May End Trial Of McKeon At Parris Island South Carolina
Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon faces a possible last May of trial as court martial panel prepares to hear defense. Gen. Randolph Pate testifies that McKeon did not deserve punishment while Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Puller criticizes the training methods. The case shifts focus from the sergeant to Marine Corps discipline and training philosophy.
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Parris Island
S. C
Matthew C. McKeon
Onsing
Marine Corps
Randolph McC. Pate
Lewis B
Chesty) Puller
McKeon
Puller
Rae Hae
Ee Ft Marine
Pate
Saluda
McKee
Teens Quest for Rocket Fame Sparks Safety Alarm
In Charlotte 17 year old Jimmy Blackmon built a six foot liquid oxygen powered rocket in his basement after reading widely. Civil and military brass fear an unguided missile could threaten airspace. Army ordnance says they will seek a safe firing location, possibly at a base, while Jimmy notes he did not consider a downrange impact.
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Charlotte
N.C
Jimmy Blackmon
Jimmy
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Mecklenburg County
Army Ordnance and Operations
Burt Blackmon
Broken Legs Brutality Probe at Rock Quarry Prison
Georgia investigators interview 41 convicts about inmates breaking legs with hammers at Rock Quarry Prison near Buford. Seven suffered deep gashes or bruises, 14 had broken bones as a mass mutilation alleged to disrupt discipline and lax regulations.
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Reidsville
Ga. S
Georgia
Rock Quarry
Buford
Willie McSwain
Junior Powell
Odell Evans
Jesse Lee Stark
Inmate Reporter Recalls Governor Freeman Interview
Stillwater inmate reporter for the Mirror describes Gov. Orville Freeman during his state penitentiary tour. He recounts briefly jostling Freeman’s elbow as they left the interview room and notes the exchange could not be written down.
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Stillwater
Minn
the Mirror
Harriman Attacks Moderation In Democratic Split
Gov. Averell Harriman denounces moderation as defeat for Democrats and criticizes Adlai Stevenson for drifting from progressive policy. He targets Eisenhower’s 1952 path and argues for a bold Democratic push. Stassen persists in Hie quest to draft Herter as Eisenhower’s running mate amid ambivalence about naming. Mrs. Roosevelt backs Stevenson’s principles as Hyde Park dinner guests weigh party direction.
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Adlai Stevenson
New York
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Harold F. Stassen
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Times
Stevenson
Roosevelt
D. Roosevelt
New York Times
Illinois
Roose
Hyde Park
Death of Constance Geer ruled drug intoxication
Lancaster Ohio authorities continue inquiry into the June 28 death of 31 year old Mrs Constance Geer wife of Fairfield County coroner Dr Joseph A Geer The coroner deputy filed the ruling and autopsy reports with the court noting pentobarbital and codeine intoxication while investigators review autopsy toxicology statements and discuss the case in prosecutor office sessions with no public comment issued.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Constance Geer
Fairfield County
Joseph A. Geer
W. D. Monger
Dr. Monger
Geer
Sebastopol Apples Face Army Color Rule Change
Sebastopol apple growers fear a new Army regulation requiring red on 10 percent of fruit will bar Gravensteins from Army contracts worth about $100,000 annually. Gravensteins are green when ripe and valued for sauce. Growers urge Congress member Hubert B Scudder to intervene as Army officials refuse to adjust standards.
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Sebastopol Calif. N
Army
Sebastopol
Hubert B. Scudder
Sebastopo
Warm weekend outlook with scattered thunderstorms
A warm front moving from Ken area toward the northeast will bring balmy weather and scattered showers to the mid valley. The forecast calls for showers today tonight and Saturday with a 66 percent chance of thunder as the front passes. Thursday's unofficial high reached 83 degrees at 4 p.m. and the low was 58 at 7 a.m.
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Kenand
West Invites Suez Talks Amid Channel Tensions
London reports Britain, France mobilize in the Mediterranean to launch a 24 nation Suez conference. Officials plan to invite Russia and Egypt to London for talks on an international canal authority after Egypt nationalized the canal. A Cairo source hints Nasir may refuse. sources say conference could proceed without Egypt or Russia. West German, Japanese, Spanish, and New Zealand governments indicate acceptance of bids.
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London
Britain
France
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Russia
Egypt
West Germany
Japan
Spain
New Zealand
Elizabeth II
France pledges to bar Egypt from Suez Canal control
Premier Guy Mollet and Foreign Minister Christian Pineau told the National Assembly that France will use every means to prevent Egypt from retaining control of the Suez Canal. Pineau, returning from a three power conference in London, warned that past Egyptian assurances by President Nasser cannot be trusted. He argued for urgent measures to counter Egypt’s position.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
Christian Pineau
National Assembly
Egypt
Suez Canal
Pineau
Loncien
France
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Big Three meet on Suez crisis at Arundel Castle
British premier Mollet and Pineau spoke as the Privy Council convened at Arundel Castle to bolster national strength. The Theseus and Bulwark ships prepared for sea while Cyprus and Cairo moves signal tightening controls. The communique condemned Egypt’s nationalization of the canal and outlined plans for an international body to secure canal operations.
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Arundel Castle
Guy Mollet
Christian Pineau
Ciisister
Theseus
Portsmouth
Glasgow
Transport Ministry
Nicosia
Cyprus
Selwyn Lloyd
Pineau
Nasser
Cairo
Isag
Big Three
Egypt
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Moscow
Russia
Burmese Reds Clash At Border Near Lashio
Burmese army reports heavy clashes with Chinese Communist forces along the KUNLONG ferry border about 120 miles east of Lashio. Col Chit Myaing says one Chinese officer and nine soldiers died in a six hour engagement. several Burmese wounded. Burma seeks Chinese withdrawal as reports of road building and incursions emerge from Yunnan.
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Kunlong Ferry
Burma
Lashio
Yunnan
Chit Myaing
Red China
Light Plane Crash Kills Ohio Automarket Heir
Sidney Spitzer 30, heir to a family that built a string of automobile agencies, died when his light plane crashed into a home in Elyria near a private airstrip operated by the Spitzer brothers. Sheriff deputies said he attempted a landing as residents helped pull him free. he died at Memorial Hospital. Killian family occupants survived shock, with others unharmed.
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Ohio
Here
Sidney Spitzer
Aes Ahel Spitzer
Ae Killian
Killian
Charles Young
Spitzer
Memorial Hospital
Spitzers
Brentwood
Chandler Seeks South Carolina and Carolinas Support
Kentucky Governor Happy Chandler campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination. He met with South Carolina Governor Timmerman and other leaders, expressing hope to win support in the Carolinas. He planned a Wilmington preconvention rally in North Carolina tomorrow.
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Columbia
8.C. W
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
George Bell ‘Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
North Carolina
Wilmington
Chandler
U.S
Timmerman
Carolinas
New Typhoon Formed Near Guam Amy I L
A new typhoon named Amy formed Friday about 600 miles north northwest of Guam, per the fleet weather center. It is moving westward around 10 mph and is not expected to affect Guam.
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Amyl
Guaam
Fleet Weather Center
1,900 Miles An Hour AF Rocket Plane Sets New Record
The Air Force unofficially records a speed of 1,900 mph by the Bell X2 rocket plane flown four times near Edwards Air Force Base by a 34 year old West Virginian. The achievement surpasses Maj. Charles Yeager’s 1,650 mph record, but officials have not officially confirmed it. The X2's purpose is to study extreme high speed performance and thermal stress with a Curtiss-Wright rocket engine.
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New Orleans
Air Force
Defense Department
Desert
Edwards Air Force Base
Charles Yeager
Everest
Air Force Assn
No Loyalty Oath for Housing Now
Washington reports the government ended a drive to require a loyalty oath for public housing. A Public Housing Administration order to officials cites a Justice Department study showing the oath was temporary and has expired, with the two year+ lapse ending June 30, 1954.
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Washington
Public Housing Administration
PHA
Justice Department
Nepal to Get Aid From United States
Deputy Finance Minister B R Bragat told Parliament the United States will aid jointly with Nepal in a road and highway building program.
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New Delhi
B. R. Bragat
Parliament Today
United States
Nepal
New Witness Expected At Crash Probe
Washington reports a fresh eyewitness ready to testify before a Civil Aeronautics Board panel examining the Grand Canyon airliner collision. The Siefer couple of Ottawa Ohio said they saw two planes converge where the aircraft types involved appeared to meet amid cloud cover. Transcripted traffic messages show the TWA liner climbing near the UAL jet about an hour before the crash. At 1031 a.m. PST a radio message cried out Salt Lake United 718 We're going in.
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Grand Canyon
Aline
Constella
United Air Lines
Ingo
Eugene Siefer
Ottawa
Ohio
Sans
Ome
Siefers
TWA
UAL
Salt Lake United 718
Behan Goes Water Wagon After Drink Refusal
Dublin playwright Brendan Behan, famed for The Quare Fellow, says he has begun sobriety to attend his London production. The 33 year old, weighing 235 pounds and once jailed eight years in Britain for IRA activity, claims he has not touched alcohol in six days and seeks to avoid nervousness by staying sober.
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Brendan Behan
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London
Behan
Irish Republican Army
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