Senate May Vote Today On Atlantic Pact
The Senate moves toward a final vote on the North Atlantic security pact with supporters calling it a bulwark for peace and opponents warning it would undermine the United Nations. Senators Humphrey Baldwin Taylor Vandenberg defend the treaty amid reservations about arms obligations and future world alliance prospects.
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Washington
Senate
United Nations
Humphrey
D-Minn
Baldwin
Taylor
Idaho
Muphrey
United States
Moscow
Vandenberg
Reich
Michigan
Guatemalan Revolt Fails As Government Retakes Fort Guardia
A 24 hour battle ends with loyal troops and civilian volunteers gaining control of Fort Guardia de Honor. The revolt against President Juan Jose Arevalo is extinguished and order returns to Guatemala City after the assassination of Col. Francisco Javier Arana. Police Director Victor Manuel led security responses.
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Guatemala
Juan Jose Arevalo
Francisco Javier Arana
Armed Services
Fort Guardia de Honor
Victor Manuel
Wayne Prisoners Face Trial After Jail Break Attempt
Three Wayne county youths are slated for murder trial in Wayne circuit court after an attempted jail break at Wayne. Bernie Martin 16 along with Ervin Caldwell 19 and Walter Copley 29 are charged in the beating and robbery death of Jonhn Caldwell. The escape attempt prompted an investigation into how a prisoner obtained blades.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wayne County
Wayne
Homer A. Pelfrey
Bernie Martin
Es Bas
Witow
Ervin Caldwell
Walter Copley
Martin
Jonhn Caldwell
Wayne Circuit Court
U S Spurns Red Protest In Italy
Secretary Acheson rejected a Moscow protest against Italy joining the North Atlantic pact as unfounded. He used a news conference to condemn Communist pressure on the Romanian Catholic church in Czechoslovakia and warned against Soviet alliances in Europe while permitting others to form security arrangements.
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Washington
Italy
North Atlantic Alliance
Acheson
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
Truman
Chicago
Russia
Europe
U. S
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Virginia Candidates Focus On Sales Tax Debate
Virginia politics heated as candidates discuss a proposed sales tax. Governor race contenders Francis Pickens Miller Horace Edwards and John S. Battle clash on school funding and state control. Republican Walter Johnson blasts Richmond bureaucracy while urging daylight in state governance.
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Associated Press
Virginia
South Hill
Francis Pickens Miller
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Edwards
Roanoke
Virginia Federation of Labor
Charles J. Hughes
Richmond
Virginia Typographical Association
International Typographical Union
R. T Bowden
Richmond Typographical Union
No. 90
Walter Johnson
Harrisonburg
Commonwealth
Johnson
Arlington
John S. Battle
Byrd
D-Va
Battle
Horace Edwards
Remmie L. Arnold
Arnold
West Virginia Could Gain Two Congressmen in Census
Charleston July 20 West Virginia may add two seats in Congress due to population growth per the Charleston census office. Homer May director of an eight county area said the 10 percent state share, centered in Kanawha County, could boost representation. Plans for the 1960 census were discussed with Robert W. Rensino as field offices in Charleston Huntington Clarksburg Welch Wheeling consider Martinsburg and Elkins locations.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Homer
Pete) May
Kanawha
May
Robert W. Rensino
Washington
Uncle Sam
Congress
Huntingston
Clarksburg
Welch
Wheeling
Martinsburg
Elkins
Israel and Syria Sign Armistice in No Man’s Land
Israel and Syria signed an armistice on a hill in contested no man’s land near Mismar Hay Yarden. The accord requires Syrian forces to evacuate about 20 square miles near the Sea of Galilee, clearing the last major frontier threat as final Palestine peace talks continue under UN auspices.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Syria
United Nation
Orm Hill 232
Mismar Hay Yarden
Sea of Galilee
U. N
Palestine
Politicos Refuse GOP Gavel Amid Key Chair Talks
Former Connecticut Senator John A. Danaher withdraws from consideration for the Republican national chairmanship citing important legal work for clients. Massachusetts committeeman Sinclair Weeks also says he does not want the post under any conditions as Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. plans to resign August 4. Danaher will remain counsel for the Republican senatorial campaign committee led by Senator Brewster.
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Washington
John A. Danaher
Connecticut
Danaher
GOP National Committee
Sinclair Weeks
Massachusetts
Boston
Weeks
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
Senator Brewster
Maine
Stanley Urges Debt Cut During Wythe Park Dedication Address
Wytheville Virginia July 20 Thomas B Stanley fifth district congresssional representative urged Congress to direct the president to cut federal spending and apply the balance to the national debt He spoke at Carter Memorial wayside during Wythe county chamber of commerce dedication ceremonies before about 2000 attendees He praised Virginia debt free status commended state and local leaders on school funding and labor laws and emphasized maintaining high living standards through prudent governance
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Wytheville
Wythe County
Thomas B. Stanley
Fifth District
Congress
Carter Memorial
Stanley
Virginia
Henry County
Thomas Jefferson
General Assembly
Edwards challenges opponents in Democratic primary debate
Horace H. Edwards accused two opponents of false propaganda in Lynchburg declaring he is the man to beat in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. He promoted a two percent sales tax plan to fund schools and argued it would raise wages for working families' children while defending education for Virginia's students.
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Edwards
Lynchburg
Horace H. Edwards
Virginia
Congress
District of Columbia
Seven Die as Seattle Air Crash Levels Rooming House
A Chicago bound non-scheduled Air Transport Associates plane with one engine failed shortly after takeoff from Boeing Field crashed into a Seattle rooming house on Harney Street killing seven residents including Pete Chamos and injuring thirty. The pilot and crew escaped the burning wreck as flames engulfed nearby homes. Amos E. Heacock, president of Air Transport Associates, helped pull pilots free before the explosion.
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Seattle
Pete Chamos
Air Transport Associates, Inc
Frank Catalica
Kalamazoo
Mich
Frank Morgan
Edward Brightcamp
Pensioner
Olavi N. Niemi
Corp
Lawrence Furio
Chicago
Boeing Field
Morgan
Brightcam
Niemi
Harney Street
George A. Cordus
Amos E. Heacock
Dorothy Heacock
Heacock
Yale University
Couple Wed On Maryland Bridge In Unplanned Ceremony
William R. Holter Jr and Ethel P. Wirts, both of Brunswick, Maryland, married on the Sandy Hook bridge after a license from the wrong county required the ceremony to take place on the span. Reverend Leonard D. Carmack supervised the wedding with the mothers as witnesses.
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Brunswick
Sandy Hook Bridge
William R. Holter, Jr
Ethel P. Wirts
Baptist Church Parsonage
Leonard D. Carmack
Washington County
Frederick County
Potomac
Loudon County
Soap Box Derby Injury Suit Filed
Franklin Nicholson, 16, filed by his father Frank Nicholson in Washington seeks $30,000 damages from Evening Star Newspaper Co Inc General Motors Inc and the district department American Legion over injuries alleged during a 1946 soap box derby when Nicholson rushed onto the course to save a child.
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Washington
Franklin Nicholson
Frank Nicholson
Evening Star Newspaper Co., Inc
General Motors, Inc
District Department American Legion
Nicholson
Hearings On Rail Fare Hike In East Conclude
Hearings on a 12 1/2 percent basic passenger fare increase for about 50 eastern railroads ended today. Interstate Commerce Commissioner John L. Rogers will forward the record to Washington for a final decision, with no date set for the announcement.
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New York
Interstate Commerce
John L. Rogers
Washington
Mortgage Kingpin Cohen Shot In Sunset Strip Ambush
Gangster Mickey Cohen and three others were shot early today on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. Special guard Harry Cooper was critically wounded, Cohen suffered a shoulder wound, and Dee David along with Edward Herbet were reported in grave condition. Investigators linked the attack to a broader police vice inquiry and a shakeup in the LAPD.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Sunset Strip
Harry Cooper
Cohen
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Virginia Hill
C. B. Horrall
Cooper
Fred Howser
Sherry
Bing Crosby
Herbert
Miss David
Floggings in Alabama Draw Out New Indictments
Masked assailants struck again as two new floggings were reported in Alabama with four more attributed to the Ku Klux Klan. Judge Alta L. King convened a grand jury session to review cross burnings beatings and intimidation. S. G. Bailey a Klan member claimed noninvolvement and alleged the attack near Goodwater. Attorney General Carmichael pressed for a local bill to revoke the KKK charter.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Alta L. King
Coosa County
S. G. Bailey
Klan
Hooded Order
Goodwater
Albert Carmichael
Montgomery
Federated Ku Klux Klans, Inc
Two Burned To Death At Pennington Gap
Pennington Gap Virginia July 20 Richard L Woods 75 and his son Patton Red Woods 42 were burned to death in their six room home. The fire of unknown origin destroyed the house about 1030 am Firemen aided by Mayor J S Smith fought to reach the bodies seen by bystanders after walls crumbled Richard a former local merchant Patton a former racing car driver who had been badly injured in a Florida race years ago.
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Pennington Gap
Richard L. Woods
Patton
Red” Woods
J. S. Smith
Richard Woods
Florida
Lightning Kills Man Fishing From Boat
A man fishing from a boat on Conneaut Lake near Meadville Pa was struck by lightning and died. Raymond Parker 43 of Irwin RD3 was hurled into the lake when the bolt hit his metal fishing rod. The body was recovered minutes later by Glen Santmeyer from Greensburg who saw the tragedy from an island about 50 feet away. Crawford county coroner Dr Luther J King ruled death is electrocution.
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Meadville
Conneaut Lake
Raymond Parker
Irwin
Glen Santmeyer
Greensburg
Luther J. King
Crawford County
Arrow Makes Hit With Load Of Pies At Fort Gay
The Powhatan Arrow train hit a pie laden truck trailer at Fort Gay West Virginia crossing. The derailment left pies littering the right of way while Dallas Holbrook the truck driver was treated for a head cut and released.
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Fort Gay
W. Va
Pricke Pie Co
Ae Ates
Dallas Holbrook
Chattanooga Girl Undergoes Rare Blue Baby Operation
A 13 year old Barbara Joyce Hendricks of Chattanooga underwent a Blalock tetralogy operation at Emory hospital in Atlanta performed by Dr. Osler A. Abbott. The rare surgery corrects a misconnected aorta causing a heart opening. Barbara, an orphan, had long suffered shortness of breath and improved after the procedure, aided by local health groups and civic clubs.
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Atlanta, Ga
Barbara Oyce Hendricks
Chattanooga
Emory Hospital
Blalock
Osler A. Abbott
Barbara
Alfred Blalock
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Ruth Pennebaker
Chattanooga Crippled Children
Civitan Club
Elks
East Lake Civic League
DAR
Move To Tie Up Atomic Secrets Seen
Washington July 20 AP extraordinary secret session of high officials and lawmakers produced indications that President Truman has no immediate plan to bypass Congress and share A-bomb secrets with Britain by executive agreement. Eisenhower and other top officials met with the Senate House committee on atomic energy to discuss U S policy on atomic secrets. No conclusions were reached and future deliberations were announced.
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Washington
Trueman
Congress
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhhower
U. S
Senate House Committee On Atomic Energy
McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Committee
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Secretary of State
Secretary of National Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Senate
Furether
Connally ‘de Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R- Mich
Joint Atomic Committee
Acheson
Johnson
Carroll Wilson
Canada
Times Herald Sold to Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune bought the Washington Times Herald today and will maintain the present management. The Times Herald, long run by Eleanor M Patterson until her 1948 death, left the paper to seven executives and later settled with her daughter Felicia Grzycka over a multi million estate. The out of court agreement included a $400000 lump sum to Mrs Grzycka in place of a lifetime $25000 annual income and a New York Island home.
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Chicago
Times- McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Washington Times-Herald
Times-Herald
Eleanor M
Cissy) Patterson
Patterson
Grzycka
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Middle of
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Albert R. Hummel
Elizabeth R. Buddeke
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