Miners Fight for Higher Pay After Study Urges Hike
A presidential emergency board urged a 15 cent an hour general wage increase for United Mine Workers District 50 members in a Lake Erie dispute with Toledo Lorain Fairport Dock Toledo Lakefront Dock and Cleveland Stevedore Co. Both sides have 30 days to negotiate with no strike during that period.
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Washington
United Mine Workers District 50
Lake Erie
Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Co
Toledo Lakefront Dock Co
Cleveland Stevedore Co
Fire destroys Watson Brothers Transportation HQ
A spectacular blaze at the Watson Brothers Transportation Co. headquarters in Omaha destroyed tractors, trailers, and motors. Executive vice president William Wolf estimated losses would exceed one million dollars, with 30 to 40 tractor units and 20 to 25 trailers burned along with diesel motors and office equipment.
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Omaha
Watson Brothers Transportation Co
William Wolf
Bad Weather Hits Florida
A tropical disturbance moved from the Gulf into Florida bringing heavy rain and light winds at 7:30 p.m. EST. Forecaster Gilbert Clark said the danger of wind damage appeared over and the disturbance could regain strength after reaching the Atlantic tomorrow morning.
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Miami
Fla
Gulf
U.S. Weather Bureau
Gilbert Clark
Florida
Atlantic
Clarke
Earl L Butz to Quit as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Washington White House announces Earl L Butz resignation as assistant secretary for marketing effective July 31. He plans to return to education and research at a land grant university, reportedly Purdue University in Indiana where he was a professor of agriculture economics prior to his government role.
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Washington
White House
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Purdue University
Indiana
Tear Gas Used on Parade in Buenos Aires
Police deployed tear gas to break up a 500 strong parade honoring 26 Peronist rebels executed after a brief but bloody revolt a year ago. The clash reflected tense political unrest in the capital.
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Buenos Aires
Giant Ice Age beaver jaw found in Columbus area
A Columbus man delivered the upper jaw of a giant Ice Age beaver to the Ohio Historical Society. The fossil likely dates 8 000 to 12 000 years ago and was found west of the Northern Lights district on Cleveland Avenue. Museum staff noted the find is the third of its kind at the Ohio State Museum and uncovered beaver chips and tree sections with tooth marks.
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Jane Ward
Ohio State Museum
Ohio
Ohio Historical Society
Columbus
Donald R. Ayle
Ryle
Northern Lights
Cleveland Avenue
Edward S. Thomas
Natural History
Robert M. Goslin
Casteroides
Thomas
Khrushchev Calls for Baltic Zone of Neutrality in Finland
In Helsinki Khrushchev urged a Baltic zone of neutrality with Finland as its nucleus to model peace for Northern Europe. He warned against provocateurs and reactionaries seeking to fuel distrust of the Soviet Union, delivering a restrained speech to the pro Soviet Finnish Soviet Society.
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Helsinki
Finland
Nikita Khruschev
Europe
Provocateurs
Soviet Union
Uneasiness Over Saudi King Visit in Jordan
King Saud of Saudi Arabia arrived in Amman for a state visit aimed at boosting Jordanian Saudi ties. King Hussein and Saud greeted each other warmly at the airport, while some Egyptians feared the move would weaken the liberated Arab front led by President Nasser.
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Amman
Jordan
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Hussein
Cairo
Arab Front
Nasser
Boy Falls Face First In Lawn Mower Blades
Two year old Lawrence White survives injuries after falling face first into power mower blades in Huntington New York. Doctors say he lost his right eye and sustained brain damage affecting personality. The accident happened Monday.
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Huntington
N.Y
Lawrence White
Latur
Open Curtain For Debate Johnson Plan
Lyndon B. Johnson proposed weekly U S Soviet broadcasts on television and radio to discuss urgent problems and disarmament in detail. He urged diverse participation and said the plan would mirror Khrushchev's televised interview and turn his technique back on him.
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Johnson
New York
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Soviet Russia
United Jewish Appeal
Texas Democrat
Nikita Khrushchev
CBS
Khrushchev
108 Ships Trapped By Landslide In Lake Vanern
Swedish port authorities report a landslide on the Gota River trapped 108 ships from six nations in Lake Vanern. The slide swept a paper mill and several buildings into the river, blocking Sweden's major waterway.
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Stockholm
Gota
Lake
Vanern
Sweden
Land Buy Scandal To Get Airing in Indiana Hearings
President Maurice A Hutcheson and two Carpenters Union officers were subpoenaed to testify at a Senate roads subcommittee hearing on Indiana highway land buy irregularities. Evidence shows Chapman received 101,416 and Blaier 19,000 for right of way grants near Gary and Richmond, with over 80,000 in profit cited.
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Indiana
Gore
Chapman
Tri- State Expressway
Gary
Ind
Blaier
Richmond
Indiana National Bank
Indianapolis
Hutcheson
Virgil
Red) Smith
Harry V. Doggett
Smith
Doggett
Marion County
Connecion
Madison Avenue Expressway
Senate
Oldest Man in World Reported Dead in Russia
Moscow radio said Egor Koroyev aged 157 died in Ermani Caucasus. He served as a kitchen boy during Napoleon’s 1812 campaign under General Aleksei Ermolov. The broadcast noted other long lived Russians like 123 year old Sulieman Arshba in Georgia.
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London
Moscow
Radio J
Egor Koroyev
Russia
Koroyev
Aleksei Ermolov
Ermani
Caucasian Republic
Sulieman Arshba
Republic of Georgia
Chuckle Quip on Inferiority Complex Reveals Man's Worry
A man tells a psychiatrist his wife has an inferiority complex and fears she will lose it. The joke pivots on his arithmetic of certainty and insecurity, delivering a dry punchline about confidence and ego.
Dulles lands safely after engine failure in two engine plane
Secretary of State Dulles escaped a risky emergency landing Saturday when one engine failed on a Convair 340. He laughed off the scare saying he almost outfoxed the reporters, who waited at National Airport. The flight from New York included Mrs. Dulles and four aides.
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Washington
Dulles
State Department
National
Navy
Walter McGuire
Deerfield
Anacostia Field
Potomac River
New York City
The
Council On Foreign Relations
Post Office funds sought to avert service cuts
Senator Robertson believes the Senate will try to expedite Postmaster General Summerfield's request for more funds to prevent postal service cuts. The administration backs restoring the full cut plus nearly 92 million, as mail volume exceeds projections. Congress had approved 3.192 billion for fiscal 1958, about 58 million less than the budget.
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Washington
Sen. Robertson
D-Va
Senate
Summerfield
Congress
Virginian
Postmaster General
Eisenhower
Department
Extradition Sought for WV Escapee Edwin Jones in Columbus
Edwin Jones 42 alias Delbert Stallard, a West Virginia penitentiary escapee, was arrested in Columbus last week after nine years living under the radar. He will appear in Municipal Court to face a charge to hold him for extradition proceedings by West Virginia authorities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edwin Jones
Delbert Stallard
West Virginia
Inside a Modern Supermarket and Space Flight Plans
A neighborly look at a newly opened Middletown market and how stores keep shelves full. The piece notes a hospital facelift and invites Middletonians to visit pages 29 and 30. It also previews Operation Moonwatch, Space Moon missions, and B 47 training flight details with page references.
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Middletown
Ed Edmiston
Middletown Hospital
Peoria
Strategic Air Command
Stanley Meisler
Las Vegas
Shangri la
Town to rally behind GI Girard ahead of Japan trial
An American GI named Girard faces a Japanese court for killing a scrap scavenger. A town delegation from his home plans to meet Edward McCabe at the White House to urge reversal. Secretary Dulles says he will not appear in court. his counsel will attend.
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Japan
White House
James C. Hagerty
3.C
William Is. Girard
Ington
United States
Girard
Dulles
New York
Washington
State
Defense Departments
U. S. District Court
John F. Aiso
Los Angeles
Aiso
Army
McCabe
L. $. Clemens
Ottawa
Eisenhower
Clemens
Ottawa Republican Times
Canadians Vote On Parliament In Liberal Held Era Ends
Ottawa reports Canadians go to the polls to choose a new Parliament with the Liberals long in power. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and Conservative challenger John Diefenbacker rally in Ontario as the campaign ends. Diefenbacker urges breaking the monopoly of power while St. Laurent warns of costly promises and secret platforms.
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Ottawa
Liberal Party
Louis St. Laurent
John Diefenbacker
Ontario
House of Commons
Sen. Diefenbacker
Canada
Hamilton
Russia
St. Laurent
Toronto
Maple Leage Gardens
Diefenbacker
Plane Disintegrates at Ontario Air Show
London Ontario crowds of 8,000 watched as a Canadian airforce CF109 jet disintegrated in midair during a Saturday show. Both crew members were believed killed while heavy debris rained into the crowd. no spectators were injured.
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London
Honest Boy Gets Reward for Found Money in Florida
In Deland Florida 13 year old Rickie Dreblow turned over 6114 in bills found roadside to his school principal earning a $200 reward Sheriff Rodney Thursby traced the money to elderly Sanford merchant Wasp George who recovered the cash the day after it was lost and gave $200 to the boy
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Deland
Fla
Rickie Dreblow
Enterprise
Rodney Thursby
Wasp George
Sanford
George
Dreblow
Body Found In Miami River Near West Carrollton
Dayton volunteers recovered the body of Carter Coone, 32, Dayton, from the Miami River near West Carrollton. Coone disappeared Thursday after an incident along the riverbank.
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Miami River
Dayton
Ohio
Carter Coone
West Carrollton
Coone
Democrats and Eisenhower Spar Over Party Unity in Rally Remarks
In New York and Washington, President Eisenhower accuses Democrats of being hopelessly split while Truman defends his party. Senate members Neuberger Monroney Gore attack or defend fiscal policy, social security, and housing starts, highlighting rising costs and lending barriers as they debate the 1960 political landscape.
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Eisenshower
Busi
Truman
New York
Eisenhower
Sen
Neuberger
D-Ore
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Congress
Monroney
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Senate Finance Committee
Foreign Trials For All Opposed
Three congressmen urged legislation to bar American servicemen on overseas duty from being tried by foreign governments. They cited Specialist 3 C Girard in Japan as wrong to hand him to Japanese authorities. Anfuso Wharton and Canfield argued for modifying the status of forces treaty to allow military trial on foreign soil.
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New York
3.C
William S. Girard
Japan
Girard
Victor L. Anfuso
Ernest Wharton
Gordon Canfield
Congressional
Anfuso
Wharton
Canfield
Congress
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