Fidel Castro Steps Down As Premier Seeks Cuban Support
Havana Dispatch reports Fidel Castro resigns as premier of Cuba in a move to obtain public and government backing amid mounting criticism. The 26th of July Movement newspaper Revolucion says the action aims to express confidence from Cubans and the state. In El Paso, Governor Earl Long of Louisiana causes a border uproar after a Juarez nightclub riot and hotel disturbances.
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EL Paso
Tex
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Juarez
Mexico
Mex
Long
Havana
Fidel Castro
Pre-Mier
Cuba
Revolucion
Castro
Big Four Open Secret Talks On Berlin Truce Efforts
In Geneva the Big Four foreign ministers met for a social lunch that served as the start of a new round of secret diplomacy on Berlin. Herter Lloyd and Gromyko discussed 18 month truce ideas while seeking an ironclad Soviet pledge to respect Western positions in Berlin.
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Geneva
Berlin
West
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Andrei Gromyko
Couve de Murville
East
West Germany
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Ottawa Chamber Maps Businessman Role in Politics
At a Ottawa Chamber of Commerce meeting Don Wiggins and Marty Woods urged more businessmen to engage in politics to defend free enterprise. They supported a non political approach and proposed a local Chamber sponsored course on the American political system. The group voted to run the course and discussed forming an area committee to promote Pomona reservoir recreation.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Don Wiggins
Marty Woods
Topeka
State Chamber
Wiggins
Kansas
Ottawa
Pomona Reservoir
Death of Sir Alfred Munnings, famed British artist and critic
Dedham England AP report states Sir Alfred Munnings 80 longtime dean of British art and former president of the Royal Academy died at his home. He was a vocal opponent of modern art and led campaigns against art schools asserting art teachers cannot succeed in painting.
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Dedham
England
Sir Alfred Munnings
Britain
Royal Academy
Sir Alfred
Jimmy Stewart Cleared for Air Force Reserve General Star
The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved Jimmy Stewart for brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve after a two year block by Senator Margaret Chase Smith. The actor gained final backing as the promotion moved toward final Senate approval.
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Washington
Jimmy Stewart
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air Force Reserve
Mouse causes stampede at Maryland Legion convention
Maryland veterans from three wars sat in a downtown hotel convention hall when a sudden scream broke out. A mouse darted across the main platform at the American Legion gathering, triggering a rapid, chaotic stampede among attendees.
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Baltimore, Md
Maryland
American Legion Convention
Chicken Supper at St Therese Church Richmond
Sunday event at St Therese Church Richmond to serve chicken supper from 5 to 8 p.m. Adults priced at 1 dollar and children at 50 cents. Entertainment featured, inviting community attendance.
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St. Therese
Richmond
Weather county forecast shows scattered showers and sun
Widely scattered showers this afternoon and tonight transition to partial cloudiness by Saturday morning. Eastern half of area expects early morning showers with the rest mainly dry, as the forecast calls for a mix of showers and partial clearing through the period.
Engineer Wins Dismissal of Two Parking Tickets
San Francisco engineer Lee Hill faced two overtime parking citations in municipal court. The city moved to dismiss for insufficient evidence and the judge granted the motion. Hill argued he paid for 54 minutes but received 30. His attorney criticized the court outcome, noting widespread meter issues in the city and calling them worse than Las Vegas slots.
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San Francisco
Lee Hill
Hill
Las Vegas
State lake work approved near Vinland with study plan
Kansas Fish and Game Commission authorized engineering studies for a lake and 600 acre park area north of Baldwin near Vinland, with possible construction to start as early as summer 1960. A land-acquisition move was proposed but delayed pending the study. Over 500 eastern Kansas residents attended a KU student union dinner honoring the commission.
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Lawrence
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Vinland
Here
Baldwin
Commission
Kansas
University of Kansas
Olin Petefish
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Ray Amer
Pleasanton
Many Entries In 4 H Wheat Show in Wichita
Wichita AP report notes sponsors of the district 4 H wheat show on August 17 expect over 300 entries from seven Kansas counties. Local 4 H clubs prepare pens, benches, and judging sheets as youths showcase wheat varieties, yields, and breeding efforts across the district.
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Wichita
Kansas
Fire destroys home of Detroit Teamsters leader
DETROIT (UP) Fire believed set deliberately gutted the Bloomfield Township residence of Charles O'Brien, business agent for Teamsters Local 299. Damages placed at about 35000 dollars. The family, including O'Brien and wife with two children, were away on a trip at the time. O'Brien is the Detroit home local leader for Teamsters President James R. Hoffa.
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Detroit
Teamsters Union
Charles O’brien
Bloomfield
O'Brien
Teamsters Local
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Union Barbers Seek Nonpartisan State Board
In Topeka the State AFL CIO convention faces a resolution attacking Gov. George Docking for political influence over the barber board. The State Assn of Journeyman Barbers accuses the governor of not appointing any of their endorsed candidates in three cycles and demands a union barber on the board at all times. The measure calls for removing the board from politics to ensure stable administration.
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Topeka
George Docking
Afl-Cio
State Barbers Board
State Assn. of
Journeyman Barbers
Barber Board
Union
Traffic Toll Topeka Kansas 1959 Fatalities Update
AP reporting state accident records show 1 traffic death in the 24 hours ending 9 am today. To date for 1959 total reaches 299, compared with 272 for the comparable period in 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
House Appropriations Committee Funds AEC Project Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a 2.629 billion dollar allotment for the Atomic Energy Commission for the current year including 65 million for nuclear airplane work with Defense. The panel also trimmed special materials and school research equipment funding, and proposed allowing 316.731 million in unobligated prior funds to be retained.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
House Appropriations Committee
AEC
Defense Department
Eisenhower
House
Commission
Pigeons May Have Carried Narcotics Reported in Bronx Raid
NEW YORK AP police raiders seized 30 pigeons they alleged may have served as narcotics carriers. The narcotics squad found five ounces of heroin and the pigeons in a Bronx apartment at 1 am.
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New York
Bronx
American finds simple life working in Australia
Stanley Yankus, age 40, left Michigan after selling a thriving chicken farm for 30000 dollars and moving his family to Adelaide, Australia. He works as a 36 dollar weekly clerk and says he is content because nothing is complicated. He left the United States to escape government agricultural controls and feels no hurt starting anew in a legitimate job.
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Adelaide
Australia
Stanley Yankus
Michigan
United States
Miss New Mexico Defies Church Reserve for Miss Universe
Long Beach California AP Miss New Mexico Sue Ingersoll 22 a redhead defies Archbishop Edwin Byrne ban on Catholic girls in bathing suits at Miss Universe pageant. She attended a press conference defending bathing suits while archbishop objects to public wear. Pageant directorates refuse closed contest. Ingersoll faces sacramental ban until further notice.
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Long Beach
Calif
California
New Mexico
Sue Ingersoll
Miss Ingersoll
Edwin V. Byrne
Petitions Seek West Main Ottawa Parking Lot
A group of about a dozen businessmen walk Ottawa streets with blue petitions to urge the city to acquire land on the west side of Walnut Street between Coca Cola and Dr Lofgreen’s to create a new off street parking lot. They aim to gather several hundred signatures by next Wednesday night to present to the Board of City Commissioners, proposing funding via a revenue bond issue repaid from the parking meter fund which now yields about $21,000 annually.
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Main
Walnut
Coca-Cola
Board of City Commissioners of
City of
Ottawa
City Commission of
Eisenhower and Mitchell Discuss Steel Strike
President Eisenhower and Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell spent one hour and 45 minutes discussing the steel strike. The White House offered no details on the session after the cabinet meeting. Joseph Finnegan of the FMCS returned to report on New York talks with both sides, with no further meetings scheduled until next week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
White House
Mitchell
Joseph Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
New York
Finnegan
Senate Approves Land Bank Bill to Relax Rules
The Senate passed a bill to grant federal land banks more freedom, enabling them to appraise property used as loan security, lift the 5 percent interest cap on farm loan bonds, remove the $200000 loan cap, permit loans without fixed amortization plans, and exempt land bank employees from civil service laws. The measure now moves to the House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Farm Credit Administration
Civil Service
Treasury to Offer New US Securities at High Interest
The Treasury plans to issue 14 billion dollars in securities offering 4 percent interest, the highest rate since 1929. Two issues will be available only to holders of maturing issues, including 12 to 42 month notes dated Aug 1 and four year nine month notes dated July 20.
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Washington
Treasury
Steel strike drains millions as talks stall nationwide
On day three of a nationwide steel strike 500000 United Steelworkers picket mills causing about 100 million dollars in production losses. Federal mediation resumes in New York with David J McDonald saying talks have produced little progress as 90 percent of capacity remains shut and weekly wage losses reach 70 million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
United
New York
David J. McDonald
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Derailed Freight Blocks Santa Fe Main Line
A freight derailment 12 miles west of Emporia blocked the Santa Fe Railway main line on Thursday. Two wrecker cars and crews cleared wreckage through the night and the line reopened to both directions by about 7 p.m. Officials warned it could take a week to ten days to fully clear and repair all tracks. Twenty nine cars of the eastbound train piled up, forcing rerouting of trains.
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Emporia
Eas
Theaewest
Santa Fe Railway
C. Lowery
Lowery
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