GOP Governors Favor Nixon For 1960 Nomination
At the 51st Annual Governors Conference in San Juan Puerto Rico Nixon backers claim a majority of Republican governors support his nomination for president. Rockefeller's influence appeared weaker with peers, despite a notable brush with Stratton, and did not boost Illinois delegation support.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
Elsn
Stratton
Illinois
Balky Fowl Teases Brooklyn Police in Cell Chaos
In New York the Liberty Avenue station deals with a balky bittern, a swamp scavenger, that defies containment. Patrolman Andy Nappi and Robert Winter devise a plan to restrain the bird without dirtying cells. The bird’s wild fits disrupt routine, forcing officers to improvise.
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New York
Brooklyn
Liberty Avenue
Robert Winter
Andy Nappi
Lightning Strikes Woman On Golf Course Survives
Mrs Gordon Wetzel of Mentor survives a lightning strike on a golf course green on July 29. She recalls not feeling the hit, but severe pain and roasted fingers. She lies in Euclid Glenville hospital pending home return and plans to reassure her three daughters Joanne Judith and Jull Alice about storms.
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Gordon Wetzel
Mentor
Euclid- Glenville
Joanne
Jull
Alice
Judith
Whch
Painesville Telegraph
Mrs. Wetzel
Europe
Netherlands
France
U.S
Germany
Italy
NATO
Plane makes successful takeoff on busy Centralia road
Centralia Illinois reports a 50 city flight test where Phil Petri piloted a plane that suffered injuries to him but the aircraft remained undamaged after a takeoff on a well traveled road.
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Centralia
Ill
Phil Petri
Berserk gunman kills two at Philadelphia home for the aged
In Philadelphia a gunman fired into the Uptown Home for the Aged killing two residents and wounding four as about 150 elderly residents gathered for breakfast. Kyrlo Czupirczuk, 42, unemployed carpenter next door, was wounded by police and hospitalized in critical condition. No motive given.
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Philadelphia
Uptown
Kyrlo Czupirczuk
Two Marines Die in Sea Accident Near Green Island
Bulleting reports Cpl Darrell D Hill 19 of High Point NC and Cpl Jackie D Richardson 24 of Blackwell OK and Midway Park NC missing after renting a 14 foot boat for a trip to area islands. Fishing tug Francis found one body two miles southwest of Green Island and Coast Guard alerted. Marblehead cutter found the second body about 150 yards away. Craft not found. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Hill was son of Mr and Mrs Everette B Hill of 1007 W College Dr.
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Darrell D. Hill
High Point
N. C
Jackie D. Richardson
Blackwell
Okla
Midway Park
Francis
Green Island
Coast Guard
Marblehead
C. R. Wood
Cpl. Hill
Everette B. Hill
W. College Dr
Nixon Trip Backed by Nixon but Critics Question Value
The Nixon Moscow trip prompted mixed judgments on its impact in the Cold War. Eisenhower and Nixon hoped the exchange of visits with Khrushchev would ease East West tensions, despite advisers urging continued isolation. Nixon briefed Eisenhower in a 75 minute White House talk and prepared for further cabinet review with plans for potential public remarks.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Khrushback
Poland
White House
Warsaw
Wife Helps Break Up a Counterfeit Ring in St Louis
A wife discreetly handed back a fake five dollar bill from her sleeping husband which aided a Secret Service probe into a ten thousand dollar counterfeit ring. Agents later raided the home of Dallas S. Barr and charged several others, while Mrs Barr was not involved.
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ST. Louis
Secret Service
Asst
U.S
NATO's Central European counter-punch and missile force
An AP report from Heidelberg outlines NATO plans and weapons in Central Europe. It notes 30 short range missile battalions aiming for 100 by 1963, Redstone and Corporal missiles, Matador probes near Semisle, and Thor deployments in Britain.
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NATO
Europe
Associated Press
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Heidelber
Ously
NATO Council
Britain
Respite in Berlin Crisis as Herter Returns Home
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter flies to Washington to brief President Eisenhower after the Big Four foreign ministers conference. He asserts the danger of overt Soviet action against West Berlin is suspended for months, citing talks and possible negotiated settlement as key factors. Gromyko in Moscow signals desire for settlement and reduced tension.
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Geneva
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
West Berlin
Herter
Washington
Sel
Wyn Lloyd
Khrushchev
London
Berlin
Nikita
Andrei Gromyko
Movieman Preston Sturges Dies in New York
Prest on Sturges a Chicago born writer who came to Hollywood in 1932 and wrote The Great McGinty won the 1940 best screenplay Oscar. He died of a heart attack in his room at the Hotel Algonquin New York where he had resided for months.
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Preston Sturges
Sturges
Algonquin
Hollywood
Universal International
Paramount
McGinty
Brian Donlevy
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