July Fourth Programs Across Nation Keep Old Fashioned Form
Across the United States Fourth of July programs follow a familiar parade and fireworks script while addressing modern atomic age concerns. Ceremonies at Valley Forge and Independence Hall recall early American hardship, with speeches by Gov. Charles E. Johns and others. Pacific Coast shows, Washington events, and Texas rodeos fill the holiday with regional traditions and tributes to history.
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Philadelphia
Washington Memorial Chapel
Charles E. Johns
Florida
Independence Hall
Lg Con Tema
Boston
Old State House
Boston Latin School
Washington Monument
Washington D.C
Rial Coliseum
Pasadena
Texas
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Ariz
Rebels Dissatisfied With Guatemala Peace Treaty
Rebel leader Col. Carlos Castillo Armas planned to fly to Guatemala City to discuss his role in the new anti Communist government. He said most of his Liberation Army men were not satisfied with the San Salvador peace agreement and the five man junta it created.
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Col
Carlos Castillo Armas
Liberation Army
Castillo
Chiquimula
San Salvador
Senate Passes Eisenhower Tax Overhaul in Senate Vote
The Senate approved Eisenhower's broad tax overhaul 63 to yesterday after five days of debate and two months of committee work. The measure includes corporate and individual tax cuts totaling about 1.3 billion to 1.4 billion dollars, with revenue offsets from extending the 52 percent corporate rate to April 1, 1955. A major Senate change and potential conference battle loom over the bill.
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Eisenhower
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Congress
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Ate
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U.N
China
Ohio Senate backs tax revision bill 63 to 9
Ohio lawmakers vote on a proposal to send a general tax revision bill to conference with the House. Senators Bricker and Burke cast vetoed votes, both voting fer. The measure passes with a decisive 63 to 9 margin.
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Ohio
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Burke
Senate Keeps $50 Dividend Income Tax Exemption
The Senate narrowed relief for stockholders in a bill on dividend taxation. The House proposal would cap exemptions at $50 initially and allow a 5 percent deduction of dividend income in the first year, rising to an exemption on $100 and a 10 percent deduction in subsequent years.
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House
Solons Weighing Move To Limit Foreign Aid
Senate Republicans discussed a plan to cap foreign aid appropriations at six months forcing a fresh review of U.S. foreign policy next January. Senator Knowland of California confirmed the discussion, noting it was one of several possible actions before Congress.
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Washington
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Knowland
California
GOP
Congress
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U.S
U.N
China
Korea
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
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Peiping
Johnson
Powder Puff Derby Opens With Humble Ambitions
Air Derby begins in Long Beach with 94 women pilots in a 2000 mile race to Knoxville. Entries include two grandmothers and a former Miss America racing stock single and dual pilots. Time checks at Blythe Prescott Winslow Albuquerque Amarillo Oklahoma City Fort Smith Memphis Chattanooga and Knoxville determine handicaps. Prize money totals 2500 plus trophies and prestige while daylight flights limit risk.
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Municipal Airport
Knoxville
Tenn
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Prescott
Winslow
Ariz
Albuquerque
N. M
Amarillo
Tex
Oklahoma City
Okla
Fort Smith
Ark
Memphis
Chattanooga
Connolly Captures Wimbledon Women's Title Again
Maureen Connolly of San Diego California defeated Louis Brough of Beverly Hills 6 2 7 5 to win the Wimbledon singles crown for the third straight year. Brough is a previous Wimbledon champion from 1948 49 and 1959.
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England
Maureen Connolly
San Diego
Calif
Louis Brough
Beverly Hills
Miss Brough
Four Die As Jet Crashes Near Utica Walesville
An Air Force team investigated a jet crash near Utica New York that killed four people in a car and injured a child. Pilot Lt William E Atkins and radar observer Lt Henry F Condon escaped by bailing out at high altitude. The crash occurred during a scramble drill from Griffiss AFB.
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Utica
Walesville
William E. Atkins
Dutton
Henry F. Con
Don
Perryville
Stanley Phillips
Florence
Gary
Hecla
Doris Monroe
Betty Lou Monroe
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
Atkins
Condon
Government files antitrust suit against United Fruit Co
The United States government sues United Fruit in New Orleans federal court alleging monopoly power in Central America. It accuses the Boston headquartered firm of squeezing competition and dominating land, production, transport, and import of bananas amid Guatemala's agrarian reform conflict and Arbenz ouster.
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United Fruit Co
Central America
Atty
Gen
Brownell
New Orleans
United Fruit
United States
Latin America
Boston
Sam Baggett
New York
Justice Department
Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz
Arbenz
Rescue squads hunt victims of Philippine quake
Rescue squads dug through rubble in two central Philippines cities for dead and injured as aftershocks spread fear. Communications were down, with 12 known dead, four missing, 24 seriously injured and 100 treated for minor injuries. earlier reports put at least 20 killed in Sorsogon, a city of 26 000.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
Sorsogon
Food Aid Flows Into Piedras Negras Amid Flood Toll
Food planes and Red Cross aid reach Piedras Negras as 38 dead and 90 missing in floods along the Rio Grande. Del Rio and Ciudad Acuna report no more need for Texas relief. Falcon Lake reservoir reaches over half capacity with extensive flooding inland.
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del Rio
Ciudad Acuna
U. S
Texas
Piedras Negras
New Lake
Laredo
Britain Ends Meat Rationing After 14 Years
Britons will regain freedom to buy meat without rationing as of Sunday. Prime Minister Churchill notes the timing echoes Independence Day while noting meat supplies have improved for months. The ration book becomes a relic and shoppers expect roast beef binges and larger purchases.
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London
Churchill
Tentative Nationwide Phone Strike Ended in Near Agreement
A tentative agreement was reached between Western Electric and 17,000 CWA installers ending a nationwide walkout that began two days earlier. Union members demanded a six to eighteen cent pay boost while the company offered four to seven cents. No service disruption yet. 80 percent of phones rely on government-type system, with 300,000 operators in the CWA.
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Western Electric Co
CIO Comesmunications Workers of America
CWA
Westers Electric
Bell Telephone System
Six Former Nazi Wardens Face Execution
In Meetz France a French military tribunal sentenced six former Struthof camp wardens to death for the murder of about 3000 inmates. Sentences for fourteen others ranged up to life imprisonment. The camp at Struthof in eastern France housed a gas chamber and incinerator. Executed wardens include Fritz Hartjenstein Albert Fuchs Robert Nip ch Franz Ehrermanentraut Herbert Ochler and Wolfgang Suess.
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Meetz
France
Struthof
Fritz Hartjenstein
Albert Fuchs
House approves flexible farm price plan amid Senate push
In Washington, the House backed a flexible price support scheme for five basic crops with a sliding scale from 82 to 90 percent of parity by a 228 to 170 vote. Senate leaders voiced mixed feelings as the administration seeks a broader farm bill and tobacco provisions remain unsettled.
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Senate
House
Sen. Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. Young
R-Nd
Voice
Eisenhower
Benson
House Republicans
Young
Congress
Tme
Indochina Tensions Rise Over French Withdrawals
The United States complains to France and Vietnam leaders over apparent abandonment of anti communist populations in the Red River Delta. Paris and Hanoi report troop withdrawals and relief for farmers, while U.S. officials seek full disclosure and discuss parity priced farm supports with lawmakers shaping the 1954 farm policy transition.
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United States
Paris
Geneva
Saigon
Red River
Indochina
Associated Press
Singapore
Hanoi
State Department
Preag
Henry Sudam
Party votes and pairings for Ohio congressional race
The record lists Republicans supporting Ayres Bender Betts Frances Bolton Bow Brown Clevenger Hess Jenkins McCulloch McGreg or Schenck Sherer Vorys and Democrats none with Independents Keams. Opposing were Dress er Hays Kirwan Polk, paired for Weichel RK with Secrest Feighan.
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Bender
Betts
Frances Bolton
Bow
Brown
Clevenger
Hess
Jenkins
McCulloch
McGregor
Schenck
Sherer
Vorys
Keams
Diem Warns Evacuation of French Forces Brings Grave Risk
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem told the French Command that evacuating French Union troops south of the Red River Delta would have grave political consequences. He said he protested the withdrawal and framed it as provisional, driven by momentary necessity to address the situation and mobilize redress by patriots.
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Indochina
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Red River Delta
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