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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quest for the Republican presidential nomination, New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller last week made a daring, four-day, 35-appearance assault on Nixon Country-the Pacific Coast-and came out swinging. In California, heartland of the Nixon-for-President movement, Rocky got a few bruises, changed hardly a vote. His luck was better in the friendlier climate of Washington and Oregon (Oregon's crucial primary will be held next May). But wherever he went. Rockefeller left the strong impression of a slugger who is going to wage an all-out campaign for the nomination he wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: The Challenger | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

...northwest coast of Australia is one of the most desolate spots on earth. The nearest city of any size is Perth (pop. 376,000), some 1,450 miles to the south; mosquitoes and crocodiles infest the mangrove swamps; 12-ft. sharks cruise the lonely bays. In that unfriendly land, at remote Kuri Bay, a syndicate of Australians, Americans and Japanese called Pearls Proprietary Ltd. is turning out a product that has the world's jewelers agog. The product: fabulous pearls as big across as a 25-cent piece, of gem quality so fine that a Manhattan jeweler recently sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Pearls from Silver Lips | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

Approximately 50 singers will be chosen for the tour on the basis of musical ability. They will fly west early in the summer, stopping for one or two concerts in the Midwest and on the West Coast, probably in Los Angeles or San Francisco...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glee Club May Travel to Orient; Finances Pose Greatest Problem | 11/20/1959 | See Source »

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 18--Bob Elliott, 42, manager of Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League and former major league outfield-third baseman, was signed today to manage the Kansas City Athletics...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Elliott to Pilot A's | 11/19/1959 | See Source »

...ORLEANS, La., Nov. 16--A four-engine National Airlines plane plummeted into the shark-infested waters of the Gulf of Mexico early today with 36 passengers and six crew members aboard. Coast Guard rescue units picked up nine bodies and intensified the search for others, with little hope held for any survivors...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Eisenhower Administration Seeks Armed Services Manpower Cut; Nehru Rejects Asian Summit Bid | 11/17/1959 | See Source »

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