Mossadegh and aides seized in Tehran by Zahedi forces
Tehran reports Premier Fazollah Zahedi's troops arrested former premier Mohammad Mossadegh and three lieutenants in central Tehran. They were taken to a secret strongpoint for safekeeping as Mossadegh’s bodyguard fought a last stand at his fortified home.
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Tehran
Iran
Fazollah Zahedi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Zahedi
Kashghar
Ali Shayegan
Mossadegh
Gholam Hossein Sadighi
Seifollah Moazami
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Rome
India Iranian Embassy Maintains Business As Usual
An Iranian Embassy spokesman said Charge d Affaires A A Yekta will continue as usual under the new regime and is not planning to return to Tehran for consultations. He noted the ambassador in Washington Allah Yar Saleh is not willing to cooperate with the new government and is a special case due to his ties to Mossadegh.
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New Delhi
India
A. A. Yekta
Tehran
Washington
Allah Yar Saleh
Zahedi Seeks Upward Path in Tehran Power Struggle
In Iran Zahedi’s coalition faces a potential shift as Bakhtiari tribesmen loom as a swing group though pro Shah Queen Soraya is Bakhtiari. Mossadegh is urged to surrender to Tehran’s military governor. the nation’s fate may hinge on the response.
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Kashghar
Tehran
Soraya
Iran
Zahedi
Mossadegh
London
Former assistant testifies Rothschild took maritime code
Miss Cleta Guess testified to Senate investigators that Edward Rothschild took a secret code book and other military data from the Government Printing Office during World War II. She described seeing him with a long thin book labeled as a secret code of the U S merchant marine and reported it to the FBI the next day.
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Senate
Government Printing Office
GPO
Edward Rothschild
Cleta Guess
New Orleans
Rothschild
Esther
Miss Guess
U. S. Merchant Marine
Soviet Union
FBI
Arson Suspected in Quebec Forest Fires Near Forestville
Provincial police searched for evidence of arson in two forest fires that burned over 165 square miles of timberland near Forestville. Two men are held under guard as important witnesses while investigations continue.
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Forestville
Que
Three Year Old Drowns After Fall From Dock
A three year old boy identified as Tommy Cashman of 43 Fairfield Ave drowned in the Mississippi River after falling from a log boom at the Minnesota Boat Club dock on Navy Island in St Paul. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Cashman.
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ST. Paul W
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Minnesota Boat Club
Navy Island
Tommy Cashman
Vernon Cashman
Fairfield Ave
France Deposes Moroccan Sultan in Exile Move
Paris announces Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef and two sons banished to Corsica after Berber forces led by El Glaoui threaten Rabat. French curfew and press censorship imposed as Morocco's nationalist and pro-French factions clash. No throne immediate successor named.
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Paris
France
Morocco
Interior Ministry
Corsica
Mediterranean
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Pasha Thami el Glaoui
Marrakech
Rabat
Sidi Mohammed
el Glaoui
North African
Napoleon
Augustin Guillaume
Thami el Glaoui
Stevenson News Conference on Cold War Progress
Former Gov Adlai Stevenson said the free world is winning the cold war and the danger of a third world war has diminished for the moment after a six month world tour. He cited steps by the United States and cautioned against relaxation while noting shifts in Soviet tactics and declining American prestige.
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Adlai Stevenson
John Fell Stevenson
International Airport
New York
United States
Stevenson
America
Soviet claim of hydrogen bomb test and disarmament plea
Moscow reports the Soviet Union has exploded a hydrogen bomb with great strength and calls for international disarmament, banning mass destruction weapons, with a push for UN controlled inspections. The communique rejects alarm and reiterates peace efforts and arms reductions.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Georgi M. Malenkov
Supreme Soviet
United States
Malenkov
United Nations Organization
Russia
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
Britain
France
China
Kinsey Interviews Include Studies of 2 Year Old Girls
Kinsey reports that his interviews for a forthcoming book include observations of girls as young as two. Children are not asked adult questions. researchers infer knowledge of attitudes toward sex by watching play with dolls and reactions to play situations.
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Kinsey
Bloomington
Ind
Nationalists aid flood cut residents by air drops
Chinese Nationalist Air Force planes are dropping food to 4 100 residents of three villages cut off by flood waters.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Nasser Calls for Total War as Egypt Vows to Confront British
Acting president Gamel Abdel Nasser urged Egyptians to prepare for a fight of all the people against British occupation. He called for mass defense training and warned Britons to evacuate the Suez Canal zone, while army officials said volunteers would be armed and numbers expanded. Informal talks on the canal dispute remain ongoing with no date set for a new meeting.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gams Abdel Nasser
Bairain
Suez Canal Zone
Nasser
Mohamed Naguib
Mecca
Abdel Hakim
Suez
Thunderjets Undertake Record Nonstop Atlantic Flight
Twenty eight F84 Thunderjets departed Turner Air Force Base at 3 a m on a non-stop 4000 mile Atlantic crossing. Twenty head to Lakenheath England and eight to Casablanca French Morocco. The mission named Operation Long Stretch marks a first in U S aviation. In flight refueling enables the long journey with Englandbound jets due mid afternoon and Africabound planes arriving about an hour earlier.
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Ga. i
Turner Air Force Base
Atlantic Ocean
Lakenheath
England
Casablanca
French Morocco
Africa
U. S
Potter Accuses Espionage in H Bomb Prompt
Sen. Potter claims Soviet progress toward a hydrogen bomb may have been sped by espionage in the United States. McCarthy relayed the remarks at a Senate Investigations subcommittee hearing studying leaks from the Government Printing Office. Potter contrasted with Alger Hiss’s case, noting harsher consequences if true.
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Washington
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Russia
Alger Hiss
Potter
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Government Printing Office
B50 Bomber Torn Apart in Arizona Training Crash
A B50 bomber on a training mission exploded near Picacho Peak Arizona. Of twelve crewmen eleven parachuted to the desert. reports vary on fatalities with officials noting one or two killed and others severely injured. Davis Monthan AFB could not confirm deaths or identify injured.
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Picacho
Ariz
Arizonia Desert
Picacho Peak
Pinal County
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Minnesota polio case load reaches 746
Minnesota's polio case load for this year rose to 746 after 36 new cases were reported to the state health department on Wednesday in St. Paul.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul
New French Strike Orders Shake Paris Factories
Paris unions issued 48 hour walkouts across metal and building trades with workers already leaving jobs at Renault and other plants. About one million idle nationwide as strikes disrupt rail, mines, post offices, ports, and arsenals amid calls for higher wages and living allowances. Parliament returns next week amid fear of a broader general strike if Laniel resists.
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Paris
Renault Auto
Joseph Lanier
Laniel
Lauiel
Mother Who Killed Baby Adjudged Insane
Thelma O Boyle, a 28 year old expectant mother, was found insane by Superior Judge Joseph Maltby after psychiatrists’ reports. She was convicted last Monday of fatally beating her infant daughter, and will be committed to a state institution. The 19 month old died May 23. she denied causing the injuries. The couple came from Indiana with two other children.
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Long Beach
Calif
Thelma O’boyle
Joseph M. Maltby
James
Indiana
AEC Reveals Fission Work Information
The AEC stated that the Soviet hydrogen bomb claim is partly supported by evidence of a 1951-1952 thermonuclear test program. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said the Soviet test on August 12 involved both fission and thermonuclear reactions. Officials avoided detailing whether the U.S. itself had exploded a hydrogen bomb, while critics urged caution.
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Donald Sanders
Washington
United States
Russia
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Pravda
Strauss
Soviet Union
Eniwetok
Eniwetok Proving Ground
Pacific
Commission
Eisenhower
Denver
Rep
W. Sterling Cole
R-Ny
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Bath
N. Y
Churchill Looks Pale After London Cabinet Return
Prime Minister Churchill returned to his country home after a London visit and cabinet attendance. He walked slowly and appeared pale as he left his official residence for Chartwell, his estate, following doctors orders for rest.
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Churchill
Chartwell
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