Israeli airliner shot down near Bulgarian border
An El Al Constellation crashed in Bulgaria near the Greek border, killing most aboard. Bulgarians fired on the plane. 57 people were aboard including at least three Americans. Greece cited military observers for details. Israel promised a formal inquiry.
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Paris
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Yugoslavia
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Istanbul
Atomic Power Not Same As A Bomb
David O. Woodbury analyzes atomic power versus weapons, explaining reactor safety, containment, and the handling of radioactive waste. He discusses crash scenarios, shielding, and the long term disposal challenges, emphasizing public safety and the difference between power plants and bombs.
Talbott Faces Ethics Review as Ike Ponders End of Probe
President Eisenhower said he will decide after Senate inquiries end whether Talbott used his office improperly or merely used personal influence. Talbott agreed to divest from the Mulligan firm, having earned 132 032 dollars in profits since 1953, and noted he would give up his interests completely if needed. The Mulligan firm, a management engineering concern involved in cost cutting, drew scrutiny for government-linked work and letters from Talbott on Air Force stationery.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Mulligan
Air Force
Air Secretary
McClellan
D-Ark
Pentagon
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Butler
Construction Pay Scale Rise Noted
The Labor Department said that for the three months ending July 1 union construction workers average wages rose 6 cents an hour. Bricklayers earned 3.47, carpenters 3.01, plasterers 3.36, plumbers 3.19, and laborers 2.04 per hour.
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Washington
Labor Department
Dulles Face-To-Face Talks Sought With Chou En Lai
Senator George presses for high level talks with Communist China arguing real progress on Formosa tensions requires direct talks with Chou En Lai. Secretary Dulles says time not yet right and Johnson will probe Red China's readiness for a cease-fire and restraint on force.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
China
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
J. Alexis Johnson
Geneva
Peiping
Formosa Strait
Chou En-Lai
Johnson
Red
Eisenhower Expands Peace Plan With Airborne Exchange Proposal
President Eisenhower signaled openness to letting peaceful foreign planes fly over U S areas to exchange military blueprints and enable aerial inspection as part of the Geneva proposal. He framed Geneva gains, noted no immediate peace era, and discussed Dixon Yates SEC hearings and Zhukov talks, stressing collective Soviet leadership and restraint.
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Eisenhower
United States
Geneva
Russia
Dixon-Yates
Joseph M. Dodge
Congress
J. Sinclair Armstrong
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sherman Adams
Adams
Senate
Armstrong
SEC
Sen. Kefauver
Dtenn
Adolphe Wenzell
New York
Zhukov
Matusow Pleads Innocent in Obstruction Conspiracy
New York Harvey Matusow, a key witness from the 1952 second-string Communists trial, pleads innocent to a six count indictment alleging that Roy M. Cohn induced false testimony. He is released on $3,000 bail while awaiting trial date. already under $10,000 bond pending appeal of a three year sentence for crime contempt in Dallas.
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Harvey Matusow
Matusow
Roy M. Cohn
U.S
Cohn
Archie O. Dawson
Dallas
Slavs Debt to Reds Canceled in Tito Announcement
Belgrade Yugoslavia President Tito announced the Soviet Union has canceled 90 million dollars in debts Yugoslavia owed Russia for imports before 1948. He said Soviet leaders visiting Belgrade acknowledged the material damage from Yugoslavia’s 1948 Cominform break and the ensuing trade halt with Russia and its satellites.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Russia
Cominform
House Rejects Eisenhower Bond Highway Plan in Narrow Vote
The House defeated the presidents road building scheme 184 to 178, rejecting a 30 year bond funded program. A Democratic alternative would tax fuel over 16 years to fund about 50 billion dollars in federal state road spending, including 24 billion for interstate highways, with a pay as you go approach.
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Rayburn
Tex
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Rep
T. A. Thompson
D-La
GOP
Rep. Fallon
D-Md
House Public Works Committee
Federal Highway Corporation
Lausche Orders Probe Into Paint Shortages
Gov. Frank Lausche ordered an investigation into reported paint shipment shortages to Ohio's highway department. The probe directs state patrols to verify reports that paint containers ran short by one or two gallons as UC Felty, highway safety director, oversees the inquiry. The highway department recently cancelled a 96,000 gallon contract over paint quality concerns.
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Columbusa
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
State Highway Department
UC. Felty
Highway Department
Mapai Maintains Lead in Israel Election Returns
Official returns show Mapai led by David Ben Gurion with a strong majority as the socialist labor faction appeared certain to continue its seven year leadership in the Knesset race.
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Jerusalem
David Ben- Gurion
Mapai
Israel
Socialist Labor
Post war: explotters of Hitler named to West German army
Bonn reports two 1944 bomb plotters Adolf Heusinger and Hans Speidel named to top ranks in West Germany's new army. They head a 6000 man volunteer nucleus to grow toward a 500000 strong force allied to NATO. Speidel was Rommel's Western Front chief of staff. Heusinger led the defense ministry planning.
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Germany
Hitler
Adolf Heusinger
Hans Speidel
Bundestag
West Germany
Security Committee
Speidel
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Europe
Erwin Rommel
Heusinger
Defense Ministry
German
Supreme Command
Cons Lose Fight For Extra Meal
AUSTIN Texas. A group of convicts failed to force the state prison system to provide three meals daily. District Judge J Harris Gardner denied a mandamus against Prison Manager O B Ellis. The 52 convicts staged a sitdown strike last April 13 over meal provisions.
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Austin
Tex
J. Harris Gardner
O. B. Ellis
Six Major Bills Remain for Congress in 1955 Session
Congress faces six key measures as the 1955 session winds down. Budget and highway bills dominate, with a housing package and a wage increase in limbo. Debate over foreign aid, clean up appropriations, and Congress funding moves edge toward conference.
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Washington
Sen. Clements
D-Ky
House
Senate
Young Girl Drowns in Great Miami River
Cincinnati police report 15 year old Sondra Matthews drowned yesterday while wading with her sister and friends in the Great Miami River west of Cincinnati. County officers say the girl disappeared after entering the water and did not resurface.
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Miami River
Cincinnati
Sondra Matthews
Heat Wave Grips Miami Valley with 104 Degrees
Forecasters warn 24 hours of hot humid air across the region with isolated showers possible. Yesterday's high reached 104 at 5 pm as temperatures climbed above 100 from Kansas to the Midwest while New York stayed near 85 and area lows hovered around 78. Rainfall measured 3.3 inches.
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Nebraska
Midwest
New York
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