Eisenhower signs compromise housing bill at White House
President Eisenhower signs a compromise housing bill in the White House office with lawmakers and FHA officials invited to witness. The bill aims to ease home buying and modernize housing, with Senate action 59 to 21 and House passage 358 to 30. It includes 35,000 public housing units this year for displaced families and liberalizes FHA down payments and terms.
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Washigtnon
Eisenhower
Norman P. Mason
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Mason
Senate
House
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Banking Committee
Ronald J. Chinnock
National Assn. of Real Estate Boards
Sheppard Appears In Court On Legality Of His Arrest
Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard charged with battering his wife to death appears in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court for a habeas corpus hearing challenging the legality of his arrest. Judge Frank J. Merrick hears the case as defense counsel Corrigan argues the warrant issued by acting mayor Gershom Barber was illegal.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Lakeside
Corrigan
Joseph M. Sweeney
Bay Village
Gershom M. Barber
J. Spencer Houk
Barber
Justice of the Peace
Sheppard
Marilyn
David E. Kerr
Morocco Braces as Tunisian Autonomy Sparks Violence
Turmoil rises in Morocco after France offers Tunisia autonomy prompting anti French attacks. A Frenchman dies in Casablanca and a car bomb injures another. Rail line cut and fires ignite in Sale as protests erupt over rumored Moroccan Sultan’s return.
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Casablanca
Morocco
France
North Africa
Tunisia
Pierre Mendes-France
French National Assembly
Mendes-France
Sale
Fez
Airmen Served by Waitresses at Vance AFB Trial
Enlisted men at Vance Air Force Base in Enid Oklahoma try a 11 month catering service for kitchen police duties. Lt Joseph A Hays calls the test a tremendous success with eager airmen and enthusiastic catering staff. Reporters quote comments praising better food and faster service amid lighthearted remarks.
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Enid
Okla
Agi
Vance Air Force Base
Air Force
Joseph A. Hays
Police Seek Bespectacled Sex Maniac in Montreal Slaying
Montreal police hunt a bespectacled machinist named Lucien Picard 43 for questioning in the sadistic death of 6 year old Raymond Trudeau. The boy’s head and limbs were found near the waterfront and his torso in a suitcase at a rooming house gar bage heap. Picard was last occupant of the basement apartment.
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Montreal
Charlie Chaplin
Raymond Trudeau
Lucien Picard
Raymond
Atomic Bill Conference Under Way
Washington lawmakers begin closed door talks to reconcile Senate and House versions of Eisenhower’s atomic energy bill. Conference aims to open the field to private industry and allow limited allied nuclear information exchange. Senate debates and other high profile measures loom as work continues.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Flanders
RVI
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Flanders
Senate Gop
Knowland
California
Atty
American Airlines Grounded in Eight Hour Flight Strike
American Airlines grounded all planes as an eight hour day pilot strike entered its third day in Chicago. AFL ALPA says no immediate strikes planned against TWA or United, though pilots there voted to strike if officers decide. Union proposes crew reassignments on flights over eight hours to avoid extra costs.
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Chicago
American Airlines
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
AFL Air Line
TWA
United
American
C. N. Layven
ALPA
New York
Indochina Truce Team Initiates Supervisory Plans
In New Delhi the Indochina truce commission plans to start token supervision by Aug. 11 when the cease-fire becomes nationwide. Canada India and Poland agreed to send a 12 man advance party within a week to Indochina as the cease-fire spreads from North Viet Nam to Laos Cambodia and South Viet Nam. Prime Minister Nehru cautioned that full functioning by the final date may be uncertain.
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New Delhi
India
Indochina Truce Commission
Far East Battleground
Canada
Poland
Indochina
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Nehru
Horn Blowing Illegal In Paris
Paris enacts a new ordinance banning car horn use except to prevent accidents. Police issued warnings during a two week grace period and will fine violators 1200 francs ($3.40) thereafter as drivers adjust from horn to brake.
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Paris
Guatemala Seethes As Cadets Clash With Forces At Airport
Late this morning Guatemala faced a new revolt as GUATEMALA P CADETS and officers of the military academy challenged Col. Carlos Castillo Armas government. Rebels reportedly joined by Aurora base troops at the Guatemala airport amid reports of Communist mobilization. Maj. Enrique Oliva and Col. Jose Ortega directed liberation army units as air force planes opened incident against rebels. One cadet died in the night skirmish.
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Guatemala
Castillo Armas’ Army
Air Force
Castillo Armas
Enrique Oliva
Jose Ortega
Liberation Army
Oliva
McCarthy Censure Fight Intensifies as Senate Debates Move
Senate critics of Sen. McCarthy marshal allies to avert defeat in a bid to censure the Wisconsin Republican. Flanders proposes a brief, charge free resolution while Knowland blocks expansion and Dirksen signals opposition to amendments as debate resumes. Goldwater backs the stand for a straight vote.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Flanders
Knowland
California
Dirksen
R-Ii
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Poland charges U.S. fighters strafed two merchant ships
A Warsaw radio broadcast reported Poland accused U.S. fighters of strafing two Polish merchant vessels off Hainan Island on July 26. The ships Braterstwo and Pokor were named, amid tensions following U.S. pilots shooting down two Chinese planes south of Red-held Hainan during rescue efforts for survivors of a British airliner.
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London
Poland
Hainan
Indochina
Warsaw
U.S
Reynolds Employees On Strike At Eight Reynolds Plants
Reynolds Metals Co. workers at three major plants began a strike after failed contract talks with the CIO United Steelworkers. Officials expect 5,500 to 7,500 more to walk out, with about 2,500 already idle in Phoenix Troutdale and McCook.
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Richmond
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Phoenix
Ariz
Troutdale
Ore
McCook
Little Rock
Arkadelphia
Jones Mill
Hurricane Creek
Ark
LaGrange
Charles M. Smith
Smith
Aluminum Corp. of America
Alcoa
Food Prices Near Record Levels Despite Farm Price Drop
The House Agriculture Committee reports grocery costs stay near record highs despite farm price declines. It notes farm share of the consumer dollar fell while retail food prices stay near 1952 peak, with 56 cents of each dollar eaten in processing and transport. Department forecast expects fuller supply and some price relief in 1954.
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House
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Four top Denver communists charged under Smith Act
FBI agents arrest four leaders of Colorado Utah and New Mexico Communist groups near the Capitol in Denver. Bond set at 100 906 each. A fifth suspect Patricia Blau arrested in Los Angeles. Preliminary hearing scheduled August 16.
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Denver
U.S
Joseph D. Neff
Colorado Capitol
FBI
Los Angeles
Neff
Patricia Blau
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Donald E. Kelley
Communist Party
Arthur Bary
Colorado Communist Party
Colorado
Montana
Utah
New Mexico
Anna Correa Bary
Harold Zepelin
Lewis Martin Johnson
Comemissioner
Bary
Associated Press
Charlies Brown
Capitol
Fort Smith
Canada
Stockton
Calif
Robert Thompson
Sidney Steinberg
Twain Harte
Federl
Utica
N.Y
Red Leader Urges Taking Of Formosa
Gen Chu Teh, commander in chief of the Red Chinese army, called for the capture of Formosa in a fiery speech on the 27th anniversary of the Communist army. He attacked Chiang Kai-shek and the United States and asserted Formosa as Chinese territory awaiting liberation.
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Tokyo
Chu Teh
Red Chinese Army
Formosa
China
Chu
Taiwan i
Taiwan
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