Kennedy Sets Dramatic Meeting With Nixon
Kennedy and Nixon met at a Key Biscayne conference seen as a bid for national unity. Plans reportedly surface for Kennedy to appoint Republicans, with Luther Hodges named as a likely commerce secretary, while Salinger dodged confirmation questions. Kennedy said no cabinet decisions would be made before Thanksgiving Day.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Choate Preparatory
Connecticut
Miami
Luther Hodes
North Carolina
Pierre Salinger
Hodges
Trial Coverage Deal for Eichmann Case Reached in Jerusalem
An agreement between Israel and six American film firms assigns exclusive television and film rights for the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem. Frank M. Smith of Capital Cities Broadcasting says all recordings will be available to broadcasters worldwide. Proceeds after expenses will go to a charity chosen by the government.
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API
Israel
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Jerusalem
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Ternell
Union OK Return To Work In Pennsylvania Strike Ends
Slainsville Pennsylvania local union 1056 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted 235 to 80 to return to work after a strike against Westinghouse Electric Corp. sparked by language in a three year contract. Wages not an issue as 25 workers were idle, half salaried.
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Slainsville
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Indiana County
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Capitol clash as Democrats loom in stalled Senate
Harrisburg AP reports speculation swirls on how a 146 member Democratic legislature will operate once Democrats gain control in January. Talk centers on breaking the 25-25 Senate deadlock and organizing powers, with Republicans courted to switch votes. Leaders deny full knowledge of maneuvers as 16 days remain in the current term.
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Gras
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Dum
Luzerne
John P. Kennedy
Mainedigtele
Sei
Charles R. Weiner
D-Pa
Adelpha
Sen. Pack
John Morgan Davis
Kennedy Wins Record Southern Ballot in 1960 Election
An Associated Press survey shows Kennedy carrying 11 Southern states with 52.3 percent of the two party vote, the best showing for a Democrat in the region. Nixon led Republicans but fell about three points from Eisenhower’s 1952 total. regional results hint at potential third party erosion.
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Richard Nixon
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Police Probe Arson After Willows Bridge Fire
Corry police and Columbus firemen investigated an arson suspected fire on the Willows Bridge two miles east of Corry. A passerby saw wooden cribbing railroad ties at one end burning at 6:30 a m and officers said the location suggested intentional setting. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within minutes.
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Corry
Willows Bridge
Columbus
Milk price rise for October in Niagara frontier area
A uniform price of 506 dollars per hundredweight for October milk will be paid to dairymen in the Niagara frontier marketing area. The increase is 11 cents from last month's 495 and compares with 621 dollars for October 1958.
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Niagara Fronter
Liz Returns To Hospital In New Attack
Elizabeth Taylor, film star, rushed to London Clinic after a severe headache and pain. Spokesman said doctors and her physician Dr. Carel Goldman would not answer questions. Earlier reports noted a fever and a mystery illness with a tooth extraction easing symptoms. In other news, Thomas C States, 30, of Marsteller, died after a tree fell on him at a lumber camp in Spangler, Pennsylvania.
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Spangler
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States
Marstellar
T Men Smash Ring Of Red Smugglers Of China Art
New York treasury agents broke a nationwide art smuggling ring valued at over 400000 dollars. They recovered paintings screens and a 65000 dollar Hui Tsung scroll from Red China tied to dealers in Manhattan Cleveland and Washington DC. Judgments included charges against J D Chen and Yang in Los Angeles with further seizures linked to the Loo Galleries and other American dealers.
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China
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Hee
Hong Kong
J. D. Chen
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Loo Gallevirs
Charles J. Dove
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Jcarne
Los Angeles
Yang
Paul C. Yang
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San Francisco
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Pittsburgh moves against Bell rate hike
Pittsburgh filed a formal complaint with the Public Utility Commission challenging Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania rates as unjust and discriminatory. City Solicitor David Stahl called the existing rates excessive, noting the PUC recently ordered Bell to propose voluntary rate reductions after studies showed an excessive return on investment for 2,577,000 subscribers in the state.
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Public Ubility Commission
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
David Stahl
Bell
PUC
Commission
Electoral Vote Good To George But A Sorry Mess Ever Since
A dated Washington dispatch recalls the birth of the electoral college and its decline as popular will grew. Washington's unanimous electors in 1789 and 1792 contrasted with later clashes as party rivals shaped the process. The piece notes the Dec 19 meeting to finalize JFK's election, describing state by state elector selection and the distinction between electors and candidates.
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Washington
United States
George Washington
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Alabama
Discoverer Set To Fly Home In New Orleans School Integration
Reports describe the Discoverer satellite mission as it returns to earth, while in New Orleans four African American pupils are escorted by U.S. marshals into two white schools. White crowds jeer at McDonogh No. 19 as three Negro first graders enter, amid police and federal marshals safeguarding entrances. Baton Rouge politics show tension as lawmakers face injunctions over school integration.
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Limite Davies
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Als Poree
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al Baton Rouge
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Thomas D. Burbank
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Baton Rouge
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U.S
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Refusal Granted for Magazine Solicitations in Union City
Cher of Police Harley Drake announced that the morning he will refuse a permit for a magazine solicitor to peddle magazines with part of the proceeds to a local VFW post. The request faced opposition from the Corry VFW and Union City groups, who argued little funds reach veterans. The plan aimed to raise money for wheel chairs beds and other needs, but the Corry VFW favored no program and the permit request was denied.
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Harley Drake
John Krol Vfw
Union City
Corry Vfw
Drake
Unio City
Curry
Corry
Real Sandmen May Live on Undiscovered Planets
University of Pennsylvania scientists at the National Academy of Sciences meeting described sandmen as silicon-based life forms, contrasting with Earth’s carbon-based biology. They suggested future medical substances could come from silicon chemistry and noted further research is needed.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
National Academy of Sciences
Hierarchy of American Science
M. Abedini
Penn
Ethel Davis Helped Found Winn-Dixie Chain Dies at 75
Miami Florida obituary announces the death of Ethel Chase Davis 75 a founder’s wife and active partner in building the Winn-Dixie grocery system Starting with a small Miami supply store in 1925 she and W M Davis grew the chain to 19 outlets She was born in Marietta Georgia and died after a six month illness.
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Miami, Fla
Ethel Chase Davis
Winn-Dixie
W. M. Davis
Able
Miami
Marietta
GOP State Chairman Plans Shot In Arm For '62 Election
Harrisburg AP report quotes George J Bloom, Republican state chairman, planning to brief county chairmen to boost GOP vigor before the 1962 election. He aims to recruit capable young leaders, push strong candidates, and back William Scranton’s congressional bid, stressing not to appear obstructionist.
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Harrisburg
Repub
Iiewn
George J
Eliacrmen
John
Bill Tam
Hetioet Feaders
Bloom
Iterl
Pennsyvania
Three Sailors Critical After Bus Slips Off Curve
A bus carrying thirty nine sailors and one soldier slid off a curve near Vidgenia Creek injuring three servicemen critically and leaving twenty seven passengers hospitalized in Suffolk. The southbound bus had departed Weitington, D.C. bound for Norfolk, Va when the incident occurred about fifty miles away.
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Iones
Vidgenia Creek
Suffolk
Sommuniliy
Henigerius
Weitington
D.C
Norfolk
Infant suffocated in fire. brothers saved at 1112 Schoonmaker
Fire at a three story frame home on Schoonmaker avenue sent smoke alarms to officers who found three children asleep in a bed, carrying them to safety. An infant, Edwin Grable, aged six months, was found suffocated in a makeshift cardboard box used as a bed.
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Fatary
Schoonmaker Avenue
Edwin Grable
Lawrence Denies Argentina Cabinet Talk
Gov. David Lawrence of Pennsylvania rejected reports he is being considered for a cabinet post under President elect John F. Kennedy. He told newsmen he has two years left in the governor’s office and intends to finish his term.
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Buenos Atres
Argentina
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania Today
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