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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...threat presumably was prompted by statements of some U.S. congressmen that the State Department should act to halt the executions which have followed the fall of President Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Castro Warns Against Interference In Execution of Batista Followers; Mikoyan Sees Summit Conference | 1/16/1959 | See Source »

American's clerks, who will be laid off unless the dispute is settled by Jan. 4, were not the only ones angry because the line was grounded. Letters of protest poured in by the hundreds to the A.L.P.A. from state Governors. U.S. Congressmen, would-be passengers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: High-Flying Strike | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...fright was triggered by Washington's "massive compliance" in 1954. As Southern Congressmen cried havoc, the school board quickly zoned the city, ordered students to attend only the schools in their areas. Effect: integration of children at the same economic levels, regardless of color-the prevailing U.S. school pattern. Current racial makeup: five all-white schools, 20 all-Negro. 20 more than 90% white, 74 more than 90% Negro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Quiet Along the Potomac | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

Diplomatic reports pouring into West Berlin indicated the United States, Britain and France would reject the Soviet maneuver. U.S. congressmen visiting the isolated city assured the fighting mayor staunch U.S. support...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Western Leaders Fight Proposal To Make Berlin 'Neutral' City; McElroy Hints Larger Spending | 11/29/1958 | See Source »

...Governor-elect Mark Hatfield-had one thing in common: highly attractive personalities that they effectively displayed to the voters. At the same time, the Democratic Party was far more successful in finding young, attractive candidates nationwide. In Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, for example, the six newly elected Democratic Congressmen averaged only 42 in age, as against 60 for their Republican opponents. Republican Hatfield best explained the meaning of personality to his party: "Let's face it. We had some turkeys, reactionary turkeys. I would except Goldwater because he's a sensational personality. But race-for-race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: Cause & Effect | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

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