Speeding tale ends in fatal crash in California
New Mexico State police relay word from California Highway Patrol that Willie Charles of San Francisco, 42, died after his car, traveling well above the limit, struck another vehicle and was hit by a truck on U S Route 66. A speeding ticket found on his body carried the charge.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
California Highway Patrol
Willie Charles
San Francisco
Chowchilla
Calif
Charles
Georgia
Albuquerque
U.S
California Patrol
Labor Maps New Strategy In Fight Over Labor Bill
AFL-CIO Ex-executive Council leaders map plans to salvage parts of the defeated labor bill after congressional rejection. They favor the Kennedy-Ervin Senate bill over Landrum-Griffin House measure, while Eisenhower backs the House version. Talks hint at intensified political action in 1960 to defeat Democratic Republican coalition allies. Jurisdictional feuds rise as unions question the no-raid framework amidst new NLRB push for worker choice to switch unions.
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Norman Walker
D-Nc
Phil M. Landrum
D-G
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Eisenhower
Landrum-Griffin House
AFL - Cio High Command
House
Senate
AFL Cio
AFL - Cio
Afl-Cio Executive Council
National Labor Relations Board
Governor Is Strong For Adlai Stevenson
Pennsylvania Governor David Lawrence praised Adlai Stevenson as the ablest man in American politics in a television interview. He said Stevenson is his personal choice for the nomination but did not pledge Pennsylvania’s full support at the 1960 Democratic convention. Lawrence noted a Stevenson draft remains possible despite the former candidate’s stance against running.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
David Lawrence
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Lawrence
Senators Predict Democratic Nomination Scenarios
Three U.S. senators weighed 1964 Democratic and Republican nominating prospects. Humphrey doubted a first ballot Democratic win, predicting the winner will share his liberal leanings. Scott forecast a runoff among Kennedy Symington Johnson or Humphrey if Kennedy falters, while Javits suggested Dewey could back a favored Republican son akin to Nelson Rockefeller.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Sens
Joseph St. Clark
D-Pa
Misspelling Test Sparks Quick Witty Exchange
A Chuckle Employer interviews a prospective steno and asks how she would spell Mississippi. The candidate replies with a joke asking if she means the river or the state, highlighting quick humor in the hiring scene.
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Mississippi
Fire trapped son as deaf mute family signals rescue
James Pfaff, 31, and his wife helped rescue 3 year old Scott Biven from a burning Olmsted Falls home after a deaf couple signaled for aid. Scott and his father were treated for smoke inhalation and burns at Southwest Community Hospital. Pfaff was also treated for cuts and burns on his hands.
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James Pfaff
Chicago
Olmsted Falls
Cleveland
Scott Biven
Scott
Pfaff
Nutes
Susan
John Biven
Southwest Community Hospital
Bankers Life Insurance Co
Des Moines
Miss Seafood Princess Named at Point Pleasant Pageant
Susan Millstein, 19, was crowned Miss Seafood Princess in Point Pleasant New Jersey. In her first public remarks she admitted she does not like fish and has never eaten it. She recalled a failed fishing attempt when she fell into Silver Lake while casting.
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Point Pleasant
N. J
Susan Millstein
Silver Lake
Invaders in Haiti terrorize southwest village seeks arrest
Port au Prince Haiti AP reports army troops search for invaders who landed in southwest Haiti on August 13 and terrorized residents of a small village as authorities investigate the incident.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
London vice crackdown drives B girls indoors
London police enforce a new law restricting soliciting by streetwalkers, forcing about 7 500 prostitutes off Piccadilly Circus and other areas. Offenses rise in penalties up to 25 pounds with possible three months in jail. Prostitutes adapt by soliciting from cars, using in-store advertising, and emulating New York call girls in night clubs. Some may move to suburbs while others vow to continue.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
Shepherd Market
New York
Auto Race Bet Ends in Slaying in Ohio Restaurant
In Portsmouth Ohio authorities say a $5 auto race bet led to a fatal shooting. Kenneth Whitey Angell 28 of Wheelersburg was shot three times in the back while seated in a restaurant booth. Sheriff C Russell Burns identified Angell as the victim.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
C. Russell Burns
Kenneth (Whitey) Angell
Wheelersburg
Franklin Furnace man held on open charge after car race dispute
Earl Bud Cantrell, 29, of Franklin Furnace, remains held on an open charge while first degree murder charges are filed. Witnesses say Cantrell and Angell argued over who had the better car after drinking at Lakeview Inn Hanging Rock. They bet $5 to race to Pop's Place Wheelersburg. Cantrell led before his car ran out of gas.
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Earl Bud Cantrell
Franklin Furnace
Burns
Angell
Cantrell
Lakeview
Hanging Rock
Pop
Cantrell Fires Three Shots After Bet Dispute at Pop's Place
At Pop's Place a dispute over a runout of gas led Cantrell and Angell into a fist fight. Cantrell then retrieved a .22 rifle from his home, returned to the restaurant, and fired three shots from behind Angell in a booth. Cantrell stayed in the eatery until deputies arrived.
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Pop
Cantrell
Angell
Strike In Tokyo
Tokyo AP reports about 85 000 textile workers striking for higher wages against nine cotton and synthetic firms that produce nearly 70 percent of Japan's textile output.
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Tokyo
Japan
Raul Castro to Attend Latin American Caribbean Talks
Raul Castro arrives in Santiago as Latin American and U S foreign ministers seek final resolutions on curbing Caribbean unrest. The conference aims to empower the Inter American Peace Committee to study methods to prevent external efforts to overthrow governments, with focus on invasions linked to Cuba and regional crises. Raul claims to bring goodwill despite calling the talks farcical in Caracas.
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Stanford Bradshaw
Santiago
Chile
Fidel Castro
Raul
Latin America
United States
Caribbean
Castro
Havana
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Conference
General Committee
Inter-American Peace Committee
The
Organization of American States
Panama
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Honduras
Trujillo
Raul Castro
Caracas
OAS
Haiti
Inter- American Foreign Ministers Conference
Weather Forecast Shows Rain Through Tuesday
The weatherman warns of showers through Tuesday in the Miami Valley. An official forecast calls for hot and humid conditions today and tonight with a high of 90 and a low around 70. Tuesday remains warm and humid with an afternoon high near 88. Midletown reported a Sunday high of 88 and a 69 low, with .70 inches of rain this morning and .15 inches on Saturday.
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Miami Valley
Midletown
Pro Moters License Suspended Over Johansson Title Fight
The State Athletic Commission suspended Rosen sohn Enterprises and the matchmaker Bill Rosensohn following the June 26 Yankee Stadium heavyweight title fight where Ingemar Johansson defeated Floyd Patterson to win the world title.
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New York
State Athletic Commission
Rosensohn Enterprises, Inc
Bill Rosensohn
Rosensohn
Yankee Stadium
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Miss Universe winner defends natural assets in Long Beach
In Long Beach California AP reports Miss Universe Akiko Kojima denies a Tokyo doctor's claim he injected her to enlarge her bust before the contest. Pageant director Oscar Meinhardt says most contestants would do anything to win but asserts Kojima did nothing wrong. Parraffin injections have grown common among Japanese models and showgirls seeking fuller figures. Kojima's measurements are listed as 37-23-38.
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Long Beach
Calif
Oscar Meinhardt
Japan
Akiko Kojima
Meinhardt
Tokyo
Miss Kojima
Family Survives 2-Week Shelter Test at Princeton
The Thomas A. Powner family of Cranbury emerged after 336 hours in a 2 square foot A-bomb shelter at a university lab. They faced heat, odors, and humidity with canned food, a candle stove, and taped words. Monitoring kept track of every spoken word for safety.
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Princeton, NJ
Thomas A. Powner
Powner
Princeton University
Scott
Tory
Hilary
Cranbury
Jack A. Vernon
Integration Fights In Arkansas Schools
In Little Rock Hall High a new weapon emerges in the school integration clash segregated classes for 700 white students to avoid mixed classrooms. Anne McLeod will not sit with three Negro girls who integrated Hall last week as her father invokes a 1958 law. NAACP attorney Wiley Branton warns the law will be challenged in court to prevent segregated classes for Black students.
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Little Rock
John A. McLord
Little Rock, Ark
Ann McLeod
Hall High
Hall
Anne
John A. McLeod Jr
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Wiley Branton
Pine Bluff
NAACP
Debre hard line on allies over Algeria policy
France will not be pushed by allies and demands full backing for actions in Algeria. Premier Michel Debre, speaking in Loire Valley, ties France’s destiny to Algeria and calls for France to assert its influence within the Western alliance, aiming for equal say with the United States and Britain amid De Gaulle’s broader strategy.
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Lile Bouchard
France
Michel Debre
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Debre
Loire Valley
de Gaulle
United States
Britain
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
France Must Be Heard To Avoid Crushing Pacts Says Debre
Debre termed the coming exchange of visits between Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev a surprising development. He argued that to avoid being crushed by agreements between very great powers, a nation like France must be in a position to make itself heard and understood.
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Debre
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
France
Sharks Leave Little for Divers to Find
In Panama City Florida an Army lieutenant from Ft Rucker Alabama is believed killed by sharks during a gulf pleasure cruise. Navy divers recovered his flippers mask buttress weights and bits of undershirt and trunks while another skindiver Gary Seymour survived an attack near a rock formation and reported his near escape.
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Panama City
Fla
Navy
James C. Neal
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Naval Mine Defense Laboratory
Neal
Gary Seymour
Army
Seymour
Anti Cobra Serum Rushed To Bedside In Missouri Flight
In St Joseph Missouri a 4 foot Indian cobra bit William White 32 in a reptile garden. A 1300 mile airlift from Miami delivered anti cobra serum to his bedside and he received it six hours after the bite. Doctors said he has a chance to recover though he showed mild poisoning symptoms. White is married to Ruby and has two children Joy and Robin. John Flinchpaugh owner of the garden noted the serum source and the Miami serpentarium supplied the antidote.
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ST. Joseph
Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Air Force
William White
William H. Haast
Serpentorium
Repttile Garden
C. DuMont
White
Dr. DuMont
Ruby
Joy
Robin
John Flinchpaugh
Miami Place
United States
Bombay
India
James H. Altmann
Louisville
Larry Marks
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Maureen
Ireland
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Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Soviet Union
Federal Office of Civilian Defense
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