Pomona Picnic Opens With Variety Acts This Week
The 32nd annual Pomona 1.0.0.F. Picnic runs three days starting Thursday evening July 16 with carnival rides and concessions on grounds. Opening program features ventriloquism magic piano singing and a dance. A Friday 8 p.m. musical program precedes a dance. Saturday includes home talent act educated pets and clowns followed by round and square dancing. Lt. Robert E. Murray stationed near Seoul reports the Strollers from Ottawa University perform July 19 in the service club.
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Loyd Murray
S. Main
Robert E. Murray
Korea
The
Strollers
Ottawa University
Republic of Korea
Seoul
Murray
U.S
Steel Strike Looms as Midnight Walkout Threatens Industry
In New York AP reported the steel negotiations collapsed and a full industry shutdown was set for midnight. Chief negotiator R Conrad Cooper and Steelworkers Union President David J McDonald acknowledged stalemate but hinted at possible renewed talks. Both men predicted no chance to avert the walkout, framing the strike as a bulwark against inflation.
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New York
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Employment Hits Record in June Gain
Washington AP reports total employment rose to 67,342,000 in June, up 1,326,000 due to factory hiring and seasonal farming and construction. Unemployment rose to 4.9 percent as two million or more students and graduates entered the job market. Factory workers earned a record average of $90.54 per week and the average workweek stretched to 40 hours 36 minutes, the longest June since 1953.
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Washington
Labor Department
Weather County Forecast Dims Rain, Storms Tonight
Rains diminish this afternoon but more storms develop tonight with locally heavy rainfall. Showers end by Wednesday morning as cooler air settles. afternoon high near 80. Tonight low 65 to 70. Wednesday highs middle to upper 80s.
Hopes Strike Can Be Averted In 1959 Steel Dispute
Washington AP President Eisenhower still hopes the steel strike scheduled to start at midnight can be averted. White House Press Secretary Hagerty said talks between steel industry and unions continued with little sign of a settlement before the wage dispute deadline. The administration emphasized there remained time to settle ahead of the strike and urged both sides to seek an agreement for the union, companies, and public.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Injured Farmer Spends Cold Night In Field
Arlington farmer Lyle Combs, 36, was trapped after a tractor backed over him near Turon, Kansas. He crawled to a fence, tried to set pasture alight, then hid in the wet field overnight as his wife sought help. rescuers were alerted by his calls at dawn.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Arlington
Lyle Combs
Turon
Guy Clark
Combs
Douglas McKay Hurt in Oregon Heart Ailment Recurrence
Former Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay age 66 placed in an oxygen tent at Salem General Hospital in GALEM Oregon after a heart ailment recurrence.
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Galem
Ore
Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay
Salem General Hospital
Soaking Rains Hit Ottawa Area
A steady drizzle soaked Franklin County pastures and fields of corn and soybeans, raising farm pond levels. Ottawa recorded 2.33 inches with 0.32 inch yesterday, while other Kansas spots reported heavier downpours including Diamond Springs 6.50 inches and Chanute 6.16 inches near noon. River levels rose modestly but no flood stage is expected without more rain. forecast calls for more scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday with locally heavy rains in the northeast.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Diamond Springs
Herington
Council Grove
Dyer Cabin Camp
Douglas
Chanute
Erie
Emporia
Cottonwood Falls
Toronto
Coyville
Independence
John P. Kelsey
Former Cuban air chief accuses Castro of communism
Maj. Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that Fidel Castro and his government produce a Communist dictatorship. The hearing was briefly suspended due to a bomb scare as Army investigators checked the chamber. Diaz described Castro as seeking a system like Russia and fled Cuba after resigning June 30.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Air Force
Today
Castro
Raul Castro
Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Cuba
Diaz
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Russia
U.S
Capitol Police
Eastland
Tidewater Eyes Merger Talks With Skelly
George F. Getty Tidewater president said Tidewater and Skelly executives have discussed a possible merger. No merger contract exists yet, only agreed ground rules for evaluating reserves and assets. A merger would unite two major integrated oil firms covering production refining and marketing.
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NEW York
George F. Getty
Tidewater Oil Co
Tidewater
Skelly Oil Co
Getty
Defiant Hoffa Admits Plans To Take Over Longshoremen
Washington AP report recounts James R. Hoffa’s defiant acknowledgment of negotiating with the West Coast Longshoremen after their 1950 ouster. He denied backing a bid to seize monitors, blamed Bartley Crum for schemes, and warned Kennedy against linking him to communism while outlining his organization’s jurisdictional aims amid automation debates.
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Defiant Hoffa
Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
CIO
Hoffa
Harry Bridges
Louis Goldblatt
Kennedy
Teamsters
Bartley C. Crum
New York
Melvern Group Wins Contest At Williamsburg
Melvern group Swingettes won first in the Amateur contest at Williamsburg during Jayhawker Days. Second went to Ruth Ann Shoemaker and family from Rantoul. third to Full O'Pep 4‑H square dancers. other winners include Rickie Joe McFadden and a clarinet trio. Cash prizes awarded. parades and a land concert planned if not rained out.
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Swingettes
Melvern
Williamsburg
Barbara Arb
Ann Boyer
Marie Schultz
Shirley Bush
Ruth Ann
Marilyn
Sandra Shoemaker
Rantoul
Robert Harra
Wanda Good
Jay’ Stof’er
Janet Daugharthy
Bill Kohler
Janice Vickers
Ronald da
Ottawa Church Accepts New Presbyterian Pastor
Rev Ellsworth E Caylor resigned from Pittsburg United Presbyterian Church after five years to become pastor of Main Street United Presbyterian in Ottawa. His last Pittsburg sermon is Aug 9 and he starts in Ottawa late August. He will attend a meeting tonight to launch Ottawa church fundraising for a new building.
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Ellsworth E. Caylor
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Caylor
Missouri Basin Hearings Sought
Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. seeks immediate hearings on a bill to form a Missouri basin commission. The proposed panel would push limited development of resources and flood control projects in the Missouri River basin and was sent to Sen. Dennis Chavez for action.
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Washington
Missouri Basin Commission
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
D-Mo
Hennings
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Senate Public Works Committee
Missouri River
Booby Trapped Entrance, Coal Mine Rebellion at Brushy Mountain
At Brushy Mountain State Prison in PETROL Tennessee rebel convicts seized three unarmed foremen inside the 14 mile shaft and threatened to dynamite the mine. Hostage Shirley Bunch released amid negotiations said the entrance was booby trapped with dynamite. Officials said no concessions would be made, with food and water denied initially, as guards weighed lives and property.
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Tenn
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Pat Patterson
Shirley ‘Bunch
Bunch
Patterson
Buford Ellington
Knoxville
Endorsed For District Judge Endorsed For District Judge
Howard E Payne of Olathe, attorney for the Kansas Turnpike Authority, was endorsed by the Johnson County Bar Assn for the new fourth division judge of the Tenth Judicial District. Payne, 58, was a central Democratic figure until retiring from political work in 1946. The endorsement, usually tantamount to selection, will go to Governor George Docking. Payne has served as Chairman of the State Board of Education as appointee of Docking. The fourth division will be created after certification of Johnson County population 128,984, with state law tying the division to counties of 128k to 200k.
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Olathe, Kas
Howard E. Payne
Olathe
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Johnson County Bar Assn
Tenth Judicial District
Payne
Democratic Party
Kansas
iGov
George Docking
State Board
Docking
District Court
Johnson County
Traffic Toll In State Accident Records Today
Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 am show four deaths. For 1959 year to date totals 285, compared with 261 in the comparable period of 1958. One fatality remains unreported in the latest tally.
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Reo
da. MN
Creves
Ereses Sp. Mm
Baveee Sp. m. N & A Om. Sane
Topeka
Kansas
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