Shriners Parade Dazzles New York City
About 20 000 red fezzed Shriners paraded along Fifth Avenue in bright Oriental garb as 50 mounted NYPD officers led the four hour procession. Thirty Murat Temple riders from Indianapolis rode Palomino horses, some with silver saddles valued near 8000 dollars each, as about 100 000 Shriners and families attend the 77th annual convention of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
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Nobles
Mystic Shrine
Monster’s Photo Foiled Loch Ness Sighting Stirs Skepticism
Lincoln England July 10 Town Clerk J Harper Smith says he and his son Army Lt Charles Smith spotted the Loch Ness monster on June 27 for 15 minutes. He planned to film but a raindrop ruined the shot, leaving him a reformed skeptic who believes the creature exists.
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Eng
J. Harper Smith
Loch Ness
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Greek Strike Idles 100000 Workers In Greece Crisis
In Athens July 10 an all day walkout by 100000 striking civil servants and semipublic agency workers brought state operations to a standstill. Premier Venizelos threatened drafting strikers under military control and courts martial if they refused to return to work. The strike targets radio, social insurance and port services, with demands for a 50 percent wage increase costing large sums in drachmas annually. ECA chief Lapham supported Venizelos and his decision not to pay civil servants during the walkout.
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Greece
Sophocles Venizelos
U. S
ECA
Roger D. Lapham
Venizelos
Red Radio Insists Yanks Must Go
Tokyo report quotes North Korean Central News Agency editorial aired after Kaesong cease-fire session. Pyongyang radio says withdrawal of foreign troops is a condition for peace and warns that UN forces using the lull for aggression will face an all-out Korean effort.
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Kaesong
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ICFTU Meet Splits Over Condemnation Of Reds
Delegates at the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Congress in Milan face sharp splits over who to condemn in resolutions and how strong wording should be. A committee draft condemns communist aggression in Korea and supports UN actions, but many call for naming dictatorial regimes in Argentina, Venezuela, and others, with calls for concrete actions like boycotting cargo to Communist ports and withholding support to regimes such as Tito in Yugoslavia and Franco Spain.
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Franco
Spain
Coogan Brother Faces Morals Trial in Los Angeles
Robert Coogan, 26, brother of Jackie Coogan, goes on trial in Municipal Court on multiple morals charges linked to a police raid on a Hollywood house of ill fame. The July 10 report places the case at the center of a local legal proceeding.
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Jackie
Coogan
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Brink's Guard Foils Holdup and Kills Two Bandits
In Chicago on July 9 an armored car defense ended with guard Julius Blanchart Jr 25 mortally wounding two gunmen Rocco Belcastro 36 and Frank Piazza 42 after masked assailants attacked a Brink's Inc truck at Bowman Dairy station. Piazza was killed. Belcastro died later. A third ho dlim fled and a fourth member drove off in a car.
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Red Infiltration of Voice Charged by Senate Panels
Washington July 10 Senate investigators pressed a look at the State Department office in New York amid charges that Red sympathizers infiltrated the Voice of America. Sen McCarran said witnesses testified yesterday at a closed hearing, with officials of the State Department unavailable for comment. Two unnamed senators called the testimony hearsay and said further checks were needed. The probes focus on the New York Voice of America office and on State Department funding for broadcasts.
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Voice of America
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D.-Nev
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Governor Puts Signature on 15 Legislative Measures
Sacramento dispatch details Gov. Warren signing 15 bills, altering war time policy, boxing age, rabies controls, court process, tax suits, and state employee pay rules during wartime. Provisions include changes to wildlife sales, parking enforcement, vehicle inspections, and transit regulations.
United Nations Secretary General Leaves on Vacation
New York July 10 United Nations Secretary General Tryave Lie departed by plane for Norway to resume a family vacation interrupted when Russia proposed a Korean cease fire two weeks ago. Lie told newsmen at the airport that his work at U N headquarters is not as necessary for the moment but he will stay in constant touch by telephone.
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United Nations
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Norway
Russia
Lie
U. N
Popular Song Composer Dies in Chicago
Chicago July 10 Egbert Anson van Alstyne famed as a composer of many hit songs died at his home yesterday at the age of 72 after years of illness. He wrote the music for scores of tunes with lyricists Haven Gillespie Harry Williams and Gus Kahn among his collaborators. He suffered a stroke last April at Miami Beach and was returned home by ambulance. He had produced about 500 songs since the turn of the century.
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Egbert Anson van Alstyne
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Fla
van Alstyne
Haven Gillespie
Harry Williams
Gus Kahn
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