Eisenhower Calls McElroy to Augusta for Defense Budget Talks
President Eisenhower summons Defense Secretary Neil McElroy to Augusta Georgia for a conference on the new defense budget and rapid missile program speedup. McElroy will be joined by W. O. McNeil and other budget experts as the Air Force reports a potential breakthrough in nuclear space explosions.
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Defense
Augusta
Gazette
Eisenhower
Neil McElroy
McElroy
W. O. McNeil
Pentagon
Air Force
Kirtland Air Force Base
N.M
America
McPherson Morgan
Spice
Toe
Pacis
Sponsor Obtained For Hope's Show
Plymouth buys two canceled one hour shows after Rob Hope skipped the NBC air date. Timex had sponsored the NBC program, but Hope guest starred on ABC as Frank Sinatra's TV debut, a competing program with Bulova as sponsor. Plymouth announced the purchase Friday.
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Bollywood
Rob Hope
Plymouth
Timex, Inc
NBC
Hope
ABC
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Bulova
Killer Misses $100000 in Hidden Gems
Atlanta police probe the beating death of New York jewelry salesman Fabius Frankel found in a Georgian Hotel room about 6 pm Friday The victim carried $100000 in diamonds kept in his vest pocket robbers appeared to target the gems but the haul remained missing Investigators noted a towel gag and heavy blows while fingerprints were obscured by hotel steam A penciled note reading Shoot him was found under the chair seat
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Atlanta
New York
Fabius Frankel
Frankel
Jimmy Helms
Georgian
New Turn Signal at First Avenue and Nineteenth Street
Cedar Taglos reports a new left turn signal at First Avenue and Nineteenth Street began Saturday. A green arrow allows 10 seconds for left turns into Nineteenth Street with other lights red, then normal green indicates moves in First Avenue. Drivers were confused initially.
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First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Taglos News
Bob Johnson
Johnson
United Plans All Jet System In 1959 63
United Air Lines says it will shift to an all jet fleet by fall 1959 with 92 jets to join 30 DC-8s already on order. By 1963 the mix will be 30 percent long range DC-8s 40 percent intermediate jets and 30 percent small jets. President W A Patterson outlined orderly traffic moves on main routes and special rights for the changeover.
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San Francisco
INS
United Air Lines
Nineteenth Street
W. A. Patterson
United
Typhoon Lola Rips Guam Causing Million-Dollar Damage
Guam was hit by Typhoon Lola with winds near 140 mph, destroying a navy quonset hut holding supplies and damaging multiple buildings. Governor Lowe estimated civilian damage over a million dollars and noted extensive destruction of traps. one person suffered a broken neck but survived. No military injuries reported.
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Agana
Guam
Tur
Ty Phoon Lola
Isand
Richard Barrett Lowe
Islend
Navy
Traffic signs to guide lanes near Nineteenth Street
Officials plan to install overhead lane signs clarifying turn arrangements across First Avenue about 150 feet east and west of Nineteenth Street to improve traffic flow.
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First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Kasper Given Six More Months In Clinton School Case
A federal court in Knoxville Tennessee Friday sentenced segregationist John Kasper to six additional months in jail for contempt of the injunction against interfering with Clinton High School integration. Judge Robert J Taylor denied a new trial for Kasper and six co defendants. The latest sentence raises Kasper total federal time to eighteen months after he began a prior one year term last month.
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Tenn
Friday
John Kasper
Clinton
U.S
Robert J.’ Taylor
Kasper
Serv Ling
Taylor
Jewelry swap scare at station ends with mixup
Sarasota AP report says Mrs. Martin Keischmian found her bag containing 30000 dollars worth of jewelry had been switched in a train station mixup. She tracked it to Ulbert Bisselle president of the Riggs National Bank of Washington who was annoyed at the mistaken exchange and the mistaken payment.
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Sarasota
Fla
Martin Keischmian
Lulbert Bisselle
Riggs National’ ‘Bank of Washington
Two Men Injured in Truck Train Collision at Crossing
Two men in a pickup collided with a Reel Island freight train at West Fourth Street crossing at 1 a.m. Otis Rettick and Warwell Butler, both of Florida, were hospitalized. X rays were taken to assess injuries. the wreck delayed traffic for two hours. Authorities cited the crossing signals as functioning.
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Vinton
Reel Island
West Fourth Street
Otis Rettick
Warwell Butler
Florida
Air Force Debunks Five Sky Object Reports No Saucers Found
The Air Force says five recent sky object reports were investigated and no flying saucers were present. Explanations range from misidentified phenomena to thunderstorms causing engine stalls and a coast guard sighting near White Sands.
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Air Force
Washington
California
Kearney
Neb
Levelland
Fexas
Alamogordo
N.M
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
White Sands
B-29 Missing With 10 Men Over Alaska
An Air Force B 29 with a 10 man crew is overdue after a Friday night round trip from Elmendorf Air Force Base. Radio contact ended near Talkeetna about 50 miles north of Anchorage. The 1000th Radar Evaluation Flight aircraft is unaccounted for as weather hindered search by air rescue helicopters and names of crew were not released.
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Anchorage
Life Sentence for Youth in Officer Slaying
MINNEAPOLIS A jury convicts James OKasick of second degree murder in the slaying of Policeman Robert Fossum on August 17. Ward Calder was wounded. Roger and Ronald Kasick were killed later in the pursuit. James was captured after a failed attempt at suicide in rural Minnesota.
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Mns
James O'Kasickth
Roger
Ronald
Robert Fossum
Ward Caleld
Officr md
Iran
James
Ayite
Minnesota
One Killed 30 Hurt in Chicago Central Derailment
A Chicago Central passenger train derailed near a crossing in Michigan resulting in one death and about 30 injuries. The dead man was H. M. Nichols, 54, of Chicago. most serious injuries were mail clerks. Damaged cars tangled with heavy equipment. a faulty switch and ongoing crossing repairs were noted factors. The train carried 158 aboard including mail clerks.
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White Figeon
Mich
Chicaapan
New York Central
HH. M. Nichols
Chicago
JT. Alexander
New York Central District
linois-Indiana
43 Die as British Four-Engine Plane Crashes on Isle
A Solent aircraft carrying 50 passengers and crew of 8 crashed near Newport Isle of Wight after engine failure. Forty three people died on impact and all survivors were hospitalized with serious injuries. Fire, wreckage scattered over fields. author J B Priestley’s shepherd witnessed the scene.
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Isle of Wight
England
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Solent
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Lisbon
Portugal
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Civil Aviation Ministry
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English Channel
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J. B. Priestley
Tragic Niagara Falls Fire Kills 14 from Two Families
A blaze at a rooming house in Niagara Falls after an explosion killed 14 people from two families. Firefighters and soldiers pulled survivors and bodies from the charred wreckage as an investigation opened into the disaster. Several adults and children were hospitalized, with local residents recounting rescue efforts.
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Ains
Thibes
Girard Trial Costs Put at 85000 for Army in Japan
Ambiguously worded report estimates the Girard trial in Japan will cost the U.S. Army about 85000, with higher totals possible on appeal. The case involves a suspect accused of killing a scrap collector on a firing range, and the article notes costs cover personnel, vehicles, and court services.
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USA
Girard
Chrard
Young Ballerina Tops Red Leaders in Swans Lake Debut
A 20 year old Bolshoi pupil Timofeyeva wowed Moscow crowds in Tschaikowsky Swan Lake at the Balshoi theater. Communist leaders Khrushchev Mikoyan Malinovsky joined by Egyptian officers filled boxes while the audience roared at the rising star. Timofeyeva received the longest ovation as she danced to a packed house and was hailed by Moscow buffs as a coming Bolshoi star.
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Tschaikowsky
Balsho
Timofeyyeva
Galina Chinova
Khrushches
Mao
Mikoxyun
Malinovsky
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
William Randolph Wearst
Bob Considine
Kharusheher
Mad
Timelfeyeva
London
Moscow
Army Draft Rate Increased to 10 000
The Defense Department announced a draft rate increase to 10 000 inductions per minute, with a higher rate planned for January 1958, while Army strength reductions and enlistment trends tied to school integration measures were cited as contributing factors. The Army projected plant strength at 900,60 men by July 1, and officials noted a fall in recent enlistments after federal troops enforced integration in Littlerock, Arkansas.
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Washington
INS
Defense Department
HNO
Army
Hugh Ahlton
Lit
Rees
Ark
Milturt
North Iowa Sees Light Snowfall Reported
The weather bureau noted light snow across parts of the region with minor accumulations. Temperatures plunged to around 6 degrees with highs near the 70s in several towns while others saw lower readings.
Missing Arkansas Man Found Near Pettigrew Field
The 85 year old William Weatherby of Pettigrew Arkansas who disappeared June 7 while visiting relatives near Clarks ville Mio was found Friday in a field in Pittsfield. Sheriff Virgil Griffeth said Weatherby may have gotten off a bus at Louisiana Missouri crossed the Mississippi Bridge and died there. A billfold with over $150 was found beside the body.
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Arkansas
William Weatherby
Pettigrew
Ark
Clarksville
Mio
Virgil Griffeth
Weatherby
Louisiana
Mississippi
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