Rebels Bombard Guatemala City as Junta Forms
In Tegucigalpa on June 28 the anti communist rebels struck the capital again using air force after Col. Carlos Diaz and a military junta replaced President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. The rebel Liberation radio warned of further bombings if a cease fire is not declared, while Diaz declared a state of siege and vowed to pursue the rebels.
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Esquipulas
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemalan
Carlos Diaz
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Communist Party
Liberation
Carlos Castillo Armas
Arbenz
Diaz
Castillo Armes
Cate
Liberation Radio
Castillo Armas
Teguegalpa
Zacapa
Apa
Col
Washington
Francisco Anguiano
Congress
Guatemal
Ex-President Arbenz Family Granted Asylum in Argentina
Argentina reports that the wife and two sons of former Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman have been granted asylum in the Argentine embassy in Guatemala City. Arbenz resigned last night amid a military junta and was said to be headed into exile in Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala City
Arbenz
Tax Exemption Fight Looms in Senate Debate
Senate Democrats plan a floor battle to raise the income tax exemption by 100 to 700 a year as part of a broader tax revision. The move, opposed earlier by the administration, would reduce revenues and be offset if a stockholder dividend tax relief is approved. Senator George leads the effort, with Byrd and four other Democrats backing the amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen. George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Lenin
Rcolo
Eisenhower
Millikins
George
Whry
Executive Department
Byrd
Sena
Maryland Governor Primary Scramble Across Party Lines
In Maryland’s Democratic race, Dr. H. C. Byrd leads George P. Mahoney by unit votes though Mahoney has more popular ballots with 316 of 1338 precincts reporting. Republican Gov. McKeldin holds a commanding lead over three challengers as early returns favor Predel Miller Small in congressional races. turnout appears light amid a bitter Byrd Mahoney clash.
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H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
George P. Mahoney
Maryland
Byrd
Baltimore City
M. Mahoney
Mahoney
William Preston Lane Jr
Lane
Thedore R. MccKeldin
McKeidin
Ational
Socratic
Samuel N. Predel
Loyola Col- Festec
Tellas
Frank Small Jr
Robert E Ennis
McKeldin
Gen
Eisenhower
Chicago
Tomus Bright
Pedro A.del Valle
Marine Corps
James W. Gunn
Montgomery County
Chou En-Lai Welcomed By Petals In Rangoon Arrival
Chou En-Lai arrived in Rangoon aboard the Bengal Princess for a one day meeting with Burma's Premier U Nu. He was greeted by about 5000 people including Chinese and Indian supporters. A joint Nehru Chou statement urged Indochina settlement and nonintervention.
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Burma
China
Chou En-lai
Nehru
Southeast Asia
U Nu
Asia
Chou-Nehru
New Delhi
Indochina
Choa
Peay
Chou
Alig
Political clash kills ten in West Pakistan village
Police report ten villagers died and many injured in a clash between rival political factions during a local election campaign in Kirpa West Pakistan. Sticks swords rifles and a hand grenade were used in the rioting.
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Rawalpindi
West Pakistan
Kirpa
Four Senate Pages Held For Shooting Out Street Lights
Four juvenile Senate pages, ages 14 to 16, were arrested and charged after using an air rifle to shoot out street lights. Police say cases will be handled as with other juveniles. The youths serve as Senate pages and attend a Capitol area school. A House panel weighs juvenile hoodlum issues following a recent Capitol incident involving Rep Curtis.
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Washington
U. S. Senate
William C. Rasmussen
Senate
Capitol
House
Rep
Curtis
Truman Better Still Serious Amid Government Leader Health Update
Kansas City reports indicate former President Harry S. Truman is in a less serious condition and receiving additional medical help. The enteritis shows improvement, and doctors deny a bowel hemorrhage. Truman underwent gall bladder and appendix surgery June 20 with specialists from California and New York overseeing antibiotic treatment.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
California
New York
Robert E. Adams
Adams
Wallace Graham
Graham
Mrs. Truman
Eight Airmen Face Hearing at Scott AFB
Scott AFB Illinois reports eight Air Force personnel charged with false germ warfare confessions or other misconduct in Communist prison camps will face a board of inquiry around July 8. Names and charges are withheld. they were among 14 not cleared by a prior five general board last spring. If recommended separations occur, cases go to a higher board and then to Air Force Secretary Talbott.
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Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Virginia Youth Drowns In Bath Tub
Covington Virginia June 28 John M Nester Jr 17 of South Coin drowned in his home bathtub likely after an epileptic attack He was alone in the house when his mother returned from a store to find him lying in the tub The Covington First Aid Department responded and ruled the probable cause an epileptic seizure
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Covington
John M. Nester Jr
South Coin
Home
Covington First Aid Department
Nester
Lid On FHA Abuse Lifted By Probers
Senate Banking Committee exposes alleged windfall profits in postwar housing deals. McKenna cites 163 cases investigated with only nine probed. Shirley-Duke Apartments in Alexandria linked to $2.08 million windfall from inflated costs. Investors Diversified Services and Alleghany Corp. identify key players. Justice Department probe noted.
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Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
Rind
A F. McKenna
Housand Home Finance Agency
McKenna
Eisenhower Administration
Albert M. Cole
HHFA
White House
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
D.C
Philadelphia
Alaska
HHPA
Alexandria
Shirley-Duke
Justice Department
IDS
du Pont
Rio Grande floods trigger mass exodus and toll climbs
Texas towns brace as floods from rain swollen tributaries force thousands to flee to the hills. At Ozona 13 dead and five missing. 12,000 homeless in Ciudad Acuna as Red Cross gains federal approval to aid. Evacuations continue with US Air Force helicopters aiding 266 people.
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Tex
Rio Grande River
Texas
Ozona
Johnson's Draw
Johnson's Creek
Devil's River
Rio Grande
Ciudad Acuna
Rio
American Red Cross
Pentagon
State Department
Stateway Patrol
Inag
Francis Bidlacke
Janice Bidlacke
Bidlacke
Garry Bidlacke
Betty Jeffers
Harold Jeffers
Donna Yvette Jeffers
Donna Jean Clapp
David Clapp
Holly
Clapp
Mapp
Senty Kay
Linda Diane
State Civil Defense Office
Austin
State
Red Cross
US Air Force
Mountain climber and dead companion rescued at Rozes Peak
In Cortina d Ampezzo Italy two climbers were caught in a storm. Alessan dro Cazzaniga 21 survived clinging to a 9000 foot ledge for 24 hours with the body of his dead companion Ren ato Scalvini 24 dangling from their rope. Scalvini fell yesterday during the storm and Cazzaniga could not pull him back due to icy footing.
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Cortina D'Ampezzo
Italy
Alessandro Cazzaniga
Tofani di Rozes Peak
Renato Scalvini
Cazzaniga
Judge Rules Pegler Libeled Reynolds in 1949 Column
Federal jury awards Quentin Reynolds 175000 in libel damages after a seven week trial against Pegler and the Hearst group. The verdict cites a 1949 Pegler column calling Reynolds yellow and an absentee war correspondent. Damages break down 100000 to Pegler, 50000 to Hearst Corp, 25000 to Hearst Publications.
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Alletin
New York
Quentin Oo
Esthecds Pegler
Hearst Ia
Reynolds
Pegler
Revaniss
W Peer
Hearst Corp
Hearst Caeisdlated Publications, Inc
Quentin Reynolds
Westbrook Fegler
Hearst
Edward Weinfeld
Unit A-Bomb Plans Urged
Washington reports the Commerce Department urges each industry to draft tailored plans to resume production after a bombing. An interagency board is nearing conclusions on valuable industrial plants. Koppers Co. Inc. and American Machine and Foundry Co. spokesmen outlined safeguards like stockpiling, microfilming records, and vault storage in Pennsylvania mountains.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Wiliam Haines
Business and Defense Services Administration
Department
Haines
Charles F. Honeywell
EDSA
John H. Redmond
Koppers Co. Inc
Pittsburgh
Col
Samuel Clabaugh
American Machine and Foundry Co
New York City
Redmond
Koppers
Pennsylvania Mountain
Eisenhower Churchill pledge to press forward on free Asia defense
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill pledged to press forward with plans for a Southeast Asia defense stance amid disputes over Indochina. Churchill urged a real effort for peaceful coexistence with Russia and favored a future Big Three meeting, while both leaders warned against decisive steps that could escalate tensions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Southeast Asia
Russia
Malenkov
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