U S backs British move in Jordan amid Middle East tension
The United States supports Britain's appeal for Jordan defense but will not send U S forces yet. Dulles and Lloyd meet at the State Department as Iraq’s pro West government falls. Troops move into Jordan and Lebanon raises fears for Americans in Baghdad.
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United States
Jordan
U. S
Hussein
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
State Department
Iraq
Faisal
Lebanon
Baghdad
U.S
Britain
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King Hussein
London
Macmillan
House of Commons
Lloyd
Sir William Dickson
United Nations
New York
Nathan F. Twining
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dickson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Middle East
Idlewild
Goldfine Testifies On White House Contacts In Loan Bid
Bernard Goldfine testified he met with John W. Steelman at the White House during the Truman era and later sought a 12 million RFC loan for a Boston Common garage, receiving a commitment that fell through. He says other dinners and lunches followed after a Boston bank stockholder suggested Steelman help. Congressional probes widen to Eisenhower aides and other inquiries.
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Bernard Goldfine
White House
Trenan
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Goldfine
John W. Steelman
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Boston Common
RFC
Steelman
Washington Hotels
Boston
Congressional
Sherman Adams
House Commerce
Adams
Weather Summary from Herald Site at Fire Station Roof
Readings show 8:30 am temperature 51 degrees with high 80 and low 50 over the past 24 hours. General weather described as partly cloudy.
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U. S
Herald
Safecrackers Steal About $1100 From Albert Lea Market
In Albert Lea Minnesota police report safecrackers broke into Clifton Super Market early today, carried the safe to the rear and pried it open obtaining about $1100 in cash. A squad car checked the building at 4 am and found nothing unusual.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Clifton
Mideast Situation in Brief
AP dispatches report British troops land in Jordan to guard borders. Soviet forces plan maneuvers on southern frontiers. U S airlift speeds troops to Turkey aiding Lebanon Marines. Lloyd heads to Washington for talks. Sweden leads effort to cripple UN observers in Lebanon. French cruiser De Grasse off Beirut as Murphy arrives. U S consulate in Damascus warns Americans to leave region.
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Beirut
de Grasse
Robert Murphy
U. S. State Department
Mideast
Jordan
Amman
U. S
U.S
Adana
Turkey
Iraq
Baghdad
AP Photofax
Search Party Seeks Two Missing Children Near Ash Lake
A rugged timber and bog area north of Ash Lake, about 10 miles north of Orr, hosts a search for Francine Crego 10 and Michael Crego 8. The siblings vanished Wednesday while berry picking with their 3 month old cocker spaniel Nicky. Their parents Lyle Crego Jr. and family stay near Ash Lake. no sign found as volunteers comb rough terrain.
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Orr
Minn
Ash Lake
Hibbing
Francine Crego
Michael
Lyle Crego Jr
Crego
Nicky
U S Fleet Bolstered in Mideast
The United States added two aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser and 16 destroyers to the Beirut area, led by Vice Admiral C. R. Brown aboard Des Moines. The force includes Saratoga and Wasp with Carrier Divisions 6 and 14, totaling 44 6th Fleet ships in the region amid Marine and airborne Army build up.
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Washington
United States
Lebanon
Adm
C. R. Brown
6Th Fleet
Des Moines
Saratoga
Wasp
G. W. Anderson
Carrier Division 6
Edward A. Hannegan
Beirut
Middle East
James L. Holloway
Hussein appeals for aid to thwart plot in Jordan
Amman dispatch: British paratroopers fly in to help protect King Hussein as an alleged plot unfolds. U S forces mass in Turkey and Lebanon while a large Mediterranean buildup gathers near Lebanon. Britain accuses Nasser UAR of backing the plot as Syrian troops move toward Jordan.
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Hussein
U. S
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Lebanon
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Lebanese
Mediterranean
Husein
Faisal TI
Iraq
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Cyprus
London
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Gaza Strip
Syria
Macmillan
Washington
Nasser Macmillan
Nasser
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Baghdad
Egypt
Faisal
Moscow Mob Demonstrates Against U S
Moscow police and Soviet crowds faced off outside the U S Embassy as more than 2,000 demonstrators shouted Hands off Lebanon and Hands off Iraq. The orderly protest, timed after Moscow denounced U S Marines landings, avoided violence and echoed a June 25 embassy protest.
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U.S
Lebanon
Iraq
United Nations
Swedes Push U N Plan to Withdraw Observers in Lebanon
Swedish diplomat Gunnar Jarring prepared to present a Security Council resolution calling for the UN observer mission in Lebanon to suspend operations. The move aims to curb rebel aid across the Lebanese border while the United States pushes for an international police force and withdrawal of Marines if such force is formed. Dag Hammarskjold remained cautiously supportive of maintaining the observer role and border inspections without Marines.
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Lebanon
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United Arab Republic
Sweden
State Auditor King Files for Re election
State Auditor King filed for re election to the office he has held 28 years. King a Republican first elected in 1930 during a Floyd B Olson led Farmer Labor era and was the lone Republican to endure the 1954 DFL vic to ry. He cited a persistent fiscal squeeze and said he would feel like a quitter if he left office. Leonard Lindquist of Brooklyn Center also filed for Republican nomination for Congress in the 3rd District, a former Railroad and Warehouse Commission member.
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Stafford King
King
Farmer- Labor
Floyd B. Olson
Democratic - Farmer - Labor
Leonard Lindquist
Brooklyn Center
Congress
Lindquist
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Roy Wier
DFL
Jupiter Nose Cone Recovered After Space Reentry
Cape Canaveral officials announced the Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile nose cone was recovered in the Atlantic two hours after launch. The mission marked the second successful nose cone recovery, following a prior May 18 recovery, as the USS Escape aided in retrieval near Antigua Island.
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Cape Canaveral
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Army
Florida
USS Escape
Navy
Antigua Island
Russ to Start War Games Near Mideast
The Soviet Union ordered land sea and air forces to begin maneuvers tomorrow in areas bordering Turkey and Iran. A Defense Ministry statement said the drills aim to maintain fighting readiness and show military strength in frontier zones near the Middle East. The Black Sea fleet will join in the Transcaucasian area under Marshal Grechko, with other forces in the Turkestan area under Marshal Meretskov.
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Soviet Union
Turkey
Iran
Defense Ministry
U.S.S.R
Middle East
Black Sea
Transcaucasian
Andrei Anonovich Grechko
St Paul Tot Drowns Near Akeley in Lake
A two year old girl from St Paul, Diane Marie Imholte, drowned at Eleventh Crowning Lake near Akeley after wandering onto a dock while playing with her parents. She disappeared on the beach and was found moments later.
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Akeley, Minn
St. Paul
Eleventh Crowning Lake
Here
Diane Marie
Ralph R. Imholte
Four U S Soldiers Dead in French Bus Truck Crash
Four American soldiers were killed and 21 injured when an Army bus collided with a French truck near Olivet France. The accident occurred as the vehicles met on a road near the village during daytime. French authorities opened an investigation into the collision.
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Orleans
France
Olivet
Austin Man in Beirut Landing
Kirkwood Darryl D. from Austin, a signalman third class aboard the USS Taconic, helped land 1 800 U S Marines at a Beirut beach. The Herald was told by AP no Austin men are listed on the 2nd or 3rd Marine Battalion roster for the Lebanon operation.
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Darryl D. Kirkwood
Austin
U. S
Beirut
Kirkwood
Clyde Kirkwood
Taconic
Austin Daily Herald
Associated Press
Lebanon
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