Political chiefs arrive in D C for Congress session
Senators and congressmen prepare to return to Washington for a session aimed at finishing House passed bills before Labor Day. Vice President Nixon leads a high level lineup with Kennedy Johnson Morton and Jackson in the Senate as Republicans and Democrats debate pace and policy. Nixon cautions against donnybrook while urging responsible action and civil rights initiative. Kennedy returns from Hyannis Port to join meetings ahead of August 15 opening.
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Richard M. Nixon
Hawaii
Seattle
Wash
Senate
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Johnson
House
Congress
Kennedy
Washington
Hyannis Port
Newport
R.C
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N
New York City
Democratic ‘N Xtional Committee’ Nationalities Division
Mic
G. Mennen Willams
Bids Invited for Virginia Highway Projects
Sealed bids for numerous road and bridge projects in Smyth, Powhatan, Amelia, Dickenson, Smyth, Louisa, Orange, Nelson, Pittsylvania, Alleghany, Frederick, Washington, James City, Fairfax, and Buchanan counties will be received in Richmond until 10 am Eastern Standard time on August 31, 1960. Plans and specs are on file at the Richmond and district offices. bid bonds and guaranties required. the Commission may reject or waive proposals as deemed in the state's interest.
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Department of Highways
Central Highway Office
E. Broad St
Richmond
Smyth
Ager
Powhatan
Amelia
W. Georges Fork
Louisa
Orange
N. Anna River
Nelson
S. T
C 501
Pittsylvania
Son
E. Danville
Alleghany
Frederick
Pave
Winchester
Washington
Valley Institute
Fairfax
Marion
W. Rt
Va. Department of Highways
Va. Dept. of Highways
Commission
Child Found Chained to Bed in Texas Home
A six year old boy was found chained to an iron bed in his Austin area home. Sheriff Lang said the child claimed he had been chained all his life while parents gave conflicting stories insisting the restraint lasted four months and two months respectively. The boy was placed in county juvenile care awaiting state ward decision.
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Austin
Tex
T. C. Lang
County Juvenile Home
Ex Miss USA Denies Son Mistreatment
Hollywood details Leona Gage, the brief Miss USA, pleads innocent to endangering a child life. The case stems from a report by her mother in law about her five year old son David Ennis. She has since remarried and remains free on $500 bail awaiting trial.
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Hollywood
Calif
Leona Gage
David Ennis
Air Force
Gene Ennis
Las Vegas
Nev
Ennis
Nicholas Covacevich
Virginia resort hosts ASA gathering with 1500 attendees
A Virginia forest resort features a 175 foot swimming pool in the foreground with a volleyball court, a dining hall, and motel units up the mountainside. Parking areas are laid out to accommodate about 1,500 ASA members gathered this week. Pilot H. P. Dusty Rhodes and photographer Charlie Tait were on site for official coverage.
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Cially
ASA
H. P
Dusty’ Rhodes
Evening Star
Charlie Tait
Scientists Find Petrified Tracks Of Giant Reptile
Norwegian scientists on Spitsbergen uncover petrified tracks in the Arctic archipelago. Paleontologists believe the marks may be from an iguanodon, a large herbivorous dinosaur that roamed millions of years ago.
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Osso
Norway
Artic Archipelago
Spitsbergen
NSA agents vanish in Havana mystery tied to two sailors
NSA officials confirm two longtime friends Mitchell and Martin, NSA employees in their late twenties, failed to return from leave and traveled from Eureka and Ellensburg to Mexico City then Havana. Family members question the Castro regime link while noting prior travels and Mitchell's psychiatric treatment. Both men served four years in the Navy and worked at NSA earning about 8500 dollars yearly.
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Havana
Eureka
Calif
Mitchell
Pentagon
Red Territory
Emery
Bennon
Martin
Ellensburg, Wash
John Martin
U.S
Mexico City
Washington
Ellensburg
Mexico
Cuba
NSA
Navy
Stanford University
University of Washington
University of Illinois
Richmond Henrico Consolidation Nears City-Henrico Pact
Richmond and Henrico County move toward a city county merger with a three member advisory panel to draft a consolidation plan. If agreed, the merged area would rank among the nation’s largest by area and population. approval depends on forthcoming votes.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Henrico
New York
Los Angeles
Horace Edwards
Claude Woodward
Public safety incident involves Black couple in Chattanooga
A young Black couple Ezell Tibbs Jr. 20 and Rosalyn Reed 16 were confronted by two white youths, one masked, injuring Tibbs and Reed in separate locations near a ridge. Police filed reports as the night unfolded with earlier accusations of a separate assault near by.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ezell Tibbs Jr
Rosalyn Reed
Presbyterian Women Elect Virginia Leader at Synodical
Mrs R K M Patterson of Richmond was chosen as president of Virginia Presbyterian women at the Synodical of Virginia three day meeting in Massanetta Springs attended by more than 700.
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Massanetta Springs
Virginia
R. K. M. Patterson
Richmond
Owner Gets Newer Model After Cement Incident
Joe Nelson to receive a 1948 car replacement after Bob Porter dumped six tons of cement into Nelsons car as a prank. The cement company will display the car with a sign We pour cement anywhere while Porter faces a company talk from his boss Ronnie Stewart, who financed the peace plan.
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Denver
Colo
Joe Nelson
Bob Porter
Joe
Bob
Nelson
Porter
Ronnie Stewart
Three Jailed On Rape Charge in Henry County
Three men from the Bassett area of Henry county have been lodged in Patrick County jail at Stuart on rape charges. Warrant names Benny Turner 24 Lindsay Turner 21 and William Hall 27. The Turners are brothers.
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Martinsville
Bassett
Henry County
Patrick County
Stuart
Benny Turner
Lindsay Turner
William Hall
Turners
Supreme Court Justice Frankfurter's Austrian Birth Noted
Article notes Felix Frankfurter, prominent Supreme Court Justice, was born in Austria and later became a key U.S. legal figure. The piece highlights his immigrant background and rise to national prominence.
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Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Austria
Fire Claims Five Lives In Shirley West Virginia
A predawn blaze in Shirley Tyler County West Virginia killed a teen aged girl and four children who were asleep in one room of the Ferrebee home. Victims include Walter 9 Dorma 8 Janet Dotson 4 Billie Dotson 1 Marybelle Wadsworth 19 visiting from West Union. Mrs Dotson sustained minor burns and firefighters battled the blaze as relatives cried for help.
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Middlebourne
W.va
Shirley
Tyler County
Bert Ferrebee
Ferrebee
Walter
Dorma
Janet Dotson
Billie Dotson
Marybelle Wadsworth
Dotson
Miss Wadsworth
West Union
Daisy Dotson
East Liverpool
Ohio
West Virginia
Youth Drowns in Copper Creek Near Gate City
Charles Elmer Hammonds 19 of Gate City drowned in Copper Creek yesterday. Passersby witnessed the tragedy and recovered the body.
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Gate City
Charles Elmer Hammonds
Copper Creek
Here
Cardinal Spellman Calls Communism Most Dangerous Since 1939
Francis Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York, labeled communism the most dangerous since 1939 during the World Eucharistic Congress in Munich. He warned of a clash between freedom and slavery and cited crises from Cuba to the Congo as signs of looming threats to world freedom.
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Munich
Germany
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Cuba
Latin America
East Germany
Barents Sea
China
Congo
Soviet Russia
Hawaii Campaign for Statehood Began in 1903
The effort to make Hawaii a U S state started in 1903, five years after Hawaii became an organized U S possession. The move reflected early territorial politics and the push for full integration into the United States.
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Hawaii
United States
Chilean President Thanks U S for Earthquake Aid
Chilean President praises spontaneous and large-hearted generosity and sympathy from Americans who rushed relief to Chile after the earthquake. He sends a letter to Dr. R Norris Wilson head of Church World Service relief arm of the National Council of Churches.
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Chile
New York
R. Norris Wilson
Church World Service
National Council of Churches
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