Soviet Leaders Open Peace Talks at Chequers and Oxford
Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev arrived at Chequers for peace talks after a day of bristling activity in England. They visited Harwell and Oxford amid large student derision, then moved to the 40 room Tudor Chequers residence for informal discussions focused on Middle East stability and arms policy.
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Wendover
England
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Oxford University
Joe
Kremlin
Oxford
Volga
Tudor Country House
Middle East
Mideast
Khrushchev
Een Elizabeth
Window Castle
Service Delivery Without Orders
Mrs. H. D. Wright of Lexington asks who will knock next after a series of uncalled for deliveries. A plumber, a florist with roses, a termite specialist, a drug store with ice cream, and a television repairman all collected payments though Mrs. Wright says she did not order any of the services or goods.
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Lexington
H. D. Wright
Flood Threats Rise in Idaho and Oregon
Rivers in Idaho and eastern Oregon rose toward flood stage as mountain snowmelt intensified in heat up to 89 degrees.
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Idaho
Oregon
Boise, Idaho
Lost Luggage Sparks Frustrated Passenger at Station
A brief comic note describes a small Oriental man searching for his train in a crowded rail station. After his luggage vanishes he confronts the station master with a sharp quip about mislaid bags and the station’s inability to run smoothly.
Plane halted by Egyptian jets over Cairo incident
TEHRAN passengers aboard a U S air force transport say Egyptian MiG 15 jets forced their plane down near Cairo en route from Tehran to Cairo. The U S ambassador protested to Egypt while passengers reported rough treatment and a 45 minute delay before resuming the flight.
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Tehran
Cairo
U. S
Henry A. Byroade
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Washington
Air Force
Iran
Beirut
State Department
Democrats Decry Confusion in Foreign Policy Speech
In Washington on Saturday night Sam Rayburn and Al Ben Barkley blasted Eisenhower foreign policy as massive and utmost confusion. They warned the Free World faces dire danger as farmers face hardship while Democrats cited domestic GOP claims of prosperity. The Wilson centennial dinner drew 2,500 attendees and $100 plates with Adlai Stevenson Averell Harriman and Estes Kefauver among speakers and guests.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Alben W. Barkley
Eisenhower
Barkley
Kentucky
G.O.P
National Guard
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Oregon
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Wilson
John S. Battle
Virginia
Edna F. Kelly
N.Y
Two U S Airmen Die in Venezuela Plane Crashes
Two Americans died in Venezuela as two separate aircraft crashes occurred within 48 hours. Robert Latshaw, 30, of St. Louis, a member of the U S aeronautical technical mission, was killed at Boca Rio mill base. Patrick Gosensky, an employee of Chicago Bridge Co., perished when his light plane crashed on takeoff from Barcelona airfield.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Air Force
Robert T. Latshaw
St. Louis
Aeronautical Technical Mission
Windey
Boca Rio
Patrick H. B. Gosensky
Chicago Bridge Co
Barcelona
Elizabeth Celebrates 30th Birthday Quietly
Queen Elizabeth marked her 30th birthday with quiet plans at Windscrastle while traditional gun salutes were fired in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London to mark the occasion.
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London
INS
Elizabeth
Hyde Park
Tower of London
Three Arab Lands Sign Middle East Military Accord
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen signed a three nation defense pact in Jedda to bolster Arab armed forces. Premier Nasser, King Saud, and Imam Ahmed signed for their countries as plans for a unified military command and arms training for Yemen emerged. Britain denied large arms shipments to Israel amid routes aboard the Galila.
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Middle East
Cairo
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Jedda
Gamal Abdel Nasser
King Saud
Imam Ahmen
London
Britain
Israel
Iship
Galila
Syria
Jordan
Highway Building Costs Move Up to Record Levels
The Bureau of Public Roads reports highway construction costs rose about one percent in January February and March raising the price index to 132.4 from 131.1 in late last year. The rise mainly reflects higher steel prices affecting bids on state awarded contracts with federal cash contributions.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Syrians Protest French Policies Across Damascus
Thousands of Syrians staged nationwide demonstrations and strikes in Damascus and other cities to protest France's Algeria policy. Guards reinforced all French facilities but no violence was reported as moslem religious leaders issued appeals.
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Damascus
Syria
France
Algeria
Truman daughter Margaret wed in quiet church ceremony
Margaret Truman married Clifton Daniel Jr in Trinity Episcopal Church Independence. The simple rite drew about 1500 spectators outside as Truman and wife watched. the couple and guests kept to a private affair with close relatives.
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E. Clifton Daniel, Jr
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Margaret Truman
Daniel
Clifton Daniel, Jr
New York Times
Trinity Episcopal Church
Margaret
Truman
Eer
Margaret Hyon
Dot
Cliff
Shawsie
William Coleman” Branton
Cedar Rapids City Zone Population Reaches 96 792
The Gazette reports the Cedar Rapids city zone population at 96 792, covering Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha plus fringe areas. based on 1950 census data and new dwelling permits with fringe house counts, the figure marks a 3 766 increase from last year and may top 100 000 within a year pending audit.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha
The
Gazette
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Chicago
Gazette Cirpteten
J. B. Birks
Audit Bureau
Birks
Bureau
Senators Urge U N Veto Drop and Charter Reforms
A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee urged the United States and Russia to relinquish their veto power on new U N members. The panel backed linking regional defense treaties, voluntary removal of veto on disputes, clarifying human rights, wider use of the international court, cutting U N funding, and reevaluating Ukraine and Byelorussia status for potential independent voting in the General Assembly.
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INS
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Russia
United Nations
China
U. N
U.N. Security Council
U.N
International Court
Ukraine
Byelorussia
U.N. General Assembly
World Organization
Security Council
Unimoa
Zionist Congress Seeks Soviet Jewish Emigration to Israel
Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the American Jewish Congress, said the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem will ask Russia to permit secured Jews in the Soviet Union to emigrate to Israel.
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Jerusalem
INS
Israel
Russian U.N. Delegate Probed Over Sailor Returns
The United States probes Arkady Sobolev Russia’s U.N. chief for possible improper conduct linked to luring five Soviet sailors back to the Soviet Union. Testimony cites threats to families and outlines possible U.S. responses including declaring Sobolev persona non grata. Further hearings listed with Richard Salzmann and others to testify.
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Washington
United States
Arkady A. Sobolev
Russia
United Nations
Senate
Internal Security
Sobolev
Soviet Union
Justice
U.N
State Department
Moscow
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Richard Salzmann
International Rescue Committee
British Hunt Cypriot Rebels Seeks Hidden Gunmen
In Nicosia Cyprus 1500 British soldiers from four regiments scoured 50 square miles aided by ships and helicopters to locate rebels tied to Eoka the Greek Cypriot underground. Authorities had closed sea routes to 12 northern villages and imposed a dawn to dusk curfew after a night of violence that killed a Cyprus Mines Corp official and wounded two others.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Eoka
Mediterranean
Cyprus Mines Corp
Granddaughter of FDR Wed in Texas
Miss Ruth Chandler Roosevelt, granddaughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, wed Henry D. Lindsley III of Midland Texas in Fort Worth. Elliott Roosevelt officiated the ceremony at All Saints Episcopal Church with Mrs Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Col Eidson hosting a River Crest Country Club reception.
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Fort Worth
Autherine Lucy to Wed Today in Dallas
Autherine Lucy 26 year old Nellie expelled from the University of Alabama after campus riots will marry in a formal ceremony in Dallas today.
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Autherine Lucy
Dallas
Texas
Nellie
Theniversity of Alabama
Harrison ITT Chief William H Harrison Dies
Garden City NY AP William H Harrison 63 president of International Telephone and Telegraph Corp died Saturday at his home from a heart ailment.
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Garden City
N.Y
William H Harrison
International Telehone and Telegraph Corporation
Milan launches new daily Il Giorno with half a million copies
The Italian newspaper Il Giorno began publication in Milan with its first issue selling 500000 copies. The launch marks a major entry into the Milanese and national press markets.
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Milan
INS
Il Giorno
Eisenhower cites cold war gains and new policy problems
President Eisenhower told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that U S foreign policy faces new challenges despite wins in the cold war He proposed a rotating advisory board of private citizens to help shape policy and urged full disclosure of world affairs free from demagoguery He urged focus on Japan Britain France Germany and trade with Communist nations to keep Western unity and economic solvency.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Germany
Korea
Japan
Britain
France
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