Kennedy Refuses Pressed Exit For Open Democratic Nomination
The Associated Press reports Senator John F Kennedy of Massachusetts rebuffed Harry Truman and others urging him to bow out. He defends his youth and experience, cites 14 years in Congress and WWII service, and insists the convention should be open to delegates elected in primaries and state contests.
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John F. Kennedy
D. Mass
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
Truman
New York
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Addison
Los Angeles
John Connally
Johnson
India Edwards
Citizens-for-Johnson National Committee
Washington
Jacksonville Gets Burr Oak Water
Water flows to Jacksonville through the Burr Oak pipeline as state authorities authorize use for sanitary purposes. The Health Department has sampled water at Jacksonville and Glouster. pending satisfactory results, treated water should reach Jacksonville, Glouster, and Shawnee by Friday.
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Jacksonville
Ned Williams
Ohio Division of Water
State Health Department
Athens County
Williams
Glouster
New Straitsville
Shawnee
Hollister
Murray City
Trimble
Commonwealth Phone Becomes General Subsidiary of GT&E
Commonwealth Telephone Co of Ohio shifts under General Telephone & Electronics Corp with no immediate changes. New president Clare E. Williams says Commonwealth will merge with General Telephone Co of Ohio in months, retains Slusher as VP and COO, Jones as assistant secretary and treasurer, and operates Logan Athens and McArthur exchanges as dial modern.
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Commonwealth Telephone Co
Ohio
General Telephone & Electronics Corp
Clare E. Williams
Marion
Williams
Gt&e
General Telephone Co
Commonwealth
General Telephone of
Howard C. Slusher
Athens
Rolland S. Jones
Slusher
Logan
McArthur
General Telephone
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Democrats Seek Farm Aid Plank At National Convention
Democratic platform writers opened a week early drafting session in Los Angeles to debate farm relief. The resolutions committee heard a plea from Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau for abandoning federal price controls and supports, amid broader talks on civil rights foreign policy education and housing.
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Los Angeles
Resolutions Committee
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Platform Committee
Herschel Loveless
Iowa
Claude R. Wickard
Charles F. Brannan
Kishi Party Wins Second Victory in Japanese Races
Premier Noboru Kishi's Liberal Democratic Party scores its second win in four days as Hiroshi Kurihara secures re election in Saitama by a wide margin amid Socialist opposition over the Japan U S security treaty. Iwao Yamakazi also easily wins re election in Aomori as conservatives dominate.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic Party
Hiroshi Kurihara
Saitama
Kurihara
Iwao Yamakazi
Yamakazi
Aomori
Japan
Honshu
Asahi
Zengakuren
Kishi
Congo Troops Quell Native Demonstration
In Coquilhatville troops of the Congo Republic fired on demonstrators, killing one and injuring several as the crowd besieged government authorities demanding a higher standard of living.
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Congo
Leopoldville, Congo
Coquilhatville
Johnson enters race for Democratic presidential nomination
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. He spoke at a news conference in Washington six days before the Democratic convention in Los Angeles, signaling a drive to counter Sen. John F. Kennedy and Sen. Stuart Symington. Johnson argued the next president must be a working leader and hinted at broad delegate support while defending his positions against Americans for Democratic Action.
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Kennedy
Kentucky
Associated Press
Johnson
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Stevenson
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate
Sam
United States
Sen
Nikita Khrushchev
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy's Wife Expecting Again
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of Senator John F. Kennedy, is expecting their second child. A family spokesman said the birth is expected in late November or early December. Jacqueline Kennedy will skip early sessions of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles but hopes to attend some late sessions.
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Hyannis
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedys
Jacqueline Kennedy
Los Angeles
Ike Returns to White House for Short Work Period
President Eisenhower is back in Washington to clear up business from the holiday weekend at his Gettysburg Pennsylvania farm. He plans a three day work span before departing Thursday for a Newport Rhode Island summer vacation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Newport
R.1
Miss Universe Contestants Rest Amid Heat At Miami Beach
In Miami Beach 86 pageant contestants seek relief as rehearsals start in air conditioned halls. Heat wore on many, Tunisian contestant fainted and others nearly did. Wednesday narrows Americans to 15 for Miss USA, Miss USA crowned Thursday, then 43 foreign entrants join for Miss Universe.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Miami Beach Convention Hall
Tunisia
Louise Marie Garrigues
Tunis
Exhibition Hall
Judy Rebecca Fletcher
Alexandria
Teri Janssen
Los Angeles
Calif
U.S.A
Logan Armory Appropriation Wins Approval
Senate and House approved a 150000 appropriation for a National Guard Armory at Logan. The measure, part of a military construction bill, also funds 182000 for a Logan Lancaster Army Reserve Center at Lancaster. Reinstated after budget bureau opposition, the bill now awaits President Eisenhower's signature.
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Senate
House
National Guard
Logan
Congress
Logan- Lancaster
Lancaster
Bureau of the Budget
White House
Eisenhower
Powers to Face Open Trial in Moscow
Soviet officials said Francis Gary Powers will receive an open trial after his detention since May 1 following his U2 spy flight over Soviet territory. Deputy Premier Frol Koslov and Anastas Mikoyan commented that the prosecutor will set the date and that Powers will get justice.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Frol Koslov
Powers
U.S
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Koslov
Wonderful Weather Marks Fourth of July in Logan
Bright 77 degree Sunday and 74 degree Monday brought sunny holiday crowds to parks lakes and picnic spots in the Hocking Valley. About 1 500 paid admissions at Lake Hope over the two day holiday, 2 000 at Logan High School field, and 1 470 people visited Logan swimming pool over the three day period. Logan Eagles beat McArthur 17 8 while Athens defeated the American Legion 6 1 in afternoon baseball. Evening events featured an ice cream social a band concert and a four act talent show with proceeds totaling 36 dollars in gift certificates.
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Hocking Valley
Kachelmacher Park
Chester Blake
Lake Logan
Lake Hope
Dick McDaniel
McDaniel
Harry Westfall
Chieftain Boosters Club
Logan
Logan High School
Logan Eagles
McArthur
American Legion
Athens
Orndoff
Carol
Vicki
Connie
Kathy
Hansel and Gretel
Joel Gabriel
Becky Stuart
Ken Chaffin
Robert Orndoff
George Charles
Westfall
Cuba Cuba sugar policy pressures rise with Eisenhower move
AP reports Fidel Castro cabinet ministers draft orders for seizure of American property as Eisenhower weighs suspending part of the 1960 Cuban sugar quota and possibly restricting purchases for early 1961. Britain protests Cuba's Shell refinery seizure in Havana.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
London
Britain
Shell
Cuba
Stanley Fordham
Foreign Ministry
Shell International
Researchers See Accident as Trigger for World War III
An Ohio State University study led by Dr. John B. Phelps warns a nuclear accident could spark a global war in the 1960s. The eight graduate students urge recognizing danger, reducing tensions, and adopting flexible non-nuclear forces to delay catastrophe. Diplomatic miscalculation and limited wars are highlighted as primary risk factors.
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Ohio State University
John B. Phelps
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services
Gaither and
Rockefeller
Phelps
Ohio Slaughter Takes 30 Lives During July 4 Weekend
Ohio recorded 30 highway deaths and four drownings over a 78 hour Fourth of July period ending Monday. Nationwide toll topped 700 with 438 traffic fatalities, and safety officials warned reckless driving and heavy traffic caused the tragedy.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Ohio Highway Safety
J. Grant Keys
Wellington
Steubenville
California
Alaska
Delaware
New Hampshire
National Safety Council
Council
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