California Town Is Going Down
In Jacumba California a developing ground collapse widens from a small crack to a 150 yard long hole five feet deep and three feet wide threatening homes and emergency airfield. A 17 year old girl was buried to her knees but rescued unharmed as geologist Don Weaver links the erosion to runoff from nearby mountains and an ancient lava shelf. He warns the earth could continue settling for days.
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Ray Harmon
Jacumba
Calif
Don Weaver
Rain Swamps Some NC Crops After Drought
Heavy rains hit scattered eastern North Carolina farms after a June drought. Officials say the rain is not widespread or severe. Showers slowed farming last week but boosted corn tobacco and cotton. Coastal plain totals were light while the Piedmont saw heavier local rain. An inch fell in 24 hours.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolinas
Piedmont
Eisenhower Says Tax Cut Requires Debt Payment Beforehand
President Eisenhower stated there must be some payment on the large national debt before any tax reduction can be justified. He noted expected debt interest near 8.7 billion dollars next year and favored debt reduction to enable future tax cuts. He kept hopes for progress at Geneva talks and said Nixon’s Russia trip is a goodwill gesture, not a negotiating mission.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
William McGaffin
Chicago Daily News
McGaffin
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Russia
Soviet Union
U.S
Khrushchev Cancels Scandinavian Visit Amid Tension
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev explains the cancellation of his planned three week visit to Scandinavia citing hostile press and failed summit prospects. He criticizes editors and Swedish leaders while praising the Swedes and noting his plan’s 105 percent pace.
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Warsaw
Nikita Sudden Khrushchev
Scandinavia
Poland
Sweden
Norway
Minist Khrushchev
MacMillan
Khrushchev
Peter (the Great
Poltava
Tage
Erlander
Union Testimony Denied in Henderson Conspiracy Trial
Defense rests without witnesses in the eight man conspiracy trial over dynamiting plots at Harriet-Henderson Mills. Judge Mallard denied 26 motions, including 24 non-suits, keeping charges against TWUA members alive. Defendants include Boyd Payton and Charles Auslander, with trial momentum set for more page nine detail.
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Mallard
Boyd Payton
Carolinas
Textile Workers Union of America
Lawrence Gore
Payton
Charles Auslander
TWUA
Johnny Martin
Robert Edward Abbott
Warren Walker
Malcolm Jarrell
Calvin Ray Pegram
Gromyko Speech Hints at Berlin Truce Price
In Geneva the United States Britain and France pressed for a lower price for a Berlin truce as Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko prepared a long speech. Western leaders met with Gromyko to seek Soviet reaction to their Berlin proposals and assess whether the Big Four conference could continue.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Russsia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Palace of Nations
Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Polio Cases Rise Weekly Across Nation
Polio cases climb weekly with 174 total and 105 paralytic in the week ended July 4, and 179 total with 111 paralytic by July 11, nearly doubling the 1958 rate. Des Moines area sees the worst outbreak with 105 cases and 58 paralytic by July 11. In total for the year starting Jan 1 there are 1,208 cases, 791 paralytic, ahead of last year, as New York Ohio Indiana Michigan and Kansas City report increases. Surgeon General E Burney urges under 40s to undergo intensive inoculation.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Des Moines
Towa
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Kansas City
E. Burney
Conference Lightened By Wit at Big Four Berlin Talks
In Geneva Western envoy presses for a gentleman’s agreement on Berlin, while Soviet ambassador Malik retorts with humor about a “gentleman’s agreement.” Talks include calls for East West German delegates to join, with Gromyko easing stance after humor and social seating ideas.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Berlin
Malik
Lloyd
Andrei Gromyko
Eesarene 2Ne
Seven Crewmen Die In KC97 Tanker Plane Crash
An Air Force KC97 tanker crashed near a saw mill on Bud Keyser farm south of Andover New Hampshire during a routine training mission. Seven crewmen perished and were later recovered. identities were withheld pending notification of next of kin. A companion plane occurred one mile behind and a trooper on the ground witnessed the flaming crash.
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Andover
N.H
Peace Air Force Base
Bud Keyser
New Hampshire
Nixon Prepares for Historic Soviet Tour
Vice President Richard M. Nixon meets with President Eisenhower for a final briefing before a high profile trip to the Soviet Union. He will visit Moscow and Leningrad, including four Siberian cities, to formally open the U.S. exhibition and gauge potential East West easing proposals from Nikita Khrushchev.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
White House
United States
U. S
R. Nixon
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Nixon
Siberian
Leningrad
U.S
Mitchell Gets Facts On Strike Escalation
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell has entered the steel strike dispute and is reluctant to intervene in collective bargaining. The issue may influence decisions on invoking Taft Hartley protections or an 80 day antistrike injunction, though officials doubt it would help now. Both sides show resolve for a prolonged clash as Eisenhower notes defense projects have steel until September.
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NEW
James P. Mitchell
Senay Pacaneas
Taft-Hartley
Eisenhower
Dillinger's Death Ends Bloody Era in American Crime
Indianapolis AP recalls John Dillinger, shot to death on July 22 1934 in front of a Chicago theater. The outlaw whose career spanned 13 suspected killings and bank looting of at least $500000 shaped a volatile era, with law enforcement spending about $2 million tracking him.
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Indianapolis
Dillinger
John Dillinger
Chicago
Record High Is Reached in Cost of Living Jump
Washington reports a four tenths of a cent rise in the consumer price index for June, reaching a record high of 124.5 percent of the 1947-49 base. Food costs led the increase, up one percent, while overall gains pause slightly below the prior all-time May peak.
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Washington
Eisenhower Defers "Must" Legislation List on Labor
President Eisenhower said he has not prepared a must list of laws and would rely on measures to fund continuing interstate highway construction. He stressed a farm bill is crucial by late session while Senate and House labor bill actions lag and McClellan probes labor issues.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Labor Management Committee
John McClellan
D-Ark
House
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Denmark
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Jacob A. Malik
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Monticello
Ill
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