrols with three criminal arrests and nine assist calls. no property was stolen or recovered. Of the 178 arrests, 14 followed accidents.
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C. W. Irwin
Corry
Irwin
Trwin
David Lawrence
Khrushchev’s wife says he overworked on Austrian tour
Mrs Khrushchev told a party member that the Soviet premier, 66, is taxed by his heavy schedule during a 1000 mile bus tour of Austria. Khrushchev returned to Vienna after brief stops in the countryside. Officials said reporters were briefed on TV plans and the tour, with a 24 hour break scheduled.
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Nikita
Vienna
Austria
Nikita Khrushchev
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