Senate backs President on aid and defense plan
Senate leaders pressed President Eisenhower for restoration of trimmed foreign aid funds amid Middle East tensions and advanced a defense overhaul. The chamber authorized major reorganization granting the secretary of defense broad powers while signaling possible House compromise and future conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
House
Plca
Middle East
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Secretary of
State Dulles
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mid-East
Johnson
William F. Knowland
Calif
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Thomas W. Hennings, Jr
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Styles Bridges
Defense
Department
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast Today and Tonight
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers then clearing in the late afternoon or evening. Highs near 75 to 80, tonight and Sunday cooler with lows 55 to 60. Also notes recent egg price cuts and statewide agricultural data from Hartford July 18.
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Bridgeport
Hartford
Connecticut
State Department of Agriculture
New Law in Venezuela Lowers Egg Prices Statewide
The law caused a sharp dip in state egg prices across large and extra large categories. Pullet eggs fell seven cents as buyers shun small eggs. Officials note pullet prices affect medium and large egg markets, which are abundant this season. many pullet eggs are exported to Latin American markets.
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Venezuela
Almanac Weather and Dates for Saturday July 19
Almanac notes the two hundredth day of the year and the twenty eighth day of summer. It lists sunrise at 6 35 a m and sunset at 3 22 p m along with several unclear times for high and low readings and a sequence of stray digits.
United States and Soviet veto alter UN Middle East crisis
United States and Soviet Union push separate emergency measures at the UN as the Security Council fails to back international action in Lebanon and Jordan. The U S resolution to send forces was vetoed by the Soviet Union, sparking calls for an emergency General Assembly session. Adjournment was voted to Monday as delegates study proposals to expand the UN observer group in Lebanon.
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Soviet Union
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U. S
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Great Britain
Lebanon
Jordan
U.S
United’Arab Republic
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Lodge
Koto
Matsudaira
Special Assembly
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Council
Hungary
Japan
Sweden
Britain
Canada
China
France
Iraq
Panama
Colombia
Plough Horses Send Princess Margaret On Wild Ride
In Williams Lake British Columbia on July 18 two plough horses pulling a stagecoach reared and bolted as Princess Margaret clutched a brace and hung on while driver Bill Hall fought to stop the pair. The princess watched the horses from a welcoming party at the railway station, then rode in a motorcade to the rodeo grounds. Hall said the horses had been loose in his pasture, explaining their wildness.
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B. C
Margaret
Bill Hall
Cariboo
Hall
Two MEN Killed in Plane Crash at North Truro Beach
North Truro Massachusetts July 18 two men died and two others injured when a private plane crashed on a beach. Victims were Malcolm G. Harrison 39 Hoosick Falls New York and Joseph Murphy 20 Hoosick Falls. Pilot's son Paul Harrison 10 sustained minor injuries. Albert Kretzmer 46 remained in critical condition with a lung puncture at Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis. Murphy identified by ring inscription Hudson Valley Technical Institute.
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North Truro Beach
Malcolm G. Harrison
Hoosick Falls
N,y
Joesph Murphy
Murphy
Hudson Valley Technicial Institute
Troy
Stratford
Conn
All GIS Freed by Guba Rebels
Cuban rebels freed all held American servicemen at Guantanamo as 14 Marines and sailors arrived by airlift from mountain hideouts. The last group of 50 North Americans seized by rebels was released in a single operation. Fidel Castro reportedly ordered the final release, citing regional conflicts. The men were reportedly healthy and well treated after capture last month.
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U.S
Cairo Warning of Hands Off Crisis Prompted by Moscow Meet
The United States warned of grave consequences if Egyptian Syrian forces attacked U S troops in Lebanon. The State Department said the warning was given in Cairo as President Nasser met secretly in Moscow with Soviet Premier Khrushchev on stopping aggression by the United States and other colonial powers. The Khrushchev Nasser talks were viewed as signaling tense nerves rather than a decision to intervene militarily.
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United States
Middle East
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Lebanon
State Department
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Nasser
Moscow
Khrushchev
Department
Eisenhower
Norwalk Chief Takes Two Week Leave Amid Controversy
Norwalk Police Chief Max Orlins agrees to a two week leave of absence as the Board of Police Commissioners conducts an investigation into department conditions. Mayor Freese and corporation counsel plan to meet to arrange the inquiry while a petitions drive seeks suspension or removal.
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Max Orlins
Inight
Board of Police Commissioners
Irving C. Freese
Rage Frederick F. Lovejoy, Jr
Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Bundesen
Fred Miller
Presvarione
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Benetit As
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Four More Bridgeport Marines Land in Lebanon
Navy Home Town News Center lists four more Bridgeport men of the 1st Battalion 8th Marines among those landing yesterday in Lebanon. Names include Pfc William J Roman and Cpl Christopher R Neeley Jr with family details, plus several Danbury Greenwich New Milford Bethel and Ansonia residents and their relations.
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Eighth Marine Regiment
Navy
Fleet Hometown News Center
Lebanon
William J. Roman
Mary Roman
Bishop Avenue
Robert J. Lukowski
Edward Lukowski
Ezra Street
Spiro J. Pappas
J. D. Pappas
Park Avenue
Christopher R. Neeley, Jr
Christopher R. Neeley
Hallett Street
Rose Carmignani
Franklin Street
Danbury
Pfc
Dominick Valerioti
Diamond Hill
Greenwich
Duane R. Davin
Julius A. Davin
Spring Street
New Milford
Donald E. Rasmussen
Alan B. Rasmussen
Mideast Crisis At-a-Glance
United Nations Security Council resolutions on the Mideast crisis failed. The United States sought an emergency General Assembly session, but the Council adjourned without action. Nasser warned UAR against attacking U S forces. Dulles accused Soviet meddling as Moscow warned it would respond to Western moves near its borders. Demonstrators shattered U S Embassy windows in Cairo and a Damascus broadcast quoted Nasser pledging Arabs will defend unity.
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U. S
Lebanon
U.S
Llewellyn_E. Thompson, Jr
United States
Thompson
United Nations
Security Council
United J States
General Assembly
Couns
Washington
Nasser
UAR
Dulles
Russia
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Cairo
Damascus
Chennault Promoted to Lieutenant General by President
President Eisenhower signed and sent to the White House a bill promoting Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault to lieutenant general. The 67 year old Flying Tiger commander is critically ill with lung cancer at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans and began to weaken last night.
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Eijsenhower
Claire Chennault
House
Senate
White House
Chennault
Ochsner Foundation
New Orleans
Children Missing Two Days Walk Out Of Wilderness Unharmed
Two children Francine Crego ten and Michael eight plus their dog Mike emerged from deep woods near Elephant Lake, Minnesota after more than 50 hours missing during a blueberry hunt. They were found walking a remote road about 11 miles east of their disappearance as a Valparaiso group driving past spotted them. The party, Edward Corncil his brother Pat and Edward's two sons David and Phillip, reported no serious injuries and said the children carried picked berries.
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Minn
Grandpa
Francine Crego
Michael
Mike
Elephant Lake Road
Francine
Valparaiso
Ind
Toursts
Edward Corncil
Pat
Edward
David
Phillip
Elephant Lake
Middle East crisis deepens as troops flood in
Beirut dispatch notes United States and Britain pouring more troops planes and warships into the Middle East amid rising communist threats. Red China and the Soviet Union threaten dire consequences while UN Security Council fails to act and an emergency General Assembly session is sought. Nasser and Khrushchev reportedly meet as Moscow warns against western aggression and regional leaders seek to counter new foreign threats.
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Britain
Middle East
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Soviet Union
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General Assembly
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Nasser
United Arab Republic
Iraq
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Raymond Hare
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UAR
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Kremlin
Jordan
Russia
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Dulles
London
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