Miss Terretta Reports From Republican National Convention
Miss Carolyn M. Terretta, UNC political science major from S Washington St, returned from Chicago where she served as a page at the Republican National Convention. She observed committee work, order amid 12,000 attendees, brief speeches, and social events, noting sincerity and forward look of party leaders.
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Chicago
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Paul Terretta
S. Washington St
University of North Carolina
Poe Ors
Virginia
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The
Star
Robertson Sees Six Items for Special Session
Senator A Willis Robertson predicts Congress will focus on six unfinished items when reconvening Aug 8 including appropriations for mutual aid public works health education and welfare and federal aid for school construction medical care for the aged and minimum wage extension. He expects civil rights bills from Jacob Javits and says leadership aims to finish before Labor Day.
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A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
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Robertson
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Lexington
Jacob K. Javits
FEPC
Johnson
Flower Drum Song Makes Grand Entrance In San Francisco
In San Francisco the musical Flower Drum Song wowed a hometown crowd at Curran Theater on Grant Avenue. C Y Lee, author and editor of the Chinese World, praised the production while Elaine Dunn electrified the audience with Linda Low as Miss Dunn’s belting Grant Avenue finale drew a thunderous response.
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Grant Avenue
Geary Street
Chinatown
Geary
Theater Street
Curran Theater
C. Y. Lee
New York
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Lee
Pacific
New Haven
Boston
St. Louis
Dallas
Los Angeles
Pat Suzuki
Linda Low
Elaine Dunn
Miss Dunn
64 Chinese Feared Dead On Formosa
Taipei Formosa 64 Chinese feared dead after torrential rains from Typhoon Shirley. Police and troops aided isolated communities, 50 000 homeless. 23 dead 12 missing, a bus driver and 28 Chinese opera troupe drowned. 188 injured, eight serious. Two killed in southern Ryukyu Islands.
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Taipei
Formosa
Ryukyu Islands
Violence subsides in Korea after election turmoil
In Seoul political violence subsided as caretaker leaders and the Democratic party agreed to convene the National Assembly on August 8 to elect a new president and prime minister. The Democrats won 174 of 233 lower house seats and 29 of 58 upper house seats, with nine seats unsettled.
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Seoul
South Korea
Democratic Party
National Assembly
Huh Chung
Democrats
Congo U N Stays Hands Off In Kasai Tribal War
In Kasai province the United Nations takes a hands off stance as Belgian forces withdraw. The Congo government and army face severe tribal clashes between the Lulua and Baluba amid mutinies and reports of hundreds killed. Dag Hammarskjold warns Congolese leaders to avoid actions risking new turmoil.
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UNC
Security Council
Congo
U. N
Kasai
Leopoldville
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Virginians Compete At World 410 Gauge Skeet Champs
Scores of Virginia shooters at the Princess Anne Gun Club in Virginia Beach contesting world air 410 gauge skeet championships. Noted performers include Mrs Page Kable Staunton 76 Lt Col LE Manbeck Fairfax 89 Kenneth L Haag Front Royal 90 Vincent L Marcum Arlington 95 and Jay Dee Williams Arlington 91.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia
Princess Anne
Trump trumpet returned after Beaulieu jazz riot
At Beaulieu Beaulieu festival a trumpet was found in a car park and later returned by a British airman. Humph, the trumpeter, reported a rough start as a riot caused police to intervene. Lord Montagu said future jazz may be limited but possible at Beaulieu with a restricted audience.
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Republican Party
Eddy Gilmore
London
Humph
Trump
Britain
Humstat LaGea
Don
The
Iles
Cops
Lord Montagu
Montagu
Beaulieu
Leftists Open World Parley in Tokyo Conference
Leftists from 29 nations opened the sixth world atomic and hydrogen bomb conference in Tokyo urging a united peace struggle. Dr Kaoru Yasui warned the US Japan ace treaty as a dangerous military pact as ultranationalists harassed delegates with smoke bombs and police detained two after a scuffle.
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Kaoru
Yasui
Japan
Council
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