Senate panel approves resolution to keep international Communism out
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously backs a nonbinding resolution aimed at keeping the international Communist movement from entering the Western Hemisphere. The measure, evolving from Lyndon Johnson's draft, asserts Congress views any Communist interference as unacceptable and signals a Monroe Doctrine warning to the world.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Guatemala
International Communist Movement
Hemisphere
Senate
House
Congress
Latin America
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Des Moines Faces Another Flood Threat and Evacuations
Des Moines faced renewed danger as a crest on the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers threatened southeast city sections. About 1,000 families were evacuated, with 190 homes flooded, as 5,000 workers, National Guardsmen, and volunteers reinforced 5% miles of dikes. Authorities warned return home would be possible only after the river fell, expected by Sunday.
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Des Moines
Raccoon River
Raccoon
Freeman Vasquez
National
Support for Caracas Declaration March 13 1954
The text endorses the Caracas Declaration aimed at preventing interference by the International Communist movement in Western Hemisphere affairs. It calls for all proper steps to back the Organization of American States in obstructing external interference in state matters across the region.
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Caracas
International Communist Movement
Organization of American States
Western Hemisphere
Farmerville Boy Earns State FFA Honor
Perry Gene Smith of Farmerville Route 2 received the state farmer degree at the recent Future Farmers of America convention. This top state award recognizes four years of outstanding work in agriculture by the Farmerville student.
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Farmerville
Perry Gene Smith
Broadus Smith
Route 2
Future Farmers of America
State Association
Mazellan Reaches New Longitude Before Death Far East
Britannica notes Mazellan had already sailed to a longitude he later reached again during a Philippines cruise that completed a circumnavigation. The explorer had previously circled the globe on prior voyages.
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Philippines
Globe
Europe
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