U.S. Readies Congo Evacuation via 24th Infantry Division
The Pentagon orders two companies of the U.S. 24th Infantry Division, about 200 men, on alert in Germany to evacuate Americans from Congo if needed. They are assembled at Furstenfeldbruck with C130 transports ready to fly to the new republic, a force familiar from the Lebanon crisis.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S. 24Th Infantry Division
Germany
Congo
Furstenfeldbruck
U.S. Tactical Air Command
New
African Republic
24Th
Lebanon
Congo Crisis Deepens as Troops Riot in Luluabourg and Stanleyville
Rebels terrorize whites in Luluabourg and Stanleyville as planes rush to evacuate Europeans. Belgian paratroops arrive to restore order while casualties rise with at least ten Europeans dead and many locals killed amid a large-scale Congo emergency.
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Leopoldville
Congo
United Nations
Ganshof van de Meershh
Robert M. Lindsay
the Congo
Luluabourg
Stanleyville
Euro
Belgium
Central Africa
Elisabethville
Katanga
Lower Congo
Congo River
Brazzaville
Preston Father Dragged to Death in Minnesota Crash
A 22 year old Preston Minnesota father Larry Johnson was dragged along a barbed wire fence after a car lost control on a county road six miles south west of Preston. Johnson’s brother Robert 17 suffered cuts and bruises as he reported the accident. The toll of Minnesota traffic rises to 305 for 1960 with nine deaths over the weekend.
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Preston
Minnesota
J. P. Nehring
Fillmore County
Larry Johnson
Johnson
Robert
Minneota
Minn
Marshall Hospital
Harold Lozenski
Donald Myrvik
Myrvik
Holdup Suspect Wounded After Car Chase in Minneapolis
A holdup suspect Luther D. Witte 26 of rural Jordan was wounded by a police bullet as he fled on foot after crashing his car during a North Minneapolis chase. He was taken to a hospital in poor condition with a thigh wound and had $47 found in his shirt. authorities tied him to a filling station robbery of 30 to 40 dollars.
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Bill Mark Walters
Warren
Minn
East Grand Forks
Susan C. Kockelman
Canby
Dawson
Melvin Bacon
Minneapolis
Luther D. Witte
Jordan
Douglas Levens
Jet Backwash Sends Ladder Into Window at Love Field
A jet airliner backwash hurled a 6 foot aluminum stepladder through a plate glass window in Love Field's terminal. Five people were treated for cuts and bruises and released. American Airlines said a Boeing 707, flight 22 to Chicago, was taxiing when the ladder was blown into the window.
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Dallas
Tex
Love Field
American Airlines
Chicago
Political paradox of century drives Kennedy and Johnson choice
Lawrence reports Kennedy leads in delegate strength yet many delegates would back Johnson if uncommitted. He cites long planning, heavy spending, and organization as Kennedy’s edge, while Johnson gains late groundswell. Unit rules and local bosses shape the nominating fight in 1960.
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Los Angeles
Sen
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon Johnson
Sen. Johnson
Johnson
Minnesota Delegation Backs Freeman for VP Nomination
Minnesota's Democratic delegation urged Gov. Orville Freeman for vice president and pledged 31 votes for Sen. Hubert Humphrey on the first ballot. Humphrey urged unity, criticized no one, and left open ahead with Stevenson or Kennedy. Lehman energized the crowd for Stevenson amid questions of the ticket’s balance.
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Minnesota
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
West Virginia
Freeman
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
New York
Herbert Lehman
Stevenson
Gunmen Take $3,000 From St. Paul Hotel
Two masked gunmen stole more than $3,000 from the Commodore Hotel in St. Paul after forcing Gladys Keber at the switchboard to the basement. The loot included $2,368 plus weekend receipts from the hotel bar and restaurant.
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ST. Paul
Commodore Hotel
Gladys Keber
Kennedy Likely to Win Early Nomination at Democratic Convention
Democratic National Convention opens with Sen. John F. Kennedy seen as a sure nominee for the party. Adlai Stevenson contemplates a Cabinet post, while Symington backers weigh concessions. Johnson could back Kennedy if needed, with Brown backing Kennedy and a potential independent delegation.
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Kennedy
Nixon
Jack Bell
Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Symington Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Stevenson
Nikita
Cuba
California
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
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Sioux Falls
M.D
Elizabeth King
Ponsford
Arnold Handy
Detroit Lakes
Lorraine Nelson
Cannon Falls
Harry Qualle
Helen Hoy
Christ Anderson
Duluth
Martin E. Flom
Eveleth
Fitzgerald Hospital
Nab Holdup
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Lumumba
Yanga
French Congo
Lawrence
By David Lawrence
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Pennsylvania
Claude Swanson
Virginia
N. Y
Pat McNulty
Orville L. Freeman
Lehman
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Cleveland
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