Hope Fades for Boy Trapped at Bottom of Sandy Well
In Manorville New York Benjamin Hooper Jr. aged about 9 is trapped for over 16 hours in a 24 foot deep dry well. Rescue efforts with parallel shaft and tunnel faced continual sand slides as fire departments from multiple towns assist. The father aided rescue until exhaustion as a second shaft is dug.
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Manorville
N. Y
Benjamin Hooper Jr
Long Island
Eastport
Center Moriches
Riverhead
Betty
Commerce Fund Cuts Debated by Senators
The Senate planned to debate a $613 million Commerce Department appropriation with a 29 percent cut already taken. The bill under consideration would allow about $25 million more in spending than the House, though totals differ after bookkeeping. House and Senate actions on Treasury Post Office and State Justice bills are noted, with substantial reductions relative to Eisenhower’s requests.
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Senate
Commerce Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate Committee
House
Treasury Post Office
State Justice
White House
Congress
War Shipping Administration
Ohio lawmakers pledge to cut Ike budget despite esteem
Ohio Republicans express high respect for President Eisenhower but vow to slash his 72 billion dollar budget. They say constituents resent the plan and will not seek presidential help, with Rep. John E. Henderson noting there is no coattail left.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ohio
Congress
John E. Henderson
Cambridge
Conservatives Win Vote Of Confidence In Suez Policy
In London the House of Commons approved the Conservative government by 308 to 259 in a confidence vote over Suez policy. Labor criticized Britain’s prestige and economy, while Aneurin Bevan called last fall’s invasion criminal lunacy. Prime Minister Macmillan warned against exaggerating the setback.
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London
House of Commons
Suez
Britain
Aneurin Bevan
Macmillan
Egypt
Benson Farm Policy Wins and Losses Highlight Soil Bank Vote
The House vote to kill much of the soil bank program edges toward Benson’s aim to shrink government role in farming. He champions limited public aid and fewer price supports and controls, while city lawmakers push back against high farm spending, signaling a shift in farm policy and a weakened farm bloc.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Soil Bank
Doctor Predicts Fixed Fees Trial in Ohio
Dr Edward J McCormick former president of the American Medical Assn says fixed fees for surgical treatment may be tried experimentally in Toledo Ohio. He spoke on the final day of the Ohio State Medical Assn convention in Columbus.
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Columbus
American Medical Assn
Ohio
Edward J. McCormick
Ohio State Medical Assn
Toledo
Bricker Seeks Four Million for Dillon Dam Funding
U.S. Senator Bricker of Ohio urged Congress to provide four million dollars to finish the Dillon Dam project on the Licking River above Zanesville. He notified Senate appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Ellender that floods in 1945 and 1952 caused significant damage in the area.
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Washington
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Dillon
Licking River
Zanesville
Ellender
D-La
Senate
Appropriations Public Works Subcommittee
Fire devastates Kowloon squatter area destroys huts
A 40 minute fire in Hong Kong's Kowloon mainland last night razed 60 huts in a squatter district leaving about 1252 people homeless. The blaze spread quickly through the dense settlement, prompting rapid emergency response and appeals for relief funds.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Spice of Life Sunday Magazine feature in Messenger
The Sunday Messenger’s Spice of Life section showcases a Jimmy Stewart cover story tied to The Spirit of St. Louis with parallels to Lindbergh. Inside are features on prison reform via John Howard Association, circus animal medicine, weddings fashion and home tips including car parking advice.
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Jimmy Stewart
Stewart
Charles A. Lindberg
St. Louis
Lindberg
Ers’ Aid Society
John Howard Association
Sunday Messenger
Hocking
Ohio
Athens
Flood Dangers Grow In Oklahoma and Kansas
The Associated Press reports rising flood dangers across Oklahoma and Kansas after two days of torrential rain. Tornadoes, hail, and heavy rainfall spawned funnel clouds as deaths, drownings, and homelessness mounted, with Dover Oklahoma hit hardest along the Cimarron River and relief centers set up.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Plains States
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Dover
Okla
Cimarron
Rock Island Railroad
Enid
Alva
Hennessey
Waynoka
Silverton
Tex
Amarillo
Atom Strikers Back on Jobs Following Court Order
About 1500 members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Local 10-689 returned to work at the atomic plant after Federal Judge John H. Druffel ordered an 80 day injunction under Taft-Hartley. The strike began May 10 over a wage dispute and a hearing on the order was set for next week.
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Waverly
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
John H. Druffel
Cincinnati
Eisenhower
Justice Department
Prospects Rise for Saturday Atomic Test Blast
Prospects looked better for the atomic test blast at the test site in Nevada Saturday morning after two 24 hour postponements. A Thursday weather evaluation delayed the blast again to avoid radioactive fallout in populated areas.
Lloyd May Lose Out As Foreign Secretary
London reports Selwyn Lloyd on track to be replaced as British foreign secretary with no cabinet shakeup expected before fall. Both political left and right call for his resignation as many view him as a symbol of Suez.
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London
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Suez
Premier Nobushe Kishi's government wins confidence vote
The Kishi administration secured a Diet confidence vote by 249 to 151 today. The result strengthens the ruling coalition's mandate amid ongoing debates in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Nobushe Kishi
Diet
Weather Outlook for the State Tonight Through Saturday
Cloudy and cool with showers and scattered thunder storms across the state tonight. Warmer in most areas tonight. Saturday remains cloudy and cool with more showers. Low tonight 55 58. High Saturday 65 70. West Virginia sees showers and storms late tonight and Saturday with a warmer Saturday. Ohio five day forecast shows cooler days through Monday then a warmer day midweek with 0.44 inch expected precipitation split tonight Saturday and Tuesday or Wednesday.
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West Virginia
Stassen Home for Talks On Ending Arms Race
Harold E. Stassen heads to Washington for consultations with Dulles and Eisenhower to shape U S policy on ending the atomic arms race. Discussions focus on open skies inspection zones possibly in Alaska, Canada, and Siberia with NSC decisions due next week.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
United States
Sot Ee
Dulles
Arctic
Alaska
Canada
Siberia
Europe
Eisenhower
National Security Council
London
United Nations
Valerian Zorin
Chicago
Beck Urged for Immediate Teamsters Probe by McClellan
Sen McClellan urged the Teamsters to launch an immediate internal probe into Dave Beck's leadership amid weeks of testimony alleging union flourished with Beck’s apparent misconduct. AFL CIO has already probed Beck, suspending him as an AFL CIO officer. Beck avoided questions and invoked Fifth Amendment pleas when pressed.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Senate
Teamsters
Beck
Afl-Cio
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Vote on Mansion Conversion Shifts to Ohio History Society
Ohio Senate votes on turning the Columbus governor mansion into an archives building under the Ohio Historical Society. In rapid action, House and Senate approve nearly 42 million dollars to cover two year budget gaps ending July 1.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Ohio Historical Society
House
Senate
Senate Education and Health Committee
Polio Cases Rise Sharply Across Nation
Washington reports 71 polio cases last week, up 31 from the week ended May 4. Public Health Service notes seasonal rise and inability to explain why figures near the 1956 week. Compared with a year ago, 71 follows 85 in the 1956 week and 40 versus 91 in the prior year.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Driver Denies Guilt In Fatal Bus Wreck
Edward Bukosky the 30 year old Greyhound driver pleaded innocent to a second degree manslaughter charge after a fatal Ohio Turnpike crash in which four people died. He appeared before Mayor E M Roudebush at Canfield and was bound over to a grand jury in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
E. M. Roudebush
Canfield
Edward Bukosky
Pittsburgh
Irish legislator ends hunger strike over unemployment plight
In Dublin an Irish legislator and two companions ended a four day hunger strike staged to dramatize the plight of Ireland's unemployed.
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Dublin
Ireland
Sid Caesar Ends NBC Contract After Ten Years
New York reports comedian Sid Caesar and NBC jointly announced that Caesar terminated his ten year contract. The deal had seven years left to run.
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Sid Caesar
NBC
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Caesar
Regional Republicans to See Ike on TV
President Eisenhower was scheduled for a closed circuit TV talk with Republican leaders from Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Missouri Wisconsin and West Virginia as part of a regional conference in Cincinnati Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson was to speak at a dinner meeting tonight.
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Cincinnati
Eisenhower
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Ezra Taft Benson
Miami To Build Oxford Campus Projects In 12 Million Plan
Miami University in Oxford announces summer and fall construction plans totaling more than 12 million dollars. The program includes thirteen buildings and several minor projects to upgrade facilities and infrastructure on campus.
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Oxford
Ohio
Miami University
Harm To Ship Probed In Mystery Collision
The aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt will depart for Norfolk for a drydock investigation into damage from a mysterious underwater collision. Navy officials say the only damage appears to be a bent propeller.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norfolk
Navy
Little Girl Killed in Auto Crash Near South Point
Donna Hall, four, of South Point, died Thursday at General Hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a car near her home on U.S. 52 Wednesday.
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Ironton
Donna Hall
South Point
General Hospital
Noted Biologist Warns Peaceful Atom Threat Now Greater
Dr H Bentley Glass of Johns Hopkins told the Inter American Conference on Atomic Energy that radiation from peaceful atomic development may surpass weapon testing fallout in danger to humans. He cited waste disposal as a growing problem and warned of rising output projections through 1965 and beyond.
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Brookhaven
N. Y
H. Bentley Glass
Johns Hopkins University
United States
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Great Britain
U. S
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