Mendes-France Wins Large Confidence Vote In Paris
Paris reports Premier Pierre Mendes-France secured a decisive confidence vote in the National Assembly backing the London accords for West German rearmament. Beaming reports cite 365 votes with near unanimous Socialist and Radical Socialist support and only four abstentions, ensuring a strong mandate for future negotiations.
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Mendes-France
Paris
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
London
West Germany
Socialist Party
France
Mendes- France
Flood-Stricken Calumet Region Sees More Rain
Rain drenches northern Indiana as Little Calumet River floods housing projects in South Hammond. About 1,000 families evacuated across South Hammond Highland Munster and Whiting as dikes fail. Governor orders National Guardsmen for sandbagging while Red Cross opens a center in Hammond Civic Auditorium.
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Little Calumet
Hammond
Schlicker and
Woodman
Highland
Munster
Whiting
Chicago
George Craig
Indiana
Woltaire
Vernon Anderson
Red Cross
The
Hammond Civic Auditorium
Census estimates US population at 162 million
The Census Bureau reports the US population including armed forces overseas stood at about 162,947,000 on Sept 1. This reflects an increase of 2,793,000 people, or 1.7 percent, over the previous year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Chicago Flood Crisis Eases as Cleanup Ramps Up
The city faced a weekend of torrential rain that dumped nearly seven inches, forcing mass evacuations and closing hundreds of businesses. Damage reached about 15 million dollars with 100000 idle workers and power plants halted at about twenty facilities. Northern Indiana towns like Hammond saw renewed flooding along the Little Calumet River as National Guardsmen moved in after a state of emergency was declared.
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Chicago
Indiana
Hammond
Little Calumet
South Hammond
Highland
Munster
Whiting
Vernon Anderson
United States Open to Soviet Disarmament Proposals
At the United Nations Amb James J Wadsworth said Soviet disarmament proposals open an avenue for discussion and do not reject them while noting many obstacles. He urged clarification and elaboration and supported reviving the five nation subcommittee to start progress on conventional arms reductions and a phased prohibition on atomic weapons after a control organ is set up.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
General Assembly
Wadsworth
London
U.N
Security Council
Russia
Kremlin
James J. Wadstworth
Andreinsky
Britain
Selwayn Lloyd
France
Jules Moch
Vishinsky
Agreement Indicates Red Strains In Moscow Peiping Ties
AP Foreign News Analyst notes a Moscow Peiping accord signaling strains between Moscow and Peiping. The plan for a railway from Alma Ata via Sinkiang to Ulan Bator hints at shifting influence in Outer Mongolia and Sinkiang, with lingering tensions over territorial and economic control.
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Moscow
Red China
Alma Ata
Kazakhstan
China
Sinkiang
Ulan Bator
Outer Mongolia
Texas
Hurricane Hazel Hurtles Toward Cuba After Devastating Haiti
Hurricane Hazel battered the eastern tip of Haiti and surged toward Cuba with 115 mph gusts. The U S Navy ordered evacuations at Guantanamo Bay as the storm neared the Windward Passage. Forecasters warned of reformation over the Caribbean waters and possible effects on Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas.
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Miami
Fla
Republic of Haiti
Cuba
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Miami Weather Bureau
Santiago de Cuba
Navy
U. S. Navy
Caribbean
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Jama
Weather Bureau
Bahama Islands
Cuban
Shivers Denies Political Demise of Texas Governor
Gov Allan Shivers says Stephen Mitchell faces a political demise, not himself. Mitchell, national Democratic chairman, viewed in Washington as looming for Shivers after a Washington visit. Shivers hopes the Democratic National Convention nominates a worthy platform and suggests a moderate successor like Sen. Clements if Mitchell steps aside.
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Austin
Tex
Allan Shivers
Texas
Stephen Mitchell
Shivers
Mitchell
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Clements
D-Ky
Guerrilla Leader Ha Joon-sa Faces Korean Court Martial
Ha Joon-sa a 34 year old former North Korean lieutenant general stands trial in Seoul on charges of killing over 2800 South Koreans and civilians while leading guerrilla forces between 1949 and 1953. He is accused of arson theft and supplying aid to the enemy with four companions including a 24 year old guerrilla nurse.
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Seoul
Crilla
Ha Joon-sa
Moonlight round by Gastonia golf pro Rockett
Gastonia golf pro G. W. Rockett played at night on the Munich course under a full moon finishing one under par 35 with two birdies. The previous afternoon he shot 37 in daylight.
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Gastonia
G. W. Rockett
Munich
Japan Rejects Russia China Peace Offensive
Acting Prime Minister Takeo Ogata dismissed a Russia and Red China call for ending U S occupation and normal relations as a peace offensive aimed at splitting Japan from the West. He said Japan will not abandon its cooperation with the United States but may discuss trade transport and a fishing accord with Russia and Red China.
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Tokyo
Russia
Red China
U. S
Japan
Taketora Ogata
United States
Shigeru Yoshida
Chou Enlai
Peiping
Asahi
Ogata
Wilson remarks spark security debate as Alaska polls open
A press conference remark by Jury of Defense Wilson ignites a fight over security risks in government amid Alaska voters heading to the polls for territorial officers and a non voting delegate to Congress three weeks before the national election. Wilson said he sympathizes with jobless in labor surplus areas and favored unemployment relief over partisanship.
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Associated Press
Wilson
Congress
Detroit
Generaltors Corp
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Eisenhower
Michigan Reblican State Central Committee
Wiloe
Washington
Public Health Cancer Group Advises Against Smoking
The Public Health Cancer Association says evidence shows a link between cigarettes and lung cancer and urges the public to quit smoking to cut lung cancer deaths. A panel of physicians and statisticians at the American Public Health Association meeting called smoking a major factor and recommended stopping smoking as the most important step to reduce deaths.
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Public Health Cancer Group
Buffalo, N.Y
Public Health Cancer Assn
Morton L. Levin
New York State
Levin
Association
The
Cancer Association
No Health Service
Enone
American Cancer Society
Cal
Neld
American Public Health Assn
Dr. Levin
Cuyler Hammond
American Cancer Society Statistician
Herbert L. Lombard
Riswahi
Connecticut Health Department
William M. Haenzel
National Cancer Institute
Leonard S§. Keff
Harvard University School of Public Health
Riots End Then Offer Surrender If Impartial Probe
Three hundred inmates at the South Dakota State Penitentiary agreed to return to cells and free three guards if Sioux Falls Mayor Fay Wheeldon would lead an impartial investigation into prison conditions. Wheeldon, who met with Warden Jameson, said he would accept responsibility after a talk with the warden. As a token of good faith, one guard was released. The riot began in the dining room during evening meals with tear gas used to disperse inmates overnight. Authorities reported attempts to breach the roof and outside orders to shoot if provoked.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
South Dakota State Penitentiary
Fay Wheeldon
George Reid
E. F. Lambertson
Wheeldon
Maurice Wessman
Young
Wheeldon Lindbergh
London Longshoremen Strike Paralyzes Port Amid Hunger of Meat Rules
Ten thousand dockers paraded through London streets as the port stood still. About 20,000 workers rallied while 8,000 ship repair staff joined a parallel action. Tugmen and ligtermen warned of a broader sympathy stoppage threatening fuel supplies for a 14 million metropolitan area.
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Tugmen's
Ligtermen
Cteag
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C. E. Wilson
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Agernes
Calumet
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East
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