Congo Crisis Turns On Lumumba Threats And UN Efforts
In Leopoldville Premier Lumumba warns of Soviet help if Belgian troops stay, while UN forces under General Carl von Horn seek talks with Congo officials. Congo Senate shuns Lumumba’s ultimatum, Belgian calls for arms embargo, and violence rises as mutinous troops clash and workers stay home.
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Brussels
Pierre Wigg
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Ghana
GOP Platform Drafting Under Way in Chicago Sessions
Republicans began drafting the 1960 platform with 109 members meeting in Chicago as Thruston B. Morton urged a pledge to build a better America and avoid a Democratic-era Eden. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller attended to share views and be watched for political implications.
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America
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Thruston Morton
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U.S. Senate
John F. Kennedy
Castro denounces US aid plan as half-billion bribery
In Havana Fidel Castro attacked a new US aid initiative for Latin America as a half-billion-dollar bribery to sway Latin nations. He criticized potential Security Council moves favoring the United States and warned against Catholic clergy aiding counterrevolution. Castro defended Soviet aid and called the Monroe Doctrine ancient and corrupt.
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Blunt Soviet Warning On Cuba At United Nations
The Soviet Union warned the United States not to touch Cuba saying other nations have might. Arkady Sobolev said the USSR would defeat U S efforts to topple Fidel Castro via economic means and opposed transferring the case to the OAS. He accused the US of trying an economic blockade to curtail Cuba’s sovereign rights. The debate touched broader U S Latin American interference claims.
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Sobolev
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Castro
U S Orders Reds Release Two Crewmen
The United States formally demands release of two American RB47 crew members held by the Soviet Union after a July 1 downing. The protest notes illegality and seeks UN Security Council inquiry and access for U S Embassy staff to survivors. Three crewmen remain unaccounted for.
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F. B. Olmstead
Plans Ready For Briefing For Kennedy And Johnson
President Eisenhower has completed basic arrangements for Senators John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to receive confidential national security information for their exclusive personal knowledge. The two camps agreed this would not restrict full and free foreign policy discussion in the campaign.
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Panama Rejects Sugar Quota Increase Suggestion
The Panama government rejected a suggestion to cancel an increase in its sugar export quota to the United States. The decision signals continued quota expansion despite debate over trade policy with Washington.
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Ikeda Shifts Japan Toward West in First News Conference
New Japanese premier Hayato Ikeda rejected neutrality and pledged Western alignment. He criticized Kishi’s treaty tactics, proposed interparty talks with the Socialist opposition, and urged normal Red China ties and cultural exchange while facing a Kyushu Miike coal mine labor dispute between Sokyo and Zengakuren.
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Nobusuke Kishi
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Eisenhower to Meet Aide Team on Soviet Propaganda
President Eisenhower and top advisers convene to address Soviet propaganda attacks and plan a U N Security Council response. Key topics include Kremlin propaganda, U S Air Force actions, Congo instability, and Cuba under Fidel Castro amid tension with Washington.
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Browns Trade Ninowski to Lions for Long and Draft Pick
Cleveland Browns ship quarterback Ninowski to Detroit for linebacker Bob Long and a high draft choice. The move reshapes both franchises as the Lions add a veteran passer to their roster.
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Bob Long
Reading For The Family On The Inside Pages
County fair premium list appears in a special 24 page section. Sections mention Athens County to combine in road resurfacing and sewer bond issue heading to Middleport voters. Dwight Diller named Green Principal while BOE notes scattered updates.
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Fiske Sentenced to Long Terms in Lancaster Case
Nelsonville man junior A. Fiske, 33, received 330 years in Lancaster Common Pleas Court for grand larceny, carrying a concealed weapon, and explosives. Accomplice Helen Bryan, 20, of Dorr Run, to be sentenced later.
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Lancaster
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Greendale
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Magic of the river captivates graduate and wife
A 23 year old Ohio University graduate and his wife embrace river life on the Ohio aboard a 15 foot pole boat named Athenian Crave Spring after nearly five weeks of travel. The couple from Cleveland stopped briefly near Louis across from Cairo Illinois as they journey toward the river’s end.
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Huck Finns Paddle On Up the Ohio to Hannibal
Huck Finns paddler Spreng heads toward Hannibal Missouri covering 1200 river miles from Athens Ohio. He began June 15 on the Hocking to the Ohio confluence. Penny Spreng joins at Gallipolis. she plans to stop in Cincinnati. He reports seven pounds gained and sketches for watercolors. With 35 days onboard and one dog Lord Duncan of Harrison, he now uses sail on some legs and averages five miles daily. Food is canned and concentrated liquids with occasional meals from Ohio Valley residents. He offers no firm completion date and now expects longer than the two and a half months originally planned.
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