Audrey Strikes Texas Louisiana Killing Nine As It Dims
Hurricane Audrey carved a path through Texas and Louisiana killing at least nine people and causing widespread damage. Winds peaked near 80 mph inland after a 100 mph coast surge, with fatalities from a fishing vessel collision and electrocution incidents in Orange. The storm weakened as warnings were lowered inland toward northeastern Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Orange
Tex
Audrey
Texas- Louisiana
Mississippi
U. S
Louisiana
Nickerson Attacks Wilson in Missile Program Court
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. testifies in his Redstone Arsenal court martial accusing Defense Secretary Wilson of grave errors in curbing the Army IRBM program. He denounces reliance on Air Force and industry pressures and stresses Army priority for IRBM, citing expert advisers and secret data.
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John C. Nickerson Jr
Huntsville
Ala
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Wilson
Eisenhower
Nickerson
William
Billy) Mitchell
Redstone Arsenal
Air Force
Aircraft Industry
Ress
Eger V. Murphree
Murphree
Thor
Indusa
Manmade Moon Off By January
Washington reports a manmade moon project aims to launch into space by next January. Officials say most problems are solved and exciting results are expected in 1958 during the International Geophysical Year starting July 1. Ten thousand scientists from 62 nations including Russia and China will participate and share findings.
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Washington
Russia
Red China
No Trace Found Of Fishing Ship Crewmen
Houston June 27 Seven crewmen aboard the 78 ton vessel that sank after crashing an offshore drilling ins near Gal veston last at were identified today by one of the Warren Fish Co. at Pensacola Fla No trace was found of the crew men Capt Samuel Tinsley Newborn Va Gilbert L Stowe Belmark N C Clinton Morris Tampa Fla Pred Mashburn Pensacola Fla L B McDaniels Pensacola Fla Lloyd Winters Moline Ill Robert L Tusler Moline Ill
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Houston
Tex
Galveston
Warren Fish Co
Pensacola
Fla
Indig
Samuel Tinsley
Newborn
Gilbert L. Stowe
Belmark
N. C
Clinton Morris
Tampa
Pia
Pred Mas
N and W to discontinue four trains July 14
The Norfolk and Western Railway received approval from the State Corporation Commission to discontinue four trains effective July 14 after a short hearing with no opposition. Nos. 71 and 72 between Lynchburg and the Virginia North Carolina border and Nos. 13 and 14 between Shenandoah and the Virginia West Virginia line will end. The railroad said the routes averaged less than one passenger per day in April and cost about 17,715 dollars annually.
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Richmond
Norfolk and Western Railway
State Corporation Commission
Scc
Lynchburg
Virginia-North Carolina
Shenandoah
Virginia-West Virginia
Railroad
W. T. Ross
Carolina
Virginia
House Group Aims To End Trials For GIs In Alien Courts
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 188 to approve a resolution pressuring foreign courts to end trials of U S servicemen. The measure, backed by Rep Bow of Ohio, seeks revision or denunciation of status of forces agreements. President Eisenhower has shown support amid debate over Army Specialist William S Girard case. The bill requires Senate and House approval and the president's signature to become law.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Bow
Ohio
U. S
Eisenhower
William S. Girard
Senate
House
Steel Prices Rise Again by July First
U S Steel Corp announces a price increase of about $6 per ton effective July 1 due to higher wages and benefits under a three year USW contract. Other producers may follow. J&L's Avery Adams criticizes the hike as inadequate while Hood cites inflationary costs and aims for a 7.5 cent per pound average.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
United Steel Workers
Avery Adams
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Adams
J&l
U. S. Steel
Clifford F. Hood
USW
Hood
U. S&s. Steel
Pretty Performers Seek Divorces in Los Angeles Courts
In Los Angeles courts during June 27 a group of performers sought divorces. Margaret Herndon 27 won a divorce from William 8 Herndon 41 who testified threats with a knife. Cecile Rogers 19 testified Humbert A Astredo 27 would turn up hi fi making her nervous and was granted a divorce. Joy Windsor who is Bar nets tenth wife sued Charlie Barnet for annulment claiming lack of consummation after their Las Vegas marriage on May 13.
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Los Angeles
Margaret Herndon
William
Joy Windsor
Charlie Barnet
Las Vegas
Police Training Head Secures Cherokee Enrolment
Lt. Phil Woodson head of the Police Training Academy pressed for more recruits and asked for more Indians. Melvin Lubman supplied a full blooded Cherokee enrolled in the police training course in Richmond Virginia.
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Richmond
Phil Woodson
Police
Melvin Lubman
Lubman
Woodson
Soviet note says West Germany must not arm to aid reunification
MOSCOW June 27 The Soviet Union warned that German reunification would be irreconcilable with West German nuclear armament. The note delivered to West German Ambassador Haas by Andrei Gromyko framed Bonn as attempting to influence London talks and warned Bonn would bear responsibility for consequences of cooperation with the West. The note denied Bonn’s atomic arms claims and accused Bonn of election campaign propaganda.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
West
U. N
London
Germany
United States
Wilhelm Haas
Andrei Gromyko
Westly
Kremlin
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Durclear Retaliation & I
Adenauer
Courts uphold State Department passport rulings
The U S Court of Appeals ruled 5 to 3 to uphold the State Department practice of requiring applicants to disclose whether they are or have been Communists. The decision allows passports to be denied or delayed when foreign affairs or national security are involved. The opinion also suggests that individuals in the regulated group are not guaranteed a constitutional right to a passport.
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Rge
Rockwell Kent
Walter Briehl
Los Angeles
Psychia
Sen Knowland Home Robbed of Articles
In Piedmont California on June 27 three youths were arrested as they tried to drive away after robbing the home of Senator William F Knowland. Items stolen included a copper coffee urn a large silver punchbowl and cigarette boxes. The suspects were held for burglary investigation.
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Piedmont
Calif
William PF. Knowland
R-Calif
Estelle
Wachington
Jobless film director tosses bombs at Quirinale Palace
A jobless film director discharged three smoke bombs at the Quirinale Palace, home of President Giovanni Gronchi. Police detained him as he claimed to be Carlo Betti, out of work for two years, while the president's office reviewed his case and promised to consider possible aid.
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Quirinale Palace
Carlo Betti
Betti
Japan Based Troops Start Home Shortly
Secretary of Defense Wilson announced 25 000 to 30 000 U S Army and Marine personnel will leave Japan by Christmas as part of a phased withdrawal. About 50 000 airmen and 20 000 naval personnel remain, with redeployment planned as Japan builds its own defense. He linked nuclear test suspensions to broader arms developments and noted no ban on sending missiles to South Korea.
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Washington
Wilson
U.S
Japan
U. S
Pentagon
Eisenhower
State Dulles
South Korea
Kishi
United States
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
U. S. 3Rd Division
Engineer
Signal Corps
Cavalry Division
Marine Regiment
Brownell Names Greyhound and GM in Antitrust Pact
Atty. Gen. Brownell announced a civil anti trust action against General Motors Corp in intercity bus operations. The decree was reached after a government suit filed in Chicago federal court and consented to by both sides naming GM as a co conspirator. A separate suit against GM over bus manufacturing runs in Detroit.
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Washington
Atty
Brownell
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Chicago
General Motors Corp
Gah
Wiers
Detroit
General Motors
Eighty Missing After Dacca Ferry Sinks on Karatoya River
A ferry carrying about 100 persons on the Karatoya River near Dacca sank yesterday. Officials said 20 bodies were recovered and about 68 remain missing as rescuers comb the river for survivors.
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Pakistan
Tiene
Karatoya River
Pos Obe
Here
Dacca
Congress To Review Supreme Court Rulings In House Debate
A House judiciary subcommittee approved a bill by Rep. Walter to largely nullify the June 3 Supreme Court ruling on FBI records. The move follows broader congressional scrutiny of recent court decisions including those on Communist leadership convictions and government messages. Witnesses Trautman and Testa testified on internal security matters before the Senate panel.
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Washington
Supreme Court
FBI
House
Judiciary
Rep
Walter
D-Pa
Judiciary Committee
House Committee On UN
Senate
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Howard V. Trautman
Salvatore A. Testa
New York
American Communications Assn
CIO
Truck
D-Va
Congressional Review of
Watkins
Senate Restore Armed Forces Budget Increase
The Senate Appropriations subcommittee voted unanimously to restore nearly a billion dollars cut by the House from the armed forces budget for 1957-58, boosting the total to 34,534,229,000 with about half of the increase earmarked for the Air Force. The full committee’s action is expected to be upheld, and a conference on differences with the House is possible.
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Washington
Senate
House
Chaves
D - NM
Appropriations
Air Force
Soil Bank Plan Kept Alive by Congress Compromise
Senate and House conferees agreed to preserve the administration’s soil bank program despite a prior House vote to kill it after this year. The closed door agreement, reported from the conference room, allows 500 million dollars in soil bank payments to be obligated to farmers in 1958.
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Washington
Senate
House
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