Guatemala President Resigns as Diaz Takes Command
President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman of Guatemala announced his resignation in a radio broadcast and handed power to Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz, with a possible military junta to be formed. Rebels led by Castillo Armas advanced toward Guatemala City as tensions rose across the nation.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Associated Press
Guatemala City
Diaz
Carlos Castillo Arm
Castillo Armas
Arbenz
Col. Diaz
Liberation Radio
Jack Rutledge
Storm Hits Northern Part Of State With Fatalities
A severe storm swept northern West Virginia causing two deaths in Hancock County when a lightning strike hit cars at Waterford Park race track killing Kenneth Zane Davis and his nephew Thomas J. Lewis. The storm damaged buildings, downed trees, flooded basements, and cut power to Buckhannon Philippi Shinnston Riversville Clarksburg.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Ohio
Chester
Hancock Nty
Waterford Park Race Track
Kenneth Zane Davis
Thomas J. Lewis
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Monongahela Power Co
Buckhannon
Philippi
Shinnston
Riversvile
Elkins
Weston
West Union
Doddridge County
Parkersburg
Grafton
Morgantown
Mannington
Ohio River
Moundsville
Awooden High School
Sweeney Sees Political Revolt In Coal Fields
Lewisburg West Virginia June 27 Tom Sweeney of Wheeling the publican candidate for the U S Senate spoke to Greenbrier County Republicans during a 10 day tour of southern West Virginia. He said coal miners are fed up and will not be led like sheep any longer noting many mines closed before Eisenhower took office.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Tom Sweeney
Wheeling
U. S
M. M
Greenbrier County
West Virginia
Sweeney
Eisenhower
Charleston To Get New Chemical Plant
South Charleston, Va. announces a 2.7 million dollar ammonia plant to be built on Alkali Dies Road. Vision by Food Machinery and Chemical Corp. Construction to start within four months. The plant will produce about 60 tons of ammonia daily for agricultural products. Plant manager J A Mooney cites completion by late 1955.
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South Charleston
Chile
Vision of Food Machinery and Eaten Corp
J. A. Mooney
Anglo American leaders split on Southeast Asia policy
Washington reports Eisenhower and Churchill ended a three day meeting without accord on a joint U S British approach to counter communism in Southeast Asia. Dulles Eden and other officials held detailed sessions while a final communique was prepared for tomorrow.
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South-East Asia
Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Southeast Asia
White House
Dulles
Anthony Eden
United States
United Sabes
Britain
Far East
U.S
Eden
Moe of Commons
Edens
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Indochina
Daniel Gilbert Leaves Humorous Will In Yorkshire Grave
In a Yorkshire burial tale, Daniel Gilbert asked to be buried with his wife and to have the gravestone inscribed Daniel in the Lion's Den. The testament was published posthumously in London with these instructions.
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London
Yorkshire
Septimus Daniel Gilbert
Daniel
Call for 5000 civilian reserve executives issued
Washington reports the National Planning Association urges immediate recruiting of a five to ten deep list of 300 to 5000 qualified executives for war agency top jobs in an emergency. ODM would mobilize a nationwide canvass and run a school to train 200 at a time in wartime processes and governance.
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Washington
National Planning Assn
NPA
Association
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Two Teens Canoe 40 Miles in 29 Hours From Cartersville
Tom Steel of Richmond and Joe Norman of Mechanicsville completed a 40 mile canoe trip in 29 hours from Cartersville to Richmond. The 19-year-olds rode out a Saturday night storm near Maidens in Goochland County and faced a delayed pace, though they finished ahead of schedule. Steel plans a 300 mile Canada tour in late August, while Norman will miss the trip due to a conflict with his wedding date.
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Richmond
Cartersville
Cumberland County
Tom Steel
Joe Norman
Mechanicsville
Steel
Canada
Norman
Maidens
Goochland County
Young Mother and Three Children Die in Farmhouse Fire
In Harmony Township near Phillipsburg New Jersey a young mother Thelma Baker 25 and her three children Ronald 5 Robert 1 and Claudia Ludwig 1b perished as the frame house burned. The husband Robert 28 and brother Albert Ludwig escaped with minor burns after attempting to rescue them. The family lived in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania.
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Phillipsburg
N.J
Harmony Township
Thelma Baker
Ronald
Robert
Claudia Ludwig
East Stroudsburg
Baker
Hollywood Weightlifter Richard DuBois Crowned Mr America
Richard DuBois a 21 year old Hollywood weightlifter was named Mr America for 1954 at the AAU national weight lifting championships. The 6 foot 2 inch, 215 pound winner with a 52 inch chest topped 50 contestants and received a trophy at the ceremony in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Richard DuBois
Amateur Athletic Union
DuBois
Mitchell Sees Brownell Making Political Hay
Democratic national chairman Stephen A. Mitchell predictsAttorney General Brownell will seek indictments against prominent Democrats to gain political advantage before the selection. He says the strategy will backfire and faults Brownell as a partisan figure for the Republican party.
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Washington
Stephen A. Mitchell
Brownell
CBS
Itchell
Truman remains in serious condition after emergency surgery
Former President Harry S. Truman showed a critical phase pass in his recovery from major surgery a week ago but remains seriously ill at Research Hospital. Doctors including Dr. Wallace Graham report improved appetite, alertness, and reduced fever, with daily bulletins planned.
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Kansas City
Harry S.truman
Robert Adams
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
Truman
Mr. Truman
Graham
Congress Near Finish On Annual Money Bills
Congress aims to pass all regular appropriations bills by the start of the new fiscal year within four days. Senate Republican Leader Knowland pushes final action on five remaining money bills funding government agencies. One measure, a 405 million dollar terror department bill, nears completion after a conference compromise. The Senate may also advance the 110 million dollar legislative branch bill funding Congress and the judiciary.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Federal
Son of Hinton Couple Drowns in Virginia Pond
Two-year-old Morman Phil lip Simpson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orman Simpson formerly of Hinton West Virginia, drowned in a fish pond in Christiansburg Virginia. The father said the boy wandered from home and apparently fell into the pond in a neighbor’s yard.
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Christiansburg, Va
Morman Phillip Simpson
Orman Simpson
Christiansburg
Hinton
W. Va
West Coast to Japan by Three B47 Bombers
Gen. Walter C. Sweeney Jr. led three B47 jet bombers on a 6,700 mile nonstop flight from California to Japan. The 15th Air Force commander arrived with the trio after a mission from March Field that lasted a little over 16 hours, marking a long transpacific hop.
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Guam
Gan
Walter C. Sweeney Jr
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Japan
March Field
Calif
Fourteen Air Force crew dead in KC97 tanker crash
A KC97 Stratocruiser refueling plane with seven crew and seven passengers crashed on Box Springs Mountain near March Air Force Base at 3:08 a.m. PDT after being diverted from Norton. All aboard died. bodies were recovered by helicopter and to be identified at Altus.
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Altus
Oklahoma
Box Springs
March Air Force Base
Calif
U. S. Air Force
Box Springs Mountain
96Th
Okla
Air Force Base
California
Norton Air Force Base
San Bernardino
Box Spring Mountain
Air Force
Norton
42Nd Air Rescue Squadron
March Air Base
Altus Air Force Base
Japan
March
Chain Reaction Sends These Four To The Hospital
Stockholm businessman Alex Holmström crashed into a tree when a dog darted across the road. His wife was knocked unconscious. A passing cyclist witnessed the crash and also fainted after hitting the same tree. The dog's owner rushed out and was bitten on the nose by his nervous pet. All four were hospitalized.
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Alex Holmstrom
Stockholm
Two Die Six Hurt In Auto Collision
Charleston police report a two car crash on U S 21 seven miles from Charleston left two dead and six injured, one critically. Victims Homer B Shaffer 35 Tyler Mountain and Margaret Ann Jones 13 died. Emmett Eugene Jones brother of the dead girl was critically injured. Other injured were passengers in the same car and in the second car driven by James Beane 29 and an occupant 19 from Sissonville.
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Charleston
U.S
Homer B. Shaffer
Tyler Mountain
Margaret Ann Jones
Emmett Eugene Jones
James Beane
Ous
Eve White
Sissonville
Two Navy Flyers Die In Collision Near Columbus
Two Navy fliers were killed when a Navy Beechcraft transport collided with an American Airlines passenger plane east of Columbus Ohio. The airliner landed safely with 31 passengers and three crew members unharmed. The crash occurred at 8 20 p m EST just before the Columbus stop.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Air Lines
Cmdr
Pomfrey
Ambus Naval Air Station
Lafayette
Ind
State Highway Patrol
Des Moines River Nears Otumwa Crest Amid Floods
The Des Moines River moves toward Ottumwa as floods in central Iowa continue to cause millions in damage. Ottumwa, population about 34,000, expects to ride out the crest near 17 feet tonight after standing at 14 feet this morning with five feet above flood stage. Roads and sewers have restricted access in affected areas.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Des Moines
King
Seepee
Rain Flood Cuts Langtry Transport Links and Strands Train
Rain-swollen rivers wash out bridges near Langtry Texas marooning 266 aboard the Southern Pacific Sunset Limited. Helicopters evacuate passengers to a US 90 landing strip while buses wait for connections. Air drops of food planned if needed as crews keep watch.
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Langtry
Tex
West Texas
Pecos
Devil's Rivers
Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Sunset Limited
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Roy Bean
Bean
Lillian Langtry
Here
Greyhound
Comstock
Air Force
William D Cardwell dies at 86 former Virginia House speaker
Maury Lewis. William Duval Cardwell 86 former speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and Hanover County Democratic Committee chairman for nearly four decades died at his Maitland Florida home. He was born in 1868 near Madison North Carolina and left a large family including three sons and three daughters. Funeral arrangements awaiting.
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N.C
Hanover County
Randolph- Macon College
Washington and Lee University Law School
Cardwell
W. H. Cardwell
R. H. Cardwell Jr
Richemond
Edward G. Cardwell
Norfolk
Annual Folk Festival Set For Glenville
The fifth annual West Virginia Folk Festival will be held in Glenville on Wednesday and Thursday. Festival director Dr. Patrick W. Gainer of West Virginia University will deliver the principal address a lecture recital on state folk songs. The event features music dancing crafts and display of ancient instruments.
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Glenville
W. Va
West Virginia
Patrick W. Gainer
West Virginia University
500 Man Posse Finds Child Lost In High Sierra Alive
Kathy Paxton five years old wandered from her family camp at Woods Lake and survived two nights in 8500 foot high Sierra temperatures near 34 degrees. A 500 man search and a dog's find led by Van Dell brought her within a mile and a half of the camp where she was then treated at Carson City hospital and later released to friends.
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Markleeville
Calif
High Sierra
Kathy Paxton
Lake
Kathy
Van
Stead Air Force Base
van Dell
Air Force
Carson City
Stewart Crandall
Woods Lake
Peter
Coenen Hospital
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Weeny
Ottawa
Mr. America
Mitchell
J. Fred Muggs
New York
Muggs
West Coast
US Airforce
Pretty Yolande
French Riviera
Navy
Texas Hood
William D. Cardwell
Virginia
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