Democratic contenders meet at Beverly Hills banquet
Three top Democrats Kennedy Johnson and Symington gathered with Gov Ed Brown at a $100-a-plate testimonial dinner in Beverly Hills. Brown warned the California delegation may not unite behind a single candidate as they seek votes for the June 7 primary and the July convention.
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Gov. Brown
Johnson
Sens
John Feverell
Stuart Symington
Brown
John
Beverly Hills
Calif
California
Edmund C. Brown
Beverly Hilton
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower Admitted For Asthmatic Bronchitis
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower entered Walter Reed Army Hospital for acute asthmatic bronchitis. Doctors report she is comfortable and improving, with little fever, expected to remain under treatment for a few days. The First Lady has had prior medical issues but no major illness during seven years in the White House.
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Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Waller Reed
Communism Linked to Divorce in London Court
In London a divorce case hears that Sheila Bellinger, 33, became obsessively involved with communism after joining the Communist Party in 1957. Her husband, Stanley, 43, says she admitted infidelity, while the judge notes influence from a party secretary and his wife. The court grants the husband a divorce after a 12 year marriage.
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London
John Flowers
Sheila Bellinger
Communist Party
Tommy the Slum Waif Finds Contentment as Horse
CHICAGO AP A horse named Tommy once living among push carts and peddlers now survives in a basement stable. The Anti Cruelty Society will cut through concrete to rescue him, with J J Shaffer saying workers will hoist or walk Tommy up a ramp to safety. Julius Pekovsky alerted officials to the horse in the cellar.
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Anti-Cruelty Society
J. J. Shaffer
Tommy
NASA Says U2 Made 200 Weather Flights
NASA testimony shows U2 aircraft conducted over 200 weather missions since 1956 covering about 264000 miles. Flights, described as research data gathering, occurred worldwide including the United States Western Europe Turkey and Japan. Limited flight plans were known only after missions. instruments were installed with airline and military cooperation.
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NASA
Washington
Space Agency
United States
Europe
Turkey
Japan
Hugh L. Dryden
National Aeronautics and Omanan A Awrimatantine
Ani
Pan American
TWA
Senate Group
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Stevenson Sets Five Point Peace Plan At Chicago Speech
Adlai E Stevenson outlined a five point grand strategy for peace urging U S disarmament under international control and NATO deterrence. He attacked the Eisenhower administration after the summit collapse, saying the summit fiasco boosted Soviet influence and worsened world tensions.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
Textile Workers Union
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Washington
NATO
Western Alliance
Free World
Atlantic Council
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
China
House expense tabs altered in congressional records
The Knight newspapers report dozens of expense account bills by House members were altered or amended to conceal purposes. Receipts for hotel bills and bar charges were altered to misstate travel and leisure expenses, with some entries labeled food as bar charges. Representative Omar Burleson said he was unaware of defaced hotel bills while Representative Oren Harris defended the hotel entries as food, not liquor.
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House
Knight
Vnnanewiaohiad Alenatoh Fa
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Udpekn
Don Oberdorfer
Waltter Pincus
Harris
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Honolulu
Rep
Oren Harris
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Committee On House
Burleson
Youth gets 2 3 years for manslaughter
A 19 year old youth previously charged with a motor vehicle offense was sentenced to 2 to 3 years in Central Prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the January 16 crash that killed Robert Wayne Martin, 21. King had been drinking earlier and was driving about 65 mph when he lost control. His lawyers say he will not drive until after trial.
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Central
John Campbell King
Commerce Street
King
Allen H. Gwyn
Reidsville
Kivett Drive
Robert Wayne Martin
Whiteoak Street
Martin
Joyce
Lois Mashburn
Western Ministers Plan Strategy Meet
Western foreign affairs chiefs including United States Secretary of State Herter Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd and France’s Maurice Couve de Murville will hold a private postmortem after a SEATO summit collapse. They aim to discuss Communist risks and economic aid needs in Asia during four days of SEATO Council of Ministers sessions.
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Herter
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Seato Council of Ministers
Australia
New
Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Pakistan
Lloyd
Nikita Khrushchev
SEATO
Laos
Southeast Asia
Asia
Parkway Facilities Go Private on Blue Ridge Parkway
The National Park Service will privatize operation of visitor facilities on a 260 mile stretch from Roanoke Virginia to Asheville North Carolina. The concessionaire must supply about 880000 dollars in new facilities plus operate existing ones including lodging food service stations and groceries. Applications are due by August 15 to the Roanoke Parkway superintendent.
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Washington
National Park Service
Blue Ridge Parkway
Roanoke
Asheville
N.C
The
Park Service
Conrad L. Wirth
Roanloke
Tidersands dispute not settled despite Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court on three marine leagues set Texas and Florida at about 10 miles seaward, while Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama gain three geographic miles. The decision spurs further litigation and possible congressional action. Interior leasing revenue totals about 308 million dollars. Atty general for Louisiana warned the boundary line dispute will move to new court fights.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States
Supreme Court
Congress
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Gulf
Interior Department
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