Jamboree Opens with Flag Raising at Valley Forge
America’s Boy Scouts officially opened their fourth National Jamboree at Valley Forge. Some 51,000 Scouts and leaders stood as 60 foot and 35 foot poles lifted the flags, with Eagle Scouts from Chester County and four Philadelphians hoisting the colors. Vice President Nixon is slated to attend the pageant with a program including regional tableaux and a Valley Forge history depiction.
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Valley Forge
Elowa
Unifax
America's
Boy Scouts Today
George Washington
Robert Dockstader
Kennett Square
Charles Ax
Downingtown
Neilson Lair
Coatesville
Wayne Brown
Rising Sun
Chester County
Philadelphia
Richard Nixon
Valley Forge Park
Independence Hall
U.S
Washington
Council rejects farmer market area in Market Square
The Common Council voted 12 to 8 to discontinue the farmers market in Market Square and reopen the lot as a municipal parking space with 157 cited spaces. A public hearing on a new site will be held July 30 in the Council Chambers.
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Common Council
Walter S. Selbo
Council
Selbo
Market Square
John Flanagan
Harold C. Arentz
William R. Finn
Dorrance A. Helstad
Frank Kaufmann
Charles J. Lang
Otis R. Lingenfelter
Sheldon S. Nerby
Reading Pleasure For VACATION
A brief item notes a vacation reading program or event and urges readers to phone 2-8040 for details or to join. The notice emphasizes leisure and suggests contacting a local number for information.
Ship Pulled Free From Devil's Flat Reef
The British cruise ship Reina de Pacifico was yanked off Devil's Flat Reef by ground tackle and slid backward three days after running aground near Hamilton Bermuda. The liner shows a starboard list as salvage proceeds amid worsening weather. Divers found a large hull dent but no holes. underwater checks will decide if the voyage to Liverpool can continue.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Devil's Flat Reef
Liverpool
Miss Nellie Jones In California After Big Cash Bust
Long Beach authorities care for Miss Nellie Jones 64 who insists she is still in La Crosse. Her purse held nearly forty thousand dollars in cash and securities. includes three large cashier’s checks and two ten thousand dollar Treasury bonds.
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Nellie Jones
Long Beach
Calif
Associated Press
Roger Young
Miss Jones
la Crosse
David Evans
California
Glenn Hogue
Rose St
Avon St
Zilpha Monroe
Walter Anderson
la Crescent
Island St
U.S. Treasury
Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Campaign saves 400 lives in six months of 1957
Nationwide traffic safety drive credited with saving 400 lives in the first half of 1957. The National Safety Council reports a 2 percent drop in fatalities versus 1956 despite higher highway travel, with 426 deaths during the Fourth of July period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Khrushchev Suggests Marriage of Convenience For East And West
Khrushchev proposed a peaceful union between capitalist and communist worlds during a Prague reception at Hradcany Castle. He urged Western diplomats to abandon enmity, praised Czech leaders, and called for unity among socialist nations while seeking improved US relations and an end to the arms race.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nikita Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Soviet Communist Party
Hradcany
Rud-Chunny
Bohemia
Antonin Zapotocky
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Khrusachev
United States
Soviet Union
Vilem_ Storky
Zapotocky
Antonin Novotny
Poland
L. F. Ilyichev
V. M. Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Dmitri Shepilov
One Way Traffic on 3rd and 4th Streets Favored by Consultants
An out-of-state engineering firm recommends making 3rd street southbound and 4th street northbound between La Crosse street and South avenue one way to relieve current and projected traffic. The report urges progressive signal timing and possible future signalization of downtown intersections.
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de Leuw, Cather and Co
Chicago
Associated Consultants
Evanston
Ill
South Avenue
la Crosse Street
Cass Street
Copeland Avenue
3Rd Street
4Th Street
Cass and
la Crosse
4Th
Main
State
7Th Street
la Crosse Streets
3Rd
4Th Streets
Badger Street
Jap Judge Vows Fast Fair Trial In Girard Case
The 8-0 Supreme Court ruling backs Japan allowing Army Specialist 3 C William S Girard to be tried for manslaughter in Tokyo. Japanese District Judge Juzo Kawachi set August 26 as the trial start, promising it will be fast and fair. Capitol Hill reacts to possible foreign-trial shifts and the Bow amendment faces stiff battle as Eisenhower weighs veto risks amid defense concerns.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Girard
Eisenhower
Congress
Japan
3.C
William S. Girard
Juzo Kawachi
Capitol Hill
Eijsenhower
Rep
Bow
Ohio
House
House Rules Committee
Leo Allen
Rules Committee
America
Gordon
House Foreign Affairs Committee
J. Bow
U.S
Maj
Stanley Levin
Hollywood
Calif
Maebashi
Kawachi
Levin
Girard predicts acquittal in Japan murder case
Gen. William Girard, an Army specialist from Ottawa Illinois, predicts the Japanese court will acquit him in the death of 46 year old Naka Sakai at a firing range. The trial opens August 26 in Maebashi with sessions through October. Defense sought Isuro Hayashi as chief counsel. U.S. Supreme Court had allowed transfer for trial.
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Camp Whittington
Japan
William Girard
U.S. Army
Ottawa
Ill
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Girard
Naka Sakai
Levin
Itsuro Hayashi
Hartley Case: Investigator Reveals Jacket Evidence
La Crosse County investigator A M Josephson held a press conference detailing his theory on the Hartley abduction. He released photos and described how the unusual blue denim jacket was worn by the kidnapper, hoping to prompt public tips.
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A. M. Josephson
la Crosse County
Josephson
Hartley
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