Johnson Stricken. Senate Leader Affected But Sessions Proceed
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson suffered a moderately severe heart attack in Virginia. He is hospitalized in Bethesda as doctors say he is responding to treatment. Senate Majority Leader position to be filled by Sen. Clements with broad support from colleagues.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Eisenhower
Johnson
Sen
Clements
D-Ky
Jo Janie
Middleburg
Bethesda Hospital
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Russell
D-Ga
Tar Heels Celebrate Fourth Across North Carolina
Independence Day observed with picnics, outings, and speeches across the state. Weather forecast hot and humid with heat relief sought at parks and beaches. Roads crowded as holiday weekend ends. Caps sales legalized. fireworks banned. Offices closed. local celebrations reported in Sara and Belhaven with Gov Hodges and U S Sen Werrtt as speakers.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Sara
U.S
Werrtt
Hodges
Belhaven
Scott Blasts Government Policy on Farm Surplus
Senator W Kerr Scott accuses the Eisenhower administration of ignoring vast agricultural surpluses. He laments hunger abroad while farmers are told to cut back and urges a world food bank to ease the surplus problem. He criticizes the Department of Agriculture and Benson and urges focus on global food aid.
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Carthage
N.C
Sen
W. Kerr Scott
D-Nc
Eisenhower
Scott
State Department
Asia
Japan
Worls
Tar Heel
Benson
Department of Agriculture
Eruptions Reported In Bayonnaise Rocks
Hiroshi Kato a 27 year old fishery expert reported a new eruption near Bayonnaise Rocks two miles north during a June 25 survey. He described water columns about 20 yards high and several smaller jets rising from the sea. The rocks lie midway between Japan and Iwo Jima about 360 miles south of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Iwo Jima
Hiroshi Kato
Lightning kills mother and three children in picnic
A bolt of lightning struck a tall oak during a holiday picnic north of Columbus. Quido Rossetti survives with his wife Eda. Daughters Julia 15 months Debbie 4 and son John 6 died. Witnesses described a blinding flash and victims hurled up to 50 feet.
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Columbus
Ohio
Here
Quido Rossetti
Rossetti
Eda
Julia
Debbie
John
Home Burns Raleigh Family Missing Fire Destroys House
The J B Marshall family of Raleigh started a July 4 outing from their home near Raleigh at daylight. Two hours later a State Highway Patrol officer sought them to report their home had burned down shortly after departure.
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Raleigh
J.B. Marshall
State Highway Patrol
Safety Council Appeals as Highway Slaughter Grows
The National Safety Council urges a halt to holiday highway deaths as 504 people have died in the Independence Day weekend by 10 a.m. today. The three day period shows 277 fatally by 10 a.m. with 147 drownings and 80 other causes, including a fireworks death. Immediate public warnings and driver caution are demanded amid a record pace.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Vey
Nation Observes Holiday Across the United States
The nation marks its 179th Independence Day with beaches parks picnics and parades. President Eisenhower spends the holiday weekend at Camp David and preparations for fireworks displays continue in Washington and other cities.
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Associated Press
United States
Philadelphia
Washington Monument
New York
Eisenhower
Camp David
Maryland
Washington
Philippine Islands
Fourth Honored In Europe Lays Independence Day Spirit
American troops and European hosts marked Independence Day with salutes, picnics, and sports across Europe. British warships greeted seven U S. vessels in Portsmouth harbor while Berlin held a 48 gun salute. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe voiced commitment to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Allied forces paraded in Salzburg and Linz, Austria.
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London
Europe
George III
Portsmouth
U. S
Iowa
Siboney
Northampton Laws
Power
Warrington
Rome
Allstar
Italian Baseball Federation
U.S
Intrepid
Naples
Allied Officers Club
Germany
Berlin
Anthony McAuliffe
Austria
Salzburg
Linz
Independence Declared In Rock Hill
ROCK HILL S C Daily note shows a shortened declaration of independence circulated to all Herald departments. It proclaims July 4 as Independence Day and allows male staff to appear in walking shorts, with Editor Publisher Talbot Patrick among early adherents.
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Rock Hill
S.C
Rock
Talbot Patrick
Nationalist planes attacked near Matsu Island
Four Chinese Nationalist Thunderjets were attacked by four Communist MIGs north of Matsu Island about 100 miles north of Formosa. One MIG was heavily damaged. all Nationalist planes returned safely after a 10 minute engagement.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Island
Teen-Age Boy Knifed To Death Near Park in San Antonio
In San Antonio near a crowded park a teen age boy was knifed to death and two others were seriously stabbed. Tim Lucas 17 died at a hospital from wounds to the left arm back and chest. Clarence Lucas 16 was in fair condition with two back wounds. Gary Hendricks 17 was in serious condition with two stab wounds to the left side. Kenneth Miller 46, a thrill ride operator, said a group of five or six started the fight described as Pachucos. Police were called after the group dispersed and the victims returned to the midway.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kenneth Miller
Miller
Senator Eastland Flags White Spy Ties Amid Diary Revelations
Senator Eastland cites a worldwide espionage network linked to Harry Dexter White a former Treasury official who died in 1948. He notes White’s powerful Treasury role and references diary excerpts describing foreign intelligence and sensitive economic information from Portugal and Bolivia.
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Washington
Sen. Eastland
D-Miss
Harry Dexter White
White
Treasury Department
Atty
Brownell
House Un-American Activities Committee
Eastland
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Portugal
Bolivia
Subcommittee
J. G
Hodges Delivers July Fourth Speech in Belhaven
Governor Hodges spoke at an Independence Day event in Belhaven North Carolina praising freedom justice and self government. He urged residents to preserve traditions discipline and dignity and to work to keep their communities thriving for future generations.
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Belhaven
N.C
Hodges
Derby Entry Reported In Crash
Ruth Nitzen, entrant in the All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, crashed about 72 miles southeast of Lubbock Texas while flying solo in a Cessna 140. She had 200 hours and refueled at Midland before the incident near the Texas Panhandle city. Her husband is also a pilot and she was representing Inglewood California.
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Lubbock
Tex
Ruth Nitzen
Here
Bear snatches two year old girl from family tent
In Libby Montana a bear pulled a two year old girl from a family tent during a picnic visit near a loggin camp. Ida May Curtis of Deer Lodge was identified by county authorities as the missing child. Bloodstains were found in the tent and more than 250 armed men scoured the Kootenai Forest for the child.
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Curtis
Renee
Fagerberg
Deer Lodge
Libby
Edward Stark
St. Paul
Minn
Glacier National Park
Stark
Revenue Refresher Course Set for State Revenue Dept
The North Carolina State Revenue Department will run a refresher course for about 230 deputies and auditors at the University of North Carolina beginning tomorrow and continuing through Thursday. Eugene Shaw will discuss new taxes and interpretations from the 1955 General Assembly. Gov. Hodges will speak at a closing dinner Thursday night. The program aims to boost tax collection via better compliance, with 50 additional deputies authorized and others to be hired within 30 days.
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Raleigh
State Revenue Department
University of North Carolina
Ben Eaton
General Assembly
Eugene Shaw
Institute of Government
Hodges
Eaton
Suly, Ll
Eisenhower Spends Quiet Fourth at Camp David
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower marked the Fourth of July at Camp David Md with a quiet day. They planned a short afternoon trip to Gettysburg farm home and expected to return to Washington tonight or tomorrow.
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Camp David
Eisenhower
Maryland Mountains
Gettysburg
Washington
Budget Changes Considered By Congress and Executive
Senator Byrd says Congress could gain more control over federal spending if the Eisenhower administration adopts a budget plan returning to annual review of appropriations. The proposal would replace multi year lump sums with yearly spending limits for contracts, letting Congress vote only the year’s amount.
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Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Finance Committee
Americans Expected In Hong Kong
Three former American prisoners of war who chose to live in Red China will return home and arrive in Hong Kong on Saturday July 7. The Indian Red Cross said information from the Chinese Red Cross lists recipients Venue Lewis W. Griges of Jacksonville Texas Otho Before Wash and William A Cowart of Dalton Georgia to be escorted to the Kong frontier and handed to a British Red Cross representative. Belgians also due to be returned to their homes.
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India
Red China
Hong Kong
Indian Red Cross
Red Cross
Lewis W. Griges
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho
Wash
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Kong
Perplce
Pelpin
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