Butler Seeks New Allocation Plan for 1960 Democratic Convention
Paul M. Butler national committee chairman proposes scrapping the 1944 1952 1956 bonus system and adopting a new 1960 plan that reallocates convention votes. The plan would increase total votes to 1475 with most states gaining, while Alabama and seven others face changes.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Paul M. Butler
National Committee
Butler
Arkansas
Florida
Tennessee
Frigidaire to Enter Gas Appliance Field
Dayton report says the Frigidaire Division of General Motors will enter the gas appliance field. The initial product line will feature four models of a gas dryer.
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Dayton, Ohio
General Motors
Truman Urges Democrats Unite Against Splits at Midwest Meet
Former President Harry S. Truman urged Democrats to avoid division and personal ambition in the run up to 1960. He said he has no candidate and stressed electing the ablest Democrat to the White House. Senator Stuart Symington warned against complacency amid Eisenhower Khrushchev visits.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
White House
Midwest Democratic Conference
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Iowa
Germany
Girl Wins Consent For Surgery In Kansas City
Nineteen year old Charlene Butts won her parents consent for a tumor operation at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Doctors say tumor on the pituitary gland risks eyesight and life if not removed. Her father opposed but later consented orally. written permission expected Monday ahead of a Tuesday operation. Charlene had claimed loss of about 40 percent of sight and sought majority rights via court.
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Kansas City
Kan
Charlene Butts
Charles Butts
Oswego
Vernon Wilson
University of Kansas Medical Center
Fall Proves Fatal for Ohio Man in Garage Attic
Paul Roush aged 62 died after falling nine feet from an attic garage at his Mineral Ridge home while cleaning the space. The incident occurred Saturday as he worked in the attic, and the fall through the flooring caused fatal injuries.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Paul Roush
Roush
Mineral Ridge
Central Plaza opening nears as new traffic plan debuts
Traffic changes reach motorists five days before the Central Plaza opening. Ed Edmiston reports on the relief measures and provides a city map on page 23. George Crout begins a threepart Barnitz House series detailing owner modifications and finds.
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Ed Edmiston
George Crout
Barnitz House
Laos Fight Stands Still Ahead of U N Fact Finding Team
Laos reported a second day of fighting pause as a U N fact finding mission nears. Sisouk Na Champasak the acting foreign minister said North Vietnamese troops were withdrawing behind the border and Pathet Lao activity waned. Royalist pilots reported continued small scale fighting with ongoing airdrops of ammunition.
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Laos
U.N
Sisouk Na Champasak
Pathet Lao
Sisouk
Body Found In River In Cleveland
The badly bluish body of a woman was found floating in the Cuyahoga River Saturday. The body tentatively was identified as that of Mrs Louise Rogers 31 mother of two children.
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River Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Louise Rogers
Strike May Be Called
Pittsburgh AP reports the American Flint Glass Workers Union warned it will strike 2000 mold makers if a contract settlement is not reached by noon Sunday.
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Pittsburgh
American Flint Glass Workers Union
Glass Container Manufacturing
Southerners And Morse Cause Delay In Senate Clash
The Senate paused a $3.28 billion foreign aid bill to extend the Civil Rights Commission for two years as Southern Democrats press the measure amid Morse delaying tactics. Senate leaders faced adjournment challenges before Khrushchev’s arrival, while Northern allies held back action on civil rights to next year.
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Senate
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Civil Rights Commission
Commission
House
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Nikita Khrushchev
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Khrushchev
Khrushchev Plans Moon Shot Timing For U.S. Visit
Khrushchev is seen steering the timing of a Soviet moon shot to align with his U S visit. Washington expects his tour to showcase Soviet science and peaceful coexistence while using the launch as a political and propaganda moment. Moon shot timing is considered calculated to maximize impact ahead of Eisenhower Khrushchev talks at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Moon
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
America
Moscow
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Eiisenhower- Khrushchev
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Balloon voyage yields fun cold aerial adventure in Ohio
James Contos, 41, an aircraft company mechanic, spent one hour and 45 minutes aloft in a balloon rig over Summit and Stark counties near Akron. He estimates 11 000 feet but weather sources suggest around 10 000 feet with turbulence. Contos wore parachute and life gear and landed in a Massillon area cow pasture after departing Akron Municipal Airport.
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Ohio
James Contos
Aircraft Company
Summit
Stark Counties
Contos
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U.S. Weather Bureau
Massillon
Russia upbeat as Khrushchev plans US visit
Soviet newspapers flood with letters of joy and pride as Premier Khrushchev nears his trip to the United States. Officials claim the post Stalin era has unleashed a new boom and expansion led by Khrushchev and his associates.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Baltic
Pacific
Stalin
Khrushchev
Teacher Identified As Thief Charged In Breakin Case
A Washington school teacher Belford D. Fisher 42 was charged with housebreaking after an Ohio minister's wife identified him as the man who prowled a Connecticut Avenue apartment at 2 a.m. Fisher a night switchboard operator at the apartment house was suspended pending court action.
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Ohio
Connecticut Avenue
Belford D. Fisher
Charlotte Peaslee
Joseph
Sylvania
Peaslee
Fisher
Seaton
Saturday Steel Talks Get Nowhere
Negotiators for the steel industry and the United Steelworkers union held a rare Saturday session amid a 60 day strike. Four man teams met separately to discuss noneconomic issues while 12 company groups talked with union bargainers about local matters. A Sunday meeting between Allegheny Ludlum and union negotiators was scheduled without explanation. About 500000 steel workers have been on strike since July 15 seeking wage increases and other benefits.
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New York
Eisenhower
Industry and Steelworkers Union
Allegheny Ludlum
Today's Chuckle If we are honest with our selves the season we like best
A lighthearted column notes a preference for a season if readers are honest about themselves. Itplayfully contrasts opinions and familiar seasonal joys with humorous observations.
No safe title found in fragment
The passage praises broad confidence across society in Soviet gains and quotes Red Star on the USSR advancing socialism and socialist nations. It frames Communist progress as shifting global power in favor of socialism, citing economic, cultural, and scientific accomplishments.
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Red Star
Soviet Union
Dog Hero Puppy Intervenes as Snake Attacks Boy
A mongrel puppy named Chris jumped between a 3-year-old boy and a rattlesnake in Palm Springs California Friday. The dog was bitten in the face and the boy Stephen Azzarelli was bitten on the forehead. Both are reported out of danger with the second bite less venomous.
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Calif
Chris
Stephen Azzarelli
Soviet Moon Rocket Aims for Lunar Emblem Collision Course
A Soviet propellant rocket launched Saturday fires a 860 pound capsule toward the moon to plant a hammer and sickle emblem. Officials say the trajectory could miss the moon or become a satellite, with Khrushchev arriving in the U S soon for talks with Eisenhower.
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Soviet Union
Earth
Moscow
Space
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
United States Plans Moon Satellite Launches This Fall
London reports that the United States plans three satellite launches in the coming months including a 375 pound lunar satellite to orbit around the moon. The Atlas Able rocket is to carry the mission with October targeted for the moon mission. Early lunar probes have failed in previous attempts.
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London
United States
Moon
U.S
Soviet lunar rocket signals from Britain and Soviet claims
A Soviet lunar rocket aims for the moon in the last quarter of the lunar month with uncertain outcome. Jodrell Bank scientists report signals from the craft more than 100,000 miles away as Bogovaviensky credits Soviet rocket fuels for the breakthrough amid U.S. failures in 1958.
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Britain
Jodrell
Earth
Ohio Escapee Served Once As Town Marshal
An Oregon man, Glenn Landis 64, who escaped from an Ohio prison in a life murder sentence says he worked as a town marshal at Juntura and postmaster at Crane, while also holding odd jobs over 24 years of freedom. Arrest followed routine FBI-linked fingerprints. Landis admitted his identity and said he had tried to make amends.
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Oregon
Glenn Landis
Ohio
Juntura
Tiny Crane
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Landis
Veterans Administration
Jackon County Welfare Administration
FBI
Charles Champlin
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