Britain Ready to Use Force Over Suez Canal
A British official says Britain is prepared to reoccupy the Suez Canal Zone to keep the canal open, and seeks US political support if military action occurs. France and some Commonwealth nations back the stance. no official confirmation from Foreign Office or US Embassy. Dulles met Eden Lloyd and Pineau amid tense talks after Egypt nationalized the canal. the United States resists endorsing moves risking a shooting war.
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London
Britain
Suez Canal
Eden
United States
Egypt
France
U.S
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Washington
Eisenports
Sentema
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egerel of
Seemue
Mins International
Steel Leaders Say Talks Going OK On Strike Settlement
Pittsburgh officials report no alarm at progress toward a final settlement of the month old steel strike. Negotiations with 29 steel companies continue in New York as the Federal Mediation Service cites needed time to write contract language. The idle mills have affected over 100,000 workers and 650,000 in related industries as talks push toward a late week agreement.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
New York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Washington
Typhoon Wanda Hits Okinawa and Ryukyus
Typhoon Wanda lashed Okinawa with its second blow in two days. Winds reached 150 mph as the center moved northwest toward the Fast China Sea. The storm damaged temporary buildings and cut power lines on Okinawa while many aircraft departed for bases in the Philippines. The Ryukyus bore the brunt as the storm approached Communist China, delaying Adm. Radford’s Seoul trip.
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Naha
Okinawa
Wanda
Formosa
China Sea
U.S. Air Force
Philippines
Ryukyus
China
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Seoul
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
China Releases Japs Repatriation Vessel Arrives
MAIZURU Japan The repatriation ship Koan Maru arrived today with 611 Japanese aboard from Red China including 329 war criminals and other civilians sent home under a postwar exchange program.
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Maizuru
Japan
Red China
Nine Congressmen Probe Stockholm After Doria Collision
NEW YORK Nine congressmen launch the first official U S probe of the Andrea Doria disaster by inspecting the damaged Swedish liner Stockholm at a Brooklyn drydock. The House ordered the investigation after last week’s fatal collision between Stockholm and the Italian liner Doria, which sank with 1706 aboard. most were saved. The Stockholm arrived with bow crushed and 28 of 31 unaccounted for listed by Italian Line as cabins near the Doria’s starboard side impact.
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New York
U.S
Stockholm
Brooklyn
House
Doria
Allocation of Vaccine Ended
Washington reports the federal allocation of polio vaccine to states and territories has ended. Secretary of Welfare Folsom said the change redirects supply to areas with the greatest demand, following recommendations from Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, the outgoing Public Health Service surgeon general.
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Washington
Secretary of Welfare
Folsom
Leonard A. Scheele
Orphan Comes Home After Army Buddy Fulfills Promise
MCKEESPORT PA A Korean orphan Cheung Mickey Key Wan arrives in the United States meeting LaVerne Lefford his former Army buddy who promised to bring him home over three years ago. Mickey lives with the Leffords while deciding his future with no adoption planned.
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Mckeesport
Cheung
Mickey) Key Wan
Mickey
Greater
Pittsburgh
LaVerne R. Leffard
Leffard
To. Leffard
424Th Field Artillery
Seoul
Keesport
Harriman Boosts Stevenson as Kefauver Quits Race
Senator Estes Kefauver withdraws from the Democratic presidential race leaving Adlai Stevenson and Averell Harriman. Harriman claims backing to gain Kefauver pledged delegates while Stevenson officials foresee a strong chance of nomination on the first ballot. Finnegan says Kefauver’s exit improves Stevenson’s prospects and other supporters call a near certainty for victory.
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Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Washington
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
Kefauver
James A. Finnegan
Illinois
Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Estes Kefavuver
Lausche
Ray White
William R. Thomaf Canton
Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
Chicago
Chandler
President Eisenhower backs Nixon as running mate
President Eisenhower said Nixon is perfectly acceptable for the ticket while not ruling out other candidates. He refused to name a preferred running mate and noted he has not been renominated. He praised Nixon’s contributions and discussed broad issues including the Suez Canal, international control and congressional work.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Harold E. Stassen
Herter
Stassen
Sithe
Suez Canal
U.S
Congress
Kefauver Withdraws to Back Stevenson at Convention
Kefauver withdrew from the race in a surprise move, urging support for Stevenson to unite Democrats for victory at the Chicago convention. Stevenson welcomed the move, saying Democrats must close ranks for the campaign, while Harriman noted Kefauver’s withdrawal frees delegates.
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Kefauver
Stevenson
Chicago
Harriman
New York
Tool Weather Update Forecast for August
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with scattered thunder showers and warmer spells with highs around 86. Tonight and Thursday expect partly cloudy and cooler weather with a low near 63 and a high near 80. Overnight rainfall totaled 0.16 inches from roving thunder clouds.
Kefauver and Stevenson Face Unsettled Vice Presidential Talks
Kefauver denied any negotiations with Stevenson for the vice presidency and kept a door open to acceptance if he wins the top slot. Stevenson cited many qualified men, Harriman pushed for a fighting leader, and Holloran floated ending the race if it is effectively over.
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Kefauver
Stevenson
Harriman
Mark R. Holloran
St. Louis
Sen
Stuarton
Missouri
McPate Says McKeon Deserved Transfer For Stupidity
Bulletin from Parris Island reports Marine Commandant Gen Randolph McPate stating the only action he would take against S Sergeant Matthew C. McKeon is to bust him one stripe and transfer him for stupidity.
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Parris Island
S. C
Randolph McPate
Matthew C. McKeon
Convicts Endure Bread and Water After Mass Self-Mutilation
In Buford Georgia forty one disabled convicts from Rock Quarry Prison, including 27 white and 14 Black inmates, broke their legs with sledge hammers to protest workloads. Authorities call the act a frameup while planning 12 month hard labor and loss of privileges, including mail and visitors, with bread and water rations.
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Buford
Georgia
Little Alcatraz
Rock Quarry
Tve
Jack
Rester
Board of Corrections
Hard Rock
Lausche Defends Ohio Interstate Cost Formula
Governor Lausche defends state highway plan requiring 10 major cities to pay 10 percent of interstate costs, claiming it brings justice to all areas. He says 90 percent funded by federal, 10 percent by locals, with Akron, Canton and Youngstown cited. The plan targets modernization of 1300 miles and portions outside interstates, while 37 counties would see interstate funds, and others minimal or none.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
State Highway Department
Frank X. Kryzan
Youngstown
Lauscher
Kryzan
Akron
Canton
Highway Department
Lausche
Nates
Eisenhower Signs Foreign Aid Bill For 54 Nations
President Eisenhower signed a foreign aid measure totaling 3.766 billion to 54 nations for the coming year to bolster armed forces and economies in the cold war. The bill trims the President’s requested amount by 1.093 billion, a concession he says hazards security and the free world partnership. It also limits further arms aid to Communist Yugoslavia, a restriction opposed by Republican leaders Knowland of California and Bridges of New Hampshire.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Yugoslavia
Knowland
Calif
Bridges
Birthday Party May Be Held in Heaven
Four year old Chris Barnes died in Albuquerque after rapid onset cancer of the blood. His mother Doris Barnes, a schoolteacher with three other children, recalled his bright smile and said she felt he belonged to God. He had been expected to have a birthday party that Friday, but doctors warned his illness progressed quickly as nurses noted his cheerful nature.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Chris Barnes
Chris
Doris Barnes
Chinese Burmese Border Clash Escalates Near Lashio
Chinese and Burmese troops face off along a 200 yard border strip about 100 miles east of Lashio after Chinese units crossed into northern Burma and clashed with Burmese forces. Burma seeks China withdraw and Saeto attention urged. 500 plus Chinese troops estimated with ongoing negotiations to end the incursion.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Peiping
Foreign Office
Lashio
Ba Swe
Mainila
Philippine
Carlos P. Garcia
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Fugitive Gunman Nabbed After Alley Sighting
Chicago police captured Lawrence Neumann, 28, accused of a June 8 shotgun slaying at Epstein’s North Side tavern. A nearby resident, Mrs. Pat Ward, 40, spotted him on her back porch after hearing screams, ending a two hour manhunt with two hundred officers surrounding a three mile square area.
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Chicago
Lawrence Neumann
Near West Side
Neumann
Pat Ward
Ward
Max ‘Epstein
North Side
Lois Gates
John Keller
Gates
Epstein
Keller
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