Nixon Still Sees Bid for Presidency After Loss
Nixon, now 48, remains convinced he deserves another shot and plans moves in California, aiming to fundraise and build party strength. He travels with secretary Rose Mary Woods and attorney Sherman Unger while facing massive mail and speaking demands, and weighs 1962 governor and senate races as steps toward a 1964 run.
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Arthur Edson
Washington
Chicago
Des Moines
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Eisenhower
Midwest
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Secret Service
Rose Mary Woods
Sherman Unger
Cincinnati
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
California
White House
GOP
Columbus Women Start Memorial Day Ceremony Roots in Civil War Graves
A Columbus group led by Miss Matt Morton decorated Confederate and Union graves in 1863 1864 and 1865 at Friendship Cemetery. The gesture grew into a nation wide observance later formalized by the Grand Army of the Republic in 1868 with May 30 as Memorial Day.
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Columbus, Miss
Columbus
Shiloh Church
Tennessee
Odd Fellows Lodge
Shiloh
Matt Morton
Friendship Cemetery
Kentucky
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Virginia
William S. Barry
Missisippi
Union
G. Z. Stainbeck
auNy Vvnl
Grand Army of the Republic
North
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
Francis Miles Finch
The Case Against Free Speech
Roy Thompson presents a satirical critique of civic clubs and free speech in America. The piece lampoons program chairs who recruit speakers, describes the routine Ladies Night setups, and recalls misfired talks in Elkin and Lexington.
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Roy Thompson
Winston-Salem, N.C
FBI
Civic Club
Civitan
Sertoman
Crooked Creek Society For Encouragement and Preservation of
Elkin
On Top Of Smouldering Volcano Island Of Hawaii Waits
Deep in Kilauea eruptive plumbing pressure rises as the dome swells since last September. The Kapoho eruption of 1960 burned 1,000 acres, produced 150 million cubic yards of lava, caused $2 million in damage, and left a black plain where homes stood. Hawaii Island waits for a new eruption with seismographs recording thousands of quakes before the next blast.
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Jack Schreibman
Honolulu
Kilauea
Hawaii
Puna
Hawaii Island
Island of Hawaii
Y. Nakamura
Kapoho
Wake Island
Oahu
Ike's Cabinet Members Pursue Separate Careers
After leaving office Eisenhower’s top aides scatter into varied roles. Christian Herter leads NATO unity study in Europe while George Humphrey moves to National Steel Corp. and Robert Anderson joins Carl M. Loeb firm. Others return to business, law, or academia with plans including university presidency and gubernatorial runs.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Foreign Service Educational Foundation
Europe
NATO
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
National Steel Corp
Cleveland
Robert B. Anderson
Humphrey
Carl M. Loeb
Rhoades & Co
New York
African Explosion Skips Barotseland
A Barotse kingdom in Barotseland Africa remains a small, hidden realm under British protectorate rule. Paramount Chief Sir Mwanawina Lewanika III, 73, travels to London seeking recognition while black nationalists question feudal authority and potential secession from Northern Rhodesia.
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Errol Friedmann Mongu
Barotseland
Central Africa
Africa
Victoria
Zambesi
Zambezi
Britain
Northern
Rhodesia
Mwanawina Lewanika III
London
Barot
Mwanawina
South Africa
Sir Mwanawina
Northern Rhodesia
United National Independence Party
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Detroit
Neil H. McElroy
Wilson
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Thomas S. Gates Jr
McElroy
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
William P. Rogers
Royall, Koegel & Rogers
New York-Washington
Arthur FE. Summerfield
Flint
Mich
Fred A. Seaton
Hastings
Neb
Ezra Taft Benson
Council of Twelve
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Salt Lake City
Frederick H
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Commerce
Grand Rapids
Arthur S. Flemming
University of Oregon
James P. Mitchell
New Jersey
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