Nixon Rockefeller Pact reshapes GOP platform
Chicago reports a Nixon Rockefeller agreement calms platform fights as GOP writers rework planks. The civil rights section gains with support for sit ins and aggressive action, while the medical care financing and private insurance options are framed to fit a sound fiscal base. The eight hour New York meeting set the stage for final approval at the convention.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Joseph F. Carlino
New York
Nixon
Rockefeller
Carlino
Eisenhower
South
Los Angeles
Payroll check incident prompts Wyoming inquiry
Mrs. Corneli Leach of Rock Springs sent a payroll check for 11.09 drawn on Clearbrook Box and Lumber Co. to Norman Harman. the worn check dated May 23, 1947 was found in a Wyoming field during a dog walk. Bruce Green of Mountain Falls notes a ship name error in dispatches about the USS Colet collision. Messages also mention Job's Tears blooming questions, Carter Davis winning a safety award, and a misaddressed letter to Mr and Mrs Ernest Grayson of Winchester Va.
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Corneli Leach
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Clearbrook Box and Rumber Co
Norman Harman
Harman
Bruce Green
Mountain Falls
Colet
Town Crier
West U S Forest Fires Consume Vast Acreage and Lives
A massive fire wave scorched over 200000 acres across the western states with thousands fighting the blazes. Five people died, including a bomber crewman, as fires raged in California Oregon Idaho Montana and beyond with millions in damage and firefighting costs.
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California
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
British Columbia
Angeles National Forest
Magic Mountain
San Simeon Castle
William Randolph Hearst
Paso Robles
San Francisco
Montana
Paul Cannon
Montana National Guard
Helena
Lewistown
Idaho City
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Seven Die in Lennox House Fire Raged Through Night
AP report from Los Angeles states seven people including Dorothy Blair 30 and her five children Betty Jo 11 Jean 9 Hugh 7 Lucky 5 and Delbert Stack 28 died in a Lennox area fire. Stack found in living room while Blair and four children lay in a bedroom. Fire officials suspect a cigarette started the blaze and firemen kept spread to nearby homes.
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Los Angeles
Lennox
Dorothy Blair
Delbert Stack
Stack
Hugh
Lucky
Mary Lou
Winter Wall
George M
U S Faces Opposition Over Early U N Disarmament Meeting
United States seeks an early August session of the U N Disarmament Commission led by Henry Cabot Lodge. diplomats doubt any date before late August, citing need for government consults. Padilla Nervo consults members as Eisenhower signals plans and Britain backs a general disarmament framework.
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United States
U.N
Padilla Nervo
Geneva
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Britain
Canada
France
Italy
Eisenhower
Newport
R. 1
Boy Drowns In Creek Near Arlington
Arlington authorities report 9 year old Calvin Mullins drowned after becoming wedged between concrete slabs while swimming with friends in a creek beside the city. The incident occurred in Arlington as rescue efforts were undertaken by bystanders and police.
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Arlington
Calvin Mullins
Here
Enjoy Your Sunday Dinner at Shirkey's House of Good Food
Shirkey's Restaurant serves a special Sunday dinner menu from 11 am to 9 pm. The ad highlights the long running "The House of Good Food" branding and the date 1p-1-28-16.
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Shirkey’s
House of Good Food
U S Promises To Expose as Lie Soviet Charges
U S officials led by Henry Cabot Lodge pledged to prove Soviet charges false after a U S RB47 reconnaissance plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. The UN Security Council met at Kuznetsov request to condemn alleged U S aggressive acts and call for end to such actions.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations Security Council
Lodge
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Kuznetsov
Andrei A. Gromyko
Brize Norton
England
John Richard McKone
Tonganoxie
Kan
Freeman B. Olmstead
Elmira
Wing 55
McKone
Olmstead
CIA Chief Dulles Briefs Kennedy in Hyannisport Meeting
Allen W. Dulles arrives at Hyannisport Mass to give Sen. John F. Kennedy a secret briefing on foreign policy from the government view. He declines details, says timing depends on Kennedy, and may stay over the weekend. Eisenhower says top secret briefings are in the national interest for nominees and running mates.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Sen
John F. Kennedy
Dulles
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Closing Notice Announces July 25 to August 13 Closure
Paul’s Radio & TV Center posts a closing notice for a multi day shutdown from July 25 through August 13. The notice also notes the cancellation of a sale of William H. Jenkins, with W. E. Edwards acting as trustee.
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Paul’s Radio & TV Center
William H. Jenkins
W. E. Edwards
Washington to serve as page at Republican Convention
Washington will fly to Chicago to be a page at the Republican Convention opening Monday. Terretta, a UNC political science major and daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Terretta of South Washington Street, is photographed for the Star.
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Washington
Chicago
Miss Terretta
The
University of North Carolina
Paul Terretta
S. Washington St
Congo Premier Seeks U S Aid Amid Congo Crisis
Premier Patrice Lumumba flies to the United States to attract American capital and technical aid while he and Dag Hammarskjold assess the Congo crisis. Katanga declares independence. Belgian forces clash with mutineers. UN plans Belgian pullout and Congo stability efforts amid competing foreign interests.
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United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
United States
Congo
Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
U.N
New York
Leopoldville
America
Soviet Union
East Germany
Katanga
Red China To Buy Cuban Sugar In Currency Barter Pact
Havana reports Communist China will sign a pact to purchase about 500000 tons of Cuban sugar under the 20 percent cash and 80 percent barter terms used with the Soviet Union. Cuba will supply oil and cotton in exchange for sugar minerals and fruit, with a total value near 70 million dollars. A Chinese trade delegation has been in Havana negotiating the agreement.
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Havana
China
Soviet Union
Cuba
Festival Queen Injured in Italy Auto Crash
Yvonne Mendonca Queen Shenandoah XXXIII was injured in a serious automobile accident in Rovigo Hospital Rovigo Italy. A letter from Mrs Pembroke Grove says she would like to hear from friends she loved in Winchester. Yvonne and a friend were touring Europe this summer.
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Yvonne Mendonca
Italy
Pembroke Grove
Yvonne
Winchester
Rovigo Hospital
Rovigo
Europe
Bear Dance Wildest Since Salome Shed Seventh Veil
Trent Italy AP bears near this Alpine town caused a scene by raiding a camp and consuming wine and sausage. Prof Peter Krott notes the animals’ behavior as onlookers describe a remarkable display of mischief and revelry by the two bears, including lifting and tasting wine.
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Salome
Trent
Italy
Peter Krott
Lares
Genoa
Charleston
Long Seeks Seat in Congress in Louisiana
Earl K. Long, former governor and lieutenant governor candidate, runs in the 8th Congressional District to unseat U S Representative Harold B McSween. In this Democratic state nomination is pivotal and a runoff may follow if no candidate secures a majority. Ben F Holt is the third rival in the race.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Washington
Long
8Th
U.S
Harold B. McSween
Ben F. Holt
FBI Reclaims 140000 Stolen From Transpacific Jet
The FBI recovered 140000 dollars stolen from a Pan American jet in San Francisco. Two airline employees, Michael Pagano and Robert McGarry, were arrested on theft and related charges after the money was found in bags under shrubbery near the airport. The currency was sent from Dao Heng Bank in Hong Kong to Crocker Anglo Bank in San Francisco. The plane had stopped in Tokyo and Honolulu en route to the West Coast.
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San Francisco
FBI
San Carlos
Michael Pagano
San Mateo
Calif
Robert Michael McGarry
San Jose
San Francisco International Airport
Richard D. Auerbach
Dao Heng Bank of
Hong Kong
Crocker-Anglo Bank of
Tokyo
Honolulu
West Coast
Auerbach
McGarry
Pagano
Crisman Cleaners
Friendship Fire Co
Surprise Meeting Shifts GOP Platform Plans in Chicago
In Chicago a surprise Nixon Rockefeller pact reshapes GOP platform color for the convention. The move fuels talk Rockefeller may bow out while stirring hopes for a Nixon Rockefeller ticket against Kennedy Johnson. Goldwater protests dictate terms. Dixie members push for a strong civil rights plank.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Nixon
Herbert Klein
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Dixie
Platform Committee
Crane
Husband Reports Wife Kidnapped by Gunmen in Great Neck
Leonard Rothkrug, 32, told police two men abducted his wife Nancy, 23, from their Harbor Hills home after shooting him in the face. A salesman found Rothkrug bound and injured at 9:30 a.m. with the couple’s car missing. the two children were found crying in the house. The residence is valued around $100,000.
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Great Neck
N.Y
Leonard Rothkrug
Shorecliff Rd
Harbor Hills
North Shore Hospital
Nancy
Rothkrug
Rothkrag
Rothkrags
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