Lyndon Johnson Says No To Presidency Yet Keeps Door Open
Senate leader Lyndon Johnson, 50, the pragmatic master of compromise, denies seeking the White House yet wields influence across the Senate. Polls place him third among Democratic eligibles for 1960, as supporters and states move to bolster his bid while he remains reluctant, citing past heart attack and strategic caution.
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Reservist In Training Wins Honors
Specialist 4 C David Bouffleur 23 of 3119 Losey Blvd S was named Best Soldier of the 397th Combat Engineer Battalion after two weeks of Army Reserve summer training at Camp McCoy. He led among 283 enlisted men based on appearance, rifle readiness, and basic military knowledge. Bouffleur, son of Mrs. Robert Tischener, is a 1953 Central High School graduate employed at Beguns Standard Service Station. He served two years active duty in 1957-58, largely in Iceland with the 2nd Battalion Combat Team, a Ranger outfit.
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Mountain Climber Dies Of Injuries
University of California graduate student Don Goodrich from Susanville, Calif., died after a fall on Mt. Conness in Yosemite National Park. Rescuers carried him 11 miles of trails to Tuolumne Meadows after more than 20 hours of rescue efforts. He suffered a skull fracture and had been on a ledge for over 10 hours before climbers reached him. He fell when a steel peg pulled loose during the climb Friday afternoon.
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Train wreck kills engineer and fireman in Veracruz run
A locomotive and freight car left the tracks on a curve near Jalapa Veracruz, killing the engineer and fireman. The train was on its regular Jalapa to Veracruz route. In other brief items, three Montreal men sailed toward Europe in an 18 foot steel tank, Harriman arrived in Sverdlovsk on a Soviet tour, and Austria saw end of week rains with floods causing deaths.
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Two-Year-Old Boy Dies Under Tractor
In Monticello, Curtis Johnson two years old died after climbing onto his father Kenneth Johnsons tractor. The engine started in gear, the machine rolled 40 feet, stalled on an embankment, and a wagon of hay attached pulled it backward over the boy. Green County Coroner Wilbur Deininger stated the tragedy occurred Saturday night three miles south of Monticello.
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Legion To Meet In Lansing Post Plans Tuesday Meeting
Lansing Iowa Beck Strong Glynn Post No 50 of the American Legion will hold its monthly meeting at the club rooms Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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Tokyo Tops as World's Largest City in Postwar Era
Tokyo has risen from World War II ruins to likely be the globe's largest and fastest-growing metropolis. Estimates place Tokyo at 8.77 million, ahead of London and New York, though census timing and metro definitions vary. The city breeds congestion, housing shortages, and expanding suburbs, with 10 percent of Japan's population now resident there.
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Queen Endangered By Charging Horse
London AP reports during the Queen Elizabeth II birthday parade a cavalryman struggled to prevent his frightened horse from charging the procession along the Mall near Buckingham Palace. About 20 000 spectators watched as the big black horse reared then calmed, with two other horses unsettled before order was restored and the parade continued.
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