Elizabeth May Swanscott Heads Bainbridge High School Class
Eliz abeth May Swanscott led the entire graduating class as valedictorian at Bainbridge High School with her father Rev Lew Swanscott delivering remarks at the back of the hall. Helen V. Rose received an honorary degree from Emerson College during the same ceremony. A theft report notes jewelry valued at $3,000 was stolen from a Te aisioon residence. Baker sville NC Mrs Hattie McKinney Pitman 92 died Saturday leaving direct descendants 10 children 82 grandchildren 120 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
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Florida Legislature Gears Up For Short Special Session
Tallahassee faces a tight two day rest before a special session on reapportionment. Senate leads redistricting efforts aiming for a compromise that satisfies Gov. Collins, with House likely to follow as they prepare to work through a 72 hour limit. Cost pegged around 16500 daily. Governor Collins defers specifics, leaving the plan to the legislature.
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Ford and UAW reach historic guaranteed wage pact
Detroit Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers announce a landmark guaranteed wage plan and contract terms to halt walkouts that froze 68,000 of Ford's 140,000 workers nationwide. Reuther hails the package as the largest economic agreement yet, boosting pensions and hospital-medical benefits and setting a pattern for the industry.
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Woman rescues goldfish. car crashes into parked vehicle
Mrs Rose Bryant of Great Falls said she reached for a goldfish that flipped from its bowl while turning a corner, saved the fish, but her car struck a parked auto. Damages exceeded 300 dollars to Bryant’s vehicle.
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Thomas Mann Celebrates 80th Birthday in Kilchberg
German born author Thomas Mann marks his 80th birthday at Kilchberg Switzerland with his wife Katja and close friends. The Nobel Prize winner intends to begin work soon on a new full length novel the second part of his Felix Krull Life Story of an Impostor. Mann and Katja settled in Switzerland after 15 years in the United States and gaining American citizenship.
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Eisenhower Returns to West Point for D-Day Anniversary
President Eisenhower and his 1915 West Point classmates marked the 11th Normandy anniversary with a memorial service, alumni luncheon, cadet corps review, and graduation parade at the United States Military Academy. He plans to deliver the commencement address to 469 new second lieutenants, broadcast nationwide.
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Japan Korea Tension Eases Amid Diplomatic Assurance
A Tokyo government source says Japan will not sign any official pact with North Korea, easing tensions with the Republic of Korea. In Seoul, about 30,000 South Korean schoolchildren protested with anti-Japanese signs last week.
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Russia, Four Bloc Nations Endorse Tito Pact
Moscow’s leaders returned to the capital with Belgrade’s “active coexistence” accord backed by Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Romania. Molotov and top officials greeted Khrushchev Bulganin and Mikoyan as they visited Sofia and Bucharest en route home. The communique named hopes for closer cooperation with Yugoslavia to advance peace and socialist aims.
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Britain’s Eden appeal fails to end nine day railway strike
Prime Minister Eden urged strikers to return to work in a nationwide broadcast but railway and dock unions rejected the plea. Leaders faulted his figures as 7,000 trains run daily and essential services, including food and power, press on while 20,000 dock workers walk out halting nearly 200 freighters and delaying transatlantic passenger traffic.
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Labor denounces forced labor as atrocity
U S Secretary of Labor James P Mitchell denounces Communist forced labor as an atrocity and calls for vigorous action by the International Labor Organization in Geneva.
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Rebels surrender as government forces advance in South Vietnam
In Saigon government sources report Hoa Hao rebels surrendering by the hundreds under pressure from Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's army as military operations continue in South Viet Nam.
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Steel union seeks substantial wage hike in six firm talks
U.S. Steel Corp. faces the start of wage negotiations with CIO United Steelworkers led by David J. McDonald aiming for a substantial rise. The union plans to press Big Steel first, then press five other major producers, with a potential 10 to 15 cent limit after bargaining.
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American Sergeant Arrested by Czech Border Guards
WAIDHAUS Germany border police report the arrest of an American sergeant by Czech frontier guards near the border while sightseeing. The sergeant allegedly stepped into Czech territory to take a photo and was quickly detained, then seen being taken toward the interior in an army truck.
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Reds Trail In Sicily In Regional Elections
Premier Mario Scelba's Christian Democrats lead the Communists by almost two to one in Sicily's regional assembly returns. With 390 of 4,201 sections counted CD 68,043 and Communists 36,793, Nenni’s Socialists fall far back. US influence fueled anti-communist sentiment among island voters.
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Big Four Conference Plotting July Geneva Meeting
The United States and Western allies agreed to a Geneva summit July 18 to 21 with Eisenhower and the leaders of Britain France and Russia. Russia has signaled in principle to attend and will receive the formal proposal this week after Moscow had favored Vienna.
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Feather Bed Promise Sparks Midnight Switch Tale
A host assures guests of comfort with a feather bed but a guest wakes at two in the morning and asks his companion Dick to swap places, claiming it is his time to be on the feather. The unusual exchange centers on a sleeping arrangement among room mates.
Accidents Kill 8 Over Weekend
The weekend in Florida saw at least eight people die in accidents including a deadly fire in Orlando. Four children from the Roundtree home perished when a porch blaze swept through their two story house. investigators sought the fire’s cause.
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Orlando
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Summer Rains Due Bring Clouds and Showers
In Sarasota there is a forecast for clear to partly cloudy skies with a chance of scattered thundershowers tomorrow afternoon and moderate south winds. Florida expects similar conditions through Tuesday with some showers in extreme south and northwest regions, highs 85 to 92, lows 62 to 76, and a light rainfall tally.
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