Beauty Pageant Begins With Parade In Atlantic City
The 1960 Miss America pageant opens with a boardwalk parade as 54 contestants from every state plus Canada and New York Chicago Washington join in. They spend today posing in swimsuits for photographers and at rehearsals while Monday’s registration marks credentials. Preliminary competition starts Wednesday night.
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Bitter Cuban Argentine clash threatens break in ties
Havana reports a sharp exchange with Argentina after a United States backed OAS censure of Cuba for accepting Soviet military aid. Fidel Castro’s government accuses Argentina of intervention and aggression against Cuba’s sovereignty, while Brazil also faced a toned reprimand. The labor day travel rush saw about 73 million vehicles on roads as Havana nationalized the Bank of China branch and severed relations with Nationalist China.
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Labor Day Toll Passes 400 Mark Nationwide
Traffic accidents during the Labor Day weekend killed about one person every 10 minutes. The toll reached 400 by midnight Monday, ending a 78 hour holiday period, still short of the National Safety Council estimate of 460 and behind the 461 record set in 1951.
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Council Warns Late Reports May Boost Final Count
The council noted that late reports could raise the final tally beyond early figures, signaling possible changes to outcomes as additions arrive. Officials urged patience while awaiting complete data and cautioned about provisional estimates.
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Woman 69 Dies From Fall From Moving Car Near Toledo
Mrs. Ruby Meeker of Toledo, aged 69, died at St. Charles Hospital from injuries after falling from a moving car in suburban Oregon. The incident occurred Sunday, with the hospital confirming the cause of death today.
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Miss Ohio and Others Tie for Biggest Hands
Atlantic City AP report notes Miss Ohio Alice Ann McClain of Marion Miss Maine Sally Ann Robinson and Miss Nevada Nancy Marie Bowen share the title with a size seven glove. The feature lists other vital stats including smallest waist largest hips longest legs and biggest bust led by Miss New Mexico Carolyn Adams Moore with 37 inches.
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Ohio
Alice Ann McClain
Marion
Maine
Sally Ann Robinson
Nevada
Nancy Marie Bowen
New Mexico
Carolyn Adams Moore
Ohio Labor Day road toll hits five year low
The Associated Press reports Ohio ended the Labor Day weekend with the lowest highway toll in five years. A total of 17 traffic deaths occurred over a 78 hour period from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight, below earlier pessimistic forecasts.
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Low Labor Day Traffic Toll in 1957 Indicates Improvement
Ohio highway safety chief J Grant Keys cites the 78 hour Labor Day weekend toll as the lowest since 1955 when 33 died. Through 1957 the Memorial Day and July 4th weekends averaged 63 fatalities. Keys credits strong cooperation among Ohio and other law enforcement agencies.
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Ohio Turnpike sees heaviest Labor Day traffic yet
Cleveland AP reports the Ohio Turnpike had its busiest Labor Day weekend with 257,987 vehicles from Friday to Monday, an increase over the 253,964 during the prior Fourth of July holiday. No fatal accidents occurred, per Turnpike Commission figures.
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All-out campaign urges safer highways over holiday weekend
The article notes an all-out campaign to improve highway safety during the holiday weekend and credits motorists. One fatal incident occurred when a car crashed into a tree near Waverly, killing two youths.
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Bus collision on Ohio 16 injures mother and four children
A Greyhound bus carrying 24 passengers struck a car making a U turn on Ohio 16. A mother and her four children aboard the car were injured, along with a pedestrian struck by debris. None of the bus passengers or the driver were hurt.
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Chuckle: secretary’s job depends on looks, mind, and work
A humorous quip notes a secretary’s job is simple only if she resembles a woman thinks like a man and works like a horse reflecting gendered stereotypes with a punchline about efficiency.
Code Clerks Defect To Reds In Moscow TV Appearance
Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin, both NSA code clerks, defect to the Soviet Union and seek Soviet citizenship. They accuse the United States of spying on allies, breaking codes of friendly nations, and planning to spy in a friendly embassy. They spoke from the Journalists Club in Moscow, criticizing U.S. policy as risking war.
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Traded trawler smuggled defecting clerks to USSR
Washington disclosed that a Russian trawler secretly picked up two American code clerks defecting to the Soviet Union in a Cuban port. The White House Pentagon and State Department faced official silence as Moscow announced the pair at a news conference amid a flood of spy accusations.
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U2 Flight Critics Seek Safe Passage Claims
The two men, Mitchell and Martin, revealed they fled Ft. Meade claiming U.S. policy could lead to war. They left on vacation supposedly to visit relatives on the West Coast but did not reach the coast. They criticized reconnaissance over Soviet territory and China. They cited religious persecution and political harassment as reasons for leaving the United States.
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Red China
Francis Gary Powlers
United States
Soviet Equal Roles Boost Women in Society
A group argues women in the Soviet Union are encouraged and utilized more than in the United States, claiming it enriches Soviet life and makes Soviet women desirable mates. They discuss leaving the United States due to government policies harming world peace and loyalty factors tied to emotional attachments. They link U.S. hostility to insecurity from Communist progress in science.
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Sci
Asian officials skeptical of Soviet Chinese split report
Asian officials doubt a real rift between the Soviet Union and Red China over non Communist world ties. South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and others say Moscow shows neutrality, while observers warn of possible deception and a complicated regional balance with communist forces active from Korea to Vietnam.
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Davis ties world 400m record at Olympics
America's Otis Davis and Germany's Carl Kaufmann both clocked 44.9 seconds in the 400 meter final, drawing a photo finish. Davis, 28, Los Angeles, won as Elliott of Australia broke his mile mark. United States and Russia each hold 22 golds as unofficial points show Russia 400.2 to US 367. Davis moved the U S closer in the medal race. Johnson leads the discus while Yang of Formosa trails after seven decathlon events.
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Formosa
Eisenhower Calls Defected NSA Employees Traitors
The White House said President Eisenhower views two National Security Agency employees who defected to the Soviet Union as self confessed traitors to the United States.
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Youth Dies From Burns In Ohio Crash
Paul Baliman 17 from Pataskala died after burns from a Monday auto crash at the Ohio 751 and US 4 intersection. He succumbed in St. Anthony Hospital in Columbus.
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Pataskala
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Heat Wave Sees Miami Valley Temperatures Soar
The Miami Valley faces hot humid conditions with highs in the 90s and possible near 97 to 98 degrees tomorrow. Tonight should stay warm and humid with lows around 70. Monday’s official high reached the mid 80s with a morning low near 62, while scattered showers appeared across the region though officially no rain was recorded yesterday.
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Middletown
Lumumba Fights To Hold Power In Congo Crisis
In Leopoldville the United Nations seized Radio Leopoldville and halted civilian air traffic to curb the looming civil conflict. Premier Lumumba seeks a confidence vote from parliament after President Kasavubu fired him, amid fears of fratricidal strife and Cold War alignments. The army backs Lumumba as U.N. troops surround Kasavubu’s residence. observers doubt Parliament will back the premier. Continued on Page 5.
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Were space chunks piece of Sputnik
Hartford police said two objects fell from the sky and hit a backyard then were sent to NASA. Prof. Robert L. Brown suggested the particle might be fragments from Sputnik IV, noting the hissing sounds and ruling out local meteorites. He described the sample as a lightweight metal alloy possibly aluminum or magnesium.
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Hurricane Donna Cuts Path North Into Ocean
Hurricane Donna moves west northwest at 10 mph with winds up to 125 mph as it threatens the U.S. mainland. The storm is about 200 miles east southeast of Turks Island and 270 miles east southeast of Miami, with forecasters warning of dangerous seas and potential shifts toward the north. It has already killed seven people on Anguilla and Antigua and left much of Anguilla homeless, while Barbuda suffered severe destruction.
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