Cuba Hosts Massive Latin American Youth Congress
A first Congress of Latin American Youth opens in Havana with about 1,000 delegates from across the hemisphere including groups tied to communism. The event, timed on Castro era, may aim to export revolution and shape anti-US sentiment throughout the region.
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Cuba
U.S
Hemisphere
Communist Youth
Revolutionary Left
Korea
Turkey
Japan
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Havana
Fulgencio
Latin America
Getty Buys English Duke’s Mansion With Gold Bath Taps
Jean Paul Getty, the world's wealthiest man, owns a duke’s English mansion featuring bath taps of solid gold. The piece suggests wealth limits indulgence, noting Getty's indifferent stance toward such luxuries and the idea that immense wealth dulls desire for excess.
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Jean Paul Getty
England
Mr. Getty
Death and Faith at Ballington Booth Funeral
An obituary passage reflects on Ballington Booth's death and the impact of his faith. It contrasts views of death as calamity and as triumph, noting the funeral message left behind and its resonance for believers.
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Dude Ballington Booth
Early life devoted to welfare ends in quiet triumph
Earl L. Douglass notes a woman named Mrs Booth who devoted her life to religion and social welfare, aiding those ignored by society. She died at 82, expressing fearless faith and urging her son to keep joy and faith, a testament to her lifelong service and spiritual outlook.
Quote on the Presidency by Adlai E Stevenson
Adlai E Stevenson says no man is wholly fitted for the Presidency reflecting on the office. The remark highlights skepticism about any single leader's suitability.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman orders FBI crackdown on espionage and subversives
The Star Files reports President Truman ordered the FBI to tighten its enforcement against espionage sabotage and subversive activities. A fire at Hancock Maryland airport destroyed the hangar offices and two planes.
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Truman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hancock, Md
British Embassy Believes Soviet Polar Flight Permit Granted
A 1935 report states a permit to fly over Canada was believed by the British Embassy to have been granted to the Soviet plane aiming for California via the North Pole. Britain concentrates major naval craft in the Mediterranean near Malta on the Italian route to the Red Sea, with officials saying the move is not a gesture against Italy.
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Canada
California
North Pole
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
Red Sea
London
Italy
Misses Edith and Helen Snodgrass Return to Philadelphia
Fifty years ago report notes Edith and Helen Snodgrass visiting Dr. and Mrs. W A Swimley on Piccadilly Street have returned to Philadelphia. The Star calls the young ladies clever toe dancers. Funk and Son advertise various refrigerators with prices to suit all.
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Edith
Helen Snodgrass
W. A. Swimley
Piccadilly Street
Philadelphia
Funk and Son
Love and Loss in Theodore Roosevelt’s Early Years
A portrait of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee from 1878 to 1884, detailing their courtship, marriage in 1880, Alice’s death in 1884, and Roosevelt’s grief. The piece notes Roosevelt’s later silence about Alice, the family background, and the memorial he wrote in her memory.
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Alice Hathaway Lee
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore
Harvard
Alice Lee
Richard Saltonstall
Alice
Harvard Yard
Porcellian Club
George C. Lee
Chestnut Hill
Cabots
Lees
Higginsons
New York
Roosevelt
Cambridge
Indictments Weigh On Rees in Kidnap Murder Case
Lawyers for Melvin Davis Rees Jr study two federal indictments accusing him of kidnapping and murdering Mrs. Carroll Jackson and her 5-year-old daughter in Virginia with ties to Maryland and Annapolis cases. Rees pleaded innocent at arraignment, age given as 31, defense seeks bills of particulars and time to prepare. He was arrested June 25 in West Memphis after reportedly selling pianos.
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Alice
Theodore
Corinne Robinson
Mr. Robinson
New York City
Albany
Baltimore
Corinne
Robinsons
New York
Gracie
Boston
Nic Longworth
Alice Lee
Edith Carow
Roosevelt
American Heritage Magazine
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Rees
Carroll Jackson
Apple Grove
Hyattsville, Md
U. S. District Court
R. Dorsey Watkins
William J. Evans
West Memphis
Ark
Earning Reports Show Mixed Results Across Industries
AP analyzes the first half of 1960 earnings, noting profits rise for some firms while others report declines. Cash dividends are up 642 percent from a year ago, with steel, railroads, and chemical sectors showing mixed performance. Overall, 263 companies reported a 16.6 percent gain in profits to 1.459 billion dollars.
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New York
Department of Comn
Assn
Il Roces
Giant du Pont
General Electric
Westinghouse
Word usage notes on EMBASSY versus LEGATION explained
In standard usage an EMBASSY reports to an ambassador while a LEGATION is headed by a minister or envoy. The distinction lies in the rank of the chief official and the level of diplomatic representation.
Fire levels Spaulding Lumber plant in Virginia
KEYSVILLE AP Southside Virginia’s second major fire in three days leveled the Spaulding Lumber and Manufacturing Co plant yesterday night with damage estimated at 100000 dollars. Firemen from Keysville and nearby communities battled the blaze for an hour, preventing spread to a planing mill and lumber yard. The firm employs 100 to 150 people making boxes and shooks and may launch an investigation into the cause.
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Keysville
Southside
Virginia
Spaulding Lumber and Manufacturing Co
Charcoal Manufacturing Fim
Kenbridge
Albert Spaulding
The
Box Company
Spaulding
Spaulding Company
Areea
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