Senate votes to take up defense bill amid civil rights clash
The Senate approved a defense appropriations measure 89 to 0, delaying civil rights debate. A revised jury trial amendment would let any official serve as federal jurors, but opponents remain confident of defeat while supporters push for a vote this week as negotiations continue. A Coast Guard helicopter rescued a diabetic climber near Lake Chelan after a 150 mile flight from Port Angeles.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Lynnden B. Johnson
Texas
Russell
Pastore
D-Ri
Kennedy
D'Mass
Senatchee, Wash
Coast Guard
New York
Richard Noyes
Columbia University
Seattle
Cmdr
D. W. Defreest
Port Angeles
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Lake Chelan
Gluck Selection Studied by Senate Panel on Ambassadorship
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a closed session to examine Maxwell H Gluck's selection as ambassador to Ceylon. Christian Herter testified on the State Department's choice of the 57 year old businessman and horse breeder and discussed appointment policies. Gluck, who contributed to Republican campaigns, had been confirmed July 3.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Maxwell H Gluck
Ceylon
Christian Herter
State Department
Gluck
Republican Campaign Fund
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
India
Russia
Hungary
Pineau Heads For London Amid Nuclear Cutback Talks
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau flew to London for disarmament talks with Secretary of State Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Lloyd amid reports of Allied division on nuclear cutbacks. Britain opposes immediate halting of H bomb testing while France aims to join the inner circle by building its own weapons. Dulles met Western officials and UN delegates, as five nations held a working luncheon.
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London
Christian Pineau
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
France
Valerian Zorin
U.N
Weather shifts with heat remains through Friday
The report notes a cooler morning and hotter afternoon with highs near 95 and a low around 69. Rain was scarce in the just-ended month at 1.28 inches, while Middletown residents used 50 million more gallons of water in July than the previous year according to water works superintendent C T Morningstar.
State Patrolman And Trucker Win Race With Death
Uniontown Pa A truck driver Switzer of Fairmont Neb and state trooper Ren Silbaugh dodged disaster when a brakeless tractor-trailer carrying 40000 pounds of sugar plunged down Summit Mountain Route 40 at 85 mph The trooper maneuvered to warn onlookers and clear Hopwood as Switzer rode the truck to a safe stop with aid from a mud path along the roadside.
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Ray Lilbaugh
Glenn Switzer
Fairmont
Neb
Uniontown
Switzer
Ren Silbaugh
Baltimore
Chicago
Summit Mountain Hill
Route 40
Silbaugh
Lilbaugh
Hopwood
Churchill Calls for Charter Reform to Limit Small Nations
Sir Winston Churchill urged revising the U.N. Charter to curb small nations' influence in the world body. Speaking at the American Bar Association banquet, he argued the current system is imperfect and must be improved while stressing justice and vigilance in exercising emergency powers.
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London
Winston Churchill
U.N
World Organization
Britain
American Bar Assn
Churchill
General Assembly
Assembly
United Nations
Hungary
Robert Menzies
Australia
U.S. Supreme Court
Sir Winston
Supreme Court
America
Bar Association
Committee On
Congress
Guatemalan Acting President Forms New Cabinet
Acting President Arturo Gonzalez announced a new Guatemalan Cabinet after the old one resigned to allow appointments. Eduardo Rodriguez said the change follows the assassination of President Carlos Castillo Armas. Unofficial reports suggest the widow of Castillo Armas may be considered for a Cabinet post.
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Guatemala
Arturo Gonzalez
Eduardo Rodriguez
Carlos Castillo Armas
Gonzalez
Castillo Armas
Hospitals Admit 22 Million Inpatients In Year
The American Hospital Association reports about 22 million people were admitted as patients last year, roughly one eighth of the U.S. population, up 41 percent from 1946 and nearly 5 percent from 1955. Births in 6,966 hospitals reached 3,491,141, a 64 percent rise since 1946 and 1 percent above 1955.
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Chicago
American Hospital Assn
Association
Boy Killed by Horse in San Rafael Incident
Eight year old Brian C. Shanley, son of former Baroness Walvraine Van Heeckeren, was thrown and dragged to death by a spirited Arabian horse in San Rafael. A golfer nearby heard screams as the horse mounted the child. an onlooker tackled the animal to halt it. The boy died at the scene. his mother is identified as Mrs Edmond Michael Shanely.
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San Rafael
Calif
Walvraine van Heeckeren
Netherlands
Brian C. Shanley
Edmond Michael Shanely
Test Again Delayed At Atomic Test Site Nevada
Unfavorable winds force a 24 hour postponement of the 11th shot in the U S summer atomic test series at the Nevada site. The next test is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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Nev
United States
Girard Visits Firing Range Before Manslaughter Trial
GI William S. Girard returned to the firing range with his Japanese attorney Itsuro Hayashi and Maj. Stanley Levin to show where he and others stood during the shooting. He faces trial on August 26 in Japan for the death of Mrs. Naka Sakai, claiming the fatal shot from a grenade launcher was an accident. Two witnesses dispute his account, alleging he lured scavengers onto the range and fired.
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Somaghara
Japan
William S. Girard
Itsuro Hayashi
Army
Maj
Stanley Levin
Ottawa
Ill
Girard
Naka Sakai
Tem
Catholics Attack in Hungary Sparks Clergy Arrests
Budapest reports say Hungary’s Interior Ministry announced a major group of counterrevolutionary priests arrested amid anti Russian unrest. Cardinal Mindszenty and his secretary Turcsanyi are alleged to have looted the government religious office and shipped secret documents. other priests named include Varga Kukla and Tabodi. Trial set in Budapest Municipal Court.
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Budapest
Hungary
Interior Ministry
Josef Cardinal Mindzenty
Legation
Albert Egon Turcsanyi
Mindszenty
Father Turcsanyi Wis
Istvan Tabodi
Pal Lieszkovsky
Nicholas Horthy
Imbre Varga
Antal Kukla
Tthey
Curfew Set At Hamamatsu Air Base
The U S Air Force orders a precautionary weeknight 7 p m curfew at Hamamatsu base after several incidents involving Japanese townspeople and American airmen. No details released. Japanese accounts reported an instance of threats by Americans to Japanese civilians with knives.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Hamamatsu Air Base
Air Force
Goodyear Hikes Tire Prices Across Product Line
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co raises prices three percent on tires and 3 to 6 percent on other products in Akron. A company spokesman cited higher wages materials freight and operating costs. The hike follows a recent contract with the United Rubber Workers granting 15 cent hourly raises to 23 000 workers. Automobile tires now range up to three dollars higher than Wednesday, depending on size and quality.
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Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
United Rubber
Today’s Chuckle Dollar Prices Still Span Nickels to Pennies
A light note recalls how a dollar buys more now with nickels dimes and pennies still common in everyday purchases. The quip hints at changing prices while keeping a familiar old era charm.
Dubinsky Linked to Dio Organizing Efforts in 1950 ILGWU
Senate investigators heard Lester Washburn testify that Dave Dubinsky headed a union that used racketeer Johnny Dio as an organizer for an ILGWU plant in Roanoke Virginia around 1950. Dubinsky, AFL CIO official, declined to debate and offered to testify later.
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Washington
Senate
Dave Dubinsky
Aflcio Ethical Practices Committee
Johnny Dio
Lester Washburn
AFL
United Auto Workers
Washburn
Dubinsky
Ternational Ladies Garment Workers Union
ILGWU
Dion
Roanoke
Afl-Cio
Dio
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Committee
Uaw-Afl
New York
Pair Is Held Prisoner By Two Robbers
Mrs. Alda Lorene Wright and James Thomas Aubrey were abducted during a Tuesday robbery at Wrights country store in Jasper Oregon. After 24 hours with two gunmen they were released apparently unharmed near Tillamook with minor bruising to Wright and no serious injuries reported.
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Tillamook, Ore
Alda Lorene Wright
James Thomas Aubrey
Aubrey
Mrs. Wright
Jasper
Eugene
Roseburg
Ore
Tillamook
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Wayne Gurdayne
Jap Wife Blames Self For Husband's Wrong
Chang Po fang was freed from prison after serving half of a 15 year term for killing his mistress. His wife waited outside with their 7 year old son and said the blame for the crime was hers, declaring if she had been perfect he would not have committed the crime.
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Taipei
Chang Po-fang
Chang
Charges Against Municipal Judge Studied For Misconduct
A three man panel near Youngstown Ohio heard misconduct charges against Municipal Judge Frank R Frank brought by the Mahoning County Bar Association. The panel may reprimand or refer to the 17 member state commission for action with options including dismissal or suspension. A decision is expected within 60 days. The court may reconvene in October to impose penalties or clear the judge.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Frank R. Frank
Mahoning County Bar Assn
State Commission
Ohio Supreme Court
Franko
Boy Dies After 50 Foot Fall At Grain Elevator
In Xenia Ohio a 10 year old boy Charles Marlatt Jr of Rt 1 Spring Valley fell fifty feet to his death while playing at the Osborn Cooperative Grain Elevator near Fairborn during an auction visit with his grandfather. He fell between two silos and died Wednesday.
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Xenia
Ohio
Fairborn
Charles Marlatt Jr
Rt. 1
Spring Valley
Osborn Cooperative
Rebel revolt tightens as fort damaged in Bahrain
British jet fighters reported damage to Fort Backhla in Manama Bahrain during a rocket attack on rebel held strongpoints. The fort sits in a region at the center of a revolt led by Imam Ghaleb Ben Ali seeking an independent Oman sultanate.
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Manama
Bahrein
Ft. Backhla
Backhla
Imam Ghaleb Ben Ali
Oman
Windsor plot target: Duke’s crown for price per Nazi papers
Top secret German documents captured by Allies reveal a 1940 plan to restore the Duke of Windsor to the British throne at a price. The papers, released by the U S State Department and British Foreign Office, detail a $250000 payment by an American oilman to Democratic groups to block Roosevelt’s renomination and outline the proposed scheme via Spain and Portugal intermediaries.
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Duke of Windsor
U.S. State Department
British
Foreign Office
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Windsor
Democratic National Committee
Lit
Roosevelt
France
Britain
United States
Adolph Hitler
America
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop Ney
Ribbentrop
Spain
George
Churchill
Edward
Wally
Bahamas
Lisbon
Ricardo Do Espirito Santo Silva
Ramon Serrano Suner
Francisco Franco
George Holds Own Report
Vienna Ga Walter F George 79 year old former senator and Eisenhower NATO envoy fought heart disease with a fairly steady day his doctor said he slept well ate eggs and breathed fairly well while remaining in grave condition expected to stay stationary for a day or two
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Vienna
Walter F. George
Eisenhower
NATO
Martin L. Malloy
Malloy
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