Rail line blown up in Israel near Beersheba
The Beersheba Tel Aviv rail line three miles north of Beersheba was blown up on Wednesday night. The blast disrupts an artery of commerce between the Mediterranean coast and the Negev desert. No details were given on casualties, and other incidents along the frontiers were reported with no injuries.
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Jerusalem
Beersheba
Tel Aviv
Israel
Mediterranean
Negev Desert
Jordan
Gaza Strip
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Samarian Hills
Jordan Armistice Line
Israel Army
U.N
Mixed Armistice Commission
Frontier House
U.S
Elmer Terrill
New York
Hammarskjold
Rockets misfire at Selfridge Air Base injures crew
At Selfridge Air Force Base in Mount Clemens Michigan an F86D jet’s rocket pod discharged 24 rockets accidentally while unloading. A base Air Force man was burned and a rocket struck a civilian home in Harrison Township. another hit the salvage yard. Unexploded rockets were found near a school as police restricted a two mile area.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Selfridge Air Force Base
Air Force
Harrison Township
Garden Advice Urges Safe Digging for Retiree Gardeners
In Trenton New Jersey the state medical society cautions middle aged hobby gardeners to pace themselves avoid heavy lifting and dangerous digging. The message emphasizes enjoying summer gardening rather than risking injury or death.
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Trenton
N. J
N. J. Medical Society
British Execute Two Greek Cypriots Amid Cyprus Tension
In Nicosia dawn hangings, Greek Cypriots Michael Karaolis and Andreas Demetrious were put to death for political shootings. The executions, first of their kind for Enosis fighters, triggered fears of riots as security forces tightened on Cyprus and across Athens and London.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Michael Karaolis
Andreas
Demetrious
Trious
Karaolis
Greece
Athens
Andreas Demetrious
Second Job May Await A Democrat
Washington reports President Eisenhower may appoint a prominent Democrat to a high administration post after offering retiring Senator George as ambassador to NATO. Senate race in Georgia heats up as Herman Talmadge seeks Democratic nomination while issues of race and foreign policy loom.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
George
D-Ga
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Senate
Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Earle Cocke Jr
Atlanta Airlines
American Legion
Atlanta
Sen. George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Democrats
NATO
White House
Postponed H-Bomb Test Now Set For Saturday
The H-bomb test aboard USS MT. McKINLEY near Bikini Atoll was postponed again hours before the dawn window. Wind shifts raised endangerment concerns for Marshall Island, with officials saying Sunday U S time may be the earliest favorable date. Evacuation of Bikini Atoll is underway as Joint Task Force 7 prepares for the blast with the B52 carrier aircraft.
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Bikini
Estes
U. S
Marshall Island
Joint Task Force 7
Bikini Atoll
Namu
Eniwetok Atoll
Bikini Lagoon
Civil Defense
Central Pacific Proving Grounds
Defense bill sails through House for 33 billion dollars
The House is set to pass a 33.7 billion defense bill with minor changes after debate revealed no strong opposition to the Army Navy and Air Force allocations. Rep Mahon warned that neither side will gain a victory in war as mutual deterrence grows while urging continued high spending on defense. Rep Scrivner contended U S air power dwarfs Russia by more than two to one though defense spending should stay near 35 billion per year. Rep Flood noted the U S no longer has the largest or best armed forces.
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House
Defense Department
Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Mahon
United States
Russia
Rep
Scrivner
R-Kan
Rep. Flood
D-Pa
Senators Check Story Chemist Says He Fed Information To Reds
An unnamed American chemist testified to the Internal Security subcommittee that he supplied technical industrial information to the Russians from 1933 to 1949, with last contact in 1950. He lived in the New York area and was employed by a private concern. The witness, questioned behind closed doors, faced questions about the nature of the data and potential official secrets, and is said to have cooperated with the FBI. The subcommittee will decide later if he will be heard again.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Robert Morris
Mewsmen
New York
Morris
FBI
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Spy Tunnel Claim Ties to Mrs Dulles in Berlin
East German news agency ADN accuses the United States of building a border tunnel to tap lines in Berlin as the brainchild of Eleanor Dulles, sister of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. US military authorities say nothing beyond reporting the matter to Washington.
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Berlin
U. S
State Dulles
Eleanor
Dulles
State Department
ADN
French Clamp Down Martial Law In Algeria
Resident Minister Robert Lacoste imposed martial law on eastern Algeria to curb a spring nationalist offensive. Rebels attacked 46 towns while French forces countered, with at least 14 rebels killed and 20 Europeans killed in western Algeria. Lacoste sought 380000 troops by June 1 and ordered immediate 20000 reservists plus 30000 by year end to bolster Algerian duty.
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Algiers
Algeria
Robert Lacoste
Rouached
Constantine
Redjas
Guy Mollet
France
Lacoste
Quadruplet dies as two sisters survive in Dallas incubators
In Dallas, only two of the four premature Dallas quadruplets remain alive after another death Wednesday. Marilyn Kay Hunter, born April 30 weighing 2 pounds 11 ounces, died Thursday night. Melanie Faye passed Tuesday. The two surviving sisters remain in incubators and are reported stabilizing.
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Dallas
Tex
Marilyn Kay Hunter
Melanie Faye
Eisenhower Hospital Visit For New Heart Checkup
President Eisenhower enters Walter Reed Hospital for a new physical examination as part of a planned cardiac study. Doctors, including Dr. Paul Dudley White, will conduct cardiograms and report results by Saturday. the White House plans to release a full report.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
White House
Paul Dudley White
Boston
James C. Hagerty
White
Hagerty
Pinball Ban In Columbus Declared Illegal
Columbus Common Pleas Judge Dana F Reynolds ruled a 1954 city ordinance banning pinball machines unconstitutional. The 14 page decision grants operators a permanent injunction against enforcement, stating the machines are for amusement and do not pay off.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
Reynolds
Thundershowers This Evening Forecast for Miami Valley
A cold front moved through the Miami Valley bringing cooler weather and scattered showers. Today’s forecast calls for mostly cloudy and warm conditions with a high near 80 and a noon reading of 72. Tonight and Friday expect continued cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms and a low around 50.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Reds Ready To Announce Troop Slash
Moscow sources report Russia plans drastic cuts in conventional arms and armed forces possibly to 10 million men with a reduced military budget. Western diplomats expect a Kremlin decision announced soon, not conditioned on Western participation, reflecting aims from London talks and broader shifts in postwar strategy.
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Russia
Kremlin
London
United States
Red China
France
Yu. M. Molotov
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
State Department
Mild Protest Handed Reds On Captives
In Berlin, U S Army HQ urged Soviet authorities to prevent further detentions of Americans by East German police. Maj Gen Charles L Dasher Jr stated the three hour detention of Col H J Sacks and 2nd Lt Carl D Perry was likely a mistake beyond Russian knowledge. A Soviet officer freed the officers when they arrived. police claimed a radio telephone in the officers car violated East German law.
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Berlin
U.S. Army
East Berlin
Charles L. Dasher Jr
H.J. Sacks
Carl D. Perry
Archbishop warns fringe benefits may push U S toward Socialism
Cincinnati Archbishop Karl J Alter told a Xavier University conference that labor demands for fringe benefits in contracts could steer the nation toward Socialism. He spoke on moral and social bases of labor management relations.
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Cincinnati
Karl J. Alter
United States
Alter
Xavier University
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