Big Three Await Ike Word On Summit Parley
Foreign ministers from the Big Three pressed for a top level meeting with Soviet premier Bulganin in Switzerland next July. Dulles planned to seek Eisenhower’s answer within 48 hours while Bonn and Paris sought assurances on sincerity before a grand power conference.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Switzerland
Dulles
Washington
Murray Snyder
Penasia
al Biz
North Atlantic Council
West Germany
NATO
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Konrad Adenauer
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Pao Dai
Viet Nam
Rao Dai
French Riviera
Bao Dai
Diem
Hisenhower
Moscow
China
Germany
Adenauer
Farm Leader Backs $1.25 Wage Floor
National Farmers Union President James G. Patton urged farm groups to back a $1.25 minimum wage in exchange for labor support on high farm price guarantees. He criticized Eisenhower's 90 cent proposal as unrealistic, cited a $1.23 wage could boost food spending by about 605 million dollars annually, and noted cooperation with labor benefits workers and farm families.
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Washington
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Patton
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
New York
Rescue in Niagara Gorge Ends With Heroic Saves
In Niagara Falls early today a 14 year old boy and a Police Corporal were rescued from the Niagara River gorge. Corporal Carmen Conte was lowered by rope but the line broke while reaching the boy. Conte later grabbed a tree to stabilize and was injured. The boy and two uncles had slipped from a trail Sunday night and police, aided by searchlights, located the boy.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Dennis Mariel
Niagara Frontier State Park
Carmen Conte
Conte
Folica
House OKs Postal Raise Defies Veto
Washington CP report notes the House approved a postal wage raise of about 8.8 percent for postal workers in a compromise bill, 325 to 46, defying a possible presidential veto. The measure, seen as a mid point between 8.2 and 10 percent earlier, now heads to the Senate for expected approval. Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield warned of a veto in a letter to House GOP Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Arthur E. Summerfield
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Father and son found safe after mountain ordeal
In Montrose California an Alhambra man Eldred G. Landon 51 and his son Dale 15 were found in good condition after being lost in the West Fork Red Box Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains. A sheriff's posse reported they were walking out with rescuers. They had spent the night somewhere unspecified after fishing when Dale searched for his father.
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Montrose
Alhambra
West Fork
Red Box Canyon
San Gabriel Sountains
Eldred G. Landon
Pepper St
Dale
Roy Dunlap
Craig Ave
Pasadena
Sanden
West Fork Ranger Station
Dunlap
Boy Swimmer Wins Bet But Loses Life
William Spearmatt, 18, won a 25 cent bet then drowned in a cattle watering hole after three companions bet him he would not jump in. Coroner J. T. Stantenburg said three youths fled when Spearman disappeared, leaving the lake danger unresolved.
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Bamsbeig
William Spearmatt
Hese
J. T. Stantenburg
Spearman
Foreign Aid Lets U.S. Cut Army, Radford Says
Adm. Arthur W. Radford told Congress that foreign military aid enables the United States to reduce active duty troops. He called military aid integral to the defense program and credited allies for reducing U.S. defense needs. Senator George A. Smathers chaired the committee during hearings on the FY starting July 1. The aid plan includes about $1.7 billion for direct military equipment or support of allied forces. Senator Bender praised John B. Hollister to lead non military aid efforts.
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Washington
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Congress
United States
Ufense Department
Joint Chiefs Off Staff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
George
Fishhower
Airec T
Bender
Ohio
Eisenhower
John B. Hollister
Taft
Robio
Hollister
Pilot Sticks With Plane During Bailout Tragedy
An Ohio Air National Guard pilot stayed with a C47 to allow 14 others to bail out when engine failure forced a crash in Belmont County Sunday night. One sergeant, Thad W. Starcher, 46, New Philadelphia, died. Maj. Charles C. Cook, 30, of Dayton, stayed aboard to keep the plane aloft for as long as possible, while five others were treated at Barnesville General Hospital for minor or no injuries.
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ST. Clatksville
Ohio
Ohio Air National Guard
Belmont County Hills
Tie
Thad W. Starcher
New Philadelphia
Coi
Shafer
Conant Confirmed as Envoy to Germany
The Senate confirmed President Eisenhower's nominee James B. Conant as ambassador to West Germany. Conant previously served as U.S. high commissioner at Bonn and will lead diplomatic relations with the postwar state.
Final Blast in A-Test Postponed
Las Vegas reports the final shot of the 1955 atomic test series postponed to at least next Wednesday due to unfavorable weather and fallout risk over inhabited areas. The Atomic Energy Commission noted wind and radiation concerns, with the device planned for detonation from a 500 foot tower, the Léth of the series.
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Las
Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Defense
H Bomb Use Threatened by Czech Red Officials
Vienna report says Czech defense minister Alexei Cepicka warned that Soviet eastern satellites could employ hydrogen bombs against the West if war breaks out. The sabre rattling address came at Prague’s largest military display since WWI, broadcast by Radio Prague. Cepicka asserted the army is ready to enter any war with all modern weapons and warned there would be no hope for the West to win. The event marked the Soviet allied celebration on Letna Hill with a parade for the 10th anniversary of Czech liberation.
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Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Alexei Cepicka
Radio
Prague
Copicka
Promige Lazar H. Kaganovich
Antonin Zapotocky
Promity
Viligm Siroky
iLetna
Statehood Bill Up for House Vote
The House considers whether to debate a combined Alaska and Hawaii statehood bill after earlier votes on limiting debate and banning amendments. Supporters predict a narrow majority favoring the package, while opponents aim to block consideration. Final passage could come after seven hours of debate with a Tuesday vote planned.
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Washington
UPI
House
Alaska
Hawaii
Statehood
Democratic
Batile
Rules Committee
White House
Eisenhower
Great Ranch
King Ranch Leader Dick Kleberg Sr dies at 68
ranch empire head Richard M. Kleberg Sr. a longtime congressman and King Ranch chairman, died of a heart attack in Hot Springs Ark. He built the 1.25 million acre cattle and horse empire with brother Robert, mentored by his grandfather founder Richard King, and was known as Mr Dick. Survivors include his widow, a brother, two sisters, and his son Richard Jr.
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Kingsville
Tex
Richard M. Kieberg Sr
Hot Springs
Ark
Kleberg
King Ranch
Richard King
Atr. Dick
John E. Lyle
Lyle Rn
Kieberg
Congress
Robert
Big Ranch
King Bench Stables
Richard
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
FDR
Richard Jr
Island Vacant No Monkey for Zoo at Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City youngsters see the empty zoo island at Ho gle Zoological Gardens and learn the rhesus monkeys are used for the Salk polio vaccine. The island is left bare to keep some animals from polio, while the zoo rents monkeys for summer and lacks winter quarters.
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Salt Lake City
Hogle Zoological Gardens
India
Chiang Kai-shek pledges no retreat from offshore islands
Taipei Formosa Premier T. V. Chiang Kai-shek said his government would fight to hold Quemoy and Matsu, linking their defense to Formosa and the Pescadores. He opposed cease fire, warned ships at Communist ports risk, and noted mining as a defensive measure while boosting air force amid possible Communist air attacks. He cited U.S. stance under President Eisenhower.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
O. K. Yui
Associated Press
Yui
United States
Eisenhower
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