EOKA's Rise and Grivas Role in Cyprus War
The Cyprus conflict ended with EOKA's disbandment under Col. George Grivas who built a disciplined underground from 1954 to 1957. Britain faced dwindling arrests as Cypriots aided EOKA, sustaining a four year struggle that left 601 dead and 1260 wounded across Greek and Turkish communities.
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Nicosia
Eoka
Cyprus
Britain
Enosis
George Grivas
Dighenis
Grivas
Rhodes
Summer Heat Hits Southern California Cities
A heat wave pushed Los Angeles to 87 degrees on Thursday, the warmest day yet with clear skies. Long Beach reached 90, hotter than Palm Springs at 87, as Southern California baked under summer-like conditions.
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Los Angeles
Sandburg Takes Rest in Flat Rock on Doctor Orders
Poet Carl Sandburg, worn from travel and ulcer pain, begins a week of rest at Flat Rock after medical advice.
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Flat Rock
N. C
Carl Sandburg
Macmillan Paris Talks Hard Rule Out Troop Withdrawals
West Germany and France rejected any plan for wholesale troop withdrawals from central Europe. After talks with Adenauer, British Prime Minister Macmillan stressed that his Moscow mission did not imply disengagement. A British spokesman said the idea featured only a restatement of a long standing policy of arms reduction under inspection.
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Bonn
Berlin
Europe
Harold Macmillan
Konrad Adenauer
Macmillan
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Foreign Office
Peter Hope
West Berlin
Eisenhower seeks 3.93 billion for foreign aid
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 3.93 billion dollars in foreign aid claiming it essential for survival against growing communist threat. He warned against deep cuts as the United States risked becoming "the richest nation in the graveyard of history" and cited Soviet Berlin pressure as perilous.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Berlin
Europe
Soviet Union
Former Senator Otis Ferguson Glenn Dies
Otis Ferguson Glenn, 79, former U S senator from Illinois and longtime Republican figure, died Wednesday in Manistee Michigan after a lengthy political career.
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Manistee
Mich
Otis Ferguson Glenn
U. S
Illinois
Ilinois
Bearskins to Hat Or Guardsmen Dilemma In Britain
Canadian Timmins mayor sent a cable offering a bear hunt to supply bearskins for the Guards hats. Major General Rodney Moore accepted the offer while the RSPCA said it would review the hunt plan.
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Leo DeVillano
Timmins, Ont
Rodney Moore
Household Brigade
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Youth Fatally Injured In Truck Auto Crash
A Licking County youth, Lonnie Beaver, 16, of Outville, died after a truck auto collision at the U S 40 and Ohio 310 intersection. Beaver was a car passenger and died on arrival at Grant Hospital in Columbus.
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Newark
Licking County
U. S. 40
Ohio 310
Lonnie Beaver
Outville
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Beaver
Hawaii Becomes 50th State After House Vote
The Senate approves Hawaii joining the union with a 323 to 89 margin in the House and the bill heads to President Eisenhower for signature. Hawaii could elect first state officers and two senators within four to six months, with a 1960 census adding a House seat. Governor Quinn and Delegate Burns favor timing on the schedule.
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Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Congress
Eisenhower
Hawaii
U. S
William F. Quinn
John A. Burns
Paper Famine Ends as Columbus Newspapers Resume
Columbus presses to roll again after a 15 day strike. The Columbus Dispatch and Citizen return with a 26 month wage package ratified by Local 15. Ohio State Journal prints Monday. Guild crew ends its separate daily.
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Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Citizen
Ohio State Journal
Columbus Web
Local 15
Federal
American Newspaper Guild
Local 13
Islanders Celebrate Noisily as Hawaii Becomes State
Honolulu marks Hawaii’s statehood with a five hour show at Honolulu Stadium featuring Hollywood entertainers and 200 grass skirt dancers. A religious service and Royal Hawaiian Band concert accompany a gun salute by howitzers at Iolani Palace. servicemen greet the news with marching crowds and playful signs.
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Honolulu
Honolulu Stadium
Islands
Congress
Royal Hawaiian Band
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Lolani Palace
House
Liberty
Waikiki
Maryland
Hawaii
Jobless Pay Hopes Dashed in House Action
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to extend federal unemployment pay for three months with strict eligibility limits. The move, supported by conservatives and President Eisenhower, shortens the window from a year and restricts who may qualify by exhausting state benefits and filing for federal aid before expiration.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Gun Runner Indicted for Cubans Aiding Rebels
Federal indictment charges nine counts of gun running against Stuart Suter 35 of Hialeah Florida. Rifles and machine guns stolen from a Canton armory were found aboard a plane he landed at Morgantown the next month police say he flew arms to Cuban rebels.
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Clarksburg
Stuart Suter
Hialeah
Fla
National Guard
Canton
Suter
Morgantown
Flood damages in Columbus city property tally
Columbus reports 796980 dollars in flood damage to city owned property from the January 21 flood per Finance Director M D Portman.
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Columbus
M. D. Portman
Civil War Veteran Dies at 112 in Tennessee
KINGSPORT Tenn. John Salling a Civil War veteran and one of two surviving veterans of the conflict died early today from pneumonia at age 112. The other survivor, Walter Williams of Houston Tex, is 116 and bedfast after months of decline.
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Kingsport
Tenn
John Salling
Walter Williams
Houston
Tex
County Official Barred From Agriculture Society Roles
Atty. Gen. Mark McElroy ruled that a county commissioner board member cannot serve as director or officer of a county or independent agriculture society. He cited conflicts of interest under state ethics rules.
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Columbus
Mark McElroy
Autopsy Finds Fatal Injury in Cleveland Boy Case
Four year old Joseph Sottosanti died from massive rupture and hemorrhage after an incident at Middleport store. Autopsy by Dr. Donald Warehime at University Hospital Cols. concluded injuries caused death. Gavin, held then released, faced grand jury and was later indicted on separate charges.
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Pomeroy
Joseph Sottosanti
Donald Warehime
Gallipolis
University Hospital, Columbus
Cleveland
Laurence Gavin
Middleport
James O'Brien
Meigs
Frank W. Porter, Jr
Gavin
Sottosanti
Irene Sottosanti
Fire starter sentenced in large California brush fire
In Elsinore California a judge sentenced the son of a prominent local family to six months in jail for starting one of California's largest brush fires with an incendiary bullet.
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Elsinore
Calif
Lake Elsinore
California
Weather highlights West Virginia and Ohio Valley forecast
Fair tonight with low around 32 in the west and 25 in the east. Saturday becomes fair and warmer then partly cloudy with scattered showers and snow flurries tonight. Saturday night through Sunday sees rain southward spreading north. Temperatures average 4-5 degrees above normal with mild conditions through Wednesday.
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West Virginia
Albany
Atlanta
Saracens
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Richmond
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Washington
Mishap Claims Life of Air Force Captain in Las Vegas Practice
In Las Vegas near Nellis Air Force Base a Thunder Birds practice accident killed Captain Charles D. Salmon 30 a Korean War veteran. While performing a last diamond formation his jet tipped another. Salmon ejected but his parachute failed to open. The tipped pilot landed safely.
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Las Vegas
Thunderbirds
Charles D. Salmon
Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base
Salmon
Marines Donate Blood For Heart Operation
In Columbus doctors will attempt to repair a deformed heart valve in 11 year old Michael Hayes son of Carroll and Mrs Hayes of Willow Wood Lawrence County. Marines from Huntington supplied part of the 25 pints of blood required and will root for him.
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Columbus
Michael Hayes
Carroll Hayes
Willow Wood
Lawrence County
Huntington
Temporary restraining order against two unions issued
A without notice TRO was granted in Common Pleas Court by Judge Francis D. White against Local Unions 1 and 832, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL CIO. The order requires the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co to post a $5000 bond and limits pickets to two at eight locations.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
Common Pleas Court
Francis D. White
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Samuel B. Erskine
Columbus
Porter, Stanley, Treffinger and Platt
Gordon M. Freeman
International Union
Union
Court St
Athens
Curran Dr
E. M. Poston
Poston
Nelsonville
Factory Rd
West Virginia Bridges Bill Aims To Ease Road Traffic
Senate considers a House bill granting the road commissioner new leeway to reimpose tolls on existing spans to fund repairs or a new bridge in the same area. Senator Handlan pushed amendments to aid Parkersburg on the Ohio River cross toward Belpre Ohio. The bridge carried up to 25 000 cars daily before traffic restrictions.
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House
Senate
Joseph M. Handlan
Rwood
Parkersburg
Lem
Ohio River
Belpre
Ohio
Handlan
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