Eisenhower Shows Strong Recovery After Last Stitches Removed
President Eisenhower’s morale rises as doctors remove his final abdominal surgery sutures. He walks eight feet to greet Mrs. Eisenhower and holds a one hour meeting with Sherman Adams. Press aide Hagerty reports steady progress and possible hospital discharge in about a week.
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Walter Reed
White House
Sherman Adams
Hagerty
Admiral Ernest King Stricken In Critical Condition
Portsmouth June 24 Admiral Ernest J King wartime commander is reported in critical condition at Portsmouth Naval Hospital after an initial rally his circulatory and respiratory failure worsened despite therapy He is 77 and spends summers at the Portsmouth hospital and winters at Bethesda Marylandarnia.
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Navy Medical Center
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Naval Hospital
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Sea Bat Contract Won By Piasecki Aircraft
Piasecki Aircraft Corp. wins U S Navy contract to build Sea Bat an experimental unmanned lift aircraft. It will be small enough for storage aboard small warships or submarines and operable from shipboard land bases. The Sea Bat will hover above the sea and dart in any direction.
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Philadelphia
Piasecki Aircraft Corp
U. S. Navy
Frank N. Piasecki
Firn
Bat
Western Pennsylvania Hit Again By Storms
A new series of thunderstorms crossed Western Pennsylvania from Ohio Sunday afternoon causing damage and renewed flooding. A Harmony boy drowned in Zelienople during the weekend storm as the system moved through New Castle Kittanning Erie and Pittsburgh with downed trees wires and overflowing gutters reported across the region.
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Meadville
Icelanders vote in pivotal referendum on U S bases
Reykjavik voters faced a heated referendum on whether to keep the American NATO bases at Keflavik and radar posts that defend Europe and North America. All four minor parties urged withdrawal, while conservatives warned a decision to mothball the bases would weaken Western defenses and play into Russian hands.
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Governors Conference in Atlantic City prompts Harriman bid talk
At the 48th annual governors meeting in Atlantic City, Gov. Averell Harriman of New York said he is seeking support for his Democratic presidential bid. He announced a cocktail party and said discussions will cover civil rights plank and party unity. Meyner and Williams backed a strong civil rights stance while avoiding a Dixie walkout, and Harriman noted Southern voter attitudes by predicting Ike may not win the region.
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G. Mennen Williams
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Knight
Twenty Four Die In British Plane Crash
Lagos report says twenty four killed in a British Overseas Airways Argonaut crash at Kano Nigeria after takeoff for London. Many survivors burned. some may not be. The four engine aircraft was on a flight to London when it went down.
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Nigeria
British Overseas Airways Corp
Kano
London
Hospital Boss Strikes Back Over Virginia Hospital Neglect Claims
Richmond June 4 The hospital commissioner refutes neglect claims about State Hospital in Virginia and defends board oversight. He says personnel acted as fast as possible while a three man committee urged removal of the Southwestern superintendent for gross negligence in business and finances. Dr Joseph R Blalock may be reassigned within the state mental hospital system.
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Mene
Reval Assembly
Stanley
Southwestern
Joseph R. Blalock
Congress Faces Hot Week Ahead in Election Year Battles
The coming week in Congress promises clashes over veterans pensions funding and a major school construction aid bill. lawmakers will also tackle a vast interstate highway program while civil rights legislation and foreign aid loom large in the agenda.
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House Veterans Committee
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D-Texas
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Eisenhower
Air Force Budget Debate Sparks Senate Clash Over Aid
Senator Bridges says resentment over Defense Secretary Wilson may push the Air Force budget higher than Bridges proposed. The Appropriations panel favors about 1.69 billion for the Air Force, with a broader Democratic plan likely. Wilson denies a phony hindrance, while Chavez and other Democrats back the larger increase.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
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Big Three Steel Firms Offer $4 200 Pay Rise Over Five Years
The United States Steel, Bethlehem, and Republic announce a wage and benefits package totaling 4,200 over five years for 650,000 United Steelworkers members. The plan, costing 2.3 billion in five years, raises average wages from 350 in year one to 1,300 in year five, plus living-cost adjustments. Negotiations enter final week before a strike deadline as McDonald brands the industry offer inadequate.
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United Steelworkers of America
David J. McDonald
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
McDonald
McDonald's
United Steelworkers
Big Three
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Twining Reaffirms Peaceful U S Stance at Moscow Show
Gen Nathan Twining told Soviet leaders US is peaceful but will not disarm until worldwide arms control is assured. He attended a Defense Ministry reception with Zhukov and Khrushchev as Moscow showcased new Soviet fighters and a jet transport. Twining noted the air exhibit's six or seven aircraft, and recalled Eisenhower's Geneva efforts while stressing a cautious disarmament path.
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Defense Ministry
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Georgi K. Zhukov
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Zhukov
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Khrushchev
Communist Party
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Bulganin
Sir Anthony) Eden
U. S
Russia
Tushino
Korea
Burglar Snags Parrot But Is Nabbed in Mexico City
A burglar in Mexico City stole loot from Virginia Diego de Garcia including a parrot. The bird loudly alerted residents, leading to the thief's capture by authorities.
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Mexico City
Virginia Diego de Garcia
Health Welfare Names New Head for Major Region
Edmund Baxter a career government employee was appointed director of three divisions of the Department of Health Education and Welfare Region three covers Virginia Maryland Kentucky North Carolina West Virginia the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Baxter 43 born in Richmond Kentucky has about twenty years in government service with headquarters at Charlottesville Virginia.
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Edmund Baxter
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Baxter
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Governors Conference Opens as Harriman Seeks Support
New York Governor Averell Harriman gestures during a press conference at the annual National Governors Conference. He says he is fishing openly for support of his Democratic presidential nomination bid among fellow governors.
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Averell Harriman
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