Dag Hammarskjold Fights Lebanon Crisis Spillover
In Tripoli fierce fighting erupts as U N Secretary General Hammarskjold works to avert a world crisis from Lebanon's rebellion. At least 10 killed, 20 wounded as government forces shell rebels and armored cars assault roadblocks amid skirmishes in Bekaa Valley.
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Lebanon
Tripoli
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Bekaa
Hammarskjold
New York
Sami Solh
U.N
Solh
Senate Approves Tax Bill Cutting Freight Levies
The Senate swiftly approved a compromise tax extension that eliminates the 3 percent freight tax while preserving the 10 percent passenger tax on travel by train bus plane and ship. House action awaited. Other rates including corporate tax 52 percent auto taxes and cigarette and alcohol levies were extended to maintain revenue.
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Senate
Washington
House
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Demos Disappointed Wagner Misses Meal
About 300 West Virginia Democrats attended the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner in Charleston to hear a speech by New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner but he could not attend due to airline delays. Hulett C. Smith explained Wagner would not appear and Wagner instead headed back to New York by train. Five state candidates filled the speaking slot, including former Gov. William C. Marland Jennings Randolph Arnold M. Vickers and W. R. Squib Wilson, as the party eyed upcoming elections.
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Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Daniel Boone Hotel
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Democratic State Executive Committee
Washington
New York
Smith
Wagner
Charleston
West Virginia
Del
Harry R. Pauley
McDowell
Forwr
U. S. Senate
Former Richlands Woman Dies In Wreck
Elizabeth Crigger, 37, wife of Swan son Crigger former Richlands police chief, died in a head-on crash between Abingdon and Bristol on State Route 58. Injured were Crigger and Mrs. Mary Lee. truck driver Earl Leonard treated and released. The wreck raised Virginia highway deaths to 360 for the year.
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Richlands
Abingdon
Bristol
Virginia
Elizabeth Crigger
Swanson Crigger
Crigger
Hampton
Mary Lee
Watheville
Seri
Ous
Earl Leonard
Bristol, Tenn
Avingdon
C. R.collins
Leonard
US protests long detention of crew in East Germany
The United States protests the prolonged detention of nine U.S. Army men after their helicopter was forced down in a storm on June 7. Washington filed a formal note with the Soviet government holding Russia responsible for freeing the personnel and aircraft without delay. no reply had been received. An East German official indicated the men remain detained, with some being described as on vacation in comments.
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Washington
United States
East Germany
State Department
Russia
Negro attorneys ask Supreme Court for special session on Little Rock delay
A group of Negro lawyers urge the Supreme Court to convene a special session to overturn a 22 year delay ordered for school integration in Little Rock. They call Judge Lemley's ruling an invitation to violence and incompatible with the 1955 mandate to end segregation with all deliberate speed. The court may decide at a Friday conference. a stay and merits review are before the St Louis Circuit Court.
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Supreme Court
Little Rock
Ark
U.S
Lemley
U.S. Circuit Court
St. Louis
Eisenhower Sends U.S. Scientists to Geneva for Talks
President Eisenhower dispatched three U.S. scientists to Geneva to pursue nuclear talks with Russia despite Moscow signaling a possible boycott. Officials weighed Russia’s shift and Romanians involvement as hopes for a session began to hinge on assurances that talks would lead to a test ban.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Geneva
Russia
United States
Moscow
State Department
Lincoln White
Horia Hulubei
Llewellyn Thompson
New York
Idlewild
Switzerland
Hungarians Hold Mass for Nagy in Vienna Cathedral
In Vienna St Stephan's Cathedral a memorial Mass was led by a Hungarian refugee priest for executed Hungarian ex premier Imre Nagy and his associates. The service drew a packed congregation as the political tragedy echoed through the exiled community.
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Imre Nagy
St. Stephan’s
Adams Denies Interest Claim In Goldfine Mills
Navy probes Vanguard satellite failure as engineers seek clues from telemetry while Vanguard sinks in the Atlantic. GE unveils a powerful new rocket engine aimed at heavier payloads, potentially altering the space race timeline.
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Goldfine's Mills
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
Space
Atlantic Ocean
General Electric Co
Russia
Foreign Aid Funds Take Deep Slash
Rep. Otto E. Passman confirmed that a House subcommittee cut about 482% million dollars from foreign aid funds. He said the leak was deliberate to allege pressure for more money and noted a total cut near 50 million from Eisenhower's request. The full committee would decide Friday amid expected persistence by supporters of higher funding. Dulles warned there may be no end to U S foreign aid while Soviet tactics continue.
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Sherman Adams
John Fox
Boston
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Mills
Goldfine
Eisenhower
White House
Fox
Mr. Fox
Roger Robb
House
Subcommittee On
Federal Trade Commission
Committee of Congress
Boston Post
Otto E. Passman
Dla
House Appropriations
Passman
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Dulles
U. S
Little Leaguer Won't Play That Game With Braves As Scheduled
In Rock Switch Virginia a 10 year old Little Leaguer named Jim Shupe was rushed to surgery after a derailment incident near railroad tracks. The boy’s mother sent him for eggs as he prepared for a game with the Braves and he hoped to play despite the injury.
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Braves
Jim
Jet Tankers Aim for Nonstop New York to London Records
Four KC195 jet tankers of the Strategic Air Command depart Westover Air Force Base to challenge existing nonstop and one way records between New York and London. The round trip covers 6,994 miles with landings in Baltimore and Brize Norton, aiming to surpass a 14 hour record set by a Royal Air Force Canberra in 1955.
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Strategic Air Command
New York
London
Baltimore
Friendship International
Westover
Brize Norton Air Base
England
Royal Air Force
J. W. Hackett
Welch Father of Seven Believed Train Victim
Funeral arrangements pending for 46 year old Tom Wilbur Booker of North Welch believed killed by a train. He was found between railroad tracks late Wednesday night and died at Welch Emergency Hospital. Surviving are his wife Naomi Belcher Booker and seven children, three brothers, one sister, and other relatives. Local investigators suspect internal injuries from a passing train near Tug Fork Branch.
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Tom Wilbur Booker
North Welch
Welch
Norfolk and Western Railway
Tug Fork Branch
Funeral Home
Booker
Thhe Slabs' Coal Co
Raleigh
Naomi Belcher Booker
Patricia
Juanita
Diane
Bobby
Janice
Lillian
Bethel
Connie Booker
Fag Creek
Richard Booker
Carl Booker
California
Bessie Nash
Detroit
Mich
O. J. Douglas
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