Eight Week Rights Duel Is Possible
Senator Knowland forecast a civil rights debate four to eight weeks or longer with possible further delaying of other administration bills. He said adjournment would wait until the civil rights bill is disposed of, and Eisenhower is in accord. Johnson predicted a vote next week on making the House civil rights bill pending in the Senate.
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Knowland
Eisenhower
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G.O.P
Johnson
Texas
House
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O'Mahoney
Ike to vacation on Newport island off Narragansett Bay
White House said President Eisenhower may vacation this summer on Coaster's Harbor a mile long island in Narragansett Bay part of Newport Rhode Island naval base. If Senate delays civil rights debate and recess approved he could go in August staying with Admiral Cromelin at the island house near naval facilities.
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White House
Eisenhower
Naval Base
Newport
R. I
James Hagerty
Mile-Long
Narragansett Bay
Senate
Coaster’s Harbor
House
Martin
Mass
G.O.P
Hagerty
Henry Cromelin
Naval War College
Naval Training
Naval Communications
Detroit Rain Triggers Massive Flood Traffic Jam
Torrential rain in Detroit locked the area in one of the worst traffic jams, flooding thousands of basements and causing at least one death. Police used rowboats to rescue motorists after about 160,000 cars were abandoned as main arteries into the city flooded. Buses stalled with water up to windows.
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Detroit
Motor City
Reina del Pacifico Unloads Passengers After Reef Stranding
British cruise Reina del Pacifico stuck on a Bermuda reef begins unloading cargo by barge while 556 passengers and 300 crew stay aboard. Castle Rock and tugs standby as weather improves and operations proceed with warning lights still flashing.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Reina del Pacifico
Jliner
U.S. Coast Guard
Castle Rock
Fossil Shark Found in Indiana By Two Scientists
In Indiana shale formations Drs Rainer Zangerl and Eugene Richardson uncovered a well preserved fossil shark from the Coal Age. The eight and a half foot specimen hints it would reach about 15 feet if complete. Rapid burial in mud likely preserved it after death.
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Chicago
Indiana
Jhale
Rainer Zangerl
Eugene Richardson
Ten Thousand Awarded For Auto Sembly System
Washington army officials award $10,000 to two civilians for inventing an automations system called Auto Sembly at the Signal Corps Laboratory Fort Monmouth New Jersey. The unit claims first year savings of about 4.2 million to the government. The recipients are Gee and Yean Long Branch New Jersey.
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INS
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Signal Corps Laboratory
Fort Monmouth
Oey Ae Gee Jy
Long Branch
N. J
Two Deaths at Atalissa Termed Murder, death by own action
Special to The Gazette WHAT CHEER The bodies of a man and woman murder suicide victims were returned here Tuesday from Atalissa for burial. Dead are Mrs. Menzo Yeaman 32 of What Cheer and Rufus Hale Hayes 53 Atalissa farmer.
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What Cheer
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Menzo Yeaman
Rufus Hale Hayes
Muscatine County
Hayes
Yearian
Anson
Yeaman
Robert Benson
Delta
Loren Piersel
Deep River
Harvey Benson
Snyder Funeral
West Liberty
Whyte Funeral Home
Peace Envoys Khrushchev Bulganin Tour Czechoslovakia
Khrushchev and Bulganin arrive in Cierna praised as messengers of peace by Prague radio amid large crowds. Western experts anticipate purges of Stalinists as they proceed to Kosice Zilina Brno and Prague for talks with Czech leaders.
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London
INS
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Nikolai Bulganin
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Cierna
Kosice
Vaclav Kopecky
Antonin Novotny
Vaclav David
Khrushchev
The
Doves
Radio Prague
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West
East Europe
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Zilina
Brno
Moravia
Krushchev
Bulganin
Soviet turboprop airliner makes first Moscow flight
The Soviet Union introduced its new turboprop airliner with a test flight over Moscow, circling low above the Kremlin towers as reported by Moscow radio on Tuesday.
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London
Soviet Union
Moscow
Kremlin
Moscow Radio
Red Plot To Blast Iranian Oil Nipped
TEHRAN AP The head of Iran s security department Gen Teimour Bakhtiar deputy premier said authorities detained Communists almost ready to strike the Abadan oil refineries. They had assembled blast equipment and were captured hours before the zero hour with Moscow connections.
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Iran
Security Department
Abadan
Teimour Bakhtiar
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Bakhtiar
Moscow
Khrushchev Dismisses Stalinists as Black Sheep
In Prague Khrushchev labeled Molotov led Stalinists as black sheep in a good herd. He recalled how he seized the black sheep by the tail and threw them out, signaling a purge within the party.
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Prague
INS
Nikita Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Zalina
City Court Opens First Jury Trial on Animal Cruelty
Cedar Rapids municipal court begins its first jury trial since 1954 in the case of Melvin McBride charged with cruelty to animals. Six jurors hear testimony about starving livestock at the 80 acre Wilson road farm near the Saxon airport as photographs and inspections depict squalid barn conditions and injured cattle.
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Cedar Rapids
Melvin McBride
McBride
Wilson Road
Saxon
Miles Sutera
Les Burianek
William H. Jacobs
Margaret L. Beckman
Esther L. Bender
Floyd N. Pinch
Oe Clark
Herbert F. Kie
Larsen To Head Iowa Road Unit
AMES AP The Iowa Highway Commission elected Chris Larsen Jr of Sioux City as chairman at its first meeting with two new Democrat appointees Cecil Malone Atlantic named vice chairman and Robert Brice Waterloo. Malone succeeds Mel Graham and Brice succeeds Emory Loomis, while Larsen follows Robert K. Beck. All three named Republicans: Larsen Beck and Russell Junle of Des Moines.
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Warjsen
Robert K. Beck
Centerville
Beck
Larsen
Russell Junle
Des Moines
All Star Game Sees Two NL Runs In Seventh
The National League scored two runs in the seventh to trim the American League lead to 3-2. Play by play notes Mantle, Kaline, Mays, Musial, Fox and Berra among key actions as both sides generate offense with hits and walks but no more decisive scoring after the seventh.
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Mays
Willie
National
Mantle
Aaron
Williams
Musial
Wertz
Berra
Burdette
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Kell
Bunning
McMillan
Bailey
Hoak
Maxwell
Lees
Mags
Skowro
Mathews
McDougald
Banks
Malzone
Skowron
Sanford
Moon
Schoendienst
Jackson
Wynn
Bell
Pierce
Col John Nickerson's Court Martial Sentence Upheld
ATLANTA INS The court martial sentence of Col. John Nickerson who pled guilty to violating security regulations was confirmed Tuesday and ordered into effect.
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Atlanta
INS
Col
John Nickerson
Pilicer Re elected By Memorial Unit
Cedar Rapids News reports Abraham Pilicer was reelected chairman of the Memorial Commission at a reorganized meeting. Nick Lillies was named vice chairman, W Kulish became secretary, and Sam Cohen was reelected treasurer. Mayor Jim Meaghan serves as fifth member. discussion focused on the budget request.
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Cedar Rapids News
Abraham Pilicer
Cedar Rapids’ Memorial Commission
First Mnscene
Nick Lillies
W. Kulish
Sam Cohen
Commission
Jim Meaghan
Nens
Ouster vote in Moscow reshapes Soviet leadership
Reports from Moscow claim Khrushchev survived a presidium vote to oust him with backing from Georgi Zhukov and A. N. Mikoyan. The session in June led to a central committee reversal, with Molotov Malenkov and Kaganovich ousted while Khrushchev retained power. Polish Trybuna Ludu notes agrarian policy clashes over compulsory farm deliveries.
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Novotny
Kremlin
Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Lazar Aegeht
Georgi Malenov
Soviet Communist Party
Georgi Zhukov
A. N. Mikoyan
Communist Party Heirarchy
Zhukov
Mikoyan
Presidium
Central Committee
Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Kaganovich
Moscow
Trybuna Ludu
Molotov Group
Public rallies signal purge of top Soviet ex-leaders
Nationwide indignation meetings and a press drive suggest a plan to strip Vyacheslav Molotov Georgi Malenkov Lazar Kaganovich and Dmitri Shepilov of remaining party status. The campaign hints at harsher actions possibly including court trials prison or even death, though specifics are unclear.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Kaganovich
Dmitri Shepilov
Drug Effective On Encephalitis
Two Alexandria doctors report five cases of virus caused encephalitis improved after a new compound was injected after antibiotic failure. They describe the antidotal substance as a definite antiviral and note rapid improvement within 24 to 36 hours, including quick fever drop and discharge within five days for a seven year old.
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Washington
INS
Alexandria
Robert H. Anderson
Ralph M. Thompson
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