Word: amsterdam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beating of Elso S. Barghoorn, professor of Botany, in Amsterdam late Tuesday night was apparently not so serious as indicated by earlier reports. Dutch police have arrested a 25-year old metal-worker for assault in his attempt to rob Barghoorn...
Barghoorn had gone out to mail a letter and was found unconscious by police 3 1/2 hours after he left his hotel in one of Amsterdam's main squares...
Nerves & Rumors. In Amsterdam, London and New York, investment bankers waited nervously for each new report from Djakarta. Then at midweek Premier Djuanda announced that Sukarno was tired and exhausted from overwork, would leave shortly for rest and recuperation in a friendly country, presumably India or Egypt. In Sukarno's absence, Parliament Speaker Sartono would serve as Acting President, working in cooperation with Premier Djuanda and Major General Abdul Haris Nasution, chief of staff of the Indonesian army. There was talk that former Vice President Mohammed Hatta, who resigned last year in protest against Sukarno's attempt...
Instantly. Dutch newspapers blossomed with stories that Sukarno had been arrested by the army. Amsterdam stock-exchange prices shot up sirarply. They continued to rise even after Sukarno summoned newsmen to the white-columned presidential palace to prove that he was still free and in office. "Here I am," said Sukarno, "happy and gay." But he looked unhappy, and he refused to answer questions; the prices in Amsterdam edged still farther upward...
...Amsterdam newspapers were clogged with queries about reports that the island of Sumatra had declared its independence and that fighting had started in Jakarta's streets...