Macmillan Predicts Victory In Tight British Election
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan urged Conservatives to win Britain’s hot election as polls floated a near tossup with Labour. With five days left, Conservatives led 39.5 to 38 percent, while 18 percent remained undecided. Macmillan warned a split Labour Party could not form a stable government.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Macmillan
Hugh Gait- Skell
Labor Party
Eisenhower
House of Commons
Gaitskell
Defense Minster
Anthony Eden
Liverpool
Labor
Elephants Stampeding Near Fires Alarm Southern Rhodesia
About 60 elephants and lions fled toward settlers' homes as massive fires burned thousands of acres of ranchland in the southeast. A smoke pall reduced visibility and heightened danger for farmers in Southern Rhodesia.
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Zaka
Southern Rhodesia
Senators to Speak at UAW Convention in Atlantic City
The UAW said three leading potential 1960 Democratic nominees Kennedy Humphrey and Symington will address the Atlantic City convention on Oct 9 16. Nixon and Rockefeller were invited as potential Republican speakers but could not attend due to prior engagements.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
U.S
UAW
Atlantic City
N.J
John Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Stuart Symington
DMO
Walter P. Reuther
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockfeller
Nixon
Gov
Rockefeller
Ike Thanks Khrushchev For Gifts From Russia
President Eisenhower sent a message of thanks to Premier Khrushchev for splendid gifts from the Soviet leader. The note said each gift would remind him and Mrs Eisenhower of Russian traditions crafts people and the land. Tass reported.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Tass
Russia
Britannia Airliner Returns to London Airport
A Montreal bound Britannia with 78 passengers turned back over the Atlantic due to a suspected oil leak. The aircraft landed safely at London Airport on three engines with emergency services on standby. passengers later resumed their journey on another plane.
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London
mid-Atlantic
Central Plaza Experiment gains merchant support in third week
The Central Plaza trial enters week three with most downtown merchants forming opinions. Ed Edmiston contacted them last week and found many favor extending the trial while some negative notes appear.
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Central Plaza
Ed Edmiston
No Settlement Of Dock Strike Is In Offing
New York AP report says prospects for an early settlement of a three day dock strike are bleak as 85,000 workers stayed home and 200 freighters were idle from Maine to Texas. Employers and longshoremen remain deadlocked over wages and automation with federal mediators set to meet Monday without direct talks. The Palm Springs vacationing President Eisenhower was not told to intervene.
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New York
East
Gulf Coast
Maine
Texas
New York Shipping Assn
International Longshoremens Assn
ILA
Palm Springs
Calif
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Theodore Roosevelt Launched at Mare Island Navy Yard
The nuclear powered submarine Theodore Roosevelt slid down the ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard San Francisco Bay area. It displaces 6700 tons and measures over 380 feet long. Alice Roosevelt Longworth christened the sub as Thomas S. Gates Jr. attended the ceremony. It is the third and largest Polaris ballistic missile submarine built at Mare Island and one of 11 under contract.
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Vallejo
Calif
Theodore Roosevelt
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Washington, D.C
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Defense
Mare Island
Kentuckian Named Assistant Postmaster General
President Eisenhower named George M. Moore of Kentucky as assistant postmaster general in a recess appointment at Palm Springs. Moore, 45, has been serving in the role and succeeds E. George Siedle, with Senate confirmation to follow when Congress reconvenes in January.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Eisenhower
George M. Moore
Moore
Senate
Congress
Kentucky
Washington
E. George Siedle
Akron Sandlot Football Tragedy Claims 13 Year Old
Tyrone Jackson died in Children's Hospital Akron from head injuries suffered in a sand lot football game held September 24. He had appeared to recover before succumbing to his injuries.
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Akron
Ohio
Tyrone Jackson
Children’s Hospital
Rains Downpour Hit Oklahoma Texas After Floods
Heavy four day rains left hundreds homeless in north central and northeastern Oklahoma while Texas towns Abilene and Wichita Falls saw up to five inches of rain and flash floods were forecast in San Angelo. Colorado saw more than 30 inches of snow near Colorado Springs as storms continued.
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Northeastern
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado Rockies
Abilene
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Arkansas
Missouri
Denver
Colorado Springs
Trinidad
Colorado-New Mexico
Trans-Canada Viscount Crashes at Malton Airport
A Trans-Canada Airlines Viscount carrying 38 people crash landed at Malton Airport near Toronto after a thunderstorm. The aircraft skidded 300 feet along a slippery runway, collided with a fence, injuring the pilot and a stewardess who were kept in hospital. The flight originated in Montreal.
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Toronto
Trans- Canada Airlines
Malton
Montreal
Air Force Plans Manpower Slash
The Air Force and Navy will reduce force levels next year to fit proposed budgets. Assistant Secretary Charles C. Finucane said cuts of about 5,000 personnel per service are voluntary to preserve equipment, with no top down orders from the Pentagon.
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Washington
Navy
Air Force
Asst
Secretary of Defense
Charles C. Finucane
Pentagon
Soviet Tass cites first interplanetary station launch
Moscow radio reported via Tass that a cosmic rocket carrying an automatic interplanetary station was successfully launched. It would be the first interplanetary station to reach space.
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London
Moscow
Radio Sunday
Budget Big Issue For Congress
Senate Republicans push budget balancing as a defining issue for the next Congress and 1960 campaign. A memo from the Senate Republican Policy Committee lists seven Democratic sponsored proposals expected to majorly shape the budget battle starting in January.
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Senate Republican Policy Committee
Policy Committee Republican savings vs Democratic spending in 1959 session
The Policy Committee says in 1959 Republicans proved savers while Democrats were spenders. It cites 14 key Senate roll calls on the budget with Democrats voting against cuts four to one and Republicans supporting reductions over three to one. Lyndon B. Johnson allegedly failed to deliver substantial economy votes. The memo notes only once did Johnson supply more than 15 economy votes out of 65 Democratic votes. A major issue next Congress is action on a 300 million dollar water pollution bill stalled in conference.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Congress
Senate House
Reds Charge Cold War Prolonged
At the United Nations Arkady Sobolev the Soviet permanent representative said the United States and Britain are waging a cold war by backing Turkey against Poland for the Security Council seat. He noted the vote will be decided by secret ballot in coming weeks as Poland and Turkey vie for the post Japan will relinquish at year end.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N
United States
Britain
Turkey
Poland
Security Council
Arkady A. Sobolev
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Japan
General Assembly
Khrushchev Seeks Far East Truce Amid Western Talks
United States officials interpret Khrushchev a s seeking a cold war truce in the Far East as well as Europe. They note his Peiping visit shows a Camp David spirit while he warns Chinese allies against derailing peace efforts with the United States and Western powers. Officials view his post talks as a test of attitude toward Eisenhower.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Far East
Europe
U. S
Red China
Camp David
Peiping
United States
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Khrushchev Claims Soviet Intercepted U S Codes in Los Angeles
Khrushchev boasted in Los Angeles that the Soviet Union has obtained top secret American intelligence codes. Victor Orier, LA official guide for the Premier, said Khrushchev claimed intercepting secret messages from President Eisenhower. Carter is listed as Republic studies head, born Rostov Russia, who came to this country in 1920 after the Revolution.
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Los Angeles
Nikita Khrushchev
Victor M. Orier
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Carter
Republic Studies
Rostov
Russia
Khrushchev quipped at Dulles era CIA money leak claim
Carter quoted Khrushchev boasting about getting most of the money, saying agents gave code books and false information. a nine‑person party with Henry Cabot Lodge, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Khrushchev’s host toured the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles. the trip linked to Eisenhower representation.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Allen Dulles
Khrushchev
Carter
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
Henry Cabot Lolge
U.S
United Nations
Eisenhower
Khrushchev proposes pooling intelligence with US envoy
Carter quoted Premier and Khrushchev in Washington remarks during India China border tension. Khrushchev teased Lodge about copying messages and greeted Allen Dulles with claims of reading the same reports. He proposed the USSR and United States share intelligence to save money.
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Carter
India
Nehru
China
Khrushchev
Lodge
Allen Dulles
Washington
CIA
Dulles
Chuckle Cartoon Prompt Sparks Light Jibe
A humorous panel asks readers what they think of a certain beauty aid with the retort that it has “not done much for pigs.” The cartoon relies on a pun and light satire typical of comic strips.
Khrushchev to wind up China talks in Peiping Sunday
Premier Nikita Khrushchev will finish secret talks with Chinese leaders in Peiping and depart by plane Sunday. A Chinese Foreign Ministry official said the exact return route to Moscow was not confirmed and rumors swirled that Khrushchev might visit North Korea before heading home.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Red China
Peiping
Foreign Ministry
Khrushchev
Moscow
North Korea
Khrushchev Presses Berlin Talks as U S Policy on China Stands
The article notes growing belief Khrushchev aims to sway Chinese leaders toward better U S relations. It describes Eisenhower and Khrushchev’s Berlin stalemate and a late Sunday session where Berlin tensions subsided but Eisenhower reaffirmed U S nonrecognition of Red China and opposition to Communist Chinese U N membership.
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Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
West Berlin
Berlin
China
U. S
U. N
USW Calls Wage Group To Meeting On Strike Talks
Pittsburgh AP United Steelworkers summon Wage Policy Committee to meet Monday at 10 a.m. and International Executive Board to convene Sunday at 2 p.m. as strike tensions rise over a potential Taft Hartley action. An eight cent an hour annual package is rumored if management gains local condition control.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
USW
International
Steel negotiators hold meetings amid silent bargaining
McDonald and R Conrad Cooper refused to reveal any offer on the table after a 1 hour 20 minute Saturday session and a 50 minute afternoon session. They plan further talks by phone, with optimism tempered by the USW Executive Board and Wage Policy Committee having met multiple times during the strike.
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McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
USW
Arthur Goldberg
International
Benson speaks at Moscow church as Russians cry
Ezra Taft Benson, U S Secretary of Agriculture and Mormon elder, preached at the Central Baptist Church in Moscow before about a thousand Russians. His message urged faith and commandments while worshipers cried, waved hands, and sang as Americans left.
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Moscow
Central Baptist Church
Kremblin
Soviet Union
U.S
Ezra Taft Benson
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-lay Saints
Mormon
Europe
Thennes
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