Khrushchev Signals Readiness for Geneva Talks
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said Russia seeks an honest basis for Geneva negotiations and can wait if the West is not serious. Premier Bulganin and other top officials attended a Fourth of July embassy party as Khrushchev stressed equal and sincere talks and a solid Soviet economy.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Geneva
Khrushchev
U.S
Walter N. Walmsley
United States
Nikolai Bulganin
Spasso House
Charles E. Bohlen
Bulganin
Georgi Malenkov
A. I. Miko
Soviet Union
Walmsley
Record Road Toll of 393
Traffic deaths set a new peak for the Independence Day period with at least 393 lives lost over the 78-hour holiday. Total fatalities reached 772 for the three-day span, surpassing prior records and fueling calls for road safety.
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District of Columbia
The
Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
No Vacation as Schools Face Rising Teacher Shortage
The piece warns that schools close for summer but face a deficit of at least 124000 teachers next September and nine million more students by 1965. It notes a White House Conference on Education in November and urges local school meetings to address the issue, offering a free booklet from Better Schools at 2 West 45th St., New York 36.
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White House
Eisenhower
West 45Th St
New York
N. Y
Senate Debates Power Line Bill Over Dixon Yates
The Senate opens debate on funds for a power line tied to the Dixon Yates project. Last year the issue sparked two weeks of contention over contract fees in a public versus private power battle. President Eisenhower urged a restudy to decide whether to continue or cancel the Dixon Yates contract.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Fatal Road Crash Claims Kenosha Man and Injures Two
A two-vehicle crash on Highway 43 near Hy 45 left Raymond Mortenson dead from head injuries after being taken to Burlington Memorial hospital. Driver Robert Holm and Delores Graziano survived serious injuries. Holm later moved to St. Luke’s in Racine. Police note skid marks and uncertain circumstances.
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Kenosha County
Raymond Mortenson
50Th St
Robert Holm
Antioch
St. Luke's Hospital Racine
Delores Graziano
23Rd Ave
Burlington Memorial Hospital
Holm
Graziano
Union Grove
Mortenson
St. Luke’s
Racine
Helicopters Rescue Jap Flood Victims In Japan
U S air force helicopter pilots rescued Japanese from flooded rooftops as Hokkaido overflowed. National police report at least eight dead thirty eight injured and thirty four missing. Over fourteen thousand homes flooded leaving thirty two thousand homeless. Farmland losses were extensive.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Hokkaido
Japan
Six die as Milwaukee Road train hits car in Walworth County
A Milwaukee Road passenger train struck a car carrying 11 people at a country crossing near Allens Grove Wisconsin. Four died at the scene, two more died at Lakeland hospital, and the rest were in critical or serious condition. The identified dead were Harriet Smith 38 of Beloit and two of her children Larry 13 and 3 month old Skippy.
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Allens Grove
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Walworth County
Wisconsin
Lakeland Hospital
Elkhorn
Harriet Smith
Beloit
Larry
Skippy
Beatrice Smith
Peron Calls For Truce In Politics In Argentina
President Juan D. Peron urged a political truce and reconciliation with opposition to stabilize Argentina after the June revolt. He cited rumors of sedition by telephone and called for responsible leaders to work toward reunification. The broadcast followed an airattack on the government house and the resignation of press chief Raul Apold.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Navy
Radical
Augustin Rodriguez
Montevideo
Uruguay
Government House
Raul A. Apold
Apold
Leon Bouche
Hogar
Sticky Weather Persisted Across Wide Areas
July’s heat and humidity remained intense across the nation with no relief in sight. Night showers and scattered thunder. The heat wave stretched from southern California through Wyoming, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Michigan, and into Maine, delaying cooling efforts in many regions.
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California
Wyoming
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Maine
Coldly Correct Reception Planned For Three Turncoats Saturday
Hong Kong and U S officials plan a coldly correct reception for three American prisoners of war due to cross into Hong Kong from Red China on July 9. The three are Lewis W. Griggs Otho Bell and William A Cowart, veterans who stayed with the Communists after the 1953 armistice and recently reconsidered. The fate of the men remains unresolved by U S defense and justice departments.
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Hong Kong
U. S
Red China
Red Cross
New Delhi
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho Bell
Olympia, Wash
William A. Cowart
Dalton, Ga
Cowart
Japan
Peiping
United States
Indian Red Cross
Roger Devriendt
Louis Verdyk
Peiping Radio
Bell
Verdyk
Griggs
Pws
Riot by Maximum Security Prison Convicts in Walla Walla
Thirty five inmates armed with knives and razors rioted in the Walla Walla state prison taking eight guards hostage. Recreation director E. W. Fain was severely beaten and hospitalized while authorities including state police and local officers moved to regain control. Warden Lawrence Delmore was en route from Olympia to address the crisis.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Walla Walla City
William Conner
Theodore Berezeriges
Connel
Connell
E. W. Fain
Fain
Gonnell
Con
al Reinbold
W. N. Story
Bentley
Jensen
Lawrence Delmore
Olympia
Delmore
Heat Wave Linked to Funeral Key Death in Somers
A 55 year old field worker Fernando G Garcia of Laredo Texas died of a heart attack on the Somers farm where he worked. Coroner William Raven attributed the attack to extreme heat during the long holiday weekend. Temperatures hit 92 Sunday and 96 yesterday as Kenosha faced persistent heat with Fourth of July activities drawing crowds to beaches. Cooler air moved in late Monday. temps dropped to 62 by early Tuesday. The forecast calls for mostly hot and humid weather with possible thundershowers tonight and Wednesday and overnight lows around 64 to 72.
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Kenosha
Somers
Fernando G. Garcia
Laredo
Texas
William Raven
Mercury
Five Die in Freight Train Wreck Near Clovis New Mexico
Five crewmen from Clovis New Mexico were killed in a head on collision of two freight trains near Cardenas New Mexico. Flames trapped crews inside cab units as oil ignited and emergency crews could not approach immediately. About 25 cars derailed per Santa Fe railway.
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Ort Suraner
N. M
Clovis
Wouldbe Recuers
Santa Fe Railway
Cardenas
New Mexico Plains
Clash injures twenty five police and Sikhs at Amritsar
In Amritsar an armed clash Monday night left twenty five police and an undetermined number of Sikhs injured. Police reported a tense scene with shots fired as crowds gathered around the confrontation location.
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New Delhi
India
Amritsar
Weather Swelters in 90 Degree Heat with Humid Outlook
Kenosha endures 90 degree heat with no relief in sight. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm humid conditions tonight and Wednesday with scattered afternoon and night showers. Lows 64 to 72 tonight highs 89 to 95 Wednesday. Noon readings near 90 at American Motors and 87 downtown. Pollen count 26.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Druggist Leader Dies in Milwaukee at 58
Clem A Czerwinski long active in Milwaukee Elks circles and pharmaceutical groups died Sunday at the Wood Veterans Administration hospital. He led local and state pharma efforts and held past exalted ruler title with the Milwaukee Elks.
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Milwaukee
Clem A Czerwinski
The
Milwaukee Elks
Wood Veterans Administration Hospital
Senate leader foresees adjournment in August
Kentucky Democrat Senator Clements, acting Senate leader, predicted Congress will adjourn sometime early in August. El Paso crash kills two aboard a B26 target towing plane that burned in the desert southeast of El Paso International Airport.
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Washington
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Senate
Congress
el Paso
Tex
el Paso International Airport
Bergen Fire Destroys Half of German Quay Homes
A major blaze in Bergen harbor area burned for almost four hours before being controlled early today. The fire leveled about half of the 18th century wooden trading houses along the ancient German Quay.
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Bergen
Norway
Queen Elizabeth II Halts Execution With Mercy
The queen commuted the death sentence of Mrs. Sarah Lloyd, 40, to life imprisonment on the home secretary’s recommendation, saving her from the gallows for beating a woman neighbor to death with a shovel.
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London
Elizabeth II
Home Secretary
Sarah Lloyd
Two drownings shock county beaches and lake
A nine year old Chicago boy drowned at Walmar Beach Camp Lake after his father warned him away from the water. In Silver Lake an elderly handyman, Thomas Wiczek 74, was found drowned in six feet of water. Coroner Raven ruled both deaths accidental drownings.
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Chicago
Walmar Beach
Camp Lake
Silver Lake
Thomas Wiczek
Jerold J. Zandrow
Harry Zandrow
Nanette
Walmar Subdivision
Jerold
John C. Geoynne
Twin Lakes
Wiczek
Margaret Kowalik
Kowalik
Johnson in serious condition after heart attack
Physicians at Bethesda Naval Medical Center reported no change in the condition of Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, who suffered a heart attack Saturday. He remains in serious condition and will be absent from the Senate for the rest of the session.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Johnson
Wisconsin reports twenty one accidental deaths salt week end
Wisconsin listed 21 accidental deaths over the holiday weekend including seven traffic fatalities 12 drownings and two miscellaneous deaths Three fatalities occurred in Kenosha county Details mention victims from Milwaukee Watertown Madison Duluth Pine River Beloit and other communities plus a crossing crash and drownings in several bodies of water
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Wisconsin
Kenosha County
Nick Kiel
Milwaukee
Watertown
Roy Lang
de Forest
Madison
Harvey Jones
Sun Prairie
Clark D. Johnson
Duluth
Superior
Harold Pike
Pine River
Berlin
Algeron Rounds
Beloit
Lawrence Riley
Rockford
Ill
Old Mill Pond
Darlington
Gayne Wickman
Marinette
Peshtigo River
Kevin O’brien
Pewaukee
Pewaukee Lake
Joe Petscher
Lake George
Rhinelander
William E. Gorski
Chicago
Andrew
Lost Land Lake
Hayward
Donald Rosenau
Michigan Lake
Racine County
Richard Sector
St. Louis
Oconto River
Stiles
Sandra Lee Wolff
51 Squads Break Up Chicago Picnic Brawl
A Fourth of July picnic at Trumbull Park on Chicago s southwest side erupted in a melee that left six officers injured and a student shot. Police say a 23 year old College of Idaho student Louis Korach was wounded in the stomach as Sgt William Lynch fought off assailants.
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Chicago
Trumbull Park
William Lynch
Lynch
Louis Korach
College of Idaho
Korach
South Chicago Hospital
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Diane
Old
U. S. Defense and Justice Departments
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State Department
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