Editors Pick Moon Shot Tops Year In Review
The year’s top story is the first image of the lunar backside and the Soviet rocketry lead. Khrushchev’s coast to coast tour reshaped American views of a dangerous rival. Castro’s Cuba upheaval and the steel strike plus TV quiz show scandals rank high in editors’ picks.
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Ten Top Stories of 1959 Highlight Global Tensions
A retrospective lists Khrushchev’s U S visit and Russia moon probes, Castro’s rise, steel strike, TV quiz scandals, Eisenhower’s foreign role, Dulles death and Herter appointment, Nixon’s Russia tour, Alaska and Hawaii statehood, and the new labor relations law.
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Khrushchev Tops AP Newsmaker Of The Year 1959
In 1959 Khrushchev again topped AP editors as the year’s leading newsmaker in foreign affairs and overall headlines. The tally notes his U S visit and disarmament pitch shadowed by Hungary questions, with Eisenhower in attendance and a Berlin crisis noted.
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Newsmaker Poll Names Stengel Godfrey and More
AP poll selects decade’s top figures including Stengel Godfrey Churchill Wouk Marciano Marilyn Monroe Hemingway Thor Hyerdahl Faulkner. The list showcases prominent leaders artists athletes and writers shaping the era across fields.
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