Fairfield Marine Killed by Sentry in Lebanon
Pfc. Scott B. Sanborn of Fairfield Connecticut was shot by a sentry near a Beirut airport outpost while laying trip flares. He died en route to a hospital after being struck in the abdomen. the Defense Department identified him and said an investigation will determine why he did not answer the sentry.
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Official Weather Forecast for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Cloudy with intermittent rain and possible thundershowers today. Highest temperatures in the 70s. Tonight remains mostly cloudy warm and humid with lows around 65 to 70. Thursday ups to 80s with more showers and thundershowers.
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House Advances Bill Creating Forty Five Federal Judgeships
A House Judiciary subcommittee approved a bill to create 45 federal judgeships across the nation including two in Connecticut and temporary and permanent posts in various circuits. The Senate later passed a reciprocal trade extension 72 to 16, aligning with administration goals despite some objections.
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Tornado Toll and Rains Move Through Midwest and South
Substantial rains hit the South with Doniphan Missouri logging 4.08 inches in 24 hours while a small tornado touched down near Newark Ohio and damaged homes. The storm stretched to the mid Atlantic with 1.1 inches at Atlantic City New Jersey as Baton Rouge suffered hail and heavy thunderstorms.
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Heavy rains blanket nearly nation with flood damage
The Associated Press reports heavy rains drenched most of the United States Tuesday, with only a central area including Kansas and Missouri spared. The Chis River valley saw flooded roads while Seymour and Bedford Indiana recorded 2.50 and 2.06 inches of rain respectively, adding to the flood cleanups ongoing earlier in the week.
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Physicians back mediation amid CMS dispute in Connecticut
The Connecticut State Medical Society voted to let Blue Shield mediate with CMS over control of CMS board members and a disputed contract. If no settlement by Sept 1, the society may withdraw from the CMS plan and recall six CMS physician members.
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Eisenhower OKs $100000 to ex Navy code inventor
President Eisenhower signed a bill paying Capt Lawrance F Safford $100000 for secret code work done before his 1953 retirement. Safford, a 17 year Navy cryptography veteran, developed at least 20 cryptographic systems kept secret by the Navy. The Senate panel trimmed the sum from $150000 to $100000.
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Senate rejects large scale U S defense cuts in military funding
Senate appropriations subcommittee trims a broad defense request amid Middle East upheaval. Cuts total more than 500 million from 1.73 billion, scrapping officers pools and elaborate housing while preserving current force levels of 900,000 Army, 400,000 National Guard, 300,000 reserves, and 200,000 Marines.
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National Guard
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Dennis H. Chavez
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France Opposes Immediate UN Summit On Middle East
France's Premier de Gaulle refused an immediate UN Security Council emergency session proposing another time and place for talks. Eisenhower and Britain's Prime Minister Macmillan urged a summit with Khrushchev, while France insisted on different arrangements. The Western trio split on Khrushchev's call for a five nation conference as tensions rise in Lebanon and Jordan.
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Speenarie
Moscow
Hammarskjold
UN Observer Group
Missing 88 year old man found in Killingworth
An 88 year old man, John Heft, who vanished while berry picking, was located near the Middlesex county jail in Killingworth after a 10 hour search. State police tracked him with bloodhounds aided by Deep River and Killingworth fire departments. His grandson Daniel Welch had reported him missing.
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McClellan's Son Dies in Arkansas Plane Crash
Senator James H. McClellan of Arkansas loses his son in a twin-engine plane crash near Little Rock. Also killed were three men tied to aviation and flight training, including a Fort Worth examiner. McClellan’s family and widow survive with three children. The crash occurred as the pilot attempted to land after engine trouble.
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Crisis Over Iraq Ending Says Rebel Leader in Beirut
Beirut July 22 A rebel leader predicted US marines and paratroopers will return to ships and bases soon as the Middle East crisis over Iraq appears to pass. He spoke amid talks led by Robert Murphy to seek a political compromise in Lebanon. The American buildup continued with the carrier Corregidor arriving from Naples with helicopters and Night Harpoon planes. Owein said the force was not sent for Lebanon but to deter possible intervention in Iraq. He predicted Iraq is stabilizing and the West may not need troops in Baghdad or Lebanon. London and Washington signaled little chance of intervention against rebels who toppled the Baghdad government.
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arid-Jeader
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Midget 80, Ex-Valet to Russian Prince, Dies in Chicago
Little Johnnie Lucas, 3 foot 1 inch midget and former valet to Prince Oldenbusky, died of a heart attack at 80 in Chicago. He lived 18 years as a patient and orderly at Oak Forest hospital after becoming unemployed in 1940. Lucas fled Bolshevik Russia, then China, before settling in the United States in 1920.
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Prince Oldenbusky
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Mideast Leaders Weigh Summit Talks Amid Lebanon Tensions
In brief dispatches from Washington London Paris and Beirut leaders discuss possible summit talks on East West tensions. Eisenhower signals UN approach while Khrushchev warns of Arab nationalism power to challenge Western forces. Corregidor ferries helicopters to Lebanon as rumors of U S troop withdrawal circulate.
UN Security Council veto ends Middle East peace bid
The Soviet veto blocked Japan's Mideast peace proposal in the UN Security Council. The council quit as Big Three leaders discuss a possible summit. Dag Hammarskjold plans to enlarge the UN observer group in Lebanon to prepare for a troop withdrawal, aiming to 2006 observers.
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Voters to Be Made at Session Today
The City Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk William L Kel Jer will meet at City Hall from 5 to 8 PM to admit new names to the voting lists. Applicants must submit proof of citizenship as this is a state election year and the session is one of monthly special sessions.
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