Side Swipes and Stage Mishap Lead to Brewed Trouble
A 22 year old Burlington man Dickie L Timmins was cited for speeding at night and later arrested for driving 90 at night and reckless driving on US 50. He paid 25 dollars and costs and said he would return. Ginger Rogers fell into an orchestra pit on stage during Annie Get Your Gun but was unhurt. Two thousand people were turned away from a Soviet Embassy reception in Vienna after phony invitations were mailed. Woodrow Williams of Garner NC was fined for improper equipment after an officer noted a passenger poised with brake fluid to assist braking.
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Burlington
Dickie L. Timmins
Timmins
Robert Pinet
Pinet
Warwick
R.J
Ginger Rogers
Warwick Musical Theatre
Miss Rogers
Vienna
Austria
Raleigh
N.C
Woodrow Philip Williams
Rt. 2
Garner
Williams
Salesman Shot By A Farmer In Ohio Tragedy
AP report from Columbus details a Detroit man James Horn 22 shot and killed by farmer Joseph Schmeltzer 66 on Schmeltzer's farm after Horn and supervisor Harry Jordan 22 sought a prospective magazine customer. Schmeltzer was found dead in the house. shotgun near the door.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Horn
Detroit
Mich
Kansas City
Horn
Globe Reader Service
Michigan City
Ind
Joseph Schmeltzer
Schmeltzer
Licking County
Harry Jordan
Danville
Ill
Jordan
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Mostly cloudy and unsettled
Mostly cloudy cool and unsettled with occasional showers this afternoon and Saturday morning. Today’s high in the upper 70s and tonight’s low around 65. Saturday’s high near 80. Temperature yesterday low and high data shown with weak OCR reads. Hourly temps listed for 8 AM to 8 PM with missing or garbled entries.
Mexican Backing For Cuba Solidarity Statement
A Mexican congressional spokesman for the ruling party declared solid backing for the Cuban people against the United States. Emilio Sanchez Piedras told a congressional caucus that Mexico, representing the people, supports Cuba’s desire for liberty and economic independence, while noting the U.S. doors closing to Cuban rights. He avoided naming Fidel Castro and framed the stance as government policy aligned with Lopez Mateos.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Emilio Sanchez Piedras
Permanent Commisssion of Congress
Legislative Branch
Executive
Lopez Mateos
Sanchez Piedras
Fidel Castro
Castro Rejects Protests Over Cuban Refineries
In Havana, Fidel Castro's government dismissed a U S protest over seizure of American and British refineries and accused foreign oil firms of aiming to pull Cuba into colonial dependence. Foreign Minister Raul Roa derided U S claims as false and hypocritical, and also rejected a British protest, though only the note to U S ambassador Bonsal was made public.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Raul Roa
United States
Roa
U. S&s
Philip Bonsal
Bonsal
Stanley Fordham
Esso
Texaco
Support for Cuba Gains Backing From Mexico
In Havana state papers report Mexican official support for Cuba in the quarrel with the United States. Emilio Sanchez Piedras says Mexico backs the Cuban people while Cuban youth and labor groups plan demonstrations for the Mexican Embassy to thank Ambassador Bosques. El Mundo hails Cuba’s stance as glorious and calls for a Castro rally at the presidential palace. All sports in Havana are canceled to ensure a large turnout.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Revolucion and
el Mundo
Emilio Sanchez Piedras
Permanent Commission of the
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Gilberto Bosques
State Department Seeks Clarification on Mexico Cuba Stance
The State Department summoned Mexico's ambassador Antonio Carrillo Flores to confirm whether a Mexican congressional leader's remarks backing Cuba reflect official policy. Assistant Secretary Roy Rubottom met with the envoy after noon as U.S. officials also inquired via Ambassador Robert Hill in Mexico City about the speech.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Cuba
United States
Asst
Roy Rubottom
Antonio Carrillo Flores
Robert Hill
Traffic Toll in Topeka and Kansas Log 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log shows 279 deaths in 1959 comparable period with 240 in 1960 to 9 a.m. 3. Data covers Topeka area and overall state tolls. Officials note year over year changes and emphasize road-safety measures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Truman to Attend Democratic National Convention
Kansas City Star reports President Harry S Truman will attend the Democratic National Convention as a delegate. The confirmation comes via a Los Angeles staff report.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Railroads Should Accept Union Proposal
TOPERA AP The national head of a railroad union says four operating brotherhood chiefs were surprised and disappointed by managements rejection of a union proposal for a study commission on work rules. H E Gilbert of Cleveland, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, says rejection breaks faith with the public and could push the industry toward a major labor management crisis. He cites reluctance to give labor and the public an equal voice and opposition to exposing the industrys financial structure. He accuses management of planning to force a service interruption and invite government intervention.
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Topera
H. ‘E. Gilbert
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Gilbert
Topeka
Lima Earthquake Shakes Peru City at Dawn
An earthquake struck Lima Peru and surrounding areas at 445 am local time. No casualties or damage were reported. Loud subterranean noises preceded the quake.
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Lima
Peru
Most Wheat Is Cut In Ottawa County Harvest
Lyle Grier of the Ottawa Co-Op elevator reports about 95 percent of the Franklin County wheat harvest is complete. Yields average 30 to 32 bushels per acre, with some making as high as 50 and others under 29. Quality is good overall, though protein is slightly low and a few hot days caused minor damage.
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Franklin County
Lyle Grier
Ottawa
Grier
Bandit Kills Stamford Officer In Downtown Manhunt
Stamford police, led by Chief Joseph W. Kinsella and Mayor J Walter Kennedy, pressed more than half the force into the city’s largest manhunt after Patrolman David Troy, 26, was shot dead fleeing a restaurant holdup. A $1000 reward was posted for information.
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Stamford, Conn
Stamford
Joseph W. Kinsella
J. Walter Kennedy
David Troy
Body recovered from Lake of the Ozarks near Warsaw
The body of Charles R. Mergen, 24, of Kansas City, was recovered from Lake of the Ozarks Thursday. He disappeared after leaving a resort camp nine miles west of Warsaw to fish. Three searchers found his fishing gear on a dock and then located his body nearby.
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Warsaw. Mo
Charles R. Mergen
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Mergen
Warsaw J
Council Grove Woman Dies From Car Crash Injuries
Mrs. Ben Linn of Council Grove died from injuries after a head-on collision southeast of Council Grove Tuesday night. The AP report notes the crash occurred Thursday as authorities investigated the fatality.
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Council Grove
Ben Linn
Rockefeller urges resumption of underground nuclear testing
New York AP Rockefeller calls for resuming underground nuclear tests as a step toward arms control. He says correcting military imbalance is essential to secure deterrence and counter Soviet superiority, urging creation of a high level agency to coordinate all arms control activities.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
America
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Parts Salvaged From Crashed Blimp Off New Jersey Coast
Divers resumed lifting bodies from the 403 foot blimp wreck 15 miles off the New Jersey coast. Henry V. Godbold was identified among the recovered, as Navy salvage operations continued and sister ships remained grounded pending crash cause determinations.
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Lakehurst
N.P
New Jersey
Barnegat Inlet
Henry V. Godbold
Conway
D.C
Concede Kennedy Won’t Win On First Ballot
Thousands of panic stricken whites fled the newly independent Republic of Congo as mutinous soldiers in Leopoldville controlled the city for hours. Bayonet checks halted ferrying Belgians to Brazzaville while 3,000 to 4,000 Belgians sought refuge across the Congo River. Abbe Youlou formed a refugee relief committee as unrest since independence June 30 continued with higher pay demands and white-officer dismissals.
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Brazzaville
Frena Congo
Republic of Congo
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Congo River
France
Joseph Kasavubu
Thastily
French Congo
Abbe Fubert Youlou
Belgium
Dr J C South Takes Over Hughes Practice Here
Dr J C South formerly of Olathe will assume the late Dr Paul Hughes’s practice on July 15. Raised in Bonner Springs, he has lived in Anderson South Carolina recently. A Cleveland Chiropractic College of Kansas City graduate, he will open offices at 423 S Cedar. He and wife Dolores have three children, Chris 14 Shelley 8 and Barton 1 a half, and he will move his family here once housing is found.
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J. C. South
Olathe
Paul Hughes
South
Bonner Springs
Anderson
S. C
Cleveland Chiropractic Colere
Kansas City
S. Cedar
Dolores
Chris
Shelley
Barton
Claims Killer is Insane
A Kansas Supreme Court hearing today sought a sanity test for Perry E. Smith, a condemned killer on hunger strike at Lansing prison. Defense argued Smith’s nourishment has declined for weeks, noting no sanity test occurred before trial. Smith is one of two men convicted in the Clutter family murders near Garden City and sentenced to hang. The execution was stayed pending appeals from his district court conviction. He’s been in the prison hospital weeks as Warden Hand reports his condition weakening.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Perry E. Smith
Lansing
A. M. Fleming
Smith
Herb W. Clutter
Garden City
Supreme Court
District Court
Tracy Hand
Finch Seeks Private Meeting With Carole in Courtroom
Dr R Bernard Finch presses for a private conference with Carole Tregoff during noon recesses as he fights to meet out of guards in the courtroom. Grant Cooper says strategy sessions with attorneys and witnesses are needed while the judge weighs the request. The wealthy surgeon and his former receptionist mistress face retrial for the murder of his socialite wife after a hung jury.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finch
State Supreme Court
Carole
Grant B. Cooper
Khrushchev Returns From Nine Day Austria Visit
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived back in Moscow after a nine day state visit to Austria.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Austria
Farley Attacks Stevenson In Democratic Accent
Los Angeles AP James A Farley criticized Adlai E Stevenson for presidential ambitions saying he believes Stevenson seeks the nomination as a duty of God party and people He cited Stevenson Kennedy strategists and a New England push toward an early ballot compromise amid Kennedy faction tensions.
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Los Angeles
James A. Farey
Adlai E. Stevenson
Farley
Stevenson
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic National Committee
Jefferson
Jackson
Cleveland
Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Trusman
FDR
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
Kennedy
New England
Butler Uses Power For Kennedy Control Of Convention Tickets
Los Angeles AP Edwin Paul California Democrat said Paul Butler has used every power to favor Senator John F Kennedy. Pauley returning from Mexico City to preconvention maneuvering said Butler controls the convention tickets.
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Los Angeles
Edwin Paul
California
Paul Butler
Sen
Ohn F. Kennedy
Mexico City
Pauley
Butler
Eisenhower Signs $39.996 Billion Defense Bill
President Eisenhower signed a defense appropriation bill totaling 39.996 billion dollars. The measure exceeds his request by 661.608 million dollars and was sealed before he departed for Newport, Rhode Island, for vacation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Eiisenhower
Newport
K. 1
Kennedy Knights Target Second Ballot In Democratic Race
Realistic Kennedy supporters said first ballot failure is likely and plan a second roll call to capture delegates. They claim paths to votes from California, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York, while aiming to peel away favorite sons Meyner Love less and Docking and keep Humphrey in play with a vice presidential offer.
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Senate
Lyndon B.johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
California
Edmund G. Brown
Pennsylvania
Richard Daley
Chicago
Illinois
Massachusetts
New York
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Herschel C. Loveeless
Iowa
George Docking
Kansas
Hubert H. Humpherey
Minnesota
Orville L. Freeman
Humphrey
Morton Sees Johnson In No 2 Position
WICHITA Kan AP The Democrats likely will run Kennedy Johnson in November Morton Republican national chairman says it will be a hard fight for Republicans He predicts a Nixon ticket victory with possible House control and Senate gains Morton says Kennedy likely to win the Democratic nomination Johnson denies seeking vice presidency and avoids ruling out acceptance while Truman speaks
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Wichita
Kan
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
Richard Nixon
House
Senate
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Jenson
D-Tex
Bbe
John F. Kennedy
D‘mass
Johnson
Harry S. Truman
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McGowran
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