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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1960
Page
3
Pittsburgh reports U S Steel plans five mill shutdowns as a threatened railroad strike idles about 50 000 workers. United Steelworkers threaten to strike Thursday if contract talks fail after three hours of talks with railroad officials yielded no progress.
The Cleveland Transit System ended a 10 week revenue slump as passengers last week paid 477 637 dollars more into fareboxes. The gain, up 2.5 percent from the prior week and 2.64 percent from a year ago, reinforces farebox activity as a business barometer.
Five mills with a combined ingot capacity of 10 million tons annually agreed on a contract this year that sets industry average wages at $3.10 an hour for steelworkers.
Cleveland detectives probe source of sleep inducing drugs given to Bernadette and Venita Fratantonio by their mother Lillian Fratantonio. They seek the drug type and supply, with a doctor having prescribed barbiturate tablets in 1959 and an empty medicine chest found at the Cleveland Heights home.
Norman Thomas sought the U S presidency on the Socialist party ticket in campaigns spanning 1928 1932 1936 1940 and 1948, emphasizing antiwar stance labor rights and social reform.
An Asian diplomat in New Delhi agreed to sell his 1960 Chevrolet for 13 800 dollars after negotiations with bidders. A Bombay dealer offered 15 300, a Delhi dealer 16 380, and the diplomat finally sold to the original bidder for 17 009. The Times of India estimates the car cost about 3 500 with duties, and the diplomat kept it six months. India's import rules now limit diplomats to one car sale per two-year tour, restricting luxury goods through official channels.
The fragment notes John Quincy Adams secured only 31.8 percent of the popular electoral vote in 1824 and was selected as president by the House of Representatives. The snippet emphasizes the constitutional route to the presidency.
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