Communists Haven't Yet Taken Control Of Cuba
AP analyst William L. Ryan reports from Havana on Cuba's Communist position. He notes they lack strength to make Cuba a Red satellite but aim to use the island as a base for wider Caribbean and Latin American disruption. They have penetrated the army and labor groups while Castro balks at full cabinet representation, wary of alienating supporters.
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Associated Press Foreign
William L. Ryan
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
United States
U.S
Caribbean
Latin America
Castro
Maj
Raul Castro
Moscow
Juan Marinello
Beat the Heat with Air Cooled Seat Cushions in Auto Supply
Harry Says offers air cooled seat cushions in car from $2.59 to $10.65 with colors all available. Also features human seat covers, fibers, plastics, and jet spun nylons plus auto waxes and push button cans. Stop for all auto needs at Auto Supply.
Eight year old burglar shocked Bridgeport neighbors
Horace Rideout a 32 year old mason's helper disrupted an eight year old boy as he crawled through an unlocked window to steal from homes and businesses. The youth admitted breaking into 11 places over the past year.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Horace Rideout
Mason
Rideout
Kansas Wheat Crop Quality Is High
The 1959 Kansas wheat crop was slightly above average in quality and analyzed from 7,106 cars of new wheat. Average test weight reached 59.6 pounds per bushel versus a 10-year average of 59.2, and protein averaged 12.5 percent, matching the 10-year average. Harper County led with 63.1 pounds test weight, while Haskell County topped protein at 14.9 percent.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Harper County
Haskell
Nixon Eyes Rockefeller Run For 1960 GOP Nomination
Vice President Nixon believes Governor Rockefeller plans to run for the 1960 Republican presidential nomination and will decide by November. Nixon expects polls to guide Rockefeller while he focuses on duties and avoids active campaigning for now, scheduling a September civic tour in New England.
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Washington
Richard M
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rocke
Rockefeller
New England
Congress To Stay In Session Into September
Congress is likely to continue its session into September as leaders discuss completing labor housing civil rights highways and pollution control bills. Senate Democratic Leader Johnson says adjournment may extend to mid September while Republican Dirksen hopes for a vote to go home by September 5. Mansfield had suggested September 1 as a possible adjournment date.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Strike Ends as Peronist-Unions End One Day Walkout
A one day strike in Buenos Aires ended at midnight after 62 unions led by Peronist followers halted activity. Thirty-two Democratic unions and 19 pro-Communist groups did not participate, impacting textile factories and other sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Fac
Fragmentary note references industries and routine civic life
A fragment mentions tories, meat packing houses, food plants and metal industries, with the sense that business and daily operations otherwise appeared normal and uneventful. The incomplete line suggests a broad industrial landscape amid ordinary activities.
Huron Cemetery Bill Introduced in Congress
Rep. Newell A. George of Kansas introduces a bill directing the interior secretary to designate the two acre Huron Indian Cemetery in Kansas City Kansas as a national historic site. The measure would have the site purchased via donations or appropriations and added to the national park system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Interior
Kansas City
Kan
Newell A. George
D-Kan
George
Kansas City, Kan
National Park System
Nixon to Appears in New Hampshire Primary Scenarios
Possible New Hampshire appearance could pit Nixon against Rockefeller in the next year’s primary. Nixon has firm commitments only for speeches at the American Legion convention in Minneapolis and the Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting in Los Angeles.
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New Hampshire
Rockefeller
Nixon
American Legion
Minneapolis
Minn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
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Mercury
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Sunnen
Stewart-Warner
Barrett
Lincoln
Lincoln Gear
Shaw-Walker
Harold Tetwiler
Harland Lynn Noble
State Mental Hospital
Larned
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Midwest
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GOP
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