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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1961
Page
5
In Bemidji Minnesota a large plastic balloon used for cosmic ray experiments dropped to earth two hours after launch when lightning apparently triggered its central mechanism. Ed Owen, president of Raven Industries of Sioux Falls, said the failure involved the big balloon.
Russia and China remain locked in a bitter quarrel as Moscow asserts leadership over communism. The split affects Western policy on Berlin and Germany, with Khrushchev seen as dominant but pressured by Beijing on capitalism. The carryover shapes global Cold War dynamics and Sino Soviet alignment.
Fidel Castro and his cabinet held a seven hour meeting to outline proposals for new policies to be announced at the July 26 revolutionary celebration. Decrees include allocating over $6 million for nationalized private schools and creating the National Order of Playa Giron to honor Cubans and foreigners who fought imperialism, with talks of a single all powerful proletarian party and Communist participation.
Tokyo AP reports Prime Minister Tsuyato Ikeda will keep the same core aims as when he took office a year ago. The cabinet reshuffle brings four Liberal-Democratic leaders from rival factions, reinforcing a stance to double national income by 1970 and stay aligned with the West economically militarily and culturally. The broader article discusses Moscow Peiping tensions and the evolving Sino Soviet relationship amid worldly Communist strategy.
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