Southern Bloc Opposes Kennedy Wage Bill Expansion
Senate battle centers on extending wage hour coverage to retail and service firms. Holland seeks to keep exemptions. Russell opposes broader coverage though open to higher minimum. Labor Day adjournment date looms as Congress struggles to finish long docket.
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GOP
Southern Bloc
Kennedy
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Dixie
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Holland
House
Congress
Senate
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Fed Board Cuts Discount Rates for Four Banks
The Federal Reserve Board authorized discount rate cuts from 3.2 to 3 percent for four banks in New York Cleveland Richmond and Kansas City effective today. Other reserve banks were expected to follow soon but New York bankers questioned whether loan costs would drop while some argued rates could fall overall.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
Richmond
Kansas City
U.N. Airlift Sends 220 Swedish Troops to Katanga
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold led a 220 member Swedish task force from Leopoldville to Elisabethville to arrange replacement for Belgian troops policing Katanga. The mission follows a Security Council mandate to secure Belgian withdrawal from the province.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Elisabethville
Katanga
U.N. Security Council
Leopoldville
New York
Gas Escape At La Porte Plant Causes Local Distress
Residents in La Porte, Texas, began dropping in the streets as gas escaped from a chemical plant. The plant shut down immediately and officials announced the danger over. Justice of the Peace Bond West said about 30 to 40 people were overcome.
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LA Porte, Tex
Justice of the Peace Bnd
la Porte
Eisenhower to Speak in Philadelphia and New York
President Eisenhower will give three non political speeches on a one day air trip to Philadelphia and New York on Monday September 26. White House said the three appearances will bring the total out of town campaign speaking engagements to four.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Philadelphia
New York
White House
Nude couple found slain in Riverside home
The nude, slashed bodies of a vitamin manufacturer and his wife were discovered Thursday tied face down on their beds. Both had been stabbed repeatedly and throttled. Police Chief J A Bennett called it the work of a sadist.
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Riverside
Calif
Senator Case urges backing for permanent UN police force
Washington Senator Clif ford P. Case of New Jersey urged the Senate to reaffirm support for a permanent United Nations police force that could respond quickly to trouble spots.
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Washington
Clifford P. Case
R-Nj
Senate
United Nations
Athens Man Killed in German Bus Crash
John W. Hartley of Athens Ohio died when a private chartered bus carrying American tourists crashed near Ulm Germany en route to the Oberammergau Passion Play. His wife Catherine was among 14 injured with multiple fractures.
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Ulm
Germany
John W. Hartley
Athens
Ohio
Here
Oberammergau
Catherine
Body Found in African Desert Linked to WWII Bomber
The U S Air Force reports a recovery in the Libyan Desert of remains believed to be another crew member from the World War II bomber Lady Be Good. The finding was relayed from the U S embassy in Benghazi via British Petroleum.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S. Air Force Today
North Africa
Air Force
U.S
Bengali
British Petroleum Co
X15 Rockets 24 Miles Up To Set Record
Maj. Robert M. White piloted the X15 to 131000 feet, over 24 miles, the new height record. The flight followed a previous speed mark of 2196 mph set last week, with White reaching 1700 mph during the ascent.
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Edwards Air Force
BASF
Calif
Air Force
Robert M. White
White
Iven C. Kincheloe
Kincheloe
Rogers Dry Lake
Walker
U S Caps Recovery Boosts Space Race Milestone
The 300 pound Discoverer XII capsule, recovered from the Pacific about 330 miles northwest of Hawaii, marks a key success in the U S space program. The mission recovered the capsule after its 17th polar orbit over Alaska, signaling a potential leap in data collection and spy-satellite technology.
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United States
Soviet Union
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Air Force
MSTS
Haiti Victory
Powers Family Clings To Hope In Spy Trial
In London the Powers family heads to Moscow with hopes Khrushchev will aid Francis Gary Powers as he faces a spy trial set to begin Wednesday. Oliver Powers said Khrushchev promised help and will meet the pilot, as three relatives and advisers travel to Moscow for the proceedings.
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Powers
London
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Sheriff Foote Fends Off Jail Breaker in Clinton County
In Wilmington Ohio Floyd Foote the county sheriff talked Everett Crum 32 into surrendering a pistol during a tense jail confrontation Crum earlier escaped from a city jail and held a hostage. Foote previously persuaded Crum to release a hostage during a February standoff in Adams County. Crum faces multiple charges including armed robbery jail breaking and kidnapping with further inquiries in Highland and Adams counties.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Floyd Foote
Everett Crum
Clinton County
Foote
Crum
Ohio Highway Patrol
Adams County
Everett
Trusty
Highway Patrol
Wilbur Trotter
Manchester
Trotter
William Shelton
Highland County
Ohio Weather Outlook Under High Pressure
Official Weather Bureau summary reports fair weather and below normal temperatures across Ohio. Weaker morning fog in the river valley gives way to mostly sunny skies with highs in the low to middle 80s through the weekend and no precipitation expected.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Mercury
Youngstown
Toledo
Chesapeake
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley
Miner Hurt By Blast In Coal Mine Near Logan
One man was injured and seven others escaped harm when a powder car exploded inside a coal mine near Logan West Virginia early today.
City Council discusses street project complaint handling
At a special meeting Mayor Francis Myers and Engineer John Owens rejected prior criticisms by Councilman William Morgan. They outlined formal steps for property owner complaints on ongoing street improvements, including filing with the service director, street committee review, and possible Council action.
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City Council
William Morgan
Francis Myers
John Owens
Morgan
Owens
Service
Ed Rutgers
Fourth St
Betty Ave
Hankison
Fourth and
Betty
Council
Glenwood
Neil Dillon
Missing Akron baby found slain in pond
The body of one year old Joanne Starcher was found in Weaver's Pond in southern Summit County. She had been missing from her East Akron home since Wednesday morning and was killed by a blow to the head. A 19 year old neighborhood youth, with a prior molestation record, was being questioned.
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Akron
Ohio
Joanne Starcher
Summit County
Charles Madden
Arnold Starcher
St. Thomas Hospital
Weaver's Pond
Lake Hope Tests Seek Cause of Illnesses
State Health Department staff conduct extensive water and related tests at Lake Hope to identify the source of illness reported by visitors last weekend. Dr. Frederick Wentworth notes cases involve intestinal symptoms with about 20 confirmed. water tests Monday and Tuesday were inconclusive and results are expected to guide potential weekend area closures.
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State Health Department
Lake Hope
Frederick Wentworth
Division of
H. M. Boocks
State Park
Wentworth
Allen Estate Trustees Seek Approval of Sale
Rolland Bright and Dr. Charles Rauch, trustees of the O'Neill Allen Home, petition in Hocking County Probate Court for permission to sell two Logan land parcels and 162 shares of General Telephone and Electronics stock. Proceeds fund land and construction of the O Neill Allen Home per the trust terms.
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Rolland Bright
Charles Rauch
O'Neill-Allen
Mattie O'Neill Allen
Hocking County
O'Neill- Allen
Logan
General Telephone and Electronics Corporation
Hocking Draft Call Sees Largest September Induction
Hocking County’s September draft call is the largest in two years with four men to be inducted. Clerk Mary Sweazy notes no official reason for the rise. Statewide the September call totals 786, compared with 708 in August and 867 last September. Young inductees must be 23 by September 1 unless volunteering. Nearby counties list Athens 11, Fairfield 4, Pickaway 1, Perry 5, and Ross 5.
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Hocking County
Mary Sweazy
Selective Service Board
Hocking
Athens
Fairfield
Pickaway
Perry
Ross
Louisiana Democrats Pledged to Kennedy
Louisiana's Democratic loyalists voted to pledge all 10 electors to the Kennedy Johnson ticket. The decision passed 51.49 in a close ballot of the Democratic State Central Committee on Thursday.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic State Central Committee
State Highway Patrol Expands Drunk Driving Testing
Ohio Highway Patrol launches on the spot alcohol testing statewide using the intoximeter with a modern lab to confirm results. The program trains all troopers to test breath samples and assess intoxication, supplementing existing tests to remove drinking drivers from roads.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
J. Grant Keys
Highway Safety Department
Col
Scott B. Radcliffe
Ence
Keys
J. L. Bishop
Echo satellite lifts off signaling U S space progress
Echo is launched from Cape Canaveral at 4:40 am and reaches orbit within hours. NASA confirms successful in orbit and broadcasts President Eisenhower’s message back to Earth from Holm del New Jersey. Echo stands about ten stories tall, orbits 1000 miles high, and aims to aid peaceful space exploration worldwide.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
United States
Eisenhower
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Holmdel
N. J
Goldstone
Calif
T. Keith Glennan
NASA
Pacific
Echo satellite sighting reported over Great Lakes region
Preliminary estimates from the Standard Oil Co Research Laboratory place four to five Echo satellite views over the lower Great Lakes between dusk and dawn. Dr A L Jones, supervisor of basic research, cites times from 9:10 to 9:20 p m EDT with a doubtful sighting of a huge balloon in the southwest.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Standard Oil Co. Research Laboratory
A. L. Jones
Great Lakes
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Sen
Texas
J. A. Bennett
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United States Program of Space Research and Exploration
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