Eisenhower Arrives in Scotland for Vacation
President Eisenhower lands in Turnberry Scotland for a short vacation at a Highlands castle before returning to the United States after a nine day Western Europe mission. He flew from France where he met with President de Gaulle after stops in Bonn London and Paris.
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de Rambouillet
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Eisenhower De Gaulle End Western Tour With Pact Hope
After two days of talks in Paris and Berlin the leaders issued a communique claiming agreement on most issues including Berlin and the Algeria question. Eisenhower planned a Scotland rest weekend at Culzean Castle before returning home.
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de Gaulle
North Africa
France
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NATO
Quartet Flee to Mountain Shack Hideaway in Salida
Robert Carlin and his brother in law with their wives fled to two abandoned miners' shacks 11,000 feet up the Colorado mountains seeking solitude amid world unrest. Officials found guns, deer meat, a baby’s belongings, a stash of silver dollars and cash. Carlin said they intended no harm and the money was their stake from July 24. The group was relocated to a Buena Vista hotel while authorities investigate.
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Colo
Robert Carlin
Porter
Carlin
Darrell A. Amann
Sion
Venison
Emma Francis Carlin
Joan Shirley Amann
Buena Vista
Denver
Thonoff
Senate approves sweeping labor bill reshaping union rules
The 1959 labor regulation measure passes the Senate 95 to 2 after eight hours of debate and heads to President Eisenhower. It imposes new controls on unions aiming to curb racketeering and abuses, with the final title tightening Taft Hartley restrictions on boycotts and picketing. Only Morse and Langer oppose in the Senate.
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Senate
Wayne Morse
D Ore
William Langer
RND
Morse
Temperature blamed for disaster near Meldrim Georgia
The Interstate Commerce Commission linked a 98 degree day to a wreck that sent 16 cars off a trestle into a recreation area near Meldrim on June 28 last year. Twenty three people were killed as propane cars exploded in a fireball, while guards on trestles could have prevented derailment. The Seaboard Air Line, owner and operator, is urged to install guard rails.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Meldrim
ICC
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Repet Ee Oe
Amer
Wanted Man Seized In Cottage Near Brighton
In Tawas City Michigan officers nabbed Alvin Knight without gunfire while searching for missing trooper Albert Souden who disappeared after questioning Knight about a tool plant break in. Souden, a 1954 recruit, left at about 9 30 am yesterday, his service pistol found, the Cadillac tied to Carl Woolmer of Detroit, Knight's stepfather, and the missing trooper is not yet traced. Louden's car remains missing.
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Mich.a
Alvin Knight
Albert Souden
Souden
Brighton Post
Questtion Knight
Atn
Knight
Carl Woolmer
Detroit
Louden
Autumn headlines and enterprise push light up High Point
Autumn brings Khrushchev and higher living costs with a stronger High Point Enterprise expanding its in house writing. Readers can expect expert series on Nikita Khrushchev and "The Stinger in the Room" by Ray Cromley and a NEA service feature on pay envelopes.
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Nikita
Ray Cromley
NEA Service
Associated Press
William L
New York Herald Tribune
Laos appeals to U N for troops amid Laos war
Laos appeals to the United Nations for military aid as Communist North Viet Nam is charged with intervening. Britain says it would support U N action if aggression is proven. The appeal, sent to Dag Hammarskjold, faces UN Security Council consideration with potential General Assembly debate if vetoed.
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Rocket Ship Power Flight Canceled
Edwards AFB Calif AP An X 15 rocket ship attempted its first power flight but was canceled due to undisclosed trouble after a hydrogen peroxide line leak last week postponed a previous power flight. The craft designed to reach space flew a round trip on a bomber piloted by Air Force Capt. Charles Bock.
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Calif
Crossfield
Air Force
Charles Bock
Last Rebel Claim Is Disputed
Walter Williams, claimed last Civil War survivor status, is described by his daughter as too old and ill to discuss. Williams has been nearly blind and deaf, with his unit supposedly disbanded before his enlistment, contradicting his account and leaving John Salling of Slant Virginia as the last verified veteran.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
Williams
Scripps-Howard
John Salling
Slant
Life on Earth May Be Three Billion Years Old
Yale geologist Dr Karl Turekian proposed a three billion year clock for life start, based on argon-40 release in rocks and fluids. He noted oldest sedimentary rocks date to 2.8 billion years and that complex skeletons only arose around 500 thousand years ago. Dr Roger Revelle of Scripps Oceanography added that skeletons require calcium for preservation.
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New York
Earth
Turekian
Roger Revelle
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
la Jolla
Calif
Stolen Polio Vaccine Recovered in Montreal Heist
A $50,000 shipment of Salk polio vaccine stolen from the University of Montreal lab was found in an East Montreal apartment. Ten thousand vials, enough for 75,000 inoculations, were stored in a refrigerator and boxes around the living room. The vaccine awaits monkey testing, taking six to eight weeks, as Montreal reports 619 confirmed cases and 32 deaths in 1959.
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Montreal
University of Montreal
Quebec
Meat House Employes On Strike
Chicago AP report says Union meat packing workers struck Swift and Co. and Wilson and Co. early today. The Wilson strike was quietly called off after a joint agreement to continue wage hour talks for 24 hours while unions push for a new contract replacing the expired August 31 agreement.
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Swift and Co
Wilson and Co
Wilson
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Armour and Co
Iester
Swift
Montero Fights Ouster as Army Chief Crisis Deepens
Buenos Aires General Carlos Toranzo Montero challenges a government order to remove him as army chief amid a military crisis. Government sources cite pressure within the armed forces as he resists reshuffling key posts. The dispute follows the resignation of Anaya and ties to Juan D. Peron era events.
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Argentina
Carlos Toranzo Montero
Oe Pos
Anaya
Senate Takes Up Highway Measure and Revenue Question
Senate debates a highway finance bill with Sen Gore proposing an alternative revenue source to the penny gas tax. Chairman Byrd expects reluctant House-backed 4 cent per gallon increase through June 1961 to pass. House approval came 243 to 162 after weeks of wrangling amid road project funding uncertainty.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
House
Rights Showdown Delayed as Civil Rights Commission Report Probed
Washington leaders plan to delay a civil rights showdown until next session or the Commission’s life ends in two months. Southern senators oppose extending the commission but avoid an outright filibuster. The House has passed the foreign aid bill. the Senate committee may add last minute agency funding. A circulating Civil Rights Commission report prompts sharp criticism from Sen. Olin Johnston and others who fear overreach beyond proposed civil measures.
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