Eisenhower praised by Alabama campaign men at rally
Alabama rally features Russell Forces praising Eisenhower as the candidate with national defense credibility. Claud Vardaman faults Stevenson ally and calls Wilson Wyatt a leading left winger. Talladega editor Abernethy criticizes Sparkman vice candidacy linking it to Fair Deal tensions amidst early US meat consumption trivia.
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Opelika
Eisenhower
Alabama
Claud
Vardaman
Birmingham
U. S
Lee County
Adlai Stevenson
Wilson Wyatt
Abernethy
Ike
Truma
Batista regime upgrades rural housing in Cuba
In Havana the revolutionary government under President Batista orders a rural housing reform, forming a commission to raise bohios from palm leaf huts to minimum standards with concrete floors water and toilets. If owners fail, state work will be done at their expense. An army check finds only 6,000 of 80,000 huts meet basics.
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Havana
Batista
Cuba
Set Up Pacific Cooperation
Foreign ministers of the United States Australia and New Zealand launched the first formal peacetime military cooperation among the three nations. They will keep a go slow policy on admitting other non Communist Pacific nations and will consult through regular diplomatic channels. A joint military staff will meet periodically at Pearl Harbor Melbourne and Wellington with Adm. Arthur W Radford designated as American representative. Australia and New Zealand to name theirs later.
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Honolulu
U. S
Australia
New Zealand
Security Organization
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Melbourne
Wellington
N. Z
Arthur W. Radford
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Decatur Unit At Camp Gordon Trains With 43rd Company
Members of the 423d Military Government Company from Decatur undergo a two week summer training at Camp Gordon Georgia. Commanded by Lt Col Paul J Wolfer with Major Robert E Mitchell acting, the unit trains alongside the 43rd Military Government Company from Atlanta. Readiness objectives include learning the duties of a military government unit and features a roster of Decatur area personnel.
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Camp Gordon
423D Military Government Company
Decatur
Paul J. Wolfer
Robert E. Mitchell
43Rd
Military Government Company
Atlanta
Emory
Red) Caudill
George M. Clegg
Vinemont
Elwyn O. Creel
Hartselle
William S. Kirby
Samuel Richbourg
Moulton
Joseph Sugg
Town Creek
Dennis Hale
Athens
William Moon
Jack T. Smith
Fred W. Abt
Cullman
Willard G. Brown
Orus Kinney
Charles Neeley
John J. Smith
Norman Halbrooks
Madison
Davis M. McRight
Horace W. Broom
Mack W. Coleman
Boyce E. Lyle
Donald W. Morris
George T. Patterson
James R. Ferguson
Falkville
Robert H.smith
Lloyd Barnett
Grady M. Lowery
Austinville
Henry E. Moore
Willard E. Sherrod
Billy Ie Spoats
Herselle
Joseph V. Trankina
Jet Explodes Killing Eight Aboard U S Carrier Boxer
An explosion aboard the U S carrier Boxer in Korean waters killed eight crew members and injured others. Twelve jet aircraft were destroyed by a blaze that sent 63 men overboard as helicopters and lifeboats recovered survivors. The incident occurred about 50 miles off Korea with no enemy action.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Korea
Nuns Run Key West German Center Against Drug Addiction
In Wassenberg Northwest Germany a small Catholic hospital serves as the main asylum for women with drug and alcohol addiction. About 1200 women and girls have been treated there in recent years. Officials praise the facility for its role amid rising alcoholism and drug addiction, especially among youths and women.
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Wassenberg
Germany
West Germany
Feisal II Plans U S Visit and Irrigation Tour
Iraq's 17 year old king Feisal II sails with the Prince Regent aboard the Queen Mary for a five week official visit to the United States. He aims to see irrigation projects including the Tennessee Valley Authority scheme, stressing irrigation as vital to Iraq's development.
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Iraq
Southampton
Eng
Feisal II
United States
Feisal
Tennessee Valley
Law Officers Finish Off Job in Morgan County Stills Raid
Morgan County law officers concluded a three-still destruction campaign begun Monday. ABC agents joined Sheriff John McCutcheon’s team to blast whiskey factories with dynamite, destroying a 1000 gallon still near Trinity and two more near Danville, ending the operation after a second raid and final blast.
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Morgan County
ABC
John McCutcheon
Trinity
Danville
B 26 Crashes Into Rhine Near Mainz During Training Flight
A U S Air Force B 26 plunged into the Rhine at Mainz while on a training flight. Four crewmen were aboard. two jumped to safety and were hospitalized in Mainz. The other two are missing and feared drowned as a U S Navy diver searched the river.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Rhine
Mainz
Wiesbaden
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Army
Fort Belvoir
Washington, D. C
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Los Angeles
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Don's Floor Service
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Williams
9Th St
Kennedy Motor Co
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1St Ave. S.E
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Belk-Hudson
Iris
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