Dalai Lama Says Tibet Swamped by Chinese Settlement
Dalai Lama in Mussoorie charges China plans to settle five million Chinese in Tibet to swamp the Tibetan race. He calls the Lhasa government deceptive and vows not to return until Tibet's pre-1950 rights are restored. He criticizes the Panchen Lama as controlled by Beijing and cites a 1951 agreement signed under duress.
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Mussoorie
India
Dalai Lama
China
Tibet
Lhasa
Birla House
Peiping
House Smacked and Unhurt: Auto Hits Pole Then Home Addition
Batavia Ohio report says six Edward Heinemann family members escaped injury when a car veered into their house, knocking a two bedroom addition off its foundation. Clifton Coleman 24 of Hamersville was jailed on reckless driving after claiming he fell asleep at the wheel. Heinemann relatives Ledford and Robert Lykins were asleep nearby as debris filled beds.
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Batavia
Ohio
Edward Heinemann
Here
Clifton Coleman
Hamersville
Robert Lykins
Heinemann
Charles Lea
Miss Maine 1959 relinquishes crown to wed in Bath
Miss Maine of 1959 has given up her right to compete for Miss America to marry Dr. Charles E. Burden, 25, of Bath. The couple plans a wedding on July 11 in Bath, ending her reign as Miss Maine and altering her pageant eligibility.
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Bath
Maine
Charles E. Burden
Bus Train Crash Kills 33 Germans in Meimsheim
In Lauffen Germany a train-bus collision near Meimsheim killed 33 Germans, many refugees from behind the Iron Curtain. About 20 were injured. The bus crossed a half lowered guarded level crossing and was struck by the Stuttgart Wuerzburg express. Rescue units and helicopters aided victims as as American and German teams worked at the scene.
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Lauffen
Germany
Wuerzburg
Meimsheim
U. S. 4Th Armored Division
Goeppingen
Last Civil War Vet Is Critical
Walter Williams 116, the nation’s last Civil War veteran, lies in semicoma after pneumonia relapse. Bedfast for years, he was stricken June 6 at his daughter Willie Mae Bowles’ home, spent days in an oxygen tent, seemed to recover, then relapsed Thursday. Born November 14, 1842, in Itawamba County, Mississippi, he joined the Confederate Army at 22 as a forage master for Southern troops.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
Williams
Itawamba ‘County
Miss
Mary Capps
Detroit
William
A Glance Inside Local Civil Defense Picture Is Outlined
Middletown readiness for an atomic attack is explored with a note of optimism. The city has a disaster plan in progress and Middletown Hospital fields a portable 200 bed unit ready for operation. Page 23 details the civil defense picture.
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Civil Defense
Middletown
Argentina Military Crisis Ends
Buenos Aires AP reports the 14 month old Frondizi administration survived a military crisis as loyal top generals quelled dissident officers. Labor unions ended strikes. Lt. Col. Tirado was arrested and relieved of command at Mar del Plata amid a push to oust War Secretary Solanas Pacheco, who retained support from the generals.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Ibis
Bank Clerks
Flight and Power Workers Union
Francisco Tirado
Mar del Plata
Col
Tirado
Hector Solanas Pacheco
Atomic Rocket Is Given First Full-Scale Test
LAS VEGAS NEV two miles away reporters observed four white plumes rising about 1500 feet as four JATO bottles sprayed hydrogen gas from the reactor nozzle. The four minute test aimed to verify radioactivity and heat effects on the engine under atomic rocket program.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Air Force
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Des Moines mother Margaret Priebe chosen Mrs America 1959
Fort Lauderdale Florida crowd heard Margaret Priebe 36 Des Moines Iowa mother of four named Mrs America for 1959 Saturday night in a beauty pageant finale dominated by her tall slender figure and poised presence seeking national title glory.
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America
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Margaret Priebe
Des Moines
Iowa
Chuckle Garage Advice About Oil Change
A mechanic tells a car owner to keep the oil and change the car. The terse exchange highlights humor over routine maintenance in a casual shop setting.
Big Four Quits In Deadlock Over Berlin Talks
Geneva AP report says the Big Four halted Berlin crisis talks in a stalemate with prospects for a summit unclear. Khrushchev’s stance, Allied unity, and July 13 resumption were the focus as Western ministers left Gromyko and prepared notes for Eisenhower and Macmillan.
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Arthur Gavshon
Geneva
Big Four
Berlin
Bern
Germany
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Palace of Nations
Gromyko
Christian A. Herter
Washington
Eisenhower
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Maurice Couve de Murville
Herter
Nikita Khruschev
Khrushchev
Lloyds
Harold Macmillan
Walter Ulbricht
Moscow
West Berlin
Couple Dies During Fire At Breezy Point Lodge
In Brainerd Minnesota an elderly couple Mrs. Frank J. Hildinger 70 and Mr. Frank J. Hildinger 77 died fleeing a fire at Breezy Point Lodge a 33 year old log resort built by Capt Billy Fawcett. Twenty two others were injured with nine hospitalized for serious injuries from leaps and falls.
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Brainerd
Minn
Misses Curve Lands Safely Behind Bars
Clifton Coleman’s car failed to navigate a curve in Batavia Ohio. It sheared a utility pole and knocked a two bedroom addition ten feet off its foundation but no one in the Heinemann family was injured. Coleman was jailed on reckless driving charges.
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Batavia, Ohio
Clifton
Coleman
Edward Heinemann
Nationalists Koreans to Defend Themselves Says McElroy
Secretary McElroy told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Nationalist China and South Korea can fight on their own against a small or moderate Red attack. He said major battles would trigger U.S. support. The transcript covers Eisenhower's request for about four million dollars in foreign aid, including 1.6 billion for arms for Asia. Walter Robertson warned of unrest in Peiping but doubted regime change without army defections. Admiral Felt said the U.S. and its Far East allies hold enough atomic power to deter a large war.
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Washington
Neil H. McElroy
China
South Korea
U.S
McElroy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
Rea China
Robertson
Peiping
Harry D. Felt
Pacific Fleet
United States
Far East
Senators split over effect of Strauss rejection
Two Democratic senators who voted opposite ways debated whether denying Lewis L. Strauss as secretary of commerce would heighten partisan strife. Gore defended his vote for Strauss, while Anderson blamed Strauss for fueling partisanship and cited the Dixon-Yates controversy as evidence.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Secretary of Commerce
Royals Welcome Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in Sept Isles
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived in Sept Isles Quebec aboard Britannia for an overnight stay amid a Gulf of St Lawrence voyage. They will attend church in Gaspe after a stop at Stephenville Minnesota earlier, where bouquet issues and a non starting tour car surfaced. The couple have traveled 13,000 miles since Thursday starting from St Johns as part of a 45 day Canadian tour.
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Sept Isles
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gaspe
Seven Islands
Schefferville
Quebec
U.S. Air Force Base
Stephenville
Mld
Sydney
N.S
St. Johns
Canada
Budget Battle Appears Won By Eisenhower In Congress
President Eisenhower gains legislative success as Democrats in Congress grapple with a near balanced budget. Florida Senator George Smathers predicts big cuts to Eisenhower budget requests, forecasting a substantial reduction across foreign aid housing and domestic programs. Johnson and Rayburn cooperate with Eisenhower to secure most administration goals despite Democrats’ large majorities.
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JACK BELL _ WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
Democratic Congress
George A. Smathers
Florida
Democratc
Congress
Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
Fishermen drown as storm hits strait between regions
Eight fishermen died and at least 51 are missing after a storm lashed the Northumberland Strait between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The AP reports crews battled high seas and cold, searching for survivors and unaccounted boats.
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Newcastle, New Brunswick
Umberland Strait
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Spokane woman started Father's Day in 1919
Spokane native Mrs. John Bruce Dodd conceived Father s Day during a Mother's Day sermon about fifty years ago. She declined publicity and product endorsements, insisting the day honors fatherhood not herself. The first observance occurred in Spokane on June 10 1919 with national prominence by 1922.
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Spokane, Wash
Spokane
John Bruce Dodd
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Wayzata
Mason City
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James Watson Gerard
Minneapolis
Langdon Marvin, Jr
Lapins
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Beeen
Eee of Radio
TVV Steet Nena
Dan Valley News
By Roman Jimene
By Lewis Gulick
Demos
Strauss
Oru
Riel Wulet
Gore
Clinton P. Anderson
DNM
Anderson
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
House Atomic Energy Committee
Lyndon B., Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Sam Rayburn
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