French Premier seeks changes to EDC at Brussels meeting
Mendes-France presses for treaty changes as France, supported by the United States and Britain, seeks a revised path to ratify the European Defense Community. Brussels hosts six-nation talks with West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg plus France and allied powers wary of a rearmed Germany and the plan's future.
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Britain
Pierre Mendes-France
Europe
Mendes-France
Reds Move to Isolate U S in Europe Says Berlin Official
Berlin sources say victory in Indo China and Western dissension push the Soviet bloc toward an all out plan to isolate the United States in Europe and Asia. A Berlin official cites Pravda and secret East German talks as signaling Moscow aims for a European Security act and a Europe free of imperial America amid the Bonn Republic crisis. The commentary notes Adenauer’s hold on German policy could falter if France delays EDC decisions, urging a more independent West German stance.
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Konrad Adenauer
Bonn Republic
Adeanon
France
Widow and Widower Reignite Long-Lost Romance in Reunion
In Chicago an elderly widow Nan Davis and widower Eugene Blake, high school sweethearts separated since 1913, met again after decades. Davis, 76, from New Kingston Pennsylvania, and Blake, 77, now of Goleta California, plan to marry soon after a chance reunion that sparked renewed vows and a tentative trip home.
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Chicago
Nan Davis
New Kingston
Eugene Blake
Blake
Pennsylvania
Goleta
Calif
Altoona
Oseese Apstek
Endarrisburg
Ae An
Davis
Army Teaches Draftees Reading and Civics Before Training
The Army runs transitional training units to raise draftees with less than a fourth grade education to basic literacy. Four weeks cover the three R s plus military courtesy and citizen obligations to bridge civilian and military life. Since 1950 the program issued 194 632 basic certificates and 34 462 intermediate certificates, with 137 726 high school tests and 29 184 college equivalency tests.
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Washington
Army
Troop Information and Education Division
Wildcatters Plan Assault On Tidelands
Ten oil and gas firms form two drilling combines to blast Texas and Louisiana tidelands. The first wildcat will start in October off Matagorda Island, with partners Western Natural Gas Co El Paso Natural Gas Co Texoma Production Co Stanolind Oil & Gas Co Amoco Oil Co Tidelands & Corp Aluminum Company. The second group includes Western Natural Sinclair Oil & Gas People’s Petroleum Production Co and Sohio already drilling in Timbakier Bay Louisiana. The firms plan to bid jointly on Texas Louisiana and federal leases from Galveston to the Mississippi River.
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Houston
Texas
Louisiana
Western Natural Gas Co
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Texoma Production Co
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Eee Oil Co
Tidelands & Corp
Aluminum Com America
Matagorda Island
Western Natural
Sinclair Oil & Gas
People's Petroleum Production Co
Sohio
Timbakier Bay
Weather changes trigger rise in Oklahoma highway accidents
Oklahoma safety officials note a pattern: any weather change, rain or dry spell, is followed by more highway crashes. Patrolmen have intensified enforcement since June 15 under Gov Johnston Murray, reducing 1954 death excess from 50 to 15.
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Johnston Murray
Forces that lift tree fluids reach near mile-high spire
A force within trees is described as powerful enough to raise fluid to the very top of a tree, nearly a mile high, illustrating how xylem transport sustains towering growth.
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