Bitter era looms in Caribbean amid Cuba Dominica tension
Havana reports a growing US Cuban Dominican conflict as Fidel Castro accuses Rafael Trujillo of planning intervention and invasion. Castro denounces the Santiago conference and claims a conspiracy involving the U.S. State Department while presenting prisoners on TV.
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Havana
Caribbean
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Fidel Avanlaiming
Rafael L. Trujillo
Santiago
U.S. State Department
Washington
Maj
William Morgan
Toledo
Ohio
Trujillo
Morgan
U.S. Army
Old Dan 112 Receives Birthday Quart of Whisky
Old Dan Hughes a former slave turned 112 last Monday and received a quart of bourbon from a local distillery along with hundreds of letters urging moral reform. His grandson Rev J C Wilson notes his grandfather has long served as a deacon and taught him faith while others call him a sinner. The whiskey was saved for his daughter to use in fruit cakes next Christmas.
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Dan
J. C. Wilson
Main Street
Free Will Baptist Church
Free Will Baptist Church For 63 Years,” Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Old Dan
Eisenhower to Visit Queen and Chequers During Europe Trip
President Eisenhower will visit the Queen and attend time at Chequers official residence of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. He will depart Aug 26 for Europe to meet free world leaders and align West political fronts before a possible Khrushchev exchange.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Ieee
Scottish Highlands
Chequers
Harold Macmillan
John Hay Whitwith
Whitney
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
Europe
Bonn
London
Paris
Khrushchev Visit Plans Quiet on U.S. Military Bases
Saigon ambassador says Khrushchev will not tour military bases during his U S visit. Mikhail Menshikov met with Robert Murphy to finalize arrangements for the two week trip beginning Sept 15. Eisenhower said Khrushchev might visit installations but will not be pressed if he declines.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Mikhail Menshikov
Robert Murphy
Khrushchev
Menshikov
Eisenhower
U.S
Formosa Shaken by Quake After Floods
A strong Formosan quake hit southern Formosa on Saturday following the century’s worst floods. Police reported 14 dead and 70 houses destroyed, with earlier tallies of 24 dead and 513 houses damaged revised downward. The 6 magnitude event caused little damage in Taipei. A U.S. medical unit inoculated Changhua residents against typhoid, while Marine helicopters carried provisions from Thetis Bay to flood-affected towns within 50 miles.
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Taipei
Formosa
Koshun
U.S. Thetis
Changhua
Cmdr
B. W. Cady
Mason City
Iowa
Thetis Bay
Taichung
Father Hitchhikes With 2 Year Old
In Nashville a partially paralyzed two year old was held as police checked the father George McCausey who claims a cross country hitchhiking trip with son David. McCausey, a transient laborer, said they have ridden from Michigan to Bakersville California and are headed to Louisville Kentucky. Police encountered them along U S 31 as concerned telephone workers reported the boy looked ill. McCausey said they have lived in twelve states over two years and he does not know the mother’s whereabouts. The barefooted boy reportedly cannot walk and can only say one word. The father was held overnight on a vagrancy charge and released in court Saturday.
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Nashville
Tenn
George McCausey
David
Michigan
Bakersville
Calif
Louisville
U. S
McCausey
Collier
Ministers Complete Agreement Amid Caribbean Tensions
Foreign ministers reached a tentative accord after a day of secret sessions. The plan would task the Organization of American States peace committee to monitor tense areas and report back to the Quito conference in February. Castro denounced the Santiago meeting as a farce amid tensions with Trujillo and threats of invasions in Nicaragua Panama and the Dominican Republic.
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Luis Melo Lecarce
Chile
Americas
Melo
Organization of American States
OAS
Quito
Ecuador
Castro
Havana
Santiago
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Nicaragua
Panama
Few White Students Register at Warren County High
Front Royal Virginia AP report shows two days of a three day registration for the 1959-60 term with 112 white children and 19 Negroes indicating intent to attend Warren County High School which once had 1,000 white pupils. Superintendent Q D Gasque says white turnout is disappointing but hopes for late registrations.
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Front Royal
Warren County High School
Q. D. Gasque
Gasque
Write To Nikita Khru shchev About Peace And Freedom
Citizens are invited to compose brief letters to Nikita Khrushchev, premier of Russia, expressing hopes for peace, freedom, and constructive dialogue during the Cold War. Selected letters will be printed and forwarded to the Russian embassy in care of The Enterprise, High Point.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
America
United States
Enterprise
High Point
Five crewmen dead as Boeing 707 crashes near Calverton
A Boeing 707 jet of American Airlines crashed after takeoff from Grumman field near Calverton Long Island. Five crewmen were killed and debris scattered over the Suffolk County farm area. The aircraft reportedly nosedived during a roll as witnesses noted the wheels appeared down before impact. The crash marked the first 707 passenger-jet disaster since service began in 1958.
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Grumman Aircraft Co
Long Island
Grumman
American Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Eating Hollow
Grumman Field
Boeing
Suffolk County
Dime Haunts Kenansville Cafe Owner in Odd Tale
Roscoe Jones, owner of a Kenansville cafe, keeps a chopped off dime after it repeatedly reappears in his change. A stranger once returned the coin with a lunch-time tip, then it circulated again. Jones vows to hold onto the odd dime, joking he will carry it forever.
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Kenansville, N.C
Roscoe Jones
Kenansville
Jones
Roscoe
Ros
Coe
Diamond theft at Perkinson's Jewelers alarms town
Three trays of ladies diamonds valued at 20000 dollars were stolen from Perkinson's Jewelers on Main Street. The owner sought publicity blackout and police described a three-man team, one posing as a china buyer, who fled with the rings after unlocking a display case. Investigators contacted FBI and nearby authorities, with searches extending to motels and transport hubs within twenty miles.
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Perkinson
N. Main St
Cer
M. Z. Perkinson Jr
California
Angers
Eisenhower Holds Modest Hopes for Khrushchev Visit
President Eisenhower expects only gradual gains from his talks with Premier Khrushchev during a two week U S visit. He aims to show Khrushchev the United States and its lifestyle and to improve international relations to foster possible negotiations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
United States
Gettysburg
Abilene
Kaw
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Nyet
Ino
Khrush
Tribesmen Protest With Smoke in Natal
Smoke from range fires set by tribesmen blanketed a 50 mile area in southern Natal as protests grew over the arrest of 30 women. The women, sentenced to three months for destruction of property, were inmates at Harding’s hut of soil officials. White farmers formed armed patrols after tribesmen armed with spears and shields marched on the Harding jail demanding their release.
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Durba
South Africa
Natal
Harding
Alligator Crawling Into Bedroom Startles New Yorker
A 12 inch alligator wandered into Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holtzman’s Manhattan bedroom, prompting a call to a basement-based helper with a box and wires. The reptile, believed loose from a nearby pet shop, was later returned to the store.
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New York
Arthur Holtzman
Manhattan
Holtzman
Nixon Denied Look At Missiles During Soviet Visit
Vice President Nixon said Soviet officials denied his request to view missile production facilities on the Soviet trip. He noted a reciprocal request for access to Thor missile facilities in the United States, and described limited tours including a Douglas Aircraft Co. plant visit in Santa Monica California where Thor missiles are assembled.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Andrei N. Tupolev
Thor
Nixon
Tupolev
Frol R. Kozlov
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft Co
Santa Monica
Calif
Obscure Segregation Law Cited in Little Rock Case
John A. McLeod Jr says the Little Rock School Board will follow the 1958 anti integration law to shield his daughter Ann from classrooms with Negro students at Hall High School. The law was part of Faubus package from August 1958. Ann McLeod, a junior, attends an integrated school term opener.
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Little Rock, Ark
Hall High School
John A. McLeod Jr
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
McLeod
Ann
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