Violent Thunderstorms Batter Most of Nation Weekend
Violent storms across the Midwest South and Northeast caused multiple deaths and injuries over the holiday weekend. Tornadic winds and heavy rain damaged homes flooded roads and toppled trees and power lines. Power outages disrupted airports and transport as communities faced emergency responses and cleanup efforts across several states including Indiana New York Kentucky and Georgia.
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Keystone Delegates Split on Kennedy Support in PA
Pennsylvania delegates show split backing for John Kennedy with Western and central regions favoring Kennedy while Philadelphia poses uncertainty. Allegheny County commissioner and delegate Dr. William D. McClelland predicts a first ballot tilt to Kennedy, with Lyndon Johnson as his toughest Pennsylvania rival. Lawrence unavailable for comment. state party chair John Rice weighs in.
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Kishi's Party Wins Second Local Election in Tokyo
Premier Nobusuke Kishi's Liberal Democratic Party captures a second local election victory in Tokyo. Observers note broad support amid postwar economic issues and shifting public sentiment toward Japan's security alliance with the United States.
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Convention Rigged Claim Tops Democratic Reach
Senate race contenders clash over a pre arranged Democratic National Convention with Truman backing the accusation while Kennedy and Callins deny the charge. Johnson supports the claim in a radio interview as Kennedy heads to New York for a news conference to address the allegation.
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Rail Crash Kills 13 In Pakistan Near Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi area disaster reports 13 killed and 4 injured as a train wreck occurred Sunday about 30 miles west of Rawalpindi. The item notes ministry confirmation and casualty details amid a broader political text involving Kennedy, Butler, Collins, and Truman, with unrelated remarks on party tactics and Rockefeller.
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Minister Elwood McQuaid Shot Dead in Church Parking Lot
Belleville Michigan Baptist minister Elwood McQuaid, 53, was shot to death near his church as he arrived for evening services. The killer, Ger ald Griswold, 23, the minister’s son in law, was detained for murder investigations. Family turmoil over six to eight months and a pending divorce were cited by authorities. Parishioners subdued Griswold until police arrived.
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Political evolution alters West Germany politics
Bonn report notes major shifts in West German politics as the CDU moves left toward an American style democracy while the Socialists move right from their postwar social program roots. The piece cites domestic pressures and evolving party philosophies shaping the era.
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Sir Laurence Olivier in a girdle and bra scandal
London AP reports Britons glimpsed Sir Laurence Olivier in a girdle and bra during a charity sketch rehearsal. He plays a suburban housewife opposite Kenneth More in a Noel Coward farce, with modest undressing planned and costumes noted as impractical.
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Cardinal Biondi Shows Slight Improvement in Vatican
VATICAN CITY AP Pietro Cardinal Fumasani Biorxli 87 pre fect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith was reported slightly improved today after a 15 minute visit and his blessing. The narrative notes shifting Socialist positions in West Germany and references Adenauer and Brandt as future political figures.
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Ike Receives Message As Emperors Acknowledges Health
In Tokyo the Emperor’s doctors say Eisenhower can eat today marking a first in days. A Foreign Office spokesman says Britain will deliver a strong protest to Ambassador Stanley Fordham later today or Tuesday, demanding full protection of rights.
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Teeners Hurt When Hayrack Is Struck Near El Dorado
An early morning collision near Fox Lake in El Dorado, Kansas injured seven teenagers riding a hayrack loaded with about 35 youths. The car driver Edward Buckle, 24, of Hamilton, Kan., and two others were hurt. Buckle said jeep headlights blinded him. hayrack lacked clearance lights, state patrol reported.
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Negro contestant enters Miss U S A pageant in Miami
Corrine Huff of Youngstown Ohio becomes the first American Negro contestant in Miss U S A history. She shares a room with Gladys Tabet of Lebanon as eliminations begin Wednesday night and the winner is crowned Saturday night.
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Youngstown
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Lebanon
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Race Car Wheel Kills Girl At Port Royal Speedway
A three-year-old girl, Joy Virginia Burdge of Blairs Mills, Huntingdon County, was killed when a wheel flew off a stock car during the last race at Port Royal Speedway. Coroner David Zieders said the car, driven by Donald Guthridge of Port Royal, struck the child as she stood near the home stretch with her parents Roy D. and fuel. Police investigated the incident and noted the fatal accident occurred Saturday at the port.
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Juniata County
Joy Virgini Burdge
Blairs Mills
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Weather snapshot with today and extended forecasts
The report lists today s high near 80 and tonight s low around 60 with a 24 hour outlook. It notes Sunday s average 47 and normal 76, plus 48 hour precipitation zero and year to date 16 59 inches. Sun rises 4 37 am and sets 8 33 pm with tides at Chester terminal pier high 9 35 am and 10 10 pm and low 4 20 am and 4 34 pm.
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Lusty Boswell of Jazz Age Gene Fowler Dies at 70
Gene Fowler, famed newspaperman, author, and screenwriter known for a bold Jazz Age persona, dies at 70 in Los Angeles after a Saturday heart attack. He once joked of heaven as a jelly room in the sky and counted William Randolph Hearst among mentors. Fowler’s career spanned reporting, managing editorship, and biographical works on John Barrymore, W C Fields, and Jimmy Walker. He died after indigestion pains, leaving a garden affectionately named St Agnes National Park as his lasting tribute.
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