Dag Hammarskjold seeks to avert world crisis in Lebanon revolt
In Beirut, fighting rages in Tripoli as U N Secretary General Hammarskjold moves to prevent Lebanon’s rebellion from triggering a broader crisis. At least 10 killed, 20 wounded as government forces shell rebels. an unofficial truce holds while observers debate armed intervention.
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Tripoli
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
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Hammarskjold
New York
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U.N
Solh
Senate approves tax bill to cut freight levy
Senate quick approval of a compromise tax extension bill ends the 3 percent freight tax while keeping a 10 percent tax on passenger fares for trains buses planes and ships. House action delayed. Smathers vows to push for passenger tax elimination later.
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Washington
House
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Demos Disappointed Wagner Misses Charleston Dinner
About 300 West Virginia Democrats attended the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner at the Daniel Boone Hotel expecting Robert F. Wagner to speak. Wagner’s plane trouble delayed him. after attempts to reach Charleston, he returned to New York by train, leaving local leaders to fill the speaking slots with five state candidates for Senate.
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West Virginia
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Daniel Boone Hotel
New York
Del
Harry R. Pauley
McDowell
House
U. S. Senate
William C. Marland
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Arnold M. Vickers
Montgomery
W. R
Squib” Wilson
Fairmont
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Former Richlands Woman Dies In Wreck
A 37 year old woman, Elizabeth Crigger, wife of Swan son Crigger, a former Richlands police chief, died in a head on crash between Abingdon and Bristol. Three others injured including Crigger and his mother in law Mrs Mary Lee. Truck driver Earl Leonard treated and released. The accident raised Virginia highway deaths to 360 for the year.
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Bristol
Virginia
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Swanson Crigger
Crigger
Hampton
Mary Lee
Watheville
Seri
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Earl Leonard
Bristol, Tenn
Avingdon
Ites Antes
US protests detention of nine captured servicemen
Washington voices grave concern over the prolonged detention of nine U S Army men in East Germany after their helicopter went down in a June storm. The State Department issued a formal note to the Soviet government demanding immediate freedom for the crew and aircraft. An East German official described the men as living on an extended vacation.
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United States
East Germany
State Department
Russia
Negroes Seek Supreme Court Special Session on School Integration
Negro attorneys urged the Supreme Court to hold a special session to overturn in Little Rock the two year delay in school integration. They argued Judge Lemley’s delay order invites mob rule and conflicts with the 1955 call for desegregation with all deliberate speed. A stay request and merits appeal 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 ordered three U S scientists to Geneva to pursue nuclear test detection talks with Russia. Moscow shifted on the timing while promising possible participation after naming Romanian physicist Horia Hulubei, as U S officials urged perseverance toward disarmament despite Russia may raise objections.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Geneva
Russia
United States
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State Department
Lincoln White
Horia Hulubei
Llewellyn Thompson
New York
Idlewild
Switzerland
Mass in Vienna for Nagy and associates
A memorial Mass for executed Hungarian ex Premier Imre Nagy and his associates was celebrated Thursday night by a Hungarian refugee priest in Vienna at St Stephan’s Cathedral, with the city’s cathedral crowd in attendance.
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Imre Nagy
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Adams Denies Charge He Had Interest In Goldfine Mills
Navy probes Vanguard satellite failure as Cape Canaveral teams work to piece together telemetry. GE unveils radical engine to push a heavier satellite, pondering impacts on U S space lead. Adams denies Fox testimony alleging his ties to Bernard Goldfine and promises aid in a federal case.
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Goldfines Mills
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Sherman Adams
John Fox
Boston
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Goldfine
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Little Leaguer Won’t Play Braves Game As Scheduled
In Rockingham Virginia a 10 year old boy Jim Shupe was rushed to surgery after a train accident harmed him while en route to a Little League game against the Braves. A nurse administered anesthesia before his leg was crushed and amputated.
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Jim
Foreign Aid Funds Take Deep Slash
Rep. Otto E Passman confirmed that a House Appropriations subcommittee cut about 482% million dollars from foreign aid funds. He blamed leaks by spenders and wasters and said the full committee will consider the subcommittee's action Friday. The cut would total about 50 million less than Eisenhower had requested.
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Otto E. Passman
Dla
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Passman
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Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Jet Tankers Set Nonstop Test From New York to London
Four KC-135 jet tankers of the Strategic Air Command departed Westover AFB Massachusetts to chase speed records for nonstop and one way flights between New York and London. Two planes aim for a nonstop round trip of 6994 miles with landings at Baltimore and Westover on the return. The other two target one way legs ending at Brize Norton England with one home leg to Floyd Bennett Field New York. The record for the London to New York flight stood 7 hours 29 minutes with a 14 hour 21 minute elapsed time for the round trip.
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Strategic Air Command
New York
London
Baltimore
Friendship International
Westover
Brize Norton Air Base
England
J. W. Hackett
Welch Father of Seven Believed Train Victim
Funeral arrangements are pending for Tom Wilbur Booker a 46 year old Mc Dowell County man believed killed by a train Wednesday night Investigators say he was found between eastbound and westbound tracks near Tug Fork Branch in Welch He was last employed despite a heart condition and is survived by his wife Naomi Belcher Booker seven children three brothers one sister and a host of relatives. His body remains at O J Douglas Mortuary pending completion of arrangements.
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Tom Wilbur Booker
North Welch
Welch
Norfolk and Western Railway
Tug Fork
Heis Seat
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 Mortuary
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