Outpost Falls In Defenses Near Hanoi
Reports from INS and UP Dispatches say Chinese Communist supplies to Vietminh exceed previous highs as eight rebel divisions push toward Hanoi Haiphong. French bombers hit supply convoys near Langson and Cao Bang while new outpost falls near Hanoi and roads reopen north of the capital.
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INS
Hanoi-Haiphong
Dien Bien Phu
Langson
Indochina
Cao Bang
Hanoi
Soniay
Sept Pagodes
Phu Long Tuong
Bac Ninh
Red River Delta
Red
Hung Yen
Thousands homeless as Danube floods four nations
Central Europe faces the worst flood in centuries with at least 15 dead as the Danube rises threatening Vienna. Germany Austria Hungary and Czechoslovakia mobilize rescue teams including American and Russian troops to reach flooded villages. Linz reports 24 000 evacuated and 15 000 told to leave with 9 000 more seeking shelter. Disaster stretches across 400 miles from Regensburg to Budapest with widespread agricultural and urban damage.
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Associated Press
Tenna
Austria
Central Europe
Danube
Vienna
Germany
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Linz
Europe
Regensburg
Budapest
Woertn
Deggendorf
Passau
Inn
U.S
Urfahr
Planes fatigue theory ties Comet disasters to metal
Aviation scientists linked the three British Comet crashes to cabin metal fatigue from pressurization with the airliners at high altitude. The explanation mirrors Nevil Shute’s fiction about stressed metal failing under extreme power and thin air during rapid climbs.
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Wilbur G. Landrey Ondon
Nevil Shute
Norway
Canada
Farnborough
Two Airmen Burned in B Twenty Nines Crash Landing
SAN ANTONIO July 11 Randolph Air Force Base gunners were severely burned when their B 29 with 15 aboard crash landed on the base. Thirteen crewmen were unhurt. One injured man was named William Raison of Logansport. A fire followed an engine failure on takeoff at 4000 feet and another engine lost power.
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San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base
Willian Raison
Loganport
Witness Held in Florida Slaying
Walter Lee Yow, 44, an ex convict, claimed to have witnessed the rape murder of 11 year old Judith Ann Roberts in Miami last Tuesday. Georgia police doubted his vague account while Miami detectives said it was consistent enough to fetch him back for questioning. Judith Ann, daughter of James Roberts of Baltimore, was taken from her grandparents home, raped, beaten and killed.
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Miami
Fla
Walter Lee Yow
Little Judith Ann Roberts
Georgia
Yow
Charles Sapp
I. J. Whitman
Judith Ann
James Roberts
Baltimore
Churchill to address Commons on British American talks
Prime Minister Churchill drafts a statement for Monday in the House of Commons on British American relations. He reviews talks with President Eisenhower at Chartwell as tensions over Communist China rise in London and Washington and attract global attention. Unease grows in Conservative ranks and within the Cabinet over policy drift.
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Associated Press
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Eisenhower
Chartwell
China
Washington
Paris
Geneva
Saigon
Peiping
Moscow
Red China
Indochina
Storm Rips East Texas Campus As Heatwave Piles On
A late Sunday windstorm at Stephen F. Austin State College in Nacogdoches unroofed buildings, damaged the gym roofs, toppled trees, and knocked out power while the region sweltered in 100 plus degree heat. Two teens injured as a car was tipped. KSFA and KOSF faced outages.
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Associated Press
Ise
Texas
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
Lonnie Arthur Williams Jr
A.C. Nash Jr
KSFA
KOSF
State College
Dallas
Seymour
Galveston
Marfa
100 Degree Reading Expected For City Today
The Weather Bureau forecast about 100 degrees in the city after a morning low of 70. Sunday saw temperatures near the century mark with 98 degrees around 4 p.m. and remaining in the 90s before sunset. Red China copying Soviet farm plans is linked to food shortages and violence, says the U S Information Agency.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Red China
Russia
U. S. Information Agency
Lubbock
Ang Ree
U. S
Times Today
Mun
Utah Governor Calls for Federal Income Tax Repeal
Gov. J Bracken Lee at the governors conference urged repeal of the federal income tax, proposing a system where states collect taxes and share funds with the federal government. He argued the tax concentrates power and fosters spending, while warning of political trouble for Eisenhower amid deficit financing and policy criticism. The motion requires unanimous support, with some governors expressing cautious backing.
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John L. Cutter
Olton Landing
N. Y
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Governors’ Conference
Lee
Europe
Congress
Eisenhower
GOP
Ike
C. J. Rogers
Wyoming
James F. Byrnes
Gruenther Warns Congress of Soviet Military Gains
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Soviet air power has greatly improved and satellite armies are growing stronger. Adm. Arthur W. Radford urged quick French and Italian ratification of a six nation European defense force as the aid bill awaits final action.
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Warren Duffee Ashington
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Congress
Russia
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Gruenther
Radford
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
France
Italy
Dee
Juarez Crowd Jeers At New York Model Bullfighter
Bette Ford 23, a New York model turned bullfighter, killed two bulls in her Juarez ring debut drawing jeers from about 4,500 spectators. She apologized but vowed to continue, showing grit after being toppled three times by the first bull.
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United Press
Juarez
Mexico
New York
Bette Ford
McCarthy Under Legal Study Probed by Justice Dept
Justice Department studies whether Senator Joseph McCarthy violated the law by receiving a document with secret FBI material. Brownell denies a Jan 21 meeting in his office was to plot strategy against McCarthy.
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United Press
Washington
Herbert Brownell Jr
Justice Department
Joseph R. McCarthy
FBI
Brownell
Wisconsin Republican
Army
John G. Adams
McCarthy
Sherman Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Adams
Subcommittee
G. David Schine
Eisenhower
Hymn singing draws overflow crowd at old church service
An Avalanche staff writer details an old fashioned hymn sing at the First Christian Church led by Ira Schantz. Parishioners gathered well before sunset for simple faith songs once sung at brush arbor meetings. The piece contrasts hymns with anthems and highlights familiar hometown melodies.
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Yesteryear
First Christian Church
Ira Schantz
T. W. Bridges
Avalanche
Wildwood
Dale
Little Brown
Vale
Dulles Rejects French Plea on Indochina Peace Talks
United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles refused to participate in a Geneva based appeasement scheme for Indochina. Dulles spurned a direct appeal from French Premier Mendes France to return to Geneva and will not rejoin high level talks unless the Communist bloc shows goodwill. Mendes France and Vietminh’s Pham Van Dong pressed for a cease fire linked political settlement amid renewed negotiations.
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Kingsbury Smith
INS Gps
United States
Geneva
U. S
Dulles
Mendes-France
France
C. D. Dillon
Paris
Dillon
Walter Bedell Smith
Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Smith
Red
Indochina
Pham van Dong
Lee Dulles
Dominican diplomat killed in London embassy shooting
A Domini can diplomat died from wounds after a gunfight at the Dominican embassy in London during dinner. Don Luis Bernardino was the first secretary. Capt. Antonio de la Mazas Vasquez was wounded with a stomach injury and treated in hospital. Embassy officials called it a duel and offered few details.
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London
Don Luis Bernardino
Antonio de la Mazas
Vasquez
Don Luis Longrono Cohen
Caribbean
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
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