Wisconsin voters weigh futures in pivotal primary
Wisconsin's primary draws upwards of a million voters to allocate delegates for the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions. The race between Kennedy and Humphrey shapes not only delegate totals but the psychological outlook for the candidates amid religious issue debates and undecided voters.
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Massachusetts
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Feng
Humphrey
Milwaukee
Ken Humphrey
Calendar Overhaul Sparks Local Reactions And Letters
The town hears varied opinions on overhauling the calendar with residents offering theories and a grocery clerk issuing a March 32 receipt to Mrs Hollis Clewser. Richard Lancaster sends birthday wishes to Queen Elizabeth via Buckingham Palace noting corrections to a March 29 Star Q&A. The forecast: cloudy cooler weather through Wednesday with a rise in temperatures by Thursday and Friday and possible showers.
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Hollis Clewser
Richard Lancaster
Amherst St
Elizabeth
Prince Andrew
Buckingham Palace
Margaret Hay
Martha Harlan
Northwestern Grade
California
Workers Struggle to Stop Levee Breach on Mississippi River
Associated Press reports volunteers National Guardsmen and students battled to hold back floodwaters along the Mississippi at Meyer Illinois Gregory Landing Missouri and near Cedar City. Levee breaches threatened 20 000 to 30 000 acres as water topped levees and towns evacuated including Alexandria Canton and Corning amid rising rivers across the Midwest.
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Associated Press
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Missouri
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Meyer
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National
Gregory Landing
Iowa
Cedar City
Hannibal
Canton-Alexandria
Alexandria
Canton
Alabama
Florida
Midwest
Kansas
Elk Point
St. Joseph
Elwood
Corning
Cape Town Clashes as Negro Work Boycott Spreads
Troops and police battled hundreds of Africans resisting the stay at home order in Cape Town area. House to house raids and gunfire reported in Nyanga East. two killed and three wounded according to a priest call, with four wounded in another report. unrest extended near Durban and across South Africa as authorities push to end the boycott.
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South Africa
Nyanga East
Nyanga
Durban
Claremont
Jay
Convict Harry Parham Escapes Near Mt Weather
Police search for 18-year-old Harry Lee Parham who escaped from a road work site near Mt Weather at 8:30 AM. Parham, an eight-year robber from Portsmouth, is described as medium build, 5 foot 11, 157 pounds, brown eyes, black hair, tan outfit with number 76240.
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Berryville
Wade Blankenship
Mt. Weather Road
Harry Lee Parham
Portsmouth City
Camp 7
Oscar Night Producers Battle Strike Casts Pall Over Awards
The 32nd Academy Awards face a pall from a month old actors strike while NBC promises a glamorous telecast at 10 30 p m EST with an extra half hour if needed Forty nominees include Elizabeth Taylor Simone Signoret Audrey Hepburn Doris Day and Katharine Hepburn with Charlton Heston James Stewart and Jack Lemmon as top contenders Lemmon could become the first to win in both acting divisions if he takes the lead in the top award continued on page 2 col 3
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Nbc-Tv
Elizabeth Taylor
Simone Signoret
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Europe
Katharine Hep
Burn
Doris Day
Nomin
Paul Mini
Charlton Heston
James Stewart
Jack Lemmon
Lemmon
Laurence
Slightly Cooler Weather Seen For Election Day
Winchester voters face cooler conditions as they cast ballots for six City Council nominees in the Democratic primary. Four polling places open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. with mostly cloudy skies. First ward contenders are Hoye L. Riley Dr William F Schenck J Ben Cather and William M Battaille. Second ward includes Charles M Zuckerman Orville C Wine Geee Brid geforth Jr Carroll Gerald L Goodman and J Peakins.
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Winchester
Us Council
Boscawen St
Hoye L. Riley
William F. Schenck
J. Ben Cather
William M. Battaile
Charles M. Zuckerman
Orville C. Wine
Geee Bridgeforth, Jr
Carroll
Gerald L. Goodman
J. Peakins
Party Leaders Seek End to Civil Rights Senate Battle
Washington leaders push to finish the eight week fight over civil rights legislation. A compromise on a voting rights amendment was adopted, removing the need for public hearings by court appointed referees. leaders urged passage to avoid blocking other Senate business.
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Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Eco Su
Supreme Court Overturns NLRB Picketing Ban at O'Sullivan Plant
The Supreme Court voided an NLRB order barring United Rubber Workers from picketing the O'Sullivan Rubber plant in Winchester Washington. It ruled Taft Hartley does not stop peaceful picketing by a union seeking recognition despite not having majority support. The case grew from a 1956 strike and a disputed decertification election amid company hires and strikebreaker tensions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
United Rubber Workers
AFL - Cio
O’sullivan Rubber Corp
Winchester
Ward
NLRB
O'Sullivan
Elec
Virginia Toll Sees Fifteen More Names Added to Death List
Fifteen new fatalities raised Virginia highway toll for 1960 to 164 with eight deaths Saturday and six Sunday plus one reported later. Among the victims were five youths in a Carroll County crash on U S 52 near Galax, including Clyde Horton 17 Bobby Stockner 21 Bevis Hawks 25 Dorothy Sizemore 18 and Alice Sizemore 16. The car plunged down a 70-foot drop after careening across the road and a passing motorist found the wreck Sunday morning. A second fatality occurred when a car struck a person on Route 58 in Norfolk County and another died on Route 130 near Lynchburg.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Carroll County
U.S. 52
Galax
Clyde C., Horton
Bobby D. Stockner
Bevis Hawks
Fancy Gap
Dorothy Lee Sizemore
Alice
Bas
Hea
Norfolk County
Po Ly
Rt. 130
Lynchburg
Khrushchev Again Insists On Treaties
Premier Khrushchev repeated his demand for separate German peace treaties with East and West and urged a solution acceptable to Western powers. He linked talks with De Gaulle to the German issue and praised disarmament while acknowledging French Soviet differences.
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de Gaulle
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Inwischot
Secretary Herter urges Soviet move in arms talks turning point
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter urged Moscow to take the next step in East West disarmament talks. He said Eisenhower and Macmillan’s proposal on nuclear tests could yield a historic turning point in arms control. He rejected Khrushchev’s attacks on West Germany and urged Berlin and Germany as a whole be discussed in talks.
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Christian A. Herter
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Eisenhower
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
West Germany
Berlin
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