Rebels cling to Beirut clash as election crisis widens
Amid threats of a boycott and a possible quorum failure on July 31 rebels warn they will block presidential elections with tanks and foreign troops in Beirut. Lebanese industrialists threaten a three day shutdown unless a president is chosen by Thursday, risking further economic collapse. Robert Murphy pursues mediation as factions edge toward renewed unrest or civil conflict.
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Salam
Lebanese Assn
Lebanon
Denins
U. S
Robert Murphy
Beirut
Washington
Murphy
Fire destroys auto on Pike near Connecticut Turnpike
A father and son escaped injury when their 1954 sedan caught fire on the Connecticut Turnpike yesterday around 6:30 p.m. They exited just as flames swept the car. Firemen from Engine Company 1 and two other units responded, with recall ordered at 6:46. Zone 22 was activated for the blaze.
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Connecticut Turnpike
George R. Sunden
Gerald
Hempstead
N. Y
John Street
Lafayette
Broad Streets
John P. May
George Buthgalt
Three Sharks Reported At Long Island Beach
Bayville N Y July 25 AP three black fins pierced a crowded bathing area sending more than one thousand swimmers scrambling for shore at the shout of a shark Lifeguards blew whistles roared through megaphones as three big fish to ten feet long swam toward Center Island beach on Long Island Sound near Oyster Bay A Nassau police boat summoned by radio Sgt Daniel Wolf fired a shotgun at the intruders as they slipped to deeper water He was not sure if he hit them
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Bayville
N. Y
Center Island Beach
Long Island Sound
Oyster Bay
Nassau
Daniel Wolf
Chenault Improves, Is Removed From Critical List
Lt Gen Claire Lee Chenault, 67, former Flying Tigers commander, was taken off the critical list at Ochsner Foundation hospital in New Orleans after weeks with lung cancer. Hospital said he showed marked improvement after additional treatment and a visit from Mme Chiang Kai-shek, and his condition is no longer deemed critical.
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New Orleans
Claire Lee Chennault
The
Flying Tigers
Ochsner Foundation
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Standzz Hospital
Chennault
Eisenhower insists on talks under UN rules at summit
U S and allied officials outlined a plan for a summit with Khrushchev and leaders Macmillan and de Gaulle in New York within UN Security Council rules. Eisenhower pressed for a broad debate on Western accusations against Soviet actions, including Hungary and the Middle East, and authorized Lodge to negotiate on U N arrangements.
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Harald Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
deGaulle
New York
Security Council
UN Security Council
India
Israel
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Tance
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Menshikov
Moscow
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Britain
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Jordan
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Middle East
Russia
Hungary
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Egypt
Syria
Yemen
UN General Assembly
Lisenhowler
Concert Served Country Style Delights Audience With Shanties
The program impressed the crowd as Mr. Shriner introduced sea shanties about ship life. Mr. Alexander delivered strong vocals with Shenandoah and A Roving, earning two encores and a Gershwin nod. The orchestra offered Summer Reflections including Anderson and Wilson numbers, Rodeo and Blue Tango, while Shriner entertained with harmonica and violin-flavored pieces.
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Atlantic Coast
Alexander
Porgy and
Bess
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Leroy Anderson
Bugler
Meredith Willson
Aaron Copeland
Youth Hits 110 MPH in Stolen Car Crash
Three youths speed through Anne Arundel county in a stolen car crashing into an embankment after a police chase. The driver, Joseph L. Cutter, 18, of Odenton Md, claimed speeds of 110 to 115 mph. None injured. Cutter faced federal interstate transportation charges. Co-defendants John Carmen De Rennaro, 17, of New Haven Conn and Eron Davis, 36, of Camden N J, arraigned in Baltimore under the juvenile delinquency act and held without bail.
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Anne Arundel County
Joseph L. Cutter
Odenton
Ina
FBI
Newark
Del
John Carmen de Rennaro
New Haven
Conn
Eron Davis
Camden
N. 4
Milford Shore Project Faces Ownership Consent Gap
Milford residents clash over a flood control plan as 40 of 83 shore front property owners yet to sign permits for dredging. Officials warn state funds may shift elsewhere if approvals miss the Sept. 2 deadline. Some oppose the project as burdens on taxpayers and not all landowners benefit.
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Tovino
Diane Toulson
Jovino
Shore Front
Milford
George Jaser
Singer Beverly Mae Wilson to perform at Milford dance
Milford's Community Youth Center hosts a Saturday armory dance headlined by Beverly Mae Wilson a California singer guitarist born in Bridgeport who started guitar at seven. Her Marine sweetheart ties and fan clubs stretch to Alaska and Australia. Music also by Peter Castricone and his Del-Ter Tiers of New Haven.
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Community Youth Center
Milford Armory
Beverly Mae’Wilson
California
Miss Wilson
Bridgeport
Marines
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Alaska
Australia
Women's Police Luxury
Peter Castricone
Del-Ter‘Tiers
New Haven
Wilton Man Second in Insurance Drive
James T. Russell Jr of Saunders Drive Wilton is the Fairfield County runner-up in the Educators Accident and Health Insurance campaign announced yesterday by I. L. Hartenberg Bridgeport general agent. Leslie N. Fekete of Springdale topped Fairfield County and is the national winner.
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James T. Russell, Jr
Saunders Drive
Wilton
Fairfield County
Educators Accident and Health Insurance Company
I. L. Hartenberg
Bridgeport
Mr. Russell
Hartenberg Agency
Accident and Health
Leslie N. Fekete
Springdale
Educators
Weather state forecasts across New England states
Connecticut and adjacent states see a mix of clouds, warmth, and humidity with afternoon thunderstorms and a trend to clearing and cooler conditions. Sunday looks fair with lower humidity. Massachusetts Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire show showers and thunderstorms then clearing and cooler by Sunday. Maine stays mostly cloudy with afternoon storms, clearing Sunday. winds from Eastport to Blocksland shift from southwest to west late Saturday. Poor to improving visibility with haze and fog in the morning.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Eastport
Blocksland
Father Spared, Toie as Flood Rips Home Apart
In Spencer West Virginia a freak mountain flood destroyed the Willoughby home and swept away seven family members. John Willoughby survived after grabbing two children but others perished or are missing. Rescue crews searched three miles from the site as bridges were washed out and the flood waters receded.
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Wilma Lee
Eula Irene
Waveline
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Ash Camp
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Drennen
Truman Bids Nation Back Ire On Mideast
Former President Harry Truman urged Americans to back President Eisenhower over the Middle East crisis. He said the public must support the chief executive working for world welfare. Funeral services announced for Mon at William M. Bracken funeral home in St. Louis, with burial at St. Michael's cemetery after a solemn Mass. Huda, a retired Bridgeport banker, noted for community roles, survived by wife Frances Tickey Huda and four grandchildren.
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Harry&.Teuman
Eisenhower
United States
Middle East
Truman
Missouri
Williamment
American Legion
M. Bracken Funeral Home
St. Michael's Cemetery
Huda
Bridgeport City Trust
St. Charles Haly Name Society
Council of Catholic Men
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Philip Sheridan Assembly No. 16
Quarter-Century Club
Bridgeport
Senate Hears Farm Support Plan With Four Year Extension
The Senate approved a farm measure granting grain sorghums oats rye and barley a minimum support based on the best of 90 percent of three year average price 1.10 per bushel or 60 percent of parity, with cotton and rice to follow after two years under similar rules. Existing supports remain 75 to 90 percent of parity through 1961, with cotton allotments and expansion options and a four year extension of the current subsidy act attached after administration approval.
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Senate
Knife Wielder Captured After Attempted Entry at Vaniear Woodward
Police arrested the suspect, Solimini, inside the Vaniear Woodward building after shots were fired near his head as he approached the entrance. He confessed to shoplifting in Norwalk Stamford and Westport and gave a fictitious name initially. Authorities sought a $20,000 New Haven bond and Westport bond, with Norwalk and Stamford police plans to question him.
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Vaniear Woodward
Norwalk
Stamford
Westport
New Haven
Boy's 110 Degree Temperature Reported in Ohio
In Dayton on July 25, 13 year old Donald Knee of Phillipsburg Ohio was rushed to Good Samaritan hospital after a blood clot at the base of the brain and a temperature of 110 degrees. Father Lowell Knee, a Dayton cab driver, said a bump on the head preceded the illness and swelling appeared the next morning.
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Dayton
Ohio
Donald Knee
Phillipsburg
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lowell
Donald
Quast and Milntire Face 36 Hole Final for Women’s Western Amateur
Anne Quast, 20, from Everett Washington and Barbara Milntire, 23, of Jupiter Florida, both current U S Curtis Cup players, advance to the 36 hole final in Chicago. Quast defeated Anne Richardson 5 and 4 in the semifinals while Milntire edged Mrs Paul Dye Jr 1 up.
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Chicago
Anne Quast
Barbara Milntire
Miss Quast
Stanford
Everett
Wash
Anne Richardson
Columbus
Ohio
Miss McIntire
Jupiter
Fla
Paul Dye, Jr
Indianapolis
Frank J. Huda Dies At 69 In Bridgeport Home
Frank J. Huda aged 69 of 10 Edna Avenue, a retired building manager for the Bridgeport City Trust Company, died last night at his home.
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Frank J. Huda
Edna Avenue
Bridgeport City Trust Company
Assault Victim In Critical Condition In Bridgeport
Michael D Amico fifty four lived at 374 Barnum avenue was in critical condition at Bridgeport hospital after an assault in front of his barber shop near Father Panik Village administration office. Police say Norman Kearney of Building 25 struck him in the abdomen. Kearney charged with assault and held on five hundred dollars bond. Attendants noted injuries initially appeared minor before danger list placement.
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Michael D'Amico
Barnum Avenue
Bridgeport
Father Panik Village
D'Amico
Norman Kearney
Cuban Police Foil Rebel Outbreaks On Anniversary
Havana July 25 AP President Fulgencio Batista said police foiled plans for rebel anniversary outbreaks tomorrow and Sunday marking Fidel Castro's 26th of July movement. Castro supporters blamed for sabotage. government reports eight skirmishes in eastern Cuba. Batista to retire February 24. A Tokyo department store holds rail stations and a streetcar terminal under one roof. Sealed bids in Bridgeport due July 31 1958 for airport cable work and related supplies.
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Havana
Fulgencio Bastista
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Toyoka
Tokyo
Réseres Td
Dept. of Public
Vandal leaves gum on Mor painting at National Gallery
Washington police investigate after a vandal stuck chewing gum on the 40-year-old Portrait of 2 Young Man by Antonis Mor in the National Gallery of Art. Experts removed the gum without damage, aided by a clear fingerprint found on the gum.
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Washington
National Gallery of Art
Antonis Mor
P lanes crash near Kenora injures many in lake rescue
A mid lake collision involving two single engine Norsemen chartered to fly parties to Kenora left thirteen people hospitalized after the crash near the scene. Passengers were rescued by small boats while pilots aided evacuation. Ontario Central Airlines and the other operator were identified as Crew Parsons and the Tide Lake bound crew. Nine patients at St Josephs Hospital reported in good condition.
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OCA
Parsons
St. Joseph's Hospital
General Hospital
Kenora
Ontario Central
Russia Warns Turkey on Iraq Tensions Rise
Moscow handed a note to Turkey's foreign ministry signaling concern over a possible Iraqi aggression. The Russian note claimed Turkey was mobilizing reserves and massing troops at Diyarbakir near Syria and Iraq, despite no threat from those countries. It cited lack of full American agreement as a reason Turkey had not acted earlier.
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Middle East
Moscow
Turkey
Iraq
Syria
Diyarbakir
United States
Canterbury Worsted Church Fire Tops Landmark Night
Canterbury New Hampshire July 25 AP The Canterbury Worsted church a New England landmark for 119 years was swept by fire tonight Fire departments from Boscawen London and Concord aided In unofficial reports the frame structure was struck by lightning Inside the church crepe paper decorations from the late Mrs Elizabeth Monmouth a recluse who lived in the attic were present Major repairs were made to the church last year The church built in 1839 by Free Will Baptists and Congregationalists was said to derive its name from worsted cloth once decorating its walls
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Canterbury
N. H
New England
Boscawen
London
Concord
Elizabeth Monmouth
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