Use Force India Scions Tell Nehru Use Force
Opposition MPs accused Prime Minister Nehru of appeasement and urged force to oust Chinese Communist troops from Indian territory. Nehru rejected the move, saying the border dispute should not be framed as Communist versus non Communist. The House adjourned with mixed sentiment after five hours of debate as Khrushchev pressed for settlement.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
MacMahon Line
Peiping
Red Chinese
Chou En-lai
Sikkim
Bhutan
Bombay Blitz
Khrushchev
United States
Red China
Communist Party
Butler seeks overhaul of 1960 Democratic convention votes
Paul M. Butler, national committee chairman, proposed to scrap the long standing bonus system used since 1944 and adopt a new apportionment plan that would raise total votes to 1475 with a 2950 potential delegates, favoring several states while depriving others.
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Butler
Washington
Paul M. Butler
Arkansas
Florida
Tennessee
U.S
House
National Committee
Alabama
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Canal Zone
Truman Urges Unity In Party At Midwest Conference
Former President Harry S. Truman urged Democrats to avoid bitter contention and a deadlocked 1960 convention. He said he has no candidate and emphasized prioritizing national needs over personal ambition while criticizing the Eisenhower administration and farm policy failures. Senator Stuart Symington warned against complacency amid East West debates.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
White House
Midwest Democratic Conference
Stuart Symington D-Mo
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Iowa
Germany
Congress
Senate War Over Civil Rights Extension Sparks Southern Fight
Senate debates extend life of the Civil Rights Commission while Southern critics demand a two year extension tied to foreign aid. Morse delays adjournment as House moves to end session before Khrushchev arrival. Senate also backs Eisenhower aid bill expansion and a separate interest rate increase compromise.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Wayne Morse
D.-Ore
Congress
Morse
Senate
Sam Rayburn
House
Nikita Khrushchev
Commission
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Churchills Observe 51st Anniversary at Chartwell
Sir Winston and Lady Churchill marked their 51st wedding anniversary with a quiet day at their Kent countryside home Chartwell in England. The couple celebrated as a prominent wartime leadership pair in a subdued observance.
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Chartwell
England
Winston
Lady Churchill
Kent
Rockefeller Keeps 1960 Primary Hopes Open
Gov Nelson A Rockefeller hinted he may enter the New Hampshire presidential primary. New Hampshire supporters plan a statewide Rockefeller for President campaign. He said he cannot decide now to avoid diverting attention from state issues. The primary is March 8, 1960.
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Albany
N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Hampshire
New York Republican
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eugene C. Struckhoff
Concord
New Anti U S Party Announces UK Candidates
In London a new party named the Elizabethan party declared aims to expel American forces from Britain and to withdraw British troops from West Germany. It plans 35 candidates for the 60 seat House of Commons at the October 8 general election and adds in a footnote that Americans should do the fighting for a change.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Elizabethan Party
West Germany
Douglas Collapses On Stage In Philadelphia Play
Veteran actor Melvyn Douglas collapsed during a Saturday performance of The Gang's All Here at Forrest Theater in Philadelphia. A private physician treated him and a spokesman cited nervous exhaustion as the cause.
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Philadelphia
Melvyn Douglas
Laos Fighting At Standstill As U.N. Watch Nears
Laos reported fighting paused for a second day as a U.N. fact finding team nears. Acting foreign minister Sisouk Na Champasak said North Vietnamese troops appeared to withdraw upon learning observers were coming, while Pathet Lao rebels slowed activity.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.N
Sisouk Na Champasak
Pathet Lao
Sisouk
Phong Saly
Parents Consent To Pituitary Tumor Operation
Nineteen year old Charlene Butts won her parents consent for surgery to remove a pituitary tumor at KU Medical Center. Doctors warned she could lose remaining sight or life if not operated. Her parents, Charles and, Oswego Kansas, consented orally and planned to sign the form. Charlene had petitioned to gain majority rights and requested a guardian to authorize the procedure.
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Kansas City
Kan
Charlene Butts
Charles Butts
Oswego
Vernon Wilson
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mississippi Keeps Title at Miss America Pageant
Lynda Lee Mead of Natchez Mississippi won the Miss America crown at Atlantic City the second consecutive Mississippi winner. The University of Mississippi junior aged 20 possessed green eyes brown hair and a 36 24 36 figure and dramatist chops. Mary Ann Mobley the previous titleholder also hails from Mississippi. Runners up were Miss Wisconsin Miss Washington Miss California and Miss Arizona.
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Lynda Lee Mead
Mississippi
Natchez
University of Mississippi
Mary Ann Mobley
Brandon
Wisconsin
Washington
California
Arizona
Bergin Seeks Soviet Dairies Tour for 1916 Bonds
Reno dairy rancher Leo Bergin offers 30 billion rubles of czarist bonds in exchange for an expense paid tour of Soviet dairies. He says he wants to meet Khrushchev in San Francisco and views himself as Russia's biggest creditor. The bonds were left to him by his mother in law and have been repudiated by the Communist regime.
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Reno, Nev
Leo Bergin
Bergin
Fallon
Nev
Reno
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
San Francisco
Russia
Moon Hit Today Won t Be Seen Here
In New York AP report most Americans cannot view the moon when Russia plans a rocket impact at 4 05 p m EST. Astronomer Dr Kenneth Franklin of the Hayden Planetarium says if visible a telescope might reveal any explosion, with moonrise varying by region especially earlier in parts of New England.
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New York
New England
Kenneth Franklin
Hayden Planetarium
SRC Employee Killed By Backing Truck in West Virginia
Carnegie Skidmore, a State Road Commission employee aged 61 from Tesla Braxton County, was killed Friday when a truck backed over him during roadwork laying blacktop near Sutton. State Police reported.
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Sutton
W. Va
Carnegie Skidmore
State Road Commission
Skidmore
Tesla
Braxton County
Tass Reports Record Engineer Graduates
Tass News Agency from Moscow reports 105000 Soviet engineers graduated this year setting a new high for the sector.
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Tass
Moscow
Escapee Of 24 Years Is Back In Jail
Medford Oregon AP report states Glenn Landis age 64, who escaped from Ohio State Prison in 1935 while serving a life term for murder, confessed his identity upon arrest. He claimed to have worked as town marshal at Juntura and postmaster at Crane Oregon during freedom, later living in Medford and aiding city park work. Police traced him via VA fingerprint records and FBI files. He said he did his best to repay past debts and noted his heart attack earlier this year.
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Medford
Ore
Oregon
Glenn Landis
Ohio
Juntura
Tiny Crane
City Park Department
Landis
Veterans Administration
Jackon Countty Welfare Administration
FBI
Charles Champlin
Morton Plans Speaking Tour
Republican National Chairman Thruston B. Morton announced plans for a 30 000 mile speaking tour to energize GOP party spirit. He cited Eisenhower diplomacy gains and a Hawaiian state election upset as momentum for fiscal responsibility labor reform and growing party confidence. The two month tour aims to recruit two million more Republican precinct workers for 1960 with stops in Philadelphia Baltimore Wheeling and other cities.
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Washington
Thurston B. Morton
Morton
Eisenhower
Congress
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Wheeling
W. Va
Pup Shields Boy As Snake Strikes
A mongrel puppy named Chris jumped between a 3-year-old boy and a rattlesnake in Palm Springs California preventing a fatal strike. The puppy was bitten on the face while the snake bit the boy Stephen Azzarelli in the forehead. Both victims were reported out of danger. Authorities note the second bite was less venomous.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Chris
Stephen Azzarelli
USSR Hints Now Using Newer Fuel
The Soviet Union launched a rocket aiming to place a hammer and sickle on the moon. Officials cautioned the 860 pound capsule could miss, with a projected lunar arrival around 12:05 a.m. Moscow time Monday, about 4:05 p.m. EST Sunday.
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Moscow
Space
Nikita
United States to Launch Lunar Probe From Cape Canaveral
Reports indicate a October launch from Cape Canaveral to orbit a 375 pound payload around the moon. The mission targets the moon at its closest approach to Earth, about 220000 miles away.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Washington
Moon
Khrushchev to visit U.S. for talks amid moon rocket debate
The article reports Khrushchev's planned meeting with Eisenhower as Soviet scientists, via Tass, discuss the moon rocket's uncertain trajectory. Quoted expert Yevgeny Bogoyavlensky questions whether the craft will touch the moon, orbit it, or become a new planet, while signals are detected from Jodrell Bank. The piece notes U.S. and British observers tracking a launch, claiming the rocket is over 100000 miles out and powered by new fuels, contrasting U.S. failures in 1958.
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Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
Tass
Yevgeny Bogoyavlensky
Radio
Moscow
Britain
Jodre's Bank
Earth
Bogoyaviensky
Army Frothy Operation Destroys Beer Cache on Alaska Island
Army engineers on St. Lawrence Island completed Operation Frothy by destroying 2000 cans of beer buried since the previous deployment. Two officers and 19 enlisted men were flown in to dig a field sized excavation and pour contents onto the ground along with soft drinks and chocolate milk.
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Washington M
St. Lawrence Island
Alaska
E. L. Bartlett
Alaskan Army Command
Bartlett
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