Kennedy Top Choice As Dem Meet Opens
Los Angeles AP Kennedy is the Democratic frontrunner as the convention opens with Massachusetts Senator John P. Kennedy favored for the presidential nomination. The first ballot is expected to be decisive though some doubt remains on a first vote victory. Symington supporters flirt with releasing votes while Lyndon B. Johnson waits to ride in later tallies. Former President Truman’s absence casts a gloom over the camp as contenders gather in a Hollywood style start.
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Pennsylvania Push To Kennedy In Democratic Convention
Pennsylvania's delegation to the Democratic national convention was expected to commit about 60 of its 81 votes for Sen. John F Kennedy. Gov. David Lawrence led the 12 member bloc as it maintained neutrality during its first convention session. Delegation backers predicted Kennedy would win endorsement from two thirds, with talks involving Sens Kennedy and Symington and discussions of Adlai Stevenson by Mike Monroney.
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Southern Protests Center Civil Rights Plank At Convention
A civil rights plank in the Democratic platform faced strong Southern opposition as the platform committee moved toward adoption. Dixie delegates weighed walkout or floor fight, tied to Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidential bid, while Northern groups celebrated the draft committee’s civil rights gains and other planks. Senator Sam Ervin dissented for the South.
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North Carolina
Boy Survives Crash Walks Five Miles For Aid
In Tennessee Randy Sasser, a Waycross Georgia boy, survived a small plane crash atop Mt Aten eight miles southwest of Chattanooga. He walked over five miles to seek help after being ejected from the single engine Comanche during a thunderstorm. His mother Mrs R C Sasser and pilot R H Myles, 37, of Waycross, were killed. Myles had filed a Chicago round trip flight plan earlier. The crash left wreckage across about 50 square feet. Randy was hospitalized in air condition with lacerations abrasions and a possible broken leg. Police said Sasser and husband were separated.
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Cuba To Take Issue To UN Security Council
Cuba requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the worsening dispute with the United States. Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa arrived in New York and conferred with the Cuban delegation as the U S delegation was notified but had no comment pending study of the complaint. The Cuban government labeled the situation a threat to international peace under the UN Charter.
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Church Gives Dem Keynote Talk Tonight
LOS ANGELES AP A young Idaho Democrat Frank Church 35or youngest senatorwill speak as temporary chairman and keynote at the Democratic National Convention opening session. Church recounts early study of oratory, a college scholarship from American Orators contest, and a path from Boise to the U S Senate saying he plans to stay. He credits dissenting views and a shift from Republican family roots to Democratic allegiance.
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Eisenhower outlines Latin aid plan. Cuba stance noted
President Eisenhower announced a U S good will aid program for Latin American nations at a White House news conference. He said Castro’s regime would be included only if it shows willingness to cooperate. Eisenhower declined comment on Khrushchev’s remarks and said a broader cooperative attack by American governments and peoples is needed. The program will be formally set forth at the Bogota economic ministers meeting starting Sept 5.
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Congo Crisis Sparks Racial Tensions as Katanga Fires Rise
In Leopoldville the Congo government appeals to the United Nations to restore order amid white rescues by planes and Belgian troop actions. Premier Lumumba denounces Belgian intervention while Katanga reels, with Elisabethville the flashpoint and at least 31 dead, including six whites, as riots surge across the province.
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Car Hop Dies After Pickup Crash at Erie Drive-In
Virginia A. Shank, 21, a car hop at the Chuck Wagon Drive-In in Erie, died in Hamot Hospital after being pinned to a wall when a push-button transmission car allegedly driven by Warren A. Hyman, 69, of Detroit, struck the wall. Hyman was hospitalized in shock. deputy coroner Warren W. Wood expected to rule accidental death. Shank was daughter of Harold W. and Dorothy E. Shank and a 1957 Academy High School graduate.
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Man Impaled On Tree After Crash Near Groveland
GROVELAND Calif four men in a pickup crash near a cliff left Michael Watson dead. Howard A Davidson 37 of San Carlos is hospitalized at Sonora Community Hospital with critical injuries after being impaled on a tree for three hours. Davidson’s wife Avis Walsing 34 of Belmont is in serious condition. Deputies report the group was returning from an outing when the vehicle left the road and plunged 150 feet down to the Tuolumne River.
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Soviet Union says it shot down two U.S. planes
The Soviet Union announced it had shot down two missing United States planes over the Barents Sea on July 1 and that the two airmen were picked up. A Moscow Radio note handed to the U.S. Embassy protested violations of Soviet air space by a U.S. reconnaissance craft.
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Castro May Force U.S. To Quit Base
In Havana a Castro government spokesman signaled it may demand the United States abandon Guantanamo Naval Base. President Osvaldo Corticos told a labor rally of about 100000 that Cuban territory is not for rent or sale. The United States would have its lease payment sent back.
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Sixteen Corry Scouts to Attend Week-Long Camp
Corry Troop 80 Boy Scouts of America plans a week at Washington Trail Council Camp Seonyah near North Springfield Pennsylvania. Scoutmaster Newell Beckwith says sixteen scouts will arrive Sunday afternoon with parental transport, and the program runs through July 2. Two Troop 80 members are set for Order of the Arrow consideration. names kept secret until the July 20 parents night. Additional boys may join if arrangements are made this week.
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Drunk Driving Charge Faces Buffalo Acting Mayor McCabe
N. s.As Chales J. McCabe Buffalo acting mayor and endorsed Democratic candidate for the 42nd Congressional District seat was arrested Saturday night before the end of his first day as mayor. McCabe, 45, a city councilman-at-large and father of 14, filed in while Mayor Frank Sedita attended.
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CAHS Student Relates Paris Trip Costs and Wanderings
Corry High School student Don Wharton shares impressions of Paris from a foreign exchange, praising the City of Light while noting travel expenses. He describes the voyage from New York, seasickness on the fourth day, and participation in classes, orientation, concerts, dances, and forums during the journey.
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Police Check Two Similar Auto Crashes
State Police investigated two weekend crashes near Union City and Bear Lake. Luther Fenno 22 collided with Fred Drake property on Route 6 causing lawn damage and trees, with $100 losses to adjacent land and $300 car damage. Perry Smith 41 from Bear Lake hit a utility pole on Columbus Bear Lake Road causing $450 car damage. Both incidents under review for possible charges.
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Cancel Day Camp For Girl Scouts At Mead Park
Mead Park will not host a Day Camp for Girl Scouts this year due to insufficient registrations. Notices were mailed to registered participants. The Primitive Unit will hold its camp July 23 to 30 at the Merrill Wade property near Beaverdam with one opening remaining. Martha Nichols and Judy MacGregor are among local scouts expected to participate.
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