Friendship With Stalin Causes Rakosi Eviction
Western diplomats in Vienna say Matyas Rakosi was removed as Hungary's premier due to his Stalinist ties. Imre Nagy is rising as premier and policy shifts aim to dilute one man rule, curb Soviet-style dictatorship, and calm unrest amid Berlin and Czechoslovak tensions.
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Vienna
Austria
Matyas Rakosi
Stalin
Hun
Tony
Kremlin
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Imre Nagy
Rakosi
Istvan Kovacs
Presidium
Lenin
Hungary
Soviet Union
Plomats
Georgi Malenkov
Nagy
Berlin
Politbureau
Mone
Geroe
Russia
Lavrenti Beria
Beria
Malenkov
Mihaly Farkas
Pat Rooney Reaches 73rd Birthday With Two Guys and Dolls Shows
Washington July 4 Pat Rooney celebrated both the nation Independence Day and his 73rd birthday by performing two shows in the musical Guys and Dolls. The veteran star, 5 foot 3, recalls a 63 year career from vaudeville headliner to Broadway musical mainstay. He notes he rarely misses performances and recounts memories of Rosie O Grady and George M. Cohan, sharing jokes about being typecast by his signature song.
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Washington
Pat Rooney
Ang
Glory Be
Pat— Rooney
Pat
Rosie O'Grady
Salvation Army
Rooney
Guys & Dolls
Philadelphia
Broadway
Chicago
George M. Cohan
George
Cohan
Rosie
Bronx
Rosie O’grady
Squall Capsizes Cabin Cruiser Off Savannah Killing Two
A sudden Inland Waterway squall off Buckhead Creek capsized a cabin cruiser killing Ernest J. Harr prominent Savannah attorney and state legislator and Mrs R Mauric Seybold of Savannah. Five others were rescued and treated for shock. John M Middleton rescued Mrs Haar and several friends returning them to Savannah. Seybold survived but refused to leave the overturned craft.
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Savannah
Here
Ernest J. Harr
R. Maurice Seybold
Haar
Haar, Aprendy Was Driven Against the Ank of Buckhead Creek, On Ossabaw Island
Florida Passage
Seybold
John M. Middleton
Vernon View
Haars
Marilyn
Lois McKeethan
Virginia Davis
Middleton
Connecticut Official Invites Wrath of Kids
Lt. Gov Edward N Allen faced student backlash after casting the deciding vote to outlaw fireworks in Connecticut. He acknowledged the anger from his own children and wondered what he would tell them at school.
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Hartford
Conn
Edward N. Allen
Connecticut
Natural Gas Pipelines May Be Extended Across Nation
Washington July 4 The Federal Power Commission faces a summer or fall decision on piping gas into the Pacific Northwest or into the southwestern United States or Canada. If licensed, a nationwide system could ease power curtailments from water shortages. By 1955 a satisfactory supply and demand may be available to each major region, with 46 of 48 states served by 1954 and reserves estimated at 200 trillion cubic feet.
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Washington
Federal
Powe Commission
Pacific Northwest
United States
Canada
FPC
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Grand Coulee
Bonneville
New
New England
Texas
Vermont
Nevada
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Walter Slezak Enjoys A Big Year On Stage And Farm
Walter Slezak reports a strong year with a Broadway return in My Three Angels and a Bucks County farm sale. He recalls buying land after Hollywood delays funded by salary earnings and a princess of a story about naming parts of a house MGM. He stars at Morosco Theater as a kind convict in Devil's Island era.
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Jack Gaver
United Press
New York
Walter Slezak
Bucks County
Slezak
Pennsylvania
Hollywood
M-G-M
M-G-Ming
Morosco Theater
Austria
Rifled File Report Sent to Senate Investigators
A draft Senate subcommittee report accuses State Department officials of chaotic file handling and deliberate tampering with personnel records. It notes missing derogatory material, potential lax security, and actions based on whim or bias, with references to homosexual employees and dismissals.
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Washington
State Department
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Scott McLeod
Subcommittee
McLeod
House Government Operations Committee
Senate
Troy to Honor Herman Melville
The rambling white frame house in Lansingburg where Herman Melville is believed to wrote most of Moby Dick will receive a bronze plaque. Historians found evidence Melville worked on the novel there while living in Troy. The book was completed later in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Troy
N. Y
Herman Melville
Melville
Lansingburg
Pittsfield
Mass
New York City
Accused Killer Tries Trading Son For Attorneys
Houston man Fernando Espinosa 31 charged in Irene Reyes 16 killed and body found in a trunk in the Mississippi River area June 20. He offered to trade his child Armando 4 for a lawyer as custody battles unfold with the Mezas who refuse the deal and pursue adoption.
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Houston
Marge
Fernando Espinosa
Irene Reyes
Isabel Reyes
Colorado
Mpene River
Jey
Joe Meza
Armando
Espinosa
Jesse Williams
Polio Victim Sees Hope in New Serum Aid
Cathy Scott a 17 year old polio victim in Rex Hospital Raleigh smiles as gamma globulin supplies rush to Caldwell County to curb an outbreak. Doctors hope the serum prevents paralysis in others and reduces cases among Caldwell and Lenoir County children.
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Don Segraves
Caldwell County
Cathy
Rex Hospital
Raleigh
North Carolina
Lenoir
University of North Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina State
Cathy Scott
Unclear Origin Story In Police Report On Espinosa Call
A fragment notes a son and Miss Reyes traveling to Denver and returning with a boy after Espinosa phoned police, indicating an active police inquiry or witness contact. The text mentions Espinosa and police involvement but lacks full context or outcome.
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Son
Miss Reyes
Denver
Espinosa
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