French Prime Minister Seeks Churchill Aid on EDC Crisis
Pierre Mendes-France met with Winston Churchill at Chartwell for over three hours and won a pledge to help salvage the European Defense Community. The talks followed failed Brussels discussions and amid France’s impending National Assembly vote on EDC.
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London
Pierre Mendes-France
Churchill
Mendes- France
Chartwell
Anthony Eden
French National Assembly
Giggin Hill
Paris
EDC
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Britain
Last Rites Held For De Gasperi
Rome bells tolled as Alcide de Gasperi, Italy’s postwar premier, was led to his final resting place. Tens of thousands mourned, many in tears, paying tribute to the leader who died of a heart attack four days earlier.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Philippine roundup targets 6000 Indonesians amid infiltration reports
Manila reports President Ramon Magsaysay ordered the armed forces to round up about 6000 Indonesians who have entered the country illegally. The move follows recent concerns over Communist infiltration in the Philippines.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Philippines
Beier Named Director of Enforcement Division
Lt Lawrence E Beier 49 Stevens Point will take over duties as director of the Enforcement Division on September 1 as announced by Madison’s state Motor Vehicle Department Commissioner Melvin O Larson.
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Madison
Melvin O. Larson
State Motor Vehicle Department
Lawrence E. Beier
Stevens Point
State Senator Rogan Resigns From 12th District
Ladysmith Republican Paul J. Rogan submitted his resignation to Governor Kohler effective immediately ending his term as state senator for the 12th district.
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Ladysmith
Paul J. Rogan
Wisconsin man dies in fiery Route 83 crash near Bensenville
A Wisconsin driver, identified as Orville Gall of Saukville, died in a gasoline truck collision with another truck on Route 83 near Bensenville. The wreck, described as fiery, occurred today.
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Bensenville
Ill
Wisconsin
Orville Gall
Saukville
Wis
Norwegian Princess Delivers Son In Oslo
Princess Ragnhild gave birth today to a son who may not be proclaimed a prince due to her marriage to Erling Lorentzen. The family, now based in Rio de Janeiro, included Lorentzen who flew in from Brazil for the birth. The birth occurred in Norway with the princess returning to have her child on Norwegian soil.
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Oslo
Norway
Ragnhild
Rio de Janeiro
Erling Lorentzen
Lorentzen
Rio
Santa Fe Chief wreck kills four near Lomax Illinois
A Santa Fe Chief streamliner derailed east of Lomax on the Chicago to Los Angeles run. Of about 200 aboard, four were killed and 53 injured. Most victims were in car No. 9, which rolled on its side, while ten cars stayed on rails. Victims include Edward S. Monty of Phelps Wisconsin and a woman identified only as Mrs Guilfi of Albuquerque.
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Lomax
Ill
Crack Streamliner
Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
Henderson County
Dean F. Beals
Edward S. Monty
Phelps
Wis
Gina Guilfi
Albuquerque
N. M
Burlington
Fort Madison
Iowa
Mississippi River
Edwin Henry Schorer
Kansas City
Sacred Heart Hospital
Wisconsin
Pilots Reach Truce With Struck Line
American Airlines and its striking pilots reached a partial settlement with federal mediators amid a 23 day shutdown. The AFL Airline Pilots Assn said the agreement is a truce not a final settlement and some locals may not return to work until all details are settled.
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Washington
American Airlines
American
AFL
Assn
Nashville
Delay Fleming's Trial Extended to August 30
Lt. Col. Harry Fleming faces a court martial at Ft. Sheridan on charges of aiding the enemy while a prisoner in Korea. The trial is postponed one week and new defense counsel Alfred E. LaFrance of Racine joins to review the case. Fleming, who was captured at Wonju and wounded, contends he saved lives, while eight witnesses await proceedings.
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Harry Fleming
Korea
Alfred E. LaFrance
Racine
Wis
LaFrance
Wisconsin Bar Association
Fleming
Flemming
Kingston W. Ehrlich
Ehrlich
Col
National Guard
Army
Wonju
Five Children Die in Maine House Fire
Five children of Mr and Mrs Richard Vachon perished in a King Street fire in Waterville Maine the children ages 7 6 4 3 and 15 months were found dead as their mother returning from a mill fought rescuers at the blaze the father slept downstairs when the flames began around 730 am
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Waterville
Maine
King St
Richard Vachon
Patricia
Daniel
Judith
Stephen
Anne
President Eisenhower Vetoes 5 Percent Federal Pay Increase
President Eisenhower vetoed a 5 percent pay hike for 1.5 million federal workers citing postal rate cost and budget deficits. He will address the nation tonight on networks including CBS NBC and ABC radio in a coast to coast broadcast at 7 p.m. CST. He arrives at the Summer White House after a Denver stay and plans to review hundreds of last minute bills with aides this week.
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Post Office Department
ABC Radio
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Legislative Branch
White House
John S. Doud
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Die at Mason City as Braniff DC-3 crashes in storm
A Braniff International DC-3 crashed near Mason City Iowa after a warned storm prevented landing. Eleven of nineteen aboard died eight were injured two critically. Pilot Capt W A Pickering and co pilot W B Wilde died, hostess Betty Ann Truly survived in fair condition. The crash occurred 412 miles south of Swaledale as debris spread along 500 feet, with initial reports of a power issue later deemed unrelated.
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Mason City
Iowa
Braniff International Airways
Memphis
Tenn
Fort Dodge
W. A. Pickering
Parkville
W. B. Wilde
Minneapolis
Hampton, Town
Betty Ann Truly
Kansas City
Shreveport
Mercy Hospital
Dallas
Braniff
Braniff airliner crash hospital nine victims
Lyle D. Lyons of La Crosse Wisconsin and eight others were hospitalized after a Braniff airliner crash that claimed ten lives. Lyons suffered a spinal injury and was among three people taken to a hospital in nearby Hampton Iowa.
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Mason City
Iowa
Lyle D.lyons
la Crosse
Wis
Braniff
Lyons
Hampton
Nixon to Tour Campaigns for GOP Senate Governor Candidates
Vice President Nixon will campaign in about two thirds of the states before the November election. He starts from a Maine vacation and then joins a three day workshop in Cincinnati from August 30 to September 1 to assess political conditions with Republican National Committee members.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Senate
Maine
Republican National Committee
Cincinnati
Dutch Airliner Crashes in Sea
A Royal Dutch KLM airliner from New York crashed into the North Sea near the Dutch coast with 21 or more aboard feared dead. The final leg was Shannon to Amsterdam. 12 passengers were Americans. Named passengers include Abraham Peper, Joseph Yarrow, Regina Yarrow, Richard Yarrow, Ernest Decker, and others. The craft disappeared about 10 minutes from its destination in murky weather.
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Netherlands
KLM
New York
North Sea
KLM Air Line
Shannon
Ireland
Air Line
O'Riordan
Abraham Peeper
Knoop
Queens
Joseph Yarrow
Woodbury
Conn
Regina Yarrow
Richard Yarrow
Ernest Decker
Dayton Beach
Fla
Gay
Frieda
Wes Baussan
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Leonard Jamison
Senator Wiley Meets Finnish Leaders on European Tour
Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met in Helsinki with Prime Minister Ralf Toern and Foreign Minister Urho Kekkonen to discuss world political issues. He planned to fly to Brussels, Belgium, the next day for his European tour.
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Helsinki
Finland
Alexander Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ralf Toerngen
Urho Kekkonen
Wisconsin
Brussels
Belgium
Chanute Airmen Seized as Suspected Pachuco Gang Members
Thirty Chanute Air Force Base airmen are held for questioning in a roundup of a suspected secret youth gang named Pachuco. Lt Whitley aided in the operation. 145 of 175 airmen released after strip searches, 30 kept for court martial.
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Chanute
Chanute Air Force Base
Ill
p—Air Force
Pachuco
Grover Wilson
Air Force
Robert D. Whitley
Los Angeles
Col. Wilson
Crisis Brews In Brazil Over Vargas Crisis
Brazil faces a mounting political crisis as Air Force leaders demand President Getulio Vargas resign and the Army backs him. Guards around the palace were doubled then reduced while tanks reportedly moved forward before turning back. The clash followed a meeting of Air Force generals led by Lt Gen Eduardo Gomes, who leads the opposition National Democratic Union. The air force accuses presidential guards of involvement in an assassination plot against editor Carlos Lacerda.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Air Force
Eduardo Gomes
National Democratic Union
Vargas
Carlos Lacerda
Doctors Dentists Sought in Draft
The Defense Department asked Selective Service to furnish 550 physicians and 150 dentists next December. This marks the first physician call since last June and the first dentist call since February. 100 physicians go to the Army, 250 to the Navy, and 200 to the Air Force. all dentists will be assigned to the Air Force.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Weather Outlook for Kenosha Sees Heat Wave
The forecast calls for a scorcher today in Kenosha with a hot and humid pattern continuing tomorrow. Expect highs from 86 to 93 with partly cloudy skies tonight and lows near 68 to 74. noon readings reach around 90s at downtown Nash Motors and local sites. Sunday crossed with a high of 82 and a low of 68.
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Kenosha
Nash Motors
McCarthy Verdict Set by Senate Investigations Panel
Senator Mundt announced the four member Republican majority on the Senate Investigations subcommittee has agreed on a verdict in the McCarthy Army ROW. The findings and recommendations, about 3500 words, are signed by Mundt and Senators Potter, Dirksen and Dworshak. The Democrats may file a minority report. The report will be filed Aug 30 with the secretary of the Senate and released after government printing office posting.
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Washington
Len Mundt
Mundt
J. Mark Trice
Senate
Trice
Government Printing Office
Favors Ending Relations with Russia Satellites
Rep Kers ten of Wisconsin urged severing diplomatic ties with Russia and its satellites to better align the United States with the peoples and resist the current Red governments he described as enslaving them.
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Washington
Kersten
R-Wis
Russia
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