Politics and Labor Day in the 1950s campaign
The piece recalls presidential year rhetoric linking labor issues to American freedom. Eisenhower extols freedom as distinct from communism while Meany urges government action to curb unemployment and idle capacity. Mitchell touts record growth amid unresolved problems. Nixon praises unions. Kennedy urges a sweeping reform agenda.
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James P. Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
America
Eisenhower
Former Governor Far Kemp Long Dies in Alexandria
Former Louisiana governor Far Kemp Long, 65, died today in Alexandria after reportedly turning over in his bed. He had been hospitalized since yesterday following his nomination in the Democratic primary for Louisiana’s 8th District U.S. House seat. Doctors declined to confirm rumors of another heart attack and noted he had been in an oxygen tent since Sunday.
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Alexandria
Far Kemp Long
Louisiana
R. A. Parrott
Long
U.S. House of Representatives
Winnfield
U.S
Huey P. Long
Russell Long
Weather Outlook Brings Heat and Sparse Rain to Middletown
The Middletown area faces no relief with five days of temperatures about 8 degrees above normal and no rain until next Saturday. Tonight’s low around 65 after a daytime high near 90. Tomorrow will rise again past the 9 mark. An Armco station reading noted 75 tonight after a 3 PM high, with a 75 low this morning.
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Middletown
Armco
Hurricane Donna heads toward Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Donna, a 140 mph hurricane spanning a 115 mile wide ring, moves toward Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with warning to small craft to stay in port and larger vessels to exercise extreme caution. Eye bypassed St Thomas. thousands flee coastal areas as alerts extend toward the mainland.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Donna
Leeward Islands
Virgin Islands
Weather Bureau
St. Thomas
Seward Islands
Florida
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Travel Ban Lifted in Berlin as City Sees Clash With West
Berlin officials announced the five day travel ban on West Berlin ended. Mayor Willy Brandt warned the move aimed to influence Western opinion and portray Berlin as a crisis point. Over 1,000 would be travelers were turned back, while hundreds still entered by airliners despite restrictions.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
East Berlin
West Germany
Parachute Failure Kills Mother At Augusta Event
A 29 year old mother of two died during an exhibition jump at Augusta International Speedway when her parachute failed to open. The accident occurred Sunday as she performed at the event, leaving no survivors. Authorities investigate the cause of the malfunction and record witness statements.
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Augusta
Augusta International Speedway
Quill Explodes as Mitchell Accuses Union Leader
Philadelphia AP reports Michael Quill, leader of the Transport Workers Union, accused James Mitchell of lies on Meet the Press while Mitchell claimed Quill could end the rail dispute quickly. The 20,000 strikers and 5,000 System Federation Union members faced a nationwide walkout halting all PRR trains, with 13 states and DC affected. Federal mediators pressed for talks as labor costs mount and the walkout braces for impact after Labor Day.
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Philadelphia
James Mitchell
Quill
Transport Workers Union
Mitchell
NBC
Meet the Press
System Federation Union
States
District of Columbia
Pennsy
Rider and horse killed as train hits bridle path rider Floyd Wright
In Ukiah California a horse rider, Floyd Edward Wright, 36, used the railroad tracks between Covelo and Nashmead as a bridle path on Sunday. A freight train approached and both Wright and the horse were killed.
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Ukiah
Calif
Covelo
Nashmead
Floyd Edward Wright
Clear Skies Most Places For Holiday
The Associated Press reports generally clear skies for Labor Day across most regions but hot and humid conditions persist in many areas. A late afternoon threat of showers emerged in some sections while thunderstorms lingered in northern Maryland, southwestern Pennsylvania, and into Ohio.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Toledo
Long’s midcentury mental health saga shocks nation
The man, after a dramatic outburst in the state legislature where he insulted a Catholic group and nuns, was sent to Galveston mental hospitals. His wife and son ordered the flight, and he was later moved to New Orleans then Baton Rouge, with further detentions and court orders unfolding across multiple facilities in Louisiana and Texas.
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Montal
United States
Mexico
Galveston, Tex
Galveston
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Mandeville
Lumumba forces gain strength in Kasai revolt
Premier Patrice Lumumba's forces bolster their grip on the Kasai revolt as a rebel column withdraws. Soviet aid to Lumumba is seen by observers as likely prompting Western objections, with Lumumba's side aided by volunteers marching with rifles and Belgian weapons toward Bakwanga and Luputa.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai Prvince
Pul Wen
Victor Lunguia
Luluaburg
Kasai
Lumumba
United Nations
Soviet Union
U. N. Security Council
Congo
Tthe U. N
Albert Kalonji
Bakwanga
Elisabethville
Katanga
Lubilash
Katanga-Kasai
Luputa
Navy Pulls Back in Hurry Flight of a Bombing Plane
A Navy crew prepared to return to Norfolk after enlisted man Robert H. Swain, 34, flew a Neptune P2V5 bomber from San Diego to Shreveport in a hurry. He had no flying experience and was arrested when the plane landed at Shreveport Municipal Airport. Authorities say administrative action is pending. the aircraft contained classified material and sustained minor damage after being locked at the airport.
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Shreveport
Navy
Norfolk
Swain
Air Force
North Island Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Shreveport Municipal
Burbank
Cmdr
Robert Murphy
Naval Air Forces, Pacific
Neptune
Kennedy attacks Eisenhower policy in Detroit rally
Senator John F. Kennedy told a Detroit crowd that American families of four have lost about 7,000 in income over six years due to restrictive Eisenhower administration policies. He pressed for faster growth, arguing the nation trails the Soviet Union and most industrial nations, and claimed a healthier growth rate could have yielded 1,200 per year for each family of four since 1953.
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Detroit
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
California
Alaska
Cadillac Square
U. S
Soviet Union
Washington
Nine Georgia fishermen rescued after Gulf boat sinks
Nine fishermen, seven men and two boys, clung to a tiny life raft for 22 hours after the chartered Georgia Queen swamped in the Gulf of Mexico six miles east of Dog Island. They were found by the Sandy and brought to Carrabelle, while skipper Thomas Vickers survived by clinging to a hatch cover as water flooded the vessel.
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Carrabelle
Fla
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
Dog Island
Florida
Thomas Vickers
Shell Point
Scout killed by rock in Devil's Sink Hole near Rocks Springs
In Rocks Springs Texas a 15 year old scout Abner Jefferson Totty III of San Antonio died when a boulder toppled from a ladder support as he descended a cable ladder into a 180 foot crater formed by an ancient meteor impact. He plunged into a lake at the crater bottom according to state patrolman Jake Price.
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Rocksprings
Tex
Devil’s Sink Hole
Abner Jefferson Totty III
San Antonio
Jake Price
Sonora
Two kinds of families buy antique furniture at home
A witty line notes that households with money and households with kids tend to accumulate antique furniture. The remark contrasts wealthier adults with families raising children, implying strain on living spaces and taste.
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