Congress Opens Stormy 1959 Session With Sharp Clash
Congress launches a contentious 1959 session as President Eisenhower faces a reform drive from a Democratic Congress. Johnson frames the union as strong while pressing for fiscal and educational aid. House leadership shifts to Halleck and Byrnes, while Martin exits amid party realignment. Alaska and Arkansas add new members as the 49th Congress convenes with a broad agenda and tense votes.
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Eisenhower
Johnson
Martin
Halleck
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
House
Hlouse
White House
Nixon
Alaska
Johnsai
Senate
Péte
Missiles Installed in Germany for West German Armed Forces
The first group of American Honest John rockets for the West German armed forces has been installed for training. The Federal Defense Ministry confirmed the surface to surface missiles arrived last month.
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BOM
UPI
Federal Defense Ministry
Debre Likely French Premier as De Gaulle Takes Reins
Paris reports Lee Debre, a lawyer and financial expert who helped draft the Fifth Republic constitution, is expected to be named premier by Charles de Gaulle after he becomes president. Debre, 48, would head a cabinet of about 20 ministers, with many key posts filled by non political technocrats.
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Paris
Michel Dave
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Debre
Ile J
National Assembly
Union For A’ New Republic
Antoine Pinay
Maurice Couve de Murville
Petre Poimitn
France
Andre Malraux
Pierre Guilsammat
Mikoyan Tours U S on Berlin Talks Visit
Banner protests greet Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan in Cleveland. He inspects a cockpit, recalls a wartime son, and urges calm while U S officials weigh Berlin demands. Mikoyan travels to Detroit Chicago San Francisco and West Coast cities before returning east for more discussions with leaders and industrialists.
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Rita Sylvester
West Warwick
Sylvester
Mikoyan
George Donrahoo
Falls Church
Bill Fatchen
Arlington
Berlin
Nixon
Capitol
Russia
State Department
Eaton
Vnsit Mikoyan
Detroit
Dulles
Xon
Congressional
Union of Washington
Eisenhower
East Germany
Lelshevik
Nikita Khrushchev
Mirce
West Berlin
Khrushccev
Khrustichev
Moscow
Serge
Menshikov
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Ler Metcalf
D-Mont
James EB. Murray
DsMont
Francis E. Walter
P-Pat
Dale Alford
Little Rock
Alford
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Joseph W. Martin
Charles Halleck
Germany
Lee Debre
California Federal
Cal Fed
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
America
Federal Savings Association
Bunda
YOUP
Lakewood
Woodrutf Ave
Thassf
Ernest A. McGill
ASSI
HEE
Miracle Miiz
Reseda
Fancho
Holt Wood
JAH
California
Arede Eral Savings Association
Long Beach
Cleveland
Artem “Mikoyan
Mele
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