Laos Reports Withdrawal of Communist Forces
Laotian government says most Communist infiltrators from North Vietnam withdrew across the border from Northern Laos. Col Phoumi Nosavan said about 100 Reds remained, many Black Thai or Pathet Lao. He warned new attacks could come in the October to December dry season.
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Vientiane, Laos
Laos
Viet Nam
Phoumi Nosavan
Defense
Pathet Lao
Sam Neua
Phong Saly
Phoumi
United States
Ho Chi Minh Arrives in Peiping After Russia Vacation
Tokyo radio reports Ho Chi Minh president of North Viet Nam arrived in Peiping by special plane today after visiting northwest China. He is en route to Hanoi following an officially described month long vacation in Russia.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
China
Hanoi
Russia
Indochina Turmoil Deepens As Peiping Warns
The Peiping government says the situation in Indochina has worsened and grown more grave, signaling heightened concerns about Red China and North Vietnam as the U.S. State Department reports ongoing tensions.
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Ening
China
Viet Nam
Peiping
Indochina Kingdom
Daring con artist taunts with TV film scheme in Panama City
Sheriff deputies hunt a bogus television producer who robbed two performers, Diane Sterling and Mina Moret, of 377 dollars and left a 40 dollar boat fee. He duped a motel manager into giving a private suite for five days and passed a 187 dollar bad check. He claimed to be filming for a national program and named a movie You Cant Take It With You.
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Diane Sterling
Mina Moret
I Ato
Teacher Clowning for Summer with Cristiani Circus
Tom Kelly a 28 year old fifth grade teacher from Lowville New York joins the Cristiani Bros Circus for the summer opening August 20. He planned this contrast to classroom life in 1956 and leads daily lessons for circus workers children while performing as a clown alongside veteran John Bogoghi.
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Tom Kelly
Lowville
N.Y
Cristiani Bros. Circus
Los Angeles
Kelly
Los 'Angelfs
Lowville Academy
John Bogoghi
Kely
Toms
Emmett Kelly
Rabbit family quip ends baby rabbit antics
A baby rabbit pesters its mother all day and the exasperated parent replies humorously that the youngster was pulled from a magician's hat and should stop asking questions.
McDonald Urges Steelmakers to End 30 Day Walkout
David J. McDonald president of the United Steelworkers told about 2 000 rallygoers at Stam baugh Auditorium that prolonging the steel strike will not help. He urged manufacturers to turn their minds back to 1937 and warned strikers would not crawl to him.
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Youngs Town
Ohio
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Donald
Stambaugh Auditorium
McDonald
Steelworkers Hint On Strike Duration And Chrysler Space Lease
The United Steelworkers say they have a sense how long the monthlong strike may last. A union official notes that before the strike began, steel company strategists leased strike-use office space in the Chrysler Building in New York, through October 15.
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Washington
United Steelworkers
Chrysler
New York
We Will Never Quit in 1959, Says McDonald
The speaker recalls the 1937 strike and vows not to quit again, promising enduring union effort until victory. He emphasizes the resolve to pursue recognition amid ongoing labor tensions in the era, noting four years of struggle previously.
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McDonald
McDonald Leaves New York Talks in Frustration
McDonald told an audience why he quit New York negotiations saying he was sick of the filibuster and that management offered no real proposals after 18 years of gains. He attacked Roger M. Blough of U S Steel as a Wall Street lawyer and accused unions of featherbedding.
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New York City
McDonald
New York
MacDonald
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Blough
Wall Street
Man Hides In Woods To Think
Bernard J. Blechars, a 32 year old Detroit shipping clerk, fled May 9 after missing alimony payments. He lived three months in the woods near Bloomfield Hills, his clothes ragged, hair matted, weighing 80 pounds when found by police along a highway on a Wednesday.
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Pontiac, Mich
Bernard J. Blechars
Bloomfield Hills
Detroit
Divorced Man Describes Harsh Conditions After Escape
The man, identified as Blechars, told officers he fled due to alimony arrears and sought a refuge he found by chance. He says he survived three months by eating wild fruit, drinking from a muddy creek, and sleeping on a wooden plank. He insists he did nothing and only thought.
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Blechars
Oes
Man Missing After Leaving Woods in Suburban Swamp
Police report no warrant for arrest as Elechar quits Detroit shipping job a week earlier. He lived in a secluded swampy area near wealthy suburb homes. Ex-wife Nancy, 24, said he disappeared the day he claimed entry to the woods. Elechars divorced since July 1958, parents of a 4 year old girl. Two Negroes went to Central Wednesday, but only one will go.
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Elechar
Nancy
Detroit
Elechars
Negroes Enter Hall High as Integration Pauses
Three Negro girls returned to Hall High School for a second day of integration amid a largely quiet scene after a day of protests near Central High. Police kept watch as a black Cadillac carried the students to the entrance and a small white showing of signs of opposition occurred. Elizabeth Eckard had attended the first day to see her counselor and is pursuing credits to enter college.
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Little Rock, Ark
Hall High School
Central
Jefferson Thomas
Elizabeth Eckford
L. C. Bates
Arkansas
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Elizabeth Eckard
Elizabeth
Faubus Attacks Little Rock Officials Over School Integration
At a Mount Nebo chicken fry on Wednesday night Governor Faubus renewed his attacks on Little Rock public officials for their role in the school integration controversy. He said he did not know if there was more he could do about the Little Rock situation and added If there is I will do it. He did not specify actions.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mount Nebo
Orvald
Faubus
Faubus Critics Faced as 23 Arrested in Front of Schools
Gov. Faubus addressed the crowd shouting Cowards at police. Twenty three arrests were reported as officials said schools remained normal amid the confrontation.
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Orval E. Faubus
Segregation Leaders Silent on Rally Plans
A segregationist, Rev. Wesley Pruden, past president of the Capital Citizens Council, says he knows of no rallies today. Faubus advised avoiding violence and stayed at his mansion promising to stay in touch with his people for developments. Other leaders could not be reached.
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Wesley Pruden
Capital Citizens Council
Faubus
Two Negro Families Move Into West Side Chicago Building
Police patrolled the area after a three story apartment building at 4338 W. Jackson Blvd in Chicago was the site of earlier white demonstrations. No incidents were reported on Wednesday as families moved in.
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Chicago
W. Jackson Blvd
Desegregation Stirs Mixed Reactions at Central and Hall High
Jefferson Thomas, 16, a Central senior and 1957 veteran, says students show growing understanding that integration is not awful and violence won’t solve it. At Hall High in Pulaski Heights, 17 year old Effie Jones and 16 year olds Estelle Thompson and Elsie Robinson return to class with Elsie noting everything was okay.
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Jefferson Thomas
Central
Thomas
Hall High School
Pulaski Heightss
Effie Jones
Estelle Thompson
Elsie Robinson
Elsie
Turmoil at Capitol Rally Sparks Central Clash
After the capitol rally, police clashed with the crowd near Central as Chief Gene Smith ordered dispersal. Officers used clubs, a fire truck hose was aimed, and several men were struck. Three teenagers were arrested at the rally and 20 near Central after nine tear gas bombs were found in a car. Charges included loitering and disturbing the peace. youths were released on bail while state police investigate.
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Central
Capitol
Gene Smith
Smith
Paul McDonald
McDonald
Outcome In Doubt House Divided On Labor Bills
Washington AP reports a razor thin House vote split over labor racketeering controls with a mid ground bill backed by Democrats facing a tighter Eisenhower backed measure. The AFL CIO backed bill failed 245 to 132 while a Powell civil rights amendment was rejected 215 to 160 amid party disputes and undecided members balancing the outcome.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Afl-Cio
John F. Shelley
D-Calif
Adam Cartyon Powell
Powell
Havana gunmen strike as Castro leads counter revolution crackdown
In Havana gunmen attacked during Fidel Castro as he led a field roundup of counter revolutionaries. Police clashed with anti Castro gunmen near embassies and the 26th of July Movement directorate in central Havana.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Castro Leads Roundup of Counterrevolutionaries in Cuba
Fidel Castro directed troops in Las Villas as authorities encircled an armed group tied to a conspiracy. Several fugitives surrendered, including individuals of note, while others were arrested in Pinar Del Rio, Cienfuegos, and Santa Clara amid widespread detentions for questioning.
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Fidel Castro
Las Villas
Castro
Cienfuegos
Trinidad
Camilo Cienfuegos
Celia Sanchez
Matanzas
Castros
Raul
Pinar del Rio
Santa Clara
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