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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1958
Page
5
Peru faces a strained balance of payments with exports at 330 million and imports 448 million dollars in 1957. Government borrowing from the central bank or Export-Import Bank is planned to meet 1958 expenditures while wage and price controls shift living costs. Vice President Nixon's visit boosts hopes for relief and lower prices through U S demand.
The readable text references hostile demonstrations abroad and anti American sentiment with mentions of communists in Europe and elsewhere. It hints at economic complaints and foreign policy concerns amid a tense international climate.
The article notes that while communism is technically illegal in Peru, it operates openly under Prado's government which downplays the Communist threat. Officials argue the party has about 6,000 members and up to 50,000 sympathizers yet it exerts power in labor unions universities student groups and peasant networks.
Vice President Nixon and Senator William F. Knowland appear set to diverge on key policy fronts. The California governor candidate loom and party leadership jealously watch the rift over foreign aid and trade as Eisenhower era debates intensify within the Republican ranks.
Senate racketeering probes led by Chairman John L. McClellan and Robert F. Kennedy unfold to reveal organized crime behind labor contracts and fronts. They link a syndicate to Charles Lucky Luciano, with hearings likely four months or more, subpoenaing 100 witnesses and targeting New York garment sc markets, Detroit and Chicago operations.
Colorado farmers prepare for a grasshopper outbreak as officials tour 100 miles of rangeland. Officials say the pest could devastate crops, with 16 percent of the wheat already lost and spraying costs shared by farmers, state, and federal governments. Rural Eyphamel Grauberger voices despair over the evolving menace.
Atlanta AP reports Bishop Arthur J. Moore head of the Georgia Methodist Church plans a long European tour marked as his 70th voyage. He travels with Rev. John Wilson of St Paul Church Columbus and Rev. Thomas Whiting of First Methodist Valdosta. They sail aboard the Queen Elizabeth from New York on July 10, continuing a lengthy overseas itinerary.
AP foreign analyst William L. Ryan reports in Tripoli that Christian and Muslim factions are sustaining a drawn out crisis. Residents refuse to label it war, calling it a national sickness as factions fight the government and each other amid shelling and fear.
Rebels and security forces clash around Tripoli as 350 rebels hold city hills. Rashid Karami leads about 150, with Syrians and Lebanese from the Syrian Arab Socialist Resurrection Party and Palestinians allied to Nasser. Army guards a northern front near Akkar amid suspected Syrian arms supply.
Navy scientists told the American Astronomical Society that rockets rising above 60 miles reveal far ultraviolet light normally blocked by Earth's atmosphere. The method could record unseen wavelengths and lift observing devices above atmospheric distortion, expanding understanding beyond visible light and radio astronomy.
United Nations experts warn global population could reach six billion by 2000 and as high as 10 to 25 billion in the 21st century. They say Earth can support only 15 to 16 billion, with about 21 percent more people than a century ago.
The piece notes Vandiver kicking off his campaign on July 1 in Dublin with his team and plans detailed by several candidates. It mentions Bodenhamer awaiting naming a campaign manager and James Gillis of Soperton named as Vandiver's campaign manager in a related update.
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