Akiko Kojima Wins Miss Universe In 1960
Akiko Kojima of Tokyo becomes Miss Universe at Long Beach claiming the crown from Luz Marina Zuluaga with prize money of 10000 dollars. Miss Norway and others place in the final five as Latin American delegates protest the judging before the coronation.
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Akiko Kojima
Tokyo
Japan
Long Beach
Calif
Garber Davidson
Unia
Miss Kojima
Norway
Jorunn Kristiansen
United States
Terry Lynn Huntingdon
England
Pamela Anne Searle
Brazil
Vera Ribeiro
Kojima
Colombia
Luz Marina Zuluaga
Bolivia
Cuba
Peru
Guatemala
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Mexico
Uruguay
Early Arctic exploration spans 2000 years
The text traces Arctic activity from Pytheus around 325 B.C. to Irish settlement in Iceland about 795 A.D. Norse arrival followed 150 years later, and Eric the Red began Greenland exploration in 982 after banishment.
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Arctic
Pytheus
Arctic Circle
Iceland
Eric the Red
Greenland
Pondered Evolution Among Ancient Philosophers
The article notes that the broad idea of evolution existed before Christianity, with Greek philosophers and Indian sages contemplating change and development long before the modern evolutionary theory emerged.
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India
Democratic Leaders Map Labor Housing Roads Agenda
Democratic leaders set labor housing highway and civil rights bills as priorities to extend Congress past Labor Day. They seek a possible long term government bond rate increase, while wheat legislation hinges on Eisenhower or Benson. Overriding Eisenhower’s veto on housing remains a possibility if hearings sway votes.
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Jack Bell Washington
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Ezra Taft Benson
Dirksen
Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Group
Purdue student held after fatal apartment shooting
In Lafayette, Indiana, 26 year old James F. Strain was found shot in the chest in the garage apartment of Purdue student Prentice G. Von Conrad. Von Conrad is detained for questioning as police investigate a reported terrible accident and possible murder charge. Four guns were later found in Von Conrad's apartment.
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West Lafayette
George Hanna
Hanna
Strain
Purdue
Adm
Arlington
von Conrad
Georgia Wright
Senator Smathers questions need for passage on air
Senator George Smathers said on a Florida radio TV program that he does not see any need for passage of the measure. He spoke during a broadcast recorded for Florida stations and did not express support for immediate action.
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George Smathers
D-Flo
Florida
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Young Strain
Lake Forest
Ill
Rockville
Ind
Wright
Houston
Robert J. Hadley Strain
Beatty State Hospital
Westville
St. Petersburg
Fla
High Point
N. Main ST
Belks
Seou Neta
Baby Dept
Veoh
Adlai N
Matador
Adlai Stevenson
Mallorca
Alfonso Vascuez II
Island
Cash
Jow “ Pernous
Taft Porel
Rosecrest
Pride of
Orion and Viscose
the Ponche
South Pacific
South Sea
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