Arab Unity Show Seen With Saudi and Jordan Joining Egypt
Washington officials expect a new Arab unity show as Saudi Arabia and Jordan may align with Egypt and Syria. The United States avoids direct blame on Nasser while fearing shifts that could undermine US policy. Officials warn Nasser could cause trouble with Suez in his hands and emphasize Moscow’s role in Jordan’s crisis.
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Washington
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Egypt
Syria
Ate
United States
Nasser
Saud
Hussein
Shukri al Kuwaily
Suez Canal
West
Soviet Union
Russia
Worries Tensions and Tensions as Cause of Illness
The piece explains worries evolve into tensions and frustrations affecting mind and body. It argues relief comes not from money or medicine but through talking to God, offering comfort and peace of mind. No trouble is too small or large to discuss with the Heavenly Father.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Richards Passes Up Key Nations
President Eisenhower asked Richard to return home at once to confer on preparations for a new mutual security bill. He will arrive May 8 to attend a state event and meet White House aides.Officials fear anti American demonstrations may arise and reiterate U S resistance to Egyptian issues. Richards would not be asked to go to Jordan.
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Washington
State Department
Eisenhower
Richards
White House
Wea
Stene
United States
Jordan
Texas Flood Crisis Deepens Across Sabine Trinity Valleys
A new disaster area is declared in Deweyville as the Sabine River floods threaten the 1000 residents. Heavy rains swamp Trinity watershed triggering flash floods in Dallas and surrounding counties while oil wells near Gladewater flood and shut down. At least 16 deaths are linked to the rainfall pattern over two weeks, with several drownings and hundreds displaced.
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Dallas W
Sabine
Deweyville
Newton
Orange
Tex
Trinity River
Texas
Dallas
Trinity
Gladewater
Delmer Lee Lake
Burkburnett
Paradise Creek
Vernon
Ronnie Wyatt
Longview
Senate Tackles Auto Liability With Unpaid Claim Fund
In Raleigh a Senate committee recommended creating an unsatisfied claim and judgment fund to pay auto damage claims against uninsured motorists. The plan would add 8 per year to auto tag fees and require insurers to contribute 1 percent of annual premiums into the fund. Claims over 200 dollars, with no other recovery, would be paid from the fund after court action.
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Raleigh
State Senate
House
Senate
Senate Insurance Committee
Senate Finance Committee
32 Die In Blackbushe Plane Crash In England
A Viking transport with 35 aboard crashed near a highway at Blackbushe while attempting an emergency return from Lyon. Thirty two were killed including a woman and two children. four soldiers survived initially but one died in hospital. The aircraft carried military personnel and their families bound for Libya and its first leg.
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Blackbushe
England
Libya
Lyon
France
Testimony Reignites Fight Over Navy Task Forces
January February testimony before a House subcommittee showed renewed Air Force Navy disagreement on carrier task force vulnerability. Secretary of the Air Force Don Quarles warned a bomber with a 50 to 100 mile range and a megaton warhead could knock out a carrier force, despite m issile defenses. Charles Thomas and Adm Arleigh Burke outlined defenses and deployment factors.
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Washington
Air Force
Donald Quarles
Nathan Twining
Pentagon
House Appropriations
Navy
Charles Thomas
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Benson Urges Reforms to Farm Laws and Policies
Benson calls for better farm laws in a letter to Senate Ag Committee chair Ellender. He criticizes late 1930s crop controls and the 1954 price support program while praising existing provisions that give him leeway on price supports for many commodities. He notes production per farm worker has doubled in 15 years, complicating output controls.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Benson
Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Dulles Defends Ban On Newsmen In Red China
Secretary of State Dulles defends the State Department ban on American newsmen visiting Red China. He says foreign policy would be impotent without accepting certain restraints. The remarks were published by Arthur Hays Sulzberger of the New York Times, in a letter noting the administration abridges press freedom to aid diplomacy.
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New York
Dulles
State Department
Red China
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
The
New York Times
Sulzberger
U. S
McLeod Approved As Ambassador To Ireland
Washington The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Scott McLeod 9-6 for ambassador to Ireland on its third day of hearings. Chairman Green questioned his qualifications while Democrat Long supported the nomination and Republicans favored McLeod.
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McLeod
Ireland
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Scott McLeod
State Department
Green D-Ri
Green
Sen
Long
Henry J. Taylor
Switzerland
Beck and Duff part ways amid Senate Teamsters probe
Teamster president Dave Beck and attorney James H. Duff announced a split amid the Senate inquiry into Beck. Duff withdraws from Beck’s employ while Beck says Duff will not appear with him at the next hearing. Beck faces questions over alleged misused union funds and an income tax probe.
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Washington
Teamster
Dave Beck
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
McClellan
D-Ark
Beck
Duff
GOP
Arthur D. Condon
Senate
Filibuster Stalls Texas Segregation Bill Debate
In Austin a joint filibuster led by Sen. Henry Gonzales and Sen. Abraham Kazen Jr. blocked action on a segregation bill allowing school boards to assign pupils. the effort is part of a bloc of 11 bills backed by east Texas legislators to curb integration, despite existing integrated schools in the Rio Grande district.
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Abraham Kazen Jr
Laredo
Tex
Virginia Duff
Ferris
Texas
Austin
Kazen
Henry Gonzales
San Antonio
East Texas
Rio Grande
United States pledges to maintain NATO forces under Eisenhower
Secretary Dulles told NATO ministers in Bonn that the United States will not follow Britain's plan to cut forces in Europe and will instead rely on deterrence through atomic weapons. He urged adequate verification of Soviet disarmament promises and noted West Germany’s pledge of 1954 against Soviet pressure. Adenauer opened the meeting, challenging the Soviet Union to meet West Germany’s commitments.
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Bom
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Washington
NATO Council
Britain
Europe
NATO
Bad Godesberg
Foreign Ministry
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
West Germany
Police Fail To Enforce Time Law In Nashville
Police failed to arrest Albert H. Phillips of Kimbrough-Phillips Co for observing daylight saving time yesterday. The 1957 law imposes fines or imprisonment for each daily offense and requires court action. Phillips claimed the board directed the time change and would consult his attorney before continuing observations.
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Nashville
Tenn
Albert H. Phillips
Kimbrough-Phillips Co
Tennessee
Douglas E. Hosse
Phillips
General Sessions Court
Hosse
Raymond Leathers
Hesse
John J. Hooker
Nicaragua Honduras Clash Sparks Fatal Border Clash
President Luis Somoza led urgent talks after the first fatal border clash with Honduras. He said Honduran planes strafed a Nicaraguan post at Mocoron killing 25 soldiers. later reports put 35 dead. The Honduran statement said Mocoron was recaptured with casualties.
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Somoza
Managua
Mocoron
Tegucigalpa
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Honduras
Army
Anastasio Somoza Jr
U.S
Thomas E. Whelan
Whelan
Samoa
Oe Tentberal
NLRB Rules Against Darlington Manufacturing Plant Closure
The NLRB trial examiner ruled Darlington Manufacturing Co. violated federal labor law by closing the plant after workers voted for TWUA representation on Sept 6, 1956. The examiner recommended the company reopen only if 550 discharged workers are retired and the firm bargains with the union. appeal to full NLRB within 20 days.
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New York
Benjamin Wyle
Textile Workers Union of America
National Labor Relations Board
Darlington
D.C
Buchanan
NLRB
Darlington Manufacturing Co
Deering-Milliken & Co
Roger Milliken
South
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