Anti-Red Revisions Proposed in Congress
Senator Jackson proposes that the 84th Congress take time to revise laws curbing Communists after Eisenhower signs a measure limiting the Communist party. He cites lack of hearings and calls for Justice Department input, while Democrats seek careful study of the law’s impact on existing statutes.
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Washington
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
84Th Congress
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Congress
Justice Department
National Labor Relations Board
All Out War Predicted If Reds Attack Formosa
A high ranking military source in Tokyo says the United States would mobilize the 7th Fleet with all available forces if Communist China attacked Formosa. He warns the Communists would suffer a terrible defeat and stresses U.S. readiness to assist in defending Nationalist islands near the Chinese coast.
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Tokyo
United States
7Th Fleet
China
Formosa
Eisenhower
Taipei
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Quemoy
Amoy
Matsu
Tachens
Retired General Says Korea War Was “Required To Lose”
In Orlando a Senate panel heard Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer claim the Korean War was doomed by State Department and political interference and not by the Joint Chiefs. He said MacArthur was handcuffed and ground troops were insufficient, noting later remarks by Gen. Mark Clark supporting overruled military decisions.
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Orlando
Fla
Senate
George E. Stratemeyer
Winter Park
Ee Ose
Senate International Security Subcommittee
Stratemeyer
State Department
Mark Clark
Far East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Tokyo
Floor Fight Over World Council Presidents Vote Looms
The World Council of Churches faces a potential floor fight as delegates debate a six man presidential slate. A motion to add a layman was approved 158 to 146, prompting discussion on whether to keep the slate or expand it to seven names. The nominating committee, led by Dr. J Earl Moreland, had proposed Bishops Sherrill Barbierri and other church leaders from the United States Germany Argentina Scotland and India.
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Evanston
World Council of Churches
J. Earl Moreland
Martin Niemeller
Franklin Clark Fry
United Lutheran Church In America
Moreland
Henry Knox Sherrill
Greenwich, Conn
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Santo Uberto Barbieri
Buenos Aires
Methodist Church
Argentina
Uruguay
Bolivia
John Ballie
Church of Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Otto Dibelius
United Evangelical Church
Germany
Michael
New York City
North
South America
Mar Thoma Johanon
Mar Thoma Church
South India
Stranger in a Saucer: Norwegians Report Unidentified Craft
Two sisters reported a dark haired man guiding them to a craft described as two deep saucers about 15 feet across. The object rose, spun quickly, and then vanished at an incredible speed after he entered a hatch. The man spoke no understood languages despite attempts in multiple tongues.
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Norway
Nordlands Folkeblad
Women report close encounter with flying saucer pilot in Norway
Two Norwegian women Aasta Solvang and Edit Jacobsen said they saw a flying saucer and spoke with its dark-skinned long-haired pilot near Mofjell in northern Norway last Friday. Police have opened an investigation into the incident.
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Oslo
Aasta Solvang
Edit Jacobsen
Mofjell
Pachuco linked slaying inquiry widens at Chanute base
At Chanute Air Force Base Maj. Gen. Byron Gates says a pistol death of a airman on June 6 is being reinvestigated as linked to the Pachuco gang. About 50 base airmen are in custody for offenses from AWOL to marijuana use and violent acts. Many face court martial and dishonorable discharge.
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Chanute Air Base
Ill
Chanute Air Force Base
Pachuco Society
Byron E. Gates
Pachuco
Gates
Tolls Adopted For Part Of North Ohio Turnpike
The Ohio Turnpike Commission set tolls for the first 22 miles of the Northern Ohio Turnpike running from the Pennsylvania border to near the Trumbull County line. Tolls vary by vehicle type from 25 to 90 cents with higher 1955 automatic classifying plans anticipated when the full turnpike opens.
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North Ohio Turnpike
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Turnpike
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Mahoning County
Pennsylvania
Trumbull
Coffee exchange caps price change at one cent per pound
The Coffee and Sugar Exchange will allow coffee price changes to move only 1 cent per pound daily until Brazil’s turmoil subsides after President Getulio Vargas’ death. The prior limit was 2 cents.
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New York
Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Dr. Sheppard requests keys to murder scene home
Prosecutor Cullitan says Dr Samuel H Sheppard indicted for first degree murder asks Bay Village police chief John Eaton to turn over keys to his home and a list of property removed from it. He notes 50 days in custody allow access via his attorneys. Police have taken a blood stained mattress a couch and two doors from the house.
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Cleveland
Frank T. Cullitan
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cullitan
Bay Village
John Eaton
Eaton
Marilyn Sheppard
Typhoon Moves Toward Guam Okinawa and Japan
A typhoon with winds up to 90 mph is moving toward Guam and may strike Okinawa and southern Japan, according to the Central Meteorological Observatory.
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Tokyo
Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Central Meteorological Observatory
Violence in Brazil capital leaves two dead in riots
Two people were killed as fresh violence erupted in Brazil's capital amid street clashes. The unrest followed protests and confrontations with security forces, with casualties reported in the city center and surrounding districts.
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Brazil
Beaten CIO Official in Cleveland Street Fight Killed
Cleveland police seek a slaver in a street fight that killed Raymond G. Weihrauch 36, chief steward for the CIO United Auto Workers Union at Iron Firemen Co. Witnesses report a fist fight lasting minutes. A boy gave police partial license details from the fleeing assailant’s car.
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Cleveland
CIO
Raymond G. Weihrauch
United Auto Workers Union
Iron Firemen Co
Defense Strategy May Steer Merthy Probe
The Senate special committee on censure charges against Wisconsin Republican Senator McCarthy plans hearings starting August 31. Chair Watkins says the panel will focus initially on five of about 46 charges, with possible expansion. McCarthy defends the process and stresses the committee’s autonomy, while questions remain about witness numbers and defense strategy.
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Washington
Sen. MecCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin
Watkins
Rutah
McCarthy
Flanders
Fulbright
Morse
la Jolla
Calif
Ammunition Freight Car Explodes in Missouri Yards
A freight car carrying 105 mm shells ignited in Springfield Frisco yards sparking a series of explosions. One house was hit and another damaged. one person reportedly missing. Yard workers Gerald Summons and Sam Gaston uncoupled the burning car, aided by a switch engine to move it out of danger. Fire began around 7 p.m. and burned out by midnight due to a hot box overheated bearing.
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Springfield
Frisco
L. C. Carner
Navy Studies Atomic Submarine Possibility in Soviet Drive
The Pacific commander notes no unusual Soviet submarine operations but cites Washington warnings of an estimated 330 to 400 Soviet subs, with about 100 in the Pacific. Officials say Moscow has pursued atomic propulsion, aiming for long range ships to fit its global strategy.
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Washington
Pacific
Adm
Felix B. Stump
Pentagon
Russia
Stump
Baltic
Black Seas
United States
Eastland Renominated by Democratic Primary Victory in Mississippi
U S Senator James Eastland won renomination in Mississippi by about 50 000 votes defeating Lt Gov Carroll Gartin With 1651 of 1805 precincts reported Eastland had 131789 Gartin 79474 Colmer won the 6th District with a 3 1 margin Colmer 38143 Britton 9000 Lowry 3002 Gartin conceded defeat soon after polls closed Eastland faces Republican James White in November
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Jackson, Miss
U. S
James CO
Eastland
Mississippi
Carroll Gartin
Gartin
William Colmer
Dean
Colmer
Clem Britton
Laurel
Walter Lowry
Pascagoula
James White
Durant
Vargas Death Triggers Rio Riots and U S Tensions
In Rio de Janeiro crowds rioted after Getulio Vargas killed himself. Two killed and over 30 injured as troops fired on demonstrators outside the presidential palace and at the airport while U S embassies and firms faced attacks amid anti U S sentiment and claims of foreign manipulation.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Rio
Vargas
Varegas
Air Ministry
Air Force
Oi! Co
U.S
United States
Workers’ Guarantees
Thearold
Army Gener
Germany
Joao Cafe Filho
Sao Borja
Grande Do Sol
Vategas
Tial Palace
Porto Alegre
Protest Hits Boston Federal Building Portrait of Eisenhower Tomato Attack
In Boston a glass portrait of President Eisenhower was splattered with overripe tomatoes in the Federal Building yesterday. Police said the act appeared to be a protest against his veto of a 5 percent pay raise for government workers.
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Boston
Eisenhower
Federal
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