U S Envoy Whitney Accused of False Soviet Press Claims
London AP report says the Soviet government accused John Hay Whitney, the U S ambassador to Britain, of lying about Soviet presses. Izvestia denounces Whitney for claims on freedom of the press as lacking truth and accuracy.
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U.S
Whitney
London
Soviet Union
Izvestia Today
Commu
John Hay Whitney
Britain
British Press Association
Izvestia Com
Blues Singer Billie Holiday Arrested on Heroin Charge
Blues singer Billie Holiday, 49, who has been ill in Metropolitan Hospital since May 31, was arrested on illegal possession of heroin. A nurse found a white powder and foil in her hand, with the powder later tested as pure. Holiday claimed the drug was in her handbag when she entered the hospital.
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New York
Billie Holiday
Miss Holiday
Metropolitan Hospital
W. May Walker
Maudine Reeves
Willian T. Collinsworth
Florida
Collinsworth
Tree Frogs Silence Job Performance at Pine Mountain Park
Pineville AP report: during the Book of Job choral staging at Pine Mountain State Park, tree frogs disrupted the nightly organ recital until an organist Bach chorale lured them away. Job actor Robert Coleman led cast with clubs and flashlights in a brief frog war, then peace returned as the organ resumed.
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Pineville
Job
Pine Mountain State Park
Robert Coleman
Memphis
Malta Receives George Cross Honor for World War II Valor
During World War II Malta endured constant bombings by Nazi aircraft. The British government awarded the George Cross for the islanders’ heroism, and stamps honoring the award were issued in 1957.
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Malta
Great Britain
Stamp releases and a press sting overshadow 1958 notes
A survey of 1958 stamp releases shows three new issues with Air Raid Precautions, Malta allegory with the George Cross, and a Queen Elizabeth portrait. Other issuances include Germany Berlin Air Lift anniversary stamps, Adam Riese commemoration, Turkey theatre stamps, Liberia Africa Freedom Day stamps, Denmark Ballet Festival stamp, Canada Associated Country Women of the World stamp, and Austria commemoratives. Izvestia quotes Moscow Radio blasting Whitney and Western press freedom.
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Malta
Germany
Berlin
Adam Riese
Riese
Turkey
Ankara
Sinasi
Liberia
Africa
Tubman
Denmark
Canada
Austria
Edwin Mueller
Johann of
Maria Theresa
Shakespeare Presented in Connecticut
Stratford, Conn AP The American Shakespeare Festival Theater opened its fifth season with Romeo and Juliet in the main house. Richard Easton stars as Romeo and Inga Swenson as Juliet, both from the festival repertory. The program also includes The Merry Wives of Windsor and Alls Well That Ends Well directed by Jack Landau. Scenery by David Hays.
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Stratford, Conn
American Shakespeare Festival Theater
Richard Easton
Romeo
Inga Swenson
Juliet
Seson
Jack Landau
David Hays
Erosion of the Dollar Theme Highlights Dick Merritt Talk
Earl Miller of King Merritt Northwest Agency spoke at a meeting where the agency was praised for its large regional sales increase. Merritt discussed The Erosion of the Dollar noting tax and income losses from 1939 to 1957. Guests included Joe Holan and Bill Austin of Holan Radio TV Inc Chicago, unveiling Admiral color sets and new models.
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Earl Miller
King Merritt Northwest Agency
Minneapolis
King Merritt Agency
Merritt
Admiral Corp
Chicago
Joe Holan
Bill Austin
Holan Radio & Tv., Inc
Admiral
Polaris Test Missile Mars: Navy Studying Failure
The Navy analyzed telemetry data after the Polaris missile launch failed to meet objectives. Preliminary data suggested the test did not fully succeed. In a separate dispatch, Howard Clark, 70, was found dead in a coal shed at Albia, Iowa, of a shotgun wound, with investigation pending.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
Navy
Albia
Howard Clark
Nine Exiled Governments Endorse Atlantic Charter In 1941
Of the fifteen governments that backed the Atlantic Charter with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill in 1941, nine were in exile.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Pharmacists Aid Wilmington Druggist After Emergency AppEndectomy
In Wilmington Ohio, pharmacist Charles Mires underwent an emergency appendectomy leaving his store short staffed. Fellow pharmacists from the area filled in at the prescription counter with new faces appearing every other day.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Charles Mires
Methodists Name Delegates to Meet
Minnesota Methodists named five lay and four clergy delegates to the general conference, held every four years. Lay delegates include Fran Faber and Lawrence E. Whiteley of Minneapolis, Mrs. Floyd Bell of Walnut Grove, Mrs. Charles W. Spear of Willmar, and George James of Waseca. The article notes the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches urging a pledge to welcome any person of good character regardless of race color or national origin.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Methodists
General Conference of the Church
Fran Faber
Lawrence E. Whiteley
Minneapolis
Floyd Bell
Walnut Grove
Charles W. Spear
Willmar
George James
Waseca
Greater Minneapolis
Long Asserts Illegal Confinement at Texas Hospital
Gov Earl Long of Louisiana seeks release from a Galveston mental clinic claiming illegal confinement. A writ of habeas corpus will be argued as doctors say he is mentally fatigued and should be confined for his own protection, with a sanity hearing set to follow.
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Gov
Long
Torneys
Earl Long
Louisiana
John Sealy Hospital
Baton Rouge
Galveston
Hosey
Texas
Earl K
Boy Continues to Cheat Death in Rhode Island
Seven months old Michael Scully, near death from a rare eczema vaccinatum, shows continued improvement after Dr. Arturo Longobardi administers a serum from Denver. The Colorado-derived treatment, given at University of Colorado Medical School, brought the infant’s temperature to normal and signaled he is apparently out of danger.
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Arturo Longobardi
Denver
University of Colorado Medical School
Michael
Defense Claims Voluntary Submission in Florida Rape Case
In a high profile Florida rape trial, four white youths face capital charges as defense lawyers present testimony that a Negro coed voluntarily submitted to them. Witnesses say there was no force and several defendants acknowledge intercourse with the victim under questioning, with testimony spanning motives, confessions, and contested medical findings.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Florida
David Ervin Beagles
Beagles
Ollie Soutamire
Patrick
Gene) Scarborough
Houston
Tex
Air Force
Scarborough
Harry Smith
Tallahassee
Williams D. Hopkins
Jimmy Cooper
Cooper
Diploma From School He Didn't Attend
Norman Hobart of Brunswick Maine, 22, will graduate this year from Brunswick High though he never attended the school. Paralyzed by polio in 1957 he completed work at home and passed exams orally. He previously attended Wells High and played football before his illness.
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Brunswick
Maine
Norman Hobart
Brunswick High
Striken
Norman
Wells High
Cooler and drier conditions spread across lakes region to New England
Forecast calls for cooler conditions and lower humidity tonight from the Lakes region and middle Mississippi Valley east to the Atlantic coast north to North Carolina and New England. Warmer weather may follow in the coming period.
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Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
North Carolina
New England
Banana Cream Pie with Orange Gel and Whipped Milk
Dessert recipe describes heating orange juice concentrate with water, dissolving gelatin, adding banana puree and sugar, chilling. Whip evaporated milk with lemon juice to form stiff peaks, fold into banana mixture, fill pie shell, and garnish with banana and orange. Then a NY report notes Sunday blue laws enforcement mainly pits business competitors rather than religious groups per The Lutheran weekly.
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New York
United Lutheran Church
Fire Hits St Paul Lumberyard Near Midway
A major blaze at the S Berglund Lumber Co near the Midway district tied up nearly half of St. Paul fire crews and equipment. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars. a storage shed two and a half stories high burned, along with a large lumber yard. Fire reached 200 feet high as flames roared outward. an adjacent brick building housing a milling plant and offices survived. Fire under control about 45 minutes after breaking out shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Friday. off duty chiefs assisted.
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ST. Paul
Midway District
S Berglund Lumber Co
Abbe Lane Sues NBC for Damages Over TV Show Injury
Abbe Lane sues NBC for 600000 dollars claiming a defective TV studio stairway caused a knee injury during a March 1 1957 appearance with Xavier Cugat. Cugat seeks 100000 dollars for loss of his wife's services and society while NBC denies the suit.
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New York
Abbe Lane
National Broadcasting Co
Miss Lane
Xavier Cugat
Cugat
NBC
Summer boom hopes rise as steel strike threat looms
American business leaders cheer a summer boom amid tight money and rising interest rates. A steel wage dispute stalls peaceful settlement, with the United Steelworkers Union calling a complete dead lock and authorizing action ahead of a July 1 strike deadline. Republic Steel plans plant curtailments in Youngstown, Ohio, as production slows at a time of high demand and economic momentum.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown
Ohio
Wilson urges Britain to win 600 million Red China customers
A Labourite leader at Oxford proposed a sales drive to reach China’s 600 million potential consumers. He argued Britain cannot compete with China’s vast output and predicted Chinese machine tool production will top British figures this year.
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Oxford
England
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Oxford University Labor Club
Britain
China
Wisconsin Boy Dies of Auto Injuries
John Wallace, five, of rural Eau Claire, Wis., died Friday from injuries suffered when struck by a car near his home. The tragedy raises Wisconsin's traffic toll, with broader May economic and labor reports following in the same dispatch.
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Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Wis
AP John Wallace
Rockefeller Aims to Be Good Governor Not Presidential Candidate
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller returned from the White House stating he is not seeking the 1960 Republican nomination and that his aim is to be a good governor. He declined to discuss politics with President Eisenhower, saying he would cross that bridge when he came to it.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
White House
Washington
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Judge Says Blindness No Handicap
Colonial Beach Virginia judge James O Heflin presides over cases without sight and states that blindness has not hindered his fairness or ability to administer justice after 30 years on the bench.
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Colonial Beach
James 0. Heflin
Farmer Loses 22 Pigs in State Blaze Near Bingham Lake
Leland Stevenson lost more than 22 pigs and 3,000 bushels of corn when fire swept three buildings on his farm near Bingham Lake Minnesota. A large barn with 1,200 bales of hay and straw burned. Stevenson and hired man John Koch saved only a few sons and the family home was spared.
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Bingham Lake Minn
Leland Stevenson
Minnesota
Stevenson
John Koch
Symington rules out presidential nomination bid
U S Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri said he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination next year. He suggested Ohio Governor Michael V DiSalle could be a strong candidate yet DiSalle responded with a light quip at a Jefferson Jackson dinner in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stuart Symington
U.S
Missouri
Symington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Truman
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