U S Prods Moscow on 9 Captives
The United States urged the Soviet government to act immediately to secure the release of nine American military personnel held in East Germany after their helicopter went down on June 7. Moscow contends it has no control over East German actions.
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Moscow
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State Department
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Germany
Robert Murphy
Sergei A. Striganov
Joseph Reap
Murphy
Reap
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Robert P. McQuail
Otto Winzer
McQuail
Brussels
Martin Paulus
Leon Jacobs
Berlin
Otto Winter
Jacobs
Belgium
Paulus
House May Back End of Freight Tax
Washington AP report notes Senate action to end the 3 percent freight tax and 10 percent passenger fare tax, sending the measure to conference with the House which previously voted to keep all rates unchanged. Observers expect House retreat on freight but not on passenger taxes, with debate focused on extending World War II era rates.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Ways and Means
Reed
N.Y
Three Czechs Swim To Austrian Soil at Night
Three Czechs crossed the March River into Austria on a Friday night, including a 23 year old woman. The three men, all 24, fled from Moravska Ostrava and reached Austrian soil where a border sentry called Halt or I fire. Names were not released.
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Vienna
March River
Moravska Ostrava
Strike Wanes at Leavenworth Pen
In Leavenworth Kansas the federal penitentiary inmates largely abandoned a brief hunger strike on Friday. Warden C H Looney said most inmates ate the evening meal and that a few leaders were placed in solitary confinement for protesting food quantity and variety.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary
C. H. Looney
What a Little Wreck Is a Gal's Getting Married
Cedar Rapids bridal story at Center Point road NE as former Miss Marjorie Mercer nears her wedding when a left turn failed and a steering lock caused a collision with a machine operated by Faye Stevens. Mrs Mercer and her mother Iola Mercer required hospital treatment for injuries. Police charged Mrs Mercer with driving to the left of the center lane.
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Cedar Rapids
Marjorie Mercer
Center Point Road
Iola Mercer
Cave
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke's
William R. Mercer
Bedford
Mass
Teacher at Hanover Park to quit amid war essays
Miss LeMoyne Goodman 26 plans to resign from Hanover Park regional high school after critics urged her removal over essays in the school publication on the Hiroshima bomb. The board declined to deem her unpatriotic, noting only poor judgment for presenting one side of the debate.
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Hanover
LeMoyne Goodman
Hanover Park Regional High School
Goodman
Protests in Bonn Over Soviet Embassy Damage
Soviet protests erupted in Bonn after demonstrators attacked the Soviet embassy with rocks and bottles in response to the execution of Imre Nagy. About 400 East European refugees participated. Russia demanded repairs and punishment for those responsible. Police detained 23 protesters as the Foreign Office pledged to arrange repairs and convey regrets.
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Russia
West Germany
Imre Nagy
Hungary
P. D. Olov
Foreign Office
Herbert Dittmann
Orlov
Heinrich von Brentano
Georg Duckwitz
Polish Professor and Family Find Happy Life in U S
The Nowinskis flee communist Poland with Jerzy Nowinski becoming George in America. He joins the University of Wisconsin as adjunct professor while awaiting citizenship and a return to research at the Wisconsin center funded by the army. The family adapts, Krystyna becomes Christina, and they feel at home after a six month transition.
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U.S
Baltimore
Jerzy Nowinski
Maria
Krystyna
Nowinskis
Madison
Nowinski
University of Wisconsin
Mathematics Research Center
University of Warsaw
Poland
Hopkins
Wisconsin
Ine
George
Conductor Saves Woman From Slowing Freight
Mrs. Richard Goss, 71, wandered onto a freight crossing in Gastonia North Carolina when conductor Kenneth Lefever, 50, sprinted along the catwalk and kicked at her forcing her back. Lefever grabbed her arm and pulled her clear as the train halted roughly 15 feet away. The woman was unhurt.
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Gastonia
N.C
Richard Goss
Kenneth Lefever
Lefever
Taunting Youth Leads to Drowning at Rock Pit
In Miami an 18 year old named Edward Bagley drowned after being taunted by younger boys about his swimming. He jumped into a rock pit swimming hole and did not surface. Divers probed 50 foot depths for his body.
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Miami
Edward Bagley
Chicago Trolleys End Era as Last Car Ceases Runs
Old No. 238 known as the Green Hornet delivers a final clang and ends Chicago street car service for the first time since the turn of the century. The vintage trolley joins a long line of obsolete cars at the terminal.
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Chicago
Hagerty Denies Adams Loans From Goldfine
Washington AP reported White House press secretary James Hagerty stated Sherman Adams received no loans or loan guarantees from industrialist Bernard Goldfine. Hagerty said reports of the White House shopping for a successor for Adams are untrue while Vice President Nixon urged Republicans to unite.
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White House
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Eisenhower
Adams
Hagerty
Goldfine
New York Post
Seaton
Post
Nixon
Eisenhower Teases Washington Gift Probe During Mt Vernon Visit
President Eisenhower makes an unannounced tour of Mount Vernon in a drizzle and jokes about whether George Washington was investigated for accepting a gift sword. He quips while admiring the sword from a German admirer, tying it to gifts from Bernard Goldfine to Sherman Adams amid the controversy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Defense Department
Quantico
Mike Simons
Indianapolis
Walter Densmore
Ike
Washin
Dag Hammarskjold Heads East After Beirut Talks
U N secretary general Dag Hammarskjold left Beirut on Saturday to probe Middle East hot spots after limited progress toward ending Lebanon’s six week rebellion. He planned visits to Jerusalem Amman and Cairo to discuss Mt Scopus UN emergency force and Lebanese violence while pressuring for possible armed action.
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Lebanon
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Israel
U.N
Jerusalem
Amman
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Hammarskjold
Hussein
Samir el Rifai
Mt. Scopus
Rebel Capital Menado Falls to Government Troops
The Voice of Indonesia from Makassar reports Menado in North Celebes has fallen to Indonesian government troops. Menado was the rebels last holdout after their revolt began Feb. 15 with a rebel government proclaimed at Padang. They sought removal of Communist influence from Sukarno’s government.
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Voice of Indonesia Radio
Makassar
Menado
Celebes
Padang
Sumatra
Sukarno
Summer Weather Brings Cool Reception Across Iowa
Summer arrived in Iowa with a cool reception as Cedar Rapids reported 75 degrees at 2 pm after a overnight low of 52. Friday's pattern showed cool highs from Lamoni at 66 to Davenport, Sioux City and Burlington at 72 with scattered light showers in the south. Rain totals included Lamoni 0.08, Council Bluffs 0.03, Ottumwa 0.02 and Des Moines 0.01 inches with traces elsewhere. Morning lows ranged from 45 at Spencer to 55 at Davenport.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lamoni
Davienport
Sioux City
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Spencer
Davenport
London's Buses Roll Once More
London's buses resumed service after a seven week strike as 48,000 busmen voted to return to work. Transport officials promised wage increases for 12,000 suburban bus workers, while central London's 36,000 busmen received a weekly raise of about $1.19 by an industrial arbitration court.
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London
London Transport
Central London
Ten honored guests escape as platform collapses in Kingsport
In Kingsport Tennessee an awards event for Penn Dixie Cement Company saw ten honored guests on a platform when it collapsed. No one was hurt as the structure gave way during the safety awards program on Friday night.
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Kingsport
Judge rules stay on Little Rock desegregation to 1961
A federal judge in Little Rock ruled that racial integration at Central High could be suspended for two years, delaying desegregation and barring the remaining nine Negro students from returning in September. NAACP plans an appeal as officials cite ongoing incidents and troop presence.
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Little Rock Central High School
Harry Lemley
Hope, Ark
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Justice Department
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Faubus
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Ronald Davies
Fargo
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Eisenhower
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
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Davies
Central High
Lemley
Arkansas
Minnijean Brown
New York
Ernest Green
Michigan State
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