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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...transit rights in this area must be available to the free world; third, the resources, strategic positions and transit rights must be kept from slipping behind the Iron Curtain." The U.S. military could enforce these objectives, he added, because "I would say that the Russians are not going to start World War III now because they know they would be defeated if they did ... I would say that we are definitely superior in military power to the Communist bloc...
...coup would cost thousands of lives. Castro León resigned. But the explosive issue is far from settled. The Communists are growing stronger by the day and will try desperately for some form of Popular Front victory in the elections. If they succeed, the military will probably start plotting in earnest. The government's failure to provide responsible, moderate leadership could lead to a bloody showdown between extremists of the left and right...
...taught me to aim at the catcher's knee, at his shoulder, at his belt," says Duren. "To move it around, one ball high and away, the next low and inside. I tried and it worked." With Denver last year Duren pitched a no-hitter in his first start, had a 13-2 mark, walked only 33 men in 114 innings...
...athletes got off to a fast start in the big dual meet with the Soviet Union in Moscow's Lenin Stadium, took an early 42-24 lead as the Russians piled up enough points in the women's events to stay close. U.S. Hammer Thrower Harold Connolly upset Russia's world's-record holder, Mikhail Krivonosov, with a heave of 220 ft. 8.88 in. Other U.S. winners: Ira Murchison (100-meter dash), Glenn Davis (400-meter run), Parry O'Brien (shotput), Ernie Shelby (broad jump), Barbara Jones in the women's 100-meter dash...
...Jefferson Davis rise on the hospital's present downtown site (on Buffalo Drive, four miles from the Medical Center), that the society should partly staff it and get one-third of the seats on its board. Result: every time Baylor University and the city fathers got set to start a new hospital in the Medical Center, the county society blocked the move. Last month, flexing its muscles, the society forced a city referendum on the issue. At week's end the voters ruled. 40,600 to 37,900 for the Medical Center site...