Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower on Clean Hydrogen Bomb
In Prague Khrushchev derides Eisenhower's clean H-bomb claim as dangerous and immoral. The White House defends U S efforts to reduce fallout, while Khrushchev warns liberalism and gradualism threaten world communism and signals Yugoslav talks with Tito.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
White House
Khrushchev
United States
Nikolai Bulganin
Stalingrad
Yugoslavia
Tito
Stalin
Many Speeches But Little Action On Civil Rights
The Senate, by unanimous agreement, will not begin round the clock sessions on the civil rights bill at least until Saturday. Majority Leader Johnson voiced hope for a future vote while noting 18 to 20 senators still want to speak. He said a committee referral by Morse could speed passage and that compromise talks remain premature.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Knowland
California
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Judiciary Committee
House
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Eastland
D-Miss
Lyndon B. Johnson
Francis Case
R-Sd
Clifford Case
R-Nj
Ruchel
Calif
Civil Defense Exercise Under Way in 1957 Mock War
Washington hosts Operation Alert 1957 as civil defense officials rehearse a nationwide mobilization. President Eisenhower will be flown to a secret command center with 14 helicopters while 5 000 officials begin relocation to centers for a three week simulated war effort. Enrollment spans state and local agencies and remote government operations commence on July 19.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Office of Defense Mobilization
Government Lease Buy Plan Ended by House Subcommittee
A House Public Works Subcommittee voted to end the government lease purchase program for federal buildings and revert to direct appropriations. The panel rejected a Senate bill and backed Rep. Jones’s plan to fund construction from congressional appropriations, listing projects slated for future direct funding.
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Washington
House Public Works
Senate
Rep. Jones
D - Ala
Abingdon
Baltimore
Carthage
Tenn
Charleston
W. Va
Denton
Franconia
Grundy
Huntington
Kingsport
la Fayette
Madison
Martinsburg
Mount Hope
Bureau of Mines
Parkersburg
Portsmouth
Richmond
Ronceverte
Smithville
Waynesboro
London Lord Mayor to visit Jamestown Festival next month
Sir Callum Welch lord mayor of London and party plan a two day Williams burg visit during Virginia 350th events. They arrive Aug 6 on the Queen Mary in New York and depart Aug 9 to White Sulphur Springs then Philadelphia and New Orleans. The group includes Aldermen F A Hoare James Miller and W T Boston with spouses and officials.
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H , Va
Callum Welch
London
Lady Welch
Virginia
Williamsburg
del. Lewis A. McMurran Jr
New York
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Philadelphia
New Orleans
F.A. Hoare
Hoare
James Miller
Hungarian villagers stage anti Russian demonstration
A west Hungarian village saw an anti Russian protest after a Russian film screening. A Communist police officer was beaten amid boos and threats of lynching, with authorities launching punishment proceedings. The report notes three underground anti government members condemned to death for killing a Communist police major escaped from prison.
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Budapest
Hungary
Dunantuli Naple
Hird
U S Rejects 10 Month Cap on Hydrogen Bomb Tests
In London on July 11 United States diplomat Harold E. Stassen stated at the U N Disarmament subcommittee that the initial suspension period for hydrogen bomb tests must be limited to 10 months. He warned that the choice is between a 10 month pause or none at all, rejecting Russia's demand for two to three years.
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London
United States
Harold E. Stassen
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Russia
Stassen
Death of Aga Khan creates leadership uncertainty
Aga Khan III dies at 79 in Versoix without naming a successor. Princes Aly Khan and Sadruddin are seen as probable heirs. A family spokesman said the succession secret was entrusted to a noble person to reveal later. The Aga led Ismaili communities for 71 years and is buried likely in Aswan or Mecca.
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Geneva
Aga Khan III
Aly Khan
Sadruddin
Hussein Ali
Versoix
Aga
Aly
Rita Hayworth
Bombay
Karachi
Pakistan
Mosem
Aswan
Egypt
Holy Mecca
Saudi Arabia
London
Nina Dyer
Prince Aly
Atoem
Paris
Yasmin
Supreme Court clears way for Japan to try GI Girard
The Supreme Court in an 8 0 decision upheld the status of forces agreement with Japan and found no constitutional violation in waiving the U S right to try GI William S Girard by U S Army court martial The ruling allows Japan to try the case linked to the death of a Japanese scavenger at a shared rifle range while U S officials determine the wisdom of the pact in Congress and the executive branch
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Supreme Court
Japan
William S. Girard
High Tribunal
Eisenhower
Girard
U.S. Army
United Rg
United States
Congress
Rep. Gross
Iowa
Wilson
America
U.S
Warren
Senate
FBI Files Revealed In Clinton Segregation Trial
In Knoxville Tennessee Judge Taylor ordered release of FBI raw files related to mob violence at Clinton, shielding some sections while permitting transcripts of witness statements by Robert Crossno and J M Burkhart to defense counsel during the four day old contempt trial of 16 defendants including John Kasper linked to Clinton High School integration.
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Knoxville
Tenn
FBI
Clinton
U. S
Robert L. Taylor
John C. Crawford Jr
Taylor
Robert G. Crossno
Anderson County
U.S
Crossno
Crawford
Robert L. Dobbs
Memphis
J. M. Burkhart
Burkhart
John Kasper
New Jersey
Naitive
Washington, D.C
Clinton High School
Clinton High
Tennessee
Matoaka Tot Mishap Victim Linda Sparks Dies
Linda Diane Sparks ten month old daughter of Charley and Grace Sparks of Matoaka choked on macaroni and died en route to a physician's office. She was born September 6 1956. Surviving are eight brothers Eugene Robert Eddie Roy Richard Danny Donald in Hawaii Charles at Camp LeJeune two sisters Jo Anne and Carol Sue. The body is at Bailey Funeral Home for arrangements.
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Linda Diane Sparks
Charley and
Grace Dickens Sparks
Matoaka
Jo Anne
Carol Sue
Bailey Funeral Home
Leopold Cancels TV Appearance Over Clemency Risk
Chicago July 11 Nathan Leopold, serving 85 years for the Bobby Franks slaying, canceled an NBC Tonight show interview to avoid jeopardizing his clemency appeal. The Parole Board is weighing immediate release or commutation as Loeb, his co defendant, was murdered in prison nearly 200 years ago.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Leopold
NBC
Chicago Sun-Times
Irvin
Kup) Kupcinet
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
American And Family Return To Hong Kong
Donald Jackson Blackwood a Cincinnati salesman his South Korean wife and child returned to Hong Kong today after vanishing on a April 28 trip to Portuguese Macau. He avoided confirming any trip to Communist China and said he might speak tomorrow after arriving quietly by the Macao ferry and checking into a hotel.
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Hong Kong
Donald Jackson Blackwood
Cincinnati
Macau
China
Macao
Blackwood
Judge Dismisses Contempt Count Against Seymour Peck
U S District Judge Luther Youngdahl dismissed Peck's contempt of Congress conviction, ruling the Senate Internal Security subcommittee violated Peck's First Amendment rights by not clearly authorizing the probe. He cited the June Supreme Court Watkins decision and suggested the case reopens questions on individual liberties and hearings into communist infiltration of media.
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Washington
U.S
Luther W. Youngdah
Congress
Seymour Peck
Senate
Internal Security Sub
Peck
Youngdah
Youngdahl
Supreme Court
John T. Watkins
Subcommittee
U. S. Court of Appeals
Watkins
Nesses
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