Mansfield Calls For End To the Health Inquiries
Democratic Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana urged an end to public discussion of President Eisenhower's health as morbid and degrading. He said the health issue should not drive the 1956 campaign and called for focus on issues. Senators Malone and Neuberger supported his call, criticizing constant medical speculation by both sides.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Eisenhower
Alvinl. Mansfield
Democratic National Committee
Mansfield
Sens
Malone
Neuberger
D-Ore
Sen. Mansfield
Rebels Attack Algiers in Wave of Night Assaults
Algerian rebels opened fire in Algiers targeting a seafood restaurant and two French soldiers, both seriously wounded, with a civilian owner also shot in the head. Across the weekend rebels attacked highways, killing four and wounding five, including a bus ambush 50 miles southwest of Algiers where two Europeans died and others were injured.
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Algtprs
Algeria
Algiers
Bresson
Casbah
Miliana
Here
Wife Booked In Death Of Chicago Policeman
Chicago officer George Haennicke was shot to death after a night of tavern drinking. His wife Louise Haennicke, 23, was booked on murder charges, claiming he forced her to drink and handed her the gun before a fatal shot. She sustained injuries from a prior beating during the incident. The couple had two young children and the police detective father cared for them.
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Chicago
Louise Haennicke
George
Haennicke
Asst
Sidney Kallick
Chicago Park Police
Red China Lifts News Blackout From Tibet
Hong Kong reports Peiping radio says 170 Red Army generals and officers in Lhasa met Tibetan troops to celebrate Army Day August 1. It marks the first Tibet news since months of disrupted reports and seeks to counter outside claims of ongoing revolts and fighting between Reds and Tibetan forces.
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Hong Kong
China
Tibet
Peiping Radio
Red Army
Lhasa
Paris Leaves Parisians in August Holiday Exodus
Thousands of Parisians jammed trains and roads in the peak August exodus to beach and countryside. About a million residents, a third of the city, take holidays as factories and shops close. A new law boosted paid holiday time by two to three weeks.
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Paris
Demo Leaders Busy Working On Platform
Gov. James P. Coleman of Mississippi outlined civil rights views as Democrats head to Chicago to draft a platform. Party leaders expect debate but seek unity, while nominating procedures may shift and a civil rights plank aims to balance Northern and Southern factions.
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Chicago
James P. Coleman
Mississippi
Gov. Coleman
Platform Committee
Paul Butler
CBS
Washington
Butler
Coleman
International Amphitheatre
Stevenson Faces Wide Political Fire Over Nomination
Adlai Stevenson faced heavy criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike as he remained the Democratic front runner for the presidential nomination. Stassen and Chandler questioned his electability while a San Francisco GOP leader labeled him aligned with ADA. Delegates argued Stevenson could not win or carry key states, with critics urging party unity to avoid Republicans' defeat.
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Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Harold E Stassen
Nixon
Gov. Herter
Rmass
GOP
India Edwards
Harriman For President
Democratiteveason
Eisenhower
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Chandler
John E. Flanagan
Wisconsin
Chicago
Venson
Minnesota
San Francisco
Leonard Hall
ADA
Americans For Democratic Action
Democratic Party
Truman
Stassen
Judd
Steelworkers Return To Mills Amid Suez Tensions
The Pittsburgh area reports the steel strike ending as 650,000 workers return to mills in New York signings. Production recovery aims for 90 percent capacity within weeks. wage losses near 255 million dollars. Armco negotiates, Wheeling Steel staff return, and coal mines resume. Internationally, Britain's Red Devils sail for the Mediterranean while Iraq backs Egypt’s canal nationalization and calls for a conference on Suez.
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London
Britain
Red Devils
Mediterranean
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Iraq
Suez Canal
Cambille Chamoun
Lebanon
West
Mideast
Suez
Nuri Said
Baghdad
Nasser
Theseus
Royal Armored Artillery
Pittsburgh
New York
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corp
John L. Neudoerfer
Wheeling Steel
United Steelworkers
Portsmouth
21St Medium Royal Artillery Regiment
Edinburgh
England
Eproaen
Bulwark
France
Middle East
Far East
Naseer
Hitler
Munich
International Suez Authority
Nixon Urges Churches to Aid Desegregation Effort
Vice President Nixon implores Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist groups to foster a climate of goodwill to implement the Supreme Court’s school desegregation ruling. He warns against political demagoguery and urges moderation while noting tensions in race relations amid the era’s civil rights drive.
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Ridgecrest
N. C
Nixon
Supreme Court
Baptist Home Mission
North Carolina
Presbyterian Men’s Council
Montreal
Lake Junaluska
Harold Stassen
Massachusetts
Christian Herter
God
Free World
Baby Moon Satellite May Reach 1500 Mile Orbit
Naval Research Laboratory scientists say the Vanguard project could reach an orbit as high as 1500 miles, with speeds near 19000 mph, using a lighter launch vehicle. They expect an elliptical path from about 300 miles up, with a possible lifetime from two weeks to a year, and note atmospheric burnup would destroy the craft long before reentry.
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Washington
Naval Research Laboratory
Project Vanguard
Sapere
Mossadegh Backs Canal Seizure Amid Return to Iran
Former Iran premier Mossadegh, freed after treason imprisonment, praises Egypt’s Suez seizure as lawful. He was welcomed in Ahmedabad where villagers slaughtered livestock and mourned his return while guards restricted reporters and protected him.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Egypt
Suezia
Mossadegh
Ahmedabad
Hassan Agha
Ghasser Barracks
Rome
McKeon Awaits Review After Ribbon Creek Court Martial
Marine Sgt Matthew C McKeon awaits review of his court martial sentence for the Ribbon Creek death march incident. He faces potential upholding or overturning of his conviction for negligent homicide and DUI. He will remain under limited duties at Parris Island as his family expectancy nears.
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Parris Island
S. C
S. Set
Matthew C. McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Marine Corps Platoon
McKeon
Port
Defense Atorney
Emile Zola Berman
McKeons
Becky
John
Marine Corps
Maurus Cook
Six Killed in Car Train Wreck at Crossing Near Gary
A divorced mother Valeria Shupe 29 and four of her seven children died when an Elgin Joliet and Eastern freight train hit their car at an unmarked crossing on Indiana Highway 49 near Gary. Two other children were reported near death. Gale 10 was missing then found with a neighbor.
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Gary
Ind
Here
Doctors Hospital
Michigan City
Gale
Elgin
Joliet
Porter
Valeria Shupe
Elgie C. Rose
Dashing Guards Lt. Murrogh-Bernard Struck By Royal Corgi
Guards Lt. John Morrogh-Bernard of the Irish Guards recalled an embarrassing incident in St James Park when a corgi under Prince Charles and Princess Anne's care leaped at him, ripping his trousers as he retreated toward the barracks. The scene involved the royal children and a nurse nearby.
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London
John Murrogh-Bernard
Prince Charles
Buckingham Palace
Royal Park of St. James
Palace
Morrogh-Bernard
Irish Guards
Anne
Echendaes
GOP Names Doctor To Chairman Committee
In precampaign health discussions, Republicans name Dr. Elmer Hess of Erie Pennsylvania as chairman of a medical health committee to aid Eisenhower re election. Hess, former president of the American Medical Association, is shown inspecting in Israel.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Elmer Hess
Erie
Hess
American Medical Assn
Israel
Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy Wed in Cambridge Church
Actress Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy were married today in the Protestant Church of New Jerusalem in Cambridge where they were performing in The Beggar's Opera. Jones, famed for Oklahoma and Carousel, and Cassidy, son of Mr and Mrs William Cassidy of Jamaica New York, wed as the Rev W Edge Dixon presided.
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Cambridge
Mass
Shirley Jones
Jack Cassidy
W. Edge Dixon
Miss Jones
Cassidy
Parl
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