North Dakota Senate Race Tightens Davis Lead
Gov. John E. Davis held a slim edge over Rep. Quentin Burdick in the North Dakota special Senate election as returns trickled in after polls closed. With 1,647 of 2,310 precincts counted, Davis led by about 2,500 votes, 86,716 to 83,238, amid farm-area returns that narrowed his earlier advantage.
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John E. Davis
Quentin Burdick
North Dakota
Senate
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Burdick
Lee Davis
Nepali Border Trooper Killed as Chinese Reds Clash at Tibet Border
Premier B P Koirala said a Nepali border patrol officer was killed and 15 Nepalis captured by Chinese Communist forces near Mustang in Nepal's Tibet border area. Government protests Peiping and notes renewed rebellion in Tibet while recounting prior incursions and disputed claims.
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Nepal
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Tibet
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Mustang
H. P. Upadhaya
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Indian Northeast Frontier Agency
Reds
India
Red China
Tugging efforts fail as tanker George MacDonald sinks
The 501-foot Sinclair Oil tanker George MacDonald sank stern-first into the Atlantic about 50 miles east of Charleston after a tow line broke. None of the 43 crew aboard were injured. The USS Robinson and Coast Guard vessels aided in rescue while investigations began behind closed doors. The J. C. Dyer had been towing the MacDonald toward shore for repairs.
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Houston
Sinclair Refining Co
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New York City
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Robinson
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Dyer
Cmdr
P. H. Browne
William B. Schell
New Orleans
Mariner
Wildcat Bus Strike Disrupts New York Transit
A prolonged wildcat walkout by bus drivers crippled about half the city’s service on 21 lines of Fifth Avenue Coach Co. Thousands shifted to subways, taxis, or city buses as leaders and drivers clashed over union leadership and planned demonstrations at garages and City Hall with no immediate end in sight.
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Manhatttan
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Harold Newcamp
City Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Rockefeller Abets Health Aid Talk Sparks New Rift
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller presses a health insurance expansion for the elderly as a means test foes administration plan. He suggests a health benefit fund paid by a half percent payroll tax rise and options for beneficiaries to receive services or payments. Rockefeller urges congressional passage and notes a fiscal dispute with the Eisenhower administration.
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Eisenhower
New York
Rockefeller
Governors
Congress to resume after conventions in August
Congress leaders announced a recess to allow members to attend the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions and plan to reconvene August 8. The move drew protests but aims to avert preconvention gridlock as Kennedy Johnson and Symington vie for the Democratic nomination.
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John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Los Angeles
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Johnson
House
Vember
Castro Seizes Oil Plant Threat After Refusal to Refine
Fidel Castro ordered intervention at the Texaco refinery in Santiago after shipping two barge loads of Soviet crude and warning he will seize American property penny by penny if U S sugar purchases fall. The move follows a Revolucion report that he signed a resolution directing refinery intervention under a 1938 Cuban law.
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Robert Berrellez
Havana
Fidel Castro
Texaco
Santiago
Casitro
Cuba
United States
Sugar Workers Federation
Artemisa
Revolucion
Castro
Furniture Market Attendance Holds Up At Southern Show
Attendance at the summer Southern furniture market remained strong at mid week with over 3 000 visitors by noon and more than 500 buyers registered. Officials forecast 4 200 to 4 300 buyers from 11 states this week, matching the 1959 level and normal for a summer market. A lamp exhibitor praised business as excellent and noted Chicago market gains.
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Southeastern States
Chicago
Soviets Plan Pacific Rocket Tests Next Month
Moscow reports a new series of multistage test rockets will be launched into a 50 000 square mile Pacific target area about 150 miles southeast of the prior naval test site, July 5 through 31. The rocket is not to carry warheads. Khrushchev urged cadets to master rocket and nuclear war while defending peace.
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United States
Cape Canaveral
South Africa
Soviet Union
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Christmas Island
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Defense Bill Goes To House
A compromised defense bill just under 40 billion dollars moves to the House for Friday action after a Senate House conference committee reconciles differences. The measure restores major Eisenhower requests while trimming more than 400 million in procurement funds and adds 3.1 billion in proposed outlays for the new fiscal year.
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Eisenhower
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