Truck Crash Kills 18 Migrant Workers in North Carolina
A fiery collision near Fayetteville involving a flat-bed migrant labor truck and a tractor-trailer claimed 18 lives including 13 men 4 women and a 6 month old child. Survivors described chaotic scenes as others were treated for injuries at area hospitals.
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Carolina
Fayetteville
N.C
State Highway Patrol
Here
Willie Soloman
Florence
D.C
Mount Olive
Dunn
U.S. 301
Pulaski Youth Shot Dead by 39-year-old Mason
In Pulaski Virginia on Jefferson Avenue 18 year old Harless Kent Draper a hill billy musician and service station worker was shot four times by 39 year old brick mason Charles Kennedy who told police the youth had been following him Kennedy was jailed on murder charges after the 3 50 pm downtown shooting Draper died instantly and a stray bullet shattered a shop window narrowly missing a newsboy police found six empty cartridges and Kennedy surrendered without resistance at the appliance store
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Pulaski
Harless Kent Draper
Charles 8. Kennedy
Kennedy
Perry L. Hyde
Pulaski County
Draper
Walter Wayne Harlow
Tee
I. D. Long
Long
Earl Bouldin
Bakers Union Inquiry Focuses On Embezzled Funds
Senate investigators accuse former Bakers Union vice president George Stuart of misusing more than 40000 in union money. Evidence ties funds to purchases in Chicago including a Cadillac and a bed while payments show transfers through international funds to a woman identified as Kay Lower. The case centers on Local 100 and Local 300 Chicago under control of the international union.
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Washington
Bakers Union
Senate
George Stuart
Illinois
Robert F. Kennedy
Mos
Stuart
Chicago
Bakers
Kennedy
International Union
Ieans
Kay Lower
Los
Portland
Los Angeles
James Mundie
E. K. Thorpe
Radio Road
Nixon Urges United GOP at Strategy Conference
Vice President Nixon urged a united fighting GOP at a two day national strategy conference. He argued the Democrats would have spent 40 billion more in five years under their rule and urged the party to attack the administration’s record rather than its rivals. Meade Alcorn said financial contributions have improved and announced Charles S. Thomas as finance committee chairman to raise one million dollars for 1957.
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Pai
Nixon
Republican National
Meade Alcorn
Eisenhower
Saratoga
Florida
Alcorn
Charles 8. Thomas
Los Angeles
Republican National Finance Committee
Chicago Attorney Kills Former Wife in Tragic Split
In Chicago a 64-year-old attorney Bailey Stanton killed his former wife Dr. Margaret Stanton 48 and wounded himself after a note blamed love beyond reason. The two had been married twice and were estranged and reportedly engaged to another man.
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Chicago
Bailey Stanton
Stanton
Margaret Stanton
Michael Franz
Stantons
Max Sperling
Bailey
William Gleason
Dr. Stanton
Max Forkosh
Town Hall
Defense Asks Girard Return To Stateside
Attorney mov es seek to keep William S Girard from being handed to Japanese custody. A habeas corpus hearing is set for Tuesday as U S officials question transferring him for trial. Threat of diplomatic and legal actions grows with House and Senate criticism.
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Defense
Girard
Washington
Wiliam S. Girard
U. S. Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Earl J. Carroll
New York
Dayton M. Harrington
James C. Reynolds
Elliott Young
Dorothy Id
Ottawa
Ill
Peoria
Hinton Man Named New Insurance Czar
Governor Unrterwood announces Louie E. Miller Jr. resignation as insurance commissioner. Harold Neely Hinton, deputy since April 1, named as successor effective July. Neely, Summers County native and Harvard law graduate, previously served in WWI war crimes prosecutor staff and the 8th Air Force. Alma Straight Weinberg also resigns as superintendent of the Industrial Home for Girls at Salem. Merle Morris named to succeed effective July 1. Ken Byrne named permanent Welch Emergency Hospital superintendent.
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Neely
Miller
Marland
Charleston
Harold A. Bangert Jr
Summers County
West Virginia University
Harvard University
Elaff
Nurnberg
Germany
8Th Air Force
Alma Straight Weinberg
Salem
Merle Morris
Underwood
Kenneth N. Byrne
Welch Emergency Hospital
High School Honors Entire Student Body in Ceremony
In Buffalo New York today the school honored all students for perfect attendance as part of a salute to a retiring truancy officer. The event celebrated collective achievement marking the officer’s long service.
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Buffalo, N. Y
President Sees Weapons Action On Ocean to Ocean Carrier Flight
President Eisenhower watches as two Navy FSU Crusader jets land on the USS Saratoga after a Pacific coast to Atlantic dash in 3 hours 28 minutes. The demonstration, witnessed by Dulles Wilson and Humphrey, highlights rapid carrier redeployment in any atomic age emergency.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Saratoga
Eisenhower
Navy
Atlantic
California
Florida
Dulles
Defense
Wilson
Mayport Naval Base
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Calif
Influenza Epidemic Spreads in Delhi Slums and Temples
June 6 New Delhi reports the Asian influenza spreads through Delhi slums and holy men at the Jumna River. About 100 sadhus at sacrificial fires are stricken. Government closes all schools pools and cinemas indefinitely. Public transport police and telegraph services cut due to manpower losses.
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New Delhi
Delhi
Jumna
Civil rights bill faces sectional clashes in House
Southerners battled to derail the civil rights bill as the House prepared general debate and possible amendments. Rep. Howard Smith challenged a report on changes in law, while Rep. Celler defended jury trials for contempt cases. Senate comments urged President Eisenhower to rethink backing the measure.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
House
Howard Smith
Dva
Rules Committee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Smith
Judiciary
Alabama
Eisenhower
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Civil Rights Investigations Commission
Rep
Keating
Sen
Robertson
D-Va
Truman praises healthy grandson after New York birth
Former president Harry S. Truman met his first grandson born in Sean Hospital New York. The 6 pound 8 ounce baby, unnamed, arrived by Caesarean section to Margaret Truman Daniel and Clifton Daniel of The New York Times. Truman said the baby looked like a two day old infant and wished the child well. Both mother and child are reported healthy. Margaret and Truman traveled from Missouri to visit.
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New York
June &M
Harry S. Truman
Harry
Dunoce
Sean Hospital
Truman
Margaret Truman Daniel
Margaret
Clifton Daniel
The
New York Times
McComas athlete drowns in abandoned quarry near Saltville
16 year old Howard Lee Bise, McComas High School junior and basketball standout, drowned while swimming at a long-abandoned Matheson Alkali Co. quarry near Old Quarry, Virginia. He swam 150 yards across the pond before tiring, with cramps or exhaustion cited as the likely cause. His body was recovered about two hours later as crowds gathered. The death is being investigated and arrangements were made at Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville.
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McComas
Matheson Alkali Co
Old Quarry
Saltville
Bise
William Bise
James Myers
Lions Gap
John Tay Wolfe
Charles Norris
Rise
Virginia
Washington County
Marion
Annie B. Tuell
Chilhowie
Ex Mullens Youth Drowning Victim Identified
An 18 year old former Mullens youth Roy Wingo drowned in the James River near Eagle Rock Virginia around 4 pm Wednesday while swimming with two companions Bernard West and Billy Niday. The body was recovered after two hours and is to be laid to rest in Lindside Bradley Cemetery after services at Peterstown Church of God Saturday. Broyles Funeral Home of Peters town arranging.
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James River
Eagle Rock
Broyles Funeral
Peterstown
Roy Wingo
Arnold Wingo
Wingo
Bale Rock
Bernard West
Billy Niday
Beatrice Wingo
Clarence
Billy
Junior Wingo
Ruth Wingo
Jack Terry
Athens
Peterstown Church of God
Bradley Cemetery
Lindside
Jess
Lawrence
Junior Bradley
Marion Miller
Broyles Funeral Home
Covington
Statesmen Rule In Greek Case
The State Department says a Greek court trial for Airman J C Musilli in the manslaughter death of Gen Stephen Sarfais is in line with a Greece United States status of forces agreement. Officials say the U S can challenge or accept the Greek position, and no basis exists to block the trial. Musilli, off duty, was driving privately when the incident occurred and remains in Air Force custody in Greece.
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Washington
State Department
Greece
United States
Moore
R-W Va
Dulles
J.C. Marion Musilli
Benwood
W. Va
Stephen Sarfais
State P Department
U.S
Athens
Musilli
Objec
Mousilli
Lelals
Air Force
Atomic experts give split view on radiation facts
Two scientists testifying before a Senate committee disagreed on whether 1956 National Academy of Sciences findings on radiation risk remain current. Dr. Walter C. Selove said no new facts would alter the report, while others questioned the adequacy of that assessment as fallout concerns continue to prompt inquiries.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter C. Selove
University of Pennsylvania
Senate House
National Academy
National Academy Report
Ligue Pauling
Senate Internet Security Subcommittee
Robert Morris
California
Institute of Technology Biochemistry Department
Nuclear scientists plan atomic ships
Nuclear scientists from eight nations announced plans to build atomic powered freighters and tankers. The closing session of a three day atomic power conference in Hamburg featured representatives from West Germany England France Holland Japan Norway Sweden and the United States.
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Germany
West Germany
England
France
Holland
Japan
Norway
Sweden
United States
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