Heat Wave In East Is Broken Up
Thunderstorms moved in as a cold front broke the East’s five day heat wave. The deluge and floods across the midcontinent killed at least 234 people, with 206 drownings among heat casualties and 28 tenths of an inch of flood rainfall recorded. The cool air mass from Canada was spreading from Lake Erie to southeast Arkansas, promising cooler, drier conditions tonight and Thursday.
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Associated Press
Atlantic States
Canada
Midwest
Lake Erie
Ohio
Arkansas
Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Cool Midwest Air Breaks Heat Wave With Cooler Start
Temperatures dropped to 66 at 6 a.m. as a mass of cool air moved in ending the heat wave in the midwest. The prior 6 a.m. low was 75, a 11 degree difference. By 8:30 a.m. it was 70 and cooler weather is forecast to continue tomorrow easing near hundred degree heat on Tuesday.
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Midwest
Flood Warnings as Midwest Rivers Rise in Deluge
Day of midsummer like weather gave way to severe storms along the cool warm air boundary. Marshall Minnesota and eastern South Dakota readied for record rises on the Redwood and Big Sioux rivers as the latter flooded a 100 mile stretch causing millions in damage. Three dead and two missing reported with additional crest forecasts for 11 to 11.5 feet as upriver tributaries pour more water downstream.
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Marshall
Minn
Redwood River
South Dakota
Big Sioux
Minnesota
El Capitan Train Derails After Cars Uncouple Near Grants
Thirty persons were injured when four cars uncoupled from the El Capitan passenger train near Grants New Mexico. A loose tie plate flew up and cut air hoses triggering emergency brakes and a rear coupling. One were seriously hurt and a doctor boarded at Grants.
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Grants, N.M
Grants
el Capitan
Albuquerque
First Real Test Of Civil Rights Bill Approaching
The Senate faces its first real civil rights test in seven years as leaders push to place the House civil rights bill on the Senate calendar. Sen Knowland and allies favor bypassing the Judiciary Committee, risking a southern filibuster and a potential legislative clash that could halt progress. Senator Russell signals concerns of a possible legislative lynching over the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Judiciary Committee
House
Southern Democras
Sai
Russell
D-Ga
Senate tensions rise over party discipline remark
Russell warns that the Senate incurs trouble whenever it departs from party rules as Knowland and Senator Douglas plan to invoke pushback indicating a partisan clash on the chamber’s conduct.
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Nate
Russell
Senate
Knowland
Sen
Douglas
D-Iii
Rule cited to place House bills on calendar differs from Senate committee path
A little used rule is claimed to allow House bills to be placed on the calendar without committee reference. Russell contends this rule is superseded by another requiring all such bills to go to Senate committees.
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Russell
Senate
Two Tankers Collide in Fog Off Brittany Coast
A collision between the 15000 ton Stony Point and the 19000 ton Ionis in dense fog off the French Atlantic coast left eight sailors dead. Reports varied on missing and rescued numbers with 13 unaccounted and 17 rescued. The Stony Point reportedly burned but did not sink while Ionis burned nearby.
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Brest
France
Stony Point
Ionis
Lloyd’s Register
United States Petroleum Carriers, Inc
New York
Private Versus Public Power Battle Reopens
Washington The Hells Canyon fight over a high federal dam on the Snake River may revive in the Senate as Idaho Power seeks authorization. The bill faces a close vote with 28 sponsors, cost estimated at 500 million, and boosted by accelerated amortization tax provisions granted last year.
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Washington
Hells Canyon
Senate
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Idaho Power Co
Columbia River
Eisenhower
Federal Power Commission
Idaho Power
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
High Dam
Office of Defense Mobilization
Brownlee Dam
ODM
Humphrey Faces Barrage Of Questions On Finance
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey defended the administrations economic tax and monetary policy before the Senate Finance Committee. He presented a 50 page statement and labeled critics inflationists while Republicans praised him and Democrats critiqued the investigation as political. Senator Byrd defended the probe as factual, with other Democrats labeling the presentation evasive. Senator Carlson praised the secretary's statement, saying he destroyed Democrats arguments.
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Washington
Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Senate
Bush
R-Conn
Capehart
Rand
Eisenhower
Byrd
D-Va
Sen. Kerr
D-Okla
Sen. Carlson
R-Kan
Jet Crashes Near Wright Patterson. Pilot Survives
An F14F jet crashed northeast of Wright Patterson Air Force Base during an air show for Air Force Academy cadets. Capt. William S. Reed, 32, of Dayton, survived but suffers second and third degree burns and is in serious condition at the base hospital.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Air Force Academy
Wright-Patterson
William S. Reed
Ex-Student Shot During Fight in Bowling Green
Norman Mooney 22 of Portage Ohio, recent Giants signee, wounded in a tavern shooting that killed Rudy Schoondorf 21 of Kansas Ohio, a Miami University ex-player. Mooney in satisfactory condition at Flower Hospital Toledo. Schoondorf had signed to play for the Green Bay Packers this fall. Both were Miami University football alumni who flunked out last year.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Flower Hospital
Toledo
Norman Mooney
Portage
New York Giants
Rudy Schoondorf
Kansas
Green Bay Packers
Miami (Ohio) University
French Caravelle Jets Lands at Idlewild After Crosscountry Tour
The French Caravelle jet airliner completed a 13,000 mile transcontinental tour landing at Idlewild Airport after a 1 hour 53 minute flight from Chicago. This 500 mile per hour twin-jet plane arrived in New York yesterday marking the tour's end.
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New York
Idlewild
Chicago
Piqua Atomic Plant Delayed by 17 Months
John P Gallagher director of utilities at Piqua Ohio told a joint atomic energy subcommittee that completion of the Piqua atomic power plant will be delayed about 17 months beyond the late 1959 or early 1960 target. The extension is due to a delay in separate research and development.
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Washington
John P. Gallagher
Piqua
Ohio
Joint Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Missing Man John Vetter Found Near Georgetown Farm
The body of 80 year old John Vetter, a former Ripley resident who wandered from a rest home on March 13, was found on a farm about a mile north of Georgetown. Coroner Dr. George Tyler ruled death by exposure.
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Georgetown
Ohio
John Vetter
Ripley
George Tyler
Brown County
Vetter
Bakers Union Chief Cross Faces Senate Questioning
Bakers Union international president James G. Cross faces a Senate hearing to answer charges of beating women misusing union funds and approving below market wage contracts. He pledges to answer without invoking the Fifth Amendment and will be cross examined by committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy.
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Washington (Ap
Bakers Union
James G. Cross
Cross
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Nathan Ehrlich
Union
San Francisco
Ehrlich
New York Bakers Local 50
Bakers and Confectioners Organization
McClellan
D-Ark
Joseph G. Kane
Elmont
N.Y
Ehrllichs
Kane
Kennedy
Herbert
Martin Philipsborn Sr
Zion Industries, Inc
Zion
Peter Carbonara
Chicago
George Stuart
Stuart
Carbonara
Japanese Assert Girard Decision Menaces Treaty
Tokyo officials warn a U.S. court ruling blocking Japan from trying William Girard could threaten the U S Japan Mutual Security Treaty. Justice Minister Nakamura says the ruling is not binding and the trial will proceed with Judge Yuzo Kawachi set to open proceedings mid August.
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Tokyo
Wiliam S. Girard
U.S. Supreme Court
Umekichi Nakamura
Japan
Girard
Yuzo Kawachi
U.S. Army
Ottawa
Ill
Supreme Court
Camp Whittington
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Tosa Sato
Minoru Tsuda
Justice Ministry
U.S
Washington
High Court
Sato
McGarraghy
Naka Sakai
Nakamura
Joint Committee
Wiretap Charged In Hoffa Trial
Hoffa's lawyer alleges police wiretaps harvested evidence for the U S District Court case. The government denies any FBI wiretapping and moves to quash related motions while Hoffa arrives for the trial as Midwest Teamsters union boss faces bribery and conspiracy charges.
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Hoffa
Washington
James R. Hoffa
Midwest Teamsters Union
U. S
Senate
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
FBI
Dress compliment foreshadows nostalgia for a revived style
A party moment captures a playful exchange where one guest praises another’s dress fabric and muses whether the style will return. The remark blends social warmth with hints of fashion trends returning to popularity.
Witnesses Reluctant In Communist Probe
In San Francisco the House Un American Activities subcommittee pressed a probe into Communist influence in teaching. Atty Bertram Edises refused to answer under subpoena. The widow Barbara Sherwood urged witnesses to testify. Dr Jack Patten, a former Communist, testified that Communists tried to infiltrate the teaching field in Washington and California.
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Barbara Sherwood
Pacific Grove
Calif
House
San Francisco
Francis E. Walter
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
William Sherwood
Stanford Cancer Research
Atty
Bertram Edises
Edises
Jack Patten
San Francisco State College
Dr. Patten
Washington
California
High Court May Be Sought In Girard Case
The U S government pursues a direct appeal to the Supreme Court after District Judge McGarraghy ruled that surrender of GI William S. Girard to Japan would violate his rights. Girard is jailed at Camp Whittington while authorities contest the decision amid international talks involving Prime Minister Kishi.
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Washington
U.S
William S. Girard
Japan
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
J. Lee Rankin
U.S. Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Girard
District Court
MacGarraghy
State and Defense Departments
Ottawa
Ill
Naka Sakai
Rng
Camp Whittington
Tokyo
Pentagon
Defense Department
State Department
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Solons Warned Controls Would Ruin Baseball
Rep Herlong warned that placing baseball under antitrust laws would cause serious injury to the sport. He told the House Antitrust subcommittee that abolishing the player reserve clause would harm both major and minor leagues. He noted minors rely on clubs and public-spirited supporters to ease financial strains, with many clubs taking substantial losses annually.
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Washington
Herlong
D-Flo
House
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