Behr al Assad era Syrian army purge signals communist shift
Beirut reports Gen Asif Bizry known leftist takes control of Syria's army, purging rightists. Thirteen officers fired or fled to Beirut as Premier Assal's Moscow-aligned government appears strengthened while President Kuwatly signs decree elevating Bizry to general and army commander in chief. Nasser meets in Cairo as tensions rise. U S diplomats expelled amid accusations of a plot to oust Kuwaily.
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Asif Bizry
Middle East
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Sabri Assal
Shukri Kuwatly
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Assal
Egypt
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Nasser
Nassser
Kamady
Alexandria
Russia
United States
Akron couple ruled death by own action and probable murder
Summit County Coroner's office ruled that Russell McCracken aged 45 and his wife Maimie aged 38 died by their own actions with probable murder suspected. The deaths occurred in Akron and prompt investigation by local authorities continues.
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Russell McCracken
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Prisoner Faces Murder Charge After Jail Shooting
Bell Blankenship 42 of Vinton is charged with first degree murder in the death of cellmate Loren Borden 26 of Bidwell after a Saturday shooting at Holzer Hospital. Blankenship also faces counts of shooting with intent to kill and attempted jail break. Cooper 23 of Porter remains critically injured. Borden died from multiple gunshot wounds.
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Bell Blankenship
Vinton
Loren C. Borden
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Arnold Franklin Cooper
Porter
Blankenshin
Gallia County
Oscar Baird
Donald R. Warehime
Borden
Blankenship
Baird
Cooper
Mansfield Reformatory
Maureen O Hara Libel Trial Moves Damages To Five Million
In Los Angeles the libel case against Confidential magazine heats up as Maureen O Hara cites witnesses and passport records to contradict a November 1953 sexual encounter story. Her attorney says she will seek five million dollars in damages, up from one million. James Craig testified he saw O Hara with a Latin companion at Grauman's Chinese Theater in November 1953 and had them removed. The actress Claims she left the United States October 6, 1953 and did not return until January 11, 1954.
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Los Angeles
Maureen O’hara
Hollywood
Confidential Magazine
United States
Guy E. Ward
Miss O’hara
James Craig
London
Grauman
The
Star
Spain
Cincinnati Student Returns From Moscow Youth Festival
Cincinnati music student Charlotte Saxe who attended the Moscow Youth Festival despite State Department warnings says she is enjoying herself and will return home in a few days. Her father Samuel Saxe confirmed a Sunday night telephone from England. Some American group members accepted invitations to go on to Red China despite further warnings.
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Charlotte Saxe
Moscow
State Department
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Red China
Weather outlook shows cooler nights and Mild Tuesday warmth
Onto-Clearing and cooler tonight with 56 low then 67 high Tuesday. West Virginia fair tonight with 60s low then warmer Tuesday east and south. Ohio five day forecast calls for temperatures near normal with slight north south variations and small chances of scattered light showers mainly in the north Thursday and Saturday.
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Levittown Faces Battle Over Negro Family Move
Plat Pennsylvania town splits into two factions led by James Newell and Rev. Ray Harwick over the Myers family planned move into an $11 000 Levittown home. Newell’s Levittown Betterment Committee opposes the family while the Citizens' Committee seeks peaceful, legal resolution and integration prospects.
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Levittown Betterment Committee
James Newell
William J. Myers
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Myers
Concord Garden Homes
Inter-American Economic Pact Faces Doubt At Buenos Aires Meet
The Inter American Economic Conference opened with criticism of U S role from Uruguay’s Bermudez who urged the United States to meet Latin America’s aspirations. Prospects for a hemispheric pact and a proposed inter American bank appeared dim as delegates debated bold but controversial proposals.
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United States
Inter- American Economic Conference
Washington P. Bermudez
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Latin America
Inter- American Bank
Dulles warns of insecurity from foreign aid cut in Congress
Secretary of State Dulles told senators the House reduction of 809.65 million in foreign aid undermines U S security. He led a four member administration panel including John B Hollister Adm Arthur Radford and Gen Nathan Twining to press for higher funding at the Senate Appropriations Committee session. Senator Mundt said he would seek a requirement for annual repayments by recipient nations.
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Dulles
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Senate Appropriations Committee
John B. Hollister
Arthur W. Radford
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Nathan F. Twining
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Churchill's Son-in-Law Dies by Suicide in London Flat
Anthony Beauchamp 39, husband of Sir Winston Churchill's actress daughter Sarah, died of an overdose of sleeping pills in his Hyde Park area apartment. Police reported he died alone after a pre dawn call from Davina West. Beauchamp had lived apart from Sarah for three years and the couple reportedly would not divorce while Churchill, aged 82, was alive. Beauchamp served as a war artist in World War II and once hosted at Tehran and Yalta conferences. They wed at Sea Island in 1949 after Sarah's divorce from Vic Oliver.
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Anthony Beauchamp
Sir Winston Churchill
Sarah
Hyde Park
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Sarah Churchill
United States
England
Winston
Davina West
Beauchamps
Chelsea
Anthony
Air Force Auxiliary
Tehran
Yalta
Sea Island
Vic Oliver
Planes Collide Near Boardman injure three
Two private airplanes collided and plunged 150 feet to the runway at Southern Airways Airport near Boardman. Charles Anderson, 33, of Cleveland, is in fair condition with severe head cuts. Eldon Weaver, 30, of Canfield, and James Sloan, 45, of Niles, suffer minor injuries. Sloan was a student pilot practicing landings.
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Southern Airways
Boardman
Charles Anderson
Cleveland
Southside Hospital
Eldon Weaver
Canfield
James Sloan
Niles
Sloan
Ex Marine Lands First Lake Erie Swim Victory
A 36-year-old ex Marine, aided by Marines and Navy men, becomes the first person to swim Lake Erie. He exited onto Point Pelee Beach in Canada after a 35 hour 55 minute crossing from Port Clinton. Dr. Harry Briggs Jr. of the University of Alaska previously swam the route.
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Lake Erie
Point Pelee
Ont
Canada
Harry Briggs, Jr
University of Alaska
Port Clinton
Cleveland milk price rises after overnight strike
A Sunday night agreement between Cleveland dairies and the Milk Producers Federation set fluid milk at $5.52 per hundredweight, ending a one day strike by the Ohio Dairy Farmers Bargaining Assn. Consumers will pay 23 cents per quart home delivered, up from prior levels.
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Cleveland Dairies
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Ohio Dairy Farmers Bargaining Assn
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Canton
Akron
Livestock Sold Fast In The Messenger Classifieds
Mrs Penn states one listing sold quickly as The Messenger classified section promotes livestock sales. The Penn Home Farm in Carpenter lists 1 Holstein, 1 Guernsey, four two milking cows four years old, milk by hand or machine, contact phone 2281 Albany.
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Albany
Penn Home Farm
Mohn Questioned Over Phony Teamster Local Charters
Einar C. Mohn executive vice president of the Teamsters is questioned by the Rackets Committee over testimony that he issued charters for phony locals in New York as part of Hoffa’s drive to expand influence. Witnesses Hickey and Lacey implicate Mohn and Hoffa in a fraud against the union and note actions taken with Mr Mohn’s cooperation.
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Washington
Einar C. Mohn
Teamsters Union
New York
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Johnny Dio
Mohn
Beck
Senate Investigations
Thomas L. Hickey
John O’rourke
New York Joint Council of Teamsters
Martin Lacey
O’rourke
Hickey
Lacey
McClellan
D-Ark
Rackets Committee
Republicans Seek More Concessions in Civil Rights Drilldown
Northern Democrats pressed to move the civil rights bill from the House Rules Committee as Republicans withhold support. Four Democratic members sought a committee meeting to bring the bill to the floor, while GOP leverage aimed at extracting concessions from Northern Democrats over jury trial provisions in voting rights cases and criminal contempt rulings.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Eisenhower
House
Ex-Employee Ends Strike With Plea at Latonia Refinery
Vernor Cottengim urged 73 day Latonia Refinery strikers of Standard Oil Co of Ohio to return to work for their future and union. The vote passed 32 of 115 as part of a broader Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers settlement granting immediate six percent raise and better vacation and holiday benefits.
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Covington
Latonia
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Vernor Cottengim
Cottengim
Ohio Uses Federal Plan For Roads
The Bureau of Public Roads reports Ohio has advertised awarded or started 60.3 miles of interstate projects through July 31 with a total cost of 69,081,000 dollars. The national totals show 1,928.8 miles at 1,037,117,000 dollars and an average of about 538,000 dollars per mile.
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Washington
Ohio
Bureau of Public Roads
UN Watch Sees 82 Members After Assembly Opens
The United Nations aims to raise membership to 82 as the General Assembly convenes on September 17. The 82nd member would be Malaya, a new British Commonwealth nation.
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United Nations
General Assembly
Malaya
Baruch 87th Birthday Seeks World Peace
Bernard Baruch, aged 87, marks the day at a Long Island summer cottage. He hopes for world peace and discusses the Baruch plan for atomic control. Visits from his three children and a family autobiography release are noted.
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Old Westbury
N. Y
Bernard M. Baruch
Camden
S. C
Long Island
Baruch
Soviet Union
Russia
Simon and
Belle Wolfe Baruch
New York
City College of New York
Wall Street
Belle Wilcox
Rene M. Samstag
Bernard M. Baruch, Jr
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