Daring Gunmen Rob Floral Park Bank Vault
Daring gunmen seized assistant cashier Eric Gronewall at his Floral Park home then forced him to open the Franklin National Bank vault. They escaped with $160,000, dumped Gronewall nearby, and fled toward Queens after a brief chase and confusion about a following car.
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Floral Park
Eric Gronewall
Bellemere
Franklin National Bank
Gronewall
Franklin
Long Island
Granewall
Bellerose
Queens
Flynn Succumbs During Vacation in Ireland
Flynn, 61, longtime Democratic Party leader and former national chairman, died in a Dublin hospital after vacationing from New York. Aides say he sailed July 25 on the Mauretania in a wheelchair with his wife and 1 year old daughter Sheila. He helped secure Roosevelt’s 1932 nomination and led the party through 1940.
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Dublin
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
New York
Ireland
Mauretania
Sheila
Flynn
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
Farley
Roosevelt
Vincent Impellitteri
Carmine de Sapio
Robert F. Warner
U. S
Impellitteri
New York Assembly
Violent New Strike Threatens In Paris
Paris reports warn of a violent general strike as union leaders defy Premier Laniel. Government mobilizes tanks paratroopers infantry guards and anti riot police to back up the economy decree showdown amid fears of bloodshed and 4 million workers idle as negotiations break off.
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Paris
France
Joseph Laniel
Laniels
Laniel
Mossadegh puts price on Gen Zahedi head in Iran
Tehran premier Mossadegh set a bounty of 160000 rials for information leading to General Fazollah Zahedi capture after a failed weekend bid to topple Mossadegh. Zahedi claimed royal appointment legality while shah's exile moves continue with Empress Soroya in Rome. Demonstrations banned, Fatemi vows no shift in U.S. relations.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Fazollah Zahedi
Mossadegh
Zahedi
Mohammed Reza Paklevi
Shah
Soroya
Rome
Farouk
Egypt
Baghdad
Iraq
Py Mossadegh
Hussein Fatemi
United States
Street scenes of a boy and hurried restaurant worker
A tot in a parked car methodically presses radio buttons as music fails. A restaurant employee in a rush runs along the street with an apron flapping. A young boy happily yields his place as a generous motorist offers to push a hulky car with the rest of the family aboard.
Deep European Cave Traps Three Explorers In France
Comrades of three trapped explorers in Europe's deepest cave attempted a rescue using a heavy steel cable but failed to establish contact. The Franco Spanish expedition, led by Robert Levi and including Robert Casteret and Dr. Andre Matrey, lies 1254 feet below the cave entrance as the planned end date nears amid prior near fatal accidents.
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Pierre ST. Martin Caverns
France
Europe
Ujpit
Robert Levi
Robert Casteret
Andre Matrey
Morocco Sultan Pleads For Help From Outside World
In Rabat the nationalist sultan of French Morocco pleads for aid against France as clashes erupt across cities. At least 43 killed and 100-plus injured as Arab nationalists confront French and Moroccan police after rebels deposed the sultan’s religious leadership. The pasha of Marrakech names the sultan’s cousin as new religious patriarch, while pro French leaders delay action to avoid civil war. The pasha says France may remove the sultan and notes decades of friendship with Paris.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Morocco
France
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Marrakech
Moulah Mohammed Ben Arafa
Hadj Thami el Mezouari el Glaoui
Texan Reports Chinese Leaders Dominate North Korea
Corporal Lester Williams of Kemah Tex says Chinese control North Korea with Russians displaced. He returned with 74 fellow U S captives amid ongoing repatriations praised as largest group yet. Dispatch notes include British and South Korean counts and Mao's influence shifting puppet regime away from Moscow.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Lester EB Williams
Kemah
Tex
Reds
Texan
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Georgi M. Malenkey
Josef Stalin
Williams
Peiping
Voice of
Pyongyang
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Radio Peiping
Rhee
Eisenhower aide backs Korea armistice lasting
Sherman Adams says President believes the Korean truce will endure and calls the signing the administration’s greatest deed in seven months. Adams, ex-New Hampshire governor, arrived at Eisenhower’s Denver vacation HQ and will stay a few days before the President departs for New York.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Adams
New Hampshire
New York
Pett Report On Women Out Today In 1960s Style Parody
New York readers get a spoof Pett report claiming to summarize a Kinsey study on women. It parodies stats about marriage, courtship, and post wedding life with exaggerated percentages and absurd observations.
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Dr. Kinsey
Pett
Saul Pette
New York
E Kinsey
Pette
Restaurant Office Safe Robbed By Cool Thieves
City police investigated a Monday night break in at Center Street Restaurant. Thieves cut a screen and smashed a rear door to enter, took between 1500 and 1800 dollars from the safe, then drank orangeade and ate ice cream before leaving. Detectives found tools and a bent safe door at the scene.
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Mary Clement
Times-News
City Police
Center Street
Cardwell Houndell
J. M. Broyles
Houndell
East Tennessee District Fair Opens In Week
The East Tennessee District Fair prepares to open its fifth birthday celebration with a parade from downtown Kingsport to the Civic Auditorium. Workmen transform the venue into a fairyland of lights and exhibits while organizers announce plans for speakers, including mayors from fair-area cities, and a horse show with $7400 prize money within a total of $21,076 in awards across many departments. The Oak Ridge Museum of Atomic Energy and the National University Extension Association sponsor a prominent atomic energy exhibit at the Civic Auditorium.
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East Tennessee
Kingsport
Fair Grounds
Sam Gordon
Civic Auditorium
Tom
Gordon
James H. Page
John R. King
Fair Association
Oak Ridge Museum of Atomic Energy
National University Extension Association
Byrd Warns America Of Disastrous Debt
Senator Harry F. Byrd warns that raising the national debt limit to 290 billion dollars risks financial disaster. He vows to oppose Eisenhower’s request and cites fiscal danger as Congress debates proceeding, with the president considering a special session in fall. The administration moves to curb spending as tax collections approach.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Eisenhower
U.S. News& World Report
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Jeader J Wiliam F. Knowland
Clement Fires Hospital Head in Tennessee
Gov. Frank Clement dismissed A. J. Mazzeo as superintendent of the State Penitentiary Hospital in Nashville after an investigation found narcotics purchased by prisoners through the hospital. The移 investigation began Jan 15, and federal narcotics authorities were notified. Clement said narcotics were loosely handled and several recent purchases were made from attendants.
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Nashville
Frank’ Clement
A. J. Mazzeo
State Penitentiary Hospital
Clement
Mazzeo
Easton
Six Tennessee POWs Released by the Associated Press
The Communists freed six Tennessee prisoners of war yesterday, part of the first 25 Americans liberated in the exchange. Names include Harold E. Humphreys, Harald E. McManus, Jake Harrison, Charles J. Milholland, Everett McNabb, William A. Bailey, with their mothers and towns noted. Families reacted with relief, one father saying the news came as a needed boost.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Harold E. Humphreys
Carrie L. Humphreys
Harriman
Harald E. McManus
Pfc
Jewel H. McManus
Trimble
Jake Harrison
Izzie
Harrison
Lake City
Charles J. Milholland
Pic
Bessie Milholland
Copperhill
Everett McNabb
Mary McNabb
Newport
Wiliam A. Bailey
Hisie Bailey
Hampton
Humphreys
Paul Humphries
Warold
McManus
Garnett McNabb
Tenn
Pws
Accused Red Refuses Reply and Is Suspended
Edward M. Rothschild a 42 year old GPO book binder refused to answer Senate McCarthy subcommittee questions on Communist membership alleged espionage and theft of secret documents and was suspended pending congressional action within an hour. McCarthy labeled the denial as signaling he stole secrets joined the party and engaged in espionage. Rothschild sat silent at the witness table flanked by attorneys Charles E. Ford and Stanley B. Frosh.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Rothschild
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Rothschild
Phillip L. Cole
Sus
Communist Party
GPO
Charles E. Ford
Stanley
Soviets Push Broader Korea Peace Talks At UN
The Soviet Union proposed a five neutral add on to the participants in the Korean peace talks, urging inclusion of United States Britain France Russia Communist China India Poland Sweden Burma North Korea and South Korea. The General Assembly committee rejected inviting Red China and North Korea while Russia pressed for broader representation to shape a wider round table approach. The vote on inviting Communist China was 14 to 34 with nine abstentions and the North Korea vote was 18 to 34 with seven abstentions.
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United Nations
Russia
United States
Britain
France
China
India
Poland
Sweden
Burma
North Korea
South Korea
General Assembly
Red China
Korea
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Wien
West Pushes Soviet On Austrian Treaty
The United States Britain and France pressed Russia to meet on Austria's independence in two weeks and quit blocking German unification. They offered to withdraw the short eight article Austrian treaty to clear the way for Austria's liberation, while Moscow rejected the move and demanded talks on the longer pact. A four power deputy minister meeting in London on Aug 3 was proposed to break the deadlock if the Soviets stayed away from extraneous German issues.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Austria
Germany
Moscow
Kremlin
London
Solunar Tables for Baolunar Periods and Fishing Times
The page presents Solunar Tables from John Alden Eniyms work describing Major and Minor periods for fishing in Boca territory. It lists periods beginning at specified times and lasting about one and a half to two hours, with dates and days noted. The text references Eastern Time and a dated August Tuesday through Saturday sequence with adjusted spellings and typographical errors.
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John Alden Eniym
Boca
Hupling
Lake stage report for Cherokee and nearby lakes
Lake stage data shows Watauga at 53.6 feet and falling, Cherokee at 32.3 feet and low, Holataw at 83.7 feet and rising, with Boone at 5.3 feet low. Weather talk hints at ongoing changes in lake levels across the region.
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Watauge Lake
Holataw
Td Boone
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Empress Soraya
Ilke
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Kingsport Times
Paul Haley
Paul
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America
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