Richest Man in Mexico Is Early Yankee Peddler
Mexico City profile of William Oscar Jenkins, 85, a Tennessee native who arrived in 1901 and built a fortune estimated at 200 to 300 million dollars. He survived bandits, revolutions, and kidnapping, funding mills, banks, light industry, and major road projects while staying private and relying on his adopted son Guillermo Jenkins Jr.
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Mexico City
Mexico
William Oscar Jenkins
Jenkins
Tennessee
Horatio Alger
Richard Harding Davis
Guillermo
William) Jenkins Jr
Jenkins Himseef
Puebla
Aguascalientes
Zapata
Zapatistas
Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
U.S
United States
Queretaro
Peabla
Mary Street
Elizabeth
Margaret
Jane
Mary
Martha
Los Angeles
Calif
Acapulco
Chopper Pilot Rescues Navy Crew In Strait of Juan de Fuca
Coast Guard Commander Dave Gershowitz piloted a rescue in heavy fuel-loaded helicopter conditions. He saved three Navy airmen from a ditched chopper near Port Angeles after locating oil slicks and crash helmets. The 28 minute rescue earned him the Air Medal and highlighted his long aviation career from World War II patrols to modern helicopter rescues.
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Seattle
Dave Gershowitz
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Gershowitz
Robert H. Wheeler
J. W. Gillihan
Wheeler
Gillihan
Ediz Hook
Port Angeles
Oak Harbor Naval Station
Strait
Puget Sound
Oak Harbor
N.Y
Coast Guard
Floyd Bennett Field
Long Island
Adenauer urges European unity to evolve with U S
Chancellor Adenauer argues that German French friendship is key to European peace and a model for political union. He says the Franco German treaty ends centuries of conflict and strengthens NATO unity while stressing calm, pragmatic steps toward a broader European community.
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Adenauer
DE Gaulle
Paris
U.S
Germany
France
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
Federal Republic
Europe
Kennedy
Bonn
Community of Free Nations
Royal China Goes to South African Buyers
In Capetown a private sale of royal china, withdrawn after South Africa became a republic in 1961, drew cabinet ministers, MPs and officials. The Queen approved the sale on private terms. thousands of pieces were distributed to museums across the country.
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Capetown
South Africa
Britain
Republic
London
Union
Race Strife Seen In Colleges Sparking National Debate
Detroit AP reports NEA delegates heard W H Ferry of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara say the nationwide race issue reflects higher education failure. He warned an education system focused on careers lacks practical wisdom for collective needs and called the American college a bad investment.
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Detroit
National Education Association
NEA
W. H. Ferry
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Santa Barbara
Calif
Ferry
Cometry
American College
Col Lege
Israel to Tighten Security Under New Leader
Israel’s new prime minister Levi Eshkol told the Knesset his main goal is to strengthen state security. He inherits a centrist coalition and vows to pursue Ben-Gurion era policies, boosting armed forces and defense funding while wary of Arab unity.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Knesset
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
What Congress Would Do If Bomb Dropped at Capitol
Rep. Charles E. Chamberlain questioned Capitol civil defense plans after siren blasts. He pressed J. George Stewart, architect of the Capitol, on shelter capacity and authority to stock tunnels and basements for 35,617 people with supplies, noting lack of clear approval.
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Congress
Washington
Rep
Charles E. Chamberlain
Michigan Republican
Capitol
Chamberlain
Director of Civil Defense
J. George Stewart
Stewart
Armed Services
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WERE
Monument Shoes
Bennington
North Bennington Road
By G.K. Hodenfield
New York
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