Red China UN seat debate mirrors Cold War clashes
The article surveys U S and U N positions on Red China admission to the United Nations from 1950 to 1955. It notes battles over Formosa, veto rights, and the shifting votes on postponement and seating of Peiping delegates amid U S opposition to replacing Nationalist China with Mao Zedong's government.
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U.S
Eisenhower
United Nations
Red China
Formosa
U. N
Security Council
Formosa Strait
China
Chou En-lai
U. N. General Assembly
U.N
United States
Gamal el Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nikita S. Khrushchev
New York
U. S
Chou
Korea
General Assembly
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tse-tung
Hoover Refuses Presidential Pension as Public Service Ethos
The Tampa Tribune notes Herbert Hoover will not personally use the $25,000 yearly presidential pension. He says he owes the country for its opportunities and will donate his after tax compensation to public service or charity. He stresses his unique position and that his stance should not set a precedent for others.
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United States
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
White House
America
The
Tampa Tribune
Military Men In News At Home And Overseas
Airman 3C Daniel W. Shumate completes Air Force basic at Lackland TX and heads to Chanute AFB. Robert C. Vargo, aviation ordnanceman, serves with Patrol Squadron Nine at Alameda after ice reconnaissance near Alaska. Airman 2C Aden E. Fanning reassigned from James Connally AFB to France. Marine corporal John Archer promoted Aug. 15 and serves at Crane IN with recreation. wife Maude Collins from Geldbond VA. Pvt. Jimmie L. Gunnoe completes basic engineer training at Fort Belvoir VA after Army enlistment last May.
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Tex
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Ravencliff
Chanute Air Force Base
Ill
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Arctic
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Mike Vargo Jr
Mount Hope
Alameda
Calif
James Connally Air Force Base
France
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Fred E. Fanning
Mullens
Connally Base
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John Archer
Brady V. Archer
Josephine
Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane
Ind
Marine Barracks
Stoco High School
Maude Collins
Geldbond
Fort Belvoir
Jimmie L. Gunnoe
Em!l Gunnoe
Kopperston
Army
Fort Benning
Gunnee
Oceana High School
Prayer For Today From Pacific School of Religion Leader
A prayer attributed to Stuart LeRoy Anderson of Berkeley California as Pacific School of Religion president asks for divine grace. It requests Christ to be lifted up in every land and seeks guidance, protection, humility, perseverance, and peace in all life situations.
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Stuart LeRoy Anderson
Berkeley
Calif
Pacific School of Religion
Associated Press
Beckley
Huntington
Charleston
A.m
Needy McQuade
Huntington Associated Press
Fourth Estate
Reform School for Reds Near Taipei
A Formosa reform school near Taipei houses Chinese Communists for three years to separate them from their movement. Instructors teach Sun Yat-sen and Washington while offering vocational training and private enterprise, all without coercion, as families and children join a small kindergarten on campus.
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Sun Yat-sen
Washington
Lincoln
Unsung Whitesville Firefighters Help in Plane Crash Search
A Whitesville volunteer fire department of 25 miners and residents led by Fire Chief C. E. Stump Jr. and Assistant Chief Bill Cook conducted six day round the clock searches for a missing C-45 wreck atop Pond Knob in Marsit Fork District. They helped recover the four plane occupants, earned praise from the Air Force and Civil Air Patrol, and upgraded their rescue equipment.
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Pond Knob
Marsit Fork
Whites Ville
C. E. Stump Jr
Bill Cook
Clifford Hudson
Robert Plantz
White Oak
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Why Wheels Appear to Move Backward in Movies
A film shows 24 still pictures per second. If wheel phases align with frames, the wheel seems stationary. Slower or faster rotation changes the sequence, creating the illusion of forward or backward motion. This is tied to persistence of vision and stroboscopic effects. Linda Williams of Stow, Ohio wins $10 for the question. Tomorrow: Why is Oklahoma called the Sooner state.
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Linda Williams
Stow
Ohio
Benny Oeeters
Oklahoma
Buddy Hackett Diet Returns to Leonia After Big Weight Loss
Earl Wilson reports Buddy Hackett is back home in Leonia New Jersey after shedding 15 pounds in eight days at Dr Walter Kempner’s Durham North Carolina clinic. Breakfast is half a grapefruit and tea with similar lunches and vegetable dinners. Hackett joins Jackie Gleason’s Fat Boy TV show rehearsals starting Oct 3 while other showbiz tidbits unfold from El Morocco to Europe including Nina Foch’s divorce plans and Tallulah Bankhead’s radio clash.
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Buddy Hackett
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N. J
Walter Kempner
Durham
N.C
Buddy
Jackie Gleason
Lauren Bacall
Wil
Europe
Slim
Hayward
Jack Barry
el Morocco
Nina Foch
Robert Horton
Julie Wilson
St. Regis
Joe E. Lewis
Joe
Julie
Missionary minister attends Raleigh Sunday School event
Rev. G W Ogden, noted Christian preacher, visits Raleigh to attend the Sunday School convention. Forest fires damaged the Deepwater bridge near Harper, forcing passengers to ride the morning train elsewhere. Deputy Marshal Cunningham reports widespread dynamiting of Guyan River pools from Logan county line to Clear Fork, killing nearly all river fish.
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Raleigh Register
G. W. Ogden
West Virginia
Deepwater
Harper
Marshal Cunningham
Charleston
Wyoming
Raleigh
Guyan River
Logan County
Clear Fork
Beckley mayoral race nominee and court levy ruling noted
25 years ago Lilly Music Store proprietor and Beckley National Exchange Bank vice president A Z Lilly was nominated as Democratic mayoral candidate. Supreme Court levy limit decision affects Raleigh county school system by about 200000 dollars. Weather and forest mood praised along Winding Gulf route from Tams to Corinne with vivid natural imagery.
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Beckley National Exchange Bank
Beckley
Supreme Court
Raleigh
W. R. Fugit
Gulf
Tams
Corinne
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