Stanford Opens Campus Network Across Europe
Stanford University extends its reach with a campus near Stuttgart Germany and plans further bases in France and Italy. The program aims to send a third of graduates abroad, offering two abroad quarters at home tuition and room charges, with only the return passage by chartered plane as extra cost.
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Italy
Salt Lake Sizzles Through Prolonged Heat Wave
Salt Lake City endures the longest heat wave on record with five weeks of daytime highs never below the 90s. Last week saw nine straight days of 100 or higher, including a 107 degree reading, the hottest ever recorded in Salt Lake.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake
Woman Jailed For Contempt In Ohio Marriage Case
Miss Phyllis Cain a 26 year old Bidwell resident was sentenced to five days in jail plus a 100 fine and costs for contempt of court. She allegedly pretended to be the mother of a 15 year old bride after signing a marriage license for her brother James 24 and Virginia Koonts who claimed to be 17. James also began a five day term and Koonts was turned over to county authorities. The judge voided the marriage.
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Columbus
Ohio
Phyllis Cain
Bidwell
Gallia County
Roscoe R. Walcutt
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Rockefeller Rests After Chicago Convention Return
Governor Nelson Rockefeller, tired but satisfied, lands at Westchester County Airport with his wife and staff after the Republican National Convention in Chicago. He says the convention went well and vows to focus on organizing for November within New York state structures.
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Chicago
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Navy pilot killed in A4D crash at Fort Bliss
An A4D Skyraider crashed and exploded at Fort Bliss in El Paso, killing the Navy pilot. Army officials, who did not identify the deceased, said he was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. No other injuries were reported.
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Stanford expands overseas program with new campuses
The overseas program launched in Germany in June 1953 will grow in September adding Stanford campuses in Tours France and Florence Italy for 90 more undergraduates. Plans include study centers in Tokyo and Hong Kong for students with Asia Japan interests. Geri Wilder 22 of North Hollywood Calif studied in Stuttgart and praised small seminar life and German language immersion, while Stanford emphasizes high admission standards and selective campus placements.
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U S Seventh Fleet Would Back Nationalist Navy
The top U S naval adviser in Formosa said Taipei would receive prompt support from the 7th Fleet in a large-scale Communist attack. Navy Capt. Donald G Irvine noted the free world's Pacific naval strength is far greater and warned the Reds would take a bloody nose in a showdown.
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Pacific
Forgotten World War II bomber found near California lake
An unrecovered World War II B 24 bomber wreckage is reported near a remote California lake. The discovery mirrors a prior find in Libya last year with a log book reportedly located nearby.
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