Eisenhower and Herter Confer on Cuba Policy
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Christian A Herter met for over an hour to discuss United States relations with Fidel Castros Cuba. After the session Herter would not say if policy shifts were imminent, noting only general Cuba talk. Bonsal recall for consultations, with Mrs Bonsal, was discussed as the reason.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Cuba
White House
Herter
U.S
Havana
Philip W. Bonsal
J.W. Fulbright
Senate’ Foreign Relations Committee
Bonsal
Fidel Castro
United States
State Department
Idlewild
New York
U.S. Envoy to Cuba Recalled for Policy Review
Philip W. Bonsal, U.S. ambassador to Havana, is returning to Washington for an indefinite stay to brief Secretary of State Christian A. Herter on the rapidly worsening U.S. Cuban relations. He will report on possible changes in policy after arriving in New York City this afternoon aboard a National airline.
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Washington
UPI
Philip W. Bonsal
Havana
Christian A. Herter
Bonsal
Fidel Castro
New York City
Herter
U.S
Cuba
Quote Of Day Stirs Debate On Stevenson Nomination
SAN FRANCISCO James Farley once a king-maker of the Democrats says it would be a tragedy to renominate Adlai Stevenson as the party presidential candidate. He declares He has had his chance.
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San Francisco
James Farley
Democrats
Adlai’ Stevenson
Weather Summary for San Bernardino Valley
Most ly sunny with some cloudiness today and Sunday. Not much change in temperatures. High 68 today, low 48 tonight. January 23, 1960 reading. Tomorrow sunrise 6:52 am, sunset 5:11 pm. One year ago today high 78, low 39.
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San Bernardino Valley
Air Pollution Session Set for March Legislature
In Los Angeles the California Legislature plans a March special session to address air pollution. The Senate Public Health and Safety Committee heard a health standard defining carbon monoxide as part of smog, potentially altering auto industry research. Sen. Richard Richards proposed a Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Commission answerable to the governor within the Department of Public Health to regulate and staff the program.
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Los Angeles
API
State Senate Committee On Public Health and Safety
Ke Conan
Richard Richards
Department of Public Health
Richards
Bathyscaph Trieste reaches record seven mile dive
In the Marianas Trench off Guam the Navy bathyscaph Trieste plunged to 37,800 feet, surpassing its previous 24,000 foot record. Navy Lt. Don Walsh and Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard aboard reported a smooth descent and no difficulties as two ships, Lewis and Wandank, supported the mission.
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UPD
Marianas Trench
Guam
Pacific
Navy
Don Walsh
San Diego
Jacques Piccard
Trieste
Piccard
Auguste
Pacific Ocean
United States
Electronic Laboratory
Office of Naval Research
Walsh
I Piccard
Andreas B. Rechnitzer
Rechnitzer
Project Nekton
Lewis
Cmdr
Daniel L. Banks, Jr
Wandank
A.W. Colley
Scandal Forces Chicago Police Commissioner Out
Police Commissioner Timothy J. O’Connor resigned amid a ballooning scandal of theft within Chicago’s 10,000 officer force. Gov Stratton pressured Mayor Daley to act, while Daley cited illness as the official reason for resignation.
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Chicago
UPI
Timothy J. O'Connor
William G. ‘Stratton
Richard J. Daley
O'Connor
Daler
Illinois
L A Retail Prices Surge in Los Angeles December
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Los Angeles retail prices paid by consumers rose to an all time high in December reaching an index of 128.9 up 0.1 percent from November while national living costs fell by the same margin.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Prison Term For Tax Consultant
In Los Angeles a 39 year old Hollywood tax consultant was fined 3000 dollars and sentenced to 31 years in federal prison after a November jury conviction on 31 counts of income tax fraud. He allegedly prepared tax forms with fraudulent deductions and cashed refund checks, keeping funds from both the government and clients.
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Los Angeles
UPN
Hollywood
Gilbert
Rescuers Halt As Rockfall Encases 400 Miners
At Clydesdale Colliery in Coalbrook South Africa a new rockfall stopped rescue efforts for 400 to 500 miners entombed in a two mile gallery. Earlier 200 were freed and the second collapse trapped 3,000 tons of rock and coal blocking the passage. Officials said both African and six white miners were sealed in the gallery.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
UPI
Florida Citrus Escapes Frost As Wind Holds
United Press International reports a cold wave hit Florida and the eastern U S with lows reaching 19 in Gainesville and 36 in Miami. Smudge pots were lit to save winter vegetables while some Everglades crops suffered damage and fruit remains largely unscathed. Georgia eyed a low near 15 above zero as tourists sheltered indoors along the Gold Coast.
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Florida
United States
Mercury
Miami
Gainesville
Weather Bureau
Gold Coast
Palm Beach
Everglades
Warren Johnson
Lakeland
Georgia
Robbed Of Cash Mink Coat In LA Hold Up
Abe Minor a 51 year old cleaning shop operator told police he was robbed of 1065 dollars in cash and a mink coat valued at 2000 dollars after a gun man forced him into his car and drove to 19th Street and La Salle Avenue. A woman then followed and drove the getaway car.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Abe Minor
Minor
19Th Street
la Salle Avenue
Teachers Double Up Classes in Los Angeles Flu Outbreak
In Los Angeles many teachers were home ill with Asian flu forcing 700 classes to double up. Health officials hoped the two week epidemic, touching an estimated million residents, has peaked.
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Los Angeles
UPD
Sabotage Of Plane Still Probed
FBI probes whether Robert V Spears sabotaged a National Airlines flight that crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on November 16 killing 42. Spears sought to disappear to avoid abortion trial and provide for his family, using bomb making gear and a large life insurance policy for his wife. He persuaded a friend to ride in his place aboard the Tampa to New Orleans flight.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Robert V. Spears
FBI
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Spears
William Allen Taylor
Tampa
Fla
New Orleans
Taylor
Los Angeles
Donald A. Loomis
Fales, Verdes Estates
Loomis
Chessman Seeks Delays in San Quentin Case
San Francisco SPI Cary Chessman asked to be spared from the February 19 execution date at San Quentin. Attorney George T. Davis raised legal technicalities and contends the trial manuscript is inaccurate. Davis plans to seek a date for a full hearing on Chessman's latest appeal before Judge Louis E. Goodman.
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San Francisco
SPI
Cary
Chessman
Hiis
San Quentin
George T. Davis
Davis
U. S
Louis E. Goodman
Finch Faces Jail Regardless Of Innocence In Murder Trial
LAS ANGELES UPI Doctor and former tennis player Dr Bernard Finch stands accused in the July 18 wife slaying with a mid trial recess as prosecutors near finishing their case. He confessed to stealing two cars during flight and denies killing his wife while alleging a fake divorce plot. Carole Tregoff, 23, stands as his co defendant in the Las Vegas related matter.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finch
Carole
Fred N. Whichella
Cinsus
Charley
Arrrest
Las Vegas
Barbara Jean
Grant Cooper
Cooper
Dr. Finch
Accidentally Hangs Himself During Play in Back Yard
San Diego police reported 22 year old Mark Timothy Dale hanged himself Friday while near a guinea pig cage in the back yard. He reportedly stood on a box and wedged his head between the cage roof and a rafter. the box slipped, leaving him suspended. His father found him hanging when returning from work. a 15 year old sister had been watching him while his mother shopped.
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San Diego
UPI
Mark Timothy Dale
Francis
Rebecca Dale
Prime Minister Kishi Leaves Seattle After Talks
Nobusuke Kishi departed Seattle today returning to Japan. He said the mutual defense treaty he signed with the United States will be ratified by the Japanese Diet.
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Seattle
UPI
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
Kishi
United States
Labor Dept Committee Condemns Bracero Report
A 48 member farmers advisory committee condemned a consultants’ report urging tighter controls on Mexican bracero workers. The resolution, referring to Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, called the four man Thye commission findings biased and urged that the report not be used further.
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Washington
UPD
Labor Department
Farmers’ Advisory Committee
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Minnesota
Edward Thye
H. S. Casey Abbott
Avondale
Ariz
Court Orders Citrus Houses To Negotiate
The U S Court of Appeals ruled five Oxnard area lemon and citrus associations civilly in contempt for delaying labor contract negotiations with United Packing House Workers The decree of 1935 required bargaining with the union The associations delayed impeded negotiations after decertification petitions were filed and dismissed The court ordered immediate resumption of negotiations and posting notices, with reports of progress due within 90 days and the court retaining jurisdiction
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San Francisco
U.S. Court of Appeals
Oxnard
United Packing House
National Labor Relations Board
Asso ‘Ciations
NLRB
NERB
Carpenteria Lemon Assn
Seaboard Lemon Assn
Oxnard Citrus Assn
Somis Lemon Assn
Santa Clara Lemon Assn
Andrews Sisters Sued Over Back Taxes in 1949 53
The Andrews sisters musical trio from Los Angeles faced a federal suit Friday seeking 230424.22 in back taxes on earnings of Patricia La Verne and Maxene Andrews from 1949 to 1953.
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Los Angeles
UPN
Andrews Sisters
Patricia, la Verne
Maxene Andrews
GOP Plans Race Issue If Powell Is Blocked
Washington Democrats face renewed pressure as Republicans threaten to turn Powell’s bid for the Education and Labor chair into a racial fight. Powell, a Harlem minister under indictment for evasion, could assume the post by seniority, but Democratic leaders are wary amid internal splits over his leadership and attendance.
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Washington
UPL
House
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N. Y
Education & Labor Committee
Powell
Harlem
Graham
A. Barden
DX. C
New York City
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Ayres
Cleveland M. Bailey
Ed-W. Va
Eisenhower
Liberal Democrats
Explosion of Liquid Oxygen Harms Three Workers
An 1800 gallon liquid oxygen explosion at Dynamic Research plant injures three men. Florian Jankowski, 22, Culver City, is in critical condition at Daniel Freeman Hospital. Dean Sweeny, 29, Culver City, and Matthew Mika, 46, Santa Monica, are lightly hurt. Loss estimated at $200,000. tanks built for Convair Astronautics amid secret missile work. cause under investigation.
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Los Angeles
UPPD
Dynamic Research Plant
Richard Gomez
Gomez
Convair Astronautics
Florian R. Jankowski
Culver City
Landing Gear Fails to Lock Over Pittsburgh Runway
An Eastern Air Lines Super Connie with 32 aboard circled Pittsburgh’s airfield for 135 minutes after the nose landing gear failed to lock. Capt. Tom Davis and Pilot Marty Gould finally landed Flight 740 safely at 8:35 a.m. despite a partially extended nose gear and a snow-covered, foam-treated runway. Ground crews and crew members attempted to lock the gear from the baggage area with flashlights, but the system remained unresponsive.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Greater
Tom Davis
Marty Gould
Miami
Davis
Gould
Howard Schwartz
E.s.t
Presidential hopefuls set to speak at Democratic banquet
Washington UP I reports a parade of Democratic presidential hopefuls at the 1960 kickoff banquet, with seven names most often mentioned for the nomination. Adlai Stevenson will not attend, drawing comment on his lingering shadow candidacy as Truman, Kennedy, Humphrey, Johnson, Symington, Brown, Meyner, and Williams are listed among speakers.
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Washington
UPI
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paul Ziffren
California
Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Georgetown
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Sheraton Park Hotel
Kennedy
Humphrey
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Stuart Symington
Edmund G
Pat Brown
Calif
Robert B. Meyner
N.J
G. Mennen Williams
Gasoline Price War Hits Huntington Park Area
A sharp gasoline price war swept the southeast Los Angeles area with independent stations offering regular gas as low as 25.9 cents a gallon and premium as low as 24.9 to 25.9 cents. Major oil dealers in Huntington Park South Gate and Downey listed regular at 25.9 cents and Ethyl at 29.9 cents.
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Huntington Park
UPD
Los Angeles
South Gate
Downey
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