Castro warns of seizing US assets over sugar quota cut
Fidel Castro threatened to confiscate all American business interests in Cuba if the United States reduces the sugar quota, calling Congress a knife thrust in the chest. He spoke for 100 minutes, pledging to respond to economic aggression and noting existing US holdings include Cuban Electric Co. and Cuban Telephone Co. along with other banks and mills.
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Congress
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Cuban Electric Co
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May Living Costs Edge Up Slightly
The Labor Department reports May consumer prices rose one tenth of a percent to 126.3 percent of the 1947-49 average, driven by higher food costs. About 200,000 workers in aircraft, meatpacking, chemical, trucking and metalworking gain cost of living pay raises, typically one to two cents an hour, while average take home pay rises modestly due to longer hours.
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Washington
Labor Department
Heavy Rain Raps Parts Of Midwest And Southwest
Storms and heavy rain swept the nation’s midsection then moved into the Southwest. Corpus Christi Texas reported over 2 inches of rain while Lubbock Texas saw strong winds. A tornado in Illinois caused damage and seven deaths, six in Kentucky, with flash floods and river flooding affecting Indiana Kentucky and surrounding areas.
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Lubbock
Chicago Weather Bureau
Feeredley
Great Lakes
Texas
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Weekend Weather Outlook for Miami Valley
A cold front brings fair sunny skies to the Miami Valley with windy cooler conditions today. High around 78 with a cooler night. Saturday and Sunday look for warmer weather and highs near 83. Middletown reported a high of 82 yesterday and a 6 a.m. low of 6 with rainfall totaling 2.59 inches since Wednesday noon.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Rains Aid GOP Rally In North Dakota Senate race
North Dakota voters prepare for a pivotal Senate contest between Gov. John E. Davis and Rep. Quentin Burdick as timely rains boost crop prospects. Republicans expect a Davis win to signal farm policy approval, while Burdick blames the soil bank and stresses farm loans.
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Quentin Burdick
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William Langer
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New York
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Kentucky
Gopational
Milton Rue
North Dakota
Republican
Burdick
Soil Loans
Soil Bank
Midwest
Record Rainfall Drenches Louisville in Nine Hours
Louisville reporters compute 5.14 inches in nine hours. Using 27,143 gallons per acre per inch, Louisville’s 58.2 square miles equals 640 acres per square mile, yielding vast totals. They estimate gallons and even weight the storm dumped on the city at about 21 million tons.
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Louisville
Louisville Courier-Journal
United States Weather Bureau
Stevenson condemns appeasement label in Red scare critique
Adlai Stevenson lashes out at Democrats blamed as soft on communism. He notes 1952 and 1954 campaigns, warns Khrushchev aims to induce weakness and disunity, and urges civil, issue based debate while stressing Russia and China remain the core challenge. He cites Kennedy and a Texas GOP remark as current campaign pressures.
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Waukegan, Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Democratic Party
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John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Texas
Pilots call suit publicity stunt in Eastern case
The Air Line Pilots Association charged that Eastern Air Lines seeks 11.4 million dollars in a federal suit, calling it either a publicity stunt or harassment of the pilots. The suit was filed in federal court.
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Miami, Fla
Air Line Pilots Assn
Eastern Air Lines
Chuckle Quote on College Education
A light humor line notes that a college education never harmed anyone who chose to keep learning after graduation. The quip highlights lifelong learning as a positive outcome of higher education.
Leftists Push to Dump Security Pact in Japan
In Tokyo leftists staged a funeral for Michiko Kamba, a 22 year old student killed in the Parliament attack, as part of a campaign to nullify the U S Japan security pact. About 3,000 attended. organizers expect 60,000 at a later night demo and 300,000 for a July 2 rally and election demand.
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U.S
Japan
Michiko Kamba
Tokyo Universit
Saece MO
Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal-Democratic
Soviet Hints Breakoff of Disarmament Talks in Geneva
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin signaled that Moscow may quit the 10 nation disarmament conference if Western powers refuse to negotiate on the basis of the Soviet plan for total disarmament. The remark fits a broader Communist push to justify a pause in talks until a new administration assumes office in Washington.
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Valerian Zorin
Soviet Union
Zorin
Washington
DiSalle to Lobby for Kennedy at Governors Conference
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle said he will lobby for Sen. John F. Kennedy at the Governors' Conference in Glacier National Park Montana this weekend. He spoke with Kennedy by phone Thursday before leaving for the event.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
John F. Kennedy
DiSalle
Kennedy
Glacier National Park
Montana
Telephone System To Be Changed
The U.S. telephone system will drop the alphabet as prefixes fall out of use. With about 24 million phones added since 1990, prefixes like Plaza or Evergreen no longer work. Experts studied options and decided to replace the old system to keep service clear.
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New York
Plaza
Evergreen
All-digit phone numbers gain ground in memory tests
A Bell System spokesman says digit only numbers like 347-2043 may be easier to recall short term than letter-number blends. Most users tend to look up numbers and dial, keeping memory to a few entries rather than permanent retention.
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Bell System
New Dial System Replaces Letters with Numbers
Wichita Falls Texas pioneers a telephone system using only number combinations after discarding letter prefixes. Experts struggled to create easily understood words and most could not find more viable options. The change, started there, is reportedly working well. broader adoption will take years.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Toothless cabbie eats seven chicken meals in Pensacola
Jim Ferguson, a toothless Pensacola cab driver, ordered all you can eat chicken for 99 cents at a local drugstore. He ate seven fried chickens in two hours after urging the manager to keep frying. He quipped about missing teeth and hard meat to remove from bones.
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Pensacola
Fla
Jim Ferguson
Jimmerson
Ferguson
Ike Nixon Talk Highlights GOP Fear Over Tour Criticism
President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon discussed the Far Eastern tour and the canceled Japan visit amid Democratic attacks on administration foreign policy. The White House said the telephonic conference touched on the planned Monday night radio TV address and reactions to Japan. Senators Johnson Mansfield and Humphrey led Democratic critics during the year.
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Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
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Japan
Tokyo
Washington
Hagerty
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Rockets blaze above Atlantic in star study test
Washington reports a rocket fired 131 miles up over the Atlantic as part of a stellar research program. In New York Harbor heavy fog left a freighter ram into a Coast Guard lightship with no injuries. Betancourt escaped a bomb attempt in Caracas with minor burns. Herter accused Khrushchev of meddling in U S politics over talk of Eisenhower's successor.
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Washington
Atlantic
New York
Coast Guard
New York Harbor
Christian A. Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
White House
Lumumba Set to Lead Congo Government After Independence
In Leopoldville Congo observers say Patrice Lumumba will head the new government as the Congo gains sovereignty from Belgium. He won support from rival Joseph Kasavubu who had contested the premiership and was rumored to be named chief of state.
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Leopoldville
Coniane
Congo
Paul Lene
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasavubu
Eaton Loses Neutral Stance Critics and Defenders Clash
In Washington Cyrus Eaton, Cleveland industrialist, faces sharp criticism for his Soviet peace stance after meeting Khrushchev in Paris. Senator Dodd urged scrutiny, while Lausche gave the GOP pointer with a pointed letter. Rep Porter defends Eaton praising his peacemaker record despite questions over a $1000 disarmament trip gift.
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Cleveland
Cyrus Eaton
Russia
United States
Khrushchev
Paris
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
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