Formosa Crisis Eases as US weighs Force Reductions
Washington signals possible downsizing of the Seventh Fleet in the Formosa area after China extended the Quemoy cease-fire. Secretary Dulles and Defense officials caution that withdrawal hinges on Communist moves, while Chiang Kai-shek resists curtailing Nationalist forces and allied reactions loom.
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Formosa Strait
Red
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Neil H. McElroy
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U.S
U.S. Formosa
China
Red China Coast
Chiang Kai-shek
Air Force Eyes Lunar Orbit Hope After Pioneer Flight
In Inglewood California the Air Force signals readiness to retry placing an instrument package into lunar orbit after Pioneer's 84 pound capsule orbited 79 120 miles. Maj Gen Bernard Schreiver said an orbit around the moon could come soon and the result boosts prospects for manned spaceflight. Pioneer’s data showed radiation peaks between 5 000 and 6 000 miles with tapering beyond, and researchers caution that any crewed mission must involve careful shielding and design.
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Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Pioneer
Earth
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Space
Gen. Schriever
Cape Canaveral
Fla
England
Hawaii
Singapore
Florida
Ruben
Mettler
Moon probe Pioneer ends high altitude flight
The Pioneer lunar probe launched from Cape Canaveral plunged back into the atmosphere near 11 p.m. Sunday over the south Pacific after reaching a record 79,120 miles. The Air Force said it collected valuable data including radiation and magnetic field measurements and achieved the fastest speed of a man made vehicle at over 23,450 mph. President Eisenhower hailed the achievement for mankind’s knowledge.
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Space
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Cease Fire Extended as Nationalists Replenish Quemoys
The Chinese Nationalists increased supply landings on Quemoy as Red China extended the cease fire from one week to three weeks. Peiping cited the extension to observe the other side while aiding their nationals, saying the move would help all Chinese and harm only the Americans.
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Peiping
Warsaw
United States
Pope Pius XII Buried in St Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City crowds of up to 50 000 waited outside as the burial of Pope Pius XII began. Interment services were closed to the public but televised in Italy and Europe for the first time. Traffic jams and mass attendance disrupted Rome with police deployed across Vatican and city streets.
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Pius XII
Italy
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St. Peter's Square
160 Witnesses To Be Called In Nazi Guard Murder Trial
Two former SS guards Gustav Sorge and Wilhelm Schubert go on trial in Germany accused of murdering about 11 000 people at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Prosecution calls 160 witnesses detailing killings of churchmen Jews and MPs and 10 000 Russian POWs. They face life imprisonment if convicted. Soviet court in 1947 condemned them to life and they were repatriated after Siberian imprisonment.
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Siberian
Vorkuta
Germany
GM strike fallout slows 1959 auto production nationwide
Over 100 local GM strikes keep plant activity low as Chrysler ends walkouts in Detroit and Evansville. Only Ford free of strikes as UAW approves a three year wage pattern while GM locals stay out for local issues. Idle workers total about 8,500 across key sites like Twinsburg stamping plant.
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General Motors
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Evansville
Ind
Twinsburg
Ohio
Ford
UAW
Mansfield Republican picks Burns for 17th District
Lawrence Burns 48 of Coshocton is chosen by the Republican Central Committee to run for the U S House in the 17th District. He succeeds the late J Harry McGregor who died last week during his campaign. Burns faces Democrat Robert W Levering of Mount Vernon in the November 4 election.
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Lawrence Burns
Coshocton
U. S
House of Representatives
Republican Central Committee
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Burns
Robert W. Levering
Mount Vernon
Berlin Sectors Pay Homage To Pope
Western and Communist dignitaries in divided Berlin attended a pontifical requiem mass on the East West border at St Sebastian Church honoring Pope Pius XII. Bishop Julius Doepfner praised the late pope for caring for oppressed Catholics in East Europe as representatives from East and West Germany and allied nations listened.
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Berlin
Pius XII
Sumatra Town Taken by Government Troops
Jakarta Reuters report says government forces captured the strategic town of Muarabun go in Central Sumatra from rebels. Army information chief announced the result today.
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Jakarta
Muarabungo
Sumatra
Explosion at Atlanta Temple Triggers Wide Probe
A massive dynamite blast at The Temple on Peachtree Road in Atlanta caused about 200000 dollars in damage but left no injuries. The Pre dawn explosion marked a major federal and local investigation and followed a series of Jewish center bombings across the South since mid March. Debris covered a 150 yard area as the attackers fled into darkness.
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Georgia
Hebrew Benevolent Congregation
Peachtree Rd
South
Ex Premier Cousin Victim of Beirut Sniper
Wahid Solh, cousin of former Premier Sami Solh and a Ministry of General Planning official, was shot and killed by a sniper while driving in downtown Beirut. The city faced ongoing political crisis with Chamoun loyalists pressing for Karami's resignation or a coalition cabinet as rival factions exchanged gunfire and intimidation.
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Lebanon
Wahid Solh
Sami Solh
Solh
Ministry of General Planning
Fuad Chehab
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Phalangist
Phalangists
Rashid Karami
Negotiators Try Again In Three Cincinnati GM Plants
Negotiators plan another attempt today to reach a contract accord in a UAW strike against three Greater Cincinnati GM plants. GM and the union had agreed on a new general pact 11 days earlier, but local issues over seniority and job classification keep the strike at the Norwood Chevrolet and Fisher Body pits and Hamilton Fisher Plant.
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United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chevrolet
Fisher
Norwood
Hamilton
Anticold Vaccine Study Begins at Notre Dame
In South Bend Indiana a one year anticold vaccine study starts with about 2600 Notre Dame students lining up for vaccinations. Roughly two thirds receive a vaccine containing multiple virus strains for upper respiratory infections while the rest receive a sterile solution as the control group.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Need for Steel Drives Republic to Expand Cleveland Plant
Republic Steel Corp plans to raise production in Cleveland citing the need for more iron and steel, especially for the auto industry, to meet rising demand.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Alcatraz Escape Ends in Death in San Francisco Bay
The body of Aaron Walter Burgett of Potts Camp Mississippi was found in San Francisco Bay after a failed escape from Alcatraz on September 29. He wore a plastic water wing bag, a plywood shin fin, and carried a knife. Clyde Johnson was recaptured after Burgett failed to swim free. Authorities believe Ralph Coe and Theodore Cole may have drowned.
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Alcatraz
Aaron Walter Burgett
Potts Camp
Miss
Lyndon M. Cropper
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Paul J. Madigan
Ralph Coe
Theodore Cole
Burgett
Mississippi
Harold Miller
Clyde Johnson
Miller
Johnson
Ohio and West Virginia Weather Forecast Highlights
Ohio tonight and Tuesday will be fair with a rise in temperatures. Highs near 70 today and 74 Tuesday. lows around 48. West Virginia sees fair weather south and increasing cloudiness north with a low of 35 to 40, mountain freezing in places. A five day forecast notes above normal temperatures by 7 to 10 degrees, with normal highs 64 to 67 and lows 42 to 45, showers Friday or Saturday bringing up to half an inch near Lake Erie.
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West Virginia
Lake Erie
Water rat causes canal breach near Crewe
A water rat burrowed through the canal embankment near Crewe, England. The bank caved in creating a 40 foot gap that drained seven miles of canal, washed away about a million fish, and carved a 200 foot gorge in a nearby field. Sixty workers with bulldozers will shift 30,000 tons of soil over three weeks in a repair estimated at 10,000 pounds.
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Crewe
England
Des Moines man Hopkins 102 dies, oldest Freemason
William Oliver Hopkins age 102, long esteemed member of the Freemasons, died Sunday at his home in Runnels near Des Moines. Survived by relatives and longtime lodge colleagues, his obituary notes his record as the world’s oldest Masonic member.
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Des Moines
William Oliver Hopkins
Order of Freemasonry
Runnels
Prominent Art Historian Max Friedlaender Dies at 91
Amsterdam notes the death of Max J. Friedlaender, internationally renowned German-born art historian, who passed away Saturday at age 91. He made significant contributions to art scholarship and curatorial work.
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Amsterdam
Max J. Friedlaender
60 Students Start Classes In Littl Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas a private day program opens for about 60 students at Westover Hills Presbyterian Church and Second Baptist Church amid a public school shutdown. Rural schools agree to take 71 more Little Rock students but warn they cannot absorb more. Gov Faubus has ordered the closure of the city high schools, affecting thousands of students.
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Littl Rock
Little Rock
Ark
Westover Hills Presbyterian Church
Second Baptist Church
Orval E. Faubus
Workers approve GM Moraine contracts in union vote
About 2,400 members of United Auto Workers Local 696 voted overwhelmingly to ratify both the local and national contracts at General Motors Moraine Products Division, said local president Tom Stewart.
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Dayton
United Auto Workers Local 696
General Motors’ Moraine Products Division
Tom Stewart
Air Force Grounds 230 C123 Cargo Planes
The Air Force grounded all 230 C123 troop cargo planes after a fatal Idaho crash near Payette killed 19. The order, issued by the Air Materiel Command at Wright Patterson, followed reports of fuel system issues since October 8. The crash killed Air Force crew linked to the Thunderbirds and two civilians from an aviation company.
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Air Force
Idaho
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
AMC
Payette
Mission Board Seeks Funds Amid Church Location Woes
The 21st biennial United Lutheran Church in America convention faces a debt of eight million dollars for a three year program costing 24.35 million. Inflation and rising land costs strain offerings as more than 300 congregations meet in nontraditional spaces, forcing limits on new churches in 1959 60. Reverend Donald L. Houser notes the location policy favors prominent sites, worsening the shortage.
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United Lutheran Church In America
Board OF American Missions
Donald L. Houser
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