20 Jul 1959
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1959
Page
1
Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader, faces a decision on returning as premier or naming a successor after resigning Friday night and forcing the president out on treason charges. The cabinet delays major moves until Castro acts, while press reaction splits between support and criticism of his coup.
Vandals set fires and sprayed swastikas on walls at the Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts destroying more than 150 paintings and items valued at over $5,000. Investigators say entry may have been via an unlocked door and note similar symbols at two Jewish houses of worship.
Denmark plans to unload 12,000 tons of U S made Nike antiaircraft missiles outside Copenhagen due to fears of Communist demonstrations. Material will be unloaded in provincial harbors early next month and moved by train to areas near Copenhagen for setup.
A New York report details an injection free preparation for hemorrhoids using a reformulated healing substance from a famous research institution. Doctors observe rapid pain relief and shrinking of hemorrhoids over months with Preparation H offered as suppositories or ointment.
An Associated Press survey shows 45 governors offered mixed views on presidential prospects for 1960. Democratic governors favored Kennedy Stevenson Humphrey or Symington, while most GOP governors backed Nixon, with a few naming Rockefeller or Del Sesto as possible running mates.
CORTEZ Colo. A large wildfire raged in a ragged Mesa Verde canyon burning about 1300 acres of sagebrush pinon and cedar. More than 200 Zuni Indians from New Mexico aided firelines alongside roughly 200 federal park rangers and volunteers. The fire discovered Saturday expanded to two miles wide six miles long with inaccessible terrain hindering mechanized attack.
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