All Time High 662 Million Hold Jobs Report
Washington AP says employment reached an all time high in June with 664 million Americans holding jobs nationwide. Government data shows 1,055,000 more workers than July previous record, unemployment rising by 300,000 to 2.9 million.Young summer workers drive gains in both agricultural and non farm sectors with May to June boosts of 535,000 and 720,000 respectively.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Hoax Call Triggers Desperate Search For Kidnapped Baby
Westbury New York AP report says a hoax telephone call sent Beatrice Weinberger on a fruitless Sunday night quest to find her five week old son Peter. Police identified suspects Gordon Rowell and Robert Giebler both of Queens, who admitted making the call. A third man present was cleared.
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Westbury
N.Y
Beatrice Weinberger
Peter
Queens
New York City
Éldék
New York
Raymond Y. Martin
Gordon Thomas Rowell
Woodside
Robert Francis Giebler
Jackson Heights
Rowell
Giebler
Suspect Shot to Death in Watts Chase
An unidentified man about 25 fled a stolen car in Watts at Beach Street and was shot by Officer L. J. Poor when he refused to halt. The man was hit in the back and died on a front lawn. Police described a chaotic chase ending with the suspect's fatal gunfire.
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Beach St
Watts
L. J. Poor
Los Angeles
House Votes Dope Seller Death Decree
The House voted unanimously to empower juries to impose the death sentence for selling or gifting heroin to minors under 18. The measure, part of a narcotics central reform, raises penalties, loosens search warrant rules, and allows deportation of alien offenders while outlawing heroin except for scientific research.
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House
Washington
Senate
H Bomb Detonator Hoax Unveiled in New York Garage
Police and federal agents rushed to a garage after a car washer found a black box labeled Top secret sub-mihi hydro ken bomb detonator HNEX 1183R danger. Inside was a giant firecracker rigged to explode if opened, a hoax mischief by a prankster.
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New York
FBI
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Mihi Hydro
Baby born to Booths after fatal plane crash
A son was born Sunday night to Mrs. Samuel Booth, who survived a plane crash Saturday that killed her husband. Both mother and baby are reported in good condition at Community Hospital. The Booths, from Po, were returning from Fishers Island to their family home when the crash occurred near Hempstead Harbor.
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Glen Cove
Samuel Booth
Community Hospital
Booths
Fishers Island
Longstand
Hempstead Harbor
Tess Cue
Pao
Naples collapse kills 11 in old house disaster
Eleven people died when a 120 year old five story apartment house collapsed in Naples Italy. Seven occupants were hospitalized including four children among the victims. Five families lived in the building.
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Naples House
Naples
Italy
France Sweltering as 20 Bathers Die in Heat Wave
France endures a severe heat wave on its third day with Paris recording around 85 degrees in the shade. Reported deaths include twenty bathers in bathing and boating incidents as officials warn against outdoor exposure during the extreme heat.
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France
Paris
Woman Vanishes With Cash After Child Abduction Attempt
A woman left home Friday or Sunday for Lard Street and Skillman Avenue in Woodside Queens arriving at 10 20 p m. near Long Island Railroad tracks. The caller says 30 minutes after cash was taken baby would be found at St. Joan of Arc Church Jackson Heights Queens. She was alone with 5000 dollars in cash. Continued on page A 8.
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Maui UK
Lard St
Skillman Ave
Woodside
Queens
Long Island
Weinberger
St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church
Jackson Heights
Where to Find It in the Paper
A catalog of section references directs readers to Beach Combing, Classified, Comics, Death Notices, Crossword, Editorial, Financial, Shipping Table, Sports, Theaters, Tides and Temp, TV and Radio, Vital Statistics, Wilson, Women, and Your World pages across A and B sections.
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Ridge
Wilson
Million Dollar Springfield Fire Destroys Five Buildings
Firefighters wrangled a blaze that ravaged five downtown structures in Springfield. Damage pegged at around 750000 with total loss near one million. One firefighter, Peter Larsen, hospitalized from smoke inhalation atop a four story drug store building. Seven pumpers and two aerial ladders responded. Fire believed to have started at about 430 am from undetermined causes.
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Springfield
Francis Durkir
Peter Larsen
House OKs Four Billion Aid Ceiling
The House passed a compromise bill setting a four billion dollar ceiling on the foreign aid program for the 12 months starting July. The measure moved on a barely audible voice vote and goes to the Senate. A separate appropriation bill provides 3.6 billion under the authorization. President Eisenhower had requested about five billion.
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Washinton
Tiel House
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
House Appropriations Committee
House Passes Bill for Military Construction
Washington lawmakers pass a $1.139 billion military construction program for U S bases and foreign posts by voice vote. The measure, approved previously by both chambers with funding to be supplied in future bills, moves to the Senate for final action.
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Washington
United States
House
Senate
Teasure
Man Stung by Bees Dies in Hospital
Irvington area resident Arthur L. Haram, 34, of North Kenova, died in Huntington hospital after being stung by honey bees while transferring them between hives. Coroner Barrett said lung fluids flooded his lungs in reaction to the stings.
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Ironton
Ohio
Arthur L. Haram
North Kenova
Huntington
W. Va
Robert
Barrett
Hamm
Quake and Tsunami Toll in Aegean Islands
Earthquakes and tidal waves struck the Aegean Islands off southern Greece killing at least 46. Santorini suffered 36 deaths, Thira, Jos, Crete, Samos, Katimnos, Astipalia, Paros, Amorgos and Ikaria reported damage. Aegean volcano on Thira erupted. many homes on Thira and Amergos were uninhabitable.
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Aegian
Greece
Thira
Santorini
Jos
Ins
Crete
Samos
Katimnos
Dodecanese
Astipalia
Paros
Amorgos
Ikaria
Eisenhower seeks restored foreign aid after Senate cut
President Eisenhower appealed for restoration of foreign aid cuts voted by Congress saying the reductions would hinder efforts to foster world peace through cooperation. He urged restoring a substantial portion of the four billion dollar ceiling while not demanding full approval of the 4.9 billion program. White House press secretary Hagerty released the statement after a briefing with reporters.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
U.S
Chimce
James
Hagerty
Dillon Anderson
National Security Council
NSC
Sherman Adams
Atomic Energy Truck Crash Near Cookeville Injures Driver
An Atomic Energy Commission fuel truck overturned and caught fire on U S Highway 70 near Cookeville Tennessee injuring driver Bill Hack of Paducah Kentucky slightly. Officials at Oak Ridge described cargo as slightly radioactive but undamaged and a replacement truck was dispatched to recover the materials en route from Paducah to Oak Ridge.
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Cookeville
Tenn
Upkh
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S. Hiway Ton
Here
Bill Hack
Paducah
AEC
Oak Ridge
Dulles Flies Back to Washington
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returned to Washington after a 10 day visit at Main Duck Island retreat He said he enjoyed the trip but fishing was disappointing due to cold water The remarks came after catching some black bass during the retreat in Watertown N Y
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Watertown
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Main Duck Island
Dulles
Miss California of '56 Asks Police Help
Joan Beckett, the 1956 Miss California, consulted police after nightly prowler sightings near her Sacramento apartment. Officers traced the incident to a neighbor who saw several teens climbing a fence near her home, then referred the case to the juvenile division.
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California
Sacramento
Joan Beckett
Adan
Wave Devastates Dodecanese Islands Lashes Kalymnos and Patmos
The onrush of water smashed inland on Kalimnos wrecking shops and houses while several ships sank in the harbor. The Dodecanese islands of Leros Patmos and Nisyros report broader damage totaling eleven islands affected. Leros lost a power station flooded fields and wrecked shipping. Patmos tidal waves damaged the historic monastery tied to St John. Government rushed relief and supplies as rescue parties arrived aboard navy ships and air support conducted surveys.
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Kalimnos
Leroz
Patmos
Nissyros
Leros
St. John
Japan Feels Another U S Atom Blast
Tokyo weather officials reported abnormal earth shocks and atmospheric pressure waves indicating a possible second nuclear test by the United States at Bikini Atoll. Seismographs 150 miles north of Tokyo logged the shocks at 3 a.m. Japan time, with atmospheric waves detected hours later from about 2,400 miles off Bikini. Meteorologists assessed the blast strength as roughly equal to a prior June 26 test, with earlier indications at Bikini on May 21 May 28 June 13 and July 3.
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Tokyo
Japan
Weather Bureau
United States
Bikini
Reau
Hikini
Elevator vanishes as wife falls two stories in Rome
Anna Sis saroli, 40, stepped into a missing service elevator from her kitchen and plunged two stories to the ground. Her husband Dr. Giuseppe Sasseroli rushed out to help as bystanders recovered them and they were taken to St James Hospital for treatment.
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Birs
Anna Sissaroli
Giuseppe ‘Sasseroli
St. James Hospital
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