Magic Box Saves Life After Heart Surgery
Glenda Beeson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johu Beeson, underwent open heart surgery at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas. After 47 minutes of artificial circulation and 20 minutes without a heartbeat, a Pacemaker the size of two cigarette packs, powered by a mercury battery, was implanted to maintain a healthy rhythm. The device attaches to the heart and under-skin plate, enabling doctors to control the heartbeat without pain.
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Associated Press
Glenda Beeson
Children's Medical Center
Dallas
Alice Sittig
Glenda
Johu Beeson
Weather notes from Amarillo station 1959 report
Amorphous weather log records Amarillo skies clear and winds light on 1959 day 70 of 80 with readings at 3 pm Saturday. Prior reports from Houston Pallas Okla City show clear and partly cloudy conditions under west winds.
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Amarillo
Houston
Pallas
Okla
City
Loch Ness Monster sparks Scots anger over Italian claim
Inverness residents defend the legend as Francesco Gasparini admits he invented the tale in 1933. Witnesses recount sightings dating to 1919 and 1950 while locals mock the assertion as a publicity bid.
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Inverness
Scotland
Francesco Gasparini
John MacGillivray
Gasparini
Summit Talks Fell At Chiefs Parley
Governor Daniel defended his budget balancing plan amid House opposition over a general sales tax. He said lobbyists pressuring for tax hikes block his program to retire the deficit and will broadcast Sunday to urge Texans to choose sides. Reps. Roberts and Strickland challenged his claims and tax proposals as teachers and senior funding drew protests.
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Dave Cheavens
Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Wesley Roberts
Lamesa
R. L. Strickland
San Antonio
Rob
Erts
Strickland
Roberts
Roberts and Strickland Are Co
Ike and Macmillan Agree on Summit Talks for Summer
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reached a plan in Maryland to offer a summit conference with Russia this summer while ruling out disengagement of West forces in Central Europe. They moved closer on the summit issue though disagreements remain over unconditional offers to Khrushchev.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Russia
Europe
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Macmillan
Thompson Sees Best Domestic Oil Situation in Years
Gen. Ernest O. Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission argues imports are now held by mandatory control, creating balanced supply and a bright outlook. He notes a 4 percent higher demand over 1958 and predicts record exploratory well development under national controls.
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Daily News
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Thompson
Tibetans Rebel Against Chinese Authorities In Lhasa
Thousands of Tibetans clashed with Chinese troops in Lhasa as artillery and automatic weapons were used to quell the uprising. Reports say about 300000 Tibetans were in arms and the Dalai Lama's fate remained unknown amid claims of his seizure or death.
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India
UPD
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Himalayas
Hungary
Dalai Lama
Khamba
Peiping
Potala
Autonomous Region
Spring Arrives With Mixed Welcome Across Regions
United Press International reports a varied first day of spring as warm Atlantic and New York conditions contrast with blizzard remnants in the midwest and Great Lakes. bitter cold hits Fraser Colorado and western New York faces a snow threat as Florida experiences floods worries and livestock losses are assessed.
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United Press International
Plains
Great Lakes
Midlands
New Mexico
TV Schedule Highlights for KGNC Network
The station lists evening programs including Colorcast Unchained Goddess at 5 p.m. Steven Allen Show at 6 30 p.m. and The Chevy Show at 8 p.m. Readers can tune in for entertainment and variety programming on KGNC.
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Kgnc-Tv
Steven Allen
Chevy
Untitled schedule fragment shows daily sunset times
A fragmentary timetable lists daily times from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. with min yesterday and year ago markers and a sunset at 7:00 p.m. The readable parts indicate a repeating daily schedule or almanac style timing notes.
McElroy Signals Ground Troops Possible in Europe War
Defense Secretary McElroy told the House committee that the United States would fight with everything it has, including ground troops, if war breaks out in Europe. The remarks were made in a closed session while addressing questions about NATO defense and Eisenhower’s remarks on nuclear and ground forces.
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Washington
UPI
Neil H. McElroy
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Europe
McElroy
House
Eisenhower
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
NATO
Berlin
West Berlin
Hays
U. S
General Electric Defines Feedback Control System
A GE computer department release in Phoenix defines a feedback control system as the feeding back of information about output to the input to ensure the input produces the desired output.
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Phoenix
Ariz
General Electric
Prestige at Home and the Macmillan Khrushchev Summit Accord
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan won Eisenhower's agreement to a summit with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, making a summit by August likely and boosting Macmillan's political position. The issue of German unification remains central. Macmillan believes Khrushchev will dominate Soviet negotiations, shaping Britain's stance in future talks.
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Gettysburg
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Summit prospects and British elections in 1960
The article discusses Prime Minister Macmillan weighing a fall election in Britain and a possible summit with Eisenhower. U S officials say Eisenhower seeks advance talks to justify a meeting, while he fears a failed summit harming East West tensions and wants to preserve the Geneva foreign ministers conference starting May 11. Continued on Net Page.
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Britain
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Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
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United States
France
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