Foster Dulles Defined by Bible Driven Iron Will
A portrait of John Foster Dulles as a stern Presbyterian whose book was the Bible, shaping decisive foreign policy. He traveled 600000 miles in six years as secretary of state, working long hours and handling major issues himself with strong moral conviction and unbending rigidity. The piece notes praise and criticism of his inflexibility in negotiations and his self-reliant, do it yourself approach under President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Dulles
Foster Dulles
John
Atlantic
Pacific
State
State Department
Eisenhower
Eisenhower eulogizes Dulles as cancer ends long service
President Eisenhower paid tribute to former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles calling him truly great and a dear friend. Dulles died of cancer at Walter Reed Hospital after resigning from the Cabinet six weeks earlier. The president postponed a Beltsville visit and a White House garden party as funeral plans began, with services at Epiphany Cathedral and burial at Arlington.
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Eisenhower
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Rickover Delivers Candid Testimony On Navy Nuclear Work
Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover testified before a congressional subcommittee denying he was blocked from speaking and recounting brief exchanges with seniors. Representative Flood proposed Rickover head a nuclear aircraft project, prompting Rickover to joke about running for Congress, as his testimony became public.
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Washington
Hyman G. Rickover
Congress
Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
Rickover
Air Force
Flood
Navy
Suit Against Airlines Opens Over Honeymoon Tragedy
Charlotte and Shelby facts outline a $300,000 civil suit by Mrs. Oren Pruitt against Piedmont Airlines for her husband’s death after falling 8,000 feet during a June 1956 flight. The Civil Aeronautics Board attributed the accident to a passenger’s accidental opening of the main cabin door, with drinking noted among several passengers.
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Piedmont Airlines
Oren A. Pruitt
Pruitts
Piedmont
Shelby
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pruitt
Dulles Dies in Sleep at 71 A World Tribute Follows
Washington reports the death of former U S secretary of state John Foster Dulles at 7 49 am after cancer and pneumonia. He dies in his sleep at 71. A 2 pm Wednesday funeral is set at the Washington National Cathedral as world leaders plan to attend. President Eisenhower pledged flags at half staff for three days and praised Dulles as a true friend and a great man. Diplomats from Britain Germany France Italy and Japan were named to attend and Geneva talk of Gromyko’s journey continued.
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John Foster Dulles
Free Nations
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Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couvé de Murville
Andrei Gromyko
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Japan
Aiichiro Funiyama
Free World
Giuseppe Pella
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Anthony Eden
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Julius Raab
Michel Debre
Sean O'Kelly
Ireland
Canada
John Diefenbaker
World
Farmer Sips Weed Killer by Mistake Dies in North Carolina
Cedar Grove farmer 61 died en route to Mebane Clinic after he drank weed killer instead of juice. His wife said he placed the poison near juice on the mantel and mistook the can for the beverage, swallowing a small amount before realizing the error.
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N.C
Cedar Grove
Hubert E. Jobe
Jobe
Global Leaders Mourn Secretary Dulles in Unified Tributes
World leaders and publics mourn John Foster Dulles with tributes stressing his face to face diplomacy and leadership against communism. De Gaulle Adenauer Macmillan Eden Brandt Raab Debre ONeill Diefenbaker and others praise his influence on freedom and peace.
Former Nazi SS Guard Admits Killing 500 Inmates
Gottlieb Muzikant a 55 year old former SS medical corps sergeant confessed to killing at least 500 Melk camp inmates in the final months of World War II. He said victims were strangled or killed by injections. admission came when confronted by Dr Claus Salomon, a Jewish inmate doctor.
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Fulda
Germany
Robert Hafke
Gottlieb Muzikant
Hafke
Muzikant
Claus Salomon
Melk
FBI Quits Parker Probe After No Federal Violation
The FBI withdraws from the Mack Charles Parker case and transfers investigative results to Mississippi. Attorney General William P. Rogers says no federal kidnapping or civil rights violations are proven, and local authorities are not implicated. The FBI offers lab resources if state prosecutors need help.
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Washington
Mack Charles Parker
Mississippi
Atty
William P. Rogers
FBI
Parker
Pearl River
Poplarville
Miss
Eso
Bogalusa
J. Edgar Hoover
Mississippi-Louisiana
Bureau
Steel Firms Say Public Is Misled
New York AP report: twelve largest U.S. steel companies accuse United Steelworkers leader David J. McDonald of distorting facts in ads urging public support for the union. Open letter to McDonald notes ads run before the June 30 deadline for a new steel contract. A strike could loom if talks fail, threatening 500,000 union members.
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New York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union of America
McDonald
McDonald de Committee
Police Kill Barricaded Gunman in Dallas Hostage Siege
In Dallas police stormed a barricaded house and pulled out a dead gunman identified only as Frank after he killed one man and held four people hostage for hours. Authorities used tear gas as all hostages escaped.
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Dallas
Earllier
Frank
Maharani trades palace life for washing machines in London
The Maharani of Meshingh, once married to Prince Dulu and living in a 20 room Calcutta mansion, sells washing machines in a London West End shop. She, now Janet Hicks, says she seeks ordinary life and independent work after boredom with royal luxury and failed acting ambitions.
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Maharani
Mymesingh
Janet Hicks
West End
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