United DC-8 Jets Open Long Beach Assembly Line
The first of forty DC-8 jetliners built by United at Long Beach is delivered and will enter service Sept. 18. The production line targets six planes monthly with routes between Los Angeles and New York and San Francisco. George Murphy and officials including Donald Douglas Jr. attend a ceremony marking years of development and a $300 million program.
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Edwards Airirosts
Giant Force Base
Dc&s
Los Angeles
New York
San Francisco
Patterson
UAL
Denver
Douglas Company
George Murphy
Donald Douglas Jr
Raymond C. Kesler
Ben 4. Barnard
Santa Monica
John §. Gibson Jr
San Pedro
Blind Rhode Island justice says he would not want sight restored
Blind William E. Powers, associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, told an audience Tuesday night he is happy with life. He has been blind since 1927 and said Ed would not want to relearn the faces of his wife, children, grandchildren, neighbors, and associates.
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Woonsocket
William E. Powers
Rhode Island Supreme Court
Judge Powers
Winds Flood West Texas Homes and Businesses
Winds and cloudbursts battered Snyder Lubbock and Slaton in west Texas causing heavy damage mainly on the northern edge of Snyder with homes unroofed and several businesses hit. Rains up to 3.5 inches fell across Scurry County as 200 plus residents fled their Snyder homes for safety. Local doctors at a Galveston clinic described Gov. Long as cooperative but sick, with no violence, while a judge ordered observation and treatment for 80 days in a mental hospital following his hospital confinement.
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Texas Clinic
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West
Snyder
Lubbock
Slaton
Mightray Rebar
Allen
Beng His
Scurry County
University of Texas Medical College
Galveston
Gulf Seawall
Gov. Long
Long
Claire Knott
Many
Different Girard Dressing Featured In Advertisements
The ad copy touts Girard's Original French Dressing as delightfully different from other dressings. It praises its tangy, light, bright flavor and claims it is neither sweet nor oily. A separate note mentions Dr. Harris and Probate Judge Hugh Gibson Long regarding mental health the governor described as likely to cause harm.
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Arthur Long
Girard
Ernors
Fate of the Rail Express Agency remains undecided
New York report indicates the Rail Express Agency fate stays pending as directors weigh a rescue plan after rejecting a prior reorganization. William B Johnson notes the new plan mirrors the rejected one with accounting changes. directors set to reconvene July 2 amid carrier ownership by 66 lines and looming withdrawal threats from the New York Central and other eastern roads. Lehman Bros and United States Freight Co have bid to take over the agency.
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New York
Railway Express
Batanre
William B. Johnson
New York Central
Lehman Bros
Hous
United States Freight Co
NO POLIO SHOT DAD INDICTED IN VACCINE ROW
Nashville Tenn A father Ben Gamble was indicted for refusing to permit his two children Arthur Ray 14 and Elizabeth 9 to receive the Salk polio vaccine under a 1909 act making it a misdemeanor to fail to immunize children for school. Gamble vows to fight.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ben Gamble
County Health Department
Gamble
Arthur Ray
Elizabeth
Bus Strike Vote Due in San Diego
San Diego Transit System buses idle as drivers prepare for a strike vote. The 18 cent wage offer, raising pay to 2.43 dollars an hour, was rejected under a two year contract.
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San Diego 14
San Diegans
San Diego
Symington Returns to Capitol After California Tour
Senator Stuart Symington returned to Washington after a week long speaking tour in California. He met with California Democratic leaders but said he was not actively seeking the 1960 presidential nomination.
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Los Angeles
UPL
Stuart Symington
D-1
Washington
California
Symington
Berlin cabinet plans name change amid regional debates
The West Berlin cabinet announced on Tuesday a proposal to rename local landmarks in the Mergarten area, including changes tied to figures like John Foster Dulles. The move aims to reflect evolving regional identities and historical perspectives.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Zolten
Alice
Streal
Mergarten
John Foster Dulles
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