Squatters Fight California Arizona River Land Battle
About 150 farmers on 27000 acres along the Colorado River between Hoover Dam and the Mexican border resist a federal order to quit. The Interior Department seeks a recreation area, while Associated Farmers of the Lower Colorado River defend their decades of cultivation and land improvement. Land spans Yuma Arizona Palo Verde California Parker Needles regions and Cibola Valley.
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California
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Parker
William Y. Murphy
Murphy
Yuma
Ariz
Palo Verde Valley
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Cibola Valley
Mixed Wedding Scenes Dropped From Moscow Fashion Show
New York AP reports two wedding scenes featuring Negroes and whites were dropped from a fashion show for the American exhibition in Moscow. Over 40 newspaper editors at the dress rehearsal protested, citing nonrepresentative portrayal, leaving only the cathedral wedding with white couple and Negro guests.
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New York
Moscow
Shirley Goodman
Fashion Industries Presentation Committee
Fashion editors sign protest petition by region
The petition gathering editors includes twelve from the Northeast ten from the South six from the Midwest three from the Southwest and six from the Far West signaling broad cross regional backing for the protest initiative.
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Northeast
Midwest
Southwest
Frisco Kicker to Quit Football
Frisco kicker Gordy Soltau will retire after nine seasons with the 49ers and move into broadcasting next season. He will team with Tommy Harmon in 49ers game telecasts on CBS.
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Frisco
SAN Francisco
Gordy Soltau
San Francisco 49Ers
National Football League
49Ers
Soltau
Tommy Harmon
Columbia Broadcasting System
Doan's Pills Offer Bladder and Pain Relief
Advert describes Doan's Pills as aiding bladder irritations and backache with three actions. It promotes a soothing effect on the bladder, fast relief for aches, and a mild diuretic effect for kidney output, claiming decades of public use and a new large economy size.
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Doan
Ike Too Busy To Take Vacation In Newport
President Eisenhower has not considered a summer vacation here as national issues demand his attention. Mayor Henry C. Wilkinson said Ike wrote that he cannot spare time, despite the Eisenhowers vacationing in Newport the previous two summers.
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Ike
Newport, RI
Eisenhower
Henry C. Wilkinson
Eisenhowers
Massachusetts House defeats death penalty abolition bill
The Massachusetts House of Representatives rejected a bill to abolish the death penalty 168 to 59 on Tuesday night, preserving capital punishment in the state.
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Boston
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Runaway Bus Kills 3 Year Old in Arcadia
A bus returning 90 campers from a mountain day camp lost its brakes on a grade in Arcadia California and careened down a tree lined street. The vehicle smashed three cars and overturned. A 3 year old girl Corrine Matson of Arcadia was killed when thrown from a sedan struck from behind by the bus. None of the campers suffered serious injuries.
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Arcadia
Calif
Corrine Matson
Bus Crash Injures Two Adults During Mountain Outing
Brady Bolt of Los Angeles, a bus driver, said he avoided traffic as the bus carrying 90 Catholic Youth Organization campers and eight counselors returned to a Los Angeles suburb after a day trip in the San Gabriel Mountains. The two adults in the wrecked vehicles were injured. The Ottawa Herald, July 18, 1959.
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Los Angeles
Catholic Youth Organization
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Ottawa Herald
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