Western Miners Eke Out Precarious Living
Western miners and families struggle on union benefits and food stamps as the six month copper strike disrupts production across 23 states. Union demands outweigh company offers while a three member panel seeks a settlement, and inventories remain high ahead of potential talks.
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New York
United Steelworkers of
Perth Amboy
N.J
Carteret
Phelps Dodge Corp
Arizona
Arizona Tax Commission
Washington
Banquet Honors 15 Eagle Scouts
Fifteen area Boy Scouts who earned Eagle Scout during the past year will be honored at a 6 30 p m banquet in Kansas City. Vince Gibson Kansas State coach will speak. Attendees include Richard H Belote Donald A Monaghan Norman J Johannsen Nolan R Johannsen and others.
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Kansas City
Kansas National Guard
18Th and
Ridge Sts
Vince Gibson
Kansas State University
Richard H. Belote
Donald A. Monaghan
Richard L. Arnold
Norman J. Johannsen
Nolan R. Johannsen
Rodney C. Johannsen
John W. Nitcher
Bryan M. Swanmoto
Lee A. Hoffman
John F. Hickock
Ralph P. Reed
Walter L. Robinson
Richard K. Greenlee
Charles L. Ford
Frederick A. Mauk
Carl Spray
John Cox
Arden Booth
A. E. Woestemeyer
W. D. Wolfe
Orvel A. Criqui
Elliott Gillerman
George Clem
Riley Burcham
Peter Curran
Austin W. Stedham
Jim Miller
R. K. Marsh
Leon Smith Jr
Harvey Booth
Democratic Delegates Set For 1960 National Convention
Kansas Democratic State Committee approves a plan selecting 40 delegates and 36 alternates with five district conventions and a 36 at large group. District dates include Parsons February 17 and Topeka February 24. State convention March 30 in Topeka. Norbert Dreiling notes 38 votes for Kansas at the convention. Gov. Docking highway plan backed.
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Topeka
Democratic State Committee
Democratic State Executive Committee
Parsons
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Johnson County
Wichita
Pratt
Norbert Dreiling
Kansas
Robert Docking
Woman Dies After Jump From Golden Gate Bridge
A 23 year old Palo Alto woman Virginia A Hunt leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge and died seven hours later at Letterman General Hospital. A motorist reported the mid span jump and a Coast Guard cutter reached her after she hit the water. She was the fourth survivor of a bridge leap with 332 crisis reports recorded.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Letterman General Hospital
Virginia A. Hunt
Palo Alto
Midspan
Coast Guard
Highway Patrol
Father and girl saved after 85 foot well plunge
A five year old girl Cindy Hartie fell into an 85 foot deep well in Shawnee while her father Bill Hartie 38 jumped in to rescue her. Police said the surface was 15 feet from the top and the two were in the water about 15 minutes before volunteers helped them out. Several men including George Baumgartner 47 aided with a ladder.
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Kansas City, Kan
Bill G. Hartie
Kansas City
Kan
Cindy
Shawnee
Hartie
George N. Baumgartner
Coal Miners Strike in Western Pennsylvania Over Arrests
Thousands of United Mine Workers miners walkout in Western Pennsylvania in protest of mass arrests during violent picketing at a nonunion mine. Dozens of pits halted, state troopers deployed, and 18 on Wednesday plus 155 on Saturday were arrested for violating a court order.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Johnstown
Solar Fuel Co
Police clear slaying suspect with tear gas siege
In Lubbock Texas police armed with an armored tank and tear gas forced Loyd Dale Ready 28 from a home after an eight hour siege during which 20 canisters were fired. Ready is charged with murdering Jim Arnold Field 23 at a night club parking lot. He was traced to a three bedroom house where he lived with a woman and three young children.
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Lubbock
Tex
Loyd Dale Ready
Jim Arnold Field
Ready
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