Heat Wave Grips East With Record Temps and Floods
Eastern half faces another hot day as records fall from Philadelphia to New York. Severe thunderstorms and tornado activity flare in the swelterbelt while flood crests lift in Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Chicago
The
Mercury
New York
Philadelphia
Newark
N.J
Airport
New York City
Presidio
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
South Dakota
Redwood River
Big Sioux
God as Artist for a Worthwhile Life
The author likens humans to instruments and argues life gains power and music when God acts as the artist. He asserts we choose who shapes our souls and urges inviting God to play upon us for sympathy and love, else there is no true concert of life.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Court criticism grows after two Supreme Court rulings
Critics like Rep. Howard W Smith and Sen. Jenner attack recent high court opinions on the Smith Act and a contempt conviction. The court freed five California Communists and ordered new trials for nine, and overturned John T. Watkins’s contempt conviction. Chief Justice Warren cautioned about obscurity in the subcommittee inquiry and questioned congressional power to expose for exposure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Howard W Smith
D-Va
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Smith
Supreme ‘Court
California
Congress
John T. Watkins
Clark
Watkins
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Warren
Subcommittee
Un-American Activities Group
Un-American Activities Committee
Soldier Tends Victims of 7200 Volt Tragedy Near Fayetteville
Pfc. James Edward Mathis rushed to aid three Fayetteville Public Works crew members electrocuted by a 7200 volt line. He worked 50 minutes in extreme heat before collapsing from heat exhaustion and shock. Victims Harry M. Carr 34 W D Strickland 29 and Carl Edward Benson 24 died. C P Matthews 37 injured.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Here
James Edward Mathis
Ft. Bragg
Rochester
N.Y
Harry M. Carr
W. D. Strickland
Carl Edward Benson
C. P. Matthews
Fayetteville Public Works Commission
Mathis
Mathews
Co. A
Humphrey Defends Fiscal Policies Amid Prosperity Charge
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey defended current fiscal policies in a wide prepared statement to a congressional committee. He said higher interest rates boost savings and investment creating jobs while noting the administration’s track record of prosperity with rising income and employment, though he warned of inflation risks from growing credit demand.
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Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Humphrey
Wose
Treasury
Eisenhower
America
Former Gov. R Gregg Cherry Hospitalized In Gastonia
A physician at Gaston Memorial Hospital reported former Governor R Gregg Cherry is improving after more than two weeks of hospitalization. The family declined to release the ailment, stating only that his condition is better today and that he is not allowing his name to be used publicly.
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Gastonia
N. C
Gregg Cherry
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Cherry
Federal Judge Blocks Girard Extradition to Japan
U S District Judge Joseph C McGarraghy ruled that the government cannot turn over GI William S Girard to Japan for trial The decision notes that as a member of the U S Armed Forces in Japan he could face court martial proceedings in U S jurisdiction and retains constitutional protections.
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William S. Girard
Japan
U.S
Joseph C
Girard
U. S
McGarraghy
Fourth Atomic Test Shot Explodes At Nevada Site
The Atomic Energy Commission reports the fourth shot in the current series exploded at 4 45 am at the Atomic test site in Nevada. Light fallout forced evacuation of the control point as the balloon detonation lit the dawn sky and a six mile mushroom cloud formed. More than 50 diagnostic tests were conducted with live animals wired for radiation studies. observers estimated the blast at about ten kilotons, with the last two shots smaller.
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Nev.p— Atomic Scientists
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Ground Zero
AEC
Due East
Due West
Arrest Made After Theat Two Hours After Thetary
Charlotte detective Lt. Coy Sykes reports John Houston a Negro grocery clerk took 1567.29 to deposit but failed to find a bank. He asked a man named Louis to carry the money after spotting Samuels in a photograph Houston identified Louis as Samuels was found in Fayetteville by cab company dispatch. Richmond officers aided in locating Samuels who was held on grand larceny charges.
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Sykes
Louis Samuels
Houston
Louis
Fayetteville
Samuels
Richmond
Cach
Rockingham
McClellan Seeks Tax Records Tied to 1956 Union Dinner
Washington chairman McClellan said the Rackets Investigating Committee found no federal income tax paid on about 60 000 raised at a 1956 dinner to buy a home for Max Kralstein New York boss of the Bakers Union. Nelson a Bakers official filed no returns 1952 1953 and only paid 1954 1955 1956 after a subpoena.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Max Kralstein
New York
Bakers Union
J D. Nelson
Nelson
Los Angeles
Congress
Kralstein
Southern Efforts Blocked in House Civil Rights Vote
The House passed President Eisenhower's civil rights bill after defeating the southern bloc's fourth attempt to add a jury trial amendment by 251 to 158. The measure moves to the Senate where Republicans seek quick action. the bill would empower the attorney general to file federal suits and obtain injunctions in civil rights cases, plus create a bipartisan two year commission to study complaints.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
Department of Justice
Long House
Canadian Conservatives form cabinet after election win
Prime Minister designate John Diefenbaker builds a cabinet slate before Friday as Canada’s first Conservative premier in 22 years. Governor General Vincent Massey asked him to form a new government after the Liberal cabinet resigned. House of Commons seats sit at 109 Conservatives to 104 Liberals in a 265 member chamber. St. Laurent met Massey before the call to form a new Liberal administration.
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Ottawaw
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Vincent Massey
Diefenbaker
Louis St. Laurent
Liberals
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
St. Laurent
Massey
Haiti junta deploys troops amid fears after Fignol feared return
Port au Prince reports say Haiti's military regime orders troops and police to shoot arsonists and arrest shop owners as threats from followers of ousted President Daniel Fignol rise. Violence leaves at least 50 dead and 200 injured. Fignol claims officers pointed guns at him in New York.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Daniel Fignole
Orker
Fignole
New York
Mao's public admission of contradictions in China
Peiping radio aired Mao Tze-tung's 17 000 word Feb 27 speech to the Supreme State Conference. He says contradictions among Chinese society exist within the people and must be settled by democratic discussion, not coercion, amid notes favorable to the Soviet Union on Hungary.
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Red China Today
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping Radio
Supreme State Conference
China
Mao
Tak
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
S.R. Mao
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