Services Roles Debated At Quantico War Commands
At Quantico Virginia the annual military conference focuses on roles and missions of each service in wartime as part of Eisenhower defense reform. Gen Nathan F Twining chairs the Joint Chiefs of Staff briefing Army Navy Marines and Air Force on how they fit into the Pentagon plan amid talks of new combined commands and limited war scenarios.
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Quantico
Eisenhower
Congress
Marine Corps
Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Twining
Army
Navy
Marines
Pentagon
Defense Department
Maxwell Taylor
United States
Russia
U S Demands Russia Free Americans Held in Germany
The United States, seeking direct action, urges Soviet authorities to secure the release of nine U S military personnel seized by East German forces after a helicopter incident amid bad weather. Moscow denies control over its satellite, complicating efforts. Col McQuail met East German deputy minister Winter, but talks did not yield U S recognition.
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Washington
United States
East Germany
Russia
U. S
State Department
Moscow
Germany
Robert P. McQuail
Otto Winter
Peas
Tax On Freight May Be Cancelled
Washington AP reports the Senate voted to erase the 3 percent freight tax and 10 percent passenger fare levy as part of a bill to extend current rates. House action favored maintaining taxes, but signs point to compromise and possible cancellation of the freight tax in conference. Transportation excises raise about 700 million annually. President Eisenhower and Treasury opposition frame the debate over revenue needs.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate House
Eisenhower
Treasury
Wind Storm Destroys Tent Injures Four in Lorain County
A severe wind storm struck Lorain County Friday night injuring four women when a revival tent of the Four Square Gospel Church at Amherst was blown down and dropped ten feet from its site. Mrs. Mabel Burr and Mrs. Walter Wiesch were hurt by falling poles. Burr received hospital care. others refused treatment. Shingles and a 50 foot roof section were blown from homes and buildings in Elyria.
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Elyria
Ohio
Lorain County
Amherst
Four Square Gospel Church
Mabel Burr
Vermilion
Walter Wiesch
Burr
Amherst Hospital
Perry Fay Co
Priests Haggard And Ill After Release From Jail
In Hong Kong the released American priests Father Joseph McCormack and Father Cyril Wagner appeared worn and ill. Wagner admitted dealing in black market currency while McCormack said Wagner was ill and warranted rest. Peiping radio had earlier claimed Wagner jailed for sabotaging China’s financial rules.
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Hong Kong
China
Joseph P. McCormack
Cyril P. Wagner
Wagner
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Father McCormack
Marykooll Seminary
Ossining
N. Y
Father Wagner
Peiping Radio
Little Rock to Suspend Central High Integration
U S District Judge Harry J Lemley granted the Little Rock School Board permission to suspend racial integration at Central High School for two years. The board may remove seven Negro students still enrolled. NAACP plans to appeal promptly. Nine Negroes were enrolled under federal protection last September.
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Little Rock, Ark
U.S
Harry J. Lemley
Hope Today
Little Rock
Central High School
Central
New York
National Assa For the Advancement of Colored People
Lemley
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Central High
Central Integration
Turner Case Delayed Over Appeal decision
Superior Judge Allen Lynch postponed reviewing his ward order for Cheryl Crane after her father Steve Crane appealed. Cheryl, 14, was made a court ward and placed with her grandmother Mildred Turner following the stabbing of Lana Turner’s boyfriend John Stompanato in Beverly Hills.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lana Turner
Cheryl Crane
Allen T. Lynch
Cheryl
Steve Crane
Mildred Turner
Lynch
John Stompanato
Stompanato
Lana
Turner
Beverly Hills
Elderly Priest Dies After Long Chillicothe Service
Cincinnati AP reports Rev. Francis J. Krueskamp retired priest of St. Peter’s Church Chillicothe dies at 80. Solemn Pontifical High Mass of Requiem planned Tuesday with Bishop Clarence Issenman officiating. Krueskamp served 34 years at St. Peter’s before retirement.
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Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Francis J. Krueskamp
St. Francis Hospital
Clarence Issenman i
Father Krueskamp
St. Peter's Church
Hammarskjold Heads to Cairo Amid Lebanese Rebellion
U N secretary general Dag Hammarskjold departs Beirut amid ongoing Lebanese violence after failing to end the six week rebellion. He plans talks in Jerusalem Amman and Cairo to discuss Mt Scopus U N E F and Lebanese aid from Syria while warrants are issued for 17 rebel leaders including Rashed Karam Kamal Jumblatt and Saed Salam.
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Tom Masterson
Beirut
Lebanon
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Israel
U. N
Jerusalem
Amman
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Hammarskjold
Hussein
Samir el Rifai
New York
Mt Scopus
Camille Chamoun
Saed Salam
Rashid Karam
Kamal Jumblatt
FBI Hunting Bandits Who Got $105000 in Erie Bank Heist
The FBI expanded efforts to locate three bank robbers who seized 105000 from Union Bank of Erie south side branch. Hugo Winterrowd arrived to head the inquiry as a 13 state alert circulated. Officers from state police and municipal departments joined the hunt after the snub-nosed pistol armed trio demanded cash, injured none, but missed 75000 more in their scramble.
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Erie
FBI
South Side
Union Bank of Erie
Hugo Winterrowd
Pittsburgh
North African neighbors reject De Gaulle plan for Algeria
Tunisia and Morocco backed Algerian independence and rejected full French citizenship for Algerians. They refused to back any Algerian government in exile, avoiding Paris antagonism and keeping French aid in question. The three-sided policy statement followed five days of talks in Algiers.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Morocco
de Gaulle
Algeria
Paris
France
Conol
Hottest June Day Reaches 92 in Fairbanks Alaska
Fairbanks recorded a new June heat record at 92 degrees, surpassing the previous record by one degree as interior Alaska sweltered. The AP notes the temperature marked the city’s hottest June day on record.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska City
Newspapers Split On Adams Retention As Eisenhower Aide
Editorials split over whether Sherman Adams should remain chief White House aide. Eisenhower expressed confidence in Adams while admitting imprudence. Some papers urged resignation, others urged retention or cautious approaches, reflecting partisan divides among supporters and opponents.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
White House
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Eisenhower
Tucson
Ariz
Daily Citizen
Nashville, Tenn
Banner
New York Daily News
Ike
Red Executions Before UN Probe Reopens
The U N committee investigating Hungary's 1956 revolt reopens talks on executions of four revolt leaders. The group weighs Russia's responsibility after Nagy and Maleter were executed amid worldwide protests. Yugoslavia's envoy faces recall over Budapest safety guarantees.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Russia
Hungary
Imre Nagy
Pal Maleter
West Germany
Copenhagen
Moscow
UN Investigation Committee
Ronald Walker
Australia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Nagy
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Ernst Meinstorp
Denmark
Secrecy Challenge Acknowledged By California Lawmaker
Rep John E Moss of California labeled secrecy a nationwide problem. He cited Defense and State departments as notably secretive and urged scrutiny of a State Department order on officials contacting reporters.
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Palo Alto
Calif
John E. Moss
House
Government Information Subcommittee
Defense
State Departments
Moss
California
Assn.y
Stanford University
Chuckle Cartoon Quote Turns Self Opinion on End
The office bore quips that his own opinion of himself is low yet he notes he deserves little of it. The remark plays on vanity and office humor with a sly wink.
Nixon Urges GOP Unity Amid Adams Controversy
Vice President Nixon tells Republican state chairmen to close ranks and not panic over the Sherman Adams fallout. He notes Republicans tend to clash when troubled but calls for pulling together. Separate obituary notes Herber Swope, longtime reporter and former AP director, dies at 76 after surgery and pneumonia.
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Washington
Nixon
Sherman Adams
Adams
Eisenhower
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
White House
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr
California
America
Sands Point
N.Y
Long Island
Swope
Doctors Hospital
Sparkplug
New York
the World
New York State Racing Commission
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Associated Press
Woman admits shooting man who dies in Cincinnati hospital
Benjamin Franklin McBride, 24, died at St Mary Hospital after being shot at home by Mary Ellen Glover, 24, who confessed to police she fired the shots when she found him there.
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Cincinnati
St. Mary Hospital
Benjamin Franklin McBride
Mary Ellen Glover
McBride
Crowley Maintains Innocence in T A D Jones Death
Joseph Crowley tells Tokyo reporters he did not strike T A D Jones and expects a fair trial. Jones, a Yale alumnus and businessman from New Haven, died May 8 after injuries in the Imperial Hotel suite shared with Crowley. Crowley faces a potential 2 to 15 year sentence on a charge of inflicting bodily injuries resulting in death.
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Tokyo
Joseph P. Crowley
T. A. Dome Jr
Yale
Crowley
Asleen
Jones
Imperial
New Haven, Conn
T. A. D. Jones
Ica
Eli
Robert P. Crowley
City Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Milwaukee
Arthur K. Mori
Robert Crowley
Tokyo District Court
Marquette University
Japan
Joseph Crowley
East-West Parity Threatens Nuclear Testing Talks
The Soviet push for parity could block the July 1 Geneva conference on detecting nuclear explosions. The Western panel includes U S James B Fisk and scientists from Britain France and Canada while the Soviet bloc would be represented by Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia. Secretary Dulles opposes parity as complicating disarmament talks and equating Western and Soviet bloc nations.
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Washington
Geneva
State Department
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Britain
France
Canada
U. S
Moscow
James B. Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Eisenhower
United Nations
Dulles
Soviet Union
Maritime Strike Ends After Five Days
The maritime strike that tied up 480 ships along East and Gulf ports is over. The Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn and a ship owners' committee led by Aarph E Casey signed a new three year contract with no wage increase. The agreement covers engine room officers aboard passenger and cargo vessels.
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New York
Gulf Coast
Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn
Aarph E. Casey
American Merchant Marine Institute
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