Statehood To Bring Hot Politics In Hawaii
HONOLULU AP Hawaii celebrates statehood as a bitter election season looms. Gov. William F. Quinn seeks the governor’s seat with support from Republicans while Delegate John A. Burns may oppose him. Samuel Wilder King looms as another GOP possibility. Democrats hold most territorial offices. Neal S. Blaisdell tops GOP hopes for Congress or mayoral influence.
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Congress
P Y Chong Dies at 62 In Honolulu Chinese Restaurateur
P Y Chong aged 62, who opened and failed in Honolulu Chinese restaurants, died Wednesday. Once a famed host at Lau Yee Chai on Waikiki Beach, now operated by others, he joked of life’s ups and downs and called himself the No 1 cook. He survives his widow, five sons and a daughter.
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Ohioans Vote Against Hawaii Statehood
Ohio representatives Hess Scherer and Polk were among only three to vote against Hawaii statehood. The bill passed 323 to 89 with most of the Ohio delegation supporting. The article also notes a National Geographic Society report of a hailstone 17 inches in circumference.
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National Geographic Society
Ike Seeks New Foreign Aid Funds From Congress
President Eisenhower asks Congress for nearly four billion dollars in new foreign aid for the coming year, stressing that cutting the total would harm U.S. interests. The plan prioritizes the Development Loan Fund and military defense support for 12 allied nations, including Korea and Vietnam, with most funds split between economic and weapons assistance.
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LA Heat Wave Hits Southern California Cities
A summer like heat wave pushed Los Angeles temperatures to 87 degrees on Thursday, hottest so far this year, with Long Beach reaching 90 and Palm Springs at 87 while no smog was reported. The heat varied across Southern California with hotter readings inland.
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Navy Plane Buzzed Soviet Ship Off Japan
Moscow radio claimed a U S Navy plane swooped four times over the Soviet ship Aleksandr Mozhaisky near Japan on Feb 2 nearly hitting its mast. The green plane bore 135545 with UP19 on the fuselage and 10 on the nose, pilot visible to the crew, and captain B A Grishin said such flights over Soviet vessels have become the rule. A prior protest involved a U S Navy search of a Soviet trawler suspected in cutting trans Atlantic cables off Newfoundland.
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Jane Swisshelm First Washington Correspondent in 1850
Jane Swisshelm became the first American woman to serve as a Washington DC correspondent in 1850 Horace Greeley paid her five dollars per column to write for The New York Tribune
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Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Calivin Mullett Dies in Rubber Plant Accident
Calvin Mullett aged 26 from Middlefield died after being crushed in a rubber processing machine at Button Rubber Processing Co Inc in Chardon Ohio. The incident occurred Thursday and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Middlefield
Button Rubber Processing Co., Inc
Liz Renay Lied Indicted on Five Perjury Counts
Los Angeles AP A federal grand jury says actress Liz Renay lied about ex-gambler Mickey Cohen’s finances while investigating possible income tax violations. She was indicted on five perjury counts for allegedly arranging loans of 2000 and 3500 to Cohen and Cohen repaying them, and was freed on 1500 bail. Cohen previously served three years in federal prison after a 1952 income tax evasion conviction.
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Mickey Cohen
Cohen
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County GOP Women Spring Conference in Washington
Republican women from Butler County join the Third Ohio District delegation for the sixth annual spring conference of Republican Women in Washington D C beginning April 12. The group travels from Dayton April 11 and attends events with Ohio lawmakers and a Taft memorial dedication with President Eisenhower and former President Hoover speaking. Reservations contact Mrs Edna Fath by March 31 with a tour price of 98 50 covering train hotel tours and meals.
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