Army Chief In Control in Argentina
Argentina’s new armed forces chief Gen Franklin Lucero pressed to restore normalcy after the navy revolt. He urged ending false alarms and said only Marines and naval aviators took part in the uprising while declaring the navy loyal and planes on vigilance missions. Heavy losses were reported from the attack on Government House, with hundreds dead or wounded and 800 captured at the revolt’s headquarters.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Franklin Lucero
Juan Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Manuel Belgrano
Associated Press
Montevideo
Peron
Navy
Lucero
Adm
Alberto Tessaire
Army Ministry
Government House
Navy Ministry
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Army
Five-Mile River Levee Construction Begins in Miami Area
Construction started on the five mile levee along the east bank of the Miami River to protect about three square miles in the northwest city. Conservancy officials indicated a southern extension of the levee and crest roadway may be approved to shield additional areas. City officials and landowners attended the ceremony as City Commissioner Francis Carmody began landfill at 10:00 am. The project raises a seven foot dike from West Central Avenue to north of the river lock, with a 35 foot crest width for a three mile boulevard and 24 foot pavement. Extensions could include Riverside Boulevard and an Ohio Route 4 bypass toward the southern city limits.
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John A. Lawler
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Francis Carmody
L. O. Swift
Burch Construction Co
Miami Conservancy District
Journal
Bill Weith
Miami River
W. Central Avenue
Middletown
Central Avenue
Germantown Road
Conservancy Board
Barton M. Jones
Conservancy District
Jones
Molotov Basks As Police Watch at Suburban Estate
In Hillsborough California security tight as Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov stays at a 15 room mansion. A staff member was inspected at the gates with a suitcase dumped and items pawed over by Russian guards before entry. Molotov relaxed by a beach umbrella near the pool.
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Hillsborough
Calif
San Francisco
Molotov
Border watch kept for U S soldiers weary of Red China
AP reports Hong Kong officials maintained a border watch for three former American soldiers among 21 captured in the Korean War who chose life in Communist China over repatriation. Two want to return to the United States and one to Japan. a transfer may occur once all arrangements are ready. Belgians accompanying them may depart with similar arrangements.
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Tokyo
Hong Kong
Communist
China
Peiping
Red China
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Japan
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
United States
U.S
Crash Fatal To 6 Minus A Witness
Leipsic Ohio officials could not locate witnesses to a train car crash that killed six people including two children two miles north of Leipsic. Baltimore and Ohio train severed an automobile around 4 30 pm as it crossed tracks near Ohio 65. Victims identified as Robert Alsept 20 Toledo Robin Assept 21 Lima Helen Reineke 20 Lima David 2 Rodney four months Randy and Mary Martha Gross 18 Lima.
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Leipsic
Ohio
Putnam County
Here
C. A. Mattakie
Lima
Baltimore and Ohio
Mattakie
Arnold Potts
Ohio 65
Toledo
Sheriff Potts
Robert Alsept
Robin Assept
Helen Reineke
David
Randy
Rodney
Mary Martha Gross
Admitted Germ Warfare Confession Sparks Air Force Review
Four returned pilots including Capt. Harold Fischer Jr. allegedly confessed under alleged Communist duress after crossing into China. The Air Force would take no disciplinary action, citing pressure from mistreatment. Army prosecutions of collaborators continue, while Marines pursue no court martial for Frank Schwable.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Fischer
Yalu River
Marine Corps
Frank Schwable
Army
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
St. Roland Parks
Omaha
China
Heller
Honolulu
Moon Darkens Sun as Asia Sees Total Eclipse
In Colombo and across South Asia the moon fully eclipsed the sun for four minutes starting about 8 10 am local time. Clouds blocked observers except at central Ceylon where Harvard University team reported clear view and positive results. German technicians mourned a cloud obscuring their Potsdam telescope while testing Einstein theories. The United States did not witness the eclipse. last seen June 30, 1954, with next US-visible event scheduled for October 2, 1959 in parts of New England.
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Colombo
Ceylon
South Asia
Harvard University
Albert Einstein
Potsdam University
Einstein
United States
Canada
New England
London Stevedores End Dock Walkout
London stevedores in the port of London vote to end a five week dock walkout. At a mass meeting outside the gates, the strikers elected a delegation to inform union chiefs they will return to work Tuesday morning.
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London
Britain
Set To Outline Policies In UN Talk
President Eisenhower was ready to open the U N s 10th anniversary session with a policy declaration as Big Four ministers met privately in Geneva plans for top level talks. Molotov attended a dinner at Eduardo Zuleta Angel s residence signaling a push for a joint declaration. A separate note reports John Garrett Underhill was dismissed for calling Operation Alert a fiasco.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
U.N
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Eduardo Zuleta Angel
Molotov
John Garrett Underhill
Washington, D. C
General Assembly
Dulles
International
Columbine HI
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Washington
Vaclav David
Czechoslovakia
Stnislaw Skrzeszewski
Poland
Dag Hammarskjold
Pinay
Eisenhower address to UN opening session to air today
NBC CBS and ABC will carry the national address of President Eisenhower opening the 10th United Nations session today from 3 to 3 30 p m Pacific time 5 30 p m EST.
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San Francisco
NBC
CBS
ABC
Eisenhower
United Nations
U.N. Anniversary Talks Include Big Four Dinner
Diplomats and leaders gathered as the United Nations marks a week of speeches with Dulles hosting a Big Four dinner. Molotov and other Soviet bloc ministers met with Hammaskjold while U S ambassador Lodge and two UN delegates argued against seating Peiping, citing peace loving standards.
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U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
China
Lodge
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Charles A. Malik
Lebanon
Peiping
Korea
Weekend Heat Persists Despite Possible Thundershowers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued warmth through today, tonight, and Tuesday with highs in the low 90s. Scattered thunder showers may ease humidity tonight and Tuesday. Sunday's high reached 92 at 3 pm while tonight’s low and today’s morning low were 66 and 72 respectively.
Reds Return Internees To Austria in Postwar Exchange
A group of 1% Austrian war prisoners and civilian internees released by the Soviet Union arrived at Wiener Neustadt. They described meeting American, British and French prisoners in Russian camps and named several Americans including Mike Finegage of New York, Eisenhower, Charley Brown, Jimmy Fabian, Mueller von Seidhetz, Hopkins, Schwab, and others. They said Brown died in Romania in 1952 and Fabian was arrested in 1948.
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Wiener Neustadt
Austria
Soviet Union
Sverdovsk
Alexandrovsk
Irkutsk
Camp
Siberia
Mike Finegage
New York City
U.S
Germany
Eisenhower
Charley Brown
Romania
Jimmy Fabian
Brown
Fabian
Mueller von Seidhetz
Philadelphia
Hopkins
Verde Uralsk
Siberian
Schwab
CIO Awaits Big Steel Wage Offer
Pittsburgh U S Steel Corp, chief pace setter in the steel industry, is due to respond today to the United Steelworkers demand for a sizable wage increase. The union, citing a 25 cent anticipated raise, says the industry can well afford more. If no deal is reached the union could strike June 30, though most observers doubt such action.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Big Steel
USW
I. W. Abel
Eight Vaccinated Children Barred from Franklin Lakes Classrooms
In Franklin Lakes New Jersey the Board of Education asked eight vaccinated first and second graders to stay home for the rest of the term amid fears they could be polio carriers. The Health Board had delayed inoculations due to testing issues and seasonality, but eight pupils from five families remain excluded as community concerns rise after local polio cases and two fatalities last November.
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Franklin Lakes
Board of Education
Board of Health
Paul A. Bosshard
House Eyes Quick Okay On Pay Hike
Washington House leaders push for quick passage of a bill granting more than a million federal workers a 7 percent raise, adding about 325 million to the payroll. Senate already approved 10 percent. conferees may settle on 8 percent.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Girl shoots abductor and escapes after car kidnapping
Pratt Kansas report says a 15 year old girl wounded Michael Mounts with his own pistol then fled after being forced into a car. Mounts, 40, was captured hours later by a 50 man posse. Jane Adams, daughter of Pratt Chamber of Commerce secretary, and Jim Pilkington 16, were pursued after two men demanded money and shot at Pilkington before abducting Jane. Mounts was the alleged kidnapper in the incident still under pursuit for charges of attempting kidnapping.
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Pratt
Kan
Atty
Eldon Meigs
Meigs
Jane Adams
Michael A. Mounts
Mounts
Jane
Pratt Chamber of Commerce
Jim Pilkington
Young Pilkington
Youth Held After Shooting in Springfield Fight
Police hold 16 year old Everett Williams Jr on juvenile delinquency charges after he fired shots during a Saturday night fight among five youths in Springfield. James Lindsay 14 is in critical condition at Springfield City Hospital with wounds, Frank Snyder 14 treated for arm injuries.
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Springfield
Ohio
Everett Williams Jr
James Lindsay
Frank Snyder
Lindsay
Springfield City Hospital
Snyder
Frantic father drowns trying to save three children
In Quanah Texas farmer Ira Keeney plunged into a flooded storm cellar at 4 am to rescue his three children Doris five Thomas four Alma three. All three children died despite his effort as a 54 inch rain caused a draw to flood the cellar. The bodies were recovered about 9 am.
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Quanah
Tex
Ira Keeney
Keeney
Doris
Thomas
Alma
Hardeman County
M. C. Owen
Texas
Dallas
Panhandle Plains
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Miami Conservancy Board
Minneapolis Tribune
Cameron
Asia
Stevedores End Dock
Max Harrelson
Reds
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