France and Vietnam Cease-fire talks stall in Paris
French Premier Pierre Mendes-France pressed for a cease-fire line from Dong Hoi to Thakhek while Moscow stuck to its position after a four hour session with V. M. Molotov. Paris reports say Hanoi and Haiphong remain battlegrounds as talks on partition of Indochina show no progress.
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Geneva
Pierre Mendes-France
Indochina
Viet Nam
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Mendes-France
Dong Hoi
Thakhek
Haiphong
Hanoi
Laos
Cambodia
Fireworks Plant Explodes in Chestertown Toll of Six Confirmed
A Kent Manufacturing fireworks and munitions plant near Chestertown, Maryland, blew up in a 90 minute series of explosions. Six bodies recovered, 275 workers were on site, and nearby areas were evacuated as fires threatened stores of explosives. In Schiller Park, Illinois a separate blast at a Lawrence Avenue factory left at least one dead and several injured.
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Chestertown
Kent Manufacturing Co
Tom Small
Bartus Vickers
Chicagopa
Schiller Park
Lawrence Ave
Mannheim Rd
Smith Geneva Bound to Push Indochina Settlement Talks
Under Secretary Walter Bedell Smith is sent to Geneva to bolster U S terms for ending the Indochina war. Dulles reported assurances from Premier Mendes France that France will accept terms the United States can live with, while preserving Western unity against the Communist bloc.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Geneva
Indochina
United States
Britain
France
Smith
Dulles
Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Pele Hamuatan
Ann Gee 2A
Southeast Asia
Mendes-France
Anthony Eden
Russia
Red
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Mendes - France
Middletown Pairs Meet in 15s Final at Kentucky Tennis
Middletown’s Judy Hazan upset No 1 seed Mari lyn Voges of Chattanooga 6 2 6 1 in the 15 and under division of the Kentucky Junior Tennis championships. Carolyn Wikoff of Middletown beat Jean Kraft of Louisville 6 2 6 1, setting up a Middletown final between Hazan and Wikoff.
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Middletown
Judy Hazan
Marilyn Voges
Chattanooga
Carolyn Wikoff
Jean Kraft
Louisville
Ten Thousand French Troops Smash Vietminh
Ten thousand French Union troops backed by tanks and aircraft assaulted Vietminh positions west and northeast of a town six miles from the river bank. French officers reported noticeable logos on both sides as mobile infantry units crossed the Luc Nem line in a daylong offensive northeast of Hanoi.
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Hanoi
Indochinanh
Luc Nem
Foreign aid plan praised as strengthening free world forces
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the U. S. foreign aid program has paid off in greater total free world strength. It urges approval of a 3.1 billion dollar aid bill, noting Allied Western Europe gains since Korea cut Soviet attack risk. Some dissenters, like Sen. Langer, oppose the bill as a giveaway.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Senate
Europe
Korea
Asia
Indochina
United States
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Langer
Armed Services Committee
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
House
Believe B29 Rammed By Jet Fighter
A B29 bomber landed safely at Boston Airport with a damaged left wing after a possible air collision. Lt. Glenn Hess, piloting the aircraft from Griffiss AFB, reported damage over Cape Cod and sighted a fighter plane above. a B26 was nearby at about 1000 feet. Emergency landing procedures were initially issued and Coast Guard and military craft searched Cape Cod Bay for wreckage or the other aircraft.
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Boston
Glenn Hess
Cape Cod
Hess
Air Defense Command
Griffis Air Force Base
Rome
N. Y
Emer
The
Ten
Coast Guard Best
Provincetown
Cape Cod Bay
Ten Girl Scouts Carve Campsite at Stonybrook Farms
Middletown ten girl scouts are learning camping skills at the new Stonybrook Farms camp on Route 73 near Waynesville. The feature includes photos and details of their wilderness setup, with more in Sundays Journal.
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Girl Scouts
Middletown
Stonybrook Farms
Route 73
Waynesville
Red Planes Outnumber U S Craft In Far East Air War
Gen Earle Partridge, Far East Air Force commander, said Communists maintain about 7500 combat planes in the Far East, tripling U S air forces estimated at around 2400. He noted North Korea is expanding its strength and that 13 fields in that country can support jet operations. He warned air control is essential and signaled readiness to use atomic weapons if needed.
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Tokyo
Far East
U. S
America
Pacific
Earle E. Partridge
Partridge
Russia
China
North Korea
U.S
Japan
Heat Wave Death Toll Reaches 190 Across States
Nationwide heat and storm toll climbs to 190 as cooler northerly winds ease the severest wave. Missouri records the most deaths with 60. Oklahoma 44. Kansas 34. Illinois 11. several states report single-digit fatalities while temperatures drop 10 to 25 degrees from the previous day.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Atlantic
Little Rock
Ark
Fort Worth
Tex
Springfield
St. Louis
Kansas City
New York City
Pennsylvania
Colorado
West Virginia
Arkansas
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Massachusetts
New York
Iowa
Louisiana
Connecticut
Virginia
Tennessee
Maryland
Middletown
Armco
Sabre Jet Explodes Over Ohio Farm
A Sabre Jet on a routine training night exploded and crashed on a farm near Gustavis in Ashtabula County Ohio. Pilot Captain Dean F Schwendeman 33 of Marietta Ohio was ejected by a heat mechanism and parachuted to safety with minor injuries.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Gustavus
Ashtabula County
Dean F. Schwendeman
Marietta
McCarthy Cancels Boston Hearings Plans in Showdown
Senate leaders request delay of Boston hearings on alleged Communist infiltration of defense plants. McCarthy agrees to hold hearings in Washington instead this weekend and next week, while Flanders and Knowland spar over jurisdiction and strategy.
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McCarthy
Boston
Washington
Sen
Wis
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Sen. Flanders
Francie P. Carr
McCarthy Subcommittee
Carr
Flanders
Subcommittee
Sen. Potter R-Michi
Airlift Feeds Puerto Rico Amid Waterfront Strike
A four week dock workers strike paralyses Puerto Rico's ports as American Airlines airlifts 25 tons daily of meat butter eggs and produce. The AFL Maritime Workers Union negotiates with shipping firms aided by the Labor Department while Gov Munoz Marin weighs National Guard action if needed.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
American Airlines
New York
Miami
U.S. Commonwealth
U.S. Air Force
Berlin
Puerto
Rico
AFL Maritime Workers Union
Labor Department
Berg
Luis Munoz Marin
National Guard
Agriculture
Ramon Colon Torres
Lehis Crew Plans Second Drift Attempt To Hawaii
Four Lehi crew members, after six days adrift off California, reached port and prepared to retry the 2200 mile voyage to Hawaii. Don Smith, the radio operator, opted to quit the raft life permanently after two days of pleas for rescue. The Metapan rescued the crew in rough seas near central California.
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San Francisco
Pacific
California
Hawaii
Don Smith
Smith
Devere Baker
Arthur Fearson
Lamont Hawks
Ogden
Utah
Fearon
Baker
Hawks
Grosvenor
Joe) Fearon
Keith Pope
Alameda
Calif
Explosions Hit Plant Spreading Through 20 Acre Site
Waves of blasts diminished after noon as hundreds fled across the Chester River bridge toward Kent Queen Anne counties. Among about 20 injured taken to Kent Queen Anne s Hospital, Sixte was seriously hurt as explosions intensified through the plant made up of 90 or 4 small buildings and two large assembly houses on a 20 acre site.
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Chester River
Kent-Queen Annes Hospital
Sixte
Boeing Jetliner 707 Maiden Flight Sets Fast Pace
Boeing Airplane Co. unveiled what it calls the world’s largest and fastest jet airliner with the 110000 pound 707 taking off from Renton Municipal Airport. The four 10000 horsepower jets lifted the craft in 17 seconds and reached 20000 feet within 15 minutes before a 84 minute flight. The plane is designed to carry 130 passengers and reach speeds around 550 mph with a reported investment of 16 million dollars.
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Seattle
Boeing Airplane Co
Renton Municipal
Alf
Actor In For Surprise When He Returns Home
GRAND VIEW NY Actor Roland A Wood bought a house here two years ago and built two decorative brooks and bridges on the property. While he was away a water main leak nearby was repaired and the streams disappeared, leaving the garden dry and removing the decorative features. Wood is expected home from a summer theater tour Saturday.
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Grand View
N.Y
Roland
A. Wood
Wood
Comia
New York
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