Israeli airliner shot down over Bulgaria during Cold War tensions
An El Al four engine airliner was shot down by Bulgarian antiaircraft near the Greek border. All but possibly one of 58 aboard are presumed dead, including at least three Americans. Greece and Israel seek official explanations while Bulgaria blames the incident on enemy air defenses in a tense regional moment.
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Athens
Greece
Bulgaria
J. Sheinbaum
Katz
London
Tel Aviv
Israel
Constellation
Foreign Ministry
Jerusalem
Sofia
Macedonia
el al Airlines
Petritsia
Lydda
Warsaw
Vienna
Schechat
Israeli National Airlines Constellation
Istanbul
Highway Bill Near Showdown in Congress
Congressional battle over rival Democratic and Republican road programs intensifies as House votes on proposals for multibillion-dollar federal state highway spending. Democrats favor bonds under Eisenhower plan. Republicans push pay-as-you-go tax hikes and direct funding for a 40,000-mile interstate system.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Patman
D-Tex
House
Rep
Steed
D-Okla
Senate
T.A Thompson
D-La
Dondero
R-Mich
GOP
Fallon
D-Md
House Public Works Committee
Federal Highway Corporation
Furniture Plant to Replace Mill in Lexington
United Furniture Corp. of Lexington signs a lease with Wilson Lewith of Charlotte to take over the Barber Mills site. The former textile mill will produce dining room furniture and supplement United’s line. Production is due in 10 to 12 months with hundreds employed at full scale. The Barber building and about 25 acres are included.
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Lexington
N.C
United Furniture Corp
Wilson Lewith
Charlotte
United
Barbet
TVA Bond Proposal Raised Again
Senate Public Works subcommittee hearings revive discussion of issuing revenue bonds to finance TVA development. TVA officials defend self financing while Budget Bureau revisions draw opposition from two board members. Committee considers Kerr bill to empower directors to finance without Bureau changes.
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Washington P
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Senate Public Works
National Rural Electric Assny
Charles Fain
Association
Harry Curtis
Raymond Paty
Herbert Vogel
A. Wessenauer
Budget Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Talbott Plans to Exit Mulligan Consulting Partnership
Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott told Senate investigators he will dissolve his 50 percent stake in the Mulligan management consulting firm. He said he decided five days earlier to divest to avoid any appearance of impropriety and to protect the Air Force. He has earned about 132000 dollars in profits since 1953 and emphasized no illegal acts, only the need to avoid troubling the service.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Geneva
Russia
Talbott
Senate
Air Force
INA
Dixon-Yates-Eisenhower
Joseph M. Dodge
Congress
J. Sinclair Armstrong
Securities and Exchange Commision
Sherman Adams
Adams
Armstrong
SEC
Dixon-Yates
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Adolphe Wenzell
New York
Harold Talbott
Paul B. Mulligan
Senate Investigations
Mulligan
Air Secretary
Mulli
Pentagon
Mulligan Company
Prospect Of Prison Jolts Turncoats From Aboard The S5
Virginia Pasley reports three Army deserters Otho Bell Lewis Griggs and William Cowart aboard the S Columbus class President Cleveland who face immediate arrest and court martial for desertion. They fear prison and being kept from seeing ill mothers and loved ones as they return to U S soil.
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Virginia Pasley
Cleveland
Otho G. Bell
Lewis W. Griggs
William A. Cowarth
Pentagon
Cowart
Chester Green
United States
Okinawa Seen as Likeliest Target in Asian War
MURRAY FROMSON reports Kadena Air Base in Okinawa is viewed as the most vulnerable target should war erupt in Asia. The base hosts B36 bombers and BAT jets, houses two 5th Air Force wings, and sits near China, with plans to move the 3rd Marine Division. U.S. forces here defend the western approaches and maintain morale with families on station as F86 Sabres patrol day and night.
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Murray Fromson
Kadena
Okinawa
Asia
Shanghai
U.S
China
Strategic Air Command
5Th Air Force
Mia
Air
Peiping
U. S
United States
Japan
3Rd Marine Division
Honolulu
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
M. Set
William MacMillan
James Moore
Army
Ryukyus
George Renews Appeal for Early China Foreign Ministers Conference
Senator George of Georgia urged an early ministerial meeting with Communist China while Secretary Dulles signaled no progress until talks involve Chou En Lai. George advocated direct talks with Chou En Lai to ease Far East tensions, noting Johnson’s Geneva probe would focus on cease fire and repatriation issues.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
China
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
A. Alexis Johnson
Geneva
Peiping
Formosa Strait
Johnson
Red China
United States
Quitting Date Still Uncertain in 1955 Session Progress
Washington reports that six major bills remain, with adjournment date unclear. The six include three money measures, a housing bill, a minimum wage bill, and a highway construction bill amid House Senate negotiations. Conferees begin talks on foreign aid funding, while disputes over tax features and housing aid linger.
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Washington
Sen. Clements
D-Ky
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Austria Declares Independence After Allied Occupation
After seven years of Nazi rule and ten of Allied occupation Austria became free with France ratifying the state treaty in Moscow. The Big Four withdraw their forces within 90 days as Koerner pledges neutrality and peace, while Viennans mourn the loss of their American radio station. Eisenhower and Faure congratulated Austria on this historic day.
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Vienna
Austria
France
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Allied Council
Stalin Square
Theodor Koerner
Eisenhower
Faure
Koerner
North Carolina Board Endorses Coastal Docks Improvements
The State Board of Conservation and Development approved a plan to upgrade docks and ports in coastal North Carolina to attract tourists. Gov. Hodges urged local cooperation and promised state help while citing litter problems on highways.
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Morehead City
Ncp
State Board of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
Committee On Water Resources
Hodges
Department of Conservation and Development
Division of Water Resources
Coa
County Boards of Commissioners
Joo Ee
He A Pring
Cary Is
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