Nuclear Nautilus sails Arctic to cross from Pacific to Atlantic
The Nautilus completed a 1,830 mile under ice transpolar voyage from Pacific to Atlantic, reaching the Arctic Ocean and the North Pole. President Eisenhower decorated Cmdr. William R. Anderson and awarded a Presidential Unit Citation to the 116 crew for pioneering nuclear submarine navigation and potential commercial routes.
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E.ton C. Fay
Washington (Ap
Europe
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic Sea
North America
Russia
Eisenhower
Navy
William R. Anderson
Cmdr
Anderson
Arctic Basin
Arctic
Arson Death Tied to Flint Dry Cleaning Racket
In Flint, Michigan, investigators pursue a protection racket theory after a cleaner shop fire killed Frank Kierdorf, a Teamster official. A nationwide search continues for Herman Kierdorf while officials question Hoffa associates and other Local leaders in connection with the arson and alleged payoffs.
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Flint
Mich
Michigan
Paul Adams
Frank Kierdorf
Aiken Urges New U S Policy For Middle East
Sen. George D. Aiken says the administration should welcome criticism and craft a more firm up to date foreign policy for the Middle East and beyond. He faults US policy for treating symptoms, overrating the communist threat, and urges a people by people approach over backing governments.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
RVI
Middle East
Aiken
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
Hubert M. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Dulles
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Mansfield
United States
Memphis State plans one year delay in integration
In Nashville, AP reports Memphis State University president J M Smith asked for a one year delay in admitting Negroes. The State Board of Education appointed a committee to study the issue and report by August 2. Eight Negroes are ready to enter next month amid rising racial tension after Little Rock and bus and library desegregation struggles.
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Memphis
Death in Flam ing Explosion After Flashlight Drop
Investigators say Frank lingered to pick up a dropped flashlight and was caught in a flaming explosion. He died Wednesday from burns covering 85 percent of his body. Kierdorf claimed two men urged him to a remote area, poured inflammable fluid, and ignited it. On his deathbed he allegedly signaled yes with burnt arms and named his accomplice. Adams questioned the interview but investigators will pursue leads including the uncle at the scene.
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Frank
Kierdorf
Adams
Frank Kierdorf
Pontiac
Mich
Flint
Michigan
Herman
Probe into Teamsters Car Sale Tied to Michigan Burning Case
Senate investigators seek details of a hurried Teamsters auto sale used in a fatal Michigan torch incident. The Cadillac was sold to Herman Kierdorf, uncle of the victim Frank Kierdorf, with his nephew also linked to the tragedy. The day’s hearings also featured claims of perjury by J George Francis Heid in a 1956 Minneapolis bombing case connected to Hoffa aides.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters Union
Michigan
Eiatitoy
Gonn &. McVieuang
D-Ark
Senate Committee
Herman Kierdorf
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
J. George Francis Heid
Minneapolis
Heid
Gerald Connelly
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Detroit Teamsters
Senate Rackets Committee
Frank Fitzsimmons
Detroit
Fitzsimmons
Kierdorf
Medicated Bird Seed May Halt Parrot Fever Spread
Scientists report a method to treat household birds with medicated seed, delivering antibiotic Color tetracycline and millet seed to curb psittacosis in birds. Infection in humans originates from cage dust. early treatment in birds reduces human risk.
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Stockholm
Ricca pleads Fifth in Long Beach estate sale to Teamsters
Paul Ricca, aging gangster associated with Capone era, invokes the Fifth Amendment as questions arise about selling his Long Beach Indiana home to Teamsters Union for 150000 dollars. Counsel cites 1956 purchase for a proposed training school while hinting a tax case motive.
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Paul Ricca
Long Beach
Ind
Teamsters Union
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters
Kennedy
Ricca
Dag Offers Peace Plan To Stabilize Mideast
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold presents a broad peace and economic plan to calm the Middle East crisis during the General Assembly emergency session. The U.S. and Soviet Union weigh parallel proposals as Sobolev presses for immediate troop withdrawals from Lebanon and Jordan.
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Dag
Mideast
United Nations, N.Y
Dagsaggy
U.N
Middle East
Hammarskjold
General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Washington
Arkady A. Sobolev
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Khrushchev
Glennan Picked For Space Boss
AP reports Dr. T. Keith Glennan named to lead the new National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He will appear at Senate hearings next week, begin the post around Sept. 1, and leave Case Institute of Technology presidency. Deputy director nominated is Dr. Hugh L. Dryden.
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T. Keith Glenan
Eisenhower
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cleveland
Dr. Glennan
Washington
Senate
Case Institute of Technology
Atomic Energy Commission
Glennan
Navy
Underwater Sound Research Laboratory
Hugh L. Dryden
NACA
National Bureau of Standards
Egyptians Say Nasser Didn’t Snub Murphy
Cairo newspapers asserted President Nasser did not snub Robert D. Murphy by keeping him waiting ten hours for a Middle East crisis discussion. They said the delay allowed Murphy to telephone Washington and secure assurances the U.S. would not push its U.N. General Assembly resolution accusing UAR interference in Lebanon.
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Cairo
Nasser
Robert D. Murphy
Eisenhower
Middle East
Arab nations vow nonaggression and regional cooperation
Arab states led by the United Arab Republic reaffirm noninterference in each other’s affairs and support U.N. aid to shape development. They urge joint oil, water resources projects and a strengthened U.N. presence in Jordan and Lebanon. The U.S. pledges to withdraw troops once Lebanon’s independence is secured.
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United Arab Republic of Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Libya
Sudan
Middle East
U.N
Nasser
U.A.R
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Israel
United States
Grand Jury Declines Indictment of Georgia Cops
A federal grand jury in Macon Georgia declined to indict three Dawson police officers Randolph Ennis McDonald Wyman Burcle Cherry and Edwin Herold Jones over the deaths of two Black men and the wounding of a third The case arose from incidents in April and May in the Terrell County town of about 5000 The officers faced civil rights charges based on federal statutes and reactions in Dawson included police denials FBI presence and NAACP urging intervention
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Washington
Macon
Dawson
Justice Department
Asst. Dist
Joe Davis
Randolph Ennis McDonald
Wyman Burcle Cherrry
Edwin Herold Jones
James Brazier
McDonald
Cherry Fon
Brazier
Cherry
Chuckle: Two Things In Life I’ve Had And Ample
Wordplay on having two things in life both good and bad. A humorous quip contrasts advice and missteps, reflecting on how guidance and mistakes shape experience. The line plays with diction for a light finish.
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Paris
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Bering Strait
Alaska
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Greenland Sea
North Pole
Godspeed
Frank Adams
Tunica, Miss
Human Torch Story
William Hoffa
Joseph Baines
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Cadillac
Latreille Cleaners
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Iran
G. Milton Kelly
Business and Labor
James H. Steele
U.S. Public Health Service
University of California
Hooper Foundation
San Francisco
Steele
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Rhea
Owen J. Brennan
Ihe
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sobolev
Sir Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Assembly
Lodge
Sebolev
Tno
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Moscow
Space Boss
T. Keit Glennan
M Aeronautical Research
Government
Grand Jury
Georgia
Terrell County
Willie Countryman
Robert Hancock
Tobe Latimer
Latimer
D.C
Post
Howard Lee
FBI
Roy Wilkins
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Civil Rights Commission
Attorney General
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