Batista Imposes Fourth Suspension Amid Santiago Riots
In Havana Batista’s cabinet orders a 45 day military rule after an anti- Batista demonstration in Santiago de Cuba. Army takes control, censorship tightens, and a general strike blocks business as authorities report rebel activity and repression. Ambassador Smith condemns violence while Batista loyalists attack his remarks.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Earl E. T. Smith
U. S
Batista
Santiago
Oriente
Castro
Smith
Postal Workers Pray For Pay Increase Bill
Postal workers hold prayer meetings in several cities urging support for a Senate pending bill to raise average pay from 4340 to 4880. Eisenhower opposes the bill in its current form. Meetings occurred in Minneapolis New York Mobile Springfield and other locales with clergy leading prayers and appeals for wage relief.
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Associated Press
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Minneapolis
John B. Oman
Wesley Methodist Church
Lewis N. Ginsburg
New York City
William Hohenschild
Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Manhattan
Mobile
Ala
Taylor Henry
Springfield
Ill
John Brockmeier
Sacred Heart Church
Ike
Warrant Issued For Chesapeake Youth
A 17 year old Chesapeake Ohio motorist charged with reckless driving. municipal judge issued the warrant. Police said after being stopped on a Huntington street he sped away, reaching speeds up to 100 mph in a pursuit by motorcycle officer Robert Shy from Huntington to Brodrick Ohio, where the driver was lost.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake, Ohio
Robert Shy
Brodrick
Ohio
Shy
Marietta Boy Drowns In Muskingum River Incident
Arthur Benson Jr., 14, of Marietta drowned Thursday in the Muskingum River five miles north of the city. A companion with him was rescued by a fisherman, according to the sheriff's office.
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Marietta
Arthur Benson, Jr
Muskingum River
Here
Benson
Sheriff's Office
Two West Virginians Die in Tennessee Car Crash
A two car collision near Stanton Tennessee left Clyde William Adams 48 of Huntington and his sister in law Mrs Charles Elmo Adams 49 of Huntington dead. Five others were injured in the crash Thursday.
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Stanton, Tenn
West Virginia
West Tennessee
Clyde William Adams
Charles Elmo Adams
Huntington
Retired Professor Dies in Ohio Crash Near Marion
Miss Rose Cadwgan, 83 year old retired professor at Wittenberg College, was killed Thursday when the car she rode in collided with a truck on Ohio 4 near Marion.
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Marion
Rose Cadwgan
Wittenberg College
Ohio 4
Here
Ohio and West Virginia Five Day Weather Forecast
Ohio tonight fair with a low around 66 to 70 and Saturday partly cloudy and hot with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. High near 92 to 96. West Virginia tonight fair with a low from 60s in the mountains and 60s elsewhere. Saturday mostly fair and warm followed by scattered thundershowers in the northwest late today or Saturday night. Temperatures near normal north and 2 to 4 degrees above normal south. Precipitation average one half to one inch with storm chances late weekend and again Tuesday.
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Ohio
West Virginia
OHTO
Asian Flu Epidemic Predicted For Winter
Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney warns of a definite probability of a large fall influenza outbreak. He notes vaccine production is being rushed and should be used when available next month. About 11 000 cases have been reported with likely widespread seedings across the country. Cold weather may trigger outbreaks, possibly in December February, though disease expected to remain mild.
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Washington
Leroy E. Burney
Public Health Service
United States
Far East
South America
Senate votes 51 to 42 for jury trial amendment
In a late night session the Senate adopted a jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill by 51 to 42. President Eisenhower reacted unhappily to the defeat of the administration’s position while backers argued the measure could still survive with changes, and some southern supporters hinted at possible votes for the bill if modifications are made.
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R-Mich
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Neely
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Nixon
Toy Newsmen
Dulles Unveils Western Open Skies Plan at UN Subcommittee
U S Secretary of State Dulles presented a Western plan to guard against surprise nuclear attacks before the UN disarmament subcommittee. The proposal links a limited open skies aerial inspection system with ground posts in Europe Russia and North America and has backing from Britain France and Canada. The plan aims to revive stalled talks and marks Eisenhower era efforts first suggested at Geneva in 1955.
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U.S
Dulles
Europe
Russia
North America
Britain
France
Canada
Subcommittee On
Geneva
Eisenhower
Ohio Sixth in Nation on 1958 Highway Funding
The federal 1958 highway program allocates 2.875 billion dollars nationwide with 84.78 million for Ohio’s interstate projects and 34.18 million for primary secondary and urban road work. Ohio ranks sixth in total, with 119.34 million distributed among primary secondary urban and interstate projects.
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Washington
Ohio
Sister Reunited After 40 Years in Petersburg
Mrs. Annie Hoover age 83 of Glendale Ohio was reunited with her brother George Johnson 70 in Petersburg Virginia on Thursday with help from Petersburg police who located him after forty years. The reunion followed Mrs Hoover arriving in Virginia with her husband seeking her brother.
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Petersburg
Annie Hoover
Glendale
Ohio
George Johnson
Runaway Freight Train Collision At Route 93 Crossing
In Massillon Ohio a gravel truck failed brakes and struck the 74th car of a 96 car Pennsylvania Railroad train at Route 93 crossing. The truck and a passenger escaped injury. A 60 year old transient in a box car suffered fractured rib and lacerations.
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Massillon
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Walter A. Shelton
Mansfield
Howard Leroy Armstrong
Hoffa Pushes Big Union Combine Plan At Teamsters Meeting
Hoffa envisions a giant transport union merging truck drivers longshoremen railroad and steamship workers within AFL CIO. Teamsters leaders in San Francisco hold talks on the constitution with Administrative VP Einar Mohn noting no report before the Miami convention and opposing amalgamation with ILWU head Harry Bridges. Hoffa contends he will win the presidency next month and pursue the merger if elected.
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Teamsters Union
Einar Mohn
Teamsters
Miami
Mohn
Hoffa
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
San Francisco
Detroit
James R. Hoffa
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio
Worker Dies in Fall at Stauffer Chemical Project
An construction worker slipped from a beam and fell 55 feet to death Thursday on a Stauffer Chemical Co project in Ashtabula. Police and safety officials investigated the incident.
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Ashtabula
Stauffer Chemical Co
Disease Not Invincible: 800000 Win Cancer Battles
The Messenger Sunday magazine reports progress against cancer with 800000 Americans noted as having fought and won. It quotes figures showing a third of cases potentially curable this year and half if caught early, plus features on baseball junior leagues and other articles.
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The
Messenger Sunday Magazine
Howard Earle
Sunday Magazine
Dick Emmons
Sunday Messenger
Ohio
Athens
Witnesses Back Exploitation Charge In Senate Hearings
Senate Rackets Committee pressed New York workers testimony on alleged sweetheart contracts that kept wages at the legal minimum. Lester Washburn, ex-UAW AFL leader, testified about Dio’s ouster and noted Dubinsky’s stance while Dubinsky offered to testify. The panel also tied Teamster dues to a $21.66 hotel bill for Joe Louis during Hoffa bribery scrutiny.
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McClellan
D-Ark
New York Area
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James R. Hoffa
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Hoffa
Dio
New York
Seabord
Lester Washburn
Rhinelander
Wis
Washburn
Uaw-Afl
Allied Industrial Workers Union
Afl-Cio
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
Teamster
Joe Louis
Brown
Mother of Four Found Choked at Post Office
The body of Anna Louise LaTour, 32, mother of four, was found near a Toledo post office substation. Coroner Dr. Paul Hohly said she appears to have been strangled. A diamond brooch lay near her hand. rings were undisturbed and her pocketbook held $13 plus a $5.25 employer check.
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Toledo
Ohio
Paul Hohly
Hohly
Anna Louise LaTour
Wilson Discusses Possible Successors for Defense Post
Washington Charles E. Wilson says he is talking with his boss about a successor but no resignation date is set. At 67, he has served about 4% years and held the post longer than any prior secretary of defense.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Ohio Airman Charged in Payroll Swindle Case
Airman John Davis Jr of Cleveland is named among about 20 airmen charged in an alleged $38 000 payroll swindle at Shaw Air Force Base. He faces charges of illegally taking $1967. two co-defendants have already received prison sentences.
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Shaw Air Force Base
John Davis, Jr
Cleveland
Last Division Leaves Japan After 12 Years
The 1st Cavalry Division withdraws from Japan as part of Eisenhower’s pledge to remove all U S ground troops within the year. The move clears the way for the departure of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division to Okinawa, leaving about 17 000 American service personnel in Japan.
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Washington
Japan
Army
1St Cavalry
Defense Department
Eisenhower
U. S
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
George Getting Weaker In Battle For Life
VIENNA Ga Former Sen Walter F George is gradually weakening in his fight against heart disease. Dr Martin L Malloy his longtime physician says the 79 year old statesman has been gravely ill since Monday. George Ike special ambassador to NATQ has been treated at home since June 24 after two weeks at Emory Hospital in Atlanta.
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Vienna
Walter F. George
Martin L. Malloy
George
Eisenhower
NATQ
Emory Hospital
Atlanta
Mrs Downing of Pomeroy Dies at 105
Mrs Mary Margaret Walker Downing aged 105 died Thursday evening at her daughter Mrs B F Gravely in East Nitro West Virginia. She was born in Gallipolis daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Walker and survived by a son eight grandchildren nine great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery beside her husband Alex Downing.
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Pomeroy
Mary Margaret
Mame) Walker Downing
B. F. Gravely
East Nitro
West Virginia
Downing
Matthew
Elizabeth McKnight Walker
Gallipolis
Charles E. W. Downing
Ewing Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Alex Downing
Wonderful Honor Denver Names Park For First Lady
Denver dedicates Mamie Eisenhower Park on a sunlit day with Mrs Mamie Eisenhower as guest of honor. Dignitaries introduced and crowds moved by her tears and praise for the park named in her name on the site once favored by the First Lady. Mayor Nicholson praised the park's nearby new homes and family families as children played.
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Denver
Mamie Eisenhower
Nicholson
Mamie Doud Fisenhower
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