Nixon Seeks Unity With Disagreement Allowed
Vice President Richard Nixon said the Republican party can host differing views within its ranks and still unite after the platform and nominee are chosen. He praised Eisenhower’s record, aims to run on it, and avoided naming Governor Rockefeller, while noting discussions to develop the party platform.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Rockefeller
Thurston B. Morton
Mirror saves love captive from death in zoo tale
In Troy North Carolina, Maggie the maternal ape kept a nameless white kitten as a love captive until Dalton Hannah placed a mirror in Maggie's cage. The ape released the kitten upon seeing her reflection and began preening. The mirror restored harmony between Maggie, the kitten, and the keeper.
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Troy
N.C
Maggie
Kitty
Dalton Hannah
Hannah
Kitten
Castro claims US pirate plane spied on Soviet ship off Matanzas
Fidel Castro accused a US military plane of filming a Soviet ship off Cuba’s north coast near Matanzas province in a televised seizure that showcased a plane registry number. He denounced the act as espionage and blasted US protests as aggressive while warning foreign oil firms to refocus operations or face consequences.
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Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
United States
Castro
Matanzas Provine
Washington
Defense Department
U.S. State Department
Esso
Texaco
Horvath Acquitted in Lorain Negroes Refusal Case
Alexander Horvath owner of the Charcoal Pit in Lorain Ohio was acquitted by an all white jury in Lorain Municipal Court on a charge he refused to serve Negroes at his restaurant.
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Lorain, Ohio
Alexander Horvath
Charcoal Pit
Lorain Municipal
Ten-Year Search Ends Bee Finds Brother in Jail
In Charlotte, Ervin Whitaker, 60, reunites with brother Howard Whitaker, 57, jailed awaiting an appeal on an assault charge after a 40-year pursuit across Alabama and beyond. Bee, who supported a large family, traced Howard through police records and hints from associates until the in custody link emerged. Howard recalled a Navy boxing career and a habit of wandering, delaying homeward ties.
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Charlotte
N. C
Alabama
Mecklenberg
Ervin (Bee) Whitaker
Howard
Bee
Bee Whitaker
Washington D. C
Jesse
Baltimore
Howard Whitaker
Marvin Ritch
Navy
Mickey Walkler
Abdel Works For Anybody
Tunis Abdel the Spy is a spy. The prosecutor says Abdel started as a French agent in Tunisia then an Algerian rebel agent in Libya and an Egyptian agent in Tunisia. He allegedly plotted with dissidents to kidnap President Habib Bourguiba and sold government plot details. He says he worked for everybody at once.
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Tunis
Abdel
Tunisia
Lybia
Habib Bourguiba
Thugs Grab Guard and Car During Prison Transfer
In Kansas City area two young convicts Carl Roy Chase and Jay Lee King overpowered guard H C Marrs and escaped with his car after forcing his throat with a knife. They were later recaptured following a multi-state pursuit as authorities questioned the transfer order.
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Kansas City
Kan
Carl Roy Chase
Jay Lee King
Marrs
Wolcott
Trace Hand
State
Hand
Writers and Movie Strike Ends In Hollywood Settlement
Hollywood screenwriters reach a settlement with major studios after five and a half months of striking. A Writers Guild of America spokesman says some writers may return to work Monday. The deal does not end the guild’s ongoing strike against television film producers.
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Hollywood
Hollywod
Movietown
Wriers Guild of America
Vanderbilt Settlement Seems Dim in Vanderbilt Divinity Fuss
Vanderbilt University turbulence over the James M. Lawson Jr. expulsion widens as 163 faculty from five schools back Chancellor Branscomb, while negotiations stall. The dispute traces to Lawson’s civil rights lunch counter sit ins and the university’s denial of summer readmission, with resignations and failed mediation efforts at the divinity school.
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Nashville Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Harvie Branscomb
James M. Lawson Jr
Nashville
University
Lawson
Divinity Schol
J. Robert Nelson
Nelson
Walter J. Harrelson
University of Chicago Divinity School
Harrelson
Tokyo mob protests Ike visit in 1922
More than 150,000 demonstrators marched through Tokyo denouncing America and Prime Minister Kishi over Eisenhower’s 1922 Japan trip. They besieged Kishi’s residence, stoned the gate, and demanded his resignation as police diverted traffic with minimal force. White House aides evaluated changes to Eisenhower’s schedule amid anti–U.S. sentiment and security concerns.
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Tokyo
America
Kishi
Eisenhower
Japan
Ike
White House
James C. Hagerty
Iricay
Tachikawa Air Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Akahata
Red Flag
Japanese Communist Party
Hagerty
U. S
Japan Security Alliance
Washington
Parliament
Sohyo
Anne Wheaton
Two Americans Die as Aussie Plane Crashes in Fog
In Mackay North Queensland a Trans-Australian airliner crashed in fog off the port city. 28 killed including nine schoolchildren. Among the seven recovered is John F. O Grady U S consul in Brisbane and Vincent Nicholas Bissen of Boston. The jet vanished during a 500 mile Brisbane Mackay flight.
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Brisbane
Australia
Mackay
Queensland
John F. O'Grady
U. S
Vincent Nicholas Bissen
Boston
Mass
Protest Clash Near Parliament Over Treaty Rumors
A mass protest near Parliament involved about 500 students from Zengakuren clashing with a bus of Liberal Democrat supporters. They surged around a car, battered its door, struck occupants with sticks, and dragged out three people before authorities intervened. No serious injuries reported.
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Zengakurea
Hagerty
Kishi
Liberal Democrats
Sharks Tragedy in Santa Barbara Channel Mystery
In Santa Barbara California five men and a 42 foot Maine test craft vanish after secret electronics tests in shark filled waters. Two bodies recovered with others feared dead as Coast Guard resumes search for missing Raytheon personnel James C Russell Neal Beardsley Paul Lovette Harold Mackie and others aboard the boat.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Santa Barbara Channel
The
Coast Guard
Maine
Ratheon Co
Goleta
Here
Raytheon
Santa Cruz Island
James C. Russell
Neal Beardsley
Paul Lovette
Harold Mackie
Indiana girl crowned Mrs America despite cold
Mrs. George Murphy, 31, from Kentland Indiana, won the Mrs America title in Fort Lauderdale after a sickbed start. She beat 49 state contestants and DC. Her husband served breakfast in bed as the family celebrated. Prizes include a furnished $30,000 home and a year-round wardrobe. Finalist Geraldine Berry of Traverse City was mentioned.
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George E. Murphy
Kentland
Ind
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
America
George Murphy
States
District of Columbia
Chicago
Murphy
Steven
Michael
Patrick
Jeffrey
Cynthia
the Murphys
Kentlane
George
John E. Scott
Traverse City
Mich
Middletown
Geraldine Berry
Chuckle Diet Bites: Quick Fasting Spurs Five-Pound Gain
A humorous item notes a brief fasting spell followed by a rapid five pound gain in weight. The quip frames the effect as a playful, lighthearted observation rather than medical advice.
Ben Gurion Defends Eichmann Kidnaping Appeal
In an unusual appeal Prime Minister David Ben Gurion urged Argentine President Frondizi to show sympathy for the motives behind Israel's capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires. Argentina accuses Israel of violating sovereignty and seeks Eichmann's return. Ben Gurion says Eichmann must stand trial in Israel for aiding Hitler's extermination of Jews, calling the case a transcendental moral issue.
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David Ben- Gurion
Arturo Frondizi
Adolf Eichmann
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Israel
Eichmann
Ben-Gurion
Frondizi
Hitler
Gestapo
Salesman Is Killed in Car Crash Near Harrison
CINCINNATI AP report: A car veered off U S 52 east of Harrison Friday and overturned, killing Walter J. Feder, 60, a Cincinnati salesman. He was identified as the victim in the fatal crash involving the river area.
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Cincinnati
U.S. 52
Harrison Friday
Walter J. Feder
Calpean Star Strands After Albatross Legend Curses Crew
The crew of the British freighter Calpean Star believes an albatross curses them after their ship was left derelict and stranded. They returned from Montevideo, Uruguay, on Friday night, claiming a jinx follows those who disturb the seabird spirit of dead sailors.
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London
Calpean Star
Montevideo
Uruguay
Calpean Star’s cursed voyage ends in tragedy
The Calpean Star, once a transport for the Norwegian Antarctic whaling fleet, suffered a string of failures and misfortunes from August last year. Aboard, an albatross died after being fed a sausage in Liverpool, and superstition spread as the ship endured generator failures, a ruptured engine, and drifting to Montevideo where it grounded after an explosion. Crewman William Rogan, 61, was found dead in the harbor, with the cause undetermined. The voyage’s woes continued as a returning crew’s aircraft damaged its undercarriage on arrival in Rio de Janeiro.
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Germany
Liverpool
Henry Kennedy
Greas Moscow
U.S
Brazil
Lenin
Tass
Mariner
Antarctic
Montevideo
William Rogan
Rio de Janeiro
Court Frees Major Bourke in Tehran High Court Decision
Tehran Iran AP reports U S Air Force Major Donald Bourke was freed by Iran's high criminal court on a charge of manslaughter after his car struck a pedestrian on January 30 1959. Bourke's wife resides in Tampa Florida.
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Iran
High Criminal Court
U.S. Air Force
Donald ‘Bourke
Bourke
Tampa
Fla
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