Humphrey Backs UAW Goals and Criticizes Eisenhower
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey endorsed UAW goals at its convention in Atlantic City, labeling Eisenhower a veto-minded administration. He urged a strong civil rights bill and backed federal aid to education, higher minimum wage, and medical care for the elderly amid 1960 presidential prospects. Symington pledged wage, education, and housing funding, and Kennedy had spoken earlier.
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Dwight Pitkin
Atlantic City
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
United Auto Workers
Eisenhower
UAW
Humphrey
Stuart Symington
Missouri
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Congress
Symington
Senate
America
Courageous Marine To Get Medal
Marine Sgt. Levi M. W. Woods, the first man lifted from the ground by an in-flight rescue system, was to receive the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at Camp Lejeune. The Aug. 12, 1958 test near Quantico involved a P2V Neptune, a winch, and a safe ascent as Woods was hoisted aboard after a controlled descent. He lives in Jacksonville, North Carolina with his wife and four children.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Levi M. W. Woods
Navy
Marine Corps
Quantico
Woods
Itme
Hood River
Ore
Jacksonville
Robber Says He Needed More Booze in Bank Weegee
Carl Waters, 28, robbed the First Un-National Bank and Trust Co in Asheville. He claimed he needed money for whisky after a 962 dollar hold up carried a note and pistol. Teller Myra Wolfe identified him at police headquarters. Police stopped him near the U.S. 70 and 74 intersection east of town about 20 minutes later.
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Asheville
N.C
Carl Waters
UN- National Bank and Trust Core
Waters
Myra Wolfe
Miss Wolf
Miss Wolfe
Soviets Report 1959 Nine-Month Production Surges
Soviet Central Statistical Board says nine months of 1959 production surpassed targets by four percent and industry total from January to September was 12 percent higher than the same period last year. Totals include pig iron 31.8 million tons steel 44.4 million tons coke 39.7 million tons iron ore 70.5 million tons coal 380 million tons oil 105.3 million tons gas 26.1 billion cubic meters electric power 66 billion kWh.
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Moscow
Central Statistical Board
Madisonville Whodunit Solved by 11YearOld Fan Letter
In Madisonville Kentucky an 11 year old Rush Hunt wrote a letter to Secret Service Chief A E Baughman praising the agents. Baughman shared the reply but kept the name secret. The teacher Jackie Haywood allowed Rush to read the response in class and presented a card making him an honorary Secret Service member. The father pledged Rush would start at West Point with better spelling.
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Madisonville
Rush Hunt
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Baughman
Bush
Jackie Haywood
Rush
West Point
Military Academy
Almond Foresees Limited Integration in Schools
Virginia Governor J. Lindsay Almond Jr. told reporters in Asheville that the South will face choices on school integration, predicting some integration and growth. He spoke after being elected chairman of the Southern Governors Conference, with next year’s meeting to be in Arkansas.
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Asheville
N.C
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Southern Governors’ Conference
Almond
South
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Faubus
James P. Coleman
Mississippi
Democratic Party
Congress
Southern Assn. of
Sci
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