Alaska Vote Goes 5-1 For Statehood
Alaska voters approve statehood by a 5 to 1 margin with 113 of 297 precincts reporting 19 860 to 3814. Ballot measures on boundaries land transfers and military withdrawals pass by the same margin. Interior Secretary Seaton calls it a wonderful night as turnout strains ballots and planes deliver new ballots to precincts.
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Juneau
Alaska
Graf
Tad
Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Seaton
Witness Claims Harassment After Senate Testimony
Beverly Sturtevant 26 says Waldo Koehler harassed her at the Embassy Restaurant in Cicero after she testified before the Senate Racketeering Committee in Washington. Officials from U S and state attorney offices will review the case as she quit under pressure and police guard followed her testimony.
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Chicago
Senate
U. S
Beverly Sturtevant
Washington
Embassy
Cicero
Waldo Koehler
Experts Warn Of Red Missile Firing Subs
A panel led by Sen. Henry M. Jackson warns that by the early 1960s Soviet missile subs could devastate U S cities. They urge rapid Polaris submarine development, separate budgeting, more attack subs, expanded undersea R D, and wider use of universities and industry.
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Washington
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
United States
Secretary of Defense
National Security Council
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Defense Department
Theater Burns but Fire Station Saved
Flames destroyed the empty Majestic Theater in NAMPA Idaho yesterday but firefighters halted the blaze from reaching the adjacent fire station. No injuries reported.
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Nampa
Idaho
Majestic Theater
Arkansas moves to block integration with rapid anti b bills
Arkansas Legislature rushes 12 anti integration measures as Supreme Court prepares a ruling on Little Rock schools. Gov Faubus seeks power to close schools and transfer funds while bills target NAACP suits and safeguard segregation in various forms.
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Arkansas
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
E Little Rock Naacp
Clarence Laws
Virgil Blossom
NAACP
Dag Hammarskjold Arrives in Jordan for Peace Talks
U N secretary general Dag Hammarskjold lands in Amman for first round talks aimed at stabilizing the Middle East so U S and British troops can withdraw. He is met by Premier Samir Rifai and visits King Husain, with plans to meet Nasser in Cairo and discuss withdrawal and regional development. An earlier Beirut stop followed a gunfight near the airport. two Lebanese killed and six injured.
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Amman
Jordan
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
U. S
U. N
Samir Rifai
Hussein
Hammarskjold
Beirut
Geneva
Cairo
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Baghdad
Saudi Arabia
New York
Ali
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Lebanon
Palestine
Iraq
David Bocock
Gilbert Massey
Bocock
Virginia Bocock
Indianapolis
Air Force
Honeck Reports Water Use in Minnesota Taconite Mines
Wisconsin Atty Gen Stewart Honeck concludes Minnesota taconite plants recycle about 90 percent of waste water, discharging cleaner water to basins. He says Wisconsin could adopt a closed system with minor law changes and studies to assure supply before new legislation. The visit included discussions with Erie Mining Co and Ashland Mining Co prospects in Wisconsin. Minnesota plants employ about 2,900 workers with $15 million payroll.
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Honeck
Minnesota
Thom
Erie Mining Co
Hoyt Lakes
Minn
Ashland Mining Co
Butternut
Wisconsin
Ashland County
Chippewa
Flambeau
Erie Mining
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Division of Industrial Development
Legislative Council
Water Resources Committee
Eisenhower Denies Regrets Over 1954 Desegregation Ruling
President Eisenhower said he may have told friends the pace of school integration should slow, but denied wishing the 1954 Supreme Court ruling had not occurred. He warned that states closing public schools would trigger massive litigation and cited Arkansas and Virginia moves. The Justice Department will participate in Little Rock arguments, with Solicitor General Rankin filing a brief. He said his personal views should align with the department’s, and stressed desegregation must come through education and reason.
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Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Little Rock
Ark
Department
J. Lee Rankin
Virginia
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Newsweek
Friends
High Court
Reds May Invade 2 Tan Islets Near Quemoy
Reporters said belief grew in Formosa that the Reds would strike the two tiny Tan islets Tatan and Ertan near Amoy. The bombardment of Quemoy and nearby islands continued for a fifth day with nearly 100000 shells fired by noon. Nationalists claimed hits on Wu yu Ting Tateng Weitou and Wuyu, while Washington warned of tension but the U.S. fleet remained on alert.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Tan Islets
Amoy
Amoy Bay
Red
Tatan
Erhtan
Red Port
Wuyu
Ting Tateng
Weitou
Formosa Strait
Peiping
United States
China
U.S
Newborn Baby Found On Convent Porch In Milwaukee
A newborn boy was found abandoned Tuesday night in a cardboard box on a convent porch in Milwaukee. The box carried a note asking for care, the infant weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was listed in good condition at County Emergency Hospital.
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Milwaukee
Austin Matej
St. Stephen Catholic Church
St. Stephen’s Convent
Matej
Eisenhower to campaign on cutting the deficit in 1954
President Eisenhower announced he will campaign for a Republican Congress this year on reducing the government deficit. He plans to study major budget items to find cuts, avoided committing to a tax increase, and praised New York GOP ticket choices of Rockefeller for governor and Keating for senator. Offshore islands and Formosa defense also discussed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
New York
America
Nelson Rockefeller
Kenneth B. Keating
Surgeons Fight on Operating Table in California Hospitals
In a California survey by Richard H. Blum for the California Medical Assn a fight between two surgeons occurred across a patient on an operating table leaving one floor. The report also alleges doctors carried guns and a dying patient was refused treatment due to a group insurance plan.
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San Francisco
California
Richard H. Blum
California Medical Assn
John F. Thompson
Santa Clara
Senate Public Health
Blum
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