Independence Day Observances Span Worldwide Cities
The article notes events from Mexico City to Bangkok and Berlin celebrating independence with wreaths parades and salutes. In London the embassy hosted a small guest list while 3000 U S troops marched in Berlin near Luftbrücke Square. Louisiana debates July 12 adjournment as Americans enjoy holidays at Fort McHenry and major fireworks displays.
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Thailand
U.S
London
David Bruce
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Gneisenaustrasse
Kreuzberg
Platz Derluftbruecke
Clay
United States
Louisiana
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Fort Madison
Iowa
Charles Korschgen
Montana
Arlee
Browning
Wyoming
Masonic Lodge
Independence Rock
Miami
WAME
Cooley in Dominican scrutiny linked to sugar act role
The report describes Rep. Cooley as a key figure in U. S. sugar act matters, with a Priester memo noting Cooley’s weak finances and possible Dominican Republic vacation invitation. It references Sherman Adams and a 1955 Agriculture Committee trip, then notes 75 new Americans receiving citizenship papers at Seattle's World Fair.
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H. E. Priester
Trujillo
Cooley
Priester
Rep. Cooley
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
New England
Dominican Republic
Agriculture Committee
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Seattle
Kennedy Seeks Unity After Governors Meet in Hershey
At Hershey Pennsylvania the National Conference of Governors closes as Kennedy travels by helicopter to Camp David after a speech. He avoids citing attacks on aging health care or defense cuts, urging interdependence of states and federal power and pledging to work for peace and freedom.
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National Conference of Governors
Hershey
Philadelphia
White House
Liberty Bell
Kennedy
Maryland
Camp David
Razor blades dropped on Cuba as guerrilla prelude
The International Anti Communist Brigade reported dropping razor blades milk bread and leaflets on Cuba on June 30 to spur anti Castro acts. Two planes carried supplies two days before a 20 member guerrilla landing at Matanzas Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Miami
Fla
International Anti-Communist Brigade
Matanzas
Fire Station Falls To Pieces In Rocky Ridge Move
In Birmingham area, Rocky Ridge volunteer firefighters raised their station from its foundation to load on a flat bed trailer. The building collapsed as it began moving, forcing crews to transport the structure piece by piece to its new site for rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Rocky Ridge
Independence Day Traffic Toll Rises With Holiday Period
The National Safety Council reports about 110 to 150 traffic deaths likely by midnight after a 30 hour Independence Day period. Across boating and miscellaneous accidents, total violent deaths rise. weather shows showers in many sections as 76 million vehicles stay in motion. Paths in Muir Woods near San Francisco required paving to protect tree roots from heavy foot traffic.
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Ohio
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Muir Woods
San Francisco
Court probes influence peddling in North Carolina sign contracts
Chief Highway Engineer Cameron W. Lee testified as the Burch Brewer influence peddling trial entered its fifth week. He said former engineer Robert A. Burch controlled highway sign project specifications and approved them without detailed review. Defendants include Burch, his associates, and Newark firms Pfaff & Kendall and Traffic and Street Sign Co. with Kidd Brewer as an agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N.C
Cameron W. Lee
Lee
Robert
A. Burch
Burch
Traffic and Street Sign Co
Pfaff & Kendall
Newark
N.J
Gov
Sanford
Brewer
James B. Lacy
U.S. Bureau of Pubic Roads
Raymond Mallard
Lacy
Bower
North Carolina
Robert M
New Jersey
George Masefield
Walter Schoenfeldt
Martin J. Hamilton
Two Killed In Virginia Collision
Lu cille Leonard Dixon of Spring Hope North Carolina and an unidentified man died when their car collided with a tractor-trailer on U S 1 south of South Hill Virginia. The truck driver William Reden Blyth of Dana North Carolina escaped injury. A boy in the truck wasunhurt.
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South Hill
Lucille Leonard Dixon
Spring ‘Hope
N.C
U.S. 1
Here
William Reden Blyth
Dana
Dixon
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