Four powers form ten nation disarmament committee
The United States France Great Britain and the Soviet Union create a ten nation committee outside the United States to start new disarmament negotiations. Members include US France Britain Canada Italy for the West and the Soviet Union Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Poland Romania for the Communist bloc. The panel begins work in Geneva in 1960 amid East West talks. Dag Hammarskjold backs the plan though no UN bypass is implied.
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Washington
UPI
United States
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Britain
Caneda
Italy
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
State Department
Geneva
Bogan
United Nations
U.N
Dag Hamimarskjold
Idle Unemployment Claims Drop in Berkshire County
Unemployment compensation claims in Central and Southern Berkshire County fell by 90 last week to 474, the lowest level since late 1956. Edward J. Barry of the Pittsfield Division of Employment Security cited the drop from 564 the previous week and noted 36 job placements by staff.
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Berkshire County
Edward J. Barry
State Division of Employment Security
Pittsfield
Pittsfield Des
Barry
Border Clash 1956 Ignited India China Feud
A September 10 1956 clash near the Uttar Pradesh Tibet border began the long India China dispute. Indian and Chinese patrols exchanged stones and threats, foreshadowing later armed clashes in 1959 near Miguitun, as a 125 page Indian white paper details decades of border friction and diplomatic exchanges.
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New Delhi
India
China
Uttar Pradesh
Tibet
Peiping
Miguitun
Dalai Lama Attacks Nehru Over Tibet UN Appeal
In New Delhi the Dalai Lama, exiled Tibet leader, rebuked Nehru's stance against seeking UN help. Speaking to the Indian Council on World Affairs he argued that appealing to the United Nations remains a valuable instrument of peace despite doubts about immediate results.
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New Delhi
Dalai Lama
Jawaharlal Nehru
United Nations
Tibet
Nehru
Indian Council On World Affairs
K of C Council to Install Officers Tonight
Rabida Council 103 Knights of Columbus will install officers after its regular meeting at 8 15 pm at 1000 North St. Rt Rev Eugene F Marshall and Floyd E Murphy to be installed as chaplain and financial secretary. Dr Frank M Faucett to begin term as grand knight and David F Sullivan as treasurer. District Deputy James E Trudell will lead the ceremony at Columbia Council Dalton. Rabida Bowling event Sunday at Jefferson Alleys 255 North St open to families. Joseph E Manley chair.
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Knights of Columbus
Council
North St
Eugene F. Marshall
Floyd E. Murphy
Frank M. Faucett
David F. Sullivan
James E. Trudell
Columbia Council
K. of C
Dalton
Jefferson Alleys
Joseph E. Manley
Tourist Business Measures Up To Expectations
Berkshire County Labor Day tourist traffic neared an all time peak but did not reach Tanglewood crowds. John F. Downing of the Berkshire Hills Conference credited sunny weather and 22 percent weekend gains for record Labor Day visitors. Resorts and hotels in Lenox Pittsfield Lanesboro New Ashford Williamstown posted strong bookings and better than average business.
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Downing
Berkshires
Eastover
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Jug End
Curtis
Lenox
Baker's Farm
Lanesboro
Tanglewood
Pittsfield-Lenox Road
Mr. Downing
Wendell-Sherwood
Pittsfield
New Ashford
Howard Johnson's
Williamstown
Berkshire Hills Conference
Bonn Diplomat Resigns Over Satellites Policy
Albrecht von Kessel a Bonn diplomat and former deputy chief of its Washington embassy resigned in opposition to West Germany’s policy of barring diplomatic relations with eastern European Communist nations led by Poland The move highlights internal Adenauer administration debate The chancellor argues isolation protects expellee voting bloc and avoids recognizing East Germany by other states
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Bonn
Germany
Albrecht von Kessel
Washington
Poland
von Kessel
Adenauer
West Germany
East Germany
Premier Maurice Duplessis Dies in Quebec
Premier Maurice Duplessis of Quebec died after cerebral hemorrhages at 69. A controversial, long ruling figure described as political genius by supporters and dictator by critics, he led Quebec for most of seven decades with a nationalist agenda and tensions with Ottawa.
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Schefferville
Que
Maurice Duplessis
Quebec
Maurice le Noblet Duplessis
Massachusetts Priest in Laos Says Natives Will Fight Foe
Father Lucien Bouchard of Attleboro leads a Catholic mission in Sam Neua Northern Laos with four French priests. He reports Meo tribesmen ready to fight if given support. rebels attack nearby lines as he returns from a four day trek through rebel territory.
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Massachusetts
Laos
Sam Neaa
Thej
Lucien Bouchard
Attleboro
Maas
Father Bouchard
Sam Nedra
Sam Neuva
Steel Strike Sets a Record
New York reports the nationwide steel strike, now at 56 days, the longest in U S history with 500000 workers idle and 12 major mills shut down. Government talks continued with no expected breakthrough amid estimated billions in lost wages and business.
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New York
Freedom Fighters Plan Hunger Strike Over Khrushchev Visit
Jozef Miot Mroz of Salem a 38 year old leather worker and head of the Confederation of Polish Freedom Fighters says he and fellow anti-Communists will begin a hunger strike in front of the White House tonight to protest Soviet Premier Khrushchev's visit He vows not to eat or drink and to risk his life on patriotism with others from Hungary Lithuania Poland and Estonia joining him in Washington at 8 p.m.
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Salem
Mass
White House
Nikita Khrushchev
Jozef Miot-Mroz
Eisenhower
Mrot-Mroz
Anti- Communist Confederation of Polish Freedom Fighters
Khrushchev
Washington
Admiral's wife helps shipyard with keel ceremony
Mrs Elizabeth Unwim, wife of Admiral John Unwim, earned seven cents for cutting the ribbon to begin lowering a 15 ton ship's keel at a Portsmouth shipyard. Admiral Unwim noted five shillings as piecework for keel laying.
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England
Elizabeth Unwim
Adm
John Unwim
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