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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1959
Page
1
Fidel Castro resumes Cuba's premiership after a massive crowd in Havana's Civic Plaza cheered him as leader again. He warned the United States to keep distance, pledging to serve the people and denounce foreign interference while avoiding explicit mention of communism.
Warehousemen at the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. voted to ratify a two year contract and return to work. About 1,300 to 1,400 attended the ratification in St Nicholas Arena. Wages rise immediate weekly $6 for men and $3 for women. further increases next year. One week pay per two years service up to twelve weeks for plant closings. Stores to reopen at noon Thursday and nationwide clerks to resume by Tuesday.
Classifieds and notices highlight radio TV listings and obituary notices. Funeral notices cover local families with service details. Bridge and sports briefs report recent results and upcoming matches from the Phoenix area.
Western editors judge Nixon Khrushchev exchange in Moscow as frank but not refined. Some praise Nixon for composure while others condemn public sparring as detrimental to diplomacy. Critics across Britain Belgium Holland Austria and France weigh the "oratorical joust" and secret diplomacy implications.
President Eisenhower returned to the White House lawn after a 38 minute helicopter flight. Mrs Eisenhower planned to return later by automobile. At a Gettysburg service Rev Robert A MacAskill led a prayer for those oppressed and suffering while the minister said the proclamation prompted the prayer but did not mention it directly.
Debra churned from Freeport Texas to southeastern Oklahoma, ripping roofs and flooding streets. Houston bled minor damage as winds snapped trees and traffic snarled while shrimp fleets faced wreckage along Gulf shores.
A fire broke out late Sunday night at the home of boxing promoter Jackie Leonard in Los Angeles. Leonard and his wife Jeanne were inside with two visitors when the blaze started in a front bedroom. he reported tearing off a wire screen and fighting the fire with water before firefighters arrived. He noted prior incidents including a gasoline can found at the front of the house and an earlier assault on June 3 in which he was found unconscious, though police later ruled it a fall.
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd met with Andrei Gromyko in Geneva for over two hours amid East West talks. Lloyd pressed for Soviet flexibility on Berlin terms while US and French officials push to protect Western rights in West Berlin with no time limits.
Gov Earl K Long of Louisiana rested in Hot Springs Arkansas during a vacation wind down. He commented on topics including an Internal Revenue Service income tax investigation, saying he had been investigated before and that records were destroyed to avoid harassment.
Justice of the Peace Earl B. Daugherty issued 159 conviction notices in Bucks County on a Sunday, targeting blue law violators including actress Peggy Cass and a Bristol Playhouse staffer. He argued strict enforcement could harm the economy, while critics noted the $9 costs per notice.
Leaders of the steel strike and United Steelworkers met federal mediators in the first joint talks since the walkout began. Finnegan warned against an early settlement while McDonald and Cooper led negotiating teams. The 300,000-strong strike halted plants producing most US steel and idled thousands in related industries. Harriman criticized Eisenhower for not forcing a meeting to resolve the dispute.
Vice President Richard Nixon arrived in Leningrad with his wife for a five day tour through parts of the Soviet Union. Soviet Deputy Premier Erol Kozlov and Georgi Zhukov joined the party, as 8 reporters traveled ahead. The visit followed six hours of talks with Khrushchev in Moscow about East West differences, described by Nixon as frank and calm. A crowd of about 1000 greeted the Nixons at the airport, more than at their Moscow arrival, and Nixon spoke briefly about peaceful settlement of international disputes.
A spokesman for Jacquline Gay Hart says there is talk of moving the August 29 wedding. Hart, 21, vanished from New Jersey last Tuesday then reappeared after a Chicago trip amid an abortive abduction hoax. FBI notes domestic tension during wedding preparations and Newark police indicate no charges against Hart.
Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy said the Soviet Union has fewer than 10 intercontinental missiles capable of reaching the United States. He contrasted this with six months earlier when he questioned Russia's ICBM capability. He added U S weapons could outmatch Soviet ICBM progress and stressed the need to retain the ability to destroy the Soviet Union if attacked with large weapons.
Two Clark Brothers executives say Olean N Y may relocate with a new Texas plant and gas turbine division move. Beaumont Dallas Houston Waco and a Katy Railroad shop in Waco are under review for a 500 to 750 worker start. union says rumors of leaving Olean are not taken seriously.
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