Soviet gains in Syria push U S to expel ambassador
Washington declares Ambassador Farid Zeineddine and Damascus envoy James Moose persona non grata amid Syria's expulsion of three U S Embassy staffers. Moscow's Middle East leverage grows as U S Syria relations sour, with Zakaria also ordered out and charges of American plot against Kuwatly denied.
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Russia
Syria
United States
Middle East
Farid Zeineddine
State Department
U. S
Damascus
James S. Moose, Jr
Hassin Zakaria
Zeineddine
Department
Zakaria
Shukri Kuwatly
Kuwatly
Howard Stone
Francis J. Jeton
Robert W. Molloy
William Rountree
Mamun Hamai
Rountree
Hamui
Zeineddine and
Price Fixing Evidence in Salk Vaccine Program
A House subcommittee reports possible price fixing in the 50 million dollar Salk polio vaccine program and other government drug and hospital-supplies sales. It cites high costs, lack of discounts, and hundreds of identical bids as concerns, with DOJ grand jury probes ongoing.
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House
Justice Department
Rep
Fountain
D-Nc
Public Health Service
The
Health Service
National Foundation For
Subcommittee
Welfare Department
Maplesville Hit by Klan Invasion Scare and Beatings
In Maplesville Alabama the Ku Klux Klan rode into town in six abreast robed figures forcing six Black men to run and be beaten with rubber hoses and pistols. Witnesses say police and mayor took no action as townsfolk fear a mass exodus.
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Alabama
KKK
Ohio and West Virginia Weather Today and Tonight
Ohio remains warm and humid with scattered thundershowers tonight and today. Low around 68. West Virginia sees mostly cloudy skies, hot and humid with showers and scattered afternoon thunderstorms east tonight. Low 66 to 73. Friday brings partly cloudy skies, continued heat, and more scattered afternoon storms.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Highest Mountains Sealed by Preacher
The Rev. F. W. McDermott aged 59 from Springfield completed his goal of climbing the highest point in all 48 states. He reported the final ascent at Granite Peak in Montana, 12 850 feet, as the toughest stop on his long multi year climb tour through Red Lodge on his return home.
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Red Lodge
Mont
F. W. McDermott
Springfield, Sr
McDermott
Montana
Not a Leukemia Cure Marrow Transplant Believes Disease
A 20 month old girl Laura Mac Donald with acute leukemia received what doctors call may be first successful human bone marrow transplant from her twin Mary. Laura discharged from Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital in Darby with no evident leukemia though relapse possible.
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Philadelphia
Laura MacDonald
Drexel Hill
Mary
Robert MacDonald
Laura
Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital
Darby
Alger Hiss Named $12,000 Assistant at Feathercombs Inc
Alger Hiss is employed as a $12,000-a-year administrative assistant to R. Andrew Smith, president of Feathercombs Inc., a New York City firm that makes women's combs. The appointment was disclosed Wednesday.
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New York
Alger Hiss
New York City
Hiss
R. Andrew Smith
Feathercombs Inc
ExPurchasing Agent Frank Laskey Dies at 70
Frank J. Laskey 70 was a longtime director of purchases for Republic Steel Corp before retirement. He died Wednesday in Cleveland, leaving behind a record of extensive service in the steel industry and corporate procurement.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Laskey
Republic Steel Corp
Money strewn through home sale tips by Mrs. Fryer
Mrs. Wendell Fryer of 31 Forest St. advises selling every item in her classified ad to make cash. She notes a 2 piece living room suite, chairs, ottoman, tables, lamps and more will be sold cheap. Call 28371 to arrange.
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Wendell Fryer
Forest St
Jagan wins decisive British Guiana election
In Georgetown British Guiana the Jagan dominated People's Progressive party won 9 of 14 Legislative Council seats four years after British troops backed his government. Jagan, a 39 year old dentist, hailed the victory as defeat of reactionary forces while East Indians celebrated with victory demonstrations.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
London
Cheddi Jagan
Jagan
People’s Progressive Party
Legislative Council
New Amsterdam
Corallo Takes Fifth Amendment Before Senate Rackets Panel
Anthony Corallo nicknamed Tony Ducks refused to answer questions, invoking the Fifth Amendment before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee. Kennedy described him as an evil eye hired to glare at workers. Corallo’s lawyer objected to the characterization. The panel planned to call Sam Goldstein, with recorded phone conversations expected to be used as evidence.
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Washington
Anthony
Tony Ducks
Corallo
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
J. M. McDonough
Boston
McDonough
Kennedy
Sam Goldstein
Car Searched Loot Found Driver Jailed
Cleveland police found $8000 of narcotics in a suspicious car during a search. Officers recovered gel capsules, a cutting agent, syringes, a hub cap, and cash totaling $3600 with $200 each on the three occupants. Driver Howard Smith, 26, pled guilty to illegal possession and was held on $7500 bond. two companions were released.
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Cleveland
Parma Heights
Howard Smith
Mith
Marysville Woman Killed in Ohio 30 Collision
Mary Wenger, 22, of Marysville, died in a Wednesday auto truck crash on Ohio 30 South near here.
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Marysville
Ada —P
Mary Wenger
Ohio
Here
Neighbors Feast Stone Throws at Black Family Home
About 500 residents gathered in Levittown Bucks County to protest the purchase of a home by a Black family. A mob threw stones at the My ers home the night before. Five were arrested. another man was arrested for failing to move when ordered by police. The community had been all white prior to the purchase.
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Levittown
Bucks County
William Myers, Jr
Myers
Grandmother and rescuer survive 17 hour sea ordeal off Haiti
Ruth Nelson a 70 year old Sarasota grandmother says she and 17 year old Bill Dozier clung to a mattress and prayed as they floated after the Janeen schooner capsized two miles off Miragoane Haiti. A fishing boat reached them at daybreak and they were taken back to the vessel with 32 Methodist ministers aboard on a Caribbean prayer mission.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Caribbean
Ruth Nelson
Bradenton
Fla
Nelson
Janeen
Miragoane
Bill Dozier
Sarasota
Carribean
Eisenhower Fails To Restore Foreign Aid In House Action
The House Appropriations Committee cut 809.65 million dollars from foreign aid funding despite a White House plea. GOP leaders expect the full committee to back the subcommittee split and send the bill to the floor, with Eisenhower vowing to call a special session if needed.
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Full House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Full Appropriations Committee
Paroled prisoner to take Vancouver paper rewrite job
Don Lowry 42, nearing release from Southern Michigan Prison, will become a rewrite man for a Vancouver, British Columbia newspaper. He started writing in prison after arriving three years four months ago for check forgery, rising to reporter and editor of the Spectator, the prison weekly.
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Jackson, Mich
Southern Michigan
Don Lowry
Vancouver
B. C
Spectator
Foreign Student Dies on Ship from Asiatic Flu Suspect
A Greek youth among 200 foreign exchange students aboard a ship en route to New York died Wednesday. An autopsy suggested Asiatic flu as the probable cause, while health officials urged further tests for a definite diagnosis.
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New York
Truman Wins Run In With Woman Driver
Former President Truman was involved in a minor traffic incident in downtown Kansas City when a woman driver failed to yield and brushed his car. The woman received a ticket for improper lane use. no charges were filed against Truman as both vehicles sustained only slight damage.
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Kansas City
Truman
Man pleads innocent in Columbus manslaughter case
Leroy Collins, 54, charged with first degree manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Mary E. Simmons, 32, in her Columbus apartment. Police say Collins admitted the act, claiming the shooting was an accident.
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Columbus
Leroy Collins
Mary E. Simmons
Collins
Fire destroys WJEH today in Gallipolis
A fire gutted the WJEH radio station building in Gallipolis causing about 40 000 dollars in damage. The blaze started in the main control room likely from an electrical short and spread through the newsroom and ceilings. The 1000 watt transmitter installed last February and a large stock of records valued near 10 000 dollars were lost. Firefighters reported flames leaping high as they arrived around 3 17 a m and the time of origin remains undetermined.
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Gallipolis
WJEH
Ohio Valley
Archie Richards
Hollis North
Troy
North
Kefauver says steel price hikes offset wage costs
Senator Kefauver told the antitrust subcommittee that steel industry profits rose this year with a price boost offsetting higher wages. He estimated U S Steel’s gross revenue rose about 300 million annually from two price increases in the past year. He noted buyers will pay roughly half a billion more for steel this year due to the latest increase.
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Washington
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
U. S. Steel Corp
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel
Girard Transferred Ahead of Japanese Court Trial
Specialist 3 William S. Girard moved under military police escort from Camp Whittington to Camp Drew as part of a troop realignment following U.S. Army withdrawals in Japan. He will proceed to Maebashi for the August 26 opening of his court trial on a charge of fatally shooting a Japanese woman.
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Tokyo
William S. Girard
Camp Whittington
Camp Drew
Japan
Girard
Drew
Maebashi
Ohio dairy farmers set up strike headquarters in Akron
The Ohio Dairy Farmers Bargaining Association began establishing strike headquarters in Akron today as part of ongoing labor action.
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Akron
Ohio Dairy Farmers Bargaining Association
Olentangy River Tragedy Claims 12 Year Old Fisherman
Jimmy Bulla aged 12 of Columbus drowned Wednesday in the Olentangy River while fishing with two companions. They tried to rescue him with a pole but it was too short.
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Columbus
Jimmy Bulla
Olentangy River
Soviet airliner crashes into Copenhagen harbor killing 23
A twin engine Soviet airliner clipped a chimney and plunged into Copenhagen harbor killing 23 aboard. Sixteen bodies recovered with one American among the dead. several victims were non Russians including West Germans Britons Norwegian. Harbor crews planned to raise the wreck from 18 feet of water after witnesses said the plane struck nose first.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Copenhagen Fire and Rescue Service
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