Generals Back Marine Defense in Ribbon Creek Trial
At Parris Island Sgt Matthew C McKeon faces possible court martial after testimony from Lt Gen Lewis B Puller and Gen Randolph M Pate defending him. The case centers on the Ribbon Creek march that led to six drownings and questions Marine training methods.
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Parris Island
8.C
Matthew C. McKeon
Navy
Mandant
Randolph M. Pate
Lewis B
Chesty) Puller
Maeon
Puller
Ribbon Creek
McKeon
Pate
House Armed Services
Rine ‘Corps
Y Puller
Army
I Corps
Mc.Keon
Plane sets speed record at 1900 mph near Edwards AFB
Lt Col Frank K Everest Jr flew the Bell X2 rocket plane four times as fast as a bullet last week over Edwards AFB in California, surpassing 1650 mph set by Maj Charles Yeager in 1953. The Defense Department has not officially confirmed the speed. The X2 is a multimillion dollar test vehicle with heavy instrumentation to study propulsion and airframe behavior at extreme speeds.
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Orleans
Air Force
Defense Department
Frank K. Everest, Jr
California
Edwards Air Force Base
Charles Yeager
Mayors and Prosecutors Meet on Liquor Rules in Columbus
Ohio mayors and prosecuting attorneys will attend a law enforcement conference in Columbus Friday Aug 10 to discuss the impact of new liquor permits to be issued Sunday and other affairs. William C Bryant state director of liquor control called the meeting Thursday to review enforcement implications.
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Columbus
Ohio
William C. Bryant
Liquor Control
London
Britain
France
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Russia
Egypt
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
West Germany
Japan
Spain
New Zealand
British Foreign Office
Utah Leader Faces Hurdle For 3rd Term
Utah governor candidate Bracken Lee faces a major hurdle at the Republican state nominating convention with 1069 delegates choosing two contenders for the September 11 primary. Lee, noted for tax resistance and criticism of national policy, competes against George D. Clyde and state senators Rendell Mabey and Elias Day in a race that could shape Utah politics.
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Lake Clk
Bracken Lee
Utah
Lee
Eisenhower
United Nations
George D. Clyde
Utah Water and Power Board
Rendell N. Mabey
Bountiful
Elias L. Day
Salt Lake City
Plane Crash Kills Pilot in Elyria Inquiry
Elyria reports a light plane crash near Brentwood Development killing 30 year old pilot Sidney Spitzer, a member of a prominent family with car and real estate interests. The craft struck a house, injuring a dance attendee inside while occupants aided the scene. Spitzer died at the crash site as neighbors helped reach him.
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Elyria
Sidney Spitzer
Spitzer
Brentwood
Here
Joseph Killian
Killian
William and
Charles Young
Spiter
Mass Pact Signing Hinted for Steelmen
United Steelworkers signed a contract with Crucible Steel Co. in a move that sparks anticipation of a nationwide mass signing. Talks continued on 38 additional contracts as wage details and fringe issues are negotiated amid a three year deal.
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New York
United Steelworkers
Crucible Steel Co
Atenbe
David J. McDonaldsan
Steel
United States
Bethlehem
Republic
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Crucible
Girl Born To Hero Notch West Point Hope for Baby
Louisville report says Charles Kelly, a Medal of Honor recipient, expresses disappointment at not securing a West Point appointment for his newborn daughter. He says he expected a boy to take the place, noting the girl suits the family well despite the setback.
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Louisville
Charles
Kelly
West Point
Loyalty Oath Debate Reaches Federal Housing Aid Rules
A public housing notice reports the government plans a loyalty oath for federally funded housing programs. The action follows an order affecting Public Housing Administration officials and local housing authorities. The document also notes wartime references and a Hollywood actress contemplating a Louisiana governor bid in 1960.
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Kelly
Washington
Italy
Ermment
PHA
Hollywood
Cleo Moore
Louisiana
Florence S Nightingale
Last Civil War era soldier Woolson to receive full honors
Albert Woolson the final surviving Civil War veteran will receive full military honors at his funeral in Duluth Minnesota. A guard of 109 riflemen representing the Army Air Forces Navy and other units will lead the procession with the Sth Army band and military pallbearers. President Eisenhower and Army officials voiced condolences noting Woolson's long service and place in history as the last of the old regiments.
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Woolson
John Salling
Albert
Nntaries
Duluth
Union Army
Sth Army Band
Color
Eisenhower
National Guard Armory
D. Taylor
Bhief
South
Army
Brucker
Walter W. Williams
Frankie
Tex
William “Allen
Lundy
Three Cons Broke Legs Of Buddies
A legislative committee interviews 41 convicts at Georgia’s Rock Quarry Prison where alleged brutality led to leg injuries. Witnesses claim three white inmates smashed others’ legs with sledge hammers during a protest, with further accounts of self harm and multiple injuries reported.
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Reidsville
Georgii Hock Quiery
Franch Les
Rocky Quarry
Buford
Jesse Lee Stark
China Reds Burmese Clash In Rugged Jungles
Chinese Reds and Burmese forces clash in northern Burma near the Yunan border as 500 Reds move into Burmese territory. Col. Chit Myaing reports a six hour engagement with casualties on both sides including one Chinese officer and nine soldiers killed, three Burmese wounded.
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Kunlong Ferry
Burm
Yunan
Chit Myaing
Sister Shot By Marine Near Delphos
Police say 22-year-old Marine private Paul Roy South wounded his sister Janice 18 in a quarrel and then overpowered two officers who came to arrest him Thursday night. He forced a neighbor at gunpoint to drive to his grandfather’s home, where officers later overpowered him inside.
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van Wert
Delphos
Marine Corps
Norman Grewe
Paul Roy South
Janice
Lima
Grewe
South
Farm Output Is Stressed by Loss of Tillable Land
Dean L. T. Rummell of Ohio State University College of Agriculture warned that Ohio farmers must raise per acre yields to compensate for land lost to expanding cities industry and highways. He noted Ohio's 1955 corn yield set a national high and cited modern farming methods as evidence of ongoing productivity gains. His remarks were delivered to about 4000 visitors at a statewide field day at a soil and water conservation research station.
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Dean L. T. Rummell
Ohio State University College of Agriculture
Ohio
Rummell
J Cultural Experiment Station
Dean Rummell
U. S. Department of Agriculture
113 Year Old Woman Returns For City Birthday
rADUCAH Kentucky Mrs Hannah Davidson 113 claims age is back home to see citys 100th birthday trip from Toledo Ohio recalls life as a slave born Ballard County Ky widowed since and still cooks sews without glasses one hobby is making quilts for three of her seven children still living
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Raducah
Hannah Davidson
Toledo
Ohio
Ballard County
Hannan
Government Probes Fateful Airline Crash Witness Accounts
Washington reports a new eyewitness prepared to testify as the Civil Aeronautics Board presses its public hearing into the Grand Canyon collision of a Trans World Airlines Constellation and a United Air Lines DC-10. The Siefers from Ottawa Ohio described seeing two aircraft meet while clouds parted, potentially clarifying which plane struck first as 128 people died.
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Washington
Grand Canyon
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Eugene Siefer
Ottawa
Ohio
Siefers
TWA
UAL
Salt Lake
United
Harriman Mocks Stevenson In Fight For 1956 Nominations
Gov Averell Harriman attacked moderating talk and warned that defeatist counsels threaten progress while criticizing Adlai Stevenson as a potential Democratic heir. Stassen courted Herter’s candidacy and urged draft Nixon for 1956. Harriman spoke at a Albany dinner urging a bold, nonmoderate path amid Republican maneuvers for the GOP convention dreams.
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Eisenhow
Marriman
Harold E. Stassen
Ional
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Herter
Stassen
Nixon
Boston
San Francisco
Dick Nixon
New York
Stevenson
Harriman
Roosevelt
Truman
Drugs Blamed For Death Of Woman
The death of Mrs Constance Geer 31 wife of the Fairfield County coroner was ruled as intoxication from pentobarbital and codeine. The case spurred city and county officials to continue an investigation into the circumstances with toxicology and pathology reports filed and a two hour conference held between Dr Geer Prosecutor Morehart and Police Chief Hutsler.
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Lancaster—P
Constance Geer
Fairfield County
Wen
Joseph A. Geer
W. D. Monger
Monger
Geer
Clayton Smith
Columbus
J. M. Bartow Bloodworth, Jr
Ohio State University
Army Navy Air Power Clash Draws Senate Hearing
General Nathan Twining told a Senate Armed Services sub committee that differences between the Army Navy and Air Force have sharpened during Eisenhower's years. He warned the services watch him closely and that friction hinders development as he testified about airpower. The remarks came amid a public hearing into military aviation.
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Waonavy Ius
Nath
Fan F. Twining
Army
Wasp
Eisenhower
Navy
Air Force
Senate Armed Services
Lexington
Harry Holly
Clever Country
Clarence Stiles
Junction City Prison Farm
Meer
Aluminum Talks Pressed to Resume Steelworkers Contract
United Steelworkers actions touch 28,000 members in a three day strike against Aluminum Co of America and Reynolds Metals Co. Spokesmen say talks may resume soon though neither side has contacted the other. Federal mediator Joseph Finnegan indicated possible involvement. Separate talks had broken off over wages and other conditions at Alcoa and Reynolds plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kris Bunun
Ny —Reu
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Co. of America
Reynolds Metals Co
Washington
Joseph Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Union
Alcoa
Reynolds
Five Day Forecast and Tragic Knife Incident
The forecast calls for average temperatures near normal with a high around 87 and a low of 65, then rising above normal Sunday and Monday before turning cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. Scattered showers are possible late Monday or Tuesday. Johnny Nugent, 51, of Chesapeake Ohio, died in a local hospital Thursday night after a knife attack on a downtown Huntington sidewalk, police said.
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Johnny Nugent
Chesapeake
Ohio
Huntington
Healthy Prosperity Foreseen Into 1957 by Commerce Chief
Washington Secretary of Commerce Weeks reversed earlier fears of a business slump and now predicts healthy prosperity into 1957. He said the outlook is bright for a fresh bounce in business and high employment for the rest of the year. He noted July employment about 100,000 above June, with last month 66% million plus.
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Washington
Weeks
Curtiss-Wright Takes Over Studebaker Packard in Deal
Curtiss-Wright Corp gains control of Studebaker Packard as executives depart. Athens offices active while final phases of a half billion defense contract progress. Plan calls for a two year management contract and Curtiss-Wright board chair to lead the auto firm’s reorganization with SP stockholders retaining auto business.
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Curtiss - Wright
Studebaker
Packard
Deal
Detroit
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Curtiss-Wright
Corporation
Athens
Chauncey
Gallipolis Sesso
Paul G. Hoffman
Shuster Ti
James J. Nance
Logan Spacee
Respect Markets
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Harold Churchill
Pomeroy-Middleport
Television 1
Noy Hurley
Nea
Curass- Wright
Studebaker-Pack
Auto Business
S.P
Pioneer Aircraft Company
Auto Company
JST
Uderstood
iss-Wright
Stadebanen Packard
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Transport Ministry
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U. S
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Selwyn Loyd
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