Funds OK'd For Missiles
Washington AP reports a 39.23 billion defense appropriation compromise funds at least 170 Atlas missiles with nine squadrons planned and boosts to Army manpower and National Guard while trimming Navy Air Force and Marine appropriations. The measure, still pending Senate and House approval, also advances other missiles and a nuclear powered carrier program.
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Dems Cite Taft Speech to Back Housing Fight
Sen. Thruston B. Morton says Taft would support the Eisenhower admin's housing stance. Democrats circulated Taft's May 1953 speech endorsing broad housing programs to press for an override of the president's veto. The Senate Housing subcommittee finished a week of hearings and plans a vote next Tuesday on overriding or drafting new legislation.
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Scale Wall Escape From Rhode Island Prison
Two inmates and a violent mental patient scaled a prison wall and forced a guard to drive them to Providence where they fled in a waiting car. Gennaro D Amico Edward J Andrews and Robert Hashberger were identified as the escapees. they captured guard Roger Remillard with a screwdriver.
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Liberace Sues Over Slander in London
Liberace files slander and libel suit in London against comedian Jimmy Thompson scriptwriter Myers and the theatrical firm Linnet and Lee over a skit in the revue For Amusement Only. Al Hunt Liberace’s London manager announced the writ against the defendants.
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Army platoon sent to destroy 7000 beer cans on St Lawrence Island
The Army will airlift a platoon to St Lawrence Island to certify complete destruction of 7000 cases of beer dumped decades ago. Local villages had salvaged and partially consumed some cans, prompting the Gam Village Council to seek action from Senator Bartlett and General Armstrong.
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Georgia teen survives Grand Canyon ordeal after six days
John Manson Owens a 15 year old Savannah Georgia boy describes a six day fight for life in the Grand Canyon after companions Father Eugene A Gavigan and Walter Mahany Jr perished. He recounts thirst hunger cliff escape raft notes and prayers that carried him to a sandbar where he was rescued.
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Boy Safe After 30 Hours Lost in Idaho Forest
Eight year old Danny Oswald wandered from a berry picking outing in Targhee National Forest about 22 miles north of Idaho Falls. He survived 30 hours with water from springs and berries to eat. He was found Friday night by two men and unharmed beyond dirt and wet clothes.
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Ike In Gettysburg helicopter dodges storms
President Eisenhower plans more golf today with George E. Allen a Washington businessman friend. The president's helicopter had to dodge two thunder storms Friday in the Catoctin Mountains of western Maryland while he was flying to his farm home near Gettysburg.
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Chuckle Gossip Travels Fast Through Sour Grapevines
A lighthearted note on how gossip spreads quickly through social circles, with playful mention of grapevines and rumors traveling wider than expected.
Soviets Lift News Blackout On Nixon TV Speech
Moscow agreed to end a news blackout and broadcast announcements to urge Russians to watch Vice President Nixon's uncensored speech. Nixon aims to explain Western policy, Berlin, and seek direct Soviet-American contact, while in English with Russian translation. He will address ten Moscow stations and a nationwide radio chain, with estimates of up to ten million viewers. Nixon travels to Warsaw for a three day visit to Poland with Gomulka.
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House Debates Labor Bill With Mixed Support
The House Labor Committee sent a new labor bill to the House. It loosens some Senate penalties, restricts the Secretaries enforcement power, and expands the National Labor Relations Board from five to seven members. Only five of thirty members praised the measure amid calls for possible rewrites.
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Crash kills Army private in Kentucky. companion injured
PFC John M Cochran 21 of Cincinnati died when his car struck a pole ran through a fence and hit a barn in Bowling Green Kentucky. A companion suffered serious injuries according to state police.
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Nixon's Moscow TV address watched by millions
About 10 million Russians watch television daily. Nixon's expected audience depends on TV stations broadcasting his Moscow address. The USSR lacks a nationwide network like the United States, though experimental cables began a year earlier. Early 1958 records show two million TV sets in the USSR, with over 100,000 in Moscow. Nixon speaks from a Moscow studio.
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Khrushchev eyes U S jet trip when time is ripe
In Moscow Khrushchev inspected two jet airliners including the Boeing 707 that brought Nixon to Moscow. He said he would like to fly to the United States in this or another jet when the time is ripe, joking about a nonstops to New York.
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Nixon to radio broadcast of Nixon speech to Soviet people
New York AP reports American radio networks plan to air Vice President Richard Nixon's Moscow speech today. Networks list varied times for live or taped transmission with NBC CBS ABC and Mutual seeking permission for options. Khrushchev debate translation dispute noted earlier this week.
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Europe Is Worth War to The United States Says Kennedy
Milwaukee AP report quotes Sen John Kennedy stating our position in Europe is worth a nuclear war. He warns that losing Berlin would lead to loss of Germany and Europe, risking a broader conflict as the Soviet Union pursues to drive the U.S. from West Germany. Kennedy spoke at the National Association of District Attorneys convention.
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Khrushchev Visit Possibility Weighs on U S Diplomacy
In Geneva, Western diplomats report talks on inviting Soviet Premier Khrushchev to the United States. A Western summit before any Eisenhower Khrushchev meeting is contemplated as Berlin talks stall. U S officials remain silent while Gromyko and Herter discuss a possible end date for the Big Four conference.
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Phone Rate Slash Set to Cut Interstate Calls
AT&T announces a mid month rate cut saving long distance callers 5 to 25 cents on a three minute call. The reductions apply to interstate station to station calls over 468 miles with daytime Washington to San Francisco dropping from 2.50 to 3.25 for three minutes and 60 cents per extra minute. FCC had ordered a separate 30 million dollar cut last week and AT&T says a further three million dollar annual reduction will follow once details are settled.
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Rare Botulism Poisoning Strikes Beets Victims
A jar of home canned beets caused a botulism outbreak killing 15 year old Wanda Nelson and a 74 year old man Aaron Gruwell. Four others survive in serious or critical condition as Lederle Laboratories rushes antitoxin to Idaho Falls. The Nelson family had eaten the beets on Tuesday and were hospitalized in iron lungs. A second shipment of 400000 units was dispatched from New York to aid treatment.
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