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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1960
Page
1
A burglar shattered Cartier’s display at Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street before dawn, stealing about 100000 in jewels while leaving 10 diamond watches and a gold clock unharmed. Guard Conrad Nilsson reported the 4:55 a.m. crash as police investigated the scene.
Rebel leader Ferhat Abbas and aides traveled to Paris amid reports of a drive by a young suspect into a waiting car. Police and officials discuss possible truces as the Algerian rebellion lingers. Ahmed Boumendjet and Ben Yahla accompany Abbas in the mission.
Sen Wiley of Wisconsin defends the Eisenhower administration's foreign policy amid summit collapse. He argued Khrushchev would have blocked the talks regardless of the U2 incident and released a letter from Secretary Herter defending the administration's Japan policy. Senate session schedule shifted to Monday.
At the 52nd annual governors conference in Glacier National Park Montana the Dixie caucus forms in support of Lyndon Johnson. Kennedy is predicted to win the Democratic nomination on a first roll call by Ohio Governor DiSalvo while Pennsylvania Governor Lawrence skips due to legislative sessions. The U2 inquiry and foreign relations debate loom as governors travel in white cars toward Belche Flats for the investiture with Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the border. About 10 000 visitors expected near 245 PM with 500 Blood Indians in regalia for the ceremony.
In Houghton Michigan the Portage Lake lift bridge failed to lift on time during its Friday opening. A cargo ship tied to coal dropped anchor to stop the vessel when the bridge did not respond to signals. The anchor cut a cable and severed phone lines to the Keweenaw Peninsula. Michigan Bell estimated damage above 10000 dollars.
PRZEMSYL Poland district court sentenced former commander of 6,000 Ukrainian guerrillas to death for activity against Russian and Polish forces in 1944-47. Ma. Jan K. Szpan tak, 41, was condemned to hang by the Rzeszow District Court. Szpontak was captured in Czechoslovakia in 1958 and extradited to Poland last year.
An AP report states 711 traffic deaths occurred in New York in the first five months, an 11 percent drop from last year. New York City fatalities reached 239, down from 307 previously, reflecting improved road safety statewide.
The forecast lists high Friday around 80 with a low near 60 and a Friday high of 85 and a morning low of 66 in minimal context. Tides at Off Chester tidewater terminal pier show high tides at 1 7 a.m. and 2 38 p.m. plus 9 35 a.m. and 9 45 p.m.
Southern governors at Glacier National Park organized a Johnson support caucus to curb Kennedy’s bid for the Democratic nomination. Johnson backers claimed he could reach a first ballot majority but faces Southern anger over civil rights votes. Meanwhile Kennedy projections varied as governors and party leaders offered competing forecasts for the convention outcome and ballot strategy.
Fidel Castro told Cubans on a Friday night TV address that he would wager a million tons on Cuba’s 1961 sugar production against Secretary of State Christian A. Herter. He tied the bet to Cuba’s quota in the U.S. market and warned American refiners over Soviet crude oil, while noting U.S. sugar purchases and price effects.
Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania accounting dept workers in Philadelphia Pittsburgh Upper Darby Conshohocken Harrisburg Wilkes Barre Greensburg and New Castle will vote on a new three year contract ratification date not announced. The deal raises wages by two to three dollars per week with annual wage re negotiations clause.
President Eisenhower ends a six day Hawaiian rest stop and flies to Washington to report on his Far Eastern trip. He drafted a hard hitting speech denouncing Communists for helping block his Tokyo visit and focuses on successes in the Philippines Formosa and Korea. He will address the nation in a 3:30 pm EST telecast from the White House.
CAPE CANAVERAL FLAP AP The sixth straight successful 000 mile flight of a Titan missile clears the way for testing an advanced model. A 98 foot rocket carried a tactical nose cone to a target off Ascension Island. Recovery ship retrieved a data capsule two hours later. Air Force also launched five missiles at Eglin Gulf range testing cone performance and accuracy. Titan G series ends. Titan I under development for heavier warhead delivery.
President Eisenhower's emergency fact finding board urges the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Transport Workers Union to return to bargaining after three years without contract terms. The panel notes progress on many issues and recommends renewed efforts to salvage those gains, as a strike set for June 6 was postponed by court and pending talks. The PRR extends an invitation to TMU to meet on June 8.
Betancourt, with swollen face and bandaged hands, returned to Miraflores Palace after hospital treatment and vowed to uncover those behind the plot. The attack, part of a wider plan to topple him, led to border closures, halt of air travel, and suspension of some guarantees as security forces hunted suspects linked to exiled Marcos Perez Jimenez supporters and foreign adversaries.
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