Herter Approved By Senate
Christian A. Herter won swift unanimous support from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to become Secretary of State succeeding John Foster Dulles. He pledged to defend the Berlin air route without risking nuclear war, and said Congress should be consulted before any all out war, while noting possible need to retaliate if attacked.
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Christian A. Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Foster Dulles
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U.S
Berlin
J. William Fulbright
Ark
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Paris
Bult
Russia
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Morse
Payton
John D. Cooper Jr
Iby Payton
TWUA
Churchill Reaffirms Candidacy In Woodford Return
Sir Winston Churchill, at 84, declares in Woodford that he will run again for Parliament where he won a seat 59 years earlier. He pledges to serve as long as he can while asserting the West must not abandon West Germany and that Germany will not fall under Soviet domination.
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Woodford
England
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
West
West Germany
British ballerina Margot Fonteyn arrested in Panama
Margot Fonteyn, 39, denied official comment after Panamanian authorities held her in the main jail office amid charges linked to her husband Roberto Arias and a possible coup against President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr. Arias reportedly landed with armed men near Panama City after escaping authorities aboard a fishing launch.
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Margot Fonteyn
Ernesto de la Guardia Jr
Ama City
National Guard
Miss Fonteyn
Roberto Arias
Pacific
Arias
Prince Philip
Britain
Royal Ballet
Margot
Nola
Gulf of Panama
de la Guardia
Detroit man confesses to choking five year old boy
Police said George Ritola, a 47 year old man who escaped a Illinois mental hospital, admitted strangling Marvin Zdanowski in a Detroit area garage. Ritola, held for murder, gave no motive and described grabbing the boy in a shared bathroom before placing him on a raf ter and choking him for five to ten minutes.
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Detroit
Marvin Zdanowski
Hiram Phipps
George Ritola
Ritola
Phipps
Galesburg
Ill
Thomas T. Tourlentes
Galesburg State Hospital
MICE MAY BE ORBITED Spaceflight Forecasts Pop Out
Washington reports a flurry of space forecasts from Roy W. Johnson ARPA director. Plans include launching Discoverer III within a month with a biomedical space traveler and possibly sending mice into orbit. A 150000-pound engine could power lunar and Mars payloads under Project Nova. Abraham Hyatt cited a six to eight year timeline for a man to the moon.
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Project Score
Project Courier
Project Transit
Fesper Tires
Project Midas
Roy W. Johnson
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Johnson
Moon
Mars
Hyatt
America
Atlantic Ocean
Earth
Spitzbergen
Norway
Drunkometer Debate Splits North Carolina Panel
In Raleigh AP report Senator Scheidt backs compulsory tests to shed truth on intoxication while the committee splits with no vote. Senator Morgan floats a substitute law banning driving after drinking as a possible alternative. The bill has been weakened by Senate Roads Committee amendments.
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Scheidt
Robert B. Morgan
Harnett
Senate Roads Committee
Len Winston
Nixon Widely Traveled Ahead of 1960 Nomination
Vice President Richard M. Nixon plans a July trip to Moscow to open an American fair, adding about 10,000 miles to his logged travel since 1953. He has visited 54 countries and U S possessions, more than Dulles, and totals show a long history of international engagement.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Moscow
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
U. S
Middle East
Asia
Austria
Germany
Castro Wins Many New Friends On Tour
Fidel Castro gains cautious support in Washington during a two week tour as skeptics recede. He says he seeks friends and to clear revolution impressions while promising good government and gradual elections in Cuba. Officials note tempered optimism and await real follow through on his program.
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Washington (Ap
Washington
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Little Republic
State Department
Snark Begins Round Trip Test Flight from Cape Canaveral
A blazing Snark intercontinental guided missile began a round trip test flight from Cape Canaveral driven by Air Force crews from the 556th Guided Missile Squadron. The 900 mile Atlantic range flight follows a similar successful test earlier, as Snark moves toward deployment at Presque Isle Maine with about 20 bases planned. The weapon travels at 600 mph and can loop and zig zag to dodge defenses.
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Fla
U. S
Air Force
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Atlantic
Presque Isle
Maine
Henderson strike violence erupts during labor dispute
About 100 state highway patrolmen escorted workers at the Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills in Henderson North Carolina as violence flared after the Textile Workers Union of America rejected a settlement. Some 1,000 of 1,200 workers walked out, with rioting, a dynamite blast, and gunfire reported as police restored order.
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Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills
Henderson N.C
Harriet-Henderson
Textile Workers Union of America
Cooper
North Henderson
Tom Orr
Chester Yarborough
LY Union
Reds Hike Military Spending Seeks Aid To Other Nations
Tokyo reports Red China raises its 1960s era arms budget by 16 percent to 5.8 billion yuan and earmarks 600 million yuan for foreign aid about 260 million dollars. The National People’s Congress discusses peasant communes while Tibet unrest prompts more garrison support.
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Red China
China
Li Hsein-nein
National People’s Congress
Peiping
Red
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