Cuban News Blackout Intensified Amid Reports of Arrests
In Havana, Fidel Castro's government tightened a news blackout as unconfirmed reports claimed 200 or more civilians and army personnel were arrested to crush a military conspiracy. Reports of abortive strikes near Isle of Pines and raids by Dominican fighters were denied or unconfirmed, with several clashes and arrests noted across multiple camps and towns.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Libertad
Castro
Maniagua
Fulgencio Batista
Dominican Republic
Camaguey
Cienfuegos
Death toll in Formosa floods reaches 773
Floods on the Nationalist Chinese island of Formosa have killed 773 people, with 241 missing and 1,093 injured. The disaster destroyed 15,178 houses and damaged 11,890 others as flash floods swept isolated communities after heavy rains. Six feet of water covered areas in Taichung and widespread damage occurred to roads railways and power lines. President Chiang Kai-shek ordered relief efforts and price controls to prevent food shortages.
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Spencer Moosa
Taipei
Formosa
Formosan
Taichung
Chiang Kai-shek
Warren goes to Russia for firsthand look at life
Chief Justice Earl Warren and his wife left for Moscow to spend several days in Russia as part of a month long European vacation. The trip aims to observe ordinary Russian life during their visit.
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New York
Earl Warren
Russia
Moscow
Earl K. Long
Des Allemands
Long
deLesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Chief Dies Investigating Mummy Case
Sarasota police chief Robert N. Wilson aged 51 died after collapsing at home days into the murder probe of Chandler Steffens a UF student found slain with multiple knife wounds in his home. Detectives led by Arthur Johnson continue questioning acquaintances for clues as the investigation proceeds.
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Sarasota
Fla
Chandler Steffens
Robert N. Wilson
Wilson
Steffens
University of Florida
Arthur Johnson
Betty
Heavy Selling Pushes Down Stock Prices In New York
Fairly heavy selling hit the market in active trading with space age stocks especially weak. Brokers linked the decline to a needed correction after the price runup and to uncertainty over Khrushchev Eisenhower visits and the steel strike. Major losses appeared in openings with Zenith down 6.62 to 98.50 Litton Industries 7 to 102.50 and U S Rubber 4.50 to 63 with the Dow off 9.46 at 659.11 at 11 a.m.
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New York
Zenith
Litton Industries
U. S. Rubber
Dow Jones
Killer Strikes Three Times At Midnight
Three people shot to death in Long Island holdups inside a 30 mile area. Victims include a 50 year old woman who owned a diner Irene Carrier a newly purchased diner owner Hans Hachmann 34 a delicatessen operator and Lawrence Kirchner 53 a county man in an all night diner. Police link the slayings to a single killer despite ballistics from multiple guns.
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Westhampton
N. Y
Long Island
Irene Carrier
Manhattan
Hans Hachmann
Islip
Hoover Sees Khrushchev Visit as Potential Peace Gift
Former President Herbert Hoover, 85, says Nikita Khrushchev could bring peace to the world, but warns such an outcome is unlikely from the visit. He notes the Soviet leader could interpret calls for peaceful coexistence as removing demands, warnings and threats. Hoover spoke on Meet the Press and TV remarks suggest hope for reduced tension and possible future steps toward peace.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Hoover
Khrushchev
Nbc-Tv
Florida Hobo Faces Murder Charge in Raleigh Slaying
Lloyd Burton Walker 25 is charged with first degree murder in the rifle slaying of 64 year old Raleigh businessman William Trent Ragland. Ragland's body was found at his cabin after a police chase ending when a car rammed the pursuing vehicle. Walker had been released from Polk Prison Camp hours earlier and is alleged to have robbed Ragland and stolen a Cadillac.
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Raleigh
Florida
William Trent Ragland
Lloyd Burton Walker
Ragland
Walker
Polk
Wake County
Ruth D. Duval
San Francisco Evening Newspapers Are Merged
San Francisco vendors report only three daily papers left on streets as the News and the Call Bulletin merge. The Chronicle and Examiner remain published, while Scripps-Howard and Hearst consolidate further after a 15 month merger of services. Apex Publishing Corp. now prints the News Call Bulletin at the Call-Bulletin plant.
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San Francisco
The
News
Scripps- Howard Group
Call-Bulletin
Hearst Newspapers
Independent Chronicle
Hearst
Iner
Scripps-Howard and
United Press
International News Service
News-Call-Bulletin
Call - Bulletin
Apex Publishing Corp
Delaware
Eisenhower Shifts Bonn Visit First On Europe Trip
President Eisenhower will begin his European tour with a Bonn meeting on August 27 to see Chancellor Adenauer. He then travels to London for a five day stay and Balmoral Castle visit before Paris talks with De Gaulle Segni and NATO leaders. Khrushchev visit to Washington in September remains uncertain. Ike keeps schedule flexible through next January for any East West summit.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Bonn
Nikita Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
London
Paris
United States
Republic
Hagerty
U.S
Harold Macmillan
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Queen Elizabeth
Charles de Gaulle
Antonio Segni
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Khrushchev
Washington
Soviet Union
High Speed Trip Follows Wedding
The former Miss USA High Speed Trip Follows Wedding: High speed chase linked to a wedding between Earlyne Howell and Paul LaCava as they fled east Texas in a police car to Fort Worth airport. They reportedly flew to Los Angeles with no flight records found. The couple sparked a traffic halt along the Texas Louisiana line as officers aided by Fort Worth authorities pursued them.
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Dallas
Tex
Los Angeles
East Texas
Fort Worth
Earlyne Howell
Paul LaCava
LaCava
Miss Howell
Warner Brothers Studios
Fort Worth International
Here
Shreveport
Bossier City
Howell
Texas
Forecast Sees Larger Cotton Crop Across Nation
The Agriculture Department projects 14,815,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight for this year, up from 11,512,000 last year, with an expected harvest of 14,991,000 acres and a yield of 474 pounds per harvested acre. The report notes a new price support program and a reserve of about 8.8 million bales. North Carolina and South Carolina show harvests of 395,000 and 565,000 acres respectively, with yields of 419 and 370 pounds per acre. The Census Bureau lists 141,444 running bales ginned so far, down from 212,569 last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Theield
North Carolina
South Carolina
Census Bureau
Satellite Statistics Reveal Orbit Details
Washington reports Explorer VI exposes a wider space sweep than expected. Orbit reaches 26,400 miles high and 157 miles low, with a 91,140 mile circumference per cycle. Speeds vary from 3,125 to 22,957 miles per hour and a 12 hour 45 minute orbital period. The 142 pound satellite launched Friday from Cape Canaveral Florida.
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Washington
America
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Fire in Riverside area scorches 1500 acres injuring dozens
A freak fire in the Lake Elsinore resort area has scorched at least 1500 acres and destroyed two homes while injuring or burning more than twenty five people. Firefighters say the blaze is virtually encircled.
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Riverside
Calif
Lake Elsinore
Two Firemen Die After Brush Fire Near Lake Elsinore
Riverside California AP reports two firemen died from burns after 28 firefighters battled a wall of flames in rugged brush above the Lake Elsinore resort area. Rusty Brooks age 24 a U S Forest Service foreman and Ben Slater age 31 a Cleveland National Forest district manager died in hospital.
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Elsinore
Rusty Brooks
U.S. Forest Service
Ben Slater
Cleveland National Forest
Caldwell Chosen NC State Chancellor Amid Narrow Hurdle
Trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina elected Dr John Tyler Caldwell as NC State chancellor with only one vote opposed by Edwin S Poll who urged delaying the decision for a North Carolinian candidate Caldwell born 1911 in Yazoo City Mississippi has led Alabama College and Arkansas as president before Colorado selection committee praised his proven educational leadership Poll warned of brain drain noting state educators left for higher pay and opportunity
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Raleigh
Consolidated University of North Carolina
John Tyler Caldwell
University of Arkansas
North Carolina State
UNC
William C. Friday
Caldwell
Carey H. Bostian
Edwin S. Poll
Friday
Dr. Caldwell
Yazoo City
Miss
Mississippi State College
Duke University
Columbia University
Princeton
Alabama College
Montevallo
Ala
North Carolina
Macon M. Williams
Lenoir
Pou
Charlotte men escape from Huntersville prison camp
Three Charlotte men climbed a fence and escaped through woods at the Huntersville prison camp. The escapees were Adrian Terry Smith serving two years for non-support James Ray Bailey with six months for larceny and 30 days for a prior escape and Ashley Clark Sonny Clay serving two years for non-support.
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Huntersville
N.C
Charlotte
Adrian Terry Smith
James Ray Bailey
Ashley Clark
Sonny) Clay
Contested Democratic nomination tightens as 1960 race widens
Washington AP reports the Democratic presidential contest shows tightening indications with Kennedy gaining cross state support while Stevenson and Humphrey seek traction. Governors Meyner Williams and other favorite sons fail to gain clear endorsements at the San Juan conference. Brown of California emerges as a potential front runner, while Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland feature ongoing jockeying.
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Washington
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Meyner
Williams
Sen
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Adlai
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Humphrey
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Michael V. DiSalles
Ohio
Massachusetts
J. Millard
Tawes
Maryland
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
California
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
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