Belgian Troops Move To Quell Congo Violence
Belgian troops intervened in the Congo to quell escalating chaos as Western powers urged Belgium to deploy forces to stabilize the mutiny torn republic. Reports say troops from Kamina freed 20 civilians near Goma and refugees describe brutal reprisals and assaults amid the upheaval.
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Brussels
Belgium
Congo
London
Britain
United States
France
Kabala
Katanga
Kamina
Tanganyike
Kampala
Uganda
Goma Inse Congo
Ruanda Urinai
Kennedy Cracks Johnson Block for 1960 Nomination
Kennedy gains ground as Kansas and other favorite son states tilt toward him. Docking signals willingness to release 21 votes and Bierne backs Kennedy. Johnson and Symington push back while Stevenson trails. AP tally shows Kennedy at 46 votes on first ballot with others and uncommitted holding steady.
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Douglas B. Cornell
LOS Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
George Docking
Kansas
Kennedy
Docking
Johnson - Symington
Joseph A. Bierne
The
Communications Workers of America
Associated Press
Johnson
Symington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Stevenson
Red threats won’t work Ike declares Castro backed by Khrushchev
In Havana Fidel Castro urged mass demonstrations against American actions as Nikita Khrushchev pledged Soviet support in Cuba’s “David and Goliath” struggle. The talk of a secret defense pact with the Kremlin surfaced amid Latin American concerns over Soviet intervention and Catholic disapproval.
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Ike
Havana
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Washington
Castro
Kremlin
Armed Forces
Raul Castro
Prague
Eisenhower Warns Khrushchev On Cuba Intervention
President Eisenhower bluntly warned the Soviet Union to keep hands off Cuba during Khrushchev’s pledge of support to Fidel Castro. He cited the Rio pact and OAS commitments, saying the inter American system rejects outside interference in the hemisphere. Khrushchev warned the Soviets could smash U.S. aims in the Western Hemisphere.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Union
Ussr
America
White House
James C. Hagerty
Rio de Janeiro
Organization of American States
Caracas
Hagerty
Mexico Says Not Pro Cuba Aides Deny Government Policy
In Mexico City sources say a congressional leader’s ‘Mexico is pro Cuba’ remark does not reflect official policy. They contend former President Lazaro Cardenas seeks to harness U S Cuba tensions to regain power, while party officials insist Sanchez Piedras does not speak for the government or PRI.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
United States
Cuba
Mexico
Emilio Sanchez Piedras
Congressional Permanent Committee
Sanchez Piedras
Cardenas
PRI
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
Today's Chuckle The Quickest Way To Gain Attention
A witty quip notes that drawing instant focus hinges on making a mistake. The line plays on public reaction and the psychology of attention in a concise humor piece.
Two elephants invade Pleasant Hills backyard
Barbara and James Harvey woke to stomping in their yard at 2 a.m. Two circus elephants, Barney aged 10 and Susie 35, had escaped from a nearby supermarket circus, damaging a fence a tree and a watermelon patch before keeper Kenneth Iskirt retrieved them.
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Pleasant Hills
Calif
Barbara Harvey
James Harvey
Harvey
Barney
Susie
Harveys
Christine
Kathie
James
Cindy
Kenneth Iskirt
Eisenhower Presses US Security Stance in Hemisphere
President Eisenhower warned that the United States and allied nations are bound by multiple treaties to prevent outside meddling in Western Hemisphere affairs. He stated the US will not be deterred by threats from Khrushchev and will not permit a regime ruled by international communism to take root in the region.
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Eisenhower
United States
Boy Survives Falls Plunge at Niagara Falls
A 17-year-old from Niagara Falls survived an accidental plunge over Horseshoe Falls, escaping with cuts and bruises. Rodger Woodward was thrown into the river when a motorboat capsized above the falls and was pulled from the pool by a sight-seeing boat crew. His sister Deanne, 17, was also helped from the rapids, while a boat owner, James Honeycutt, was presumed drowned.
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Horseshoe Falls
Terrapin Point
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Rodger Woodward
Rodger
Niagara River
Teven
Deanne
James Honeycutt
John R. Hayes
Union Township
N.J
John Quattrochi
Penns Grove
Honeycut
Honeycutt
Frank Woodward
Clifford Keetch
The
Maid of the Mist
Gems Stolen After Men Pose As IRS Agents
Two men posing as Internal Revenue Service agents gained entry to an east side shop owner's home in Cleveland. They tied up four women and fled with jewels and cash valued at $70,000. Miss Evelyn Bader, 51, was lured inside by men claiming they needed dress firm information from Chicago.
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Cleveland
Ininal Revenue
East Side
Euclid
Evelyn Bader
Chicago
Miss Bader
IRS
Freight Plunges Off Trestle Near Tucumcari
Five transients killed and three injured when a Rock Island freight train plunged off a rain weakened trestle and burned early Saturday, 17 miles east of Tucumcari New Mexico.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Rock Island
Glance Inside Big Train Wreck Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago last Monday a speeding passenger train collided head on with a freight north of West Middletown Station. It was the city’s worst single disaster. The Kuiken collection shows the freight engine with the passenger locomotive nearly telescoped inside it. Patty Mummert recounts the accident on page 25 along with two more pictures of the wreck.
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West Middletown
Albert Kuiken
Bexley Dr
Patty Mummert
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Patrice Lumumba
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Sabena
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Iowa
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Missouri
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Harold M. Miles
Cuban
Latin America
Christian A. Herter
Upper Niagara
Terrapin PT
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Valley News
Family Weekly
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