Power Failure Drains Upper Manhattan Amid Heat Wave
A massive power outage hit upper Manhattan for up to 13 hours, disabling elevators, lights, and air conditioning across a 500 block area on the East and West Sides. Con Edison blamed peak AC use after seven West Side cables burned, with restoration varying by district. Hospitals ran on auxiliary power, a baby was born by flashlight, and candle sellers saw a rush as residents sweltered through the heat.
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Consolidated Exition Co
Butler Says Los Angeles To Get DemConvention
Los Angeles secures the Democratic National Convention after an emergency meeting with Pat Butler and local leaders. The city agrees to a $450,000 budget, with 1,500 convention tickets and a new host committee led by Dan A. Kimball. Norris Poulson and Frank Bonelli co chair the committee, Mark Boyar heads finance aiming to raise funds through unconditional pledges.
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Pat Butler
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Honolulu
Dan A. Kimball
Navy
Aerojet General Corp
Norris Poulson
Frank G. Bonelli
Mark Boyar
Democratic National Committee
Pauley
Boyard
Eisenhower weighs steel strike action amid talks
President Eisenhower planned a Washington briefing on the five week steel strike as Labor Department data showed layoffs. Secretary James P. Mitchell gathered facts on prices and profits and discussed possible outcomes with the President. A steel summit proposal from Steelworkers President McDonald was also on the table. The White House delayed helicopter travel due to weather and sought to avoid direct intervention unless a national emergency arose.
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Mater
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White House
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Gettysburg
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Edith Swirls In Atlantic Threatens U S Land
Tropical storm Edith churns in the south Atlantic, with forecasts predicting hurricane force late today. Officials note path toward the Caribbean and potential danger to the U S mainland, as the storm remains 1,500 miles southeast of Miami and 100 miles east of the Isle of Martinique. Old-Age Advice also features Mrs. Walter C. Faxon urging self care at 103 in West Hartford.
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South Atlantic
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U.S
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French West Indies
Soawan Weather Bureau
West Hartford
Conn
Walter C. Faxon
Manl Tove
Eastern Kentucky film project draws Hollywood producers
Hollywood producers plan to talk with Harlan County residents to gather photos and literature showing coal operators and workers relations. In Berea, a talent and beauty contest marks the second round of festivities at 7:40 p.m. at Indian Fort Theater with 16 contestants and about 15 acts. Methodist Bishop William T. Watkins may give his last ordinations before retirement in Lexington. Funeral services for Robert Elam Flam,Ashland, a leader in the Kentucky Realtors Association, will be held Wednesday in Ashland after dying Saturday in Georgia.
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Ani
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Indian Fort Theater
Berea High School
Louisville
Ashland
Robert Flam
Kentucky Realters Association
Tate
Veterans Hospital
Thomasville
Elam
Ashland Board of Realms
Hewes
Probation Council To Meet This Week
The Kentucky Probation and Parole Council schedules its annual meeting for Wednesday and Thursday August 19 20 at Cumberland Falls State Park. Dr Elmore Ryle director announces the event featuring Dr Tyler's activity report and plans for statewide district meetings this fall.
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Kentucky
Faubus Pressed to Oppose New School Integration
In Little Rock Arkansas Gov Orval Faubus faced pressure to deploy all forces to resist a federal court order for school desegregation in Pine Bluff area districts. A circulating petition seeks federal relief against orders to desegregate and would be presented to Faubus next week.
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Lee Parham
Dallarway
U. S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Faubua
National Guard
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Combs Is Met In Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin reports that a Kentucky Democratic touring delegation led by Gov candidate Bert Combs met Wisconsin officials at the Forest Products Laboratory and a state conference. The visit aimed to study Wisconsin farm marketing ideas for Kentucky tobacco dairy products fruits and vegetables.
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Wilson W. Wyatt
Wandell Baller
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Goiladay la Motte
Hapkins
Kentucky
Earthquake rocks Montana towns and Virginia City damage reported
The quake centered near Three Forks Montana sent tremors across Gallatin and Madison counties. Sheriff Don Skerritt warned residents to flee towns near the Yellowstone Park area as aftershocks followed. Damages were noted in Virginia City and Dillon with collapsing walls and toppled chimneys. Seismologists pegged the event at magnitude 7.8 with major aftershocks, recalling the 1906 San Francisco quake.
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Butte
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Don Tocher
University of California
Berkeley
San Francisco
California
Obituary for Mandy Archer in Middlesboro
Mandy Archer Houston died at 402 Ashbury Avenue Middlesboro aged 33 born in Chattanooga daughter of late Goins and Houston married to Jim Houston 37 years earlier. She leaves a son Floyd James Archer in Germany daughters Mary Ellen Etta Mae Juanita Ridgeway and Juanita Ridgeway nine grandchildren brothers Sam Houston Bill Houston sister Massie Johnson. Funeral 3 p m at Faith Tabernacle with burial at Flansley Cemetery conducted by Cawood Funeral Home.
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Germany
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Juanita Ridgeway
Ronceverte
West, Virginia
Sam Liouston
Speedwell
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Bassett
Massie Johnson
Faith Tabernacle
Flansley Cemetery
Claude Barnett
Bob Ridgeway
Henry Williams
Mathew Eliott
Otis Barnett
Henry Laws
Cawood Funeral Home
Smith Electrics Wins San Juan Trip for July GE Sales
David N Smith of Smith Electric wins an all expense paid trip to San Juan Puerto Rico for himself and Mrs Smith as July GE appliance sales contest winner in Kentucky and Indiana. The Smiths depart September 13 from Louisville. This follows another local merchant winning a Bermuda trip for himself and Mrs Tanner in September.
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Smith Electric
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Mrs. Smith
General Electric Appliances
Kentucky
Deaters
Smith
Smiths
Louisville
Richard Tamer
Tamer’s
Bermuda
Himsel
Mrs. Tanner
Mitchell Reports to Ike Today on Steel Strike
New York dispatch says Secretary Mitchell will brief President Eisenhower on unfolding 31 day steel walkout affecting about 300000 workers with 100000 already laid off. Negotiations in New York focus on contract language as mediation continues amid calls for a White House summit and fact finding. Labor Dept reports 100000 laid off with more to come as the strike drags into next month.
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James PL
Eisenhower
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Tive Douncil
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Labor Department
Highway Toll Now at 457
The Kentucky highway death toll for the year stands at 457 with three more fatalities Monday. Two victims died when their car left US 41 five miles east of Bedford in Trimble County. Hubert Wade of Teaneck New Jersey and Marion W. Cain were killed in the Trimble County crash. Millard Clay Bradley of West Liberty died in a Morgan County collision on Ky 400 east of West Liberty.
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Bedford
Trimble
Hubert Wade
Teaneck
Marion W. Cain
Millard Clay Bradley
West Liberty
Morgan County
Weather Debacle Hits Towns and Cities Nationwide
Across the nation severe weather packed a punch in scattered regions. A Plymouth Indiana tornado tore the roof from a cannery, owner Charles Weidner Jr. citing about 25 000 in damages. Wellton Arizona saw eight homes leveled and a dozen more damaged. Southern Illinois endured flooding while New York suffered a record power outage amid a heat wave.
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