British Sub Sidon Sinks In Portland Harbor Killing 13
Explosion of a practice torpedo tore open the front end of the submarine Sidon in Portland harbor. Thirteen officers and men were killed, seven others injured, as rescue efforts failed to find survivors. Sidon sank 36 feet down after the blast, with oxygen in the torpedo lines cited as a factor.
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Portland
England
Pracce
Sidon
Royal Navy
Emery
Britain
English Channel
Thirteen Dead In Panair Brasil Airliner Crash
A four engine Constellation crashed in fog near Asuncion Paraguay on a 6800 mile leg from London to Buenos Aires. Ten aboard survived and 13 are listed as dead or missing. Notable passengers included Time magazine bureau chief John Dowling and soccer coach Cecilio Bartoli.
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Graham
Panair Do Brasil
London
Buenos Aires
Cuatro Mojones
Asuncion
Paraguay River
Paraguay
John
Dowling
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Time Magazine
Eddie
Comedienne Raye Dooley Dowling
Cecilio Bartoli
Italy
Turin
Iene
Air Ministry
Panair
Pan American World Airways
Rio de Janeiro
House Backs Dixon Yates Power Deal In Budget Passage
The House approved a 1.372 billion fiscal year funding bill and backed the Dixon Yates private power project by a 198 to 169 vote removing a ban on a transmission line to TVA. TVA opponents had pressed to let TVA build its own plant at Fulton.
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Washington
House
Senate
Appropriations
Fulton
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Atomic Ees Commission
West Memphis
Ark
Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Southwestern Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
Bureau
Army Engineers
I T
Dixon- Yates
Eisenhower
Seamen Strike Ties Up Shipping Across U. S. Ports
Seamen nationwide vote hit 33 000 members of the CIO NMU prompting no-work orders in 18 states. Old contracts expired at midnight and about 40 ships were tied up from Galveston to Portland with more to follow. ships allowed to dock but not sail out.
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Britain
East
Gulf Coast
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Galveston
Tex
Portland
Jury Frees Wyoming Wife In Mate Slaying
In Pineville West Virginia a Wyoming County jury found Mrs Marie McClure not guilty of murder after a 45 minute deliberation over the September 22 killing of her husband Thomas Ward McClure. The defense contended she did not know a gauge shotgun she was cleaning was loaded when it fired. The state had claimed her son said the gun was loaded.
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Pineville
W. Va
Wyoming
Marie McClure
McCarthy Calls Geneva Talks a Tragic Blunder
Sen. McCarthy denounces Eisenhower and Dulles over Big Four talks with Russia. He says the adminstration risks the free world with a defeatist posture and urges a sharper Geneva agenda focusing on liberation of captive countries and no concessions on neutrality, Formosa, or nuclear arms. Other senators support Eisenhower's policy and warn against defeatist views.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Russia
Wisconsin
Senate
Free World
Bender
Ohio
Kremlin
Geneva
Germany
Formosa Straits
Knowland
Money Awarded In Mistrial Case
A Court of Claims judge awarded $112 291 to 41 year old Louis Hoffner for 12 years in prison on a murder case later set aside. Hoffner celebrated his release, while Judge Frederick A. Young called the conviction a tragic miscarriage of justice and praised the state’s civil redress.
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New York
Court of Claims
Louis Hoffner
Hoffner
Frederick A. Young
Young
Queens
Edward J. Mowery
New York World-Telegram & Sun
Court of
Molotov to appear on nationwide TV program
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov agreed to appear on CBS Face the Nation for a public questioning on East West relations. The program, set for Sunday June 26, will air 5:48 to 6 p.m. EDT on TV and 10:05 to 10:30 p.m. on radio.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
V. M. Molotov
Washington
Moscow
CBS
Irving Gil
Radio-Televison
Boy Questioned In Girls Killing At Park
An 18 year old is cross examined in the two girls killings at a Maryland park near University of Maryland. He is said to have dated Michael Ann Ryan last summer but denied involvement. Police say others are in custody or to be picked up as the case unfolds.
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Washington
Richard Pearson
University of Maryland
Pearson
Michael A
Michael Ann
Lane Manor
Northwestern High School
Nancy Marie Shomette
Prince Georges County
Michael
Thomas W. Ryan
Ryan
Othr
Defense Moves To Close Trial On Grand Larceny
Defense attorneys in Wood County Circuit Court moved for a directed verdict today in the grand larceny trial of Wayne Bullman a 43 year old Vienna resident. The state accuses Bullman of planning a holdup at Vienna Finance Co and stealing about 1400 dollars on July 6 1954 from the firm in Parkersburg Vienna and Wood County.
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Parkersburg
Wayne Bullman
Wood County
Vienna
Vienna Finance Co
Bullman
Thayer Plant May Move To Bluefield With $200000 Pledged
The Thayer Manufacturing Company plans to relocate a main plant to Bluefield if a suitable site and building are provided. ADC reports $200000 in pledges with about half a million dollars needed to construct a one floor 800 by 100 foot facility. The plant would employ 200 to 300 workers initially, rising to 1000 with expansion, and would produce high chairs cribs play pens rockers and related nursery goods. The Norfolk and Western Railway backs the site development effort and negotiations continue with Joseph P. Carney and Philip Carney of Thayer Networks.
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Thayer Manufacturing Company
Bluefield
E. G. Otey
Area Development Corporation
Gardner
Mass
ADC
Joseph P. Carney
Thayer
Philip Carney
Carneys
Thayer Company
Bluefield Area Development Corporation
Thayer Inc
New England
Arlington Chair Company
Hale's Bottom
Falls Mills
Norfolk and Western Railway
POWs Who Back Home May Face Action For Their Acts
Emergency press release from Washington says returning American POWs who deserted to Communist China may face trial for wrong acts. Twenty one of twenty three remaining POWs could be prosecuted under military justice rules. two already convicted for collaborating with the enemy.
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China
U. S
United States
White House
State, Defense and Justice Departments
Cpl
Edward 8. Dickenson
Cracker's Neck
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit
Texas
Dickenson
Batchelor
U. S. Court of Military Appeals
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Lewie W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tenn
Vatican Excommunicates Argentina Rulers Over Crackdown
The Vatican excommunicated President Juan Peron and many government members amid church state clashes in Argentina. Priests were arrested and a Buenos Aires bishop expelled as Rome noted a break in diplomatic ties while Peron remained in power.
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Vatican City
Argentina
Vatican
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Civilian Defense Alert Ends After Mock Nuclear War Drill
In a secret Pentagon briefing President Eisenhower and advisers reviewed damage from yesterday's mock bombings. The Operation Alert 1955 exercise tested civil defense readiness and government continuity from isolated retreats across 61 cities, with officials pumping out theoretical orders for 15 000 uprooted workers. Unofficial cost estimates exceed 500 000 dollars as agencies absorb expenses in their budgets.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Algentia
Murray Snyder
Senate Grants Four Year Draft Extension In Surprise Vote
The Senate approved a four year extension of the regular draft and a two year extension of the doctors draft by voice vote with little debate. Both measures run through the end of the month as Republicans and Democrats crossed ranks.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Russell
D-Ga
Free Armed Services Committee
House
Wildcatters Plot To Stop Liners
Striking seamen planned to extend their walkout to the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary in Southampton. The Queen Mary failed to sail for New York as 500 crewmen filed down the gangway, leaving 1,175 anxious passengers returning to London. Six other transatlantic liners were tied up at Liverpool while the Elizabeth steamed toward Southampton. The walkout seeks a 48 hour guaranteed week and higher shore subsistence with improved living conditions aboard, as 171 ships were idle and 43 fully worked.
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London
Southampton
New York
Waterloo Station
Liverpool
High Seas
Elizabeth
Sutton Dam Included In Navigation Budget
Washington June 16 The House voted over 526 million dollars for flood control and navigation, including 1.3 million for Sutton Dam West Virginia. The vote surpassed the Appropriations Committee figures by about 53 million dollars amid protests of log rolling and pork barrel.
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Washington
House
Sutton, W. Va
Church Action Against Peron Sparks Buenos Aires Battle
Rebels attack the Government House area as air raids bring heavy casualties. President Peron declares the revolt crushed and urges calm while Congress meets to declare martial law and a state of siege. Civilian deaths and damage unfold around Plaza de Mayo and Casa Rosada.
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Plaza de Mayo
Peron
Navy
Government House
Casa Rosada
National Cathedral
Charlestonian Named Southern West Virginia Father of the Year
Hubert R. Woodfell of Charleston was selected as Southern West Virginia Father of the Year. The 40 year old tool finisher already father of five adopted a 15 year old boy, with six children praising him as the one in the world.
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Charleston
Hubert R. Woodfell
West Virginia
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