Rockfall Destroys Niagara Falls Plant
A massive rockfall at the Schoellkopf hydroelectric station in Niagara Falls swept a worker to death and left two sections ruined. About 300,000 kilowatts of capacity were wiped out, with power lost across the area and a multi-million dollar damage estimate.
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Schoellkopf
Niagara Gorge
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Rainbow Bridge
N. C. PB
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Richard A. Draper
Lewiston
Draper
American Falls
Prospect Point
Niagara Mohawk
Twining Seeks to Outsmart Reds in Moscow Visit
Air Force Chief Nathan F. Twining heads to Moscow June 24 under presidential order. The 58 year old general, fluent in eight languages and famed for calm silence, aims to guard air secrets despite inter service feuding at the Pentagon. He began in the Army infantry before joining the Air Force and logged 1444 flying hours before jets.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Twining
Pentagon
Ike
Army Infantry
Air Force
Weekenditis Coming Up Weekenditis Coming Up
A light hearted note promotes weekend motivation with Minnie advising anti dote for weekenditis. Sarasota forecast predicts mostly fair weather through Saturday with scattered afternoon showers and temperatures around the mid to upper 80s, cooler nights in the 60s.
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Sarasota
N.N.W
Strike Ends Near as Machinists Vote on Pact
Negotiators reach terms to settle 16 week strike by 11 000 machinists against Republic Aviation on Long Island. Union members vote on ratification tomorrow.
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New York
Republic Aviation Corp
Long Island
Ike Suffers Stomach Upset Not Worried By Doctor
Boston news: Dr. Paul Dudley White, Eisenhower’s heart specialist, says he is not alarmed by the President’s upset stomach and headache. White has not been contacted by the White House and declined to comment on any link to the former heart attack.
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Ike
Boston
Ins
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
White House
Beloa
White
Washington
Dr. White
Denver
Murray Snyder
Gettysburg
Bob Hope
Studying Red Arms Plea to Cut Global Military Threat
Soviet Premier Bulganin urged President Eisenhower to reduce armed forces and military spending by one million two hundred thousand men and corresponding arms cuts. Dulles rejected the plan, saying U S interests would not be served by such reductions.
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Washington
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Russia
Bulganin
United States
State Dulles
Fruit fly inspection broadens on west coast area
The notice summarizes that fruit fly inspection expands across the west coast region with further details promised on page 9. Also mentions a school board contract for high school electrical system upgrades and a report on 8000 youngsters starting summer holidays, plus a convention of stamp collectors and a birthday banquet photo feature in Women’s Pages. Cincinnati Redlegs lead NL in a story on page 10.
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West Coast
Collins Recall Rights Upheld Legislature Due For Mid-July Session
Florida Supreme Court ruled Gov. Collins can call a special session during the extraordinary reapportionment session layoff. He plans a mid July session to fund fruit fly controls and address segregation and other matters as deadlock over redistricting continues. Both chambers recessed until Monday with new call required if session resumes after the election.
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Tallahassee
Florida
Florida Supreme Court
Collins
Legis
House
Supreme Court
Senate
AFL-CIO Grants Power to Probe Union Racketeering
The AFL-CIO Executive Council empowered its Ethical Practices Committee to conduct a full-scale investigation of racketeering within unions. The panel, led by Al Hayes, will hold early hearings and review Senate findings on welfare fund misspending at Laundry Workers Union and financial irregularities in Distillery Workers and Allied Industrial Workers unions. Meany is to meet with 19 former AFL building trades presidents by June 15.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Ethical Practices Committee
White House
Eisenhower
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor
al Hayes
The
Machinists Union
Aflcic
Senate
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Laundry Workers
Distillery Workers and Allied Industrial Workers
AFL Auto Workers
Meany
AFL
Five Thousand Dollar Damage Suit Over Parking Lot Accident
A $5,000 damage suit was filed in Circuit Court over an October 5, 1955 accident in a supermarket parking lot. Plaintiff William H. Andrews represents his child William Harvey Andrews against driver Henry A. Antonius.
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William H. Andrews
William Harvey Andrews
Henry A. Antonius
Eisenhower Taken To Walter Reed After Ileitis Diagnosis
President Eisenhower will be transported by ambulance to Walter Reed Army Hospital after being diagnosed with ileitis. He had an upset stomach and headache, canceled appointments, and a note from his physician that there is no heart issue.
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Washington
INS
White House
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Howard McC. Snyder
Executive Mansion
James C. Hagerty
Gen. Snyder
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G. O. Shepherd
Inside the News
Bee Ridge
Sarasotan
Cincinnati Redlegs
Ean Fruit Fly
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