Railroads to Get Aid From Bill
The Senate approved a plan for 700 million dollars in government guaranteed loans and aid for railroads. The House Commerce Committee prepared to act as the measure moves to floor debate. The bill would allow discontinuance of some cross state trains and authorize loans for equipment with up to 15 years to private lenders.
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Washington
Senate
House Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
ICC
Redstone Launching Success Brings Army Closer to Ballistic Deployment
In Cape Canaveral the 63 foot Redstone rocket achieved another successful launch as the Army moves toward activating the first ballistic missile. The capable mobile weapon, with a range of about 250 miles, has undergone more tests than any other large missile and could be deployed in the field as early as next month.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Kishi Re elected Japan Prime Minister By Diet Vote
Conservative Nobusuke Kishi was re elected Prime Minister of Japan by the new lower house. The Liberal Democratic leader defeated Socialist Moaburo Suzuki by 290 to 162 in the parliament vote.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
Liberal Democrats
Moaburo Suzuki
De Gaulle Demands Algeria Policy From Soustelle
Paris AP Charles de Gaulle called Jacques Soustelle back from Algiers to curb insurgent army officer and settler committees in Algeria. He criticized Gen Salan and Gen Massu for meddling in politics and ordered delaying Algerian municipal elections while seeking broader French control of North Africa.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Jacques Soustelle
Algeria
France
Soustelle
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Algiers
Raoul ‘Salan
Salan
River Crested At 16 Feet 7 Inches With Rain Next Likely
The river reached 16 feet 7 inches at 4 a m and began to fall, but new thunderstorms threaten delay. Cloudy skies expected today and tomorrow with possible thunder showers. Temperatures rose to 990 yesterday from a 66 degree low at 6 a m, and the low today was 66 at 5 a m.
Strike Vote Is Taken Among Ford's Employes
The United Auto Workers says it is conducting a strike vote among 100000 Ford production workers. Two GM locals report strong strike support while Chrysler officials move to pressure union bargaining. No immediate strike threat at Ford, but vote machinery is being set up.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Ken Bannon
UAW
Ford Department
Chrysler
International Uaw
General Motors
Bannon
Tere
Ford
Chicago
St. Louis
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Jefferson-Kerchevan
Norman Matthews
Chrysler Department
Levee Break Endangers Daytonians
A hole in a levee along the Miami River threatened about 1,500 residents in Dayton Ohio. Volunteers and firemen plugged the break and began raising the levee as the river rose over the wall. About 100 residents had already been evacuated from low areas.
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Dayton
Ohio
Miami
Miami Shore
Here
Jet crashes into home killing three near Ponca City
A fireball from a training Air Force T33 smashed into a four room frame house five miles northeast of Ponca City during a rainstorm killing 1st Lt. Robert E. Irons 25 and 2nd Lt. Charis Poulos 22 both stationed at Vance Air Force Base and Mrs. Cora Harman 68 a resident. Irons a instructor and Poulos a student were aboard the jet. Harman's body was thrown from the house by the explosion.
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Ponca City
Okla
Air Force
Cora Harman
Robert E. Irons
Westbury
Long Island
N. Y
Charis Poulos
Grand Island
Neb
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Oklo
Irons
Poulos
Wage payments rise for first time since recession
Commerce Department reports a 1 percent rise in personal income in May, the first increase since the recession began last August. The gain includes a $400 million jump from higher federal and state payments.
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Washington
W AP
Commerce Department
Power Edges Labor Bill With New Union Powers
Senate adds subpoena powers for the secretary of labor to compel testimony and books in union elections and finances. Amendments exempt small unions and share reports with rank and file. The measure aims to curb abuses while meeting some union demands as Kennedy leads the bill. Leadership hopes floor passage soon amid GOP pushback and political maneuvering.
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Kennedy
Cooper
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Irving M. Ives
Democratic Advisory Council
Republican Party
Big Business
Democratic Party
Boy's Body Found Near Lawrenceburg After River Swim
The body of 15 year old Frank Charles who drowned in the Great Miami River near Miamitown Ohio last Sunday was recovered from the Ohio River near Lawrenceburg Indiana Wednesday night according to Sheriff Ernest Negan gard.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Frank Charles
Miami River
Miamitown
Ohio
Ohio River
Here
Ernest Negangard
House Compromise Sought On Reorganization Plans
The House votes 183 to 170 against a White House backed compromise on Eisenhower defense reorganization. GOP leaders push a middle option while Democrats press for the committee bill, aiming to curb executive power over services and maintain appeals limits to Congress.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
GOP
Martin
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Adams Invited to Testify on Regulatory Influence
Rep Harris issued an invitation for Sherman Adams or any official to testify before Harris' House subcommittee about improper influence on federal regulatory agencies. The invitation covers executive branch officials and did not name Adams specifically.
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Washington
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Sherman Adams
Harris
House
Adams
Eisenhower
Boston millionaire confirms hotel bill aid to Adams couple
Bernard Goldfine says a company paid hotel bills for Sherman Adams and his wife but denies Adams used influence with government officials on Goldfine’s behalf.
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Sherman Adams
Harris says case will start next week in investigations
Harris plans to begin building the case next Monday in an inquiry featuring disputed claims that Adams pressured for an old friend, Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine. FTC and SEC officials may be summoned as Goldfine firms face agency trouble and a Goldfine bookkeeper resists turning over records. Adams reportedly denies favoritism and a White House source says Goldfine paid Adams hotel bills in Boston, totaling about $2,000 over four years, with Adams viewing them as a permanent residence suite.
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Harris
Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Arkansas Democrat
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Goldfine
SEC
White House
Senate Panel Endorses Ike Tax Extension Amid Debate
The Senate Finance Committee approved President Eisenhower's one year extension of current corporation and federal excise tax rates without changes. A Douglas six billion dollar tax cut proposal was rejected. Some members favored repealing the 3 percent freight and 10 percent passenger tax.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Paul H. Douglas
Douglas
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Senate
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Paul H Douglas
D-Ill
Kansas Girl Is Winner In Spelling Bee
Jolitta Schlehuber of Topeka Kansas won the national spelling bee by spelling syllepsis after defeating Terry Madeira of Elizabethtown Pennsylvania who erred on propylaeum. Jolitta earned 1000 dollars a trophy and a New York weekend trip. Terry received 500 dollars for second place and Stanley A Schmid of Cincinnati won 250 dollars for third.
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Washington
Jolitta Schlehuber
Topeka
Kan
Syllepsis
Jolitta
Terry Madeira
Elizabethtown
Propylaeum
Terry
New York City
Stanley A. Schmid
Cincinnati
Noted youths injured by home made rocket blast
In Rocky River a rocket built from a two foot copper pipe and 1,200 match heads exploded injuring three boys. Michael Johnson 13 suffered a possible skull fracture and is listed in fair condition at Lakewood Hospital. Ronald Lewis 11 had burns and was released, Guy Zavodny received facial stitches and was released.
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Cleveland (Ap
Rocky River
Wags
Michael Johnson
Lakewood Hospital
Ronald Lewis
Guy Zavodny
C. A. Woods
Force Of Car Blow Cuts Man In Half
Akron man 63 Gilbert King was struck by a car at Market and Main streets and killed. The force of impact split him in two as he walked near the intersection.
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Akron
Ohio
Gilbert King
King
Market and Mainstreets
Rural Ad Sparks Odd Matchmaking Note
A rural paper prank ad asks a farmer who owns a tractor to meet a widow who owns a thresher. The posted message seeks a photograph of the thresher and hints at object marriage, reflecting cheeky humor in small-town classifieds.
UN orders Lebanon border watch amid Nasser claims
UN truce officials rush to Lebanon to seal borders with Syria as the UAR allegedly sends arms and fighters to rebels seeking to topple Camille Chamoun. Hammarskjold organizes civilian and military observers with a Norway India Ecuador directing board and a Norwegian general in charge.
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U.N
Lebanon
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Security Council
U.A.R
Camille Chamoun
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Palestine
Israel
Beirut
Jerusalem
Norway
India
Ecuador
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Britain
Sir Pierson Dixon
Omar Loutfi
Charles Malik
Kamal Jumblatt
Jumblatt
Council
Moon Date Revealer Slapped Over Moon Shot Dates
Air Force general Lt. Gen. S. E. Anderson faced a verbal reprimand from Secretary James H. Douglas after he disclosed planned rocketry dates for moon missions. Anderson had said three moon shots were planned this year, with the first in August, at a Milwaukee news conference.
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Washington
Peruvian Town Braces as Wabash Flood Breaches Wall
Airmen from Bunker Hill AFB manned sandbag fortifications along the Wabash to protect Peru homes as the river rose to just over 23 feet. Evacuees crowded emergency shelters in churches and the high school gym while trains halted and downstream risk grew through Terre Haute.
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Ind
Bunker Hill Afb
Wabash
Mississinewa
Marion
Christian
Presbyterian
Peru High
Chesapeake& Ohio
Chicago
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
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