Suez Seizure Counters Egypt Moves Amid Western Action
Britain froze Egypt's sterling balances and Suez Canal Co assets in the U K. France weighs asset freezes as Pineau and Lloyd plan a London meeting with Dulles. Nasser's nationalization of the canal faces international objections, with talks on safeguarding free passage under the 1888 Constantinople Convention.
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Dave Mason
PARIS
Britain
France
Egypt
Suez Canal
Suez Canal Co
United Kingdom
Christan Pineau
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S
Dulles
London
Pineau
French National Assembly
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Lima
Peru
Manuel Prado
Nash
Ekeen One
Prisoners Stage Sitdown at Connecticut State Prison
About 250 inmates staged a sitdown strike at the Wethersfield state prison. Gov. Ribicoff promised a hearing by the Board of Prison Trustees. The prisoners sought media presence and the release of Leroy Nash who had been held in isolation.
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Wethersfield
Conn
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Board of Prison Trustees
George C. Cummings
Connecticut
Cummings
Hartford Courant
Hartford Times
New Haven Journal- Courier
Bridgeport Sunday Herald
Leroy Nash
Danbury
Hands Off Funds In Bid To Reelect Senator Bender
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey denies any use of his influence to solicit campaign funds for Senator Bender. He releases a sample letter stating the committee is not involved in fundraising. Separate Ohio drive plans to raise 400000 for Bender’s reelection are led by Joseph C. Shouvlin.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Sen
Bender
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Joseph C. Shouvlin
Republican Senatorial Finance Committee
Magsaysay Says He Is Available for a Second Term
President Ramon Magsaysay states he is available for a second term. He notes the decision rests with the people and adds he is ready to serve. He was elected President in 1933 for a four year term.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Magsaysay
Steelworkers Near Signing Of 3 Year Contract
Pittsburgh report notes steel negotiators advancing language for a three year no strike settlement ending a 28 day walkout. President McDonald says signing will take several days with a wage rise totaling about 28.7 cents over three years and a 65 percent take home pay pension plan.
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Pittsburgh
New York
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers’ Union
Siee Aioel Corp
West Vic
Kentucky
Eerie
Reading
PRR
Mystery over missing after Andrea Doria disaster amid radar questions
New York AP report details conflicting counts of survivors from the Andrea Doria crash. Italian Line and Stockholm captain offer little on causes as four probes prepare. Dialogue centers on radar status and who survived or was lost.
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New York
Stockholm
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Doria
Gunnar Nordenson
Piero Calamai
Vibe
Doriai
Congress Passes Big Bills Ends 84th Session
The 84th Congress approved Social Security foreign aid and housing measures and adjourned at midnight amid House horseplay and Senate oratory. Immigrant and civil rights efforts faltered as lawmakers limited further action. Leaders eyed reconvening January 7 with several veterans retiring.
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Washington
House
Senate
Miracle wreck story ends with Morgan interview
New York ABC radio commentator Edward P. Morgan recounts a personal miracle after interviewing his former wife and her daughter Jo an Cianfarra about the Andrea Doria disaster. The girl Linda Stockholm survivor was ashore after the Swedish ship Stockholm collided with the Doria.
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New York
ABC
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Jane Cianfarra
Camille
Joan Cianfarra
Andrea Doria
Linda
Stockholm
Plane on Honolulu to San Francisco reports engine failure
A Honolulu to San Francisco flight carrying 96 aboard issued an emergency call saying two of four engines failed. The craft was about 500 miles from San Francisco on the 2,400 mile route when the Coast Guard dispatched four planes to the scene.
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San Francisco
Honelulu
Henelulu
Coast Guard
Youth 15 Drowned in Akron Area Farm Pond Incident
Claude Miller Jr., 15, of Mogadore, Ohio, drowned Friday in a farm pond near his home. The accident occurred in the Akron area as authorities investigated the drowning.
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Akron, Ohio
Claude Miller J Jr
Mogadore
Cadets Flee Red Poland In Stolen Plane
Two Polish air cadets Bogdan Biskupski and Karol Kruk fled Communist Poland in a stolen two seater plane flown toward Munich. They landed near Krems Oberberg near Vienna after 380 miles fuel shortage seeking asylum and told Austrian police of unbearable living conditions.
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Vienna
Austria
Oberbergern
Krems
Lower Austria
Warsaw
Munich
West Germany
8th Turnpike Death on Ohio Turnpike
A collision on the Ohio Turnpike 13 miles west of the Lorain Elyria interchange late Friday killed Mrs. Ethel Ann Longman 68 of Nut Mountain. It was the eighth death on the turnpike this year.
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Lorain
Ohio
Lorain-Elyria
Ethel Ann Longman
Nut Mountain
Hays Named to NATO Conference Slate
Rep. Hays of Ohio is among nine House members named by Speaker Rayburn to attend the NATO Parliamentary Conference in November in Geneva.
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Washington
Hays
Ohio
House
Rayburn Friday
Geneva
Congress Approves Expanded Social Security Bill
Congress sent a landmark Social Security bill to President Eisenhower before adjournment. It adds disability benefits at age 62, lowers retirement to 62 for all, and extends coverage to about 225,000 new workers including lawyers and doctors. Taxes rise by 850 million dollars annually to fund these changes.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Ohio Bank Is Robbed Second Time
For the second time in 15 months the Waterville State Savings Bank was robbed Friday with an estimated $8,000 to $9,000 taken by three men wearing white handkerchiefs. They failed to reach the vault as tellers and bank president Ernest Ferrell cited the time lock. Two Canadians were previously convicted and sentenced to 25 years. Inside, Mona Graf and Ethel Starkweather faced gunmen as customers and children watched.
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House
Senate
Eisenhower
Toledo
Ohio
Waterville State Savings Bank
Ernest Ferrell
Mona Graf
Ethel Starkweather
Ferrell
MacArthur Petition Asks NY Senate Nomination
A Wall Street circulated petition urges Gen. Douglas MacArthur be nominated as the Republican candidate for U S senator from New York. Over 1,000 signatures were collected in 90 minutes in the financial district. The drive is sponsored by groups including The United Americans Against Communism and The Lincoln Taft Republican Voters League of Brooklyn. MacArthur could not be reached for comment.
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New York
Wall Street
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Aotess
Lincoln-Taft Republican Voters League of
Brooklyn
MacArthur
U S Firms Pay Off On Doria Insurance
New York reports American underwriters have paid 2 165 859 toward the Andrea Doria hull insurance. Johnson Higgins, an international broker, sent two checks for the amount to a London firm yesterday. The sum covers American companies' share of the 16 million hull coverage.
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New York
Stassen urged to join Democrats over Nixon clash
Washington July 28 AP Senator Goldwater urged Harold Stassen to switch to the Democrats and quit stirring GOP dissension as Eisenhower and Nixon seek renomination. Goldwater accused Stassen of seeking personal publicity and damaging party harmony while other Republicans push to unite behind Nixon.
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Washington
Sen
Goldwater
Rariz
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Stassen
Tto
GOP
Christian Crin
Elsen
Morse
D-Ore
Senate
Democrats
Douglas McKay
Interior
Eisenhower
Sen. Thye
R-Minn
Tiar
Minnesota
Thye
New York Herald Tibune
Republican House
Washington Dispatch
Don Whiteweed
House
Bailie W. Vinson
Oklahoma
Ee Nixon
Vinson
Hospital Manager Fired Over Home Building Job
The Ohio state director of mental hygiene and correction fired E P Mosier, Apple Creek State Hospital business manager, after an inquiry found unauthorized construction of a personal home on hospital grounds. Officials cited no ill intent but said disciplinary action follows. prosecutors may review for possible fraudulent practices before a grand jury.
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Ohio
State Director of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Apple Creek State Hospital
John D. Porterfield
E. P. Mosier
Porterfield
Mosier
Robert A. Haines
Apple Creek
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