Eisenhower Eyes Peaceful Suez Settlement at Conference Table
President Eisenhower said he hopes the Suez crisis can be settled by peaceful means and prefers conference talks to conflict. He noted the 24 nation London conference set for August 16 and said he would speak if his health drops below required for a second term. He also touched on health exams and the vice presidential running mate issue.
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Eisenhower
Suez Canal
United States
Britain
France
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Suez
Prosperity Is Called Myth in Truman Advisor Critique
Chicago based economist Leon Keyserling, head of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, labelled Republican claims of record prosperity a myth. He testified for Americans for Democratic Action, arguing unemployment rises, farmers suffer, and small business is constrained under Eisenhower policies. He urged the Democratic platform to critique the current economic direction ahead of the convention. Adlai Stevenson pressed for the Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation to be supported in the platform as southern delegates debated education wording. Mississippi Governor James P. Coleman signaled potential reassessment of platform updates amid Dixie tastes and the day’s developments.
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Leon H. Keyserling
Truman
Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Eisenhower
America
Americans For Democratic Action
Platform
Adlai Stevenson
Supreme Court
Mississippi
James P. Coleman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Coleman
Dixie Democrats
South
Platform Committee
Averell Harriman
New York
Democratic Party
Thinking It Over Weather Reflections On Flight And Mortality
The piece contemplates variable summer weather and its effect on aviation. It recalls a flight through dense clouds, lightning, and a risky ascent above the storm, then ponders how 128 people might have viewed imminent death and whether they prayed or prepared for meeting their Maker.
Labor Heads Avoiding Convention Scene
Washington reports say AFL-CIO political directors James McDevitt and Jack Kroll will not attend the Democratic convention to avoid charges of union influence. Only a few observers remain on the scene, with headquarters counseled against broader union involvement beyond a platform committee delegation.
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Washington
James McDevitt
Jack Kroll
Afl-Cio
Humphrey Enters VP Bid as Chicago Convention Near
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey said he is encouraged as he heads to Chicago to seek the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He predicted Adlai Stevenson will secure the president nomination by the second ballot and noted he will not campaign against anyone. Humphrey emphasized his readiness to discuss the farm problem and said he respects party leaders if they choose otherwise.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Humphrey
Robert F Wagner
New York City
Sen
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Stevenson
Raleigh School Board Delays Integration Plan
In Raleigh the school board postponed action on Rev. J. F. Daly’s request for a September start to gradual school integration. Daly appeared as an individual before a board missing two members and urged forming a mixed committee to study steps to comply with the Supreme Court ruling that segregation is unconstitutional.
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Raleigh
J. F. Daly
LeRoy Martin
Daly
U.S. Supreme Court
Polio Toll Rises in Chicago Outbreak
Chicago reports 609 polio cases and 13 deaths as the 1956 surge nears the mid-August peak. Health officials push mass inoculations for children, urging parents to vaccinate while the Democratic National Convention plans avoid a delegates shot program.
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Chicago
U.S. Public Health Service
Karl Meyer
Board of Health
Herman N. Bundesen
Bundesen
Stevenson ties civil rights pledge to Democratic unity at convention
Adlai E Stevenson urged unequivocal platform approval of the Supreme Court school desegregation ruling, while Southern leaders led by Mississippi's Gov James Coleman warned of possible walkouts. North Carolina delegates indicated they would stay with Stevenson despite reservations.
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Associated Press
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Adlai Stevenson
Tar Heels
Chicago
Stevenson
Supreme Court
B. Everett Jordan
Saxapathan
Montreal
Britain seeks peaceful settlement of Suez dispute
London reports Britain intends to settle the Suez Canal dispute peacefully and keeps it separate from the Arab-Israeli conflict. India agrees to attend the international conference while Nehru says Egypt may not participate. Nehru urges Britain and France to halt warlike preparations and criticizes U.S. funding withdrawal for the Aswan project.
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U.N. Scurity Council
France
Asia
United States
Washington
Stevenson gains cautious South Carolina reaction on civil rights plank
South Carolina Democratic delegates reacted cautiously to Adlai Stevenson's call for strong party backing of the Supreme Court school integration ruling. Colum bia's Felix Wheeler and state leaders questioned the shift, while others said Stevenson remains the most acceptable candidate for the South.
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Supreme Court
South Carolina
Felix Wheeler
Columbia
Richland Party
Stevenson
Marion Grossette
Jeff Bates
Treassurer
James Hugh McFaddin
Clarendon
Harriman
McFadden
California
McFaddin
Union Pacific Railroad
South
Two Jet Pilots Are Missing After Atlantic Collision
Savannah and Atlanta Air National Guard pilots 1st Lt. James S. Bonner Jr. and 1st Lt. Robert A. Barr are reported missing after their F84 fighters collided about 20 000 feet over the Atlantic during a target practice run. Navy Air Force and Coast Guard units conduct air and sea searches. Barr leaves a widow and three children. Bonner is unmarried. Bonner is nephew of Rep. paves Bonner of North Carolina.
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Atlanta Air National Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
James S. Bonner Jr
Robert A. Barr
116Th Wing
Dobbins Air Force Base
Marietta
Barr
Bonner
128Th
Travis Field
Train
Paves Bonner
North Carona
Two charged as witnesses in Ida Mae Treadaway slaying
Scotland County Sheriff says Kenny Watson and Bernice Quick Chandler will be charged with first degree murder as material witnesses in the knife killing of Ida Mae Treadaway whose nude body was found in Roberdell Lake. Autopsy cites knife wound to the heart. Chandler and Watson had been with Treadaway and three strangers at a road house before the incident.
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N.C
Scotland
Jesse Gibson
Ida Mae Treadaway
Roberdell Lake
Gibson
Kenny Watson
Bernice Quick Chandler
Scotland County
Richmond
Deen
Treadeway
George Smith
McSore
Hewitt MacDouglad
Rockingham
Chandler
Dillon
D.C
270 Miners Trapped By Flames At Belgian Mine
Flames cut escape routes in a Belgian coal mine trapping about 270 miners 2 485 feet below ground. Seven reached the surface and 25 escaped earlier as rescue teams with oxygen faced molten cables, fumes, and blocked passages. Relatives gathered at the pithead amid chaos.
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Marcinelle
Belgium
Stevenson civil rights statement draws mixed delegate reaction
Delegate Capus Waynick said Stevenson’s civil rights remarks should not alienate supporters. He noted Southern meetings shaped a strong civil rights plank and that no presidential aspirant will denounce the Supreme Court decision. He urged a moderate policy on conformance by Southern Democrats.
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Adlai Stevenson
Capus Waynick
Stevenson
Explosion Death Toll Nears 1000 in Cali Colombia
An explosion in Cali, Colombia leveled a central area, killing hundreds and injuring many more. Officials warned the death toll could reach or exceed 1,000 as rescuers recovered victims and aid flowed from Bogota. Authorities blamed political sabotage and noted workers from U S firms may be among the injured.
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Colombia
U.S
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
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