Philippines Pleased by U S Pledge
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles pledged substantial aid to strengthen the Philippines armed forces and promised immediate action if attacked. A joint communique says the U S will fund major portions of the expansion to a four division army and assist with foreign exchange burdens while considering navy and air force development.
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Robert Bunson
Manila
United States
Philippines
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Carlos P. Garcia
Republic of Korea
U.S. Department of Defense
Europe Faces Worst Summer Harvest in Decades Across Europe
Europe wrestles with a wet cool summer as farmers seek sunshine to save crops. West Germany predicts the worst harvest in 30 years while Italy reports poor yields and Austria foresees a 20 percent drop. Floods hit East Germany and Eastern Europe, with limited data on harvest prospects behind the Iron Curtain.
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London
Europe
Italy
Denmark
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
East Germany
Air Force Sergeant Faces Bribery Charges
S/Sgt. Joel D. Granlum 25 of Valley City North Carolina was referred to a general court martial by Major Gen. Charles Born for allegedly taking a $50 bribe to cancel an overseas transfer and passing $20 to another to alter orders. He faces conspiracy to solicit a $60 bribe as part of the charges.
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San Antonio
Texas
INS
Joel D. Granlum
Valley City
N. C
Charles Born
Air Force
Randolph Afb
Granlum
Godfrey May Get Permit
Radio and TV star Arthur Godfrey may fly again in 12 days if he passes two tests. His pilot license was suspended for six months after he buzzed the Teterboro tower on takeoff. The CAA requires a medical examination and multi engine flight tests before requalification.
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Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Godfrey
Teterboro
N.J
CAA
Three Big Labor Chiefs Attack Ike and Congress
Washington leaders of AFL, CIO, and United Mine Workers denounce the Eisenhower administration and 83rd Congress for failing to curb unemployment while enacting tax relief for the wealthy. Meany and Lewis urge a pro labor Congress in November as Mitchell touts national progress.
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Washington
U.S
Eisenhower
Congress
George Meany
AFL
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Meany
Lewis
James P. Mitchell
G.o.p.-Controlled
83Rd Congress
War on Looting In Storm Areas
Boston police and state investigators intensified patrols in hurricane wrecked coastal towns during the Labor Day weekend. Kingston Rhode Island police were authorized to shoot anyone refusing to halt in storm damaged zones. Officials work to tally losses though figures may take weeks to finalize.
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Boston
Kingston
R. I
Massachusetts
Summer Holiday Weekend In Cedar Rapids Stacked With Events
Cedar Rapids offers a busy Labor Day weekend with baseball, stock car racing, motorcycle meets, archery, and family activities. The Cedar Rapids Indians host Waterloo in Memorial Stadium while Hawkeye Downs features shows and motocross style acts. Public offices close Monday with a return to winter hours Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Indians
Memorial Stadium
Waterloo
Cedar Acres
Hawkeye Downs
Rex Allen
Tommie Holden
Downs
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Roosevelt High School
Muscatine
Iowa City Fiddler Wins at State Fair
Charley P Drollinger, 62, of Iowa City, won the Old Fiddlers contest at the Iowa State Fair. James Sloan, 52, from Runnells, finished second, with Walter Cray, 68, of Winterset, taking third. Drollinger follows a family legacy with his late father Levi Drollinger as a former fiddler judge.
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Des Moines
Charley P Drollinger
Iowa City
Levi Drollinger
James Sloan
Runnells
Walter Cray
Winterset
Missing Boy Case Suspect Is Given Lie Detector Test
An itinerant salesman, 50, was tested with a lie detector and held for more investigation in the Tuesday night disappearance of 8 year old Jimmy Bremmers of Sioux City. Police said the man is psychopathic and admitted talking to Jimmy near the Bremmers home but denies knowing the lad’s whereabouts.
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Sioux City
Jimmy Bremmers
Harry Gibbons
al Clinchard
Omaha
Jimmie
Bremmers
Joseph H. Bremmers
Star Aldo Ray and Jeff Donnell announce wedding
Film personalities Aldo Ray and Jeff Donnell say they will marry on September 30 in Crockett California or Hollywood. Both are on their second marriages with Ray previously wed to Shirley Green of Crockett and Donnell's first husband William R. Anderson.
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Hollywood
INS
Aldo Ray
Jeff Donnell
Crockett, Calif
Ray
Shirley Green
Crockett
Miss Donnell
William R. Anderson
Navy Warns Soviets to Overtake U S as World Naval Power
The navy projects the Soviet Union will outrun the United States in naval strength within ten years at the current expansion rate. It notes the Red fleet already surpasses the U S in manpower and cites a $33.6 billion spend on sea power since 1945 as part of a broad build-up.
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Associated Press
Anna Maselskis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maselskis
Oceanside
Calif
California
Red Cross
Washington
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Navy
Office of Public Information
U. S
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Kremlin
U S Alert To Quemoy Situation
The defense department said it is alert to its responsibilities near Quemoy Island and has certain fleet units at sea. Two U.S. officers died when a shell hit their bunker during Chinese bombardment. Eisenhower warned the Reds would face the 7th Fleet if they attacked Formosa.
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Washington
Defense Department
Quemoy Island
U.S
Formosa
Quemoy
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
7Th Fleet
Adenauer vows voluntary limits on West German arms
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said West Germany would voluntarily curb its armed forces even after gaining full sovereignty. He rejected an early Big Four conference over Germany, stressing European security would be solved within Europe and that unity policy remains unchanged.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Federal Republic
Adenauer
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Tass calls British admiralty navy claim a gross invention
The Soviet Tass news agency on Saturday denounced a British Admiralty statement on Soviet naval strength as a gross invention. Tass said the report cited unsound data and urged a continuation of the arms race to speed Britain’s naval buildup.
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Moscow
Tass
Britain
Admiralty
Russia
Firestone Strike Settled With 6 Percent Pay Increase
A three week strike by 25,000 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. workers ended Saturday night with a 6% pay rise and a new working agreement. Details were not disclosed. Plants affected include Akron Los Angeles Noblesville New Castle Fall River Memphis Des Moines and Pottsville. The strike began August 12.
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Cleveland
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Akron
Los Angeles
Noblesville
New Castle
Ind
Fall River
Mass
Memphis
Des Moines
Pottstow
N.Y.-Bound KLM Constellation Crashes in River Shannon
A New York bound KLM Super Constellation crashed into the River Shannon at Shannon Airport Ireland. The craft carried 46 passengers and nine crew with 55 aboard. Eyewitnesses saw survivors crawl ashore. The flight originated Amsterdam with 4 passengers boarded in Shannon. This follows another KLM New York bound crash 13 days earlier with 21 lives lost.
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Shannon
Ireland
KLM
Amsterdam
New York
North Sea
Navy Lane Crash Off Norfolk Kills One. Six Presumed Dead
A Navy lane crash offshore at Ocean View near Norfolk left one confirmed dead and six others presumed drowned. Rescue boats with spotlights recovered a body as divers searched 20 to 30 feet deep water for survivors.
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Norfolk, Va
INS
U. S. Navy
Oceaniea
Norfolk
Eisenhower Warns Washington Should Not Dominate Local Government
President Eisenhower on an aerial tour of four states urged that the federal government not interfere excessively with local affairs. He spoke to about 3,000 gathered at a Nebraska airfield and echoed earlier remarks in Grand Junction Colorado about restraint in federal involvement while promoting reclamation and flood control projects.
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McCook
Neb
Eisenhower
Washington
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Grand Junction
Colo
Air Force Unveils Small High Power Radar for Aircraft
The Air Research and Development Command announced a new radar system for aircraft. The APN59 is compact and high power with a range of up to 240 miles, capable of detecting storms obstructions and terrain. Developed with Sperry Proscope and manufactured by Percy in Great Neck, New York.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Research and Development Command
ARDC
Sperry Proscope Company
Percy
Great Neck
Long Island
N. Y
Europe Faces New Soviet Maneuver As EDC Fails
Washington reports Moscow aims to exploit allied confusion after the EDC defeat. Officials expect a fresh Soviet push while a U S Britain and France note seek to blunt it with a joint proposal. Dulles reviews policy as London resists France on European duty and Germany presses for sovereignty. Mendes France offers little.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
London
France
Dulles
Europe
Britain
America
Germany
Mendes-France
U.N. Assembly
New York
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