Britain Seeks Peaceful Suez Settlement Without Force
Britain announced it intends to settle the Suez Canal crisis without armed force. President Eisenhower voiced hope for a peaceful outcome and stressed substituting the conference table for the battlefield. A 24 nation conference in London is planned for August 16 to pursue a peaceful solution. India agreed to attend. Egypt indicated it would not participate.
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Britain
Eisenhower
British
Foreign Office
Suez Canal
United States
France
London
Suez
India
Egypt
Wehra
New Delhi
Nehru
Center High School bans girls in shorts for schedule pickup
Ann McCarthy 12, denied enrollment papers for wearing shorts at Center High School in Kansas City. Principal Tom Foraker says policy forbids shorts, slacks, or jeans to prevent unfavorable remarks from boys. Police and mother Mrs. Norman McCarthy confronted the rule as Ann cried and waited for her schedule.
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Kansas City
Ann McCarthy
Center High School
Ann
Norman McCarthy
Joe Richer
Keleher
Tom Foraker
Mrs. McCarthy
Classo
102Nd Infantry
Europe
Buena Park
State Ring Czars Put on Skids
California watchdog urges sweeping boxing reform after accusing Los Angeles match maker Babe McCoy and promoter Cal Eaton and Oakland promoter Jimmy Murray of gangster ties. The report seeks revocation of licenses and bans from training camps, while Eaton and McCoy deny the allegations and vow legal action.
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Sacramento
UPA
California
Goodwin Knight
Babe McCoy
Cal Eaton
Los Angeles
Jimmy Murray
Oakland
McCoy
Inday
Eaton
Robert Eaton
Gov. Bright
Underworld
Mora Detwils
Ike Sets Health Test Report on Fitness
President Eisenhower announced he will undergo another full physical exam before the November 6 election. If unfit for a second term, he will inform voters directly. He predicted the GOP convention will reorient the party and aid its strength, while declining to detail rebuilding plans. He said platform changes will reflect reshaped policies and programs to bolster the party. He addressed vice presidential running mate questions, asserting clarity on the matter. He plans a brief San Francisco area vacation after the convention and had no other summer plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Hisenhower
Stevenson
Arivey
South
Coleman
Dixie
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Where to Find It Beach Combing and More
A brief index lists where to find various content in the newspaper. It mentions sections such as Beach Combing on page A-27, Bridge and Classified on pages C-8 to C-15, Comics on A-24, Death Notices on C-2, Editorial on A-26, Financial on C-3, Radio TV on A-22, Shipping Table on C-8, Sports on A-29 to A-31, Theaters on C-6, Tides Temp on C-8, Wilson on 4-27, Women on C-4 and C-5, and Your World on A-2.
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Hal Boyle
Tides
Temp
Wilson
Your
Flames Trap 270 Miners in Belgium
In Marcinelle Belgium flames from a mine shaft outbreak trapped about 270 miners 2485 feet below the surface. Seven reached the surface and hope faded as rescuers fought flames and fumes. a concrete wall blocked access and dynamite might be needed to reopen passages. Relatives gathered as police cordoned the pithead.
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Belgium
Marcinelle
Three Russian Warships Visit Oslo for Four-Day Stay
Oslo harbor hosts the cruiser Molotovsk and destroyers Ozhe Stotsjenny and Otvetsvenny from the Soviet Arctic fleet for a four day visit. It is the third Russian naval visit to Norway since the Russian revolution. The ships arrived from Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Oslo
Norway
Molotovsk
Ozhe Stotsjenny
Otvetsvenny
Arctic
Mute’ Mansk
Goethenburg
Sweden
Cali explosion toll climbs as seven trucks detonate
Reports from Cali Colombia place the dead between 1000 and 1800 with injuries and widespread destruction after dynamite in seven trucks exploded in a crowded center. Officials suspect sabotage and several workers from US firms may be among the injured as medical aid floods in from Bogota and Panama. A separate AP dispatch notes Stevenson delegates weighing civil rights stance ahead of the Democratic convention with southern backing shifting on the platform issue.
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Cali
Colombia
Diario de Colombia
Bogota
la Republica
U. S
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Buenaventura
Public Works Ministry
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Jacob M. Arvey
Ilinois
Arvey
North Carolina
Raleigh
Oscar L. Chapman
Truman
Chapman
James P. Coleman
Mississippi
Coleman
Record Job Total Hits 66 655 000 For July
The Commerce and Labor Departments report 66,655,000 Americans employed in July, a new record and 152,000 up from June plus 1.7 million higher than last year. Unemployed steady at 2,833,000, about 4 percent of a 72 million civilian force. The steel strike contributed only a small rise in joblessness, teen layoffs fell, and July marks the second month above 66 million.
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Washington
Cammerce and Labor Departments
Kansas GOP Rebuffs Gov Hall in Primary Clash
Republican voters in Kansas denied Governor Fred Hall a renomination in a bitter party primary. The vote, one of the fiercest in state history, centered on Hall's veto of a right to work bill. Warren Shaw led early returns from about a third of 2975 precincts, then Hall conceded. Democratic races saw Harry Woodring and George Docking within a thousand votes.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Fred Hall
Michigan
Alfred IE. Coho
Detroit
Missouri
Herbert Douglas
Neosho
Albert E. Schoenbeck
St. Louis
U. S. Senate
Halls
Warren W. Shaw
Hall
Ioa
Organized Labor
Shaw
Harry Woodring
George Docking
Dork
Unanimous Mistake Congress Asks Ike to Veto Bill
Congress urged President Eisenhower to veto a bill passed unanimously at the end of the session. It fixes the new Congress to convene January 7, 1957, at noon, instead of January 3. The plan faces a possible pocket veto to avoid a rushed electoral vote tally.
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Congress
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
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