Egyptian and Israeli Forces Clash on Gaza Border Again
Egyptian and Israeli forces clash for the fifth straight day near Beit Hanoun. Egyptian claims ground fighting began after Israeli attacks on an outpost. Israeli sources report air action with Egyptian jets crossing into southern Negev. Casualty counts cited: seven Egyptians and thirteen Israelis in Gaza clashes this week.
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Gaza
Jerusalem
Cairo
Beit Hanoun
Israel
Negev Desert
Yptian
Andraeli
U. S
State Dulles
Dulles
Cooler Air Sweeps Across Nation As Temperatures Fall
A mass of cool dry air pushed from the northwest into the midwest and southeast, lowering temperatures 5 to 15 degrees in many areas. Des Moines dropped from 93 Sunday to 73 Monday as showers and thunderstorms spread from Missouri to Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, with 2.84 inches of rain in Butler, Missouri.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Northwest Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
New York State
Oklahoma
Des Moines
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Butler
Star Mamie Van Doren Marries Ray Anthony
In Toledo on August 29 Mamie Van Doren, 22, wed Ray Anthony, 33, in a civil ceremony. She wore a champagne chiffon dress described as street-length with a low neckline while Anthony appeared in a dark grey suit.
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Toledo
Ohio
Mamie van Doren
Ray Anthonie
Anthony
Youthful Mall Sentenced In Bank Theft
In Cleveland on August 29 17 year old Lora Ritenour received a 10 year federal prison sentence for bank robbery tied to a $27000 Cleveland Trust Co. branch heist. Pregnant at sentencing she was granted consideration due to her condition and will serve time at Alderson with parole eligibility in five years. Teller 27 got 25 years at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Both admitted to numerous burglaries and robberies and were captured in Detroit last month.
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Cleveland
Lora Ritenour
Louis Teller
James C. Connell
Teller
Atlanta, Ga
Cleveland Trust Co
Strasburg
Alderson
W. Va
Detroit
Soviet Officers Tour Army Post at Fort Benning
Three Russian army officers led by Col. Nikolai V. Kolkin arrived at Fort Benning Georgia for a two day visit to inspect weapons and airborne demos. The delegation toured the infantry school with U.S. officials marking the first tour of a major American post by Soviet personnel since World War I.
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FT. Benning
America
Nikolai V. Kolkin
Sviet
Washington
Anaions
U. S
Moscow
France Plans New Moroccan Government Within Two Weeks
Paris reports France will establish a new Moroccan government in about two weeks with or without the Istiqlal party. Pierre July, minister for Tunisian and Moroccan affairs, announced after a Cabinet meeting that negotiations at Aix les Bains continue.
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Paris
France
Istiglal
Istiqlal
Pierre July
Aix Les Bains
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Sultan
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Gilbert Grandval
Morocco
Edgar Faure
Committee of Five
Faure
Antoine Pinay
Pierre Koeniz
Robert Schuman
Pierre Boyer de Latour
Tunisia
Grandval
Boyer de Latour
Pinay
Koenig
July
Edith Dims as Hurricane Edith Heads to Sea
Hurricane Edith, once a threat to the American mainland, is now considered absolutely gone. Its center lies about 150 miles east of Bermuda with top winds near 85 mph, moving northeast at 12 mph over the Atlantic, posing no danger to land in the near term.
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Edith
Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Atlantic
Doubts Remain In Landy Case
Mrs. Deborah Landy failed to convince House committee she broke with communism after admitting past party membership. Her son Eugene, 21, was denied a Naval Reserve commission amid the controversy surrounding his mother’s political ties and 1930s farm worker recruitment efforts prior to the 1947 quit.
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Washington
Deborah Landy
Naval Reserve Commission
House Un-american Activities Committee
Bradley Beach
N. J
Eugene
Communist Party
Walter
D-Pa
Landy
The
Daily Worker
Mrs. Landy
Navy
Eugene Landy
Indicted Ex-Lieutenant Faces Perjury Charge Over WWII OSS Case
Federal grand jury accuses Aldo Lorenzo Icardi of lying about Maj. William Holohan’s death in Italy during a secret WWII mission. Icardi, life-sentenced in Italy, could face up to five years if convicted in U.S. court. The case involves confiscated gold rolls and alleged payoffs with Italian OSS figures.
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Washington
Aldo Lorenzo Icardi
Maj
William Holohan
Italy
Icardi
Pittsburgh
Holohan
Cardi
la Dolce
Kielohan
Lake Orta
Michael Stern
Giorgio Aminta Migliari
OSS
Man Survives Siege as Gunman Is Killed in Detroit Home
Bernard Smith returns to his ruined Detroit home after a four hour siege in which Charles Luther Rollins barricaded the house with gunfire and set it ablaze. Police fired on Rollins as he fled, killing him at the back door as tear gas and flames raged around the structure.
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Detroit
Bernard Smith
Smith
Charley
Charles Luther Rollins
Rollins
Rita Hayworth says she separated from Dick Haymes
Hollywood August report states Rita Hayworth announced separation from Dick Haymes citing need for time to think about their children. Haymes disputed the split, insisting their marriage remains intact as he seeks reunion, while Rita consults her attorney on potential divorce steps.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Dick Haymes
Haymes
Orson Welles
Rebecca
Aly Khan
Yasmine
Rita
Malibu
Argentina
Nixon Cites Five Blocks To Peace
Vice President Nixon outlined five roadblocks to world peace and said Soviet leaders hold power to remove them. He warned that if they act in good faith the cold war could begin to end. He listed issues including Germany, arms race, iron curtain, colonial states, and Moscow directed subversion.
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Boston
Nixon
Germany
Europe
Senators Told Of Delays In Security Case
A Detroit couple, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Waxer, testified before a Senate civil service subcommittee about 18 months of delays to clear their names of security risk charges. Waxer, drafted in 1953, faced Army suspensions linked to alleged Communist associations, while his wife pursued hearings with repeated delays. The panel also planned to review Wolf Ladejinsky’s case as part of the security program revival.
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Washington
Detroit
Senate
Senate Civil Service Subcommittee
Sanford Waxer
Waxer
Army
Alfred Y. Kelly
Wayne University
Anon of Particulars
Kelly
Wexer
American Youth For Democracy
The
Justice As Subversive Law School
Arthur Neef
Ft. Knox
Kentucky
Wolf Ladejinsky
Ladejinsky
State Department
Agriculture Department
Foreign Operations Administration
Court Tries Murphy Trousers Case In Salisbury
In Salisbury magistrates court Michael Murphy faced a charge of potential disturbance after his torn trousers exposed a large portion of his body. A police officer noted the risk of crowding. Murphy was found guilty on probation and required to accept a present from the police, a new pair of pants.
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Salisbury
England
Murphy
Michael Murphy
Byrd Eyes Highway Plan After Next Congress
Senator Byrd predicts action on a highway program by the next Congress. He opposes Eisenhower’s road bond plan, favors freeing the federal 2 cent gas tax for states or a pay as you go approach, and warns against long term funding tied to bonds. He notes road needs require steady funding without draining revenues. He calls highway funding a state matter if Virginia raises its gas tax.
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Berryville
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Virginia
Congress
Attitude Cordial In East-West Parley On Disarmament
U S Chief Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr urged the U N Disarmament subcommittee to back President Eisenhower s aerial inspection plan as a step toward arms reduction and world peace The plan envisions exchange of military blueprints and monitored aerial reconnaissance with Soviet and Western participation The discussion compares Eisenhower Eden and Paure proposals with Soviet May 10 plan and Nutting urged broader information exchange and full inspection arrangements
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Lodge
Eisenhower
United Nations
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. N. Disarmament
Oe . N
Geneva
Eden
Europe
Nutting
Soviet Union
Paure
UN Command To Cut Down Truce Teams
UN Command agreed to shrink truce teams and halt the neutral inspection system as unworkable. North Korea and its allies resisted, while South Korea demanded removal of Polish and Czech inspectors. The MAC also debated Lt. Guy H. Bumpass’s capture and medical treatment.
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UN Command
Panmunjom
Korea
U. N
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Military Armistice Commission
South Korea
NNSC
North
Sweden
Switzerland
Commission
Alestivide
Harlan C. Parks
MAC
Parks
Pusan
Guy H. Bumpass
Jackson
Miss
Reds
Bumpass
Red
U. S
Jung Kook Rok
Arrested Man Admits Thefts Across Five States
New Jersey police say Harry Bitzer 31 Wheeling West Virginia confessed to 15 gasoline station stickups across Virginia West Virginia New Jersey Delaware and Pennsylvania. The total haul was about 200 dollars with gains ranging from 7 dollars in the largest robbery to minor sums in others. Bitzer started the spree two weeks earlier while on probation for auto theft. He used a stolen gun in one holdup and later faked a gun by placing a stick in a paper bag.
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Newark
N.J
Harry Bitzer
Zane St
Wheeling
W. Va
Bitzer
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Robbery at Metropole Currency Exchange by Lone Gunman
A lone gunman in colorful sports clothes robbed a South Side currency exchange woman employee of 7000 dollars as she exited the main office. Florence Erickson 35 fainted during the holdup as witnesses described the suspect wearing a white shirt orange trousers and a white cap with a black visor fleeing through an alley.
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Chicago
South Side
Florence Erickson
Metropole
Britain Begins Talks On Cyprus
London reports Britain Greece and Turkey open secret talks on Cyprus future. Ministers agreed Harold Macmillan chair proceedings expected to last two weeks. Greece seeks UN involvement if talks fail, Britain wary of UN intervention and Cyprus’s strategic role as its Middle East base.
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London
Pagan
Cyprus
Britain
Middle East
Lancaster House
Fatin Rustu Zorlu
Stephen Stephanopolous
Zorlu
Harold Macmillan
Greece
United Nations General Assembly
U. N
United Nations
Egypt
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