Air Force Says Reds Shot Down U S Transport
The U S Air Force reports two Soviet jet fighters shot down an American transport over Soviet Armenia on June 27. Five crew parachuted to safety. four rode the burning plane to a crash landing before the eight or nine crew were later released by Soviet authorities.
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Air Force
U.S. Transport
Washington
U. S. Air Force
Soviet
Armenia
Teheran
USAF
Lake Sevan
Goldfine Granted Delay in Congressional Testimony
The Harris subcommittee delayed Bernard Goldfine's testimony by one day citing exhaustion after a series of incidents including a hidden microphone discovery and paper theft. Chairman Oren Harris warned of a clash if there is noncooperation and stressed the need for compliance.
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Washington
Harris
Bernard Goldfine
Oren Harris
D- Ark
Goldfine
Roger Robb
Boston
Robb
Subcommittee
Baron I. Shacklette
Shacklette
House
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Soustelle Named To Cabinet In De Gaulle Shuffle
Paris reports Premier de Gaulle appoints Jacques Soustelle to the cabinet as information minister. Soustelle led the Algerian colonials in the May 13 revolt and was the Gaullist chief of intelligence. He replaces Andre Malraux as information minister.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Algeria
Jacques Soustelle
Soustelle
de Soustelle
Raoul Salan
Andre Malraux
National Assembly
Tax Take Exceeds Estimates In North Carolina Budget Review
Revenue Commissioner James S. Currie reported that the states general fund for the year ending June 30 topped 1957 budget estimates while highway fund receipts lagged by 3.29 percent. June collections totaled 27,676,180 with general fund at 16,575,457 and highway fund at 11,100,723. For 1957 58 total general and highway fund collections reached 363,491,357, up 3,775,987 from the prior year.
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Raleigh
James S. Currie
Currie
Hodges
Highway Fund
General Fund
Officials urge restoration of aid money in foreign program
Washington officials urged Congress to restore a 325 million cut in overseas economic development funds, warning the freeze could hurt Cold War goals. Under secretary Dillon suggested scrapping the fund if the 625 million loan fund request is refused as hearings opened on the Foreign Aid Bill amid Senate division over restoring authorizations.
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Washington
Congress
United States
C. Douglas Dillon
Eisenhower
Dillon
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate Democrats
Sen
John Sparkman
Ala
Senate
Ragged Korean Boy Becomes U S Citizen Hopeful
Nine years after a rough start in Seoul the 18 year old Joseph Anthony prepares for U S citizenship and entry to Quincy College. He credits Army sergeants and Father Donald Werr with guiding his path from hardship to scholarship. He graduated from Notre Dame High in the top ranks, won a scholarship, and is writing a memoir.
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Quincy, Ill
Joseph Anthony
Seoula
U.S
Quincy College
Joe
Ragamuffin
United States
Gil
Shu
Little Joe
Air Force
Japan
Donald Werr
Father Werr
St. Anthony
Boy's Town
Neb
Quincy
Rudy Biller
Notre Dame High School
Dams County Medical Society
Korea
Khrushchev Arrives in East Berlin for Visit
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in East Berlin to press East Germany to lead the fight against West German plans for nuclear and rocket weapons. He stood bareheaded at the railway station with a grim look, heads a six man Moscow delegation, and the East Germany party congress opens Thursday through July 16.
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Moscow
Communist Party Congress
Kremlin
Industry Shows Job Increase
Washington reports June employment at 64,981,000 with unemployment at 5,437,000, a 533,000 May-to-June rise and a 17-year high. Manufacturing shares in gains as average factory work week climbs 0.6 hours to 39.2 amid a near hour two-month rise boosting earnings.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Early Business Indicates Rise At Southern Furniture Market
The Southern Furniture Exposition Building opened the second day with steady buyer traffic and registration near January and last summer levels. Manufacturers reported cautious optimism for fall business as medium and upper priced lines drew most orders, while retailers pursued variety over depth and hinted at a modest uptick ahead.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Southern
Manufac
Chicago
Virginia
Virginian
High Point
Eisenhower and Dulles Arrive in Canada for Fence-Mending Visit
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles arrived in Ottawa aboard the Columbine II for a fence-mending trip. Governor General Massey, Prime Minister Diefenbaker, and officials welcomed them as a 21 gun salute rang out and a Royal Canadian Regiment guard stood by.
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Ottawa
Eisenhower
Dulles
Columbine
Washington
Vincent Massey
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Mrs. Eisenhower
Mrs. Diefenbaker
Mrs. Dulles
Guard of Honor
Royal Canadian Regiment
Racketeering Hearings Open on Chicago Restaurant Scene
Senate investigators open hearings into Chicago rackets tied to the restaurant industry and labor unions. Witnesses include gangsters, luxury dining operators, and union officials as the panel probes organized crime, loan schemes, and possible syndicate control of unions across coast to coast. The inquiry follows the unsolved 1947 murder of Nick De John in San Francisco.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate
Chicago
San Francisco
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Black Hand
Nick de John
Dallas
de John
McClellan
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Elizabeth
Charles van Doren
French Hospital
New York
Ene
Khrushchev
East Berlin
SRFA
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Southern Furniture and
Sheraton Hotel
Bob Weathers
Charlotte
Jim Best
W. T. Williams
Reidsville
W. L. Ragland
Andrews
S. C
Two
Carolinas
David Cox
Menders
Ike and
Eisenhowers
State Dulles
Eneae
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