Truman Library Donated to Government in Independence
In Independence the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum will be dedicated as a national monument. The building, a gift valued with grounds at 21 million, houses 3% million documents and personal mementos from his presidency. Earl Warren will be principal speaker with 10 to 15 thousand spectators expected.
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Independence
Harry
Harry S. Truman
White House
Baldwin Piano Co
Abraham Lincoln
Truman Library
Washington
Truman
U. S. Highway 24
Earl Warren
United States
Basil O'Connor
Harry S. Truman Library Corp
Franklin G. Floete
General Services Administration
Wayne C. Grover
Floete
Eisen
Suspect In Slaying To Be Grilled In Bedford
Fayette County Sheriff Orland Hays plans to travel to Bedford Pennsylvania Sunday to question a suspect held there in the rape slaying of 87 year old widow Mrs Sarah DeWitt. Four other suspects were released from custody Friday. DeWitt was hacked to death with a hatchet Tuesday in her upstairs bedroom. Neighbors recall seeing a Negro around the home at the time of the slaying.
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Fayette County
Orland Hays
Bedford
Sarah DeWitt
Robbery Strips Shinn Pants During Wallet Theft
Denver police report a robber ripped the seat from George G. Shinn's trousers to take his billfold. Shinn said two hitchhikers he picked up around 3 a.m. choked him while one searched his back pocket and exited with $610 in the wallet.
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Denver
George G. Shinn
Shinn
Tot Rescued From Crooked Stick by Father in Mooresville
In Mooresville North Carolina Roger Compton spotted his 16 month old son William Craig atop a crooked stick which turned out to be a 20 foot copperhead. He distracted the snake with a bucket then killed it and handed his son to a friend.
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Mooresville
N. C.P
Roger Compton
William Craig
Compton
Airman Faces Court Martial Over White Sidewall Haircut
Airman Mc Don Wheeler of Cortez Colorado is charged with disobeying orders after refusing a squad leader's demand for a white sidewall haircut. He says he challenged the order rather than outright refusing and notes he had a regulation haircut the day before. The Air Force declined to comment.
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Tokyo
Colorado
Don Wheeler
Cortez
Colo
Wheeler
Air Force
Famous builder Paul Starrett dies at 90 in Greenwich
Paul Starrett 90 a renowned builder of major American landmarks died Friday in Greenwich Conn His projects include the Empire State Building Pennsylvania Railroad Station New York Life Metropolitan Life Bank of Manhattan Flatiron Macy s Plaza Biltmore Commodore and Pennsylvania hotels and his firm also erected the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
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Conn
Paul Starrett
New York City
Empire State Building
Starrett
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Station
New York Life
Metropolitan Life
Bank of Manhattan and
Flatiron
Macy's Department Store
Plaza
Biltmore
Commodore
Pennsylvania
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Fiancee of Texas student shot dead in Austin tragedy
Diane Fearis 22 and fiance of John Richards Vaughan Jr. was found shot in a car outside the Austin apartment hours before Vaughan's funeral. A .22 rifle was in the vehicle. Fearis had traveled from San Antonio to attend Vaughan's services.
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Austin
Tex
Diane Fearis
John Richards
Dick) Vaughan Jr
University of Texas
K.R. Herbert
Vaughan
Herbert
Iance
V. T. K. Fearis
Miss Fearis
Fifteen year old in Midland confesses to killing man
Fifteen year old Robert Earl Mayfield a reformatory parolee told officers he killed Joe Raymond Hampton after robbing him and finding four cents. Mayfield described the act in a fit of rage saying it doesn't bother him and he was bound to kill someone.
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Midland
Tex
Robert Earl Mayfield
Joe Raymond Hampton
Firemen Aid Burglar After Blaze at Fresno Cafe
Firemen battling a Fresno cafe fire Friday discovered a burglar who had broken in through a hole they chopped. He stole 14 bottles of liquor a box of cigars and ten dollars before fleeing the scene.
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Fresno
Calif
Mundt Predicts Compromise Ahead On Civil Rights Bill
Senator Mundt predicts a mid August compromise on civil rights with right to vote guarantees for Negroes and minorities. He cites a tempered approach and says the South can live with such changes. Republicans plan round the clock sessions with 46 GOP senators split into 23 duty teams on the Senate floor.
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Mundt
Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Congress
Sen. Morton
Rky
GOP
Senate
Puppies Born Under Porch Trap 9-Year-Old Boy
In East St. Louis Daniel Wells reported a dog gave birth under his home. A 9-year-old boy became wedged between the house and the ground as he chased the pups on Friday. His mother and street workers failed to dig him out until floorboards were removed. The pups remained beneath the house at last report.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Daniel Wells
Thomas Wells
City Street Department
Scientists Set New Test of Diablo at Nevada Site
The Nevada test organization completed the six year series’ largest blast and shifts to the scheduled July 12 test of the Diablo device. Diablo failed to detonate on June 28 due to a power problem. A July 19 test will launch an air to air atomic warhead missile. Fallout was minimal with offsite reports limited to Groom mine area. windows and frames reported damaged by the blast.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
United States
Nevada Test Organization
Utah
Groom Mine
Vicious Bulls Toss Riders at Frontier Days Rodeo
At Prescott Arizona six thousand spectators watched 70th Frontier Days Rodeo as Brahman bulls threw 24 of 27 riders in two weeks. One rider Odis Sullivan 27 Kanab Utah died after a bull stamped on his chest. Two others injured.
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Prescott
Ariz
Odis Sullivan
Kanab
Utah
Two Boys Rescued After Jeep Falls Into Mine Shaft
In Pueblo Colorado two youths ages 14 and 15 fell 60 feet into an abandoned mine while dumping trash. They endured seven hours at the bottom with severe cuts but were removed by game warden David Riggs and James McCarty as their father, pulling them and the wreckage from the shaft with a winch.
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Pueblo
Colo
James McCarty
Robert Roblek
David Riggs
William McCarty
James
Peron Center of Latin Tiff Near Final Argentina Venezuela Rift
Argentina and Venezuela faced a tense stand over exiled dictator Juan Peron with Argentina demanding expulsion while Venezuela grants asylum. Diplomatic relations risk break as Caracas orders ambassador and aides to return, though embassy offices remain open with a secretary.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Venezuela
Juan Peron
Peron
Caracas
Pedro Aramburu
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Atilano Carnevali
Ohio Road Death Toll Showing Dip
The Ohio holiday death toll slowed Friday after state officials urged extra caution. An AP tally shows 24 accidental deaths in Ohio since Wednesday 6 p.m. including 18 traffic fatalities, with one traffic death Friday noon to midnight. National figures remained high but below early projections.
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Ohio
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Weekend Warmth With Temperatures Near Eighty
Continued fair weather is expected with warmer temperatures on Sunday. The mercury read 82 at 11 am after a low of 50 degrees last night. Temperatures held steady from 11:30 am yesterday to 4 pm, peaking at 80 as the day progressed.
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Mercury
Blood Donations Cut Prisoners Time At Blood Drive
Governor Knight signed a bill allowing a five day credit on prison terms for each pint of blood donated. Donations limited to once every 90 days and only from healthy inmates serving more than 30 days.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Goodwin Knight
Forty nine enter in annual Powder Derby
Fortynine light planes start the 11th Powder Puff Derby an all women trans continental air race from California to Philadelphia. Francis Bera of Inglewood, last year’s winner, flies a Mooney Mark Twain with Edna Bower of Long Beach. Reno is the first refueling stop on the 2567 mile course with 94 pilots and co pilots in the field.
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Calif
Francis Bera
Inglewood
Mooney Mark Twain
Edna Bower
Long Beach
Reno
Philadelphia
Nina Stoehr
Pasadena
Marie Hansen
Blackfoot
Idaho
Elko
Nev
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Rock Springs
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Wyo
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Omaha
Neb
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Ill
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Ind
Akron
Ohio
Harrisburg
Man dies after bulldozer crushes him on Nelsonville farm
Mike Castle, 32, of Nelsonville, was crushed to death Friday while operating a bulldozer on a farm south of Glouster. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Glouster
Mike Castle
Nelsonville
Here
Soviet submarine sale deepens Mediterranean power concerns
U S officials warn that Russia aid to Egypt through three submarines signals a move toward a limited naval power in the eastern Mediterranean. Egypt may mine the Gulf of Aqaba and host a Soviet equipped base at Alexandria, enabling frequent Soviet submarine operations and parts support. Such a base would affect Western strategic planning.
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Russia
Mediterranean
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Filat
Gulf
Israel
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Red Sea
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Nasser
Soviet Union
Moscow says Kremlin shakeup won’t change peace policy
Moscow Radio broadcast to North America asserted the Soviet Union will keep a peace loving foreign policy and push it more vigorously. It blamed Molotov Khrushchev and Kaganovich for attempts to derail peace efforts, while Warsaw accounts describe a 35 hour Kremlin debate and Molotov faction plotting to seize power.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
North America
U.S.A
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Kaganovich
V. M. Molotov
Moscow Radio
Moscow
U.S. State Department
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Khrushchev
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Tito
Dulles
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Kaganovich
Shepilov
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