Congress approves 7 percent Social Security boost to begin in February
The House passed a bill increasing Social Security benefits by 7 percent and trimming public assistance grants from 288 million to 197 million. The change asks workers to pay more payroll tax next year while retirement and survivor benefits rise. the maximum family benefit climbs to 254 a month. The measure awaits President Eisenhower's signature.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
Two Arraigned On Beer Charge After Crash
Two young men, charged with furnishing beer to minors after a fatal crash in Winona Minnesota, were arraigned. Patsy Lee 14 died when a station wagon plunged into the Mississippi River as police pursued the car driven by Diane Czaplewski 17 who swam to safety. Flanagan 25 was fined 150 dollars and placed on probation. Duellman 18 requested time to plea and faces return on August 25.
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Winona
Minn
Patsy Lee
Levee Park
Mississippi River
Winona City
Diane Czaplewski
Miss Czaplewski
Charles Flanagan
David Duellman
Fountain City
Buffalo
Alma
Flanagan
Duellman
Triton Pioneers Huge Undersea Ships Rickover
Rear Adm. H. G. Rickover says the giant atomic submarine Triton will guide future capital ships traveling underwater. The 5,900 ton craft, poised for launching, will host two atomic engines and serve as a submerged warning platform.
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Triton
Rickover
Groton
Knolls Laboratory
General Electric
Yugoslavia seeks US aid after Soviet loan cancellations
Yugoslavia asks the United States for 250 million dollars to fund industrial projects after Moscow canceled 285 million in loans last May to pressure Tito. Washington reportedly considers favorably the request to finance power stations fertilizer plants rail upgrades and highway equipment to bolster independent communism.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Tito
Moscow
United States
State Department
Paratrooper Rescued After 1800 Feet Dangling
Pvt. David L. Creager 18 of the 101st Airborne dangled 1800 feet from a transport near Fort Campbell Kentucky. Creager was pulled aboard after crew members tied lines and used a rope system. He received artificial respiration from a flight surgeon and was treated for minor injuries.
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FT. Campbell, Ky
David L. Creager
101St Airborne Division
Ohio
Clinton County
Air Force Base
Ohio Field
Scientists Blast Lake Superior to Probe Earth's Crust
A University of Wisconsin team headed by geologist Robert Meyer set off 40 charges totaling 10 tons in Lake Superior to study crust thickness and its relation to gravity variations. Readings will be interpreted over months with IGY sponsorship, spanning sites in Wisconsin, Arkansas, and along Georgia and North Carolina coasts.
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Lake Superior
Earth
Cornucopia
Wis (Ap
Wisconsin
Robert Meyer
University of Wisconsin
U.S
IGY
Little Rock
Ark
Meyer
Georgia
North Carolina
Atlantic
Boulders Crush Family After Vehicular Collision
In Syracuse a dump truck launched boulders down a hill killing a mother Estelle Jacobs 31 and her sons Robert 6 and Scott 1 and injuring husband Harry Jacobs 31 and daughter Bonnie 4. The truck driver Albert Stone 40 of Carthage also died. Rescuers freed victims with cranes and jacks.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Harry Jacobs
Estelle
Albert Stone
Carthage
Jacobs
Robert
Scott
Bonnie
Jet Crashes Into Cars Killing Four In Myrtle Beach
An Air Force jet trainer with an engine flameout crashed into parked autos near a fishing pier concession building. Four people died and three were seriously injured. The car bore an Indiana plate linked to Louis H. Snider and his family of New Albany. Concessionaire L. J. Mackey also died.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
Air Force
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
Indiana
Louis H. Snider
New Albany
Ind
Snider
David
Freddie
Mary
Marilyn
Hope
L. J. MacKey
USAF Advances Plans for Next Moon Shot
At Cape Canaveral the Air Force pressed ahead with ambitious plans for another moon launch after the previous mission failed 77 seconds after liftoff. No official cause has yet been announced.
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USAF
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
U.S
Connealy Home Welcome Sparks Block Parade
U S District Court rules out delay in school integration. The Connealy family returns from vacation to a block-wide welcome in Kansas City as 69 neighbors line Concord Avenue to greet them with banners and a jovial reception for the seven children and parents.
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U.S
Kansas City
Philip J. Connealy
Decatur
Neb
Concord. Ave
Main St
Asian African bloc pushes for withdrawal at UN
An Asian and African coalition prepared a resolution demanding U S forces exit Lebanon and British troops leave Jordan. Western powers backed a separate plan but faced Latin American defections and debate over votes. Diplomats report Dulles canceled Washington plans and met with Lloyd and Couve de Murville as Hammarskjold may seek troop withdrawals.
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United Nations, N. Y
Middle East
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
U.N. General Assembly
Dulles
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
United States
Norway
Charles Malik
Hans Engen
Dag Hammarskjold
Engen
Fl-Nation Assembly
India
U.N
Iraq
Yugoslavia
Andrei
Flood Sweeps Across Road Killing Two Men
A Sierra Nevada flash flood swept U S Highway 40 west of Reno killing Joseph Thompson 23 of Redwood City California who tried to outrun the flood. Frederick Johnson Jr 33 of Reno a construction worker died when his truck overturned while helping clear the highway. A third man was hospitalized with shock. Highway patrol said a wall of water rushed down the mountains and across the highway.
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Reno
Nev
Joseph Thompson
Redwood City
Calif
California Highway Patrol
Frederick Johnson Jr
Gunpoint car theft by kidnap murder suspect shocks Wisconsin family
Laverne Beeck of Janesville says a deaf mute gunman demanded their car as Parram Youngblood drove off with two families on U S 41 to Florida. Youngblood later died, after a fatal shooting, linked to the slaying of 7 year old Margie Jones.
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Janesville
Macon, Ga
Laverne Beeck
Wis
Parram Youngblood
Toomsboro
Beeck
John Brown
Brown
Youngblood
Wisconsin
Palmetto
Fla
U. S. 41
Boeck
Barbara
Jack
Linda Brown
Leroy
Shirley
Margie Jones
Melvin
L. E. Beeck
Linda
Pinebrook Inn
Macon
Parram
Bunny) Youngblood
Court orders resumption of integration at Little Rock Central
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a two year delay, ordering Central High's integration to resume. Gov. Faubus held a quick huddle with advisers as he considered a special legislative session to counter the ruling.
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White
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
Justice Department
St. Louis Court of Appeals
ST. Louis
Central High School
Circuit Court of Appeals
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
U.S. Dist
Harry J. Lemley
Hope
Faubus
Central High
Virgil Blossom
Central
Richard C. Butler
U.S. Supreme Court
D-Ark
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
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Frank Pace
General Dynamics
Russia
Creagher
Dennison
Robert E. Wilson
New Carlisle
Creager
Wilson
Clifford E. van Landingham
Richard M. Griswold
John S. Steinhart
Wayne Sonntog
Robert Poley
Forrest Dowling
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David Schanke
Michael McGrath
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Accountant Connealy
Mrs. Connealy
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Kathy
Kevin
John
Terry
Tim
Wei
Concord Avenue
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Max Harrelson
Gov. Faubus
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R-Nj
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
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