Labour shifts to New Deal welfare policy in shift to right
Britain’s Labour party officially devalues its traditional socialist creed and embraces a New Deal welfare program. At the annual conference led by Hugh Gaitskell, the party voted to broaden aims beyond state ownership, focusing on welfare and equality while debating NATO neutrality and non nuclear stance. Frank Cousins of the Transport Workers Union lost a key policy showdown to Gaitskell’s cautious approach to nationalization and welfare funding.
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Tom Ochiltree
Scarborough
England
Britain
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell
British Labor Party
Brotherhood of Man
Gaitskeill
Frank Cousins
Transport Workers Union
Cousins
Smallpox Scare Hits Wormwood Scrubs Prison
London AP reports a smallpox alarm at Wormwood Scrubs Prison after a visitor, a Dutch businessman who flew from Singapore, contracted the disease. He was moved to a hospital. all movement in and out of the prison was halted and prisoners were isolated. The Health Ministry urged air passengers who traveled with him to seek vaccination.
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London
Wormwood Scrubs
Health Ministry
Singapore
Eisenhower cites U.S.-South Africa interests in peace
President Eisenhower told new South African envoy Willem C. Naude that the United States and the Union of South Africa share a common interest in preserving peace and opposing communism. He welcomed Naude and pledged cordial relations between the two nations as credentials were exchanged in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Union of South Africa
Willem C. Naude
Wentzel Christoffel du Plessis
Naude
Cosmopolitan Moscow Welcomes Africans and Multinational Tourists
A UPS dispatch from New York recounts American tourists touring Moscow after Francis Powers’s conviction. The group observes a cosmopolitan scene with hundreds of Africans and students at universities, including Friendship University, and a glance at the African Research Center. They notice a mix of nationalities in audiences, discuss tensions subtly with locals, and contrast Soviet life with Poland as they travel by bus.
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Editomws
UPS
Soviet Union
Francis Powers
Frederick M. Winship
New York
UPD
Moscow
Russia
Leningradskaya Hotel
Ghana
Uganda
Somalia
Friendship University
Africa
Powers
Uncle Joe
Arthur Hoiles Jr Killed In Mishap
Arthur J Hoiles Jr an advertising salesman for the Sarasota News was killed when his car ran off the road and struck a palm tree He came to Sarasota two years ago from Alliance Ohio where he worked on The Review newspaper in the Hoiles family press network
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Sarasota, Fla
UPI
Arthur J. Hoiles Jr
Hoiles
Midwest
The
Sarasota News
Alliance
Ohio
the Review
Algerian Rebel Leader Abbas Arrives in Moscow
Ferhat Abbas head of the Algerian rebel movement arrived in Moscow after a trip to Red China. Tass said he would stay several days to confer with Soviet leaders and visit Leningrad before continuing his travels.
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Russia
Moscow
Ferhat Abbas
Red China
Tass
Leningrad
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