AF Cuts Budget Estimate for Global Air Base System
Washington says it needs 7.6 billion dollars to build a global air base network for strategic bombers, a cut of almost two billion from earlier forecasts. James H. Douglas testified that 137-wing forces should be ready by end of 1957, noting many wings have 30 to 75 planes and highlighting inadequate base facilities needing correction.
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Air Force
James H. Douglas
House Appropriations
Congress
L. D. Washbourne
Truman
Douglas
Aunt seeks inherit dress linked to Cincinnati lawyer death
Mrs. Grace Pike Davis claims a 1890 dress may worth 426000 if she proves she is aunt of a Cincinnati lawyer who died June 21 without a will. She asserts she is the woman pictured in the dead lawyer's home wearing a similar gown.
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Grace Pike Davis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Governors Split Over Eisenhower Highway Plan
Bolton Landing New York AP Governors at the 44th annual conference split on Eisenhower's 50 billion highway proposal. Republicans and Democrats agree on a 10 year national road expansion. Some leaders press federal withdrawal while others foresee continued or expanded federal financial roles. Governor Dan Thornton Colorado Republican frames the message as a challenge to states. Governor Thomas E Dewey New York cautions the president may not require federal stay in road building.
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Bolton Landing
N. Y
Eisenhower
Imost
Nixon
America
Fisenhower
Washington
Dan
Colorado
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Search Party Sails After Pacific Raft
A raft Lehi with four of five crew aboard sails south in the Pacific off central California after refusing Coast Guard tow. Don Smith of Santa Rosa radioed for help amid flu symptoms while the crew hoped to drift 2,200 miles to Hawaii. The motorless raft, towed from the Golden Gate, plans to live off the sea as it drifts.
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Pacific
California
Coast Guard
Hawaii
Don Smith
Santa Rosa
Calif
Golden Gate
Fisherman Lost Nine Days Found Near North Bend
James Stolberg, a 31 year old Seattle fisherman and Navy veteran with 70 percent disability, was found alive after nine days wandering 30 miles in Cascade Mountains 13 miles southeast of North Bend. He left Seattle July 4 for a fishing trip and was discovered near an old fire trail off Sunset Highway. He had followed the trail then moved through dense brush toward Mason Lake but lost his bearings, ending about 16 miles from the lake.
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North Bend
Wash
Seattle
Cascade Mountains
Here
James Stolberg
Stolberg
Mason Lake
Kerr Wins Nomination For Senate
Former Gov Roy J Turner withdrew from Oklahoma's runoff primary giving the Democratic nomination for U S Senate to Sen Robert S Kerr. Kerr led with 238 543 votes to 205 241 while seven other candidates split the field. Kerr now faces the Republican runoff winner in the November general election.
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Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
US. Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Turner
Kerr
Senate Committee Drops Foreign Aid Ultimatum to French and Italians
Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Paris and said a Southeast Asian collective defense pact could aid France in Indochina. He noted the United States favors allied action to preserve peace, while not joining direct belligerency, and invited talks with Mendes France and Eden on peace terms before Geneva.
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Geneva
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Pierre Mendes- France
Anthony Eden
Eden
Mendes-France
Pars
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Great Britain
Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Switzerland
Japs Find Whale Fossil With Legs
TOKYO A whale fossil described as million years old was found at Esashi on Hokkaido. Its foreleg protrudes nine feet from the main skeleton and the specimen will be exhibited here Monday at the International Whaling Conference.
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The
Japan News Today
Esashai
Japan
Hokkaido
Sniper Warfare Rocks Hanoi Outpost In Night Battles
Vietminh mortars hit French headquarters at Son Tay 25 miles northwest of Hanoi as rebels clash with French forces in the Son Tay area and northern Red River delta. The night battles leave 41 rebels dead and 17 captured, with 20 rebels killed and 10 captured in the Hung Yen area.
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Indochina
Son Tay
Red River
Vietminh
Hung Yen
Luc Nam-Puh Lang Thuong
Body Of Mail Order Heir To Be Exhumed
Chicago socialite Mrs. Marion Thorne agrees to exhale the body of Montgomery Ward Thorne for medical tests to determine cause of death. Coroner and a panel of pathologists seek authorization as inquest resumes. suspicions of foul play linger after Thorne rewrote his will nine days before his death.
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Marion Thorne
Bartlett Marimon
Walter E. McCarron
Charles 5. Dougherty
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Harry Leon
Young Thorne
Thorne
Maureen Ragen
Aleen
Jay Stough
Leon
Heat wave pushes record highs across Midwest and beyond
The nation faced scorching heat with widespread readings above 100 degrees aided by little relief. At least eight deaths were linked to the heat as cities like Pittsburg Kansas reported 121 degrees unofficial, while Dallas and Oklahoma City also registered triple digits. Power use maxed out in Kansas City and Midwest City faced shortages as officials warned of ongoing daily shortages while several cities posted all time highs.
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Great Lakes
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Columbia
Springfield
Rapid City
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Dallas
Tex
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Casper
Wyo
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Carolinas
New England
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Miami Valley
Vandalia
Mercury
Middletown
Armco
Chiang May Intercept Red Tanker
Taipei reports Nationalist warships may intercept the 15,000 ton Soviet tanker Leningrad cleared for Shanghai in Red China. Officials note three other Soviet ships heading north with speculation of rendezvous with a submarine escort through waters patrolled by Nationalists. The Tuapse was seized June 23 and unloaded. Leningrad cargo is kerosene and diesel for Communist China.
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Leningrad
Singapore
Shanghai
Red China
Siberian
Vladivostok
Tuapse
Leningard
China
Landslides Kill Five in Colombia Near Medellin
In Medellin area, landslides claimed at least five lives and injured about 60. Rescue teams searched through the night for more victims after a crowd formed at the first slide and a second slide buried people nearby.
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Medellin
Colombia
Talks To Resume Wage Talks In Cleveland
Akron negotiators for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co and the United Rubber Workers CIO plan wage talks in Cleveland Monday. Union President L. S. Buckmaster announced today.
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Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers Cio
Cleveland
L. S. Buckmaster
Solons Reverse Selves on Foreign Aid Bill Change
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reversed course, striking out major changes to the overseas aid bill after State Department input. The panel approved a milder delivery framework for 1951 1953 programs while tying future funds to EDC, and backed a Mansfield amendment to abolish the Foreign Operations Administration next June 30 as the official distributor of aid.
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Alfred M. Gruenther
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Dulles
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
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Wiley
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Aiken
R-Vj
George
Ihea
Green
D-Ai
Fulbright
D-Ark
Sparkman
D-Ala
Giette
D-lowa
Koowland
Ferguson
Hickenlooper
R-lowa
Langer
R-Nd
Mansfield
Fire Engine Crash Mystery Deepens in Dayton
A fire department accident in Dayton left district chief Bernard J. Schaeff dead and 23 injured, three critically, as a 14 ton hook and ladder truck struck the chief’s car while rushing to a blaze at 209 S. Ludlow St. The crash damaged Mayor’s jewelry store and injured fourteen pedestrians, six firemen, and three car occupants. a full investigation began, with officials citing moral rather than legal responsibility.
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Third
S. Ludlow St
Bernard J. Schaeff
Kling Dr
Mayor's Jewelry Store
Mayor's
Forrest B. Lucas
Herbert E. Beane
Herbert Starick
Columbus council starts probe into gambling charges
Columbus Ohio AP reports city council voted 5 to 2 to form a committee to investigate alleged wide open gambling. Council President Fillinger says Gov Lausche will testify with Mayor Sensenbrenner and State Liquor Director Rutkowski.
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Columbus, Ohio
O. J. Fillinger
Frank J. Lausche
M. E. Sensenbrenner
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Jerry Spears Jr
Robert H. Warner
Lausche
Warner
Res
Sensenbrenner
Robert Taft Foundation Is Set Up
The nonpolitical organization will use its funds for religious charitable scientific and other causes. The note mentions a figure who died July 34 1953, underscoring historic context around the setup.
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Robert Taft Foundation
Tor
Atomic Submarine Engine Is Put Through Its Paces
Washington reports the land based model of the world’s first nuclear submarine engine has produced power to circumnavigate the globe submerged and at full speed. The prototype, stalled in the USS Nautilus project, sits at the Atomic Energy Commission testing site in eastern. The Senate committee backed a bill to allow peacetime international atomic cooperation, private industry access to atomic materials, and transfer of data to allies or regional bodies, with some dissent on sections.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Senate
AEC
Knee Deep In McCarthys Says Stevens In McCarthy Country
Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens, en route from Paris to Washington, lands at Shannon. He tours West European Army units as McCarthy names appear in the airport, with officials including Charles Mee Carthy and Jack McCarthy cited at various points. Stevens remarks on being in McCarthy country.
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Army
Robert T. Stevens
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Europe
Charles MeeCarthy
Jack McCarthy
Stevens
John Ad Carthy
Tom Carthy
Nick McCarthy
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