Veto Power in UN History Signals World Crises
The piece outlines the first Soviet veto in 1946 and its lasting impact on the United Nations. It traces how repeated vetoes eroded council effectiveness, the shift toward General Assembly actions, and the evolving balance of power among the Soviet bloc, Western nations, and newly independent states in Asia and Africa.
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Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
World Organization
Max Harrelson
U.N
United Nations
N.Y
Andrej Y. Vishinsky
London
Trygve Lie
Vishinsky
Syria
Lebanon
The
Security
Norman J. O. Makin
Australia
George Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Security Council
Council
South Korea
General Assembly
Asia
Africa
Assembly
Soviet Bloc
France
Mereapery Seeresleiglul
Ap- United Nations
Goa
Ceylon
Liberia
United Arab Republic
U.S
Adlai
Stevenson
Unitied Nations
League of Nations
Sama Mombaen
Efland Man Wounds Son In Law Then Tries Suicide
A 65 year old Efland man shot his son in law Ervin Nicholson on Interstate 85 in Orange County. Nicholson likely loses a leg and is hospitalized. Adams, the shooter, jumped in front of a tractor trailer and was severely injured and may face psychiatric evaluation.
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Efland, N
Efland
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Ervin Nicholson
Clarence Adams
Adams
Nicholson
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hil
I-85
On Location Surprise Delays Pussycat Shoot
Paris production halted briefly when Jean Seberg appeared in a sidestreet scene for What's New Pussycat not knowing filming was nearby. Producer Charles Feldman had selected the street for atmosphere and the unplanned moment surprised star Peter O'Toole and crew.
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Paris
New York
Charles Feldman
Feldman
Jean Seberg
Peter O’telle
Khrushchev’s bid to oust Hammarskjold at U N
AP recalls Khrushchev’s 1960 United Nations clash over Dag Hammarskjold. A motion for a three man troika failed as Hammarskjold rallied support. The article tracks Lie and Thant leadership, Congo and Viet Nam notes, and hints at the upcoming Cuban missile crisis. The piece underscores the tension between Soviet opposition and UN stability.
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United Nations
N.Y
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Dag Wammarskjold
World Forum
Hammarskjold
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Khrushchev
Troika
U.N
Islender
Tinues
Soviet Union
Lie
South Korea
Peking
China
U Thant
Burma
Thant
Tommorrow
VTA vows court action to shield Virginia teachers
Richmond Virginia Teachers Association announces a three point plan to combat school desegregation related firings and demotions. The group will seek conferences then file federal suits if needed to reinstate teachers. It will inform federal agencies and seek backing from NEA ACTA and state bodies for support.
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Richmond
Virginia Teachers Association
VTA
J. Rupert Picott
WTA
Giles County
Norton
Wise County
Rockbridge County
Lexington
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
Wythe County
Picott
U.S. Office For Education
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Lather
National Education Association
American Teachers Association
Virginia Council On Human Relations
Virginia Department For Education and
Citizens
Virginia
Thomas J. Michie
Federal District Court of
Western Virginia
Prisoner’s daily sobriety duty ends in bitter notice
In Glasgow, James Gallacher, 38, says he would have preferred prison to his five month ordeal of nightly police reporting after bars close to prove sobriety. In Twickenham, Barclay’s Bank avoided theft when a would be robber dropped a bundle of coins and fled. Bonn reports U.S. Ambassador McGhee and West German Chancellor Erhard met for nearly an hour with no details released.
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Glasgow
Scotland
James Gallacher
Gallacher
Twickenham
England
Barclay’s Bank
Bonn
Germany
U.S
George C. McGheel
L Ludwig Erhard
Federal Press Office
Erhard
Mountaineering expedition scales Kingyang Chish Peak bid
An 11 member Tokyo University mountaineering team led by Hirotogo Shiroki received special Pakistan permission to attempt Kingyang Chish Peak at 25 820 feet near Nigar State amid ongoing India Pakistan tensions. The group plans a high altitude ascent despite the ban.
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Rawalpinki
Pakistan
Tokyo University
Kingyang Chish Peak
Nigar State
Hirotogo Shiroki
India-Pakistan
Italy's Communist Boss Longo Receives Bronze Star
Rome reports Luigi Longo, head of Italy's Communist party, wears a Bronze Star Medal from the U S Army for wartime anti fascist resistance. Critics say the award masks Longo's record as a lifelong revolutionary. Longo seeks broadened appeal to socialists and Catholics while pursuing a potential popular front with the left.
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Rome
NER
Luigi ‘Longo
Italy
Communist Party
United States Army
Longo
Lenin
Comintern
Lango
Moscow
John XXII
Sicily
Giuseppe Saragat
Italian Republic
France bans flights over Polynesian test zones
Paris issued a decree prohibiting aircraft from flying over Mururoa Fangatofa and Hao in French Polynesia where France plans to conduct hydrogen bomb tests. The order targets airspace near the atolls as authorities finalize preparations for the nuclear program.
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Paris
France
Muroroa
Fangatofa
Hao
Cardinal Beran to celebrate Mass on pope’s second coronation anniversary
Vatican officials announced that Josef Cardinal Beran, who moved to the Vatican after fourteen years in Communist Czechoslovakia, is chosen to say Mass at St. Peter’s on June 30. Pope Paul VI and all cardinals in Rome are to attend.
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Vatican City
Josef Cardinal Beran
Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Pope Paul VI
St. Peter’s
Pope Paul
Rome
Several Questioned In Third Attack In Spartanburg Area
Spartanburg police questioned several Negro men after a third attack on white women in a westside neighborhood. A white widow was cut on the face in a second floor apartment attack. The intruder, described as a young light-skinned Negro, matched descriptions from two earlier assaults. Authorities say the same man may be involved in all three incidents.
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Spartanburg
Pollice
W. T. Ivey
Ivey
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