Eisenhower urges World Bank IMF members to raise contributions
President Eisenhower urged the 66 World Bank and IMF member nations to increase their financial quotas to boost the agencies. Treasury Secretary Anderson read the message at the opening session, backing possible 50 percent increases and proposing a new international lending agency for underdeveloped countries.
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New Delhi
Eisenhower
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
The
Fund and
the Bank
Monetary Fund
U.S. Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Anderson
Jean van Houtte
Belgium
Per Jacobsson
Jacobsson
Bretton Woods
Travel Surges as America Sees Third Largest Shift
Next to automobiles and steel travel is America’s third largest growth sector, driving jobs and commerce across major hubs. Experts cite persistent demand, infrastructure upgrades, and rising consumer mobility as key factors fueling the expansion.
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America
Mount Olympus rescue tells of thirst and bravery
Doug Chapman seventeen hours stranded on Mt Olympus high above Salt Lake City describes a desperate thirst and near death after a fall. Leroy Franke and Kit Sallenbach stayed with him as rescue teams used a searchlight and jet plane to locate them and bring aid before dawn.
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Jerry Trapp
Salt Lake City
Doug Chapman
Mt. Olympus
Chapman
Latter-Day Saints Hospital
Leroy Franke
Kit Sallenbach
Doug
Leroy
Franke
Kit
Donald Zimmerman
North Carolina Virginia Tobacco Markets Post Record Averages
The Associated Press reports a strong start to the week as flue cured tobacco auctions in North Carolina and Virginia show higher averages. Eastern Belt sales totaled 37,152,750 pounds at 60.17 per hundred, while Middle and Old Belts also posted gains. Carolinas Border Belt ends season with record high average of 59.50 and growers earn over 156 million dollars for 263 million pounds.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Virginia
Federal
North Carolina-Virginia
Carolinas
Big Eastern
Border Belt
Market News Service
Sparrow Hospitalized After Bird Collision Near Plant
Detroit AP report describes Lawrence Lilley a hospital nurse who rescued an injured sparrow after it collided with his car near a Dodge truck plant. Lilley treated the bird with ammonia spirits an infrared lamp and a splint for a broken leg expecting it to be released within a day or so.
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Detroit
Lawrence Lilley
Dodge Truck Plant
Lilley
Rescuers Spend Night On Ledge Near Red Mountain
A UW student, Jerry Burns, 25, Seattle, was hit by a falling boulder on Red Mountain near Snoqualmie Pass. Rescue party spent the night on a ledge 5,500 feet up as helicopters could not land nearby. Burns remained conscious, aided by a 19 member team including a doctor. James Holcomb, 24, ran five miles for help after assisting.
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Snoqualmie Pass
Wash
Aescue
Cascades
University of Washington
Jerry Burns
Seattle
Otto Trott
Burns
Red Mountain
Here
James Holcomb
Dartmouth Speech Honors Daniel Water by Rufus Chate
Dartmouth College scholar Rufus Chate delivered a July 27 1853 speech praising alumnus Daniel Water. The address highlighted his character and contributions while noting one sentence extended to 1200 words and required 10 minutes to read.
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Dartmouth College
Rufus Chate
Daniel Water
Formosa Receives Nike Missiles to Guard Taiwan
United States military unloads 34 Nike Hercules missiles at Keelung for the 2nd Missile Battalion of the 71st Artillery Regiment. The weapons will be moved to inland staging as batteries prepare to defend Formosa from Communist air attack with 48 missiles ready at launch sites.
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Keelung
Formosa
America
China
Wyoming
Far East
71St Artillery Regiment
Breckinridge
Russell White
Ridgway
States
Deaf-Mute Girl Drowns In Rapids at Tuolumne River
A deaf mute girl from Richmond California Esther P Chavez 3-year-old is on a camping trip with three State School of Deaf students Berkeley. She paddled into the Tuolumne River on a rubber raft and drifted toward rapids after signaling to return to shore.
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Senora
Calif
Richmond
Tuolumne
Esther P. Chavez
State School of Deaf
Berkeley
Miss Chavez
Joan Smith
Oakland
Beekman Family Aligns City Market Boundaries in 1807
The Fulton Fish Market in downtown New York City is noted as the largest U.S. wholesale market. An old Colonial family, the Beekmans, specified in 1807 that the section should be long to the city for public market purposes.
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Fulton
New York City
U.S
Beekmans
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