Questions and Answers on Congo's Background
A notes style Q and A from AP probes Congo's crisis after Lumumba's death. Answers from Lynn Heinzerling Max Harre and William L Ryan discuss lumumba's fate Katanga secession and UN actions. The piece outlines regional tensions Congo government, Gizenga, Adoula, Tshombe, and Hammarskjold's death shaping UN intervention.
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Congo
Lynn Heinzerling
Africa
Max Harre
pe ‘United_ Nations
William L. Ryan
Women’s Heel Taps Cause Ferry and Stairway Woes
In New York the loss of small metal tips from women’s spike heels disrupts Staten Island ferry riders and moving stairways. Commissioner Vincent A. G. O’Conner noted the Department of Marine and Aviation would save about $50 weekly if tips remained attached and devices functioned smoothly.
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New York
Staten Island
Department of Marine and Aviaion
Vincent A. G. O'Conner
SMU Founder Blanton Dies At 95 In Dallas
Jeptha W. Blanton Sr longtime SMU founder’s commission member dies at 95 in Dallas. Funeral at Oak Lawn Methodist Church Friday at 11 am. He led an insurance firm Blanton Thomas & Co remained active until illness. Survived by widow, son J W Blanton Jr and daughter Julia McIver, four grandchildren, one great grandchild.
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SMU
Blanton
Dallas
Jeptha W. Blanton Sr
Southern Methodist University
Oak Lawn Methodist Church
Blanton, Thomas & Co
Bell Buckle, Tenn
Gainesville
North Texas
Daling
J W. Blanton Jr
Julia McIver
Delias
Grea
Congo independence and crisis in the United Nations
Background on the Congo's path to independence, tribal divisions and Katanga secession, UN involvement and military aid, Lumumba and Kasavubu rivalries, Soviet bloc pressure, and Hammarskjold's stance as the Congo became a Cold War flashpoint. Key figures Patrice Lumumba Joseph Kasavubu Motse Tshombe Albert Kalonji and Dag Hammarskjold.
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Africa
Congo
National Congo Movement
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Katanga
Motse Tshombe
Lumumba
Kasai
Albert Kalonji
United Nations
Leopoldville
Belgium
Security Council
U.N
Tshombe
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
Baluba
Kalonji
Hammarskjold
Katangan
Cotmcil
Ghana
Guinea
United Arab Republic
Khrushchev
Escheatable Property Take Totals $2 Million in Escheat
State Treasurer Jesse James said $2,141,806 in escheatable property was collected by a new escheat division from 378 companies under the escheat bill adopted in the last Legislature. The largest payments came from Gulf Oil Corp. $272,977, Houston Power & Light Co. $158,333, Teras Power & Light Co. 3101.54, and the state treasury $103,065, with dormant funds held more than seven years.
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Austin (Ap
Jesse James
Bank
Gulf Oil Corp
Houston Power & Light Co
Teras Power & Light Co
James
Treasury
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Gizenga
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Ident Kasavubat
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Ami
Acende
United States
U.S
Fed
Wrong
Oruan
World Organization
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Burma
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Thant
Theshombe
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France
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Penney’s
Penney's
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