Rockefeller Rifts Shake GOP Platform Drive
Chicago AP report on Friday shows Rockefeller opposing key platform planks on defense foreign policy and civil rights while Nixon presses to tailor the platform. Rockefeller would accept a presidential draft but would reject the vice presidential call, complicating efforts at next week’s Republican National Convention.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Rockefeller
Washington
GOP
U S Kicks Out Russ Diplomat over Aerial Espionage
The United States expelled Soviet diplomat Petr Y. Ezhov the 12th in a decade for arranging aerial photographs of American cities and defense installations. FBI surveillance tied him to paying a pilot over $1,000 for systematic surveys along the East Coast.
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United States
State Department
Petr Y. Ezhov
U.S
Ezhev
FBI
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Ezhov
Vladimir F. Glinsky
Glinsky
U.s.navy
Department
Pilot killed as taxiing airliner strikes at Houston airport
Houston AP report says a Trans-Texas Airways DC3 taxiing after landing from Tyler and Longview collided with another airliner, killing pilot B. B. Blanchard, 39, of Houston. Nine passengers and two crew members aboard the DC3 escaped.
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Longview
Cuba China Near Terms in Major Trade Pact
Havana reports indicate Cuba and China drawn close to a trade agreement with a $70 million barter style deal. Cuba would export sugar nickel and copper valued toward industrial products textiles machinery and rice in exchange. Expected sugar supply reaches about 500000 tons, with nickel logistics unclear.
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Congo Chief Won't Seek Soviet Help
Premier Patrice Lumumba abandons threats to call in Soviet soldiers and sets off for the United States and Canada to seek international capital and technical aid for the Congo. He says he seeks economic independence and fair investment, crediting Belgium as friends while urging Belgian troops to withdraw from Ka mina and Kitona. Lumumba signs a development pact with CIMCO's L Edgar Detwiler to bring capital, management, and training, with Congo mineral wealth valued at about two billion dollars.
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Kitona
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Wives Hear Charges Against U.S. Airmen
Six American wives of RB47 crew members sat in the United Nations gallery as Vasily Kuznetsov labeled the downed plane incident a criminal action. They listened to the debate and pressed questions, seeking to understand what happened and the fate of their husbands.
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Tonganoke
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Yrnntead
Council
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Couple Loses Weight, Wins Adoption Court Battle
Los Angeles couple Frank and wife Sherman shed 94 pounds in under four months on a 1000 calorie daily plan under doctor supervision to prove they were fit to adopt a year old child they cared for since birth. They claim happiness at the court approval.
Cost Of Living Rises For Fourth Straight Month
The Labor Department reports a June CPI gain of one fifth of one percent lifting the index to 1 percent above the 1947-40 average. Food prices remain the major drag on family budgets while gasoline medical care and transportation costs rise, eroding buying power by about ten cents per dollar since the postwar period.
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U S Seeks Early UN Disarmament Commission Meeting
The United States filed a formal request for an early session of the UN Disarmament Commission to review the breakdown of talks. Henry Cabot Lodge sent the request to UN officials with the latest American plan and asked for it circulated to members as the Communist side walked out of Geneva talks on June 27. President Eisenhower announced late at night.
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U. N. Disarmament Commission
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. N Skajold
U. N
Geneva
Eisenhower
Underwood Sees Slim chance of VP Nomination
At Kanawha Airport prior to flying to Chicago, Samuel Underwood said his odds of securing the Republican vice presidential nomination were about one in a thousand. He dismissed talk of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller as a serious contender and noted the final choice rests with the nominee.
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Underwood
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ABC
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Charles Halleck
Walter Judd
Minnesota
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Youth Injured In Smyth Wreck Dies
Hugh Cleveland Smith Jr. of Rural Retreat died after a crash on State Street 479 in Smyth County miles east of Marion. State police reported Smith lost control on a curve causing the car to overturn several times.
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Fires Raging in West Claim Four Airmen in Crash
West coast fires rage across nine states with more than 900 fires battled by 3.69 million men hours. Four airmen died in a flaming crash while assisting ground crews in California, Washington, Oregon and other states as California declares Los Angeles County a disaster area and fires threaten Hearst Castle area.
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