Air Force names Quarles to replace Talbott in shakeup
Harold E Talbott resigns as Air Force secretary amid controversy over profits from an outside enterprise. Donald A Quarles, a missile and weapons expert, will be sworn in by recess appointment and must seek Senate confirmation. Talbott’s farewell drew 1800 airmen and 10 jet bombers as Connie threatened the larger plan.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold E Talbott
Donald A. Quarles
Talbott
Quarles
Moresyo
Senate
Eisenhower
Defense Wilson
Pentagon
Wilson
Kentucky Cities End Segregation
Barbourville and Lexington plan to end segregation next month. About 10 to 12 Negro students in Barbourville will join Barbourville High School, which serves all grades, in a district already enrolling around 600 students. Enrollment for county integration remains for September 1956. Fayette County will also wait.
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Barbourville
Lexington
A. B. West
Board of Education
Knox County
Fayette County
Slight Progress In U S Red China Talks
In Geneva unofficial Chinese sources reported slight progress at the ambassadors conference toward a formula for the release of 40 Americans detained in Communist China. Chinese Ambassador Wang Pingnan handed a secret reply to U Alexis Johnson as Washington presses for speedy freedom before other issues are discussed.
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Geneva
China
Wang Ping- Nan
U. Alexis Johnson
United States
Floods Hit Poland Disrupt Harvest and Evacuations
In southern Poland floodwaters interrupted harvests causing serious losses. Several villages were evacuated at the peak, but residents have returned home and authorities say the danger is over.
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Warsaw
Poland
Keele Trichologist to Demonstrate Hair Growth Method in Lawton
Internationally known trichologist Wm L Keele will demonstrate a new home hair growth treatment in Lawton Oklahoma on Sunday August 14 at the Lawtonian Hotel from noon to 9 pm. A private scalp examination is given free with no appointment and a 30 day money back guarantee is offered if progress is not seen, with ongoing reports after starting treatment.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawtonian
Oklahoma City
Wm. L. Keele
Keele Hair and Scalp Specialists, Inc
Keele
A. E. DeWees
Wreckage Recovered From Two U S Boxcars Crash
American soldiers by flashlight recovered scattered smouldering wreckage from two U S Flying Boxcar transports near Groembach Germany, where 66 servicemen perished in a collision during an air movement exercise. Eight charred bodies found. no survivors among 11 airmen and 55 engineers.
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U.S. Air Force
Groembach
Germany
Black Forest
U. S
Stuttgart
10Th
499Th Engineer Battalion
Echterdingden
Public Hearing on Statewide Deer Season Set in Lawton
The Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission will hold a public hearing in Lawton on August 18 1955 at 3 00 p m in the County Court Room Court House. The session will discuss the proposed statewide deer season and only deer season related topics will be addressed.
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Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission
Lawton
Oklahoma
Court House
Headmistress Fells Burglar At School
Newcastle on Tyne England headmistress Gertrude Bird of St Hilda's Girls School recounts she could have hurt Angus Cleghorn when she surprised him stealing sheet music. She held him with a wrist grip until police arrived saying she did not want a roughhouse.
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Newcastle-On-Tyne
England
Gertrude Bird
St. Hilda’s Girls’ School
Angus Cleghorn
Cleghorn
Miss Bird
Exiled Cuban Chief Returns To Havana
Exiled Cuban leader Carlos Prio Socar ras returns from three years in political exile and arrives at Havana's Hotel Nacional after being granted political amnesty. He was ousted in the 1952 coup that brought Batista back to power and landed in Miami before thousands of supporters greeted him at the airport.
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Havana
Cuba
Carlos Prio Socarras
Hotel Nacional
Prio
Gehcio Batista
Miami
Batista
Agreement Ends Copper Strike
Kennecott Copper Corp and eight unions ended a 42 day strike that halted one third of U S copper supply. Operations to resume after union ratification. The settlement includes over 15 cents an hour in wage increases plus improved pensions up to 151 dollars monthly for singles and 200 25 for married workers.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corp
America
South Africa
S. Lyle Johnson
Kennecott
Betty Clooney to Wed New York
Band leader Pupi Campo and singer Betty Clooney obtained a marriage license yesterday. Miss Clooney's sister Rosemary is flying home from Spain with husband Jose Ferrer for the wedding.
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Betty Clooney
New York
Pupi Campo
Miss Clooney
Rosemary
Spain
Jose Ferrer
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