Hawaii Vote Signals GOP Comeback Hopes in 1960
AP dispatch reports unexpected Hawaii results bolster Republican chances. Senator Thruston Morton credits hard work and labor support as Gov. Quinn defeats Democrat Burns, while Democrats retain House control and LBJ notes two of three Senate seats won by Democrats. Long and Inouye capture Senate and House seats, with Fong elected to the Senate. term lengths to be decided by drawing.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Hawaii
GOP
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
United States
Morton
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
House
House of Representatives
Johnson
William F. Quinn
John A
Burns
Quinn
Oren E. Long
Daniel K. Inouye
Hiram L. Fong
Long
Pensioned Steel Men Demand Higher Pensions Too
About 170 retired steelworkers gathered at Clairton works to demand higher pensions. They posted signs and circled the picket area, arguing for a $4 monthly raise per year of service on top of an average $60 pension. Ohio Governor DiSalle urged Eisenhower to end the steel strike to avoid hurt to over 100,000 Ohio steelworkers.
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Pittsburgh
Clairton
U.S. Steel Corp
Clairton Works
Leonard Pickering
United Steelworkers Pensioners Assn
Pickering
Ohio
Michael DiSalle
Eisenhower
DiSalle
Car output slows as 1959 models wind down
DETROIT AP reports production of 1959 model cars is slowing and will end for most lines within two to three weeks. Only Ford and Chevrolet may run past the current week. Last week total domestic output was 125,223 cars as Studebaker Packard Desoto Chrysler and Dodge joined Imperial on the sidelines. A week ago production
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Detroit
Ford
Chevrolet
Studebaker-Packard
Desoto
Chrysler
Dodge
Imperial
Auto output shifts by brand in week totals
Production figures show 127,502 units this week, up from 85,519 a year earlier. General Motors raised output from 61,390 to 65,052, all in Chevrolet, while Ford held at 35,030 and Chrysler fell from 17,819 to 13,190. American Motors ran Ramblers for an extra 10,000 units as Studebaker ended with 1,951, year to date total $8,043, nearly five times 1938.
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General Motors
Chevrolet
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Studebaker
Navy Sure of its Polaris readiness by 1960
Washington AP reports Rear Adm. William F. Raborn told the House Space Committee the Polaris missile will be combat ready by late 1960. He said only two outright failures occurred in 33 tests and most launches achieved objectives, as the Navy defends progress amid test delays concerns.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
William F. Raborn
Raborn
Special Projects Office
House Space Committee
Baruch Returns Home After Six Week Britain Visit
Bernard Baruch, 88, elder statesman, returned to New York on Tuesday after a six week visit to Britain. He flew into an airport and was greeted by aides and friends, resuming his public duties amid attention from press and onlookers.
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Baruch
New York
Bernard Baruch
Britain
Young Texan boy zaps rattler to save sister in Oklahoma
In Okla Tyrone young 9 year old shooter Jessie Murphy acted quickly when sister Aneta stepped near a coiled rattlesnake. He fired a slingshot stunning the reptile and then finished it with a fence post, saving her life.
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Tyrone
Okla
Jessie Murphy
Aneta
Widow decries perfect gentleman swindler in St. Louis
A 75-year-old St. Louis widow says a man who posed as a perfect gentleman living as a traveling oil company man asked for a $2,350 down payment on a $26,000 home. He vanished after they met in a hotel coffee shop, leaving her due to marry him today. Police report the man registered locally and listed Peoria, Illinois, as his home.
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ST. Louis
Lizzie Sanders
Repair Floor At U S Exhibition
Moscow reports an American exhibit in Sokolniki Park as dust settled from fresh asphalt. Soviet press voiced skepticism with headlines asking if this was truly American. The aluminum dome centerpiece drew attention while no Soviet provincial papers had yet reviewed the fair after five days.
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Moscow
U.S
Sokolniki Park
Campaign spending small in Kentucky attorney general race
Samuel Cannon of Corbin reported his primary campaign costs for the Kentucky attorney general race. He listed two dollars for a photograph and fifty cents for stamps in the filing to the secretary of state.
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Frankfort
Samuel
Cannon
Corbin
Secretary of State
Kentucky
Escapee Tries Lake Hiding in Cassadaga NY
Con rad Kaus age 29 an escapee from Minnesota State Prison attempted to hide underwater in Cassadaga Lake after police spotted him He was captured and revived by artificial respiration Kaus said he was serving a 10 year sentence for assault in Minnesota
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Cassadaga, N.Y
Conrad Kaus
Minnesota State
Cassadaga Lake
Minnesota
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