AMC Sets Sight on Eight Percent Market Share for 1960
AMC staged a Detroit press preview of its 1960 models and aimed for an eight per cent share of the new car market in the coming model year. Roy Abernethy announced 1959 was strong and predicted improvements, with Ramblers totaling about 350000 deliveries for the current fiscal year. George Romney was to address the gathering as AMC planned October introductions.
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American Motors Corp
Roy Abernethy
AMC Automotive
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AMC
George Romney
Three Wisconsinites Nominated for Guard Promotions
President Eisenhower announced 22 nominations for brigadier or major general in Army Reserve and National Guard units. Among them are Brig. Gen. Gilbert W. Embury of Shorewood seeking major general, Col. John A. Dunlap of Whitefish Bay commanding the 32nd Division artillery, and Col. Robert L. Hughes of Middletown serving as assistant commander of the 84th Division. The nominations go to the Senate for confirmation.
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Washington
84Th
Senate
Millston Man Killed As Tractor Overturns
Roy R. Gorbet, 51, of Millston Wisconsin, was crushed when a timber camp tractor overturned four miles west of Clifton in Monroe County. He had been skidding logs when the accident occurred and fellow workers freed his body.
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Wis
APD
Roy R. Gorbet
Millston
Here
Monroe County
Gorbet
Books From America donation drive invites overseas gifts
Today Americans are asked to share their books with young students abroad through the Books From America program. Donors help counter anti American literature distributed by Communists, by sending American classics, history works, and modern English grammars to friends overseas via the U S Information Agency in a public service with The Advertising Council.
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America
Gas Tax Hike Compromise Rejected by House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 13 to 12 to reject Speaker Rayburn’s one year 1 cent gasoline tax compromise. It instead backed a 22 month 1 cent increase and instructed Wilbur Mills to introduce the bill, arguing the compromise risked federal budget balance.
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UPI
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Ways and Means Committee
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Wilbur D. Mills
Public Works Committee
Mills
Ways and Means
Maurice H. Stans
Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Rural Electrification Loan Promised to North-West Telephone
The Rural Electrification Administration announced a 7.5 million dollar loan to North West Telephone Co. of Tomah Wisconsin to support its service expansion and improvements.
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Washington
The
Rural Electrification Administration Today
North-West Telephone Co
Tomah
Wis
Polaris fired as Polaris test moves into high gear
POLARIS FIRED Cape Canaveral Florida Navy fired another Polaris test rocket today as the submarine ballistic missile project began moving in to high gear. ROCKS FOR NEWSMEN Pine Bluff Arkansas Newsmen report registration today at Dollarway school were targets of rocks thrown by teenage boys egged on by a white man. DENIES PROPOSAL Washington President Eisenhower denied that his brother Milton Eisenhower brought from the Soviet Union a new Berlin crisis solution proposal. Eisenhower said Milton hadn't said a word to him about it.
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Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
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Milton
Harry S. Truman
Russia
Nixon urges courteous reception for Khrushchev visit
Vice-President Richard M. Nixon urged Americans to give Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev a courteous reception during his visit to the United States next month.
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Minneapolis
Minn
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Americans Invested Four Billion More Overseas
The Commerce Department reported that U S foreign investment rose by four billion dollars last year, lifting total U S overseas investment to forty billion eight hundred million dollars.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Commerce Department
Room 1227 Negotiators Work Through Steel Dispute
In Room 1227 a dozen negotiators from 12 steel firms, the United Steelworkers, and the Federal Mediation Service meet daily to resolve the long running steel industry deadlock. The room remains locked each day, with quiet murmurs and minimal contact beyond routine service.
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Laos Crisis Moves To Bolster Royalist Factions
UPI reports top defense and State officials weighing new steps to aid the Laotian government against Communist rebels. Possible actions include expanded nonmilitary support, diplomatic and moral backing, and a UN inspection mission to draw world attention to the conflict. Ngon Sananikone arrived to discuss relief and observers urged by Senate figure Mike Mansfield.
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Cambodia
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Ngon Sananikone
New York City
State Department
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Eisenhower Bids for Unity and Aid in Europe trip
President Eisenhower, preparing to depart for Bonn, Germany, outlines five aims for his European tour. He seeks Western unity, negotiation with Russia, renewed North Atlantic commitments, and joint effort to aid underdeveloped nations. He warns Congress on key fiscal and policy actions.
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Thirty nine still missing after Hebgen Lake quake
West Yellowstone Mont. A week after the quake 39 persons remain unaccounted for in the Rock Creek area downstream from Hebgen Dam where a massive earthslide may have buried campers. The Red Cross had listed as many as 88 missing earlier with nine confirmed dead and a tenth presumed dead.
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Kuehn Weighs Run For Governor In 1960 GOP Field
Milwaukee businessman Philip G. Kuehn former state Republican Party chairman said he is considering a candidacy for the 1960 GOP nomination for governor. He resigned as party chief in January 1958 and noted the idea arose about 30 days ago saying he will commit fully or withdraw if he runs.
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Philip G. Kuehn
Republican Party
GOP
Kuehn
Housing Bill Gets House Banking Committee Backing
The House Banking Committee approved by 19 to 4 the compromise 1.05 billion housing bill that passed the Senate. It is smaller than the vetoed 1.375 billion measure and faces possible floor action after referral to the Rules Committee. An override attempt in the Senate failed last week.
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UPI
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Senate
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House Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
Banking Committee
Rules Committee
Weather forecast and temperatures across locations
The forecast offers little relief from heat and humidity with a chance of Wednesday showers and a possible north wind shift for the state. Southport recorded a Monday high of 81 and a recent low of 67, with noon at 79. American Motors reached 92 while downtown hit 91 with no rain.
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Lake Shore
American Motors
Mercury
Junior Grade Jumper Escapes Fall Injuries
Antionnetta Buchanan put her 2 year old son Mark down for a nap in a second floor bedroom in Norfolk Virginia. While talking to a neighbor she heard a thump and found him on the sidewalk after he apparently climbed out the window. He suffered only bruises.
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Antionnetta Buchanan
Mark
Nehru Warns Red China Over Bhutan and Sikkim
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told Parliament India would defend Bhutan and Sikkim if invaded by China. He did not name Red China, but linked the threats to Tibet’s seizure and border tensions in the Himalayas.
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UPI
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AFL-CIO VPs to Dine with Khrushchev in San Francisco
Four AFL-CIO vice presidents will dine with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on September 21 in San Francisco, announced by James B. Carey president of the Electrical Workers Union.
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UPI
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San Francisco
James B. Carey
Electrical Workers Union
Heat Wave To Grip U S For Several More Days
Heat and humidity persist across the eastern and southern United States as the Weather Bureau tracks a high pressure center over the Southeast. Temperatures rise into the 90s with ongoing storms, a sit-down strike at an Ohio prison farm, and scattered damage from storms and a Streeter tornado.
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Rockies
U.S. Weather Bureau
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William Eckerman
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Milwaukee County gains elected executive with bill signing
Gov. Gaylord Nelson signed into law a bill creating a Milwaukee County executive position. The move establishes an elected county chief, shaping local government for Milwaukee County.
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UPI
Milwaukee County
Gaylord Nelson
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