Eisenhower Hints Big Four May Discuss World Disarmament
President Eisenhower voices frustration with arm spending and says disarmament may be touched on at the Big Four. He stresses no talks of weakness by the United States and emphasizes sincere, conciliatory approaches at Geneva beginning July 18 while focusing on enforcement methods.
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Washington
Eisenhhower
Geneva
Russia
Great Britain
France
Hisenhower
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
America
Eisenhower
House committee backs Social Security plan for women and disabled
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a proposal to lower the eligibility age for women to 62, extend benefits to disabled workers after age 50, and allow continued benefits to disabled children beyond 18. The plan would raise the payroll tax from 4 to 5 percent starting January 1, 1956, and faces uncertain Senate passage this year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Cooper
D-Tenn
Senate
Senate Votes For POW and Civilian War Treaties
The Senate approved 770 four treaties establishing humane standards for prisoners of war and civilians captured in war. Ratified by the Soviet Union and 47 nations, they cover POWs, civilian prisoners, wounded and shipwrecked personnel, and sick service members. Senate reservations allow continued Red Cross use, retention of death penalties for wartime offenses by occupied nationals, and non recognition of other nations' reservations.
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Washington
Senate
Soviet Union
Geneva
Knowland
California
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
United States
Armed Services
U.S
Red Cross
U. S
Soviet Bloc
Three Boys and Cop Struck by Lightning in New Albany
Three boys ages 13 and 14 plus a police officer were struck by a pair of lightning bolts at nearly the same spot in New Albany Indiana. Kenneth Wall 13 Joe Elliott 14 Carl Adkins were hospitalized along with Officer Lampkin who joined them at the hospital.
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New Albany
Ind
Kenneth Wall
Joe Elliott
Carl Adkins
Pot” ‘Lampkin
Pinay and Macmillan Seek Revamped European Council
In Strasbourg British Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan and French Premier Antoine Pinay presented a formula for European coexistence aimed at bringing Eastern states and a reunified Germany into a revamped Council of Europe. They urged opening the council to all European states with liberal democracies and human rights guarantees, while noting potential concerns over stricter membership criteria. A British delegate hinted Yugoslavia and Soviet satellites may be affected, drawing criticism from Earl Layton who warned unity should not come at the cost of freedom.
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Strasbourg
France
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Germany
Council of Europe
Macmillan
Pinay
European Consultative Assembly
Council
Europe
Yugoslavia
Earl Layton
State Woman Testifies In Father's Trial
Pretty Jo Ann Hautem Frazier testified for the state saying her mother and father did not get along and that her father drank heavily. She recounted a letter from her father and details about the Nogales highway discovery, while defense blocked questions about another woman.
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Tucson
Ariz
Frank A. Hautem
Hautem
Josephine
Jo Ann Hautem Frazier
Charleston
W. Va
Raul Castro
Robert 8. Tullar
Deae
British Inquiry On Removal Of Woman In Prague
Minister Anthony Nutting said a former British woman in Prague was removed from her home yesterday as authorities pursue urgent inquiries. The woman, Mrs. Phyllis Sispera, former wife of a Czech airman, sought to leave Czechoslovakia and was told she could depart only if her two children remained behind.
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London
Anthony Nutting
Prague
Eresty
Penieces
Phyllis Sispera
Czechoslovakia
Nutting
House of Commons
Rain and cool air ease heat in scattered regions
Rain and cooler air offered relief in some areas while hot humid conditions persisted in others. Storms tracked from the lower Missouri to New England and Florida, with a heavy thunderstorm in Columbus bringing winds up to 60 mph and hail.
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Associated Press
Missouri Reef
Ohio Valley
New England
Florida
Te St
Wampler Mulls 1956 Run for 9th District Seat
Former congressman William C. Wampler of Bristol says he has not decided whether to run in 1956 against Democrat Pat Jennings in the Virginia 9th District. A Republican, he served one term from 1952 to 1954 and is now a special assistant at the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington. He will attend the Geneva conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy and plans a four week European tour including England Germany and Italy.
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Bristol
William C. Wampler
Virginia
Wampler
Pat Jennings
Marion
Jennings
Washington
Theeneral
Atomic Ray Commission
Geneva
Switzerland
Adm
Lewis Strauss
AEC
Europe
England
Germany
Italy
Spain
Portugal
French Morocco
GM Stock Soars on Three for One Split Announcement
New York July 6 GM shares jumped to record highs after news of a three for one stock split. GM rose 14.37 to 127.75 on 167,100 shares, boosting market value by about 1.34 billion. Du Pont stock climbed 2.75 to 42.75 as its 21 million GM shares would rise to 63 million post split. Christiana Securities also advanced on the broader Du Pont tie in.
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New York
General Motors
New York Stock Exchange
E. J. du Pont
du Pont
Army sets September draft call for 10,000 men
The Army announced a draft call for 10,000 men in September, matching the previous four months. Including this latest quota, total drafted or earmarked since September 1950 reaches 1,938,430.
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Army
Washington
Thayer Furniture Display Attracts Bluefield Crowds
The Thayer exhibition on Federal Street near Cox's Department Store draws growing crowds as Bluefielders view the new juvenile furniture line. Cribs beds play pens rocking horses high chairs and nursery items showcase a full range made for children and homes. Visitors praise the Made in Bluefield appeal and the potential for local employment and economic growth while Thayer ships products across the United States and abroad.
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Bluefield
Thayer
Thesa E Ayer
United States
Jack Kidd dies in Mercer County Jail after narcotics arrest
Jack Kidd a 59 year old narcotics addict from Bluefield died in a Mercer County Jail hospital room in Princeton yesterday morning. The cause was a heart condition linked to long term illness. Kidd was one of six held on narcotics charges during a wide scale Treasury and Sheriff investigation. Autopsy by Dr. Frank Holroyd to be followed by lab results.
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Jack Kidd
Bluefield
Mercer County
Princeton
Kidd
Mercer One
Ao. J. Bailes
Bailes
Treasury
P. Dye
E. W. Horton
Horton
Oakhurst Avenue
Dye
Lexington
Frank Holroyd
Bailey Funeral Home
Dr. Horton
R. A. Pruett
Roscoe Neal
Willie Sutphin
Haynes Hamsock
Bristol
Mercer
District Court of
West Virginia
Printen
Tommy Patterson
Patterson
Glen
Huddle
Bland
Pitt
Jean Jarris
Central Hotel
Princeton Ave
Cris Barton
Eisenhower urges continuous talks on transit strike
President Eisenhower called for practically continuous negotiations to end Washington transit strike disrupting government business. The Capital Transit Co. faced its sixth day of driver walkout for higher wages as downtown Washington faced heavy car traffic and few jams. Senate subcommittee sought to subpoena Louis Wolfson, Capid Transit board chair, who offered to testify voluntarily if required.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capital
Senate
Louis Wolfson
Capid Transit Co
Ex-House Boy Confesses Killing Wealthy Divorcée
John Russell Crocker Jr. a 31 year old law student in Los Angeles confessed to police that he stabbed and strangled Norma Banpaetaw, the widow and mother of two, after stalking her at her Bel Air home on Independence Day. He said he was in love and re enacted the crime for investigators. He was jailed on murder suspicion and revealed he had worked as a houseboy for McCauley and dated the victim after a quarrel with a former lover.
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Los Angeles
John Russell Crocker Jr
Norma BanPaetaw
Crooker
Jack Hooper
Norma
Bect
Crocker
McCauley
Drunks Face Prison Under new Hungarian Decree
Vienna reports July 6 that Hungary has enacted a government decree forcing one year prison terms for drunken behavior. Hungarian newspapers say the law took effect July 1, targeting repeat offenders and disrupting public disorder.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Death Cell Author Gets with Reprieve From Gas Chamber
Daryl Chessman, author of Cell 2455 Death Row, wins a sixth reprieve from San Quentin's gas chamber. Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark stays the July 15 scheduled execution to allow time for review of his rape kidnapping conviction. The court will reconvene in October as appeal questions the trial transcript authenticity.
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Washington
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Chessman
California
High Court
Virginia Man Serious After Airplane Crash
Eugene Harvey a 26 year old Bristol resident is listed in serious condition at Johnson City Tennessee Hospital after a plane crash near Johnson City airport. The craft reportedly had engine trouble and struck the ground skidding into a fence then rolled over in a county area.
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Bristol
Eugene Harvey
Johnson Es Tenn
Harvey
Johnson City
Paralyzed Roanoke Girl sent off from MCV Hospital
Rowena Grisso the 20 year old Roanoke resident who has been paralyzed from the neck down for four years left the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond for a Salem rest home. About 40 staff members attended the farewell with parties and gifts marking her polio convalescence and progress. A truck with an iron lung and generator accompanied the 209 mile trip to Salem for her new location near family.
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Richmond
Rowena Grisso
Roanoke
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Rowena
Salem
MCV
Tong
Prison revolt at Washington State Prison ends after 26 hours
At Walla Walla the 33 inmates freed nine hostages and secured concessions after talks with state officials. Associate Warden Ted Bezzerides and others were unharmed. Governor Langlie and Dr. Thomas Harris pledged reforms including an inmate council and isolation ward releases amid a new law making rioting a felony.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State
Ted Bezzerides
Berzerides
Thomas Harris
Harris
Arthur B. Langlie
Board of Prisonerms and Paroles
Life Termer May Share in $500000 Estate
A 52 year old life prisoner, William Ellis of Cabell County, could receive a portion of a 500000 trust from an estate after parole review. Ellis, jailed for murder in 1924, was paroled in 1948, returned in 1951 for violating parole by leaving jurisdiction, and his case, deemed favorable for potential benefit, was set for next month.
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Charleston
State Penitentiary
State Department of Probation and Parole
William Ellis
Cabell County
Ellis
Moundsville
J. Alexander Creasy
Parole Board
Creasy
Emo Gag
California
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