New Miss America Pines To Meet Ike Khrushchev
Lynda Lee Mead, 20, of Natchez Mississippi, won Miss America 1959 and a $10,000 scholarship. She aims to educate herself, return to the University of Mississippi for a master's in English, and hopes to meet President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev during their U.S. visits. Mary Alice Fox, Sharon Vaughn, Susan Bronson, and Patricia Allebrand placed 2nd through 5th with notable scholarships. Mead plans to study and marry years from now while enjoying reading and listening to music.
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Lynda Lee Mead
Natchez, Miss
Miss Mead
University of Mississippi
Premie Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Miss Tennessee
Mary Ann
Natchez
Wisconsin
Mary Alice Fox
Sheboygan
Wis
Washington
Sharon Joyce Vaughn
Seattle
California
Susan Diane Bronson
San Lorenzo
Calif
Arizona
Patricia Anne Allebrand
Yuma
Ariz
Billy Graham Visits Four Held In Bombing Case
Four men charged in Labor Day bombings in Little Rock knelt and prayed during a visit by evangelist Billy Graham at the city jail. Graham urged mercy and Christ, noting remorse, with two inmates reportedly accepting Jesus. The defendants include J D Sims 35 and Jesse Raymond Perry 24, both truck drivers. Samuel Beavers 42, a carpenter. John T Coggins 39, a car salesman. E A Lauderdale Sr. 48, a lumber dealer and Capital Citizens Council leader, is free on bond. The group is accused of dynamiting the school board offices, the mayor’s business office, and a fire chief’s station wagon.
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Jesus
James T. Karam
Graham
Karam
Little Rock
J. D. Sims
Jesse Raymond Perry
Samuel Beavers
John T. Coggins
E. A. Lauderdale Sr
Capital Citizens Council
Werner Knoop
Gann Nalley
Planes Shot At Airliner Over Gulf of Aqaba
Cairo press and radio charged Israeli planes fired warning shots at an Egyptian airliner in an international air corridor over the Gulf of Aqaba. Four Israeli fighters buzzed the aircraft and signaled a landing on Israeli soil, which the Egyptian pilot allegedly ignored. An Israeli spokesman denied any firing, saying the plane was in Israeli air space and no shots were fired.
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Cairo
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Memorize This Gin Ad and Recite It at Parties
An advertising pitch extols Smooth American Gin by Schenley, claiming it is as smooth and dry as the Sphinx, suitable for martinis or sipping. It emphasizes the brand as ours, offers code 334B and a price of 3.61 per fifth, and notes 80 proof distilled from 100 percent grain neutral spirits by Schenley Distillers Company in New York City.
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Schenley
S.A
Schenley Distillers Company
New York City
Stonewall Jackson Honored With Bust in West Virginia
Beatrice Giffin of Topeka Kansas and Isabelle Arnold of Deland Florida grandnieces of Gen Thomas J Stonewall Jackson unveiled a bronze bust in the West Virginia statehouse Sunday Sculptor Bryant Baker created the bust of the Confederate general born 135 years ago in Clarksburg WV It was donated by the West Virginia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Maj Gen William H Milton Jr superintendent of Virginia Military Institute praised Jackson for his protective qualities
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Charleston
Virginia Military Institute
Jackson
Wishing Well Puzzle Message From 1959
A short feature describes a daily fortune puzzle named Wishing Well. It guides readers to compute a key number from their name, then read a hidden message by checking grid letters. The note credits William J. Miller and King Features Syndicate with a 1959 distribution.
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William,j. Miller
King Features Syndicate
Strike Narrows Gap as Steel Walkout Enters 63rd Day
United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald warned on television that the union will not back down from wage demands and work-practice changes. The nationwide strike idled about 500 000 steelworkers and affected roughly 90 percent of U.S. production with no federal intervention expected before next month.
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New York
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Eisenhower
Blunt Spoke Lodge To Ride With Nikita
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, chosen by President Eisenhower to accompany Nikita Khrushchev on a U. S. tour, is blunt and combative with Soviet charges. Lodge plans to answer Soviet claims in real time in public forums and media, joining Khrushchev on a cross country trip from Sept. 15 to 27. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, he is a former U. S. senator and veteran of World War II. He now splits time between Beverly and New York with his wife, two sons, and six grandchildren.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N. Y
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
U. N
Soviet Union
United States
Security Council
Lodge
General Assembly
Arkady Sobolev
Valerian Zorin
Moscow
Washington
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Richard M. Nixon
New England
Beverly
Mass
Boston
Harvard
Boston Transcript
New York Herald Tribune
U.S
Libya
Italy
France
Germany
Labor Bill Is Defended in Congress Vote
Dallas AP report quotes Sen. Lyndon Johnson defending the compromise labor bill passed by Congress. Johnson says the measure has no awards or penalties for workers or management, calls it the bill the public wanted, and labels it an attack on racketeers while noting rank-and-file union members gain a bill of rights. He expressed hope President Eisenhower will sign the bill.
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Dallas, Tex
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Congress
Senate Majority
Texas
Eisenhower
Johnson
Record-breaking Soviet engineers graduation total
Moscow reports 105000 new Soviet engineers graduated this year, an all-time high according to Tass News Agency. The milestone underscores expanding technical education and industrial capacity across the USSR.
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Moscow
Tass
China accuses India of cross border troop moves
In Tokyo Radio Peiping quoted Chen Yi as saying Indian troops entered territory China also claims and rejected New Delhi's proposal to make Longju a no man’s land. Chen pressed India to withdraw from Chinese territory while denying Chinese withdrawal. China’s note to India reportedly reiterates Beijing’s border demands and accuses India of refugee political activities.
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Red China
India
Radio
Peiping
Chen Yi
Standing Committee
The
National People’s Congress
Chen
China
Red
Longju
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MacMahon Line
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New Delhi
Peiping Radio
Chou En-lai
Red Chna
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