Voters Age Shifts Highlight Young Governors and Long-Lived Voters
Washington AP notes the U S population 65 and over rose to 15 million in 1958 from 12.2 million in 1950 as aging reshapes politics. It cites young governors like Edendson 33 Patterson 36 Sawyer 39 Herseth 40 Underwood 36 and veteran Lawrence 69, illustrating a widening age range in public leadership since 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore Francis Green
D-Ri
J. Howard Edendson
Oklahoma
John Patterson
Alabama
Nate Ee Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Jateh Herseth
South Dakota
Ernest Vandiver
Georgia
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
New Camera Captures Tiny Shock Waves At High Speed
Pasadena AP reports a Caltech camera records bubble induced shock waves and rapid hull changes. Dr. Albert T. Ellis notes current frame rates of a million per second with potential to reach higher speeds. The device uses a flash, electronic shutter slices, and a mirror to expose film.
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Pasadena
Calif
Albert T. Ellis
California Institute of Technology
Dr. Ellis
Europe debates disengagement amid Cold War tensions
British Prime Minister Macmillan seeks Eisenhower talks on disengagement as a path to German reunification, while U S and British officials weigh risks and benefits. Dulles condemns proposals to demilitarize West Germany, and Kennan's calls spark political storms in West Germany and Britain as allies debate plans to ease confrontations along the Iron Curtain.
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Harold Macmillan
Britain
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Germany
Washington
Labor Party
Charles de Gaulle
France
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
de Gaulle
Adenauer
Paris
East
Soviet Union
East Germany
U.S
NATO
Czechoslovakia
Dulles
Truman
Europe
George F. Kennan
State Department
United States
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Kennan
Re- Acheson
Democratic Party
Adam Rapacki
Poland
Sions
Rapacki
Gaitskell
Hugh Gaitskell
Hungary
Vari
U. S
Italy
Man Buried For 10 Minutes in Robstown Cess Pool Cave In
Sam Scott 42 of Robstown was buried ten minutes when a cess pool he dug caved in. His nephew Wayne Muckelroy 20 pulled sand from Scott’s head as air was fed through a mask. Scott was freed after 95 minutes and treated for an ear injury from the rescue shovel edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Sam Scott
Robstown
Wayne Muckelroy
Scott
War Talk Over Berlin Faces Western Resolve
Discussion centers on preventing German Ruhr and Rhine fortresses from strengthening, as Western powers seek to curb aggression and Soviet communism, aiming to limit military resources and influence in Europe.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Rhine
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Grant Sawyer
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Mason
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North America
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Dep
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Elbe River
European
Atlantic
Mann
Darth
North Main
Tower Loan CO
N. Main St
Wachovia Bank
TELE
Tade
Firestone Power Mower
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Firestone
Philco
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