About the West Many Russians Doubt Khrushchev Peace Campaign
William L. Ryan writes that Moscow residents question Khrushchev's portrayal of the West despite warmth toward visiting Americans. Russians fear a renewed cold war and hope better U.S. ties will lift living standards. Within the Communist party and armed forces, some see risks to privilege and movement unity. Tourism and Western contact shape evolving views.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Eisehower
Khrushchev
United States
Moscow
Russia
Eisenhower
Communist Party
U.S.S
Unemployment benefits and fishing licenses on sale in city county offices
Unemployment compensation rates will rise from 28 to 32 dollars. Fishing and hunting licenses become effective July 1 and are now on sale at the city hall and county office building. Palm Beach visitors talk up Winchester Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival as Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom 1960 Pat Fagg promotes the event on TV.
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Palm Beach
Winchester
Pat Fagg
Loudoun County
Florida
Palm Beaches
Western wildfires scorch California Arizona Timber and brush burn
Fires raged across California and Arizona with 7500 acres burned in Kaibab National Forest near the Grand Canyon. About 1000 firefighters battled the blaze as Sequoia Park access closed and 2000 acres of brush burned. In Los Angeles foothills 800 men fought a two day fire that destroyed 1700 acres of watershed and was near containment.
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Associated Press
California
Arizona
Kaibab National Forest
Grand Canyon National Park
Sequoia National Park
Los Angeles
Rev Henry Stragisher Named Pastor at Sacred Heart
The Rev Henry Stragisher has been named pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He reports July 14 to fill the position previously held by Rev Robert C Hickman. Hickman moved to Richmond to become assistant pastor at St Eliza. Stragisher becomes first pastor of Holy Name of Mary Church after it was made a parish.
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Henry Stragisher
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Robert C. Hickman
Father Hickma
Richmond
St. Eliza
Keyser
W. Va
Bedford Catholic Church
Holy Name of Mary Church
Father Stragisher
Eisenhower Talks With Nixon and Herter on Far East Trip
President Eisenhower met with Vice President Nixon and Secretary Herter to discuss his 23,000 mile goodwill mission to the Far East and an upcoming 6 30 p m national broadcast. They reviewed the Geneva disarmament walkout and administration bills in Congress as the trip faces adjustments after Japan visit cancellation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Christian A. Herter
Far East
U.S
Tokyo
Herter
C. Douglas Dillon
Geneva
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Alaska
Philippines
Formosa
Korea
Hawaii
Japan
Nobusuke Kishi
Two Winchester Men Hurt in Weekend Crashes
Two Winchester men were injured in separate weekend crashes. Thomas White, 35, of 733 S Kent St, sustained facial contusions and cuts when his 1950 Chevrolet station wagon hit the Opequon Bridge on Rt 7 east of Winchester at 6 20 P M Saturday and he was listed in good condition. Robert Edwin Glover, 30, of 311 S Stewart St, received cuts to an arm and chin and abrasions to a knee when his car struck a parked vehicle on Berryville Ave at 2 20 A M yesterday. he was treated and released. Estimated damage from two other area incidents was $400. The White crash totaled the station wagon with $2,500 damage. a state trooper noted the car struck the bridge corner.
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Winchester
Thomas White
S. Kent St
Opequon Bridge
Rt. 7
Memorial Hospital
Robert Edwin Glover
S. Stewart Sr
Berryville Ave
White
P. F. Click
Accused Jackson Family Slayer Awaits Hearing
Federal prosecutors consider next steps in the case of Melvin D. Rees Jr. 31, jailed in Memphis on charges tied to the 1957 murder of Margaret Harold and the Apple Grove Va. Jackson family killings. Rees faces a July 6 hearing with possible transfer to Maryland if indicted.
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Melvin D. Rees Jr
Memphis
Tenn
U.S
Leon H. Person
Baltimore
Malcolm R. Wilkey
Justice Department
Pierson
Wilkey
FBI
Rees
Maryland
H. Allen Mezger
Carroll Jackson
Susan Ann
Hyattsville
Washington Post
Mezger
West Memphis
Ark
Margaret V. Harold
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
Apple Grove
Washington
Annapolis
Former U S Senator Henrik Shipstead Dies at 79
Former U S Senator Henrik Shipstead died in his sleep at a Minnesota rest home at age 79. The former public official, long associated with the state, passed away Sunday in Alexandria.
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Alexandria
Minn
U.S
Henrik Shipstead
Castro Seals Off Havana Bomb Site
Cuban army officials said it was premature to determine the origin of a Havana munitions dump explosion that killed one and wounded over 50. Fidel Castro ordered the site sealed after the Sunday night blasts near 7 pm. An army communique dampened sabotage rumors as crowds reacted in shock and debris filled Galiano Street.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Galiano
Los Americanos
Castro
Osvaldo Corticos
Flying Glass
Havana Bay
U.S
la Coubre
Christian A. Herter de
Floods Sweep Eight To Death in Texas
Flood waters across a large Texas gulf coast area swamped towns since Thursday, killing eight people and leaving two missing. Port Lavaca and nearby towns faced more than five feet of water after heavy rainfall, with searches continuing as rescue crews airlifted supplies and a maternity patient was moved by boat.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Brazos River
West Columbia
Port Lavaca
Navy
4Th Army
Civil Defense
Floyd Miller
Somersons
Ss. Marine
Tom Lucas
Culver
Arthur Garza
Neives Garcia
Jay Hale
Arknsas Pass
William E. Hamm
Braes Bayou
Lee McKeen
Calvin Joseph
Willie Rodriguez
Staples
Armando Ibarra
San Marcos
Seguin
San Antonio
New American Treaty Plan Ignored at Geneva Talks
Washington charged the Soviet Union with breaking hopes for peace by walking out of the Geneva disarmament conference. In Geneva the Soviet bloc seized from Western delegates while Poland's Naszkowski led a walkout, as the five Western delegations pressed on with Eaton's new disarmament plan still under negotiation.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
U.N. General Assembly
Poland
Marian Naszkowski
David Ormsby Gore
U.S
Frederick M. Eaton
Eaton
Soviet Premier Ends Geneva Disarmament Talks
Editor John M. Hightower notes Khrushchev’s move to break off the East West disarmament conference in Geneva. He argues the action aims to pressure the United States and could intensify the cold war, signaling broader implications for world peace.
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John M. Hightower
Soviet Union
Geneva
Hightower
State Department
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
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