East West Tug of War Over Asian Nations
A 1950s analysis notes Communist influence in underdeveloped lands with low per capita income, citing Afghanistan and Indonesia. US aid aims to boost airlines and education, while critics warn of bureaucratic drift and weak home support. The piece argues wealth sharing is essential to counter Soviet and Chinese expansion and highlights eager asks from peoples seeking freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Indonesia
International Cooperation Administration
ICA
Ceylon
Russia
China
Soviet Union
America
Red China
Germany Suffers In Drought Crisis Hits Northern Regions Hard
Drought in Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony worsens crops with grain 40 to 80 percent below normal and hay and root crop losses. Water is trucked to 230000 people, bans on car washing and sprinkling spread, and forest fires rise across West Germany.
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Hamburg
Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
Lower Saxony
Bavaria
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Harz Mountains
North Sea
Bolivian City Santa Cruz Seized by Government Troops
In Bolivia the government says troops now control Santa Cruz after quelling a subversive movement. President Hernan Siles Zuazo’s office reports armed bands retired overnight, with Gen. Hamon Vargas Tapia temporarily in control. An Interior Ministry communique accuses an oligarchy of stirring the unrest as police headquarters were attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
Hernan Siles Zuazo
Hamon Vargas Tapia
Interior Ministry
K. Santa Cruz
Cruz
Air Force
Food price support and parity proposals in farm policy
A Washington analysis argues price supports may be cheaper than a production driven program. Parity prices for wheat hogs milk and other staples are cited with potential retail increases estimated if parity prices were enforced. It notes total farm program costs and unknown outcomes under a shifted system.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Ee Ee Ee
Payroll Secrecy Ends as Senate Votes Open Payrolls
AP reports Scripps-Howard journalist Vance Trimble drops his suit after the Senate voted to publicly release payrolls. The body approved a rule to publish names and salaries of all Senate employees, including corps, committees, and staff, four times yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Scripps- Howard
Vance Trimble
Senate
Trimble
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Helen Keller Turns 79 In Quiet Birthday Observance
EASTON Conn AP Helen Keller now 79 born in Tuscumbia Alabama lost sight and hearing after illness before age two but reads writes and communicates through braille and a touch system. Her lifelong companion Polly Thompson 74 has been ill since December prompting a low key celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton, Conn
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Tuscumbia
Ala
Polly Thompson
Miss Thompson
No-Tipping Custom Favored in Japan Tourism
Japan's Asahi Shimbun urged preserving no tipping as an intangible cultural asset to attract visitors, noting the practice has frayed as foreigners tip out of habit. The paper compared Japan and China as rare places where travelers are not harassed by tipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Mt. Fuji
Asahi Shimbun
Communist
China
Asahi
Hovercraft Test Flight Delayed in Zurich
Swiss inventor Carl Weiland delayed a 12 passenger hovercraft test on Lake Zurich due to an engine part reshaping issue. The five ton craft aims to rise above water and reach 45 mph with ambitions to carry 1,000 passengers across the Atlantic in 36 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Switzerland
Lake Zurich
Carl Weiland
Weiland
Atlantic
Kansas City Plans Downtown Renewal and Expressways
Kansas City outlines a downtown renewal plan with 60 mph traffic, pedestrian malls, and slum clearance. The program includes 1,000 new housing units across nine apartment buildings and a loop expressway around 17 blocks, aiming to bring workers and shoppers back to the core business district. A steel mill may demand up to 500 million gallons of water daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
National Retail Merchants Assn
Phil Geissal
L. P. Cookingham
Merchants Association
Cookingham
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Coleman A. Harwell
Nashville Tennessean
Associated Press
Afghanistan
West Germany
U. S
Kabul
Columbia University
University of Wypor
Tibet
Greece
Israel
Egypt
Italy
Kenneth Olson
Coleman Har
Warner’s Transfer & Storage Co
Thomasville
The
Advertisin Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Asia
Washington ST
S Savings & Loan Association
N. Main
High Point
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