Britain to pull 83000 troops from Suez by mid-1956
Cairo reports Egypt awaits final treaty after Britain agrees to withdraw all troops from the Suez zone within 20 months of the final pact. Anwar Sadat and Gamal Nasser hailed the accord, which also allows limited British use of bases if Arab states are attacked and keeps key facilities under joint oversight for seven years.
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Cairo
Egypt
Thier
Suez Cane Zone
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Antony Head
Britain
Suez
Turkey
Col
Anwar Sadat
Revolutionary Council
United States
Sadat
Nasser
Radio
Hussein Shafei
Sudan
U.S
Jefferson Caffery
Iping
State Department
Middle East
Canal Zone
Arab League
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Jordan
Iraq
Libya
Eisenhower boosts tariffs on imported watches
President Eisenhower raised duties on many foreign watches, with up to 30 percent higher rates on watches with few jewels, effective immediately except for in transit shipments. The move pleases U.S. makers and aims to protect domestic industry while drawing protest from Swiss officials and some critics.
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Whitney
Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Charles Bruggmann
United States
Federal Tariff Commission
White House
Paul F. Mickey
Asen
Rhee Addresses Congress in Push for Korea Unity
South Korea's leader Syngman Rhee speaks to a joint session amid calls for a free and unified Korea. He thanks the United States for aid and rejects peaceful reunification, while Washington signals ongoing military and economic support to deter renewed war.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
Korea
White House
Eisenhower
Rhee
United States
North Korea
McClellan Holds Lead Ellender Wins Election
In Arkansas Sen. John McClellan led by about 2,700 votes with 2,166 of 2,301 precincts reporting and a possible runoff against Sid McMath if the margin narrows. In Louisiana Sen. Allen Ellender, veteran Huey Long ally, easily won the Democratic nomination for a fourth six-year term with a large plurality likely near 100,000, based on parishes outside New Orleans where his chief rival Frank B. Ellis trailed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
John McClellan
McClellan
Sid McMath
New Orleans
Allen Joseph Elfender
Louisiana
Farmer
Huey Long
House of Representatives
Frank B. Is Ellis
Senate OKs Atomic Bill After Marathon Senate Debate
The Senate approved the atomic energy bill 57 to 28 after 13 days of acrimonious debate. The measure authorizes federal agencies to build plants and grants limited information to allies while House and Senate versions must be reconciled behind closed doors.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
U. S
Sen. Morse
Oregon
Knowland
California
GOP
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
House
Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
Commission
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Southern Utility
Memphis, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
California Chief Planning To Wed
California Gov. Goodwin J. Knight will marry Mrs. Virginia Carson in Beverly Hills on Monday. The ceremony at the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour will be attended by about 30 relatives. Knight is a candidate for the November election.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Virginia Carson
Beverly Hills
Knight
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour
House OKs foreign aid bill with 5.2 billion total
The House passed a foreign aid appropriation of 5,208,419,979 for the current fiscal year in a 265 to 128 vote. The bill, $812,213,554 below Eisenhower’s request, faced final approval after seven hours of debate and heads to the Senate where a related measure awaits action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Halleck
R-Ind
House Appropriations Committee
Europe
Southeast Asia
Glenn R. Davis
Treasury
Economic Outlook Said Good for Steel Industry
Benjamin F. Fairless of United States Steel Corp says the steel sector will run at 70 to 75 percent capacity for the year with a late summer pickup anticipated. U S Steel reported Q2 net income of 49,020,738 dollars or 1.63 a share, higher than Q1 44,830,376 dollars or 1.48 a share, versus 55,640,806 dollars or 1.89 a share in 1953.
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New York
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corn
Fairless
U. S. Steel
Navy identifies pilot in July air battle over Hainan Island
The Navy in Washington announced that Battles Red Ensign Richard R. Crooks of Los Angeles was one of three Navy pilots in the air clash near Hainan Island on July 25 in which two Communist fighter planes were shot down. The Navy did not name which pilot downed the Red planes.
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Richard R. Crooks
Los Angeles
Navy
Washington, D. C
Hainan Island
Cons Strike Stirs Walla Walla Prison Run
Inmates at Walla Walla State Prison staged a passive hunger strike and sitdown action starting in the laundry, spreading to most inmates by midday. Warden Cranor described idle labor as a key trigger while guards tightened watch on the segregation wing amid reported tensions.
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John
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Alcatraz
Cranor
Ellis IslandCould Be Closed and Moved to Edgewater
The U S government weighs abandoning Ellis Island as the main New York Harbor immigration station and moving facilities to Edgewater New Jersey across the Hudson. Immigration officials say no final decision exists while New York City congressmen oppose the transfer.
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Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Edgewater
Hudson River
Manhattan
New York City
Department
The
Immigration Service
Herbert Brownell
Eisenhower Says U S Will Defend Its Rights
President Eisenhower declared the United States will defend its rights when engaged in legitimate business overseas. He tied Chinese Communist attacks on American and British planes to a Red plot to split Western allies and noted American rescue planes were attacked but shot down two Red planes over the South China Sea.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
South China Sea
Great Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Sen
Cooper
Congress
Switzerland
Germany
West Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Texas
Guv
Allan Shivers
Tex
Shiver
Costs To Collect One Cent In Sales Tax Revenue
Columbus reports the state paid 36 cents postage due while collecting 1 cent in sales tax revenue. Furniture dealer John Glancy of Goshen in southern Ohio sent a penny by registered mail to the state. State Treasurer Roger W. Tracy noted the cost of collection.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Glancy
Goshes
Roger W. Tracy
Ipey
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Valley News
Star Witness
Susan Hayes
Cleveland
Robert Schottke
Miss Hayes
Samuel H. Sheppard
Ihe
South Korea
Ellender
Joan J. McClellan
Allen J. Ellender
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Hubert KR. Harmon
Sew Air Farce Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
West Point
Justice Department
Immigration Commission
Joseph M. Swing
N.J
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