Tragic Lexington Crash Claims 14 Month Old Life
A High Point couple mourns as their 14 month old daughter Patricia Call dies from head injuries after a vehicle crash on Highway 29 near Lexington. Her mother Marie Call remains critically injured and other passengers suffer serious or minor injuries. investigation seeks a truck involved in the wreck. Funeral arrangements are set for Monday at Koonce Funeral Home.
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High Point
Lexington
Patricia
Dewey Landoff Call
S. Hamilton St
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Marie Call
Elizabeth Simpson
Commonwealth Ave
Charles Simpson
Barbara Jean
Simpson
Richard Sigman
Sigman
Funeral
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Dulles Weekend Visit to Lancaster South Carolina
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles spends the weekend in South Carolina arriving by plane to meet U.S. Rep. James P. Richards at his Lancaster home. He will deliver the University of South Carolina commencement address Monday and receive an honorary doctor of laws.
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Columbia
S.C
John Foster Dulles
South Carolina
Dulles
U.S
James P. Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lancaster
University of South Carolina
Washington
Foreign Affairs Committee
Donald Russell
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
John Hanes
General Partridge Takes Command In U S Continental Air Defense
Gen Earle E Partridge arrived in Tokyo to assume command of the U S Continental Air Defense Command with Ent Air Base Colorado as headquarters He relinquished command of Far East Air Forces to Gen Laurence S Kuter just before departing for the United States The transfer reshapes high level air defense leadership during the postwar era
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Tokyo
Earle E. Partridge
United States
U. S. Continental Air Defense Command
Ent Air Base
Colo
Partridge
Far East Air Forces
Laurence S. Kuter
Litterbugs Law Urged by Hodges At Neuse Park Opening
Gov Luther Hodges urged a state law against litterbugs as he praised the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park dedication near Goldsboro North Carolina The park spans 321 acres 14 miles southeast of the city and features a new bathhouse for 1000 bathers and an 11 acre lake. Local donors Lionel Weil A J Davis are credited with land gifts supporting the park.
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Goldsboro
N.C
Luther Hodges
the Neuse
North Carolina
Hodges
Lionel Weil
A. J. Davis
Mount Olive
M. E. Robinson
Ben Douglas
Department of Conservation and Development
Tom Morse
Landmark Ostend Hotel Destroyed by Atlantic City Fire
A five story wooden Ostend Hotel near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City burned early today. Firefighters and police evacuated 8 to 12 guests and staff as flames reached the third floor. The blaze drew 200 plus firemen, sent 100 foot flames aloft, and caused an estimated loss of 175000 to 200000 dollars.
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Ostend
Atlantic City
N. J
Housewife Killed by Wild Bullet in New Orleans
Thelma Picket, 45, was fatally struck in the mouth by a stray bullet as motorcycle policemen pursued a speeding motorist. Two officers were suspended pending an investigation. Moses Jackson Jr., 26, taxi driver, is charged with reckless and drunken driving and attempted murder after a taxi pursuit.
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New Orleans
Thelma Picket
Eddie Babylon
Paul Campo
Moses Jackson Jr
Campo
Jackson
Big Four Talks Set for July 18 in Geneva
The top level talks among the United States Great Britain France and Russia are planned for July 18 in Geneva subject to Moscow's agreement. Washington has dropped objections and will notify London and Paris while the plan includes a brief Eisenhower meeting with the four leaders and later formal negotiations by foreign ministers. Senator George described guarded optimism that the talks could ease tensions.
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Reds
Washington
Great Britain
France
Moscow
Eisenhower
Dulles
Lausanne
Switzerland
Stockholm
Vienna
Russia
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Tyrone Power Reunites Briefly With Annabella in Paris
In Paris on the way to a vacation in England, film star Tyrone Power stopped at the airfield and was reunited for a few minutes with former wife Annabella, the French actress.
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Paris
Tyrone Power
England
Annabella
Parking Ticket Turned Chase Through Central Park
Martinez, a 26 year old truck driver, flees police after a $15 ticket. A high speed chase spans Columbus Circle to Central Park with officers using three cars. five shots reduce tires but he escapes, then is booked on seven charges including attempted felonious assault and dangerous driving.
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New York
Santiago F. Martinez
Manhattan
Martinez
Columbus Circle
Central Park
Irene Martinez
Ike Returns to West Point for Reunion and Graduation
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1915 West Point graduate and commander in chief, visits the academy for commencement and a 40 year reunion. He arrives from Washington with Mrs. Eisenhower, reviews cadets, presents awards, then dines near the Thayer Hotel before alumni exercises on Monday.
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West Point
N. Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
All Armed Forces
U.S. Military Academy
Ulysses S. Grant
Eisenhower
Washington
New York
Thayer Hotel
Academy
Thayer Monument
Ford Rejects Union Proposal as Auto Workers Prepare Strike
Ford Motor Co rejects the CIO United Auto Workers demand for arbitration to resolve wage differences and signals readiness for a strike set to start Monday. UAW and GM talks continue with deadlines near as Ford and GM mismatch offers. The union accuses Ford of targeting and warns a walkout could begin at midnight Sunday.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
John S. Bugas
CIO
United Auto
General Motors Corp
UAW
Walter Reuther
Bugas
Reuther
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Live Polio Vaccine Contamination Report Sparks Health Alarm
Dr. Louis Gebhardt reports live Type 1 polio virus found in Cutter vaccine samples from Idaho, tying vaccine to Idaho’s polio outbreak. Cutter Laboratories and federal authorities offer no immediate comment as trade and safety questions rise. Meanwhile India threatens to cut rhesus monkey shipments over humane standards affecting Salk vaccine production.
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Salt Lake City
Louis Gebhardt
University of Utah
Idaho State Health Department
Idaho
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Robert K. Cutter
Gebhardt
Public Health Service
Washington
India
State Department
London
New York
Reconciliation Possible For Jet Ace Ex Wife Says Plans Contingent
Dorothy Van Bank Fischer, ex wife of Capt Harold Fischer Jr a double jet ace, tells Des Moines Tribune she plans to contact him when he returns home. She notes possible reconciliation depends on meeting him after his release by Chinese forces and his return from North Korea.
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Des Moines
Dorothy van Bank Fischer
Harold Fischer Jr
Des Moines Tribune
the Tribune
Fischer
San Antonio
Tex
Las Vegas
Nev
North Korea
Honolulu
Bancroft, Iowa
Iceman Delivers Her Coo Graduation Gift
Jane Stewart of Washington Pennsylvania, about to graduate from Smith College, received an unusual present from T F Fitch president of Washington Steel Co a ton of ice delivered to her hometown. The ice melting on a dormitory lawn underscores the odd gift.
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Northampton
Mass
Jane Stewart
Washington
Smith College
T. F. Fitch
Washington Steel Co
Stewart
Fitch
Four Die In Auto Mishap At New York Bridge
Four people died when an automobile plunged through a guard rail at a bridge near Lowville New York and fell into a river. A child’s body was recovered and two children and a man were believed to be in the car. An additional man and a woman escaped by leaping from windows as divers were summoned.
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Lowville
N. Y
New York
Uranium Stampede Continues at Kern River Canyon
California rush for uranium claims grows as more than 320 of about 600 prospectors file within 20 acre claims. 53 armed deputies maintain order while dynamite blasts used to signal staking draw criticism amid overlap and refiled claims in the Miracle and Kergen areas.
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Hobo Hot Springs
Calif
California
Kern River Canyon
Bakersfield
Iff
Miracle
Kergen
U S Alcoholics On The Increase
At Lake Junaluska North Carolina on June 4 Dr Winto H Beaven educational director of the American Temperance Society warned that American alcoholics are rising by about 200 000 annually He cited Toynbee saying America's collapse would stem from racism or alcoholism during his address at the Carolina Seventh Day Adventist summer conference closing session.
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N.C
Winto H. Beaven
American Temperance Society of
Washington, D.C
Arnold Toynbee
America
Beaven
Carolina
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