Symington urged for VP role as Kennedy backers push ticket
Los Angeles AP dispatch reports Sen Stuart Symington, seeking Democratic presidential votes, faced open talk from Gov Michael V DiSalle and others that he could be a fit for vice president on a Kennedy ticket. Symington insists he should stay in the Senate, while Johnson backers predict a Johnson surge after early ballots.
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Stuart Symington
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White House
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Ohio
Symington
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Kennedy
DiSalle
Missouri
D-Mo
Steve Langmade
Arizona
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Kennedy Leading Kennedy Rolling to Democratic Nomination
AP dispatch from Los Angeles covers Senator John F Kennedy's solid lead for the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention opening. It notes Kennedy appears likely to win on the first ballot, with rivals like Adlai Stevenson and Lyndon B Johnson mounting defenses as California and other states weigh their votes and possible releases.
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Illinois
California
Iowa
Associated Press
Los Angeles
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Cenvnet
Congo Chaos Deepens as Rebels Attack Key Cities
In Leopoldville and Luluabourg chaos continues as mutinous Congolese troops terrorize whites while Belgian paratroops try to quell the violence. Refuges are flown out by Globemaster planes and Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Kasavubu travel toward Luluabourg to calm the situation amid ongoing looting and fighting in Elisabethville and Stanleyville.
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Stanleyville
Belgium
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Congo
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Salisbury
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Lu Uabour
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Elisabethville
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Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Congo in Chaos as Lumumba Appeals for Order
A Belgian officer doubts Lumumba can restore control as Katanga threatens secession. Leopoldville reports a body without a head with widespread chaos, disrupted transport and communications, and food shortages. Belgian sailors regain port control at Kitona Boma Matadi while freeing about 200 Europeans captured by mutineers in Goma and Kadalo.
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Hungarian Is Sought In Slaying Police Officers
A former Hungarian freedom fighter who collects sport cars jazz records and formal clothes is sought for questioning in the slayings of two Franklin Township cops. Patrolmen Dunham and Lebed were killed after arresting Michael Fekecs for speeding and finding his license revoked. The suspect allegedly invited them to his Franklin Township apartment to fetch bond money, and police found the two officers dead in the bedroom with head wounds from a .32 caliber pistol.
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Michael Fekecs
George Dunham
John Lebed
Fekecs
New Brunswick
Fekees
Dunham
Lebed
Rebecca Yasgur
Felices
Chuckle Research Says Tall Men End Month No Taller
A humorous note claims tall men remain the same height by month end as others, playing on a quirky science joke. The brief implies no real change in stature across time with a comic twist.
Eisenhower outlines plan to aid Latin nations
President Eisenhower and Secretary Herter announced a plan to bolster economic aid to Latin American nations and conditions for Cuba. Navy officials confirm Naval base at Guantanamo remains a key antisubmarine link for operations in the region. The program, to be formalized at a Bogota meeting Sept. 5, seeks orderly reform and hemispheric cooperation.
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Eisenhower Today
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Colombia
Cubans Ask UN Security Council Meeting
Cuba requested a Security Council meeting to address the growing dispute with the United States. A Cuban delegation spokesman handed the complaint to Council president Ambassador Jose Correa of Ecuador. Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa was in New York consulting with the delegation, with officials signaling the issue threatens international peace.
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United States
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Ecuador
Raul Roa
New York
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U.N
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Weather Ahead: Warm Humid Week in Miami Valley
The Miami Valley can expect warm humid weather with temperatures 2 to 3 degrees above normal. Daytime highs near 90 and nights around 65, aided by dry conditions into tomorrow. Scattered thundershowers are possible Wednesday or Thursday. Yesterday’s official high was 77 and low 67 with a tenth of an inch of rain.
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Weather Bureau
Spotlight On Church Tonight
LOS ANGELES AP A young 35 year old Senator Frank Church is set to be temporary chairman and keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention opening session. The Idaho native rose from high school rhetoric to a national stage, driven by a prize winning start in the American Legion oratory contest and a career that led him to the U S Senate in pursuit of public life.
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Frank Church
Church
United States Senate
American Legion
Idaho
Boise, Idaho
Frank
William E. Borah
Truman Backs Out Again From Democratic Convention
Former president Harry S Truman will not attend the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. He quit as a Missouri delegate July 2 and, after wavering, decided Sunday to stay away. Truman would not comment on visiting Los Angeles, saying he had nothing further to say and would stand by his original July 2 statement in Independence Missouri.
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Symington
Harry S. Truman
Tuman
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
United States
Cuba
Christian A. Herter
Los Angeles
Missouri
Truman
Independence
No Title Given
The subject recalls a Republican elder church leader who distrusted Franklin D Roosevelt. He explains how he learned Democratic politics to argue with his father and eventually converted himself. The quote attributes a transformative change to the speaker through political persuasion within a family context.
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Church
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dixie Delegates Clash With Civil Rights Stance At Democratic Platform
Los Angeles AP reports the Democratic platform committee approved a civil rights plank amid Southern opposition. Dixie delegates face possible walkout or floor fight tied to Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential bid, while northern groups cheer the plank's direction and the party promises stronger welfare and science programs.
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Dixie
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
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Southland
Sam J. Ervin
North Carolina
Paul J. Kilday
Johnson
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