Eisenhower Readies Europe Trip After Bonn Visit
President Eisenhower ends a 17 day vacationing stretch at his Gettysburg estate to return to Washington and depart for Europe, with stops in Bonn London and Paris. The trip aims to bolster Allied unity ahead of Khrushchev visits and set new diplomatic precedents. In Paris he will sleep in the king's chamber and share a TV radio summit with Macmillan.
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Gettysburg, Pa
Eisenhower
Washington
Europe
Bonn
London
Britain
Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
White House
Khrushchev
United States
U.S.S.R
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
France
Royal Apartments
Quaid Orsay
Macmillan
Soviet Newsmen Decry Exaggerated Chicago Stories
Ten Soviet newspapermen touring the United States complained about Chicago coverage. They cited a local paper labeling them great Russian eaters and alleged whisky purchases. They said hot weather limited their meals and dismissed claims of being impressed by Chicago buildings.
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NEW York
United States
Chicago
Nikolai Abalkin
Iiterary
Pravda
Soviet Union
Man Leaps and Drowns on Black River in Lorain
Patrick Murphy a 68 year old tug engineer fell into the Black River while attempting to leap from one tug to another and drowned on Saturday authorities said Murphy worked as a tugboat engineer and the incident occurred on the Black River in Lorain Ohio
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Lorain
Ohio
Patrick Murphy
Black River
Man in the Street Considers Khrushchev Visit
Journal reporters ask Middleton residents how they would greet Nikita Khrushchev if he toured the United States. The piece notes doubtful likelihood of travel and directs readers to Page 37 for responses.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Middletown
U.S
Journal
Khrushchev to Visit Six U.S. Cities in Sept Tour
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will tour six American cities outside Washington from Sept. 15 to Sept. 27, visiting New York City Los Angeles San Francisco Des Moines Ames and Pittsburgh. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge will accompany him as the President's representative. He will speak at the National Press Club and address the U.N. General Assembly.
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Nikita S.khrushchev
Washington
New York City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Des Moines
Ames
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Khrushchev
White House
James C. Hagerty
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United Nations
Lodge
Hagerty
National Press Club
Wahington
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Last Civil War Veteran, 116, May Likely Two More Weeks
In Houston Texas the last surviving Civil War veteran Walter W Williams, aged 116, has been critically ill for two weeks and a doctor said he may live at least two more weeks. The note reflects the veteran's fragile condition and extended life expectancy.
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Houston
Tex
Walter W Williams
Two Men Killed In Crash Boy Found Drowned In River
A six year old boy James Larry Singleton drowned in three feet of water in the Great Miami River near West Middletown Bridge. Police and volunteers with Middletown Skin Diving and Boat Club conducted a lengthy search before locating the body five feet from the east bank. The child, born January 15 1953, was the son of Mr and Mrs James N Singleton and survived by his brother and two sisters. Funeral plans were announced with services at Grand Avenue Church of God.
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Miami River
West Middletown
James
Larry) Singleton
James N. Singleton
Winona Dr
Maple Park
Middletown Skin Diving Organization
Middletown Boat Club
Singleton
John David
Germantown Road
Cantral Avenue
Boat Club
Avalon Drive
Funit
Susan Lynn
Carol Ann
H. A. Shepard
James FE
Menifee County
Grand Avenue Church
MA. Walker
Hazard
The
Baptist Church
Walkerton
Sibyl
Bow's Lunch
1St Avenue
David L. Walker
Cincinnati
Doris Lee Cook
Billie Blankenship
Lois West
Lebanon
Geraldine Metsch
Joyce Walker
Grace Combs
Mattie Phillips
Cassie Hughes
Somerset
Mary Belle Ward
Hamilton
Joe Walker
Floods drown ten at Bhakra Dam in India
AP reports ten people drowned when floods struck near the Bhakra Dam in India. The flood caused about 1.155 million dollars in damage and disrupted regional activities as authorities assessed the scene.
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New Delhi
India
Bhakra
Laos Rents 2 Planes To Fly Aid To Sam Neua
Laos chartered two planes with American and Chinese pilots to deliver logistical support to government troops in Sam Neua province. The C46 and C47 aircraft, leased from Civilian Air Transport, bring the Laotian air force to eight planes, the Geneva limit. Col. Phoumi Nosavan warned the government may lose much of the province while defending Sam Neua fortress.
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Vientiane, Laos
Laos
Sam Neua
China
Sam’ Neua
Muong Peun
Phoumi Nosavan
Defense
Haiti Displays Invaders After Clash With Government
Haiti shows four prisoners in Port au Prince after government troops clashed with an invading group said to be Cuban. Officials report about 25 attackers killed, with only one or two possibly at large. The force reportedly landed Aug 13 at the southwest tip of Haiti.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Cuba
Balloons Urge China To Revolt
In Formosa the Nationalist government urged mainland Chinese Communists to rise against Soviet Russia and its Peiping allies. The appeal, spread via balloon leaflets from Quemoy on the eve of the August 23, 1958 assault, was echoed through loudspeakers targeting the mainland.
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Taipei
Formosa
Russia
Peiping
Quemoy Islands
Quemoy
New Survey On Steel Is Planned
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell announced a special survey will begin next week to measure the steel strike’s employment impact in construction mining and metalworking. He said 500000 workers are on strike with 125000 in other industries laid off and weekly payroll losses near 70 million dollars.
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Saul Pett
Washington
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eisenhower
New Yor
Mittchell
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Minnesota
Alabama
Record State Taxes Reach New High in Fiscal 1959
The Commerce Department reports state tax collections for the year ended June 30 at a record 15.831 billion dollars, with California and New York leading the states. Total taxes include local and federal levies, with sales and gross receipts the largest revenue source at 3.694 billion. Per capita taxes ranged from 149.9 in Delaware to 55.60 in Nebraska.
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Washington (Ap
Commerce Department
Dou
Delaware
Nebraska
Two Middletown Men Die In Darke County Crash
Clyde Merle Hayes Jr. 32 and Jerry Walker 54 died when their car left Ohio 121 near New Madison and struck an abutment. Passenger Robert Hayes 23 was seriously injured. Clyde Hayes Sr. and family are named as survivors. Walker had lived in Hazard Kentucky before moving to Middletown. burial plans were pending.
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Middletown
Ohio 121
New Madison
Darke County
Clyde Merle Hayes Jr
Shartle St
Armco Steel
Jerry Walker
Carolina St
Wayne Hospital
Greensville
Robert Hayes
Franklin St
Greenville
Buckeye Paper Products
Merle Hayes
Celina
Mr. Walker
New House Democrats Revisit Road Funding Plan
Key House Democrats prepare Monday talks to craft a financing plan for the deficit plagued interstate highway program. A new compromise on gasoline taxes would center on a partial cent increase, aiming to satisfy Ways and Means and Democratic leadership. Republicans demand a committee showdown led by Charles Buckley with calls for session.
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Washington
House
Public Works Committee
Charles A. Buckley
William C. Cramer
Florida
Buckley
Ohioan Re elected National Commander at Akron Encampment
Delegates at the Army Navy Union 71st national encampment in Akron re elected Warren V. Ankeny of Lakemore Ohio as national commander. The vote kept Ankeny in the top post as the organization gathers for the national gathering.
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Akron
Ohio
Army-Navy Union
Warren V. Ankeny
Lakemore
Cleveland Woman Killed in Two Car Collision
Mrs. James H. Stover aged 35 of 1197 East 177th Street died in a two car crash on Saturday in Cleveland.
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Cleveland (Ap
James H. Stover
East 177Th St
Mitchell's Son Killed in Uranium Mine
Michael Mitchell aged 25, son of former National Democratic Chairman Stephen Mitchell, was killed Saturday in a uranium mining operation in western New Mexico.
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Mitchell
Smith Lake
N.M
Michael Mitchell
National Democrat
Stephen Mitchell
New Mexico
Chuckle Fellow Reaches Out At Tail Party
A bartender anecdote centers on a joke at a cocktail party where a man asks to join a blonde at the bar and she quips about coming apart. The moment illustrates light humor at a social gathering.
British Kids Risk Death On Railway Tracks In Bootle
British Railways officials appealed to Bootle youngsters after reports of kids lying on rails to play chicken. Drivers fear nervousness among crews as youths place heads on tracks and throw debris while trains approach.
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Bootle
England
British Railways
Boone
Albert Price
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