Body of Susan Martin Found in Columbia River
The 11 year old Susan Martin was identified from dental work and found in a backwater slough near Camas Washington. The Martins from Portland vanished December 7 after a trip for Christmas greens and investigators suspect the car went into the Columbia River or its tributaries.
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Vancouver
Wash
Columbia
Slough
Ken Martin
Portland
Susan Martin
Paul Mylan
Barbara
Virginia
Susan
Martin
Columbia River
Susan Earry
Camas
E. A Waterman
Dr. Waterman
Pat Ginia
Oregon
Cascade Locks
Soviet envoy escapes Burma in guarded flight
A Soviet military attaché, Col. Mikhail Strygaine, leapt from a hospital window and fled Rangoon aboard a Communist plane guarded by 40 embassy guards. Hospital sources say he overdosed on sleeping pills and sought asylum, with his wife and two guards accompanying him as newsmen were barred from questions.
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Rangoon
Burma
Nist
Mikhail I. Strygaine
Kunming
Peiping
Strygaine
Soviet Union
Moscow
School Law Faces Challenge to It
In Little Rock Arkansas a legal challenge tests Act 4 of 1958 the law used to close four public high schools to resist integration. NAACP argues it blocks court ordered school desegregation while Arkansas defends it as extending police powers to prevent violence surrounding integration. The case follows prior battles over gradual desegregation and federal involvement in 1957 58.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.s.district Court
National Assn
Advancement of Colored People
Arkansas Supreme Court
Orval E. Faubus
Rock
NAACP
Little Rock Board
U.S. District Court
Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Faubus
Central High School
National Guard
Eisenhower
U.S. Dist
Harry L. Lemley
Hope, Ark
Eighth Circuit Court
Open Convention Foreseen By Humphrey For Democratic Nomination
Washington AP Sen Hubert H Humphrey said at least four convention ballots will be needed to name the Democratic presidential candidate at the 1960 convention opening July 11 in Los Angeles His remarks followed a West swing that may push him toward active candidacy He noted meetings with Democratic leaders in Washington Oregon California Utah and Wyoming and mentioned Williams of Michigan Meyner of New Jersey and Adlai Stevenson as possible contenders or influences.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Los Angeles
Senate
Kennedy
Wash
Oregon
California
Churchill Heads to U S for trip with Eisenhower
Sir Winston Churchill, 84, flies on Britain’s jet to visit President Eisenhower in Washington after three days as guest at the White House. He will also stop in New York to see Bernard Baruch and attend staged dinners before returning home.
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London
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
White House
New York
Bernard Baruch
Churchill
United States
France
Columbine III
Washington
Old Statesman
Panama Crisis Eases After Cuban Invasion Fizzles
Panamanian government remains fragile as Cuban invaders surrender. The OAS peace team declared the threat over while Ernesto de la Guardia’s administration holds firm. Notable figures include Roberto Arias and Margot Fonteyn with Cuban leader Cesar Vega guiding a misfired assault on Panama.
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Fidel Castro
Ernesto de la Guardia
Organization of American States
Panama
de la Guardia
Cuba
Castro
Roberto Arias
Margot Fonteyn
Moscow
Arias
Gulf of Panama
Gillian
Dame Margot
San ‘Blas Peninsula
Trop
Fluoridation Highlighted At North Carolina Dental Meet
Pinehurst North Carolina AP The American Dental Association president elect Dr Paul Jeserich called fluoridation the greatest story in a century and predicted it will shift dental education focus within 100 years He spoke at the 103rd annual North Carolina Dental Society convention noting the ADA centennial and the need to double dental school output to 7000 graduates in a decade Also Dr Sandy Marks Presbyterian dental missionary addressed the opening session about early Belgian colonial era dentistry.
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Pinehurst
N.C
American Dental Assn
Paul Jeserich
Jeserich
University of Michigan
North Carolina Dental Society
American Denital Assn
Weay
Sandy Marks
Marks
Guardsmen May Go To Henderson Over Arrest Powers
Gov. Hodges said dispatch of National Guard troops to Henderson for the textile strike is entirely possible as replacements for state highway patrolmen. He noted an amendment to grant arrest powers will be offered, with a vote on the bill expected tonight, and said the guard would want such powers if sent to Henderson.
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Raleigh
Henderson
Hodges
House
Ssea
Baltimore Mayoral Race Sets Grady Against McKeldin
Democrat J Harold Grady challenges Republican Theodore R McKeldin in Baltimore mayoral election. Grady with 42 year old state attorney and former FBI agent seeks to expand a rising record while McKeldin a 58 year old former mayor and 1952 Eisenhower supporter fights to reclaim the chair. Polls show Democratic registration advantage yet Grady won a strong primary turnout emphasizing mass transit and urban renewal as central issues.
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Baltimore
Theodore R McKeldin
J. Harold Grady
Grady
FBI
Thomas D’alesandro
McKeldin
Eisenhower
Maryland
Hodges Seeks 16 Million for North Carolina Budget
Gov Hodges told Tar Heel lawmakers of a potential extra 16 million dollars for the next biennium budget. He said the funds would largely support public schools the University of North Carolina system and other higher learning institutions in the state.
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Raleigh
Hodges
University of North Carolina
Truman the Third Term Ban Opposed by Ex-President
Former President Truman urged repeal of the constitutional ban on a third term calling it a bad amendment that ties a president’s hands. He noted the provision specifically exempted the incumbent at the time and mocked the idea of a lame duck president hampered in life-and-death battles. He criticized politicians for denying re-election to capable leaders.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Congress
Truman
Eisen
Ettioshonale
Government 100s Go On Block Auction Sets Record
Five billion dollars worth of government 100s go on the block over four days marking the highest weekly total on record. Treasury debt management faces the nation’s record debt as unsettled markets push more auctions to set prices and yields through high bids.
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Washington
Treasury
Onion Soup Contest Decided by Palm Springs Judges
Report of a Palm Springs onion soup contest judged by Jolie Gabor and others. The winner, a prime recipe praised for its French onion flavor, uses sautéed onions, butter, flour, boiling water, a bay loaf, and cream with toasted bread. Jolie, wearing a $6.95 hat, and her mother comment on family and money.
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Hubbard Keavy
Palm Springs
Calif
Mama Gabor
Julie
California
Jolie
Zsa Zsa
Hal Hayes
France
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Caribbean
Cesar Vega
Rosy Economic Report
James S. Currie
Mama
Edmond Szigetti
George Ringwald
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