Adjourment Moves Waver Over Preconvention Action
Washington AP report outlines House Rules Committee delay on adjournment and a plan to return in August for a vote on a $1.23 minimum wage substitute. Democratic leaders push for extended coverage, while Senate actions include tax and sports anti trust rule items. key figures include Rep Albert Rains and Senators Johnson Symington Kennedy, with timing linked to Democratic convention weeks.
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Steamer Strike Hits Islanders on Nantucket
Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard face major economic loss during the Fourth of July holiday as a week-old steamboat strike stalls boats and ferries. Tourists flood Cape Cod with barges and small boats filling in, car backups mount, and auto dealers report heavy demand and skyrocketing rates for limited crossings.
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Fire destroys packing house in Aspers
Gett ysburg Pa 1 A packing house operated by the Adams County fruit growers cooperative at Aspers was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Fire Chief HW Gulden of Aspers estimated the loss would exceed 100000 dollars. The cause was not determined.
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Today's Weather And Tidal Details For The Area
The day features a high of 87 degrees and a low of 65 with a Tuesday average of 72 and a date-typical 79. Expected highs reach 85 and 83 on Thursday with a tonight low of 70. Precipitation totals show 6 in 24 hours, 71 for the month, 34 for the year. Sun rises at 5 35 a.m. and sets at 8 33 p.m. Moon rises at 10 p.m. and sets at 11 51 p.m. Tides at Off Chester sidewater terminal pier show high at 4 46 a.m. and 3 28 p.m. and low at 12 23 p.m. 39
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Rockefeller attacks elder health insurance plan at aging conference
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller denounces as fiscally unsound a plan to finance health insurance for the elderly through Social Security payroll taxes. He argues the administration proposal would create a costly subsidies program for needy Americans over 65 as part of a final day governors conference on aging.
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Police Destroy 41 Pinball Machines in Uniontown area
State police and Fayette County authorities carried out destruction of 41 coin operated pinball machines seized in raids at Uniontown Brownsville and Connellsville. A three year battle ending with Supreme Court rulings allowed the machines to be destroyed and the county collected 1738 dollars from money found in the machines.
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Swarthmore College Responds to Blue Route Opposition
Swarthmore College criticized the Blue Route plan that would cut through an eight mile corner of college property. President Dr Courtney B Smith stated the college’s position in a formal statement highlighting concerns over routing delays and mounting costs.
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Aluminum workers vote to end seven day strike at plant
In Cressona Pennsylvania the Aluminum Company of America workers voted 795 to 185 to end a seven day strike. The dispute centers on protecting creek valley land and park areas amid rapid county growth and expanding facilities including college buildings and future job sites.
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Gettysburg tailor slain in Harrisburg tied to teacher charge
In Harrisburg a Gettysburg tailor Richard Mattingly, 31, was shot to death and found in a partially submerged car by the Susquehanna River. A school teacher Edward Wilcox Hepford, 47, of Harrisburg, Camp Curtin Junior High, was charged with murder.
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Violent Midwest Storms Pound Five States
A vast outbreak of thunder storms struck the Midwest with hurricane Ike like ferocity, carving widespread destruction across five states. In Southeastern Iowa one death and millions in damage were reported as winds up to 125 miles an hour toppled trees, shattered signs, and disrupted power and communications across Ottumwa Osceola Fairfield Keokuk and nearby communities. Severe hail damaged crops and homes while floods swamped streets and a highway landslide occurred in Illinois near the Mississippi River. authorities urged motorists to stay off west central roads.
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Goldwater Attacks GOP Platform Push by 15 Senators
Washington AP Barry Goldwater, Arizona Republican, says a platform urged by 15 Senate GOP colleagues would defeat the Republicans. The conservative senator says the plan calls for higher taxes and more government control, and would be more honest if stated plainly. Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky backs the proposal, labeling it anti Old Guard.
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Millionaire's Will Emphasizes Character Over Money
Philadelphia AP report on John B Kelly's will stresses character as guiding principle. The Olympic rowing champion leaves most of his $500000 estate to wife Mary and three daughters while favoring fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget for the nation.
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Soviets Lift Curbs on Travel to Romania
The Romanian travel office announced in New York that all restrictions on travel between the United States and Romania have been lifted. The agency called the move the first by an iron curtain country since World War II, announced at a Tuesday news conference.
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Weather Regions Spread Across U S With Cooling Trend
The report notes cooler conditions in the northern Plains upper Mississippi Valley and upper Great Lakes while the eastern Ohio Valley and western Rockies alongside New Mexico Nebraska and Oklahoma experience varied temperatures. An AP Wire photo accompanies the piece.
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Dishwasher Slays Five in Chicago Slaying Spree
Police say Raimundo Perez Hernandez, 85, admitted fatally stabbing Maria Gomez Hernandez, 24, her male companion Julio Lugan do, 26, and the woman's three children Rosita Hernandez 2, Carmen Hernandez 4, Emma Gomez 8 in apartment buildings on the near North Side. A butcher knife was found in his belt. He reportedly blamed jealousy after his common law wife left for another man.
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Russians Advance in Automation
Western experts in Moscow at the International Congress on Automations hailed Soviet progress in automatic devices for computing and control systems. They praised self optimizing systems and pneumatic computing instruments, saying the Soviet Institute of Automation and Telemechanics far surpassed Western capabilities and even MIT.
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Bus Timetable Fragments From Philadelphia Suburbs
A dense schedule lists bus times between Brookhaven Chester Upland Chester Buckman Village Media Glen Riddle Eddystone Marcus Hook Boothwyn Valley View Marcus Hook Parkside Darby Sharon Hill and Darby Folcroft with frequent departures, irregular intervals, and late afternoon runs detailing start times and intervals through the day.
Conferees OK Defense Bill Conferees OK Defense Bill
A Senate House conference committee shaped a defense bill just under 40 billion dollars preserving key Eisenhower military requests while trimming about 6306 million in opposed items. The package approves 293 million for a new Navy carrier and 244 million for Bomarc missiles but cuts Bomarc funding and base equipment totaling 75 million. House action to vote Friday with Senate approval pending.
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GOP backs Biddle for 18th District
John H. Biddle publisher of the Huntingdon Daily News has been endorsed by the Huntingdon County Republican Committee for the vacancy in the 18th Congressional District.
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Reservoir Burst Near Hyderabad Causes 18 Deaths
Torrential rains burst an irrigation reservoir in a village near Hyderabad city today, killing 18 people and triggering rescue efforts as authorities assess damage and warn of further flooding risks.
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