Heat Wave Stays Across U S With Towns Hitting Triple Digits
July heat remains widespread with all across the central and eastern states baking under high temperatures. Showers cooled some areas overnight but the Miami Valley, Middletown and Armco East Side area saw little relief as readings topped 90 to 101 degrees with a 0.48 inch rainfall from a brief thunderstorm Sunday.
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Ohio
Miami Valley
United States
California
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Michigan
Maine
Middletown
Armco
UN accuses Koreans Reds of truce violations at Panmunjom
Maj. Gen. Harlan C. Parks, on the Military Armistice Commission, charged the Communists with complete sincerity and dishonesty in flagrant violations of the Korean truce. He read a 174 page list of alleged breaches and barred Allied reporters from a Communist press conference, noting Czech and Polish inspectors aided the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission. He urged powers to stop reconciling the Reds Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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U.N
Korea
Reds
Harlan C. Parks
Military Armistice Commission
Parks
Lee Sang Cho
Park
Armistice Commission
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Khrushchev seeks Geneva talks on equal basis
Khrushchev at a Moscow embassy party said the Soviet Union wants a Geneva agreement on an honest basis and can wait if the West won t negotiate seriously He asserted Soviet strength in agriculture industry and construction and urged talks as equals He urged not to read tea leaves about motives and said proposals were right decisions.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Geneva
West
Khrushchev
U.S
Walter N. Walmsley
United States
Maj
William Fife
Johnson City
Tenn
Heold Fife
Nikolai Bulganin
Walmsley
Soviet Union
Now Crackers Kids Blamed For Ruckus
In Columbus at Franklin Park a crowd of about 1000 teens gathered after learning there would be no fireworks. Police said objects including rocks beer cans and firecrackers were hurled at cruisers. Reinforcements arrived and dispersed the crowd within about 30 minutes. No arrests were made and two cruisers were damaged.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin Park
Chess Whiz Draws Russians at Moscow Independence Day
American chess prodigy Samuel Reshevsky, from New York, visited Moscow for an embassy celebration and impressed Soviet leaders including Premier Bulganin Khrushchev and Malenkov. He had already defeated Mikhail Botvinnik, once considered unbeatable, in the team event.
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Moscow
Samuel Reshevsky
New York
Reshevsky
Mikhail Botvinnik
Bulganin
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Seven Die as Train Hits Car in Wisconsin
A Milwau kee Road passenger train struck a car near Allen's Grove Wisconsin. At least seven people, mostly children, were killed and 11 occupants were injured in the crash near Beatrice Smith's home. The auto occupants were believed related. The train, about 60 mph, sent bodies across a wide area and sent the injured to Lakeland Hospital Elkhorn.
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Allen’s Grove
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Here
Walworth County
Beatrice Smith
Darien
Harriet Smith
Beloit
Smith
Snow Surprise Baffles Morristown Neighbor
Morristown police recall Chief of Detective Robert Klein dvnst telling a neighbor he liked snow. Edward Fordham gave Klein dvnst a Fourth of July snow package from a deep freeze, a winter spoil for the holiday.
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Morristown
N. J
Robert Keindvnst
Edward Fordham
Kleindvnst
Turncoats To Get Cold Reception
U S officials plan a stern welcome for three American prisoners of war due to arrive in Hong Kong from Red China on July 9. The men Lewis Griggs Otho Bell and William Cowart faced possible military or civilian trial depending on future decisions by Defense Justice and State Departments.
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Hong
Chinese Red Cross
Indian Red Cross
New Delhi
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho Bell
Olympia
Wash
William A. Cowart
Dalton, Ga
Cowart
Japan
Peiping
United States
U.S. Defense and Justice Departments
Red China
State Department
Washington
Bell
Letters Deluge Mother Of Girl In Coma
A Chicago mother appeals for prayers for her daughter Debbie Ann Hadfield stricken with encephalitis last November. Since then more than 1,000 letters from the U S Canada Mexico and Europe have arrived. Debbie will be 3 on August 5 and continues to live at home in suburban Park Ridge as she remains in a coma.
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Chicago
Joan Hadfield
Debbie Ann
Bilings Hospital
Park Ridge
Debbie
Drownings Drive Ohio Holiday Death Toll Rise
Ohio marked a high holiday death toll with drownings leading fatalities at 38. Thirteen traffic deaths were recorded, far below past Memorial Day and 1954 July Fourth totals. A two car crash near Circleville killed three, including a pregnant woman. Drownings claimed 11 lives, a family was struck by lightning in a Delaware County picnic area, and Perry Outland, 8, died after grabbing a live wire while retrieving a duck in Champaign County. Governor Lausche urged safe driving.
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Ohio Istewres Patrol
Associated Press
Frank J. Lausche
Circleville
Loretta Porter
Jackson
Gloria Fleshman
Chicago
We B. Smith
Peebles
Hamilton
Mollie Reece
Tommy Smith
Four Mile Creek
Delaware County
Perry Outland
North Lewisburg
Champaign County
Fire Follows Train Crash Near Cardenas NM
Two Santa Fe freight trains collided head on at Cardenas 36 miles west of Fort Sumner New Mexico and five crew members were reported missing as a fire broke out around the wrecked engines. Mrs Charles Anaya stated her husband a state patrolman relayed the missing crew news by radio. The 12 36 a m MST collision halted communications in the area with officials unable to provide further details.
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Fort Sumner
Here
Charles Anaya
Cardenas
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Local Resident Killed and Husband Hurt in Weekend Crashes
A Middletown woman, Grace Taulbee, 55, died in a head on collision at Jackson Lane and Jefferson Road. Her husband, Lee Taulbee, 55, was hospitalized with critical injuries. Driver Lawrence M. Trent, 25, reported 40 mph when his car struck the Taulbee vehicle. Trent uninjured. Taulbee daughter and son survive.
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Middletown
Jackson Lane
Jefferson Road
Grace Taulbee
Garfield St
Lee Taulbee
Lawrence M. Trent
Illinois Ave
James Greenfield
Richard Schultheiss
Taulbee
Taubee
Middletown Hospital
Trent
Tavlbee
Alia Frost
Alvin Taulbee
Stanley Chaney
Pearl Chapman
Della Nickell
Amy Terrell
Campton
James Madden
Elmer Madden
Miamisburg
George Madden
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
National total hits new height during Fourth of July period
Traffic deaths rose to a record 392 during the 78 hour Fourth of July weekend with 772 total deaths across all accidents. Drownings reached 239, miscellaneous fatalities 141 as every state and the District reported at least one fatality. President Dearborn called the toll a tragic price tag on holiday fun.
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Nationa Safety Council
District of Columbia
The
Safety Council
Council
Eisenhower Returns To Washington After Gettysburg Weekend
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House after a three day weekend at Gettysburg Pennsylvania and the Catoctin Mountains Maryland. They hosted a picnic for White House staff and families to mark their 39th wedding anniversary and later spent the rest of the weekend at Camp David where the president practiced golf on a green at the lodge.
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Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Maryland
Siasshanae
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Dent
Camp David Lodge
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