Nixon led inflation report urges swift policy steps
A Cabinet committee chaired by Vice President Nixon told President Eisenhower that Congress must act immediately to curb inflation. It calls to defend dollar purchasing power, set explicit price stability goals, balance the budget, and remove the interest ceiling on government bonds. The group includes Andersen, Summerfield, Benson, Strauss, Mitchell, Saulnier, and Wallis.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Treasury
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Arthur E. Summerfield
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Commerce
Lewis L. Strauss
James P. Mitchell
Raymond J. Saulnier
President
Queen Receives Noisy Welcome in Toronto Harbor
Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Toronto to a vast, cheering crowd. More than 6,000 filled a temporary grandstand and hundreds more lined the harbor as Britannia docked. The monarch and Prince Philip planned a full day of engagements including racing and theater events downtown.
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Toronto
Prince Philip
German Election Planned Despite Protest By Reds
Berlin proceeds with a presidential election as the Electoral College prepares to meet. East German officials warn of serious implications, while the State Department rejects Soviet notes as meddling. The 1,038 electors will choose a successor to 75-year-old President Theodor Heuss, who cannot run again. Western Allies and Soviets push to resume foreign ministers talks in July.
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Berlin
West Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
State Department
Lincoln White
East Germany
West Berlin
Theodor Heuss
Advertising I Can Get Says Girl In Joking Toast
A Chuckle pane quip notes a girl joking that she values publicity as she ages. The gag plays on men kissing and telling and frames advertising as benefit for her. Copyright Central General Features Corp.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Jewelry theft recovery and near miss in Taipei recital
Police recovered jewels valued at $5,000 stolen from American mezzo soprano Blanche Thebom during a Taipei recital. A second incident involved a motorcycle near miss as an officer surveyed damage. On June 14 seven incidents affected Tanaka, who urged highway authorities to erect a fence.
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Taipei
Formosa
Blanche Thebom
Tanaka
Rhee backs Lee Ki-poong as successor at Liberal rally
Seoul AP reports President Syngman Rhee urged the Liberal party to nominate Lee Ki-poong as vice president for a possible fourth term. The party delegates at the annual convention approved Lee unanimously.
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Seoul
Syng‘man Rhee
National Assembly
Lee Ki-poong
Hhe
Liberal Party
Lee
Attack in Cameroon Trust Territory Kills Six Officials
In Douala an armed band killed six people and wounded twenty in the United Nations trusteeship territory. Three dead and four wounded were Europeans. Two of about thirty rioters were killed, two wounded, and several captured as police contained the unrest. Official explanations were not provided.
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Douala
Cameroons
United Nations Trusteeship
Latvian crewmen seek asylum in Canada after ship sails
Two 21 year old Latvian crewmen Berthold Vilnis and Adolph Olenis appeared on national TV from Toronto saying they were granted political asylum in Canada after fleeing the Soviet trawler Neman off Newfoundland. They said they jumped ship on June 20 to live in a free country and that the Canadian Mounted Police blocked their return.
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Toronto
Newfoundland
Canada
Berthold Vilnis
Adolph Ole‘nis
Neman
Canadian Mounted Police
North Korea Seizes 36 South Korean Fishing Boats
Seoul says the North Korean Communist forces seized 36 South Korean fishing boats carrying 251 fishermen in the first five months of this year as tensions rise and patrols tighten along the sea border.
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Seoul. Korea
Rain of falling motorcycles at Japanese man's home
Kyoto AP reports Shi geo Tanaka living at the bottom of an S turn has endured a cascade of motorcycles dropping into his garden and house for two weeks, with ten incidents recorded.
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Kyoto
Japan
Shigeo Tanaka
Tanaka
Arrest of man teaching craps at boys home in Jacksonville
Jacksonville on the arrest of William Washington, 52, an employee of the Negro Boys Parental Home, on charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors. Supt. Dorell Warner said Washington was teaching the boys how to shoot craps at the institution.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William Washington
Dorell Warner
Washington
Beachside Amusement Opens Without License in Old Orchard
Luna Park Inc began operating an East Grand avenue amusement area in Old Orchard Beach yesterday without a local license opposed by abutting property owners. Thomas Collins said rides are state approved, construction continues, and the site will run through summer. A possible court action could be an injunction declaring a nuisance.
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Luna Park, Inc
Collins
Old Orichard Beach
Blast in Georgia River Tragedy Kills Nineteen
Rescue teams pressed dragging operations along the Ogeechee River after a freak butane gas explosion at a Seaboard Air Line crossing. Nineteen dead, 10+ critically burned, 125 cars affected. Two workers injured. Children among the dead. The blast struck a crowd of about 175 at a riverfront recreation area beneath a 30 foot trestle.
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Meldrim. Ga
Ogeechee
Seaboard Air Line
Harold M. Smith
Smith
Savannah
Wayne Smith
Terry Lane
East
Georgia
Journal
David Parker
Three Teachers Named To Biddeford High Posts
Biddeford Senior High announces three new teachers: James Wilkinson will teach commercial subjects and driver education. Leslie Brown to teach mathematics and physics. Gilman Seaver appointed English instructor.
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Paul Larrabee
James J. Wilkinson
Auburn
Wilkinson
University of Maine
Phillips Hi School
Leslie W. Brown
Wells
Brown
Bates College
Lewiston
Traip Academy
Kittery
Gilman F. Seaver
Promenade Avenue
Saco
Thornton Academy
Seaver
Boston University
Harvard
Larrabee
Neil Serpico
University of New Hampshire
Roderick J. Cyr
Cyr
Maine Central Institute
Raymond Coombs
Farmington
Wyatt Earp Star Warns of Atomic War Danger
Laconia New Hampshire AP Hugh O Brian says Americans show apathy toward atomic war risks and must face reality. The Wyatt Earp actor urges more public involvement, letters to Congress, and Civil Defense planning to curb the arms race and seek world law with leaders including Eisenhower and Nixon.
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Laconia
N.H
Hugh ‘O Brian
O'Brian
Eisenhower
Nixon
American Bar Assn
Lost Child Found In Michigan Woods After 13 Hours
Three year old Carol Van Hulla of Niagara Wisconsin was found alive after13 hours lost in Upper Michigan woods near Norway Lake. Bloodhounds traced a new trail across a county road as hundreds of volunteers joined state troopers and sheriff's deputies in the search led by Dickinson County Sheriff Harry R. Julian. The girl wandered away late Sunday near forests with black bears near the Wisconsin border and abduction was ruled out.
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Tron Mountain
Mich
Upper Michigan Wilds
Carol van Hulla
Niagara
Wis
Norway Lake
Dickinson County
Harry IR. Julian
Wisconsin
Johansson Denies Retirement Plans After Two Defenses
World boxing champion Ingemar Johansson denied Swedish reports that he planned to retire after two title defenses. He said he would fight for at least ten more years and planned defenses against Patterson and possibly Foley or Machen. Johansson also noted a potential film offer up to 400000 dollars and said a movie after the September rematch could happen.
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New York
Ingemar Johansson
Florida
Goteborg
Gosta Karlsson
Johansson
Associated Press
Karlsson
Ingemar
Floyd Patterson
Patterson
Zora Foley
Edie Machen
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Columbia Pictures
Steel Wage Talks Recessed As Strike Deadline Moves
Steel industry contract talks are recessed until Wednesday with the strike deadline postponed to July 14. President Eisenhower helped pave the postponement. David J. McDonald of the United Steelworkers will meet with the union executive board and wage policy committee. The industry remains firm against wage increases while seeking price adjustments. McDonald cites concerns over inflation and worker benefits as central to the labor dispute. Union members average about $3.10 per hour.
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New York
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
International
R. Conrad Cooper
Thomas Patton
Republic Steel Corp
Patton
Ion
McDonald
Cooper's
Louis Armstrong Leaves Hospital After Pneumonia
Louis Armstrong was discharged from Spoleto Hospital and declared recovered from a severe pneumonia attack. The jazz legend planned sightseeing in Rome with his wife before returning to New York for his July 4 birthday, while doctors urged rest. The artist had been in Spoleto for the Festival of Two Worlds.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Rome
Armstrong
Alexander Schiff
New York
America
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