Six Children Die in Brooklyn Cave-In
In Williamsburg Brooklyn a wall of sand collapsed on children at a highway underpass excavation. Six children, two girls and four boys, were killed and a ninth child severely injured. Police and prosecutors opened an investigation intopossible negligence and watchman presence. The tragedy unfolded at suppertime as neighbors gathered and relatives mourned. Names of the dead include Marie Stanikunas, Michael Stanikunas, Lorraine Stanikunas, Anatole Bykov, John William McKenzie, John Kotov, Anna Ortiz, and Louis Nitti.
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New York
Brooklyn
Black Square
Williamsburg
Marie Stanikunas
Marie
Dolores
Anatole Bykov
Marine
Theresa Stanikunas
Michael
Lorraine
John William McKenzie
John T. Kotov
Anna Ortiz
Louis Nitti
Lorraine Stanikunas
Security Criticism Continues Over Loyalty Program Reform
Senator Harry P. Cain told a Senate subcommittee that President Eisenhower showed deep concern for changes to the loyalty security program. Cain called abuses by the system fascist in tone, urged abolishing automatic suspensions, and said innocent people may be labeled security risks without defense. He noted he may lose his post on the Subversive Activities Control Board.
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Washington
Harry P. Cain
Eisenhower
Cain
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On
Subversive Activities Control Board
Congress
White House
Religion and daily living improve work satisfaction
A NEA Service piece cites studies showing workers with strong religious belief are better adjusted and less prone to accidents. It argues belief in God and daily worship correlate with higher self-satisfaction at home and work, noting people thank God for jobs, mortgages, and even appliances.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
D. v
NEA Service
Prospector Survives After Capsized Boat Tragedy on Colorado
Charles L. Robinson of Hot Springs Arkansas survived eight days after a uranium prospecting boat capsized in the Colorado River near Moab Utah. He survived by eating raw lizards and cactus losing 42 pounds. Robinson praised divine aid and called the ordeal not heroic. His companion Bryan Waelder of Long Beach California walked 100 miles to reach help near Hanksville Utah.
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Moab
Utah
Colorado
Rim
Charles L. Robinson
Hot Springs
Ark
Robinson
Bryan Waelder
Long Beach
Calif
Hanksiville
Big Battle On Housing in Prospect
Washington action sparks clash over public housing as House Banking Committee approves a bill far exceeding the president's request. It envisions 180,000 new units plus 30,000 for elderly over three years beginning Aug. 1, plus a three billion dollar expansion of FHA mortgage insurance and broader slum clearance and home improvement loans. The president asked for 35,000 units a year for two years.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Federal Housing Administration
Congress
Still Suffers Pain President Takes On More Official Work
President Eisenhower, still in pain after his emergency operation, held a 25 minute White House staff meeting and signed 27 bills and other documents. He planned a meeting tomorrow in his Walter Reed Hospital room with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
Konrad Adenauer
Ann Whitman
Ruiz Cortines
James C. Hagerty
Great Britain
New Zealand
Dominican Republic
Congress
Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Outerbridge Horsey
Tokyo
Senate
House
Weserty
Hagerty
Adenauer
Meeting With Chou Ruled Out Over Formosa and Renunciation
State Department officials ruled out any Dulles Chou meeting until Communist China changes course. They demanded 13 U.S. prisoners be allowed home and a meaningful renunciation of force on Formosa, after rejecting a Geneva proposal for a broad renunciation agreement. The department said amended wording to cover the Taiwan area was not accepted.
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Valley
Pedro Aramburu
Abadie
la Plata
Rafael Fernantez
Argentina
Aramburu
Peron
Diehard Peron
Washington
State Department
Dulles
Chou En-lai
China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Geneva
United States
Redna
Rtment
Red Chinese
United A
Taiwan
Daddy Now Stays Home With Twins
Conway correspondent reports Harry Jenkins comes home to kiss his 4 year old twin sons Barry and Larry who have mumps. The father now stays home with all three swollen jaws, as the doctor had just left.
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Conway
N.C
Barry
Larry
Harry Jenkins
Daddy
GOP Senators rule out Eisenhower run doubt
Four Republican senators said they are not considering any chance Eisenhower will not run again. Kefauver, seeking the Democratic nomination, said Republicans will run the President if possible and that the Democratic race remains wide open after California. Senators Mundt Payne Bridges Jenner all rejected speculation about a change in Eisenhower’s candidacy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
California
Alain Stevenson
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Mundt
South Dakota
Payne
Maine
Bridges
New Hampshire
Jenner
Indiana
Dangers Of A Power Rays Cited By National Academy
The National Academy of Sciences warns accumulated waste from nuclear industry may exceed wartime radiation. A 62,000 word report urges a radiological history for individuals and notes overexposure risks to children and descendants. Warren Weaver advocates stricter radiation safeguards and public awareness.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Medical
Deaton
Warren Weaver
Academy
Explosion damages Cincinnati apartment building killing man
An explosion ripped two sides from a Cincinnati apartment house on Reading Road killing Robert Swarts, 81, and injuring 14 others including a 2 month old baby Dorothy Miller. Aides at General Hospital named Buddy Marrs 25 and Mike Riley 48 as critically hurt. Fire officials warned the rest of the four story building could collapse.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Swarts
Dorothy Miller
General Hospital
Buddy Marrs
Mike Riley
Reading Road
U. S. 42
Contempt Proceedings Favored Against Robeson and Others
The House Un American Activities Committee voted 17 to 0 to pursue contempt of Congress against Negro singer Paul Robeson after he refused to confirm if he is a Communist. The panel also moved to contempt for Clark Foreman for failing to surrender a passport and referred Leonard Boudin’s testimony for possible perjury review. Conviction could bring fines up to 1000 dollars and a year in jail per count. The hearings also covered efforts to lure Iron Curtain refugees back to their homelands.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Congress
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Clark Foreman
New York
Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Leonard Boudin
Justice Department
Boudin
Communist Party
House
Candy for dogs in Detroit aims to curb mail carrier nips
Detroit mailmen will give out dog friendly candy this week after a report that over 100 local carriers were bitten last year. James H. Rademacher, president of the Detroit branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, organized the program and 200 mailmen received the dog candy samples.
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Detroit
Mint
James H. Rademacher
The
National Assn. of
Ten Republicans back Eisenhower foreign aid plea in joint statement
Ten Republican senators endorsed President Eisenhower in a joint statement urging support for foreign aid as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepared to consider a House passed 3.8 billion dollar bill. The effort sought to restore part of the House cuts while debates over totals and policy continued.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Uphol
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
D-Ga
House
Senate
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Clifford Case
Allott
Cole
Bender
Ohio
Duff
Bush
Conn
Flanders
Ives
Kuchel
Calif
Payne
Maine
Purtell
White House
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Bus Segregation Case Dismissed Again in Columbia
A celebrated bus segregation case involving Sarah Mae Flemming Brown was dismissed by U S District Judge George Bell Timmerman for the second time. Brown had asked 25 000 in damages claiming a bus driver of South Carolina Electric and Gas Co ordered her to vacate a front seat and struck her when she attempted to exit. The prior dismissal was overturned by the Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled segregation on state buses unconstitutional.
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Columbia
U. S
George Bell Timmerman
Sarah Mae Flemming Brown
Columbia Negro
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Timmerman
Circuit Court of Appeals
Heart Operation Could Halt Damage Before It Starts
Dr Bernard Brofman of Mount Sinai Hospital says a heart surgery can prevent serious damage before it occurs. About 1 200 patients with sick hearts have undergone the procedure, which aims to nourish heart muscle and create blood flow channels without surface implants. Developed by Dr Claude Beck, the technique has high success with 90 percent relief of pain and many returning to work. none of the last 58 patients died.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Bernard Brofman
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland
American Medical Assa
Claude Beck
Western Reserve University
Brofman
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