06 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1959
Page
1
Geneva dispatch reports that Soviet leaders appeared to withdraw the ultimatum during the Paris talks. Gromyko indicated a more hopeful mood as an exchange of views on disarmament proceeded. An anticipated U.N. panel on disarmament may be formed to oversee renewed negotiations.
A man opened fire at a North Philadelphia aged home during breakfast, killing Michael German 74 and Kalman Galer 79 while wounding four others. Police say Kyvlo Czupirenuk 42 Ukrainian claimed he shot Communists and was shot by officers. he remains hospitalized in critical condition with multiple wounds.
The United Mine Workers report shows signed contracts with Harlan County operators and 12 other eastern Kentucky firms. Production is to resume in about 10 days as the strike spreads. UMW cites a $24.25 daily wage ban on union handling and denies buying non union mines to end suits worth 120 million dollars.
A garbled forecast notes generally fair and warmer conditions with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms in the mountains. It mentions near 90s highs, humid air, and showers, with cooler lows around the low 60s.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a local page item noting Milan Silva Prom in a 3A town with weather or sky references. The readable text mentions Rooyieet milane and Visine Diwhiets Venus amid unclear context. No clear names, dates, or events emerge.
The Thor rocket fired from Cape Canaveral on a Caribbean test flight aimed to deliver a new paddlewheel satellite into a high orbit. A plastic data capsule on the nose would be recovered to study its behavior, with the mission seeking about 30 000 miles maximum altitude and a 1000 mile approach near Arigua Island.
President Eisenhower urges public support for a labor bill amid a partisan fight in Congress over union controls. He plans a 6 30 p m nationwide radio address as House leaders prepare for a week of debate on outlawing secondary boycotts and penalties for union officials resisting members.
The Bureau of Air Operations recommended permanent route authorizations for three airlines affecting Tennessee cities. Allegheny Air Lines would serve Huntington West Virginia to Nashville via Lexington Frankfort Kentucky. Piedmont Airlines would cover London Corbin Kentucky and Norfolk Knoxville via seven North Carolina cities. Clark Air Lines would operate Clarksville Fort Campbell Hopkinsville Owensboro and Lewisville Kentucky.
Vice President Richard Nixon reported to the National Security Council on his two week tour of Russia and Poland. He returns with insights for coordinating U. S. policy ahead of Khrushchev’s planned U. S. visit next month and discusses possible East-West disarmament talks.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev flew to a hillside Black Sea retreat to rest before his planned September trip to the United States. At a Kremlin briefing he said a Germany peace treaty would be a top issue when he and President Eisenhower meet, following the Geneva talks' collapse.
In New York a 24 day steel strike continues with United Steelworkers and industry spokesmen in a fourth day of talks. A secret meeting and subcommittee discussions address contract issues as no break in deadlock is seen. Federal mediator Finnegan notes ongoing negotiations with McDonald and Cooper meeting separately.
New Haven residents face telephone delays as talks resume amid a wage and price dispute. Finnegin brokered July talks, with daily meetings since August 8, as industry demands wage growth tied to inflation and unions push for higher pay while profits are cited as high.
President Eisenhower nominates Paul C. Weick of Akron Ohio to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to succeed Judge Florence E. Allen. Weick has served as a district judge in North Ohio since 1950 and would fill the vacancy.
Washington reports that prosecutors accuse Hoffa allies of racketeering perjury and tax evasion tied to Teamsters corruption. The Justice Department notes 39 convictions since 1954 and 11 pending indictments against 11 Teamsters amid broader rackets inquiries and Senate activity.
The House approved a measure requiring cotton growers to use government fixed allotments and release unused quotas to neighboring planters or risk forfeiture of future allotments. Brokers say it helps stabilize farming while opponents warn it increases the cotton surplus. The Senate backers favor a different version allowing reuse of unused allotments.
Reported fighting in northern Laos between Premier Phowi Sananikone's pro Western government and Communist attackers escalates as heavy rains halt battles. Laotian troops recover posts in Phongsaly, Reds reinforce from across the border, paratroopers ready to strike, UN charges North Viet Nam-backed rebels, and U S officials monitor a growing crisis in Geneva.
The government of Nicaragua acknowledged Wednesday night that rebels from Honduras and Costa Rica invaded. Most invaders were killed or captured, with a number still at large. Earlier, a spokesman denied any invasion and said the country was quiet.
Lef few, 25, held in Knox County Jail on $15,000 bond for robbing a branch savings and loan in Knoxville. He was arrested Wednesday after driving downtown and is accused of entering the Maeno Avenue Branch of Home Federal Savings and Loan just before closing last Friday and taking $1,880.
Senator Estes Kefauver urged President Eisenhower to intervene decisively to settle the steel strike before Khrushchev’s upcoming visit. He said the administration must show economic strength and align with Senator Stuart Symington on the need for firm action to end the dispute.
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