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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1960
Page
1
At the Chicago GOP convention Nixon delivered a 50 minute speech urging victory of freedom over tyranny and poverty worldwide. He attacked Democratic promises, praised Lodge, and asserted America must lead in the fight against communism while criticizing Kennedy’s approach and foreign policy.
The article reports Vice President Richard M. Nixon accepting the Republican nomination at the convention in Chicago and beginning the campaign. Cleanup crews dismantle the convention complex while Nixon pledges to build a better America and unite the party with Henry Cabot Lodge as running mate. Regional reactions vary with early optimism in the South and Midwest concerns about swing states.
The United States launched an unmanned Mercury-Atlas 1 capsule from Cape Canaveral but lost radio contact 65 seconds after liftoff. The one ton capsule aimed for 110 miles up and 1,500 miles downrange to test re entry stresses. No living payload. monkeys had flown earlier.
Zsa Zsa Gabor mailed friends excerpts from her life story detailing multiple marriages and romantic entanglements. It recounts 1942 honeymoon with Conrad Hilton, Barbara Hutton connections, Rubirosa intrigue, and a wide list of affairs with notable figures while tracing her rise to fame and acting earnings.
A confrontation between two youth gangs the Egyptian Cobras and Vice Lords on a Chicago West Side street left Richard Parks 16 dead and Sammy Mitchell 16 wounded. Police seized Robert Lewis 15 with a .22 rifle and held others related to the attack. In a separate Lincoln Park incident Vandaleers members are indicted for rape robbery and assault after a brutal attack on two white men and their pregnant wives.
The Miami Valley region looks for a pleasant summer weekend with slightly cooler air keeping temperatures from rising high and a chance of showers. Tonight's low around 65 degrees and widely scattered showers are possible. Saturday and Sunday trend fair and warm with possible showers. Saturday's high near 87. Middletown reported 88 degrees yesterday at 4 30 p m and a 62 degree low at 5 30 a m.
Swedish and Danish newspapers accuse President Eisenhower of risking U S relations for political gain after his Chicago GOP remarks. They say he blundered and mischaracterized a European socialist nation, hinting at Norway Sweden and Denmark without naming the country and noting their own socialist governments.
The campaign heats up as Nixon and Kennedy trade contrasts on strategy. Nixon, speaking after farm leaders and in Los Angeles, counters Kennedy’s frontier theme with a plan he calls a strategy of victory for the free world. Kennedy replies that his proposals are challenges, not promises.
About 200 drinkers in Dublin's Stoneybatter form the Stoneybatter Consumers Protection Assn to boycott bars for higher late night prices after a government decision let bars stay open later. Pints rose from 1s 6d to 1s 7d as bar workers seek higher wages while publicans express little concern.
Henry Cabot Lodge, longtime U N diplomat from Boston, was nominated without opposition as the Republican vice presidential candidate beside Nixon. Lodge pledged full energy to GOP victory and planned to resign from the U N post next month, though White House officials indicated no immediate need for action.
Arkady Sobolev the Soviet Union's permanent representative to the United Nations praised Henry Cabot Lodge as "a good man" after arriving at Idlewild Airport to comment on Lodge's nomination as the Republican candidate for vice president. Sobolev suggested the U.S. would have "another good man" to replace Lodge.
Rep. Nixon was praised as the ideal leader to represent the United States amid world turmoil. The convention platform was described as containing the program the country needs, with Lodge, age 58, nominated by Rep. Walter Judd as keynote, reflecting Midwest support for Nixon's running mate bid.
Tecumseh Ontario police report a mother hid three of her six children for 11 years to hide a large family from landlords and friends. The 15 year old Gordon Dickerson is 3 feet 11 inches. sisters Connie 16 and Glenda 13 show severe developmental issues.
A witty line presents a character described as a wolf who understands every ankle. The terse remark suggests social savvy or sly charm in a playful, cryptic tone.
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