Open Letter to Mamie Eisenhower on Ike's tour stamina
A columnist writes to Mrs. Eisenhower praising President Eisenhower's stamina during his 19 day 11 nation tour. He recalls crowds in Madrid Casablanca and Rome and notes Ike’s surprising energy despite fatigue. The piece ends with hopes for his plans before leaving office and wishes for Christmas.
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Madrid
Spain
Casablanca
Morocco
Washington
Eisenhower
Rome
Ike
Homburg
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Pope John XXIII criticizes state as tool of man
In a Christmas message the 78 year old pope denounces treating people as machines and urges world leaders toward true peace based on truth and dignity. He avoids naming communism, referencing Eisenhower’s peace tour and recent events while urging nations to seek social peace through mutual respect.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Eisenhower
College of Cardinals
Vatican Radio
Pope John
Pope Pius XII
Christmas Day Holiday for The Enterprise
The Enterprise will take its single full holiday of the year on Friday and no paper will be published on Christmas Day. Press time for the big Thursday editions is pushed. Ration staff will maintain telephone answering until 6 p.m. All offices close Friday. Carrier boys finish early week with collections starting last night.
Eisenhower’s Merry Christmas Return From Free World Mission
President Eisenhower relayed a Merry Christmas from the free world as he returned from a 22,000 mile peace mission to 11 nations on three continents. A crowd at the White House cheered as he arrived shortly after midnight and promised a fuller report on his travels at the national Christmas tree lighting.
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Mamie Eisenhower
White House
Coun
Washington
Eisenhower
Free World
Pennsylvania Avenue
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Morocco
Richard M. Nixon
Andrews
James C. Hagerty
White ‘House
Augusta
Italy
Turkey
Afghanistan
India
Greece
Iran
Tunisia
France
Spain
Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Khrushchev’s U.S. tour tops AP year-end poll for 1959
The AP poll names Nikita Khrushchev’s September U.S. tour as the year’s biggest story, with Russia’s Sept. 14 moon probe and image of the lunar far side a close second. The two events shaped Western views of the Cold War, revealing a multi faceted Soviet leadership.
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Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Associated Press
Khrushchev
U.S
Top Ten 1959 News Moments Across World and Nation
Khrushchev visits the United States and Nixon tours Russia feature among 1959 highlights. Castro rises to power amid Cuban troubles while steel strikes and a new labor relations law shape the year. Alaska and Hawaii attain statehood as Eisenhower expands foreign policy roles. Dulles death precedes Herter as secretary of state.
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U. S
Castro
Cuba
Eisenhower
Dulles
Herter Ap Secy
Nixon
Russia
Alaska
Hawaii
Congress
Russians Far Ahead in Rocketry, Moon Landing Noted
The article notes Russian lead in rocketry with the Sept 14 rocket described as the first man-made object to land on the moon. It references a Khrushchev probe on page 9A and contrasts Russian progress with the United States.
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United States
Moon
Lee Khrushchev
Federal court blocks Freeman use of guardsmen at Albert Lea
Three federal judges ruled Governor Freeman overstepped his authority by using National Guardsmen to close Wilson and Co. packing plant at Albert Lea Minnesota The court halted martial law and barred interference with the plant’s access while granting a stay until Sunday night Freeman said he will comment after reading the decision Wilson and Co president James D Cooney in Chicago welcomed the ruling hoping for clarification of the governor’s actions
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Minneapolis
Minn
Orville L. Freeman
National Guardsmen
Wilson & Co
Albert Lea
Freeman
The
National Guard
Es Oe S. Circuit I
Ee Aceain
Wilson
James D. Cooney
Chicago
Gov. Freeman
Point System Flap Sparks North Carolina Critique
State Sen. J Spencer Bell says hundreds of point system violations go unrecorded due to poor court supervision. An insurance spokesman cites failures to report convictions to the motor vehicles department, prompting calls for an Institute study and a corrective solution.
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Charlotte
N.C
J. Spencer Bell
North Carolina
Geeknad
Allistate
Institute of Government At
Chapel ‘Hill
Cubans Oust U S Newsman After Prison Escape Case
American newsman James Buchanan of the Miami Herald was convicted by a five man military court in Pinar del Rio for aiding an escape from a Cuban prison. He received a suspended 14 year sentence and was ordered deported within 24 hours, then left for Havana to return to Miami.
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Havana
James Buchanan
Cuba
Castro
Pinar del Rio
Miami Herald
Buchanan
Miami
Frank Austin Young
Young
Cageeee
The
Herald
Hills
U.S
Oscar Fernanis
Fidel Castro
Arctic Blast Deluges Northeast Snowbound As Deaths Mount
A numbing arctic blast followed a heavy snowstorm marking winter's arrival. Up to seven inches fell in the upper Mississippi Valley and 10 inches north of New York City. Deaths blamed on the storm hit at least 19. travel disruptions closed schools and delayed hundreds of flights at LaGuardia and Idlewild. Temperature plunged to 34 below in Wanakena and 29 below in Saranac Lake. New England saw 2 to 7 inches.
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Mississippi Valley
Wanakena
New York
Saranac Lake
New York State
Adirondack Mountains
Montpelier
Burlington
Boston
Maine
Caribou
Weather Bureau
New York City
New England
la Guardia
Idlewild
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Larktown
N.Y
Manhattan
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Midwest
Minnesota
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