Khrushchev Says U S Fingerprinting Must End
In Moscow Khrushchev and Bulganin urged changing the U S fingerprinting law amid protests at a Queen Elizabeth II birthday garden party. Stern noted the difficulty of granting official delegation status to large groups and pressed for U S law change as Molotov and Bulganin backed the stance.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Isaac Stern
United States
Congress
U.S
Washington
Russia
Moisseyev
State Department
Stern
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Bulganin
Molotov
U. S
Duma
Plan to Vacation with God This Summer
Reader urged to travel with mindfulness and faith. The author emphasizes appreciating scenery and worshiping God during vacations, noting nature as an altar for worship in mountains, valleys, streams, forests, and skies. Plan vacations to experience spiritual reflection while exploring the world.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
God
Continent Gets Another Whooper
In New Orleans a tiny crane hatched after a long pecking period becoming North America’s 32nd whooping crane. Parents Josephine and Crip, the zoo’s only captives, helped start the final break from the shell after a slow start under Audubon Park Zoo director George Douglass.
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New Orleans
North America
Douglass
Josephine
Texas
Polio Cases Lag Behind Last Year As Week Totals Rise
Polio cases rose to 112 last week but remain below the 240 reported in the same 1955 week. The increase of 27 from 85 follows a pattern where yearly totals trail last year, with officials noting it is too early to predict the full season. Texas and California accounted for over half the week’s cases, with 32 and 25 respectively.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Texas
California
Memorial Day Riots Probed After Ontario Clash
Federal authorities launch full investigation into Memorial Day riots aboard the Canadiana steamer and attacks at Crystal Beach Ontario. At least 30 injured, nine youths arrested in Canada, two Blacks named in U S assault complaints in Buffalo. Local officials and groups seek prevention measures.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Crystal Beach
Ontario
Lake Erie
U. S
FBI
John O. Henderson
Averell Harriman
Steven Pankow
Victor Einach
Buffalo Field
State Commission Against Discrimination
Alabama moves to halt NAACP activities in state
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones issued a temporary injunction banning NAACP operations in Alabama. The order bars organizing new chapters soliciting funds and conducting business, with a 30 day window to answer. Attorney General John Patterson said the move targets alleged boycott support and university disruptions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter B. Jones
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Alabama
John Patterson
NAACP
Patterson
Autherine Lucy Foster
University of Ala
New York
Louisiana
Four Killed In Air Force Plane Crash Near Denver
A United States Air Force B25 crashed soon after takeoff from Lowry AFB Denver on a Tacoma Washington to Panama City Florida flight. Four crew were killed and four injured, with one in critical condition. The aircraft had stopped to refuel and attempted an emergency landing moments after becoming airborne. The crash occurred in a cemetery about a mile south of the Lewry runways.
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Denver
Lowry Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Panama City
Fla
Lowry Hospital
McChord Field
Tindall Air Force Base
Lewry
Special Session Set for July 23 in North Carolina
Gov Hodges calls a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly for July 23 to address constitutional changes tied to school segregation. The plan aims to implement Advisory Committee on Education recommendations, including state tuition grants and a local option to suspend schools under certain conditions. The session, limited to segregation issues, follows years since the last such meeting in 1938.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Hodges
Baptists reaffirm local church autonomy stance at convention
The Southern Baptist Convention voted to reaffirm local church autonomy while rejecting a call to repudiate a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling on church property. Delegates debated a Rocky Mount split case and elected C. C. Warren as president with Conrad Willard and D. L. Stennis as top officers.
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Kansas City
Southern Baptist Convention
North Carolina Supreme Court
James W. Bulman
East Spencer
N.C
Rocky Mount
Louis Newton
Atlanta
Resolutions Committee
North Carolina
Assn
C. C. Warren
Charlotte
Conrad Willard
D. L. Stennis
Meridian
Miss
Thunderclap Stampedes Elephants at Barnum and Bailey Show
A loud thunderclap frightened a baby elephant in the Barnum and Bailey main ring causing a near stampede. Five handlers were injured as fellow elephants surged toward a corral and trampled some staff. Benjamin White of Sarasota hospitalized with a back injury. others treated for lesser injuries include Robert Burkhart John Hayes Joseph Pettit and Walter Allen, all Sarasota residents.
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Philadelphia
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Benjamin White
Sarasota
Fla
Robert Burkhart
John Hayes
Joseph Pettit
Walter Allen
Teacher Fractures Hip Sliding Into First Base
BINGHAMTON NY Mrs Esther Hadley 55 is listed in condition at city hospital with a hip fracture after she slid into first base while playing baseball with grade school pupils she teaches at Kirkwood nearby.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Esther Hadley
City Hospital
Kirkwood
State Department Sees Korea Arms Inspect System Need
State Department officials say the arms import curbs in Korea show the necessity of a strict universal inspection system for any disarmament plan. The issue of safeguards has stalled Western Russian negotiations for years and Korea may set broader implications for arms control.
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Washington
State Department
Korea
United States
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
North
South Korea
Munnst
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
U.N
Sence
Dynamite Livened Up South Carolina Meeting
Andres Wood, 36, pleaded guilty in Anderson to malicious mischief for dynamite explosions at a political meeting. He received a $100 fine after claiming the blast was to liven up the gathering, while noting he cannot vote due to a prior grand larceny conviction and current prisoner status.
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Anderson
S.C
Andres Wood
Sre Nemed
Were Amite
Presbyterians Elect Thompson Moderator at General Assembly
Dr William Taliaferro Thompson was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church U S at the 96th General Assembly in Montreat North Carolina by acclamation. The retired Richmond Union Theological Seminary educator succeeds J McDowell Richards and is noted for work with Presbyterian boys camps. Routine business and committee meetings opened the day with reports on Christian education health and revision.
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Montreat
N.C
Southern Presbyterian
William Taliaferro Thompson
General Assembly
Thompson
Eve
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Presbyterian Church
U.S
J. McDowell Richards
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur
Lexington
Knoxville
Presbyterian
Sutecce Laon
Sessio Ty Gyre
Christia
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