Mayflower II Reenacts Pilgrim Voyage to Plymouth Harbor
Mayflower II the replica ship arrived in Plymouth Harbor after a 5 000 mile four day voyage from Plymouth England towed by a Coast Guard craft. Cmdr Alan Villiers noted a cracked boom during a prior storm but said the voyage proceeded with a fair wind. Thousands watched as the 180 ton square rigged bark moored near Plymouth Rock with immigration officials aboard at Provincetown prior to the final leg.
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Plymouth
Mass
England
Coast Guard
Windjam
Garnet
Provincetown
Cmdr
Alan Villers
Australa
Provincetown Harbor
Cape Cod
Cmér. Villiers
Villiers
Long Leading Drive To Slash Aid Measure
Senator Long spearheaded a Senate move to cut 390 million dollars from a foreign aid bill. He proposed reducing military assistance for the coming year and defense supports while extending the authorization period and seeking new authority next year. Senate leaders warned cuts could threaten the program’s balance as Morse and others oppose a revolving loan fund.
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Washington
Sen
Long
D-La
Senate
Sen. Morse
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
House
Knowland
Morse
Congress
Russell
D-Ga
Stassen Heads to London to Restart Disarm Talks
U S disarmament chief Harold E. Stassen departs for London to revive lagging discussions with Britain, France, Canada, and Russia on a first step toward ending the atomic arms race. Khrushchev signals a tougher Russian stance as U S seeks limited tests and a peaceful use shift.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
U. S
London
America
Russia
Dulles
Valerian Zorin
State Department
Stassen
Khrushchev
United States
Arctic
O Konski Launches Wisconsin Campaign On July First
Representative Alvin E. O Konski outlined a statewide bid for the Republican nomination to fill the McCarthy seat. He plans 15 to 20 speeches daily starting July 1 and media blitz with a million tabloid newspapers. Primary turnout is projected around 300 000 with at least 75 000 votes needed to win.
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Washington
Alvin E. O’konski
R-Wis
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
O’konski
Wisconsin
GOP
McCarthy
Vernon Thomson
Wisconsin House
Walter J. Kohler
Glenn R. Davis
Warren Knowles
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Henry Hughes
Gerald D. Lorge
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
O'Konski
Woman Divorces Her Husband and Funds His Talent Growth
In Los Angeles a woman divorced architect William Sutherland Beckett on grounds of extreme cruelty. She will support him with 1200 dollars monthly for 10 years to aid his career, via a trust fund her family established. Beckett allegedly had an ungovernable temper and struck her. the couple, married in 1948, have three children.
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Los Angeles
Julianna Kemper Beckett
William Sutherland Beckett
Beckett
Moon Watch To Trace 80 Man Satellite Over Africa
A U S plan aims to track the first artificial satellite as it passes over Africa within minutes of launch from Florida. Moon Watch teams in Cape Town Bloemfontein Pretoria and Johannesburg will help compute the orbit using Minitrack signals and precision Schmidt camera observations at Olifantsfontein during dawn and dusk windows.
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Africa
Johannesburg
Florida
an &+man
Moon Watch Team
Subcontinent
Moon Watch
South Africa
Cape Town
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
U. S
National Committee
Olifantsfontein
America
Rockets require auxiliary power for long space voyages
Three Rocket experts from Aerojet General Corp told the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that space travel will await development of independent heat, cabin pressure and gravity systems. They noted existing rockets use auxiliary power for steering and propulsion, while full ships will need self contained power sources to keep occupants healthy and fed.
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San Francisco
D. G. Burdick
P. I. Wood
J. S. D’abusco
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Aerojet General Corp
Aerojet
Wisconsin Assembly approves milk Grade A rule deadline
The Assembly voted 840 in favor of a bill making all milk sold to Wisconsin consumers after July 1 1959 Grade A. The date was changed from July 1 1958 to 1959. The session also advanced retirement fund plan, credit life insurance regulation, marketing order enforcement, workmen's compensation dependency, highway feasibility study, and creation of a new ninth judicial circuit branch in Dane County.
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Madison
Assembly
Wisconsin
Senate
Wisconsin Retirement Fund
State Teachers Retirement System
Milwaukee
Governor's Retirement Study Commission
Paul Rogan
Thomson
Agriculture Committee
Legislative Council
Racine
Kenosha
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Dane County
Bank Starts $150,000 Job Of Remodeling
The State Bank of La Crosse undertakes a 150000 dollar remodeling of its offices at 4th and Main. Completion is anticipated by mid August with total project potentially reaching 200000 dollars including prior basement modernization.
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State Bank of
Will Confer With Owners Of Land On Highway 61
Minnesota Highway Department and attorney general officials meet with landowners along the new Highway 61 right of way to discuss settlements. Officials plan individual negotiations through the week to resolve condemnation awards and avoid court action.
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Dakota, Minn
Minnesota State Highway Department
Attorney General's Office
Itate
Highway 61
John Riley
Highway Department
Jerome Chapman
Dakota
LaMoille
Alley Construction Co
Faribault
Donald Stanton
Nixon Meets Rev King Over Civil Rights in Senate Maneuver
Vice President Nixon and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr met in Washington to discuss race issues as Nixon could influence whether a House civil rights bill bypasses the Senate Judiciary Committee. King reports on violence in the South and a potential floor ruling could trigger a Southern filibuster.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Montgomery, Ala
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
South
King
Ghana
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
California
GOP
Judiciary Committee
Rails Settle Eight Month Wage Dispute With Union
Major railroads and the Conductors Union reach a three year contract totaling a 26 cent hourly wage rise. The accord, announced by the National Mediation Board, includes retroactive pay and cost of living escalators. About 2,000 union members in Chicago area affected.
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Chicago
National Railway Mediation Board
Leverett Edwards
St. Louis
Buffalo
N.Y
New French Premier Is Confirmed
Paris reports Maurice Bourges Maunoury won a narrow 240 to 194 vote to lead France as the 22nd postwar premier. He inherits a three week cabinet crisis, vows continued action in Algeria, tax reforms, and cuts to nonmilitary spending as he warns of dipping into the Bank of France reserves.
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Paris
National Assembly
Maurice Bourges- Maunoury
France
Bourges-Maunoury
Assembly
Bourges - Maunoury
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Radical
Socialist Party
Middle Road
Bank of France
Algeria
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Helsinki
Finland
Iron Curtain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Wisconsin Agriculture Department
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