Ike and Queen Open Inland Seaway
Senate Armed Services Committee pressed new defense questions during the seventh Secretaries' Conference at the Pentagon. McElroy outlined the master plan for continental air defense as experts faced queries on city losses from nuclear blasts and the balance between defense and offensive forces amid SAC's offensive doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quantico
Senate
Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Pentagon
Continental Air Defense
Senate Armed Services Committee
Strategic Air Command
United States
Seaway symbolic opening as Eisenhower and Queen sail Britannia
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II sailed the Britannia into the St Lawrence Seaway lock opening a peaceful symbol of cooperation between the United States and Canada. The royal voyage showcased the project as a monument to friendship while the yacht traversed 31 miles to the Beauharnois Lock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Queen Elizabeth II
Frances Lewine
Montreal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Britannia
Atlantic Ocean
North America
Canada
St. Lambert
Great Lakes
Queen
Prince Philip
Beauharnois Lock
St. Lawrence
United States
Elizabeth
Philip
Ont
Massena
Steel-Union Talks Collapse as Walkout Looms
In New York, steel industry leaders rejected a union bid for Friday night talks, prompting union president David J. McDonald to convene the International Executive Board. With no progress, a nationwide steel strike threatening the economy looms as talks stall and retroactive gains are disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David J. McDonald
McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Roger M. Blough
US. Steel
Cooper
International Executive Board
Cooper Bargaining Group
Steelworkers Union
Washingon
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
68 Die As TWA Airliner Crashes In Italy
The article reports a TWA airliner crash in Italy with 68 fatalities including many Americans. It also covers U.S. Senate clashes between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Teamsters president James R. Hoffa over union corruption and Hoffa’s refusal to purge officials. Headlines emphasize political strife and the deadly aviation tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TWA
Italy
Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Kennedy
Hoffa
Truckers’ Union
Senate Labor Management Committee
Massachusetts
Teamsters
George H. Bender
Ohio
Bender
Raeder
Detroit Times
Long Hits Vengeance Trail Following Release
Gov Earl Long, released from a Louisiana mental hospital, fires state police chief John Nick Brown and names Rosenblum and Dr L H McLendon to top posts. He vows to continue his gubernatorial campaign and hints at a special session amid a dramatic power shift and hospital board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
John Nick Brown
Long
Brown
E. P. Roy
Louisiana (Mental
Mandeville
Baton Rouge
Texas
Louisiana Hospital Board
Jesse Bankston
State Hospitals
Charles Belcher
Southeast Hospital
Gov. Long
Charles Rosenblum
L. H. McLendon
Bankston
Robert Heath
Tulane University
New Orleans
Charles Watkins
Louisiana State University
Department of
Joe Arthur Sims
Robert Jones
22Nd Judicial District
Belcher
Rosenblum
Dr. McLendon
Earl Long
Plane Crash Near Milan Kills 68 in Lightning Storm
A Trans World Airlines jet with American and Italian passengers plunged in flames during a thunderstorm near Milan. All 68 aboard died as rescue teams recovered scattered wreckage and witnesses blamed lightning. Investigators began probing possible causes.
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Milan
Italy
Trans World Airlines
Chicago
Alps
TWA
U.S
US Civil Aeronautics Board
Baltimore
Maria Saccheti Fermi
Enrico Fermi
Rome
Fermi
Swede Stops Patterson In Third Round at Yankee Stadium
Sweden’s Ingemar Johansson knocked out Floyd Patterson in the third round to win the world heavyweight title at Yankee Stadium. The undefeated challenger, a 5-1 underdog, floored Patterson seven times as one of boxing’s great upsets sparked a wild arena celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Yankee Stadium
Patterson
Doctor Testifies On Virginity In Queens Youth Case
In Queens Adolescent Court a doctor testified a 14 year old girl appeared a virgin shortly before alleged assault by four Black youths. Defendants include 16 year olds Jacob Bethea John Rich Henry Stokes and 17 year old Edward Jacobs. Two younger boys face juvenile delinquency charges. identities withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queens
Peter J. Milazzo
Milazzo
Jacob Bethea
John Rich
Henry Stokes
Edward Jacobs
Compromise Tax Program Clears Committee In Washington
A conference committee finished a final draft of the corporation excise tax bill. It trims telephone and transportation taxes for a one year period while rejecting a Senate plan to end the 4 percent tax credit on dividend income above 50 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
House
Conference Committee
James S. Gillespie Named To Ag Board
James S. Gillespie of Tazewell County will replace Delman Carr on the Virginia state ASC committee becoming effective July 1. The committee oversees Federal farm aid programs and Gillespie operates a 2,250 acre farm near Pounding Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
James S. Gillespie
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
ASC
Gillespie
Pounding Mill
Delman Carr
Isle of Wight County
Young Waitress Waives Hearing in Kidnap Case
Charleston waitress Ruby Matthews 29 waived a preliminary hearing on kidnapping and weapon charges involving her 4 year old daughter Robin. She was held for a Kanawha County grand jury and returned to jail on 2500 dollar bond after the St Albans hearing.
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Charleston
Ruby Matthews
Robin
George Raider
St. Albans
Kanawha County
Grand Jury
Matthews
Ashland
Worstell
Columbus
Ohio
Virginia Myers
Hawaii votes on statehood and first primary in 1959
Hawaii faces a dual ballot with a statehood referendum and a Democratic primary. Statehood appears to win wide approval as Hawaii also prepares to elect two U.S. senators one representative and its first governor and legislature. About 170000 voters are registered for the July 28 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Congress
Hawaii Statehood Commission
Escaped patient shoots priest on Chicago street
In downtown Chicago a 51 year old Roman Catholic priest Msgr Joseph Schneider was wounded by Clyde Morr a 69 year old escapee from psychiatric care Morr fled Kan kakee State Hospital in 1954 and told police he had targeted priests Morr was hospitalized for groin wound with condition described as fair authorities continued to investigate motives as onlookers witnessed the shooting on Washington street near Marshall Field and Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ohio
Joseph Schneider
Mt. St. Mary's Seminary
Norwood
Washington Street
Marshall Field & Co
Clyde Morr
Morr
Kankakee State Hospital
Msgr. Schneider
Ohio Seminary
Mercy Hospital
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Ike
McElroy
Strauss
Norman Walker
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Toursman
Sen. Kennedy
Obermeyer
Joseph Prebenda
Teamsters Local 372
Prebenda
The
Times
Gov
Kyran Phelan
Moor
Clyde Cectil Moor
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