Six Drownings and Floods Hit Maryland Toll Rises
Torrential rains swamped central and western Maryland causing six drownings and eight traffic deaths. Floods forced evacuation of hundreds, marooned 500 people in Daniel along the Patapsco River, with the Rockville area among hardest hit. One victim identified as Elwood H. Smith, 32, of the Rockville fire department. Police reported five unidentified Black victims found near a washed car in upper Montgomery County.
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Baltimore
Rockville
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Washington County
Survives 11 hours in subway horror in New York
Oscar Halvorsen, 75, of Philadelphia, crawled into a tunnel wall and hid for 11 hours after missing a train at Brooklyn, brushing by a train and suffering burns from the third rail and other injuries. He was found alive in a tunnel area and hospitalized in critical condition.
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New York
Oscar Halvorsen
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Haversen
Manhattan
YMCA
Halvorsen
Sues Him Then Marries The Guy
Peat Falls Montana July 21 two years Mrs Robert Pleamings and her husband in an automobile accident with friend Gabriel Swan She sued Swan claiming he was to blame asking 30000 for herself and two children Yesterday Mrs Pleamings 24 and Swan 23 were issued a marriage license They were to marry today The Lamage suit is stall pending in district court.
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Peat Falls
Mont
Robert B. Plennings
Gabriel Swan
Swan
Pleamings
PTAs Plan for Desegregation Clash With Pearsall Proposals
The State Congress of Parents and Teachers presented its own plan to address the public school desegregation issue in Raleigh. It urges local decision making, warns against state pressure, and calls for four recommendations including legal aid and careful study of enrollment and attitudes.
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Raleigh
State Congress of Parents and Teachers
Hodges
John W. Crawford
PTA
Oy Pearsalt
Pearsall Committee
Pearsall
U.S. Supreme Court
Moose Hall
Tion
Board of Education
North Carolina General Assembly
Talks bog down as steel strike enters fourth week
Pittsburgh July 21 the three week nationwide steel strike stalled with union and management deferring to the federal government for talks. Federal mediator Finnegan said he expects contact next week while United Steelworkers leader McDonald plans a tour of major centers to present the union case starting in Chicago. U S Steel vice president Stephens said negotiations were closer to settlement earlier and discussions covered many phases during resumed talks begun July 12 at government prompting.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Finnegan
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Chicago
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Stephens
Congress Races To Adjourn As Major Bills Loom
Congress edges toward adjournment with Lyndon Johnson calling quitting time imminent. The Senate planned to act Tuesday on the foreign aid bill and the House to vote Monday on the civil rights bill, with potential filibuster risk in the Senate. The final foreign aid total was raised by 685 million dollars, and conferees must reconcile differences. Two other large money bills also await action, for military construction and Atomic Energy Commission appropriations.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Eisenhower
House
Knowland
California
Bridges
New Hampshire
Yugoslavia
Tito
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Atomic Energy Commission
Polio Cases Surge to 268 in Chicago Files
Chicago records 268 polio cases and five deaths for the year as Dr. Herman Bundesen appeals for public cooperation. A West Side hotspot accounts for 132 cases with many children aged 1 to 5 sought at free clinics for inoculations amid intensified Salk vaccine distribution.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Chicago Board of Health
West Side
Bundesen
Ndesen
British Paratroopers Arrive as Cyprus Tensions Rise
Four hundred British paratroopers landed in Nicosia to bolster forces amid Greek Cypriot calls for union with Greece. Greek Cypriot mayors voted to end further talks with Lord Radcliffe who is drafting a self rule constitution.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Greece
Lord Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Hodge and Two Associates Indicted by Jury
Federal grand jury in Chicago indicts Orville E. Hodge former Republican state auditor and two associates for conspiring to misuse state and bank funds. Edward A. Epping and Edward A. Hintz also face charges as state authorities prepare further indictments and seek bonds.
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Chicago
Orville E. Hodge
Char
U.S
Robert Tieken
Tieken
Washington
Department of Justice
George P. Coutralon
Sangamon County
Springfield
Coutrakon
Hodge
Hintz
Epping
Miss Goose Pimple Crown Highlight At Nudists Convention
In San Bernardino California on July 21 the Western Sunbathers Association plans a second day event at Oakdale Ranch to choose Miss Goose Pimple of 1956. The crown will be the sole feminine adornment permitted during the three day meeting.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Western Sunbathers Assn
Oakdale Ranch
WSA
Clare Luce Addresses Arsenic Paint Poisoning Claim
Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce said arsenic paint in her Rome embassy residence bedroom likely caused illness over the past year. She cited beams painted with arsenic, traces found on belongings, and a June 1955 repair as factors, with symptoms improving after tar paper covering and repainting. The statement was made as she prepared a Lisbon flight and Mediterranean cruise.
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Luce
Clare Boothe Luce
U. S
Italy
National
Washington
Lisbon
Portugal
Rome
Time
Mrs. Lake
Time Magazine
Henry Luce
United States
Imenpleay
Mrs. Luce
Senate body urges replacement of security program with new law
A Senate Civil Service subcommittee urged replacing the Eisenhower administration employe security program with a comprehensive law to balance anti Communist safeguards with protecting government workers rights. The 548 page report assigns blame for pre Supreme Court ruling overreach, urges limits to sensitive positions, criticizes disloyalty lists, and questions number based disclosures.
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Senate
John Chadwick
Washington
Eisenhower
Uate
Congress
Threeanan Civil Service
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Sen. Carlson
R-Kan
GOP
Sen
Neely
D-Wva
Johnston
Sureme
Subcommittee
Civil Service Commission
Nixon
Eisenhower Arrives in Panama for Historic Hemisphere Unity
President Eisenhower lands in Panama for a three day summit of American leaders. He wreathes Jose Antonio Remon's tomb, endures sudden rain, and comforts Carmen Remon as reporters note his improving yet faint voice. Accompanied by Milton Eisenhower Sherman Adams and Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder, he meets presidents from Chile Haiti and others amid pomp and declarations of pan American unity.
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Douglas Cornell Paaama
Eisenhower
Washington
Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Isenhower
Carmen Hortensia Remon
Americas
Milton
Sherman Adams
White House
Howard M. der. Snyder
Marcos Perzimenez
Venezuela
Hector Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Colombia
Honduras
U. S
U.S
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Crawford
Barbara Myers
Cleo C. Whytsell
Martins Ferry
Miss Goose Pimple
Clare Luce
Ike
de Espinosa
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