The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-16
News Summary
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TV programs from Europe and
the Orient. Other US break
throughs in space last week in
cluded sending a man higher
than anyone has ever been be-
fore. more than "a miles up in
an Xl5 rocket plane; recovering
for the first time a nose cone
tossed back by an DRIFTING satel- |
lite; and more successful tests Of
the Atlas and Polaris missiles.
LAOS in southeast Asia had a
revolution last week. Reports
from the rebel radio received in
Vietnam Saturday say the pro
Western government Of Premier
TiaO SomSanith has agreed to
rebel demands to resign. Capt.
Kong LIE is the commander Of
the rebel forces which repeatedly
want Laos to, take a neutralist
position in the cold war instead
Of siding with the U. S.
OLIVER POWERS and his
wife. parents Of W pilot Francis
Powers who goes on trial for es-
pionage Wednesday, arrived in
Moscow Saturday. They were
joined Sunday by their son S wife.
Barbara, and two Virginia at
torneys. The elder Powers said
in a brief news conference that
he will appe ! directly to
Premier Khrushchev "as one
father to another to help his
son. There was little or no hope
that Francis Powers will be &C
quilted. but he may be given a
light sentence or released in
some dramatic way after the
trial.
STRIkEBOUND SHIPS have
stranded some l 500 tourists who
had planned to return to America
IN ocean liners such as the
Queen Mary and Empress of
Britain. The steamship COM
panies are making arrangements
to fly many Of the passengers
back from England. The trouble
began when some seamen de-
,cided rot to accept a union-ne-
gotiated pay raise Of 2 pounds,
10 shillings (S7l a month and
started a wildcat strike. They
had asked 4 pounds S1l.20.
SENS. KENNEDY AND JOHN
SON found their efforts to nipple
ment parts Of the Democratic
platform partly blocked by Re
publicans and Southern Demo
Gratis. Republicans are trying to
maintain pressure for new civil
rights legislation W h j c h the
Democratic leaders say will only
tie up Congress and prevent the
passage Of other important bills
Southerners and conservatives
are fighting Kennedy's bill to
raise the minimum wage to SIPS
per hour by 1863 and would
greatly extend it's coverage. It
is this last feature to which its
opponents most vehemently OBJ
ject.
"A SENATE FIGHT over medi-
cal care for the aged appears
likely. Saturday the Senate Fl
nance Committee headed by Sen.
Harry F. Byrd (D-VA,) approved
a bill which would require both
federal and state governments to
share the cost of the new aid pro
gram. 1t was largely patterned
after a bill passed by a coalition
Of Republicans and Southern
Democrats in the House, and it
rejects Democratic demands that
it be tied to- the Social Security
program paid for by payroll
taxes.
AN ANTARCTICA TREATY
was ratified by the Senate last
week. 1t was signed last Deem
Der and establishes the boun-
diaries Of claims made by various
countries. including the US and
Russia, to the southernmost con
tinent.
ANOTHER RUSSIAN DIPLO-
MAT was ordered out of the US
Saturday. The State Department
said the first secretary Of the
Soviet embassy in Washington
had grossly violated the estab-
lished norms Of diplomatic be-
havior." Last week the Russians
expelled the US air attache in
Moscow and have charged sew
eral American tourists with spy
ing.
THE STOCK MARKET was up
last week as the Federal Reserve
Board cut the discount rate for
the IL Federal Reserve Banks.
This should be spur to business
since it will reduce the rate Of
interest regular banks charge
their commercial customers on
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