Japanese Hold-Outs Reported Near Mount Matutun
Manila reports say four Japanese ex-soldiers sheltering near Mount Matutun may still believe the Pacific war continues. The Japanese Embassy expects Filipino contact via Cotabato Province and offered a reward for locating the group. Ambassador Yukawa says 100 to 300 stragglers may remain in Filipino mountains, reduced by disease and starvation.
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Morio Yukawa
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Yukawa
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Three scientists disarm nuclear bomb dud at Nevada test site
At the Nevada test site three scientists from Sandia and Livermore labs climbed a 500 foot tower to disable a non exploding atomic device after a firing mechanism glitch. Robert Burton led the effort with Forrest Lairbrother and Barney Rubin assisting. They vowed the incident will not recur and announced plans to install an electronic alarm system to detect power failures in future detonations.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Robert Burton
Sandia Laboratory
Albuquerque
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Barney Rubin
Livermore, Calif
Burton
Portland Jury Frees Schrunk
Portland Mayor Terry D. Schrunk was found innocent of perjury by a nine woman three man jury after about two hours of deliberation. Judge James W. Crawford warned spectators to restrain emotion, but the verdict drew handclapping and cheers from about 200 Schrunk supporters.
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Portland
Terry D. Schrunk
James W. Crawford
Red China's Defense Plan Revealed for 1957 Budget
Tokyo reports that Communist China plans to spend about 2.3 billion won on defense in 1957. Vice Premier Li Hsien-nien, also finance minister, presented the plan to the National People's Congress in Peiping. The report was broadcast by Radio Peiping and monitored in Tokyo.
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China
Li Hsien-Nien
National People's Congress
Peiping
Italian Volcano Still Breathing in 1956 Year Turmoil
A fragmented report links Neapolitans and political controversy to Vesuvius and 1956 events. It touches on China’s expenditures, a Portland bribery accusation, and a claim the volcano’s activity mirrors political upheaval, with scattered references to 1944 and 1956 figures and public sentiment.
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Multnomah County
China
Havelas
Egypt and Saudi threaten to stop Israeli ships
In Beirut Egypt and Saudi Arabia renewed threats to bar Israeli shipping from the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba. Aly Sabri, Cairo aide to President Nasr, said Israel would be prevented from moving through the channels and warned against foreign help, linking it to the 1956 Tripartite invasion. Sabri challenged U S statements on Aqaba and blamed American policy for regional troubles.
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Saudi Arabia
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Gulf of Aqaba
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Aly Sabri
Gemal Abdel Nasser
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U. N
Israel
Eisenhower
Sibri
Signs Law On Troop Limit And Draft Extensions
President Eisenhower signed two bills extending military ceilings and the doctor draft. One measure keeps a temporary troop cap at five million until July 1, 1959 while the permanent limit remains suspended. The other extends the physician and dentist draft until July 1, 1969 for those under 32 already deferred.
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Washington
Lisenhower
Tisee
Seven Die in Collision of Truck Auto in Farmington
State police traced last night’s fatal crash on Highway 550 ten miles east of Farmington to a tire blowout on the auto. Seven people perished including two children. victims included Doyle Wayne Marshal 18, Rita Nell Marshal, and three more Farmington residents. The pickup driver was Charles Wayne Pace. another passenger Bobby Hale died later en route to the hospital. Witnesses described the wreck as violently mangled with bodies strewn about.
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Farmington
N. M
New
Doyle Wayne
Rita Nell Marshal
Jimmy Carll McIlroy
Richard E. Bernard
Charles Wayne Pace
Bobby Lee Hale
Sterling
Oklo
Pace
Floyd Miles
Miles
Lions Elect Officers at 40th Annual SF Convention
The Lions International convention in San Francisco closed with officer elections and installations. Unopposed were Barry for 1937 38 president Dudley Le Simms Clarence L. Sturm and Finis E Davis. The only contested post is international director from the United States with nine unions contesting eight seats. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles delivered a foreign policy speech opposing formal relations with Red China, calling communism a passing phase.
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Lions International
Edward G. Rose
Ark
Eet
Barry
Lions
Dudley le Simms
Charleston
W- Va
Clarence L. Sturm
Manawe
Wis
Finis E. Davis
Louisville
United States
John Foster Dulles
Red China
Dulles
China
Nudism magazines ruled obscene by Ninth Circuit
In San Francisco the Ninth Circuit upheld a Spokane decision declaring European nudist magazines imported for distribution obscene. The ruling cites the Supreme Court view that obscene publications are not protected by free press rights. Melvin Mounce, Spokane nudist leader, had appealed the ruling.
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United States
U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. District Cour
Spokane
Sam Driver
Ofen
Melvin Mounce
National Sunbathing Assa
U.S. Supreme Court
I Mounce
Denmark
Germany
Driver
Hard to Show Feature Movies at HARPD Playgrounds
Four technicolor feature movies rotate at Hayward Area Recreation Dist playgrounds this summer. Next week's schedule shows Crimson Pirate at Bidwell and Sorensen Schools, Palma Ceia and Tennyson, Russell and Longwood, Baywood and Fairview. Ensuing weeks include Ivanhoe Billy the Kid and Smokey.
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Hayward Area Recreation Dist
Bidwell
Sorensen
Palma Ceia
Tennyson
Russell
U S Steel Price Hike Blasted by Union Chief
United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald accused U S Steel Corp of masking profits while raising prices by about eight dollars a ton effective Monday. He cited past profits of 270.1 million dollars and projected 1957 after-tax profits at 46.14 million dollars annually, urging a price reduction to aid the economy.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
McDonald
Dow Jones Stock Averages and Exchange Activity
New York stock summary shows Dow Jones averages with gains and declines across major issues. Total trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange reached 1,770,000 shares with 46 advances, 383 declines and 263 unchanged, while Amex listings traded 670,000 shares.
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Thurs
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Rainmaking Bill Seen Advancing in Senate Subcommittee
Senator Frances Case predicts favorable action next week on a rainmaking experimental research program bill. He expects subcommittee approval Tuesday to send the measure to the interstate and foreign commerce committee and then to Congress this session. The bill aims to coordinate state federal and local rainmaking studies.
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Senate
Frances Case
R- 5.D
Case
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
South Dakotan
Congress
Stock Market Ends Week With Small Gains After Mild Decline
New York stocks closed a week of mixed actions with a modest gain overall. Industrials slipped under 500 briefly, then rebounded. autos, oils, and utilities showed varied results as traders remained selective and wary of July 4 holidays and potential disarmament talks.
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Senate
London
Othe
Apric An
Kaiser Aluminum
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
National Steel
Lukens
Shipping Report Lists Varying Docks and Times
A fragmented ship report shows vessels arriving and departing from multiple ports including Yokohama Singapore San Juan Vancouver Baltimore and Hong Kong with numerous names and tentative dates in July. The list notes schedules from ports in Los Angeles Boston Valparaiso Manila and New Orleans among others.
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Suneinastein
Santa Juana
Pet
Luekenbach
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Lombok
Vancouver
Santa Adela
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Gloria Bakke
Los Angeles
Ane
Bay
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Hl Angeles
Ike ‘Cin
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Rita Maersk
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Wirts
Kembure
Johanna Dlaetak
Suga
Animasan Maru
Thervile
Portland
RAN Zranciad
Bur Dey
Jane Lena Luekenbach
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Boston
Fast Bay
Statiposa
Stiwin
Sydney Pees
Filmore—pon
Test Safety Level Hanging in Atomic Subcommittee Hearings
Chairman Cher Holifield says high level hearings show no certain safe bomb test level. He notes experts admit uncertainty about long term radiation effects and questions government certainty on safety. The House subcommittee recently finished hearings on radiation concerns from nuclear testing.
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Washington
Cher Holifield
High Atomic Subcommittee
California
House
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