Khrushchev Proposes New Global Disarmament Body
Khrushchev outlined a three stage plan to outlaw missiles and mass armaments and to dissolve bases with UN oversight. He urged rapid independence for dependent territories, warned colonial powers, and pressed for Asian African backing as Africa's Nkrumah pushed decolonization and UN reform in New York.
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Khrushchev
Congo
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
U.N
U.S.S.R
United States
United Nations
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
North
Nkrumah
Red China
Ike's UN speech draws mixed global reaction
The Laborite Daily Herald praised Eisenhower for a strong bid to unify the world at the UN, while the Conservative Daily Telegraph criticized the 4500 word address as nervous and lacking new proposals. Paris' Combat echoed that he failed to surpass Khrushchev and should offer more concrete messages.
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Daily Herald
America
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Russia
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Daily Telegraph
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Paris
Khrushchev
Groseclose Heads Warren Cancer Unit
The Warren Cancer Unit holds its annual meeting at the Virginia Gentleman naming Dr Williams as vice president and Mrs C E Foley as secretary. New board members serving three years include Dr W A Gargen Fitzhugh Wickham E E Loftin Mrs W B Cuney and Dr R E Butler. Re elected for three year terms are Mrs Clarke Cullers Dr F D Whitworth and Mrs Stevens. The group plans to send representatives to the state meeting in Richmond in October 1920.
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Virginia
Dr. Williams
C. E. Foley
Alvin B. Stokes
Hugh Stevens
W. A. Gargen
Fitzhugh Wickham
E. E. Loftin
W. B. Cuney
R. E. Butler
Clarke Cullers
F. D. Whitworth
Stevens
Richmond
Musical Units Entered In Chest Parade
Dennis A. Shackelford announced early entries for the Red Feather parade in Winchester on Thursday at 8 p m A list includes three drum and bugle corps three bands two majorette groups the Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard and a re activated CSA unit among others Pony platoon entries include Billie Clem Buddy Graves Rodney Singhass and others residents urged to attend to kick off the Community Chest fund drive with a grand parade in downtown Winchester
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Winchester
Red Feather
Rouss
Scarlet Rebels
Stephens City
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Black Angels
George W. Crowser, Jr
Friendship Fire Co
E. J. Byers
Post 2123
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Virginia Reg
Stonewall Brigade
C.S.A
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Red Feather Pony
Shackelford
Billie Clem
Buddy Graves
Rodney Singhass
Berryville
Penny Ellis
Stephenson
Richard Wolfe
Augusta
W. Va
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Linda Moreland
Cold Stream
Randy Perry
Ronald Starkey
X15 Makes Successful Forced Landing After Engine Failure
Edwards Air Force Base California AP reports the X15 rocket plane suffered an engine failure in flight yet Navy test pilot Lt Commander Forrest Petersen managed a successful forced landing. The 50 foot craft was undamaged and Petersen exited the cockpit unharmed with a grin.
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Forrest
Petersen
Pupil Ratings In State Show Satisfactory Achievement
State Board of Education heard that public school pupils overall posted satisfactory achievement in last year’s state testing program. Report by Gladys Morton showed white elementary scores near national norms while Negro students lagged on ability tests but exceeded or matched them on achievement tests. The board voted to release previously unavailable school by school statistics to the public and press.
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State Board of Education
Gladys V. V. Morton
Charlotte County
A. L. Winge
Division of Research and Testing
State Department of Education
Virginia
Byrnes Attacks Demo Platform and Kennedy Nominee
James F. Byrnes, 81, former secretary of state, criticized the Democratic platform and nominee and endorsed Republican Nixon and Lodge. He said Kennedy’s statements gave the Soviets ammunition in campaign remarks in Columbia South Carolina.
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Columbia, S. C
James F. Byrnes
U. S
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Byrnes
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Sub Seen Twice in Atlantic Off Grand Banks
The Navy reported two sightings of a Soviet submarine near the tanker Keck and a tug off Newfoundland's Grand Banks. A Neptune patrol plane spotted a sub four miles from the tanker and later a snorkel 10 miles astern, with a Soviet helicopter overhead. The Navy concluded two submarines likely operated with the Soviet ship group amid other contacts.
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Navy
Seagate
Eins Ae
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Grand Banks
U.S
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
New York
Nixon Signals Path to Farm Price Stabilization
Nixon urged a transition period to cut price depressants and balance agriculture. He called for freeing policy from politics, mobilizing rural development for low income families, and expanding producer cooperatives to meet the cost-price squeeze with new markets at home and abroad.
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