Francis Powers Life and the U 2 Pilot Story Emerges
A serialized profile from Grundy Virginia recounts Francis Powers, a Grundy High School standout who became a U 2 pilot. It notes his shy upbringing, love of hiking, early mischief, and strong family ties as analysts discuss his integrity and the high stakes surrounding his capture by the Russians.
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Francis
Coast Guard
Milligan
Jenkins
Grundy
Francis Powers
Virginia
Nathan Hale
Grundy High
Javold
Harmon
Ripple
Cpl
Ed Dickenson
UPI
Crackers Neck
Pracher
Powers
Mary Meade Ini
John T. Holland
Oime
Grundy High School
Thelthe Baptist Church
Yoike
Francis Gary Powers
Billy
William Witt
Ins
Air Force
Kennedy and Symington Attack Nixon U2 Policy in L A
United States Senate hopefuls Kennedy Symington and Johnson criticized Vice President Nixon and the Eisenhower U2 stance at a California fundraiser. Kennedy argued for tougher stance amid U2 controversy while Symington warned policy changes are needed to avoid U.S. becoming a second class nation. Johnson avoided naming Khrushchev or discussing U2 while praising unity against division.
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Los Angeles
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Harry Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Menton
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Cear
U.S
Johnson
Kennedy
Symington
California
Edmund G. Brown
Victor
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Missouri
Paris
Air Force tightens spending on golf courses and morale projects
Congress probes Air Force use of tax funds for a nine hole golf course at Offutt AFB Nebraska with enlisted labor valued at 5250. Chairman Melvin Price questions GI assignments to build the course while the Air Force defends legality. Also reports on sugar quota talks and equal time for TV in the 1960 campaign.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
House
Armed Services
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
Melvin Price
Ottutt
Sugar Charman
W Hareld
Pasternak Rumored to Hold $1 Million in Royalties
Reported royalties from Doctor Zhivago total about $1 million, with Boris Pasternak dying outside Moscow before collecting. The British Collins agency said Britain’s royalties reached 6444.00, while sales in the United States and Italy also reflected strong demand for the banned novel.
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London
UPD
Boris Pasternak
Italy
Haneft
Ulation
Zhivago
Pasternak
Moscow
London Daily Telegraph
Collins
Russia
United States
Britain
Feltrinelli
The Chronicle Telegram pricing notice 1940
The Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co lists subscription rates for The Chronicle Telegram published in Elyria Ohio. Prices show local rate 15.06 and out of county 17.00 per year with mail delivery via Artes Carrier.
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Lorain County Printing & Publishing Co
East Ave
Elyria
Ohio
Lorain
Telegraph Strike Called Off After Two Year Pact Reached
Washington reports management and union negotiators halted a nationwide Western Union strike by agreeing to a two year contract. The deal includes a 21 cent per hour wage and benefits increase after 17 hours of talks.
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Washington
UPT
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
American Communications Assn
E.d.f
Pee
Twin bugged eagle at Moscow embassy echoed earlier case
A British diplomat recounted a second bugged eagle at the U S ambassador’s Moscow residence, mirroring a prior incident tied to a carved great seal gift. Officials searched a crawl space and found wires leading to the desk. State Department has no record of the earlier incident.
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Washington
UPI
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
U.S
Russia
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Lodge
United States
Averell Hammar
Davies
State Department
Louisiana Plans Oil-Rights Fight
Louisiana vows to keep contesting for gulf oil royalties after the Supreme Court awarded coastal oil rights to Florida and Texas. The state faces a potential loss of funds in escrow and a projected federal transfer by June 30, impacting a possible budget surplus.
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Louisiana
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Alabama
Mississippi
United States
Florida
Texas
High Court
Ana
John M
Harlan
U.S. Interior Department
Federal Treasury
Uncle Sam
Map battle to keep air service in four cities
Four Ohio cities New Philadelphia Zanesville and Maben will argue at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing in Columbus on July 14 for continuation of Lake Central Airlines service. They risk losing service under the CAB minimum passenger rule. Ohio will join urging continued Lake Central service started in 1953.
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Columbus
APS
Philadelphia
Tives
Lake Central
C. E. A. Brown
Ohio Division of Aviation
Brown
Zanesville
Youngstown
New Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brom
Port Columbus
Joseph L. Fitzmaurice
Indianapolis
Gary
Richmond
Bloomington
State of
Indiana
Midwest
Dot
Khrushchev targets Nixon in American election talk
UPI reports Khrushchev questions Eisenhower Nixon factor in U.S. presidential politics. He would prefer a tougher successor, while American editors and Communist outlets frame Nixon as a central figure in looming campaigns. The piece notes Nixon’s past Moscow exchanges and the Worker's attack on Eisenhower Nixon tandem.
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Washington
UPI
Nikita 5
Khrushchev
Mr. K
Eisenshower
White House
U. S
The
Worker
Eisenhower Land Nixon
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Herbert H. Lehman
Eleanor ‘Roosevelt
Nixon
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Illegal private shops in Moscow sell religious articles
The Evening Moscow reports underground shops producing ihons crosses and other religious objects for private profit run by criminals or people without visible means of support. A Paris sign warns passengers to avoid carrying tickets in the mouth for hygiene.
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Evening Moscow
Moscow
Paris
Washington
Charles O. Porter
Dore
U. S
Porter
Haiti
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Cuba
Senate Commerce Committee
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Pas- Iternak
England
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Dacha
the Chronicle-Telegram
Kansas Turnpike
Lawrence
Barbara Moore
Kansas National
Ilas-See
New York
Henry Purcell
North Brunswick
N. d
Nikita
UFI
Edward A. Wilson
U.S.A
Fargo N. D
Polie Force
Manuel Ruaum
Myrtle Sweet
Boston Pops Orchestra
Princeton Theological Seminary
J. Robert Nelson
Vandermil University
Divinity School
Arthur Wiesenberger & CO
N. Y
Federal Re
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Kentucky
Union
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U. S. Navy
James Lawrence
Chesapeake
John Masefield
Leslie Howard
Mexco
Buford Ellington
Nashville
Capitol
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Driscol Music
Associated Insurance Company
Ohio Corporation
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Elyria Savings & Trust
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