Reds Try Quick Move as Turncoats Seek Hong Kong Entry
Hong Kong authorities accused Chinese officials of a propaganda ploy by demanding transit permits for three turncoat Americans who wanted to leave Red China. The move aimed to pressure U.S. and British authorities, with entry not yet authorized and possible status as undocumented aliens. The three men Lewis W. Griggs O G Bell and William A Cowart faced transfer to U S authorities if admitted. British and American officials watched nervously as border delays and last minute changes stalled departure plans at Canton and the Shumchun River frontier.
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Hong Kong
Red China
U.S
Honk Kong
Peiping
London
Washington
United States
Canton
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
O. G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Shumchun River Frontier
Free World
Fake Signal Blamed For Costly Hunt
Two youths in East Rockaway and Oceanside were charged with burglary after a phony SOS from the 40 foot fishing boat Blue Star triggered a $50 000 Atlantic search by Coast Guard and vessels. The hoax disrupted rescue efforts for more than an hour as police tracked the fake distress to Maldona and Teen and await FCC action.
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Woodmere
N.Y
Blue Star
SOS
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Nassau County
Thomas Maldona
East Rockaway
St. Joseph
George Teen
Oceanside
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Barnegat
William Herivede
Valley Stream
Long Island
Radio Shack
Maldona
Nancy Moran
Cmdr
James Doyle
Judge Demands Hildy McCoy in Adoption Dispute
In Dedham Massachusetts Probate Court Judge James F Reynolds orders the immediate appearance of four year old Hildy McCoy in a custody fight over adoption terms with her Roman Catholic birth mother Marjorie Doherty. The Ellises Brookline couple have raised Hildy since 10 days old and oppose the return. An arrest warrant was issued for Melvin Ellis after the family missed a surrender date and a habeas corpus writ directs Sheriff Wragg to bring Hildy forthwith once Ellis is located.
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Dedham
Mass
James F. Reynolds
Hildy McCoy
Hildy
Melvin Ellis
Brookline
Marjorie
Ellises
Massachusetts
Marjorie McCoy Doherty
Hingham
Ellis
Memphis power plan row tests assurance on own plant
The Eisenhower administration and Memphis clash over whether the city has pledged to build its own power plant amid review of the Dixon Yates contract. Mayor Tobey cites a June 23 commission resolution authorizing construction, while federal agencies reassess, and critics probe FBI use and Wenzell’s Budget Bureau ties. West Memphis and area towns press for Dixon Yates support.
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Washington
Memphis
White House
James C. Hagerty
Frank Tobey
Memphis City Commission
Our
Utilities
Eisenhower
Dixon- Yates
West Memphis
Ark
TVA
AEC
Tennessee Valley
Dixon-Yates
FBI
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Budget Bureau
First Boston Corp
Wenzell
Brownell
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Tobey
East Arkansas
Expulsion Of Officers Accepted By United States And Russia
The United States and Russia settled a diplomatic dispute over three American Army officers expelled from the Soviet Union. The State Department accepted Russia s right to order the aides out and will name three replacements to be credited to the American Embassy in Moscow. Names and details remained largely undisclosed while no retaliation was planned.
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Washington i
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
State Department
Moscow
John S. Vinson
Milton
Mass
William R. Stroud
Kewanee
Walter Mule
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Year' men face capital ban on dollar a year posts
Senator Capehart seeks to clarify the administration stance on dollar a year men in peacetime government. The Banking Committee backs new curbs restricting unpaid officials from key posts, citing Campbell testimony. Flemming may soften measures as discussions with Capehart continue.
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Washington
Sen. Caphart
R-Ind
Joseph Campbell
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Defense
Arthur S. Flemming
Capehart
Fleming
Banking Committee
Campbell
Eisenhower
Filbright
Young
Boy To Get Needed Blood In Columbus Heart Operation
In Columbus Ohio 29 year old Craig Price needs two pints of Type O negative blood for a heart operation. Donors responded after pleas from newspapers and radio stations. The surgery was moved to next Thursday at Children's Hospital. The boy has a congenital obstruction in the right pumping chamber reducing blood flow to the lungs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Craig Price
Little Craig
Desmond Price
Price
Children’s Hospital
Robbery on Loop Train Nets $50 From Secretary
Miss Sally Carney 23 a University of Chicago secretary told police a man threatened her with a knife and grabbed her purse and $50 on a Loop bound elevated train. None of the 16 other passengers intervened and six, including two women, alighted with the robber at 47th Street station.
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Chicago
Sally Carney
University of Chicago
Freighter Santa Adela Stuck In Mud Bank Near Astoria
The Grace Line freighter Santa Adela, 6,500 tons, ran aground on an underwater mud bank at the Columbia River mouth. Tug attempts failed to free it as the ship backed from its berth en route to San Francisco Los Angeles and South American ports. Crew reported unharmed.
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Astoria
Ore
Grace Line
Columbia River
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Fight to restore half of Asian aid funds in Congress
Senator H. Alexander Smith vows to restore the House cut of 200 million dollars for the Asian economic development fund, arguing the US must show strength ahead of the Geneva conference. He also criticizes a large cut in military aid while Mansfield says the economy knife may not have gone deep enough.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
House
Eisenhower
House Appropriations Committee
Smith
United States
Asia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
House Committee
17 year old gun-toting redhead and boyfriend held on robberies
Lora Lee Ritenour and Louise Emery Teller, a 17 year old and 27 year old, are jailed in Detroit on armed robbery charges after an apartment raid. They face investigations over a Cleveland bank robbery, a Shaker Heights guard armory theft, a Cleveland Trust Co. holdup, and an Akron robbery.
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Lora Lee Ritenour
Detroit
U.S
Ken Lewis
Richard Holleran
FBI
Louis Emery Teller
Cleveland
Louise Emery Teller
Ohio
Arthur Koscinski
Cleveland Trust Co
Shaker Heights National
Youth Held As Slayer Of Girl In New Hampshire
In Manchester New Hampshire the nude body of 4 year old Patricia Johnson was found in a shallow grave in a neighbor's cellar. Walter Bourque Jr an 11 year old factory worker and volunteer searcher confessed to sexual assault and murder. He faces a first degree murder arraignment in Juvenile Court.
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Manchester
N.H
Patricia Johnson
Walter Bourque Jr
Conrad Danais
Bourque
Three Feared Flood Victims In Kentucky
In Garrard County Kentucky officers waited for flood waters to subside to verify reports that three persons may have died in flash floods. Sheriff L C Daniel said high water hindered access to the hardest hit areas while two unidentified children reportedly drowned and Clyde Newby aged about 54 was missing.
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Lancaster
Garrard County
Kentucky
L.C. Daniel
Clyde Newby
Faure Backed On Tunisia Vote
In Paris the National Assembly approved Tunisia self government agreements by 540 to 43 after Premier Edgar Faure urged adherence to promises of autonomy. Faure warned that blocking reforms would erode trust in France across the Arab world and Western nations as well. He declared that colonialism is finished.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
France
National Assembly
Tunisia
Faure
Editor Howard Rushmore Disappears in Chicago
Police probe the disappearance of 65 year old Howard Rushmore editor of Confidential a bimonthly magazine missing since Thursday. Rushmore traveled from New York City to Chicago to pursue a story on James Forrestal and reported seeking a Chicago Communist party leader. He left his hotel with a man calling himself Larry to meet at 1 15 a m and has not been seen since. Police found unclaimed New York air tickets for a 6 25 a m flight Friday.
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Chicago
Police Today
Howard Rushmore
Confidential
Rushmore
New York City
Frank Hermoski
James Forrestal
Navy
Defense Departments
Communist Party
Communist Daily Worker
New York Journal American
Larry
Roosevelt Rd
Halsted St
Maurice Schaffner
George Williams
New York
Whitfield Withdraws Nomination From AEC Amid Controversy
Des Moines attorney Allen Whitfield urged President Eisenhower to withdraw his Atomic Energy Commission nomination as the Senate House committee probes the choice. The White House planned to act next week amid insinuations Whitfield says he cannot influence. The AEC oversees around 12 billion dollars in atomic activities and national security.
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Washington
Allen Whitfield
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate House
Des Moines
Iowa
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
AEC
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Whitfield
Arch Ward Dies Veteran Chicago Tribune Sports Editor
Arch Ward, 58, longtime Chicago Tribune sports editor, died in his sleep at his Lake Shore Drive home. He promoted Golden Gloves and Silver Skates events and created the All-Star baseball format pitting NL stars against AL stars. His son Thomas reported Ward suffered heart attacks over years and died after a night collapse.
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Chicago
Arch Ward
The
Chicago Tribune
Ward
Lake Shore Drive
Helen
Thomas
United States Steel Corp
Young Ward
Ecalator
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