States in play determine Senate control in 11 races
The parties forecast control of the Senate in 11 states next November with Republicans targeting West Virginia Oregon Nevada New York and West Virginia while Democrats aim at Colorado Connecticut Indiana Illinois Maryland and Ohio. Eisenhower's term may help or hurt both sides as Dewey and Cooper enter Kentucky and Oregon, and Morse faces McKay in a race that could shift power.
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Wawel
Ore
Nevada
New York
Westirginia
Colo- Connecticut
Indiana
Illinois
Maryland
Ohio
Eisenhower
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Alben W. Barkley
Thruston Morton
Earle Clements
Oregon
Morse
Interior McKay
Bible
West Virginia
William C. Marland
Chapman Revercomb
Kilgore
Frank J. Lausche
Bender
Art
Dirksen
Repamonte
Sen
Tydings
Butler
Violence Flares in Greece and Cyprus Bombing Sparks Clashes
British troops report gunfire near Ayios Nikolaos and a school area as attacks rise in Greece and Cyprus. Civilians P. Kaberry 33 and his wife die in the incident near Nicosia amid ongoing BOKA campaign activity.
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Nicosia
Ayios Nikolaos
P. Kaberry
BOKA
NATO Air Force Display Dares the Skies at Nuernberg Show
About 100000 spectators watched flyers from NATO nations demonstrate speed and skill at Fuerth Airport in Nuernberg Germany. The Soviet Union declined to participate though officials from Bonn attended. The finale featured an aerobatic pair of F100 Sabres from the U S Air Force 36th Fighter Day Wing.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Fuerth
Soviet Union
Goertz
Bonn
U. 5. Air
Safecrackers Drill St Albans Supermart Safe
Thieves drilled into the Evans Supermarket vault at Gateway Center in St Albans West Virginia and stole about $15,020 in cash plus small silver and checks. The burglary was discovered by the manager during a Sunday afternoon inspection. Police estimate the drilling took several hours and note the event as one of Kanawha County’s largest recent robberies.
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ST. Albans
W. Va
Kanawha County
Evans
Gateway Center
Pene
Carl Wood
Ely
Congress May Adjourn At End Of Month
Congress aims to adjourn within two to four weeks with many major bills still to pass. House and Senate leaders expect most to reach President Eisenhower before the session ends, possibly July 21 to August 4, with the Democratic Convention upcoming in Chicago.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Chicago
Senate Finance Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
House Rules Committee
House Public Works Committee
England's Trimmest Ankles Carry The Winner
In Hereford a July ankle judging contest featured 24 contestants aged 19 to beyond, judged by Dr Cyril Francis. The winner was Mrs Gertrude Pritch ard, whose ankles were deemed the prettiest as the curtain rose to reveal all entrants.
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Hereford
England
Cyril Francis
Gertrude Pritchard
Poznan Revolt Triggers Shakeup in Polish Ministries
Vienna reports a government reshuffle in Poland following the Poznan workers revolt. Juan Tokarski is removed from the Ministry of Automobile Production. Boleslaw Jaszemuk moves to that post, Eugeniusz Zewraynski heads the ministry, and Pidelski is demoted to a ministerial role. Trybuna Ludu blames unions and bureaucracy for the unrest.
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Vienna
Austria
Radio
Warsaw
Poland
Poznan
Juan Tokarski
Stalin
Zispo
Tokarski
Automobile Production
Boleslaw Jaszemuk
Pidelski
Eugeniusz Zewraynski
Trybuna Ludu
Polish Communist Party
Poznctecede
Thunderstorms Pelt The South and Cooler North
Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms pelted the South with Southern Alabama bearing the brunt. Overnight rainfall totaled 6.85 inches at Grove Hill 6.36 at Jordan Tower and 6 inches at Butler washing out highways and flooding tracks in spots. The rain area stretched from Gulf Coast states to the southern Atlantic coast and extended to Florida with over an inch of rain in parts of the Great Lakes region.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Grove Hill
Jordan Tower
Butler
Gulf Coast States
Atlantic Coast
Florida
Northern Plains
Great Lakes
Appalachians
The
Steel Strike Drones Into Second Week
Pittsburgh July 8 650000 steel workers and 50000 allied workers enter the second week of a nationwide strike. The conflict has cost about 250 million dollars last week with layoffs spreading to rail trucking and coal industries. The Pennsylvania Railroad cut 7000 nonunion workers to reduced schedules and warned of pay cuts. US Steel closed most captive mines in West Virginia and Kentucky with Robena near Uniontown Pa kept on a four day schedule, idling about 14000 miners in Pennsylvania and an estimated 30000 in captive fields.
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Pittsburgh
Allied Industries
Steelstrike
Steel Magazine
Pennsylvania Rail Road
PRR
James M. Symes
United States Steel Workers
Orennes Aeeee
Fae Andy Rae
Komnds
US. Steel Corp
West Virginia
Kentucky
Robena
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Washington Transit System Sale Tied to Franchise Approval
Washington's Transit System May Be Sold for 13 percent of a million dollars to New York financier R. Roy Chalk and associate Morris Fox, a Washington trucker. The deal depends on Congress granting a Chalk-Pax franchise and two thirds stockholder approval. stockholders meet August 3. A Senate House committee opens contract study tomorrow.
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New York
R. Roy Chalk
Morris Fox
Washington
Congress
Chalk-Pax Group
CTC
Senate House Committee
Eisenhower Faces Cut To Foreign Aid Plan Amid Debate
President Eisenhower weighs reins to his foreign aid program as the House Appropriations Committee slash lowers aid from 4.9 billion to 3.665 billion dollars. Senate conferees earlier trimmed the authorization to 4.014 billion, with Adams and Dillon Anderson set to confer in Gettysburg to discuss the strategy.
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House Appropriations Committee
Eeisenhower
Congress
Senate House
ED Creagh
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
House Trons Committee
Big Hagerty
agey _ pesiakn
Senate
House
Sherman Adams
Dillon Anderson
National Security Nay
Washington
Grand Canyon air disaster blamed cautiously by CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board chairman James R. Durfee warned conclusions on responsibility for the June Grand Canyon collision are premature. He noted United Air Lines and TWA pilots share equal duty to see other aircraft, as Congress probes the crash that killed 128 people. A public hearing will follow the underway CAB investigation.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
James R. Durfee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Als House
TWA
United Airliners
Te CaBsettes Investgen
Wiliam K. Andrews
Las Vegas
Andrews
Air Traffic Control
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Durfee
One Bakke
United Air Lines
CAB
Rep
Harris
Dem Nomination Prospects Talk by Gov Buckley
Washington reports Gov Buckley asserts intent to be taken seriously as a potential Democratic nominee. He warns that without a convention deadlock in Chicago he would struggle, while Kentucky's 30 votes could stay with him if he remains in the race. He backs Stevenson or any Democrat and notes Eisenhower could win Kentucky, possibly aiding two Republican Senate seats.
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Washington
Govbucky
Chicago
Ponder
Kentucky
Stevenson
Chandler
Eisenhower
Senate
Jet plane crashes in street near park in San Dimas
A jet aircraft crashed in a street in San Dimas California on July 8 narrowly missing hundreds of picnicers from a nearby park. The pilot is believed dead though no body was found. Investigators awaited at the scene roped off the site after the crash.
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San Dimas
Calif
West Allen
Weinberger's Plea For Child Goes Unheard
Westbury New York July 8 1964 Mrs Morris Weinberger appeals on television for the kidnaper of her baby son Peter to contact or return the child. Nassau County detective chief Pinnell says no leads and the case remains at a dead end amid ransom notes and false leads.
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Morris Weinberger
Peter Weinberger
Thomas F. Code
St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church
Westbury
Weinberger
N. Y
Walt
Pinnell
Lea
Ellis
Ronnie
Ideay
Copeares
Japan Upper House Vote Tests Hatoyama Amid Low Turnout
About 31 million Japanese voted in the national upper house election, with turnout around 60 percent, the lowest since World War II. Initial counts showed Liberal Democrats 21 seats, Socialists 10, conservative-backed independents 2, as 127 seats were at stake.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hatoyama
Sieees
House of Councillors
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Baer
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NATO Air Force
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Senate Labor Committee
Farmers Home Administration
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TWA Responsibility
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Buffalo, N. Y
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