Twining Sees Red Air Show in Moscow
U S Air Force chief Nathan Twining attends Soviet Aviation Day with British and French air chiefs. Khrushchev touts defense while delaying disclosure of ballistics missiles. The display features delta-wing interceptors, advanced fighters, improved all weather fighters, and a turboprop transport.
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Moscow
Nathan Twining
U.S
United States
Twining
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Tushino
Soviet Army Club
Khrushchev
Plane Down In Africa 26 Killed
British BOAC Argonaut crashes after takeoff from Kano Nigeria en route Lagos to London. 38 on board with 7 crew. 26 killed including stewardess Kay Buckley and 11 women and 2 children among the dead. Surviving captain H V Tomlinson and four crewmen among 12 survivors. Rescue by Kane airport emergency squad.
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Lagos
Nigeria
L. A. Ward
Reading
England
Kay Buckley
British Overseas Airways Argonaut
London
Tripoli
Libya
Nasser Wins 1st Election By Landslide
Cairo reports Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser won more than 90 per cent of Egypt’s vote in the country’s first secret ballot election. Voters approved a new constitution by 97.7 percent, with about 94 percent turnout of 5.72 million registered voters. Nasser will address the nation and outline a National Union to be the sole party.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Farouk
Interior Ministry
Nasser
Cairo Officers Club
National Assembly
Boy Admits Starting 4 Fires Near Church
An 11 year old boy near St Ignatius Catholic Church confessed to starting four fires that caused about $16,000 in damage. Police detained him after taunts about high grades from parish school pupils.
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Cleveland
St. Ignatius Catholic
Fawcett Named OSU President
Columbus Ohio Novice G Fawcett a 47 year old superintendent of Columbus schools was appointed Ohio State University eighth president by the board of trustees He will succeed retiring President Howard L Bevis Aug 1 Bevis is 70 and retires next Saturday
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Columbus
Ohio
G. Fawcett
Ohio State University
University
Howard L. Bevis
Bevis
Be Witching Birth Sparks Birthday Date Debate
In Central Falls Rhode Island Notre Dame Hospital is unsure whether Susan Agnes Merow born at midnight on Saturday should be recorded as June 23 or June 24. The hospital weighs which date to list for the newborn.
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Central Falls, R.i.notre Dame Hospital
Susan Agnes Merow
Hippity
Hop
Callahan
Fla
AP Wire
Ike To Run Again In Tight Battle For Nomination
Republicans remain firm Eisenhower will seek re election while Democrats resist Stevenson. Kefauver vows to stay in race as Governors Conference tests candidacy amid pledges and first ballots where Stevenson leads.
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Eisenhower
Atlantic City
N. J
Adlai Stevenson
Gen
Brownell
Sen
Bridges
New Hampshire
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Langlie
Averell Harriman
New York
Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Nashville
Associated Press
Kefouver
Harriman
French Hit At Rebels In Algeria
French forces pressed offensives across eastern and western Algeria. In Ed garQuinet area east, 200 to 300 rebels encircled with 51 claimed killed. at Constantine 23 rebels killed. in the west Operation Pigmy near Morocco frontier with 16,000 troops, 63 prisoners taken and eight French wounded. Casbah attacks raised tensions in Algiers with five Europeans killed.
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Algiers
Algeria
Bare
Aures
Edgar-Quinet
Tunisia
Constantine
Morocco
Casbah
Hanging Around Loveable Priest Retires From Prison Ministry
Rev. Joseph J. Ayd S. J., 74, longtime Baltimore priest, concludes 38 years ministering at Maryland Penitentiary and Baltimore city jail. He helped 54 inmates in their last hours, won commutations for 11 and urged against wrongful sentences. Emeritus Loyola College professor plans writing and crime-story reading in retirement. He famously aided James La Guardia in a notable commutation case.
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Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Baltimore City
Joseph J. Ayd
S. J
Barry Fitzgerald
Ayd
Loyola College
Father Ayd
James la Guardia
la Guardia
Hollywood
H. L. Mencken
Abducted On Ohio Turnpike Two Women Escape
Akron report says a man with a rape record abducted two Canton women and a male hitchhiker in a blue white station wagon on the Ohio Turnpike. The women Betty Haas 22 and Helen Schittacse 21 escaped near North Canton and Maple Heights, while the driver beat the hitchhiker and boasted of offenses.
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Akron
Ohio
Canton
State Highway Patrol
Massillon
Betty Haas
Helen Schittacse
Ohio 18
Youngstown
Ohio 8
Scouts lose in downtown St. Louis convoy mystery
A Kentucky explorer group of five scouts and their leader became separated in downtown St. Louis while en route from Lexington to a scout ranch in New Mexico. Leader Sean Cooper, 42, failed to reunite with the other cars after crossing a Mississippi River bridge and reported to police.
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ST. Louis
Lexington
New Mexico
Sean Cooper
Cooper
Aid Sought In Dragnet For Wie
Trumbull County Sheriff T Herbert Thomas sought federal aid to pursue Alfred Wilson charged with first degree murder in a rampage that killed three women and a kidnapped teen. Authorities say Wilson crossed state lines to avoid prosecution after a rage sparked by the departure of his common law wife.
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Warren
Ohio
Trumbull
T. Herbert Thomas
Alfred Wilson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wilson
Juanita
Geraldine Brown
Leavittsburg
Hazel Botts
Cortland
Nancy Worthington
Windham
Portage County
Indiana
Akron
David Shaffer
Hammond
Ind
Shaffer
Louisville
Trumbull County
Detoured Tanker Sticks In River On Cuyahoga Bend
The 299 foot tanker Pleiades became jammed in the Cuyahoga River collision bend as tugboat crews strike. With its stern on a sand bar and bow on the opposite bank, the vessel remained wedged after the bow was freed by cables, carrying 40,000 barrels of gasoline.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Cuyahoga
Pleiades
John Emil Scherer dies in Cincinnati at 77
Services planned in Cincinnati for John Emil Scherer 77 father of U S Rep Gordon H Scherer R Ohio and longtime Hamilton County courthouse constable. He died Sunday at Deaconess Hospital after a two week illness.
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Cincinnati
John Emil Scherer
U.S
Gordon H. Scherer
Ohio
Hamilton County
Deaconess Hospital
Lausche Hints At Vote Switch In Senate Race
Ohio Governor Lausche says he cannot predict if he would vote with Democrats to organize the Senate if elected next November and could align with Republicans. He notes his stance depends on Senate balance and the President, signaling potential GOP support amid broader Democratic concerns.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
U.S. Senate
Senate
George H. Bender
Bender
Eisenhower
Lausche
A. B. Cappy Chandler
Kentucky
Chandler
Averell Harriman
New York
Robert Bb. Meyner
New Jersey
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Sick Infant Taken Away From Parents
In Cincinnati police removed 11 month old Earl Peters to General Hospital after an anonymous call cited dire condition from pneumonia anemia and malnutrition. Parents Eldon and Mrs Peters refused hospitalization citing religious beliefs, until police acted after consulting officials.
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Cincinnati
General Hospital
Earl Peters
Eldon Peters
Charles Black
Weather outlook midweek with heat and storms across Miami Valley
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and cooler today with a high near 90 and a low around 65. Tuesday brings warmth and possible scattered thunderstorms, with a high near 90. Sunday hit a high of 93 at 3:30 pm, sunshine pushing readings to 101 at Armco East Side Main Gate, while the morning low was 71. Rain yesterday totaled 1 inch.
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Miami Valley
Armco East Side
Greeks Hil At Police on Cyprus
Rebels linked to the EOKA underground attacked Deftera police station before dawn wounding a British soldier in the leg by bomb fragments. They also bombed a bridge south of Deftera as troops moved in. A separate group hit a Yerolikus police station with bombs. no casualties. Five British soldiers wounded near Famagusta as a 16 day operation aimed to capture ROKA leaders yielded information but not George Grivas.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Deftera
EOKA
Union of Cyprus
Greece
Yerolikus
Famagusta
George Grivas
Strikers Ponder Evendale Offer
Cincinnati strikers at the Electric Auto-Lite plant in Evendale meet to weigh a new contract proposal. Production has halted since the June 11 strike. Other workers refuse to cross picket lines of the International Association of Machinists. Plant officials warn Ford and Chrysler will reclaim owned equipment if the walkout remains unresolved.
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Cincinnati
Electric Auto-Lite
Evendale
International Assn. of
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Congress Hurries Up To Adjourn
Washington leaders push for adjournment in three weeks as defense, foreign aid, highways, and school aid bills loom. Senate debates boosting Air Force funding. House pursues veterans pension expansion while highway and education grant plans move forward amid civil rights debates and a foreign aid restoration measure.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Wilson
House
American Legion
Eienhower
Democratic House
Legion
Rep
Powell
Rules Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower to Visit Panama City for Pan-American Talks
President Eisenhower plans a July 21 to 22 trip to Panama City to meet with the presidents of other American republics. He postponed the previously scheduled July 7 to 10 talks with India’s Prime Minister Nehru.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panama City
India
Nehru
Churchill and Truman Share Briar Wit at Chartwell Lunch
Harry Truman and Sir Winston Churchill, both aging veterans, met at Chartwell for lunch and a quiet toast while recalling wartime days. Churchill boasted of a horse win at Ascot and profits from betting, joined by Lady Churchill and notable guests including Lord Beaverbrook.
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England
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
U.S
Potsdam
Truman
Churchill
Chartwell
Tudor House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
le Pretendant
Ascot
Lady Churchill
Mrs. Truman
Mary
Sarah
Christopher Soames
Lord Beaverbrook
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