Philippines blend greets Eisenhower on Asia tour
Manila reports a vivid blend of Latin America and the Orient in the Philippines, the only former U.S. colony in Asia. President Eisenhower will begin his Asian trip Tuesday, with ties to the United States still close after 45 years of American flag rule and 1916 independence. The country lies near Red China, Formosa, and Indonesia, spanning a thousand miles with 7,000 islands, 1,000 inhabited.
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Khrushchev Backed On Coexistence Policy Clash
Washington AP dispatch says Khrushchev appears to prevail at home among Soviet scholars who deem Pravda’s defense of peaceful coexistence a sign he will stick to negotiation. They caution full evaluation will take time and note the piece targets left wing critics like Mao Zedong within the Communist camp.
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India
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Employment for May Sees Large Rise in Jobs
Washington AP report shows a million job gain in May lifting civilian employment to 67,208,000 while unemployment drops to 3,459,000. The rate sits at 4.9 percent as factory jobs fall 45,000 though nonfarm payrolls rise to 53,100,000. Credit to farming and outdoor work with 14 million more employed than a year ago. Long-term unemployed fall by 300,000 to about 900,000. Colon Michigan known for magicians gear industry.
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Labor Department
Department
Woodpeckers Target Poles as Humbug Theory Spreads
On Chokoloskee Island Florida utilities replace creosoted wooden poles with concrete after pileated woodpeckers drill holes through poles and hollow out the cores. Reverend Tom Wells proposes the humbug theory, saying the birds hear wire hum and seek bugs in poles.
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Rea Everglades
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