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Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1959

Page

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Security Council to Meet Over Laos Crisis This Weekend

The United Nations moved to convene a Security Council session on Sunday or Monday to consider Laos request for an emergency force against alleged North Vietnamese aggression. Laos charged the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam with backing attacks on Laotian frontier posts Muong Het and Nieng Kho, while the U.S. and Britain weighed responses and Laos reinforced Sam Neua with airlifted troops as Pathet Lao forces mass in the north. Brig. Gen. Soukhavong Amkha reported main Lao troops approaching Sam Neua from Mounghet and Xieng Kho, with two skirmishes recorded Friday. The council president for the month is Ambassador Egidio Ortona of Italy.

United Nations N.Y Dag Hammarskjold U.N. Security Council Laos U.N North Viet Nam Hammarskjold Rio de Janeiro New York Egidio Ortona Italy Khamphan Panya Ho Chi Minh Brazil Soviet Union General Assembly Uy Council Assembly Muong Het Nieng Kho Sam Neua Soukhavong Amkha Pathet Lao Mounghet Xieng Kho

No Laos Aid From SEATO Is Indicated

Washington AP reports SEATO diplomats met at the State Department for a half hour to discuss the Laos crisis. An exchange of views occurred with little detail on U S positions at the UN Security Council where Laos aid was being considered. SEATO members include the United States Britain France Pakistan Thailand Australia New Zealand and the Philippines. A SEATO foreign ministers meeting was planned for later this month. There was noted friendly Washington sentiment toward Laos despite ongoing aid concerns.

U.S State Department Uo Washington United States Laos London Britain U.N Washington Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Douglas Dillon Lincoln White SEATO Southeast Asia United Nations White U.N. Security Council France Pakistan Thailand Australia New Zealand Philippines

The Art of Advancing From the Brink in Cold War Diplomacy

The piece argues that ceremonial Eisenhower Khrushchev visits mark a new diplomatic approach after Berlin and disarmament impasses. It warns against overreliance on historical analogies, notes dangers of misperceptions, and stresses the unprecedented nuclear brinkmanship shaping policy.

Eisenhower-Khrushchev

Senate Upholds Eisenhower Housing Veto Amid Tight Margin

The Senate rejected a bid to override President Eisenhower’s veto of a billion-dollar housing bill by a 58 to 36 vote. The veto, Eisenhower’s 145th, remains unbroken. The measure faced a two thirds hurdle, falling short by five votes.

Washington Eisenhower Senate UFI Lisenhower John Sparkman Ala A. Willis Robertson Senate Banking and Currency Homer Capehart

Nuclear tensions rise as Peiping trip looms aftermath of housing veto

The report notes Premier Khrushchev and Mao plan a four day conference in Peiping with talks to follow a U.S. veto on a major housing bill. Eisenhower’s veto complicates crisis diplomacy as Sparkman warns no housing bill this year. Khrushchev signals possible UN Security Council meeting to address Mideast crisis.

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Khrushchev previews Moscow talks with Eisenhower

Khrushchev told Poland's Premier Jozef Cyrankiewicz and officials at a reception opening the Polish industrial exhibition in Moscow that his aim is to keep Red China’s Communist government fully informed of his talks with President Eisenhower. This will be his second visit to Moscow.

Red China Eisenhower Khrushchev Poland Jozef Cyrankiewicz Polh Moscow

Baseball Scores From the Spots Pages

American League detail shows Detroit 9 Kansas City 3 and Baltimore 3 New York 9 at night. Washington 4 Boston 3 at night. Chicago 3 Cleveland 2 at night. Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 9 at night. Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 1 at night. Chicago 2 San Francisco 1 at night. St Louis and Los Angeles not scheduled.

Detiow Kansas City Baltimore New York Washington Boston Chicago Cleveland Philadelphia Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati San Francisco St. Louis Los Angeles

White House Talks Start September 15 with Khrushchev

President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev will open their first conference September 15 at the White House. The talks will occur five hours after Khrushchev arrives for a 13 day visit, with the White House releasing itinerary details Friday.

Washington Erenhower Nikita Khrushchev White House Khrushchev

Dial-a-Job Service Links Workers to Open Posts in West Germany

FRANKFURT Germany Dial a number and cell job. A service by labor offices and the state phone system matches workers to thousands of jobs. West Germany shows 200000 unemployed out of a 19 million labor force.

Frankfurt Germany West Germany

House Votes Part of Bond Rate Rise

Washington AP The House passed a bill allowing the Treasury to raise interest on E and H savings bonds from 3% to 3% per cent. The measure moves to the Senate as part of Eisenhower’s broader request for higher government bond rates. The plan would lift the ceiling on other bonds and would affect about 40 million holders with $30 billion in bonds. Most savings bonds are E variety bought at a discount and maturing later.

Washington House Treasury Senate Eisenhower Sears

GE Awarded Thor Cone Job On Performance

Maj Gen Ben Funk announced the Air Force awarded General Electric a 29 million contract for Thor cone nose production. The incentive deal rewards performance above standard and aims to cut spare parts and maintenance costs, with production centered in Philadelphia and Burlington Vermont.

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Labor Bill Passed by 352 to 52 Vote in House

The House approved and sent to President Eisenhower a labor racketeering law after a long battle. The Senate earlier backed the compromise 92 to 2. The bill tightens union reporting and election safeguards, bans secondary boycotts and broadens state handling of disputes beyond federal scope.

Washington API House Eisenhower Senate Paul 4A Fine New York Graham A. Barden DNC House Labor Committee Senate House Conference Committee Labor Rank and File John F. Shelley Califf AFL Cio Rox Wo Wier VMI Tll White House National Labor Relations Board No-Man’s Land

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