Haiti Protests At Inter-American Conference Over Invasion
Haiti lodges protest at the Inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference in Santiago against an invasion by men believed Cuban linked revolutionaries landing in Haiti. Foreign Minister Louis Mars says the aggression aims to unsettle constitutional government as talks seek to curb overseas threats and uphold human rights.
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Santiago
Chile
Haiti
Inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference
Cuba
Louis Mars
German Vergara Donoso
Organization of American States
Mars
Fidel Castro
Raul
Latin America
United States
Caribbean
Castro
Havana
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Inter-American Peace Committee
Panama
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Honduras
Trujillo
Venezuela
Uruguay
el Salvador
Mexico
Inter-American Foreign Ministers
Quito Eucador
Raul Castro
Labor Control Bills Sent To Conferees
The Senate sent labor control bills to conference after assurances from Democratic leaders that legislation would pass this session. Senate Leader Lyndon B. Johnson said he would stay in Washington until Jan. 3 to push a labor regulation bill. Kennedy, head of Senate conferees, predicted a bill this year and described plans to seek a reasonable time to reach a House compromise. Dirksen asked for a definition of reasonable time as talks could extend into next week. The House had added 80 amendments to the Senate bill and approved a Landesman-Griffin substitute.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Sen
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy
Landrum-Griffin
Scouts Separated by Hershey Tour Find Each Other at Station
Girl Scout Troop 27 members on a Pennsylvania weekend tour got split up in Hershey. Two station wagons with leaders and girls pulled into a filling station and discovered the other group asking directions to Ephrata. One officer noted the incident alongside local road watch details.
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Hershey
Pennsylvania
Girl Scout Troop 27
Ephrata
Farm Accidents Injure Two County Men
Two Frederick County men were treated at Memorial Hospital after separate incidents. Ray Shaffer, 16, sustained head injuries when a farm tractor threw him near Route 522 at 5:45 a.m. Anton Kaes of Gainesboro broke an ankle when he fell from a roof during repairs at 8:11 a.m. Both were brought to the hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad.
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Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Ray Shaffer
Midway
Anton Kaes
Gainesboro
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Giant sodium flare lights up eastern seaboard sky
The U S Space Agency launched a 75 pound sodium flare 150 miles high from Wallops Island at 4 18 am EST to study upper atmosphere winds. The glow was visible from Pittsburgh and Dayton to Florida and Alabama, with a second shot planned for 7 35 pm EST tomorrow.
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Washington
U. S. Space Agency
Virginia
Pittsburgh
Dayton
Ohio
Florida
National Aviation and Space Administration
Wallops Island
Vero Beach
Fla
Montgomery
Ala
Spe
Family Ends 2 Weeks In A Bomb Shelter
The Thomas A. Powner family lived 336 hours in a 72 square foot shelter at Princeton University to study civil defense needs. They faced heat, odors, and a four foot garbage pile while consuming 38 gallons of water and $130 in canned food. Monitoring recorded every word as the parents and children adapted with daily exercise and improvised cooking.
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Russell H. Mullen
Princeton
N.J
Thomas A. Powner
Federal Office of Civilian Defense
Powner
Cranbury
Burke Says Soviet Subs Likely Can Launch Ballistic Missiles
Admiral Arleigh Burke, chief of naval operations, told reporters the Soviet Union probably has submarines capable of launching ballistic missiles. He noted U S submarines are still under construction to carry Polaris missiles and that no counterweapon exists yet to intercept ballistic missiles. Burke cited a possibly capable Russian sub sighted last May near Iceland and described it as a fairly new type.
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Washington
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Soviet Union
United States
Burke
Burk
Navy
Iceland
Man Arrested After Woman Reports Seizure
Samuel Addison Hepner, 20, of Rt 4, was arrested on a charge of assault after a Winchester woman said she was seized while walking along S Stewart St. He posted $1,000 bond and faces court on August 25. Police described the incident and towed in Hepner with help from Frederick County deputies.
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Sameul Addison Hepner
Rt 4
Winchester
S. Stewart St
Joseph C. Ritter
Stewart and
Pall Mall Srs
Winchster Police
Frederick County
Registration At Warren High Drawing to Close
Registration for students attending the integrated Warren County High School ends today. With limited enrollments at the red brick school, closed for half the 1958 59 year over a racial dispute, only 112 white and 19 Negro students had joined as of Saturday.
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Front Royal
Warren County High School
E. T. Shiner
Shiner
White and Negro registrations at Warren County High School rise
A Warren County High School teacher noted more white students registering for the 1959 60 session than during the first two days. Superintendent Gasque reported 47 white and 8 Negro registrations by noon, with more expected as private schooling questions loom.
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Front Royal
Warren County High School
Q. D. Gasque
Gasque
Waren County Educational Foundation
Heat Wave Hits Sixth Day With 90s Across Region
The region endures a sixth day of heat with temperatures in the low to mid nineties and a hot humid forecast. Isolated afternoon thundershowers appeared today and are likely again tomorrow. Overnight lows dipped to 71, with tomorrow expected around 65 to 70.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Agedey
Warning Signal Trip Pan Am 707 Back to Idlewild
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 returning from takeoff to Buenos Aires landed safely at Idlewild after a cockpit warning indicated hydraulic-system failure. Capt Page W Smith reported the fault, traced to a cracked nut in a pump. the plane used a standby electrical system to lower its wheels.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Idlewild
Buenos Aires
Page W. Smith
Manhattan
Long Island
President Leads Nation in Mourning Death of Halsey
President Eisenhower mourns Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey after his death at 76 from a heart attack in Fishers Island New York. The admiral famed for Pacific battles in World War II and his leadership is portrayed as a great natural leader by the president.
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Halsey
Fishers Island
N.Y
Eisenhower
Fleet
William F
Bull) Halsey
Pacific
Gettysburg
Chester W
Senators Seek White House Help as Steel Strike Drags
U S senators pressed for White House mediation as joint talks between steel industry negotiators and the United Steelworkers recessed for the weekend. Joseph F Finnegan acts as fact finder with Mitchell assisting, while Javits and Aiken push a resolution asking Eisenhower to reveal Mitchells findings to public.
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New York
U.S
White House
United Steelworkers of America
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Senate
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Washington
Len Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Mitchell
Javits
Aiken
Symington
11 Die As Autos Crash Head On In Missouri
In Columbia Missouri a head on collision Sunday night killed 11 people and injured eight. One car belonged to G W Eddy of White Hall Illinois and the other to LeRoy Thompson of Richmond Missouri. Thompson his wife Jessie 33 and eight children were en route to St Louis on vacation. A witness said one car veered off and crossed the road into the other in clear weather on a straight stretch.
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Columbia
Reading
G.W. Eddy
White Hall
Ill
LeRoy Thompson
Richmond
Eddy
Thompson
Jessie
St. Louis
Missouri Highway Patrol
Feadon
Confederate Vet Walter Williams Remains Critically Ill
Confederate veteran Walter Williams has been critically ill for a week and remains "about the same," according to his daughter on Sunday night. The note about his condition appears alongside local notices and ads for uniforms and a parade setup in Harrisonburg.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Stanley Prunes
Snapp
Valley Pike
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the Star
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Robert L. DeHaven
Roanoke
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Junior
Airport Speedway
Dad
Daniel D. Vines
E. Piccadilly St
Polly
Loudoun
Boscawen
Charles Hill
Margaret E. Walter
N. Washington St
Shirley White
Mr. Wines
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Harrisonburg
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