Indonesia celebrates revolution anniversary with bonfires and amid protests
In Jakarta last Sunday crowds gathered near police headquarters to mark 20 years since Indonesias revolution against Dutch rule. Bonfires consumed American and British magazines and records as the crowd chanted and the Communist New China agency described the event. President Sukarno later warned the US and Britain to leave Southeast Asia or be expelled, while the piece notes US aid of 77 million dollars to Indonesia contrasted with aid to Chinese Nationalists.
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Jakarta
Luxanne
Playboy
New China
Peking
U.S
Britain
Sukarno
United States
Great Britain
South- East Asia
Uncle Sant
Indonesia
Earth
Mercury
Dr. Einstein
Icarus and Cosmic Warnings In A Space Age Reflections
A reflective column contrasts Doomsday forecasts by Bertrano Russzi with space race optimism. It notes Gemini 5 scrubbed delays and forecasts a near Earth asteroid Icarus misstep three years ahead, urging calm and scientific exploration over fear. The piece blends cosmic fate with Earthly mismanagement and ends with light, satirical asides.
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Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Icarus
Earth
Associated Press
Gexato S. Hawkins
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Danville Daily Rates Notice and Postal Info
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions at 1.25 per month in advance. It notes Associated Press use and national ad reps in multiple cities and mentions notices mailed 10 days before expiration with subscription renewals encouraged.
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Associated Press
Eee
Caer
Stay Awake Drugs Trigger Truck Hazard in Town
A 22 year old truck driver, under amphetamine influence to stay awake, caused a wreck in Town. He fired a pistol, smashed a hydrant and sign, and hid under a desk at the police station. IC C report cites fatigued driving and hallucinations as causes. No deaths in this incident, but a prior amphetamine crash killed two and injured four.
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Trose
Richmond Times Dispatch
Interstate Commerce Commission
Los Angeles Left Explains Insurrection Amid Ashes
Ralph de Toledano argues the Los Angeles riots stem from radical leftist influence and Communist infiltration, dismissing unemployment or boredom as causes. He claims beatnik dissent serves a broader Communist purpose, urging vigilance against supposed dangers within the U.S. body politic.
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Los Angeles
Petroleum progress spurred by early research milestones
A survey of Titusville finds the first commercial oil well in 1859 and tracks how early samples led to kerosene, gasoline development, and the rise of petroleum chemistry. It notes aviation fuel, lubrication, and plastics emerging from petrochemicals, with 3,000+ organics tracing to oil and natural gas fractions shaping modern industry and daily life.
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Titusville
IF. B. Brewer
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
George Bissell
Yale University
Benjamin Silliman
Age of Flight
Junior
Carlton Ellis
Petro-Chemical
Bayway
Hughes Sees Consensus Idea Shaping National Labor View
In Washington Gov Harold Hughes of Iowa argues over right to work as a test of national consensus. He notes balancing labor management and public interests, endorsing fair laws while resisting repeal. Senator Miller proposes safeguards to ease repeal but the Administration pursues a political debt to labor bosses.
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Washington
D. C
Harold Hughes
Des Moines
Hughes
Iowa
Johnson
U. S. Senate
Trowa
Jack Miller
Senate
Poverty and dignity in work through Mr Shallop’s tale
An elderly vegetable peddler, Mr Shallop, embodies quiet dignity in poverty. He valued honest labor over welfare, died respected, and showed happiness comes from work and humane conduct, not wealth. His memory suggests true success lies in being fully human and enduring hardship with grace.
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Irving Babbitt
Shallop
Disfranchisement Issues in Reapportionment Debates
John Chamberlain surveys how Warren Court one-man-one-vote rulings force Kansas and Connecticut to redraw legislative maps. He notes rural counties fear loss of identity, while Kansas judges split over applying the Supreme Court mandate, with dissenters warning of federal overreach. Senator Dirksen rallies for a counter amendment amid mounting state protests.
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Dirksen
U. S
Legislative Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Kansas
House of Representatives
Earl Warren
Supreme Court of Kansas
Warren Court
Harold R. Fatzer
Kansas Court
Fatzer
U.S. Supreme Court
Sevensman
Parker
Wertz
Frontron
Price
Schroeder
Supreme Court of the United States
Warren
Connecticut
Connecticut Republican Citizens Committee
Haseen
State Central Committee
US Senate
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