Alaska 49-Star Flag Celebrations At Capitol Sitka Ceremony
President Eisenhower presided as 49-star flags flew atop the Capitol and were lowered for shipment to Alaska. About 1300 requests funded flags for Alaska ceremonies including Sitka to mark the 49th star. flags sold for 3.50 to 6.50 dollars. The first Alaska events recalled early American flag history.
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Ft. McHenry
Baltimore
Eisenhower
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Capitol
Sitka
Russia
Independence Hall
White House
Union
Ike Reaffirms Nation's Arms
A United Mine Workers union hall near Isom Kentucky was blown to splinters on Saturday and a bomb then struck the home of a union leader. No injuries were reported though explosions echoed through eastern Kentucky hills as the strike entered its 17th week. The Red Star hall housed UMW Local 9862.
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Isom
United Mine Workers Union
Kentucky
Red Star
UMW
Eisenhower Laid Cornerstone For Capitol East Front
President Eisenhower used a mortar trowel once wielded by George Washington to lay the Capitol east front cornerstone. The 17 million rebuilding project pushes the front 32 feet outward and replaces crumbling sandstone with marble amid historic ceremonies and protests by some groups.
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Capitol
Lewis Gulick
Washington
Eisenhower
George Washington
Republic
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Washington Monument
Missing 5 year old Charlene Zahm Vanishes in Boise
Boise police and volunteers search city and foothills for Charlene Zahm 5 after she disappeared Tuesday morning. Authorities say they have no clues and have cleared the Zahm family after lie detector tests. Father Bernard Zahm, an Idaho National Guard sergeant, fears she was abducted.
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Boise, Idaho
Charlene Zahm
Boise
Gus Arresti
Scous
Boise River
Bernard Zahm
Idaho National Guard
Zahm
Arresti
Elizabeth Gets First Tour Rest
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip took a rare rest day aboard the Britannia as the royal tour of Canada paused. After 16 days of travel through 43 towns, the couple sailed Lake Huron toward Chicago where a large reception awaited them.
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Parry Sound
Ont
Canada
Royal
Britannia
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Georgian Bay
Chicago
Prince Philip
Long campaigns while struggling governor jokes through heat
Ailing Governor Earl K. Long launched his bid for re election in Ville Platte and Eunice amid 98 degree heat. He joked about his sanity and showed his denture mishap as crowds laughed. Long rested on state troopers and admitted health strain while promising to stay active in Louisiana politics. He cited marital strife, accusing Blanche Long of complicating his situation.
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Ville Platte
Eunice
Long
Louisiana
Blanche
July Fourth Weekend Traffic Toll Rises With High Volume
The Associated Press reports the first 20 hours of the July Fourth weekend show 209 deaths from traffic and related accidents, with 118 traffic deaths and 67 drownings. Officials project up to 3580 motor-vehicle fatalities for the period ending Sunday midnight.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
End To Flooding With New Sewer In Sheldon
A September completion target for Sheldon’s new storm sewer aims to end local flooding. Ed Edmiston reports on city plans and construction progress on Page 21. The piece outlines steps to reduce flash floods and improve drainage for the area.
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Sheldon Drive
Ed Edmiston
Oxford
Dick Davies
Alarm Delay Blamed In Pentagon Fire Loss
Fire Chief Joseph H. Clements of Arlington County says a six million dollar Pentagon fire could have been contained earlier if Arlington fire units had been alerted promptly. He notes 71 apparatus from Virginia Maryland and Washington were deployed before the blaze was controlled. The fire damaged three IBM data processing machines rented by the Air Force valued at about two point four million annually with total cost estimated at five to six million dollars.
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Washington (Ap
Joseph H. Clements
Arlington County
Pentagon
Clements
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Defense Department
Washin
Air Force
International Business Machines Corp
IBM
Two Ohio Teens Drown At Clear Lake in Indiana
Two 16 year old Ohio boys, Donald Frett erke Jr of Napoleon and Vernon E Rosebrook of Deshler, drowned Saturday while on a Fourth of July outing with friends at Clear Lake near the Ohio Michigan line in Angola Indiana.
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Angola
Ind
Ohio
Clear Lake
Michigan
Donald Fretterke Jr
Napoleon
Willard St
Vernon E. Rosebrook
Deshler
We Give Green Trading Stamps Painted on Navy Tanker
A historic caption notes a U.S. Navy tanker aircraft bearing the joke We give green trading stamps painted on its fuselage. The playful slogan reflects wartime morale and collateral humor accompanying air force operations.
Fire In Big Forest Controlled In Tahoe National Forest
Subduing winds and about 1500 men pushed to 85 percent containment of a costly forest fire in Tahoe National Forest two days after it began by a carelessly left campfire. The blaze burned over 6000 acres and damaged or destroyed an estimated 27 million board feet of timber. Five tanker planes dropped a chemical mixture on the flames as containment neared, though ranger John H Bigley warned containment could fail if winds strengthened.
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Sierraville
Calif
Tahoe National Forest
John H. Bigley
Either Me Or Hin Girl Charged In Slaying
Louise May Hunsbarger eighteen held without bond for murder after confessing to shooting Ben E. Giberson forty one in Indianapolis. She said Giberson slapped her and threatened to shoot her before she fired the fatal shots. The case ties to a long deception in which she posed as Giberson’s wife. Police identified a second man, Edward B. Smith, found in the apartment, who said he left before the shooting.
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Louise May Hunsbarger
Ben E. Giberson
Miss Hunsbarger
Marion County Grand Jury
Harold Goodman
Giberson
Goodman
Ernie Giberson
Elmhurst Drive
Dayton
Ohio
Ben Giberson
Indiana
Edward B. Smith
Indianapolis
Saarland to return to Germany six months early final tonight
Bonn reports the Saarland will revert to West German sovereignty at midnight Sunday. The plebiscite of 1935 set the course, with the 1957 status already making Saarland a West German state. A French German accord accelerated the turnover six months before the deadline, signaling stronger European economic alignment.
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Saarland
Germany
George Boultwood
Bonn
West Germany
Feeral Germany
League of Nations
Reich
France
Saar
West European Union
Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
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