Dag Hammarskjold Opens Jordan Peace Talks
Dag Hammarskjold arrives in Amman to begin negotiations aimed at stabilizing the Middle East so U.S. and British forces can depart. He is to meet King Husayn and then travels to Beirut for talks on withdrawal, with plans to visit Cairo and Baghdad. An earlier Beirut gunfight injures Lebanese civilians as tensions rise around the peace effort.
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Amman
Jordan
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
U.S
U. N
Samir Rifai
King
Hussein
Hammarskjold
Beirut
UU. N
Beiru
New York
Ali
U.N. General Assembly
Lebanon
Palestine
Cortines Seeks End To Mexico City Student Strike
President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines intervened to halt a five day student strike against bus fare hikes in Mexico City. Benito Coquet met a 25 student delegation as about 30 000 demonstrated peacefully outside the presidential palace amid weekend violence including bus burnings. The government sought a 24 hour truce to allow negotiations.
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Mexico City
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Benito Coquet
Coquet
Ruiz Cortines
Alaska Votes 6 1 Statehood Margin Widens
With 113 of 297 precincts reporting Alaska favored statehood by 19 660 to 3 814. Two companion measures on boundaries and land transfers passed by similar margins. Interior Secretary Seaton hailed the result as a strong step toward admission as the 49th state amid heavy turnout and ballot shortages.
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Alaska
Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Eisenhower to Campaign for Republicans on Deficit Cuts
President Eisenhower said he will campaign for a Republican Congress on reducing deficits. He aims to study major budget items for potential cuts and did not commit to any specific campaigning dates or tax increase plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
New York
America
Ticker Tape Parade Honors Nautilus Crew in New York
New York hosts a three day salute to Cmdr William R. Anderson and the Nautilus crew with a ticker tape parade up lower Broadway. The submarine sailed under the Arctic ice and set a record Atlantic crossing before a skeleton crew at the Brooklyn Navy Yard watches and prepares for departure to New London Connecticut tomorrow.
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New York
Wililiam R. Anderson
Broadway
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New London
Quemoy Attacks Seen As Political Not Military
Washington officials and lawmakers view the heavy bombardment of Quemoy as a political maneuver by Peiping rather than a planned invasion. Rep. Clement Zablocki and Sen. Mike Mansfield doubt a seizure is imminent and suggest Mao could seek UN influence or a future summit role.
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Washington
Quemoy
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
U. S
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
State Department
U. N
Peiping
Mao
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Middle East
Fall Pick Up In Steel Is Accelerated
The Iron Age reports rapid growth in steel orders with production running ahead of schedules. Mills are expected to operate at 70 to 80 percent capacity within about 40 days, while auto industry orders remain cautious and not yet at peak production levels.
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New York
Iron Age
National Metal-Working Weekly
Probe Witness Forced To Quit Job
Beverly Sturtevant 28 says her boss harassed her after testifying before the Senate Rackets Committee and forced her to resign from Embassy Restaurant in Cicero. She reported the pressure two weeks ago. owner Waldo Koehler denies forcing her, calling the departure a fit of temperament.
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Chicago
APP
Senate
U. S
Beverly Sturtevant
Washington
Cicero
Waldo Koehler
Retaurant
Infant suffocates from plastic bag in nap time tragedy
In Ellenville New York a five month old boy Michael Jr suffocated when a plastic bag placed by his mother Mrs Michael Luis over his head during a nap proves fatal. The incident occurred yesterday and authorities note no foul play is suspected.
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Ellenville
N. Y
Michael Luis
Little Michael Jr
Red Attack On Quemoy Continuing
Formosa reports heavy Communist bombardment of Quemoy and Tan islets for fifth day with no aerial or naval activity around Nationalist islands. Observers say Reds may target Tan group to seize tiny islets near Amoy. Over 8800 shells hit Tan islets, Erhtan, and Quemoy. Nationalists claim returns and blows to emplacements on Wu yu Ting Tateng and Weitou.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Tan Islets
Amoy
Washington
Tan
Erhtan
Red Port
U S Japan Security Committee Sees Formosa Tension and Pact Talks
The top level U S Japan Security Committee met in Tokyo for a briefing on military flare ups in the Formosa Strait and discussed modernizing Japan security forces. Reports say Japan seeks an overhaul of the 1951 security pact allowing U S bases in Japan.
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Tokyo
Commmunists Fire Near 100000 Shells In Formosa Straits War
Nationalist reports say by noon today Communist forces fired nearly 100000 shells as the Formosa Strait conflict intensified. Radio Peiping accused the United States of heightening tension and threatening Communist China’s security while the U.S. 7th Fleet stayed alert and daily business proceeded as usual.
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Formosa Strait
Peiping
United States
China
U.S
Marines Sail for Okinawa to Finish Training at Sea
The U S consulate in Singapore reports two transports with 1600 Marines left for Okinawa to complete the final phase of at sea training. A spokesman at 13th Air Force HQ in Manila says no orders to move more planes to Formosa and nothing unusual in command.
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U. S
Singapore
Okinawa
13Th Air Force
Manila
Formosa
Chuckle: Only man to finish work by Friday quoted
A humorous line credits Robinson Crusoe with finishing all his work by Friday, a playful misquote about productivity and timing.
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Robinson Cru- Soe
Eisenhower says US cannot be defeated by first nuclear strike
President Eisenhower declares it is silly to claim the United States would fall to a single nuclear blow and says retaliation would deter any aggressor. He spoke after congressional debate over a Defense Department surrender study funded by the Pentagon. The Senate later denied extra funds for the study.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Congress
Pentagon
Senate
Faubus Wins Broad Senate House Support for School Closures
In Little Rock Arkansas the House 94 to 1 and the Senate 33 to 0 passed Gov Orval Faubus six bill program to block desegregation. Legislation grants powers to close schools under force orders and permits funds transfer to chosen schools as a separation measure ahead of Supreme Court action.
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Little Rock
Ark
House
Senate
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Faubus
High Tribunal
Littl Rock
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
Orval E. Faubus
la School
Leading Witness In Labor Inquiry Falls Ill Before Testimony
The Senate Rackets Committee said Robert Barney Baker, a 300 pound aide to Teamsters boss Hoffa, suffered a severe heart attack hours before testifying. Baker, son in law of former Iowa party chair Jake Mort, was to describe an envelope of suspected money as the panel probes alleged corruption and terrorism in the union.
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Oldron A. Mitchell
James M. Ford
St. Louis
Senate Rackets Committee
Missouri
Mitchell
Senators
Mississippi River
Teamsters
Ford
Washington
Robert
Barney) Baker
Baker
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Iowa
Jake Mort
Senate
James R. Hoffa
George H. Bender
Ohio
Hoffa
U.S. Dist
F. Dickinson Letts
Letts
Union
Bender Commission
No War Now, Kaishek's Wife Says Russians Do Not Want War
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek said Russians do not want war and warned that Communist China may be probing with renewed Quemoy attacks while not ruling out a full invasion. She spoke after arriving in Los Angeles for a speech before the American Bar Association.
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Los Angeles
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Chiang
New York
Berlin
Mideast
Baker denies paying for labor peace over Teamsters dispute
Labor inquiry on McKees Rocks Esco Motor Exhibitors Service Co. hears Baker deny any payment of $1,000 as witnesses Callahan Jr. and Edward Weinheimer prepare to testify. Des Moines motor court owners allege Weinheimer and Baker were guests there a year ago and a $100 bill was used to pay bills, with Weinheimer’s envelopes cited. The dispute reflects broader cleaving efforts against Teamster corruption.
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Baker
Teamsters Union
Esco Motor Exhibitors Service Co
McKees Rocks
George F. Callahan Jr
Esco
Edward Weinheimer
Des Moines
Iowa
Weinheimer
Express
Radiation Test Launched From Cape Canaveral
A five stage research rocket under NACA auspices was fired from Cape Canaveral to study atmospheric radiation and related phenomena. The launch occurred late last night and the missile disappeared into the sky within seconds as Air Force officials confirmed goals include basic radiation data and potential manned spaceflight research.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Air Force
Eisenhower signals slow pace on school integration
President Eisenhower indicated he may have told friends the school integration pace should be slowed. He denied wishing the 1954 Supreme Court ruling had never occurred while confirming the Justice Department will join Thursday’s Supreme Court arguments on Little Rock integration. He warned that closing schools could trigger broad litigation and cited Arkansas and Virginia actions as context.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Eisenhower
Cmp
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Little Rock
Ark
Department
J. Lee Rankin
Eiisenhower
Virginia
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Newsweek
Eisenhowe
Friends
Woman Links Kierdorf To Burning Of Nephew
A divorcee's statements tied ex husband Leann Harrelson to the fatal arson near Pontiac Michigan. Iris Harrelson 40 a waitress told police he was called out that night and returned claiming Frank Kierdorf was burned. Herman Kierdorf 68 was questioned again as the probe widens with a possible grand jury review.
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Kierdorf
Pontiac
Mich
Teamsters Union
Frank Kierdorf
Herman Kierdorf
Michigan
Atty
Paul
Adams
Iris Harrelson
Leann Harrelson
Pontiac Teamsters
Frank
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