Troops Guard Buenos Aires as Revolt Collapses
Argentine forces patrolled downtown Buenos Aires as shops reopened after a 24 hour general strike in mourning for 360 killed and around 1000 wounded. President Peron announced the revolt was crushed and peace was restored, though rebel radio reports claimed continued resistance and naval mutinies at Puerto Belgrano.
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Buenos Aires
South America
Peron
Army Ministry
Montevideo
Uruguay
Puerto Belgrano
Vatican Proclaims Day of Prayer for Argentina Church
The Vatican announces a day of prayer tomorrow for the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. It stresses grave concern over Argentine developments and assigns Msgr. Manuel Toro auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires a leading role, following his expulsion by the Peron government and the excommunication of those involved.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Argentina
Manuel T4to
Buenos Aires
Peron
Argentina declares state of siege as revolt spreads
The Argentine government under Peron imposes a state of siege with martial law powers to curb disturbances after a revolt. The army high command takes over internal order and forbids gatherings near government and industrial sites while antiaircraft defenses are deployed. Seven churches were burned in Buenos Aires as mobs attacked religious buildings.
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Peron
Congress
Army Ministry
Army High Command
Buenos Aires
U.S
Washington
Reuters
Seamen Strike Ends as Three-Year Contracts Signed
New York AP reports a coastwise seamen strike ending after CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association and CIO American Radio Association signed three-year deals with dry cargo and shipping firms. National Maritime Union had also struck and then agreed, with return-to-work orders issued and vacation and pension benefits among unsettled questions.
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New York
East Coast
Gulf Ports
CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn
CIO American Radio Assn
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Independence
Mediterranean
Excalibre
Grace Line
Santa Rosa
Santa Clara
Santa Luisa
CIO
Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn
American Radio Assn
AFL International Organization of Masters
AFL
Molotov Arrives in San Francisco for U N Anniversary Week
Russia's Molotov lands in San Francisco for a week of diplomacy overshadowing the UN's 10th anniversary session. He brings 50 aides from Moscow as Western diplomats expect talks with UK and French ministers and a key Geneva summit on July 18. President Eisenhower travels to the city, with Truman to speak Friday night.
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San Francisco
Russia
U.N
Molotov
U.n.s
Moscow
Geneva
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
New York
U.S
United States
Foreign Office
L. F. Slyichev
CBS Face the Nation
Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Girl And Father Quarrel Ends In Leap To Death
In New York a 15 year old girl Daisy Homs died after a quarrel with her father about late hours. Police said loud fighting led to a call, then the pair left. Two hours later they found the girl had jumped or fallen from a fourth floor East Harlem apartment.
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New York
Daisy Homs
East Harlem
Inherent Powers Top Alert Lesson
Washington officials concluded Operation Alert 1955 would rely on the President's inherent powers to mobilize the nation during a simulated attack. Eisenhower rested at Gettysburg and 15,900 officials fled hideouts as the test ended. Flemming praised the exercise for showing urgency to strengthen military reserves and counter international communism.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur S. Flemming
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Flemming
29 Cadillac To Flasks Eccentric Millionaire's Effects To Be Auctioned
WEST POINT Miss The collection of Clifton Rose who died at 62 after a stroke will be auctioned July 5 7. Items include a 1928 Cadillac silver hip flasks antique furniture paintings crystal linen and old lace clocks books and more. He left no will and about 1500000. He had withdrawn from society in the 1940s and ran his investment business by postcard. The five heirs youngest 65 include Mrs Rose Woodward of Pulaski Tenn and cousins Mrs Elizabeth Owings Meredith Flautt J H Flautt Sr Stacy Rose.
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West Point
Miss
Clifton Rose
Rose
Clifton
Rose Woodward
Pulaski
Tenn
Elizabeth Owings
Meredith Flautt
Nashville, Tenn
J. H. Flautt Sr
Mentone, Ala
Stacy Rose
Detroit
Triggerman in TSO Sentenced To Prison
James E. Cobb of Tampa Florida confessed as triggerman in an abortive plot to kill AFL Seafarers official Paul Hall. A Bergen County judge sentenced Cobb to 5 to 7 years while noting the danger to his life. Cobb pled cooperation aided by tip leads. Hall faced re election against Ray White of Tampa. White denied conspiracy charges and is free on bail.
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Hackensack, N.J
James E. Cobb
Tampa
Fla
Triggerman
Cobb
Paul Hall
AFL Seafarers’ International Union of North America
Hall
Ray White
Cobb Dee
Montvale
John Does
White
AFL Central Trades and Labor Assembly of
Move To Break Reserve Bill Stalemate In House
Backstage moves to break a House stalemate on the military reserve bill appeared underway after President Eisenhower urged enactment. Chairman Vinson said he would speak Tuesday while the Senate panel postponed actions awaiting House steps. The plan to add two million trained reservists by 1960 was sidetracked by a floor amendment barring assignment to racially segregated National Guard units. The measure is still listed as unfinished business and could be revived or replaced by a compromise.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Boy Killed By Car In Troy Sidne y Road Crash
In Troy Ohio yesterday 15 year old Lowell Ison riding a bicycle on the Troy Sidney road one mile north of here was struck and killed by a motorist. The victim lived south of Troy.
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Troy
Ohio
Lowell Ison
Sidney Road
Here
Hoa Hao Sect Encircled in Four-Mile Ring Report Claims
A Saigon army spokesman says 15 Hoa Hao sect fighters were killed 50 wounded and 16 captured in 24 hours of fighting. The rebels allegedly trapped in a four mile square between Racghia and Thot Not and menaced by 15 government battalions. Top generals Bacut Le Quang Vinh Tran Van Soai are reported among those trapped along with former officials Nguyen Van Hinh and Nguyen Van Vy. Soai’s forces were drawn westward to link with Bacut’s regiments after a trap laid with deception and aerial maneuvers.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
National Army
Hoa Hao
Racghia
Thot Not
le Quang Vinh
Bacut
Smilg Cleared in Perjury Trial by Federal Jury
Dayton Ohio. Benjamin Smilg, tearful and grateful, thanked a federal jury that deliberated almost 74 hours before acquitting him of perjury. The 42 year old defendant lied about not knowing Soviet spy Harry Gold while serving on an air force loyalty board in 1950 and 1951. The verdict was delivered at 12 33 a m as Smilg showed emotion and spoke to the jury foreman.
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Dayton
Ohio
Benjamin Smilg
Air Force
Harry Gold
Smith
Joseph F. Brown
New Carlisle
Oldest Miner in Nation Reaches 102 in Mattoon
Tom Fisher, a former coal miner who worked in Tennessee and Illinois until age 80, turns 102 at the Illinois Odd Fellows' Old Folks Home in Mattoon. He asserts a simple life rule, has one daughter, eight grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren, and recalls being born near Savannah, Tennessee.
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Mattoon
Tom Fisher
Tennessee
Illinois
Fisher
Illinois Odd Fellows
Only Three Opposed To New Treaty
Senator Thye warned that critical speeches by Senators McCarthy Jenner would weaken Ike before the Geneva Big Four meeting set for July 18 with Britain France and Russia. The Austrian independence treaty passed 63 to 3 despite mạnh opposition by Jenner McCarthy and Malone. Thye said such remarks could be used by Russians to claim U S division and disunity.
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Washington
Sen
Thye
R-Minn
Sens
McCarthy
R-New
Senate
Eisenhower
Jenner
United States
Hypnotist Cleared by County Grand Jury
MOBILE Alabama a civilian was not indicted by the county grand jury in a case accusing Jesse Overton Jr 25 a television repairman of hypnotizing the young wife of a friend and raping her He was arrested May 28 on the complaint of the woman and her husband The 17 year old mother of a four month old child said Overton harmed her after placing her in a trance The husband who is also a hypnotist said he learned of it from his wife and hypnotized her himself the following day In a signed statement Overton said he had relations with her that day and several times before
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Mobile
Ala
Carl M. Booth
Jesse Overton Jr
Overton
Homesick Americans in Red China May Return
Peiping radio said 3 Americans and 2 Belgians who stayed in Red China after the Korean War would be sent home. Sixteen others who refused repatriation could come home anytime, the broadcast indicated, though it did not mention 11 American fliers still held. Two U.S. prisoners who initially refused repatriation later returned. court-martialed. The United States offers to facilitate return for those who wish to come back, warning they will be held to account for any past wrongs.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
Red China
Peiping
Sabre
Hong Kong
Lewis W. Griggs
Kickapoo St
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
William A. Cowart
Benton St
Dalton
Roger Devriendt
Westvaanderen
Belgium
Louis Verdyck
Antwerp
China
United States
Cpl
Claude J. Batchelor
Ker+mit
Edward S. Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
U.S
White House
State and
Defense Justice Departments
Western Big Three See Path to Peace With Moscow Talks
The American British and French foreign ministers issued a communique after two days of talks in New York, expressing hope that persistence can yield progress toward peace in coming months. The meeting served as a prelude to the Big Four with Molotov in San Francisco and a Geneva summit planned for July 18. West German Chancellor Adenauer joined the session, delaying his Moscow visit to fall to study German issues, including prisoners, reunification, and borders.
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New York
V. M. Molotov
San Francisco
West Coast
Chiefs of State
Geneva
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Poland
London
West Germany
Wire Performer Survives 55 Foot Tumble at Circus
In Atlantic City New Jersey 38 year old Robert Atterbury of Minneapolis survived a 55 foot fall from a swaying 65 foot pole during the water circus at Steel Pier. He was reported in good condition at Atlantic City Hospital with a fractured pelvis and heel and bruised ribs. His wife Lauren age 25 and sister in law Shirley Peterson age 21 were watching at the 25 foot level as spectators watched in horror. Three thousand spectators attended the show.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Atlantic City Hospital
Robert Atterbury
Minneapolis
Minn
Steel Pier
Atterbury
Lauren
Shireley Peterson
Eyewitness Account of Argentina Revolt at Government House
AP reporter Sam Summerlin describes a midday assault in Buenos Aires as explosions rent the air near the Metropolitan Cathedral and Government House. Tanks arrived, crowds cheered, but rebel planes struck, killing and wounding civilians in a chaotic street battle lasting about two hours.
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Argentina
Associated Press
Sam Summerlin
Latin America
Summerlin
Sam
Buenos Aires
Metropolitan Cathedral
Government House
Plaza del Mayo
Peronista
Navy
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