Eisenhower Predicts End of Latin Dictatorships
President Eisenhower at the Newport news conference said dictatorships in Latin America, including Fidel Castro's Cuba, are likely to end. He urged aid and reform to raise living standards, while warning about Soviet aggression and Cuba’s UN Security Council bid.
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Newport RI
UPI
Eisenhower
Latin America
Cuba
Fidel Castro
White House
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Secre
Tary
Christian A. Herter
U.S
Eienhower
Khrushchev
Belgium Sends Troops to Quell Congo Rebellion
Belgian paratroopers deployed across the Congo to protect Europeans as rebels clashed with forces of the Force Publique. Troops dropped into Katanga and Luluabourg rescued 1,600 whites, while officials reported killings including Italian Consul Tito Spoglia at Elisabethville as Premier Lumumba officials debated steps to save the new nation.
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Auguste de Schrijver
Ganshof van der Meersch
Kamina
Bezium
Force Publique
Belgium
Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Flisazethville
Katanga
Luluabourg
Elisabethville
Tito Spoglia
Twirling School Opens as Summer Sessions Begin
About 30 students attended the opening session of the twirling school sponsored by James A. Taylor and the twirlers. Enrollment possible Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the band hall. Rural schools in Fannin County start six week summer terms delaying fall openings to October. Ector and Savoy plan regular September starts.
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Fannin County
Dodd City and Bailey
Ector
Savoy
Flag of the United States Adopted as Official on July 4
A new 50 star flag is unfurled in the Everyman's Class at the First Christian church Sunday school. It was presented by the late Jim Danne and had not been displayed until becoming the official US flag on July 4.
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United States
Cuba
Guantanamo
U. S.S
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
States declare war on the slow-poke driver on highways
Authorities point to motorists who crawl at 30 to 40 mph in 60 mph zones as prime causes of traffic jams and accidents. The slow driver reportedly provokes impatient passers by, risking head on collisions in the line.
Judge extends ban on 2.50 wage for cotton picking
Federal Judge Joe Ingraham extended a temporary restraining order blocking the 2.50 per hundredweight wage for cotton picked by braceros in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. He rejected a contract condition proposed by Willam B Butler and set a hearing for next week while the current order expires in 10 days.
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UPI
Joe Ingraham
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Rio Grande
Ingraham
Willam B Butler
Southern District of Texas
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Valley
Sander W. Shapiro
Austin
Butler
Rebels crushed by Red Chinese in Tibet clash
UPI reports Chinese Communist troops crushed Khamba tribesmen in southeast Tibet’s Sekhar Dzong region near Nepal. A month of fighting left heavy casualties on both sides and forced about 5 000 Tibetans to flee across the Nepalese border toward Mount Everest, some looting for food.
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India
UPI
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Sekhar Dzong
Nepal
Mt Everest
Pilots Escape as Planes Collide Near Hallsville
Two planes believed from Dallas Naval Air Station reportedly crashed near Hallsville. One pilot Joynes injured and taken to Marshall hospital while another pilot Ray Ackerman survived the descent by parachute. Helicopters from Dallas, Barksdale AFB, and Shreveport Lab along with local officials responded to the fire and scene.
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Marshall
Ray Ackerman
Dallas
Barksdale Air Force Base
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Shreveport Lab
Wrong Number Stirs Democratic Convention Clerical Mixup
A UPI report from Los Angeles recalls a mixup at the Democratic convention publicity committee. A phone call claimed mass immersion of 800 converts would occur this afternoon, prompting a puzzled reply and a humorous correction as the caller realized it was a Jehovah's Witnesses convention.
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Soviet Down US RB-47 Over Barents Sea
Russia said on July 1 a US RB-47 reconnaissance bomber was shot down over the Barents Sea with six aboard and two survivors were picked up. Radio Moscow protested US actions and said the two survivors would be prosecuted under Soviet law. The plane had taken off from Britain en route to Norway and its exact fate remained uncertain with search efforts dispatched.
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Kennedy Nears 761 Delegate Votes As Nomination Looms
Kennedy neared the magic 761 delegate votes on the eve of the Democratic convention. A UPI tally showed 699 first ballot votes, with 62 needed, including 40 of the crucial Pennsylvania bloc. Backers of Symington Humphrey Freeman and others vied for spots on a ticket as Kennedy weighed a Midwest running mate to boost farm support.
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Len Stuart Symington
Missouri
Hubert H. Humphrey
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
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Iowa
Henry M Jackson
George Docking
Kansas
Midwest
Butler Refuses to See Price Daniel
Gov Price Daniel of Texas accuses Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler of stacking the party convention gallery by dividing 120 Texas seats unevenly. Daniel says half the seats went to Mrs R Randolph, ousted liberal committeewoman, instead of Texas committeeman Byron Skelton. He reports Butler refused to meet him to discuss the issue.
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Johnson
Randolph
Daniel
Anti U S Move Grows in Mexico
Mexico City reports a rising anti U S sentiment sparked by a Mexican congressman's Cuba supportive statement. The controversy follows Deputy Emilio Sanches Piedras and linked remarks at a Permanent Congressional Committee meeting.
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Mexico
Mexico City
APEI
US State Department
Cuba
Emilio Sanches Piedras
Permanent Congressional Committee
United States
Latin America
Ricardo Elias Aparicio
Interior Minster
Peru
Lima
Adolfo Lopez Minteos
Missionaries Held in Congo Near Lulua River
Radio reports say 19 missionaries and 32 children from All Africa Inland Mission faced encirclement by Congolese troops in Kapanga area near the Lulua River in Katanga Province. Evacuation pleas were made as 60 miles from the Angolan border.
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Congo
Omassinaries
Kapanga Moun
Lulua River
Missonaries
Uganda
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Cemiernoon
Canpos
All Africa Inland Mission
Cuba hints at action against Guantanamo Bay base
President Osvaldo Dorticos signaled Cuba may move against the Guantanamo Bay naval base. He said the base belongs to the Cuban people and cannot be leased or sold. The base's loss could shift U S naval operations to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico and affect Caribbean defense lines.
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Guantanamo Naval Base
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Guantanamo
High near 100 forecast for Bonham Tuesday
A forecast calls for a maximum around 100 degrees in Bonham on Tuesday with lows in the lower 70s. No rain is expected though partly cloudy skies are anticipated. North Central Texas will be cloudy through Tuesday with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers possible.
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Strong Civil Rights Plank Featured in Democratic Platform Draft
The Democratic Platform Committee advanced a liberal civil rights program aligned with Kennedy and AFL CIO demands. It calls for peaceful demonstrations, elimination of poll taxes, direct federal control of registration, and stronger federal action against discrimination, setting up a South North clash at the convention.
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