Lebanon Crisis Looms as UN and U.S. Consider Interventions
Dag Hammarskjold seeks a halt to Syria to rebels arms flow to avert a wider crisis involving the United States Soviet Russia and the Egyptian Arab Republic. Lebanon presses UN action while Chamoun seeks a second term, rebels push to end his rule. The United States pledges potential military aid if needed as Hammarskjold returns from talks with Nasser.
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Lebanon
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
United States
United Arab Republic
Soviet Russia
Syria
Camille Chamoun
Sami Solh
John Foster Dulles
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
New York
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
UAR
Chamoun
Alfred Lunt Checks Into Hospital After Fever
Veteran actor Alfred Lunt 65 was hospitalized in New York for a check up after a high fever Wednesday night forced him to miss the performance of The Visit. He had rested at the theater after a matinee, and his understudy John Wise filled in for him. Lunt stars with wife Lynn Fontanne in The Visit.
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New York
UPI
Alfred Lunt
New York Hospital
Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Wednesday Night
John Wise
Purdue experts rate milk as best food value per pound
Purdue University nutrition experts say milk provides more food value per pound than any other food material, highlighting its cost effectiveness and nutritional benefits as a staple choice.
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Purdue University
Lebanon's Pro West Line Up for Second Term
In Lebanon Chamoun and Premier Solh maintain the pro Western axis, securing a second term and solidifying the country's Western alignment.
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Chamoun
Solh
Lebanon
Lawmakers Move To Shave Funds From Shreveport Medical School
The Louisiana House 55 to 14 passed an administration bill to take 1,847,879 dollars from a proposed medical graduate school in Shreveport, despite Caddo Parish protests. Rep. Jasper Smith denounced the move as a trick while LSU cited funding needs and past promises. The bill redirects the money to the state general fund.
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Jasper Smith
Caddo Parish
Confederate Memorial Medical Center
Shreveport
Smith
Wellborn Jack
LSU
Troy Middleton
Long
Samuel Cashie
Iberville
Robert Kennon
Swap Lots And Work Proceeds
In Knoxville Tennessee Mrs. Leona Howard learns her new lot is being built on by mistake. City officials determine an adjoining lot owner’s contractor gave carpenters wrong directions. The issue is resolved when the two lots are swapped and construction continues.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Leona Howard
City Hall
Teens Charged After Slashing Woman in Florida Kitchen
In Harianna, Florida two black teens aged 15 and 16 escaped from the Florida School for Boys and are facing possible criminal charges after slashing a white housewife, Mrs. M. W. Cary, with a kitchen knife when she surprised them in her kitchen on Wednesday. One youth cut her arms and hands.
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Harianna
Fla
UPI
Florida School For Boys
M. W. Cary
Solon Urges Cotton Bill Passage With Acreage Boost
Burris Jack, son of Hillsboro Tex., chairman of the American Cotton Congress, pressed for a farm bill with cotton provisions. The plan would set a 13 million acre allotment for 1959 60 and offer growers a choice of higher acreage with price cuts or current support terms. He advocates earnings tied to more acres and price competitiveness, warning of severe consequences if no law passes.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Burris Jack
Hillsboro
Tex
American Cotton Congress
Senate
House
Jackson
Missionary urged U S Christians to back foreign missions
Miss Margaret R. Blemker of Boston urged American Church of Christ members to expand foreign missions at the General Council meeting. She said developing thinking and decision making individuals are key to solving world problems and shaping the future.
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Advocates Foreign Mission
Boston
Mass
UPI
United Church of Christ
Margaret R. Blemker
Europe
Near East
American Board of
Sions
General Council of the
Congregational Christian Churches
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