City Manager Howard Kramer Asked to Resign by Commission
City Manager Howard H. Kramer disclosed he was asked to resign by the City Commission or face discharge after a Monday night meeting. He cited a “clash of personalities” with a committee negotiator over salary increases and said he could find no cited reason for resignation. Kramer noted his tenure since July 16, 1953, aimed to advance major street sewer and underpass projects.
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Howard H. Kramer
City Commission
Kramer
Commission
Francis Carmody
Theodore Thompson
Thompson
Shafaf-Neibar
Herbert W. Starick
Middletown
Dayton
Starick
Soekarno Visits Cairo on Five Day Official Tour
Indonesia's President Soekarno is in Cairo for a five day official visit and is making a pilgrimage to Mecca as part of his itinerary.
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Cairo
Egypt
Indonesia
Soekarno
Mecca
Senators Defend NATO Link to German Unification Talks
Several senators said the free world cannot abandon NATO for any German unification deal with Russia. Eisenhower urged the Soviets at Geneva to accept NATO as a defensive force. Bulganin conditioned rejection. Senators Barkley, George, Hickenlooper, and Wiley stressed NATO’s defensive role and cautioned against dissolving the alliance as a condition for talks.
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Washington
Free World
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Russia
Eisenhower
Geneva
NATO
Bulganin
East
West Germany
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
Barkley
George
Dia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Sen. Wiley
Wisconsin
Marshal Zhukov
Wiley
Skunk Thief Sought After Deodorized Pet Stolen
Montgomery police seek a thief after a 7 month old skunk named Jimmy was stolen from Michael Thorstad’s back yard. The animal was deodorized prior to the theft and police urge any witnesses to come forward.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jimmy
Michael Thorstad
Wage Bill Stalemate Over Federal Minimum Boost
Congress faces a showdown over raising the federal minimum wage from 75 to 90 cents with a plan for phased increases to 95 and 1 dollar. Democrats push for more than 1 dollar, while Republicans and Southern Democrats warn inflation and harm to small business.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep. Kelley
D-Pa
Senate
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
Son Identifies Plane Victims in Midway Crash
The son of Charles Nunley, 59, and his wife Mary, 50, of Steubenville Ohio, identified them as the deceased in the Braniff crash at Chicago Midway Airport. Twenty two people died and twenty one were injured. Roger Nunley of Williston North Dakota made the identification.
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Chicago
Charles Nunley
Mary
Steubenville
Ohio
Braniff Airlines
Roger
Williston
N. D
Midway Airport
Ohio Chief Of Wildlife May Resign
The Columbus Dispatch reports Dr. Charles A. Dambach plans to resign as chief of the state wildlife division over personal conflicts in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. A. W. Marion says no resignation is known. Dambach on leave since 1949 and vacationing in Colorado.
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Columbuus
Ohio
Columbus Dispatch Today
Charles A. Dambach
State Wildlife Division
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Dambach
Dispatch
Ohio State University
Colorado
A. W. Marion
Department of Natural Resources
Dambarch
Ohio State
the Universe
Gibralter Island
Mrs. Mesta Escapes Saigon Rioters By Air to Singapore
In Saigon thousands of anti Communist students besieged the Majestic Hotel as Mrs Perle Mesta sheltered in her suite. A cordon formed to shield her, and embassy officials evacuated her to a sedan, then to the Saigon airport for a flight to Singapore.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Perle Mesta
Hotel Majestic
U.S
Luxembourg
Frank Malloy
Mrs. Mesta
Eisenhower appeals Zhukov for German unity at NATO talks
At the Geneva summit Eisenhower urged Marshal Zhukov to permit German unification within NATO. Zhukov offered no reply as Bulganin accepted the promise of U S restraint, though he noted Soviet cautions about changes in policy. The two leaders spoke privately after the session with no public indication of further comment.
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Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Edgar Faure
Britain
Anthony Eden
Ike
Geneva
United Nations
London
SV Ses
Soviet Union
Germany
Zhukov
Bulgania
Kremlin
NATO
Security
Bulganin
United States
Vie
West Germany
Russia
Bulganina
Eden
Shaky Sultan May Topple In Strife Ridden Morocco
Casablanca reports French officials plan ousting Sultan Moulay Ben Arafa as part of a moderation push in destabilized Morocco. Riots persist with deaths in Casablanca Fedala Rabat and other areas as Grandval faces opposition from French colonists and hints of a regency for a Ben Youssef line.
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Shaky Sultan
Morocco
Casablanca
Sultan Moulay Ben Arafa
Gilbert Grandval
Grandval
Tasablanca
Fedala
Rabat
Ben Arafa
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Ben Youssef
Cancer Recurs in Actress Suzan Ball in California
Duarte California officials report actress Suzan Ball has a cancer recurrence at City of Hope Hospital after prior leg amputation. Sources say the cancer may be in the lung. she has been hospitalized since July 5.
Weather Ramble Promises Warm Thursday With Humid Breaks
The forecast calls for mostly fair skies today and tonight with lows in the 70s. Thursday should be fair and warmer with higher humidity. Yesterday's high reached 92 at 5 30 p m and overnight low 73 at 6 a m, with 0 12 inches of rain.
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Sol
New York Recaptures Notorious Escapee McDermott
Patrick Eugene McDermott, 56, of the Bronx and an FBI ten most wanted fugitive, was seized by NYPD after a routine encounter at Jewish Memorial Hospital where he had worked as an ambulance attendant. He had escaped from Ohio’s Columbus peniten tiary on November 28 and was serving a life term for 1926 murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton’s crusading publisher. He admitted his identity and was booked as a fugitive for the FBI.
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New York
Don R. Mellett
Ohio
New York City
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Bronx
FBI
McDermott
Hardld Pagewell
Jewish Memorial Hospital
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Canton
Daily News
Mellett
Newark Bus Service Suspends Operations
Newark Ohio bus service will suspend operations on August 1. Harry Arnold, president of City Rapid Transit Lines Corp, Newark's only local bus service, announced the halt after City Council concessions on route and schedule changes proved insufficient.
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Newark
Ohio
Harry Arnold
City Rapid Transit Lines Corp
Arnold
Four power talks on European security and German unification
At Geneva the Big Four agreed they had gone as far as possible on European security and German unification and tasked foreign ministers to plan further talks. Eisenhower pressed for German unification under present conditions while affirming NATO as a peaceful alliance. Zhukov attended a private luncheon with Eisenhower amid high diplomatic tension.
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Geneva
Germany
Eisenhower
Russia
Georgi K. Zhukov
Soviet Union
Berlin
United States
NATO
Georgi Zhukov
Bulganin
Eden
Faure
Dulles
Zhukov
Reds Plot To Divide West Bonn
The New York Herald Tribune reports a Soviet bid to contact West German leader Konrad Adenauer and drive a wedge between Bonn and NATO during the Geneva summit. Bonn officials rejected the move and urged stability as reunification talks advance while Adenauer vacationed in Mürren.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Geneva
Bonn
Herald Tribune
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Georgi M. Pushkin
East Germany
Herbert Blankenhorn
West Germany
Adenauer
Muereren
Blanken‘horn
Moscow
Soviet Union
UAW Indicted For Violating Corrupt Practices Act
A federal grand jury indicted the CIO United Auto Workers Union for using general union funds to finance political activities in the 1954 congressional campaign. The four counts allege the organization violated the act by funding politics with general funds tied to Meet the UAW-CIO on WJBK-TV. No officers were named in the indictment. max penalty is $5,000 per count.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Patrick V. McNamara
UAW
Homey Ferguson
Michigan State
Republican Central Committee
John Feikens
Justice Department
Union
Walter Reuther
Reuther
McNamara
Ferguson
UAW - Cio
Wjbk - TV
Destroit
Guy Nunn
Nce
Emil
Feikens
Arthur Summerfield
Summerfield
Michigan
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