50 Stricken Passengers From Transatlantic Liner Ill With Influenza
A transatlantic liner docked at quarantine with 50 passengers ill from influenza among 847 aboard. Most cases were among foreign exchange students. Disembarkation was delayed while health officials evaluated transfer to hospitals and isolation options.
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New York
Morris Greenberg
Monique Strand
France
Garden City
Markus Fischer
Public Health Service
City Health
Staten Island
A Health Department
Arosa
Fire sets basement blaze at Pittsboro Elementary School
Pittsboro North Carolina a night arson damaged the basement of Pittsboro Elementary School about 3 am. A patrolman alerted the Pittsboro Volunteer Fire Department which contained the fire that burned a hole in the floor and damaged books. No delay to the September 3 opening.
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Pittsboro
N. C
J. S. Waters
North Carolina
High Point
Burlington
Williams High School
Waters
Man Held In Wife's Death In Orangeburg
Fred Livingston about 25 was arrested in Savannah Beach Georgia after the body of his pregnant wife was found shot in a car trunk outside Orangeburg hospital. No charges had been filed as extradition proceeded. The victim, mother of four, was found after a hospital tip and identified by officers. the car had been at the hospital since noon the previous day.
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Orangeburg
S.C
Savannah Beach
Orangeburg County
Harold Hall
Ralph Drawdy
Eisenhower presses to prevent deeper foreign aid cuts
President Eisenhower urged lawmakers in a White House meeting to oppose deep reductions to the foreign aid budget as Senate action on a $3.367 billion authorization proceeded. He warned that slashing funds could jeopardize military and development programs, amid reports of possible cuts below three billion dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Doria Denies Personal Use of Union Funds Amid Senate Probe
Former AIW secretary Anthony Doria testified before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee that thousands of union dollars were kept in an iron strong box at AIW headquarters in Milwaukee and that he never reported expenditures to members. He defended ally Johnny Dio’s aims while denying misusing funds and noted a $9620 bond sale linked to a $25,000 stake, amid questions on asset origin and ownership.
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Washington
Anthony Doria
Allied Industrial Workers
AIW
Milwaukee
Doria
Senate
New York
Johnny Dio
Dio
Aoe
Man Shot in Grill Over Dispute with Hosiery Worker
Donald Bundy 26 of High Point was shot in a Mac's Grill incident after an argument over girls. Harold Stutts 28 of 4127 S Main St surrendered to deputies and faces assault with a deadly weapon. Bundy hospitalized with a bullet wound. the slug remained at the scene.
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Donald Bundy
Route 5
High Point
Harold Page Stutts
S. Main St
Mac’s Grill
Main Street
W. J. McDowell
Stutts
Bundy
McDowell
Herman Burrows
High Point Memorial Hospital
Former Newsman Walter Marquiss Dies at 65
Walter Otis Marquiss, age 65, longtime newspaper man and owner of a printing company, died yesterday in Southbury Connecticut. Born in Monticello Illinois he previously worked for The Associated Press and the Quincy Herald Whig.
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Southbury
Conn
Walter Otis Marquiss
Associat Press
Quincy (Il
Herald Whig
Marquiss
Monticello
Postal Hike Approval Expected
Washington leaders from both parties foresee House passage today of a bill to raise mailing charges to offset a postal operating deficit. The principal feature is a raise from 3 to 4 cents for a letter, with graduated increases for second and third class mail.
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Washington
House
McCormack
D-Mass
Eisenhower
Martin
Senate
Meany Opposes Hoffa On Fifth Amendment Cooperation
Chicago AFL-CIO President George Meany rejects Hoffa and a rival labor group over cooperation with congressional committees. The clash centers on Fifth Amendment protections and scrutiny by law enforcement, with a potential showdown when Maurice Hutcheson’s case from the Carpenters Union is reviewed.
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Chicago
George Meaney
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Meany
Aiet Thineselves
Comec
Restates
Executive
Hoffa
Midwest
Teamsters Union
Executive Council
Maurice A. Hutcheson
The
Carpenters Union
Polish Reds Near Showdown With Strikers
In Lodz Poland police gird streets with armed guards as about 10 000 transport workers strike for higher pay paralyzing the city known as Red City It resists government leaflets urging a return to work and objects to tying pay raises to vodka allowances Streetcars are the sole transit in this 700 000 population city 75 miles from Warsaw.
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Lodz
Poland
Ladz
Warsaw
Russians Visit Minnesota Tour with Mayo Clinic Stop
S. A. Funekov M. S. Varich S. M. Meleshek em and K. A. Beliaev are visiting the University of Minnesota today with plans to tour the Mayo Clinic in Rochester on Wednesday.
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Minnesota
S. A. Funekov
M. S. Varich
S. M. Meleshkem
K. A. Beliaev
University of Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Civil rights bill standoff blocks conference move in House
Congress faces a pulled vote as Rep. Keating seeks unanimous consent to send the civil rights bill to conference with the Senate. Objections trigger a delay while Republicans argue over Eisenhower’s stance and potential links to foreign aid funds. The fate of the bill rests with the House Rules Committee and leadership.
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Washington
Senate
House
Rep
Keating
Rayburn
Texas
Walter
Eisenhower
Celler
D-Ny
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Sen
Knowland
California
Republican
White House
House Rules Committee
D-Tex
Martin
Mass
Forest Fire Situation Improves at Stumpy Point NC
State Forester reports improved fire conditions near Stumpy Point as 125 firefighters from the U S Forest Service Navy Coast Guard and five pumpers from Camp Lejeune aid the blaze. Highway 264 remains closed while crews fight ground fires on West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co land and the threat to the village grows if the fire advances east of the highway.
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Fred Claridge
Stumpy ‘Point
Mann's
Flatbor
Stumpy Point
U.S. Forest Service
Croatan National Forest
Camp Lejeune Marine Base
Edenton
Kill Devil Hills
Navy
Coast Guard
Claridge
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
State Foresters Division
Wanted Man Remains Free
Gastonia police know a Greensboro judge has an active arrest order for C. L. Wilson Jr. after he forfeited a $25 bond on two Greensboro parking ticket charges. Wilson offered himself for arrest at Gastonia police HQ last Friday but was not taken into custody. The judge described wilful nonappearance as criminal contempt, while the city manager called the treatment excessive.
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Gastonia
N.C
Greensboro
C. L. Wilson Jr
Wilson
William M. Poleat
Carter
Senators To Question Counterspy In Closed Session
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee will subpoena Boris Morris to a closed-door session on August 21 to probe his activities as a counterspy linked to an FBI investigation of an alleged Red spy ring. Chairman and counsel promise cooperation and seek details of incidents in his career while confirming details may be limited by the Justice Department.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Boris Morris
FBI
Robert Morris
Morris
New York
Justice Department
Morros
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Long Island
William Alden Gardner
American Field Service
Pirkko Junnila
Finland
Wakefield
Monica Johansson
Sweden
Tesla
Gloria Matiello
Italy
Bond
Bellino
Post Office Department
Minneapolis
N. N. Suprenov
Dare-Hyde County
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