Convention in Los Angeles: Kennedy victory seen amid mixed views
Star reports from San Francisco describe the 1960 Democratic National Convention in California as routine yet the host city shocks with vast sprawl, high costs, and rapid growth. It notes Kennedy's delegate strength, Stevenson’s weakness, and McCarthy’s appeal to some, set against Los Angeles' traffic and friendly people.
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Los Angeles
Frank Gannett
Virginia
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Yesteryear
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Johnson
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senator Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
Minnesota
Stevenson
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Shenandoah Valley
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Rockingham
Page
Warren
Augusta
Rappahannock
Rockbridge
Los Angeles County
Food Prices Push Living Costs Higher
The cost of living rose one fifth of a percent in June reaching a new high for the fourth straight month. Food prices mainly fresh fruits and pork drove the rise while gasoline also helped push the CPI to 126.5 relative to the 1947-49 average. The index shows dollar buying power down over 1 percent year over year. About 600,000 workers will gain wage boosts under escalator contracts with increases averaging two cents an hour for General Electric workers and one cent for Sylvania Electric Douglas Aircraft and McDonnell Aircraft staff.
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Washington
Labor Department
General Electric Co
Sylvania Electric
Douglas Aircraft
McDonnell Aircraft
Apple Blossom Festival dates sought by Winchester visitors
The Apple Blossom Festival headquarters requests the 1961 spring dates for the celebration. A motel owner explains guests, including an Ohio couple and their engaged son, want the wedding date to align with the festival. Nearby notes mention local car use, a blocked driveway play area, and a baby ditty service move. Attendants at Shenandoah Downs prepare lounges with eight headache remedies and smelling salts for winners.
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Hugo Kieffer
Ohio
Winchester
Shenandoah
Shifflett Sentenced Four Years in Manslaughter Case
Emory Lee Shifflett of Stephens City drew a four year penitentiary term after a Frederick Circuit Court jury found him guilty of two counts of involuntary manslaughter. The defense argued the bus warning light was inoperative and a car pulled into his path. the court noted no legal requirement for the light to be working.
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Emory Lee Shifflett
Stephens City
Frederick
Lynn Lucas
Elliott Marshall
Shifflett
Campbell
Joyce
Marshall
Commonwealth
Charles Herrell
James A. Whittington
W.B. Stuart Co
Soviet diplomat ordered out of U S for espionage
The United States ordered the immediate expulsion of Petr Y. Ezhov a Soviet Embassy third secretary for engaging in espionage including paying for aerial photographs of American cities The FBI had watched him for months and evidence linked him to another diplomat in similar intelligence work Ezhov's actions violated regulations restricting photography of intelligence targets by foreigners
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Washington
United States
Petr Y. Ezhov
State Department
Ezhov
Department
Nikita Khrushchev
United States Navy
Moscow
Lincoln White
Soviet Union
Rees Pleads Innocent to Kidnap Murder
Melvin Davis Rees Jr. pleaded innocent in a federal hearing to charges of kidnapping and murdering a Virginia mother and daughter. The 31 year old spoke briefly, judge set two weeks for motions, and the defense will decide jury or bench trial as hearings continue.
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Baltimore
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Virginia
Rees
R. Dorsey Watkins
Ame
U. S
Watkins
Fires Rage Across West Prompt Massive Disaster Declarations
Hundreds of fires from British Columbia to Mexico devastate watersheds and homes as Interior Department officials call it the worst blaze period in 30 years. Arson is investigated in Idaho with FBI help. Idaho officials seek federal disaster recognition while Los Angeles County declares a disaster.
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British Columbia
Mexico
Pacific
Rockies
Interior Department
Canadian
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Eisenhower
Floyd Iverson
Ogden
Utah
Boise Ceart
Howard Ig
Lumumba says Soviet aid no longer needed in Congo
Premier Patrice Lumumba told reporters in Leopoldville that the Soviet military aid is no longer required as United Nations actions and Dag Hammarskjold push Belgium to withdraw its troops. He called Belgium a friend, urged Belgian ambassador removal, and planned a United Nations trip aboard a plane provided by Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
United Nations
New York
Council
Belgium
Lumumba
Soviet Union
Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
Kamina
Kitona
Kwame Nkrumaha
Ghana
Nixon campaign plans said to be most widespread ever
Vice President Richard M. Nixon aims the most intensive campaign in history if he wins the Republican nomination. Sen. Hugh Scott reports preparations include August and September speeches and major appearances, with possible running mates like Nelson Rockefeller, Thruston Morton, or Henry Cabot Lodge under consideration.
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Nixon
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Taft
The
Henry Cabot Lodge
Scott
Robert A. Taft
Lodge
U. N
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Alaska
Detroit
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ott
Rockefeller
Sen
Thruston
United States Freighter Stopped by Soviet Patrol Vessel
The Ocean Era, a 10,370 ton wheat carrier bound from Portland to Inchon, was halted July 7 by an armed Soviet patrol vessel about 350 miles from the Kurile Islands in the North Pacific. Captain J J Ruskin of the Bronx reported the incident in a letter to his wife Naomi.
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New York
North Pacific
Soviet Kurile Islands
Ocean Era
Portland
Ore
J. J. Ruskin
The
Bronx
Naomi
Great reductions on ladies summer wear in local sales
Attention ladies announces large discounts on entire stock of summer blouses skirts sportswear from Bell Clothes of Winchester and Poca hontas Coal and Esso Fuel Oil via A C Slonaker son. sale signups list page references 1p 7-20 22 26 29 4t 1p 7-19 4t and 1p T 31 2t.
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Pocahontas Coal
Esso Fuel Oil
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Bell Clothes
Winchester
Try Our Broiled Swordfish Steak at Howard Johnson's
A restaurant note promotes the broiled swordfish steak at Howard Johnson's located near the George Washington Hotel. The brief item highlights a seafood entrée available to diners in the venue.
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Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
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