Khrushchev presses for US apology over spy flights
Khrushchev, in jovial mood at a curbside press conference outside the Soviet Embassy, reiterated his demand that Washington admit aggression over U-2 flights. He warned he would leave Paris tomorrow absent US acknowledgment of error and said De Gaulle would not have a summit while the Americans refuse satisfaction. A Western trio meeting and later telephonic access to Khrushchev were noted as the impasse continued.
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Paris
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Sezanne
France
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Reuter
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Elysee Palace
de Cgianlle
Marshal Malinovsky
Gromyko
US Defense Secretary Orders Global Readiness Test From Paris
In Paris for talks with President Eisenhower, Defense Secretary Thomas Gates issued a special order from Paris to trigger a worldwide readiness test for U.S. forces. The plan, kept secret until late, relied on joint chiefs of staff guidance to select a possible maneuver and involved recalling personnel from leave and placing units on five minute standby duty.
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Red Cross sets aspirin station for Rig Four summit press
In Paris at the Palais de Chaillot a Red Cross first aid station for journalists covered the Rig Four summit. An attendant says the station dispensed several hundred packets of aspirin to relieve headaches and stress among reporters.
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Palais de Chaillot
Usef
Hasan
Stone Incident Preceded Police Firing in Sharpeville
An African witness told a judicial inquiry that children threw stones at a white man before police opened fire at Sharpeville in March after a man assaulted an African boy at a station gate. Police said a volley of stones was fired at them. the incident left 37 Africans dead.
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Johannesburg
Sharpeville
Mar Meshack Mkwanazi
Radar Defence Not Manned Round Clock
The radar defence installations in the Sydney area were not manned 24 hours a day. Minister for Air Osborne told the Leader of Opposition Calwell in the House of Representatives that they were not manned around the clock in line with the Government’s assessment of Australia’s threat and defence policy.
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Osborne
Calwell
House of Representatives
Australia
Australian Soldier Killed in Malaya Car Crash
An Australian soldier, Private L. H. Smedley of Stockton New South Wales, was killed in a car accident about seven miles from Ipoh. Privates D. J. Juillerat of Brisbane and A. S. Wills of Tasmania were injured.
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L. H. Smedley
Stockton
N.S.W
Ipoh
D. J. Juillerat
Brisbane
A. 5. Wills
Tasmania
Democrats Back Eisenhower Rally Support Across Parties
Senators Kennedy Morse Mansfield Johnson Russell and Dirksen react to Khrushchev summit events. They urge private talks and unity, warn of Soviet attempts to split the U S in an election year, and support Eisenhower's handling amid the spy plane incident.
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Mike Mansfield
Eisenhower
Australian exporters urged to shape £250m extra sales drives
Business leaders at a national export convention urged government support to broaden overseas markets for Australian goods and services. Mr McEwen warned trade patterns require coordinated policy action and outlined aims to protect flour markets, expand access to Japan, Ceylon, and Malaya, and push rural and mining exports beyond £100 million and £50 million respectively. The opposition leader called constitutional reform essential to boost export growth.
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Canberra Section 51 Auction Plans Aired
Reports from Canberra indicate the vacant Section 51 site will be auctioned as one block, or up to three blocks if reserve not met, possibly five later. Land parcels on Ainslie Avenue, Petrie and Alinga Street, Civic Centre, near Rockmans Store. Freeth declines to comment on sale method or disposal date. Inter-state firms and a Canberra businessmen syndicate plan to bid. NCDC favors single-block sale. Canberra Chamber of Commerce bulletin guesses a single block could fetch about £1 million. Lyneham block prices suggest strong value.
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